Category: Wrestling Musings

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

Ramblin’ ‘Bout Rasslin’

Because of a family emergency, I was unable to catch last night’s tantalizing 3-hour RAW offering. Of course, considering that the last segment to close the show was a contract signing and sports entertainment over a match that I have zero interest in watch while the WWE Champion opens the fucking show, I doubt I missed a whole lot.

In case it hasn’t been already evident, I have no interest in this Brock Lesnar/HHH match at the upcoming PPV. The end result is pretty much a dead giveaway, it contributes nothing to the overall product, and most of all, I simply don’t care because this “feud” had done nothing to make me care. See, it doesn’t matter if you like a story or don’t; the important thing is that it evoke some response and if it doesn’t do that, then what’s the point?
Meanwhile, over in Orlando, Austin Aries continues to make the most of his current World Title reign, I’m enjoying the hell out of the BFG series (money’s on Bully Ray to get the shot – the guy does good stuff and he deserves the rub), I’m actually semi-intrigued by this Aces & Eights angle, Samoa Joe looks to finally get back that edge he’s been missing these past few years, and most of all, the shows are really fun and enjoyable. Even if the ratings don’t reflect, TNA is certainly on the right track and I do hope that they stick with the live shows for a tad longer because the end result has been mostly positive.

The Genius Of The Sheik

This is from the Iron Sheik’s Twitter… watch him rant on RAW 1000 old country style.

who watch the #wwe #raw tonight? I be happy to make the 1000 for the boss kennedymcmahon. he no jabroni like fucking virgil

the Rick nash like the Steve nash want to party in the big apple. hope he handle the moderation of the a to the z #teamsheikie

happy birthday to intelligent jew the @Rosenbergradio he respect the wrestling he no jabroni

I watch the monday night raw tonight I chill out have cold beer

The damien sandow not ready for the dx he get humbled old country way #teamsheikie

The slick is my black brother. He one of my favorite manager ever. He not like the dumb fuck Virgil #raw1000

Jim Ross I love him forever #raw1000

Dolphin Ziggler the real next generation #raw1000

Sheikie baby new raw gm #teamsheikie #raw1000

I am the teacher of the Bret hart

Jim Duggan I beat the fuck out of him if I want

i be in next royal rumble to fuck up the santino

slick the real not like the OJ Simpson #teamsheikie #raw1000

what the fuck is the umpa lumpa?

brock lesnar the real

you respect the Sheikie baby then you buy the Iron Sheik t shirt indiemerch.com/theironsheik/ otherwise you are worse than umpa lumpa #teamsheikie

So… RAW 1000

Didn’t see it…

Not for a lack of wanting, mind you, but winds and shit weather has been detrimental to the satellite feed and thus no show. I can catch the replay tomorrow, mind you… but we’ll see.

Presumably, there were lots of old guys, longer overrun… because three hours ain’t enough or something, and the possible threat of Johnny C overcoming the odds and resuming the run of mediocrity… yeah, I’m probably going to record it. Watch it later or something…

I guess…

Paulie Rants On The New EC-Dub… What?

So the story goes that WWE had (supposedly) let their ECW trademark expire and somebody bought the rights to use the acronym as the basis of a new wrestling company… fuck knows why anyone would want to try and bring back ECW… again. The only good to come out of this was Paul Heyman’s Twitter rant on the matter, translated here from Twit-To-English;

“Yes. Dumbshits who think they can recapture the magic. Some people never learn!

“Letters don’t mean anything. WWE’s ECW wasn’t ECW. Anyone can buy letters. Big deal. ECW was based on ORIGINAL IDEAS! It’s called “having an imagination.” Obviously, trying to be a duplicate ripoff of the past is not “new” or “original” nor “game changing.” ECW was a product of its time. When I wrote WWE Smackdown in 2002/03, I didn’t try to duplicate ECW. You move on with the times, people. ECW One Night Stand was supposed to be a ONE NIGHT STAND, not a way to re-marry your ex. If someone wants to take a try at re-doing ECW, knock yourself out. Go for it. Maybe your investment is smarter doing something NEW!!!”

Word, Paulie. Word.

Look, to whoever bought the rights, just sell them back to WWE and use the change to come up with something original and unique. Trying to relive a bygone era in wrestling – no matter how good (or bad) it was – is not a successful business strategy and only serves to piss on that bygone era. WWE had some success with their first One Night Stand, but beyond that, they didn’t stick with that formula for their revival show and used the brand to showcase new talent… which is probably the best thing they could have done with that third show, although it should have been something else.

And TNA? Well, they tried the Extreme Last Stand thing with their Hardcore Justice five years later and it was just sad to watch. Especially since the card that was originally booked for their PPV (and aired on free TV days later) was much, much better than whatever that Hardcore Justice show had to offer.

I’ve said it before… and fuck me, I’ll say it again…

ECW IS DEAD. LET IT REST IN PEACE.

The End.

I Did It… For Da Sons…

Despite my better judgment, I tuned in to RAW… and I saw Rikishi dance with his kids…

Because he did it for the Rock… or something.

By the way, this is their 999th episode… which means next Monday is the 1000th episode of Monday Night Overcooked… because it sure ain’t RAW.

Meanwhile, I’ll be hitting 1000 posts long before then… and it will be spectacular.

Yeah… About that…

So, as you could probably tell, there hasn’t been much in terms of worthwhile RAW overviews these past few weeks; any post with the RAW Bytes tag is pretty much a quick blurb or two. Not much more than that…

I’ll be quite honest with you here. At this point in time, WWE is becoming quite a bore and I haven’t made much of an effort to catch it whenever I can. There used to be a time when I would attempt to catch it either by setting a timer on my recording device and waste VHS tapes or DVD-Rs on the thing, because despite the low points, I still enjoyed watching the product and following the product.

This year… not so much.

The really sad thing about this? Last year, there was excitement in the air. With the CM Punk worked shoot promo, things were really looking up. Could this be the chance for WWE to be relevant again? Could this be the first shot in making the product interesting?

Funny how that turned out.

A year later, CM Punk is WWE Heavyweight Champion and feuding with Daniel Bryan Danielson in what should have been a main event feud of two guys fighting over the championship and the right to truly be “the best in the world,” but instead it’s all about a chick that is easy on the eyes and almost likable to a point, but is ultimately nothing more than a distraction and a turn-off to a feud that I was so looking forward to. Not only that, but Punk isn’t even allowed to main event the shows, playing second fiddle to the good ol’ boys of Johnny C, Single H, and the usual gang of numbskulls that formulate WWE’s glass ceiling.

Meanwhile, a couple days and a few channels over, TNA is slowly but surely evolving into a more refined and watchable product. Not only that, but it’s actually getting to be really, really good, with exciting matches, good feuds, minimal bullshit, and perhaps most importantly, potential new stars being made in the process. Think about this; the last three consecutive guys to hold TNA’s World title – James Storm, Booby Roode, and now Austin Aries – are all first time World champions. When was the last time something like that happened in WWE, if something like that happened at all?

So yeah… the WWE product is turning me off slowly but surely. Something I thought would take a miracle to happen, but that’s exactly what’s happening. Maybe I’ll stick with the DVDs I got – sometimes even pick the occasional set of classic matches or even nab a couple old VHS tapes. And maybe I’ll give TNA a fair shake or two one of these days.

But as far as Vince goes?

Nothing at the moment.

Later.