Category: Wrestling Musings

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

Hulk Hogan: The Next Billy Mays?

According to this article, Hulk Hogan is going back to be a TV pitchman and is aiming to be the next Billy Mays, who was the TV pitch-king until his untimely death in June 2009. Hogan used to do some commercials for Right Guard and the like many moons ago. And he did do an infomercial for his grill a while back.

You know what? I’m about the furthest thing from being a Hulkamaniac as you can get. I honestly don’t care for Hulk Hogan as far as his wrestling and acting careers go… but he could be a great pitchman actually. The next Billy Mays? I doubt it; Mays had that intense energy and charisma that made his informercials exciting and energetic. I doubt Hogan will be able to achieve that level, but he’s got the charisma to be almost as good and maybe make a name for himself in the field.

It’s worth a shot… if he sticks with it. And if he does, I wish him all the best.

Martha Hart sues WWE… Again.

(2021 Update: Yeah, so this has aged poorly.)

So yeah, Martha Hart is suing WWE again. It took me a while to figure out that she was Owen’s widow. Apparently she’s out of money from the last settlement she had ten years ago, so back to the well she goes.

I figured that if she were to sue because of WWE’s continued usage of Owen footage, she would have done it years ago when the Bret Hart DVD came out.
But whatever. I’m not a grieving widow who doesn’t want anything to do with the wrestling business and yet married a guy who was part of a huge wrestling family.

This family, sometimes… I just don’t know.

Cena Wants His Win Back… From Daniel Bryan Danielson

According to this page at Inside Pulse Wrestling, WWE Champion John Cena sent a series of Twits expressing his wanting Daniel Bryan Danielson back in WWE… presumably to get back for this kick he got. Whether this is legit or work, it’s nice to see Cena’s voice tossed out there and perhaps maybe… JUST maybe… he isn’t simply a corporate shill after all.

Then again, this could all be an elaborate work.

Daniel Bryan Danielson fired for choking some guy…

I wake up this morning and I find out that Daniel Bryan Danielson has been fired because he choked WWE announcer Justin Roberts with his tie during that whole skit. Yeah, that’s got to be the stupidest thing I’ve heard all day. Really, if the crack WWE management found some guy getting choked with his tie to be graphically violent, then they wouldn’t have spent a whole five seconds watching the guy get choked. They would have cut to something else. Instead, they lose one of the better workers in that whole NXT faction.

Remember that feeling I had about how WWE was going to somehow fuck up this goldmine they have going on? Well, this isn’t exactly that, but it’s a possible sign that they may very neuter this Invasion. It’s unfortunate that such a realistic (read: compelling) angle had to be toned down because someone might not be . And yet twelve years ago, WCW will pull off similar stuff without much repercussion and that was also something of a PG product.

Oh wait…

More Hyperbole from Dixie

TNA President Dixie Carter left the following on her Twitter:

“It’s 6:30 am. Been up for hours. So excited I can’t sleep. TNA’s about to change forever. Can’t wait to share it w/you, my staff, the talent” 

Uh-huh… yeah, sure. I’ve heard THAT one before. The next great experiment that will garner that 1.0 rating that you guys are so used to.

Still, you can’t fault her for trying. And people seem to attain some remote interest in what may change TNA forever… even if that promise has been made countless times before, giving the phrase even less weight than before each time it’s pulled out of the gutter.

Maybe I’ll be surprised, who knows? Or maybe I won’t care because WWE actually DID surprise me on Monday.

Oh wait, TNA has a PPV this coming Sunday? Yep, time for predictions as soon as I get the full rundown on the PPV.

PLEASE Don't TRY THIS AT HOME + Cena FUs the Invasion

Somehow, I had this idea to combine bits and clips of the NXT Invasion from this past Monday’s RAW with the audio track for one of those WWE PSAs (the clips where a superstar informs viewers not to try this at home). I lucked out in finding one with John Cena… and so here we go.

Before anyone brings it up, yes, I included the spit. Also, I liked the dramatic music piece that they used for the original PSA. It works nicely with the clipshow actually.

Speaking of Cena, here’s a snippet of his Twitter in giant Twitter type:

CeNation. Sorry for delay. Checked out fine. Mild concussion and some back and hip trouble, but I am in 1 piece. Thank u for your concern.


Yep. Eight guys beat the crap out of you and you ONLY suffer a mild concussion and some back/hip problems… and you’ll be going on RAW this coming Monday, jumping all about as if nothing’s ever happened… because that’s your thing.

John? Yeah, I know we don’t see eye-to-eye and I know you enjoy doing all that Superman bullshit that you do every single night. But please do me a favor and SELL the injuries. I know it’s difficult, but you’ve had two movies under your belt to pretend you’re somewhat hurt. You have that experience. Use it… because all the NXT Invasion storyline depends greatly on this ability. Thanks.

Scott Hall Arrested for being drunk… good times.

If you’re looking for more means of supporting the theory of TNA slowly becoming WCW, here’s more substantial evidence.
According to this online newspaper article, Scott Hall was arrested and charged with disorderly intoxication. I guess he was drun… um, I mean, “battling personal demons” again. Hall, I may remind you, is currently one-third of TNA’s World Tag-Team Champions, with partners Kevin Nash and Eric Young under Freebird rules. (To anyone who is confused by that statement, it basically means that any two of the three men can defend the titles in a match. This dates back to the Fabulous Freebirds team who first pulled this off.)
Sadly, it only makes WWE look good when they let someone go and then that someone gets busted for, as was the case with Jeff Hardy. It wasn’t like any of their champions were busted for having pot in their car trunk or went crazy and killed his whole family.
Oh wait.