A Heel Move

“You know something, Rick? This goddamn winter is going to be the end of me. And these goddamn shoes are too goddamned tight! And goddammit, Rick, I-“
 
“Steve, will you stopping using the Lord’s name in vain?!”
 
“Whoa, Rick. I didn’t think you were a spiritual fellow. I promise that I will not use the lord’s name in vain.”
 
“Thank you, Steve.”
 
“You’re goddamned welcome!”

WWE Survivor Series 2015

Last Sunday night was the celebration of a milestone in WWE, as it marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the debut of WWE’s most enduring and iconic superstar. Unfortunately, the Gobbledy Gooker was unavailable, so they settled with 25 Years Of Undertaker instead… so there’s that, I suppose. There’s also that WWE World Title tournament to fill the vacancy left by former champion Seth Rollins, who hurt his knee at a overseas event and is supposed to be out for six to nine months. Get well soon, Seth.

Anyway, on with the show, which opens up with Lillian Garcia singing the National Anthem to show terrorists that we won’t be threatened by them. Well, I guess it’s better than moving to a smaller venue due to poor ticket sales… er, I mean, a bomb threat. Right.

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WWF Survivor Series 1990

November 22, 1990 was the day the fourth annual WWF Survivor Series event took place at. This event was notable for two noteworthy events; the hatching of the Survivor Series egg that introduced the world to the short-lived Gobbledy Gooker and the rather unassuming debut of the Undertaker. I will let you decide which of those two went on to become something of a big deal, but given the two choices, it’s obvious which one is the correct one.

So on this day, twenty-five years to the day since that event took place, I give it something of a quick lookie at this event that would give us perhaps one of the most enduring Superstars of all time… the Gobbledy Gooker.

Oh yeah, and that other guy too.

Now, for those who have no clue what Survivor Series entails, here’s the brief scoop. The event mostly comprises eight-man tag-team elimination matches where two teams of four men compete against each other. When a man is pinned, submits, gets counted out, or disqualified, he is eliminated from the match, leaving his teammates to fend for themselves. The winner of the match is the team that outlasts the other team; the “survivors” if you will. This edition featured an additional caveat where the various survivors of the match would compete in a “grand finale” match of the sorts, which is your main event for the evening.

As you can probably imagine, this doesn’t seem all that interesting in hindsight. I can’t say if it was interesting back in the day, but I could probably imagine not.

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About The TNA Impact Video Game…

Here’s another mention of TNA… anyone remember the Impact video game?

I think it came out in 2009 or something for the PS3 and Xbox 360, but there was also a PS2 version that I ended up snagging. The PS2 version was naturally stripped down from the higher-end consoles of the time; it even lacked the Create-A-Wrestler feature that the other versions had, which severely killed the potential replay value for me. Regardless, I had bought it fairly new back in the day, it came with a bonus DVD of TNA’s best matches… something I might take a look at once of these days.

I haven’t touched it all that much, to be honest. I think I sampled it for a couple days before storing it on the shelve and never looked back. From what I recall, I didn’t think it was a terrible game or anything, but it’s not something that has me coming back for me. Maybe if there was a CAW feature on there, I’d spend more time on it… but honestly, you’d need something really special to break me away from the WWE games and their Universe mode.

Maybe some day, Geordi. Maybe some day, I’ll give that game another shot.