Category: Wrestling Musings

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

CM Punk and Tom Dotterer

2024 Update
A few days prior, Syracuse shop-owner Tom Dotterer – 77 – was shot in the face during a robbery at his store. As bad as that was, Tom had said in an interview that the worst thing to happen that week was CM Punk losing the WWE Championship to Rock The John Dwayneson at the Royal Rumble PPV. That interview has since been scrubbed from the Internet and that’s a shame because it showed a good humor to a guy who was shot IN THE EYE during a robbery to say that LOSING AN EYE didn’t ruin his week, it was Rock beating Punk for the title. Major props to Thomas Dotterer, who was shot in the eye and despite the grave implications, blames the Rock beating CM Punk for ruining his week. That guy is an inspiration to us all.

Which brings us to today’s clip, taken from the Abe Kanan radio show which featured Tom Dotterer as a guest and also a surprise call from one Cookie Monster Punk, showing the world that he can be a nice guy, after all.

If You Were Really Surprised By The Outcome…

John Cena wins the Rumble. Rocky wins another WWE Title that he doesn’t need. The stage is set for the rematch nobody wants… well, one of the rematches nobody wants if Hunter gets his way and manages to bring Brock back for the sole purpose of getting back his win.

Good thing I didn’t buy the show. From what I’ve read, this is a show where nothing of note happened here and everything went about as everyone knew it would. Honestly, if anyone was legitimately surprised by this turn of events, you’re a lot dumber than I thought you were.

John Cena Praising Dolph's Work? So Much For His Push…

From wrestlenewz.com:

WWE officials were very impressed with Dolph Ziggler’s performance in the match against John Cena on the January 7th RAW.

Not only did Ziggler receive high marks from officials, but John Cena was heard telling people about how smooth Ziggler worked the match and how he never has a bad match. There’s a feeling that 2013 will be a big year for Ziggler after all.

John Cena praising Dolph Ziggler? Sounds like things are looking up for Dolph, right? Yeah, sure. Just ask Zack Ryder or Evan Bourne how high praise from Cena helped their careers. Oh wait, it didn’t.
John Cena IS career poison. He needs to go… and FAST.

Random Thought On… TNA Reducing Their PPV Count

Kind of odd timing that I would be discussing something that was leaked out a couple weeks ago, but all things considered, it’s still pretty noteworthy if they follow through on this plan. Basically, TNA is dumping two of their PPVs in order to increase build up for two other PPVs of considerable importance. The No Surrender PPV? Turfed to make the build to Bound For Glory more memorable. The Against All Odds PPV? Turfed to build to their Lockdown PPV.

For what it’s worth, I think this is a smart idea. PPVs in this day and age are getting up there in price and their importance happens to diminish every year. There use to be a time where PPVs would be the place where you’d get to see stories and feuds come to an end or, at the very least, progress such tales in the next chapter. Nowadays, they’re little more than placeholder shows you have to pay money for… and oftentimes, just build up to some special edition of RAW.

In TNA’s case, their focus should be to try and drum up interest in their Impact Wrestling show. Maybe shitcan a couple more PPVs and do a television special or two in their place similar to the old Clash Of The Champion shows that WCW used to put out. It’s worth considering, I think.

Sting Returns To TNA? And This Merited A Promo… Why?

Once again, Sting makes his return to TNA as a series of promos on their program kindly inform you. Because it’s supposed to be a surprise that Sting would stick with TNA rather than do something different and unexpected.

Look, I think it’s safe to say that Sting sticking with TNA for the foreseeable future is a sure thing. There’s no need to build up his return to TV every year; it makes build ups for really special things seem less special in comparison. What’s next? Promo videos building up to the day where Ric Flair shits on his legacy further by wrestling another match in his continually deteriorating appearance?

Oh wait…

CM Punk. Champ For A Year… And I Don’t Care…

It was a year ago that CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio to win his second (third? forth? I lost count) WWE Championship and that reign continues to this day… and yet I feel somewhat ambivalent about it. You’d think that it would be a cause for celebration that a genuine fan favorite not only got a run with the top belt in the company, but is still champ after a whole year… but honestly, what has that run amounted to? Playing second fiddle to whatever shit main event John Cena has against Big Show and Johnny Ace?

I was hoping this heel run would be a step up and his reign would start feeling like more of a big deal, but honestly, I have a feeling that we’re living on borrowed time. You know Rock is roaming around there somewhere and, well, we need SOMETHING to merit going back on that “Once In A Lifetime” deal that nobody with a functioning half-brain bought for a single second. Hope I’m wrong, but more than likely, I am not.

Now piss off and let me get back to my Fruity Pebbles.

Damn…

You know what? Here’s the main difference between three-hour RAWs and three-hour WCW Monday Nitros. Three-hour Monday Nitro had the stale nWo and old guys dominating the main event scene, but at least they tried to put together a show that kept your interest, whether it’d be cruiserweights or top-notch wrestling or even the Goldberg squash. The only purpose of these three-hour RAWs seem to be to give me plenty of reasons NOT to care about the current product.

The AJ/Cena/Vickie thing? Don’t care.
The Punk heel run? Don’t care.
The Ryback thing? Don’t care.
The Team Hell No thing? Starting to not care now that they’re tossing Miz in there.
Hey. Remember when sports entertainment used to be fun?
WWE sure as hell doesn’t. They’re too busy telling (shitty) stories or celebrating glory days that they’ll never reach again. Even TNA is starting to lose its luster, dragging out its Aces And Oh-Point-Eights thing and trying to convince me that Jeff Hardy is a credible World champion.