There’s been a lot of stuff done on this blog.
Stuff like countdowns, profiles, and even a match review every now and then.
However, what I’m about to do I haven’t done yet.
You’ve seen it in many publications, where a scribe takes random thoughts and puts down random quibbles about it.
This will be an example of that. Here we go!
How many of you think Jericho/Punk was a work?
I certainly think so.
If you didn’t know already, Punk kicked Jericho out of the Elimination Chamber during the past PPV of the same name. Jericho not only took out a camera man but also himself from the contest.
Jericho, then got ‘cleared’ to compete, and proceeded and to win a battle royal the night after to win a Wrestlemania title match.
From this author’s point of view, this isn’t a complaint.
If anything, it just shows that WWE really knows how to blur the line between kayfabe and shoot… when they want to...
So how about that, Sheamus and Daniel Bryan go from kicked off Wrestlemania 27 to co-headlining Wrestlemania 28.
It wasn’t too long ago that there were rumors that WWE was willing to nearly give up on these guys.
I don’t care who wins, but I do know this: outside of The Miz, this is probably the biggest promotion from one Wrestlemania to another probably in history.
So apparently Brodus Clay’s funk train has been temporarily derailed.
On some news sites, it seems the big guy doesn’t have the full backing of one Vincent K. McMahon. McMahon has been noted as saying that the man is reckless in the ring.
This miffs me for a bit.
Brodus, after being ‘promoted’ from FCW, was on NXT with Alberto Del Rio as his mentor. After that, Clay accompanied ADR to matches and such.
Fast-forward to Extreme Rules where he was seemingly written out after an unexpectedly gory blood-letting during a ladder match.
During this time he could have went back to FCW for polishing, but apparently this has not been the case.
He had filmed a movie, and even did SEVERAL squashes on Superstars as his own generic monster hoss self.
For the longest time (no, not the Billy Joel song), Clay was hyped up to return, but Johnny Ace was always putting it off until ‘next week’.
When he did return, he less resembled Snitsky and more resembled Ernest ‘the Cat’ Miller.
Entertaining audiences around the country, he has seemingly been put on the back burner yet again.
This all goes back towards lack of FCW training.
If it turns out he was reckless at that point, then why not refine his craft? It’s not like he was shortly endeavored thus had no reason to care. The man has an upside of being a unique player in a WWE Universe full of clones.
THIS JUST IN: Drew McIntyre, in the middle of a ridiculous losing streak, is straddled with a new gimmick of kissing guys. This was overseas in Honduras.
If Cody Rhodes was still ‘Dashing’, we’d have a brand new over-as-rover tag team!
Wait, people are treating The Rock like a celebrity now? This isn’t a new practice.
At the first Wrestlemania, there was Liberace, Muhammad Ali, amongst others.
Since then people like Salt n’ Pepa, Mike Tyson, Pete Rose (x3), Donald Trump, and more have appeared in segments where it’s arguable that wrestlers could have, um, wrestled.
So why is The Rock a unique case in complaints then?
Well, he did leave the WWE for Hollywood full-time in 2004, and besides the off-the-cuff appearance, didn’t have a truly competitive match until Survivor Series 2011.
The point is is that Wrestlemania is the highest-paying/most prestigious event on the calendar. The ‘boys’ in the back make that their “aspire to be here” date, where even the Battle Royal dark match could be the highest pay-day of the year.
So again, why so much heat on The Rock?
He’s not full time and still makes an impression? Too bad.
Yet he’ll help the event crack a million buys, and there’ll still be complaining. Geez…
Kayfabe is officially dead: http://www.wweshop.com/category/Men/TShirts-Kayfabe
So the General Managers of Raw and Smackdown are currently hurled into a feud? At least with there this is going, this won’t be bad as the last time this happened:
Speaking of The Rock, his new DVD/Blu-ray is a welcome addition to ANY wrestling library. The documentary is top-notch, and all the supplements are a nice touch too.
Don’t forget to get the 2008 DVD too, and The Rock’s career chronicles are pretty much set.
This will most likely be a future blog article, but I have to mention Triple H and Undertaker III for Wrestlemania 28 is official… INSIDE HELL IN THE CELL!
Fry, you know what to do!
Off topic compared to the rest of the article, but it seems like the Ultimate Warrior will be coming out of hibernation.
Coming to Northeast Wrestling, Warrior will be appearing at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center (in Poughkeepsie, New York) in conjunction with Wrestlefest 16, the promotion’s biggest event.
As a person who has front-row tickets, I view this as a blessing that a huge legend is coming.
However, I also fear the worst.
The DVD notwithstanding, it seems that Warrior’s reputation isn’t the greatest, and the promos thought up in this man’s head are something made up not in this world.
Only time will tell what Warrior will say on March 23rd, but I’m going to remain positive that something cohesive could be churned out.
On a last note, I’d like to quip that I’ve been doing some Wrestlemania Profiles. I’ll be hopefully doing five in total, while two are complete.
The first two done have been Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin. Look for others to be done on the way to Wrestlemania Sunday.
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