Category: Wrestling Musings

All posts related to pro rasslin’ that isn’t covering specific shows or events.

TNA Impact Cancelled… Again…

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/2426561/tna-news-destination-america-confirms-impact-wrestling-will-be-cancelled-effective-in-january-2016/

Well, after months of being denied, contested, and encouraging ramblings from Vic Vemon for some reason, it’s been confirmed that Destination America will no longer be airing TNA Impact Wrestling beyond 2015. Once the show goes off the air at the end of the year, TNA will – again – be off the airwaves, lest they could find another television network that could pity them… or something. Because how else can you really justify picking up a television show that was tossed off the network for two consecutive years?

This is going to be a tough time for TNA, its talents, its employees, and its fans… and I’d imagine things are going to be more difficult in the ensuring months to try and get another TV deal given how much of a stink the brand has developed in recent times. With their major stars possibly leaving the company, their international deals dwindling, and their house shows doing less than stellar numbers, one has to wonder about TNA and how long they could survive.

Hopefully, Destination America will give TNA a more dignified exit than Spike did the year prior, but… man, that’s going to suck either way.

Best of luck to TNA. Despite their recent woes, I hope everything goes well with them.

Viva La #LOLDivasRevolution!

A wrestlinginc.com poll in which 42% believed Baby Flair would beat Cena’s Funbags on RAW.

That 42% must feel pretty stupid now, don’t they?

So there were people clamoring for Ric Flair’s Baby Girl and John Cena’s Funbags to main event RAW in order to supposedly “legitimize” the #LOLDivasRevolution. Because that’s the ticket that would push women’s wrestling to the forefront and bring it the respect it truly deserves.

Well, the match just happened… and of course, Baby Flair pins the wrong Bella. The decision is reversed. So now this match, which didn’t need to happen other than to sucker stupid people who thought they were actually going to have an honest to goodness title, ended on a Dusty Finish.

So what this means is that Charlotte now looks like another joke in the Divas division that I have no reason to care about, the most undeserving Divas Champion of all time gets to break a record for the sole purpose of sticking it to the former record-holder’s husband who left the company on bad terms, and this whole #LOLDivasRevolution is pretty much exposed as the absolute joke that it really is.

Why so shocked?

Sure, Charlotte might win the title on Sunday, but why should I care? Instead of pulling off a win, she pulled a Lex Luger.

Well… I guess there’s time for an extended piss break, after all.

Apparently My #LOLDivasRevolution Thing Is On Reddit…

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3ksagn/another_perspective_of_the_divasrevolution/

Because sure… why not?

Hey, for that something that was intended to be part of an audio project and not as a written post (hence the lack of proper format), that’s rather surprising… and a bit disturbing. Go figure.

#LOLDivasRevolution (and a bit of Stinger)

Let’s talk wrestling. Let’s talk WWE. Let’s talk Night Of Champions. Let’s talk Seth Rollins defending the US Title against John Cena. Let’s talk Seth Rollins defending the WWE Title against Sting.

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Random Thoughts On… 16X Cena

What are your thoughts on the possibility of John Cena winning his 16th World Title and how big of a deal it would be?

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if Cena ends up getting another world title reign or two because one way or another, it’s going to happen. Whether it takes place at Summerslam or whenever, it is going to happen and it wouldn’t be the worst thing ever. Some people might be miffed at the idea of Cena tying or possibly breaking Ric Flair’s record for World Title reigns (official records and Ric himself said it was 16, so that’s what I’m going with), but I’ve always believed that if anyone were to break that record, I’d rather it be Cena than Triple H.

How big of a deal would it be? Nowhere as big of a deal as WWE would make it out to be if it happened, because a World title win nowadays isn’t that big a deal. Especially since there was a long stretch of time where it was very easy to get World title reigns. And that’s something that’s been lost; is that the World Title is supposed to be the Ultimate prize, the holy grail, the crown… and it’s just degraded to a prop whose sole purpose is to move the story forward. And unfortunately, there hasn’t been a time where the title felt important since Daniel Bryan won it back in Mania 30. Because when he won it, it felt like a big deal because he treated it as such and you’re able to buy into it.

John Cena wins the title at a ladder match and it’s like… meh. Brock Lesnar beats John Cena in an overrated performance that everyone calls dominant and awesome, but is more like dull and boring. But, he has name value, so there’s this pretense that he’ll bring that importance to the World Title, but really is just to fuck off at his farms for the rest of the year until they need him for random appearance that isn’t Wrestlemania. And while Seth Rollins cashing in was a high point in that main event, what happened afterwards felt otherwise. But I don’t want to rag on that. Cena possibly win a couple World Titles? Wouldn’t surprise me. Would it be that big a deal? Not a chance. Because if Brock ending the Streak didn’t feel like a big deal, why would this?

BOOK REVIEW – Journey Into Darkness: The Unauthorized History Of Kane (2005)

“I think you’d have to be on cocaine to enjoy it.”
Blade Braxton, Wrestlecrap Radio

So, 2005 saw WWE release a fictional book detailing the story of Kane, the Undertaker’s half-brother who debuted in 1997 and caused a big scene… and then bit by bit, that aura dwindled with stupid stories like Katie Vick, unmaskings, and corporate Kane. Fortunately, Journey Into Darkness was published long before that last bit took place and in fairness, I want to give the author credit in trying to reconcile all these different plotholes in WWE narrative into one cohesive story.

I mean, the poor bastard tried.

The book is poorly written… sometimes it reads fine, sometimes it reads bad, and then there are moments when it is unbearable (but those times are few and between). Here’s the thing, though; I enjoyed the book because I like the wrestling product. There’s a certain level regarding suspension of disbelief that you’d have to attain in order to follow wrestling. If you’re NOT a wrestling fan, though, then this book will do NOTHING for you. You’ll be reading this thing wondering, “What the hell is going on here?” And while the story is certainly readable for the most part and isn’t remotely terrible, it doesn’t make any attempt to make sense to the people who are picking this up without prior knowledge of the wrestling product.

If you’re a fan of the Big Red Monster and are remotely interested in his backstory, then Journey Into Darkness is probably worth a look. The story does its best to explain the various inconsistencies with the Kane backstory, but is marred down by generally poor writing and the fact that this is trying to make sense out of a narrative concocted by a company who didn’t give a rat’s ass about cohesive narratives unless it was convenient to them. There’s a “clever” attempt to try and make this grounded in reality by using real names here and there while maintaining their hokey fake story and for what it’s worth, you can’t help but admire the attempt.

I don’t know. If you’re into trainwrecks in literary form or want to know how WWE makes sense of its nonsense (and fail), then this is worth checking out. Otherwise, there are plenty of more worthwhile books to check out – either within the wrestling or fictional realms.

Random Thoughts On… Kevin Owens After Cena

Do you think Kevin Owens tapping out to John Cena killed Kevin Owens?
No. Kevin Owens will be just fine. I didn’t like the finish, mind you, but it kinda makes sense because he started off strong and he got knocked a peg or two and now he has to work his way back up. Honestly, if KO were to have won, then what? You go from beating John Cena for a championship to what? Feuding with Cesaro like it’s another mid-card match? He’d have nowhere to go but down. I mean, nothing against Cesaro; that dude’s a fucking genius in the ring (not the Lanny Poffo kind, but the other kind) and him and KO in a match one-on-one? Shit, I’d go for that. But Cesaro’s no John Cena in terms of value.
So, look, I didn’t like the finish, but after sitting on it for a couple days, I’m like “Okay, makes sense.” Whether they decide to do anything with him is another story and I hope he gets another shot down the line because he’s one of the genuinely freshest characters they got now; a classic loudmouthed asshole that’s easy to hate because contrary to what Jim Ross preaches, you don’t have to cheat constantly to hammer in the point that you’re the bad guy. You gotta be a dick. And KO does a good job of being a dick and getting people to hate him that he doesn’t need to cheat. He probably could if he wanted, but what’s the point?