Category: Wrestling Musings

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

TNA Ditches Chyna Due To Chynese Porn

This.

So in an effort to show that wrestling matters, TNA has ceased talks with Chyna now that her brand-new porn film is being released soon… Chyna claims that TNA is missing the boat as a result, but truth be told, TNA already missed the boat. It’s called 1 Night In China.

Probably the smartest thing TNA has done yet.

Man Ejected From Impact Wrestling

Apparently, a man was ejected from this evening’s sessions of Impact Wrestling tapings because he was posting taping spoilers on a website through his cell phone and Universal Studios security pretty much found out about it. You know, now would be a good time to consider the tried and tested method of pen and paper. It’s not as instantaneous, but it works… sometimes.

You know, I almost feel bad placing the usual label here because TNA’s not at fault here. However… it does involve a moron… I guess…

EDIT: Despite this new ban, spoilers eventually came up.

Do You Remember… Ric Flair Finance?

Neither do I… maybe Ric Flair could have used some financial advice so that he didn’t have to deal with stuff like this.

Poor, poor Ric. Should have retired with dignity and saved his cash… instead, the man who used to be the biggest name in wrestling is now the biggest joke on the Internet…

Yep.

On a sidenote, I didn’t watch Impact… because it was my dad’s birthday… and that takes precedence over an entertainment show.

VLOG – Remembering The Macho Man

I was just getting back from personal business when I got the news that Randy Savage had died. It was a shock to hear about that. And perhaps, it’s one that hurts quite a bit… because this was not just a moderately successful superstar wrestler nor is he someone dabbled in the main event scene. This is a legend… one of the true greats in professional wrestling. Someone who was as close to being the Total Package as you can get when it comes to that form of sports entertainment. He had the look, he had the voice, he had the moves, and most importantly, he had the charisma and the personality that really made him stand out and made people take notice… and clearly, a lot of people took notice for him to have gotten the name recognition that he did… and deservingly so.

Whether it was his classic matches or his classic insane rambling promos that half the time we didn’t understand what he was saying but who cares because this guy’s cool… or whether it was his classic Slim Jim commercials that actually got me to try out Slim Jims for the first and possibly last time… or his three-minute-cameo in the first Spider-Man movie nine years ago… or hell, even his rap album that he tossed out around the same time… it was one of those cases where no matter how good or how bad the final product turned out, you couldn’t help but feel that he gave it his all and that he gave it his best shot… and I think that effort and that passion showed in a lot of the stuff he did. For the most part, his stuff never felt phoned in… even during recent years when he was showing off his new action figure at the Comicon or cutting a promo for the WWE All-Stars game.

This is a man who deserved to be in that Hall of Fame of theirs… and the only sad thing is that he never got that chance due to whatever petty politics that held off such a thing.

Thanks for the memories, “Macho Man” Randy Savage. You shall be missed.

Can I get a “Oooooooo Yeeeaaaaahhhhhhhh!”

Which of these shows feature MOAR wrestling?

So according to Mick Foley, wrestling matters at Impact Wrestling. So that means there should be more wrestling, right? Right?

You know what? Let’s try an little experiment here, shall we? Why don’t we compare Impact Wrestling’s matches to RAW’s matches; not necessarily in regards to quality, but in terms of wrestling time. This is going to be very easy to conduct since both shows featured five wrestling matches… and yes, I will still refer to them as wrestling matches even if the geniuses at WWE do not.

And just to make it clear, this is not a review of both shows, nor is it a recap. The main focus, perhaps the only focus, is match time. Although I will add thoughts here and there, but the quality is not the main focus, it’s the match time.

MONDAY NIGHT RAW
CM Punk vs Kofi Kingston lasted 3:51
Kelly Kelly vs Brie Bella lasted 1:51
Rey Mysterio vs Alberto Del Rio lasted 9:25.
Big Show & Kane vs New Nexus lasted 4:45
John Cena vs Jack Swagger lasted 11:21

TOTAL WRESTLING TIME ON RAW –  31:13

IMPACT WRESTLING
Mickie James & co. vs. Madison Rayne & co. lasted 4:20
Abyss vs. Kazarian lasted 5:02
Samoa Joe squashes Amazing Red in 0:47
Generation Me vs Matt Hardy/Eric Bischoff (FTS) lasted 6:07
Angelina Love & Winter vs. Velvet Sky lasted 4:30

TOTAL WRESTLING TIME ON IMPACT WRESTLING –  20:46

So apparently, in order to emphasis WRESTLING and making sure that WRESTLING MATTERS, Impact Wrestling decides to feature less WRESTLING than the show that wants nothing to do WITH wrestling. As a matter of fact, if I didn’t know any better, there was actually more TALKING in Impact than there was ACTUAL wrestling…… well, actually, that is the case… now that I think about it. Mind you, it’s the same thing with RAW, but they have more wrestling. The numbers do not lie, folks.

Of course, it’s only the first week… so I might do this again next week (new LABEL! Hooray!)… but so far, TNA’s new direction looks an awful lot like the old direction with a fresh coat of paint. That is not good.

References:
Raw Recap by Michael Bradley: http://www.rspwfaq.com/2011/05/16/wwe-raw-5-16-11/
Impact Recap by Michael Bradley: http://www.rspwfaq.com/2011/05/19/michaels-impact-review-47/

Jerry Lawler Still Employed After Choking Michael Cole

Michael Cole does his best Justin Roberts impersonation.

Breaking News: Jerry The King Lawler has not been fired for choking Michael Cole with a tie. Daniel Bryan Danielson, who was once fired for choking ring announcer Justin Roberts with a tie, has cried foul, but nobody listened nor cared.