who gives a shit about booking? and other assorted junk.

Hai thar

I've been hearing comments on how people refuse to watch TNA because their booking is confusing. Quite frankly, I agree. Nevertheless, that shouldn't be a reason not to watch TNA. Sure, booking is a cornerstone when it comes to pro wrestling, but I'd rather look past corny and uninteresting storylines and enjoy the work the guys and gals put on in the ring.

Vince Russo is known to own a melting pot full of bad ideas, and he's showcasing pretty much all of them. The comparison with the last years of WCW is never far away, with the exception of us not having to deal with Tony Schiavone and his definite lack of knowledge.

The sad thing is, all those people that have tried to cope with the storylines in TNA are all turning back to WWE, and frankly, it's not better there. Randy Orton and John Cena just had their 5 millionth match and (miracles don't happen) Cena won the strap for the millionth time. Now, Cena will be defending the defaced gold against . .. Triple H and Shawn Michaels.

There's a surprise. On SmackDown, Undertaker will battle Big Show and Chris Jericho. Who said RAW was the flagship show? Consistently, SmackDown has been receiving better grades when it comes to actual wrestling. RAW has been overlooking just that more and more. ECW has been heckled by the community for the defacation of the legendary status ECW had back in the day. And that since 2006. Undeservingly, since ECW has been putting on quality shows as of late, with a good talent pool. Christian, Burchill, Regal, Helms etc. are all there and making it shine.

The true talented ones on RAW are getting jobbed out (i.e. Matt "Evan Bourne" Sydal). RAW is shit and it has been for nearly 10 years. Still, people will rather watch an overblown soap opera than good wrestling with hints of an overblown soap opera. The only good change they have made so far is turning Batista heel. It's been a long time coming. Now give Kane a belt and fire Rey Mysterio and we're off.

Neither are likely to happen, but hey, there's always UFC for the disgruntled wrestling fans hopping on board of the bandwagon to Dana White's brainchild. Hey WWE, if even your VP of Global Media makes the jump, while he's a full blood family member, that means you gotta steer your ship away from the cliffs. Vince really is surrounded by morons and his megalomania won't help either.

All I could say is: "Get HDNet and watch ROH". Or visit www.smartmarkvideo.com and buy a few DVD's from indie promotions such as CHIKARA or PWG. You'll enjoy the programming where wrestling isn't the red-headed stepchild of sports entertainment. Or else ...

On another note, I'm pissed that there's still no PS3 DLC for GTA IV. looking at the X360 stuff makes my mouth watery. Nevertheless, I'm happy with my humongous black box that does NOT get RROD's every few months. Fuck you very much, Microsoft.

Ranetki is working on a new album. That makes me happy. Personal life ... does not. We can't have it all.

on that note, I'm out to endure more nagging and whining from the usual suspects.

bai

~Delrihuzz

tidbits

I realise my blog there yesterday was a little short of actual noteworthy content, and I'm not really planning on making up for that.

I figured I'd write something that would brighten your day. Another blog.

First some shout-outs: Hey ER.

There.

Right, people who have endured me on forums know that I'm rather addicted to music, usually of the metallic kind, which is likely to be heavy (if you lost me, it's Heavy Metal)

The music scene today is remarkable. You got a boatload of new and upcoming artists spewing the most uninspired crap. Not surprisingly, it's usually an assortment of beats, with total disregard for flow or anything. It lacks soul, passion, etc. The only thing it has more than great musicians is a marketing machine backing them up. Like Disney.

Disney has brought us much joy in our childhood. In our adolescence, they've brought us pain and misery. Personification of this all: The Jonas Brothers.

Apparently, more and more people share my view on this band. I happened to come across a "motivational" that pictured the Jonas brothers with the following subscript:

"SO FAR IN THE CLOSET, they're having adventures in Narnia". I loved it. Narnia is another one of those big money makers, but I'll let that one slide.

Seriously, these Jonas brothers are breaking hearts and record sales everywhere. Little girls drop into a coma and wake up moments later by their heartbreaking tunes that touch everyone so deeply. Since sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internet, let me say that was a textbook example.

You can write love songs every so often, or songs with absolutely no meaning. But to fill several albums with the same old formula? It's a feast of recognition, but the ladies love it, because that's what they know. For me personally, when it comes to music, I prefer browsing through specialised music magazines for reviews. I look at the genre, and then download ... ahem ... buy the album. Sometimes they suck, mostly, they don't.

Either way, I'd rather go for Hannawwwh Montanawww because Miley Cyrus will stop being jailbait in 2 years. Won't say the music is worth a dime, but at least she's nice to look at. As long as she keeps her mouth shut. I've watched her show a few times, and I swear that once I close my eyes when she's talking, images of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer cross my mind.

Milk Inc is another example. Dunno if anyone outside of Belgium has heard this mismatch made in hell. Let me give you the jist of it. They've been making the same songs for ten years, rehashing lyrics in a different order, rearranging a few notes here and there. They've been killing concert halls entirely and last Werchter was programmed as headliner against the legendary Metallica. I saw this as an act of disrespect towards Metallica. The guy (he looks like a horse) doesn't even play live, or he's some sort of magician. If he did play live, he'd be the only guy able to play "music", hold his hands in the air, asking the crowd over and over again to do the same.

Kate Ryan is a little more popular outside the Flemish region. But she's probably even worse. Okay, I take that back, they're equally worse. It's a well known fact that this woman can only get hits, once she's raped a cover of a prolific artist (Mylene Farmer, Desireless; do you know 'em? no, that's because they are good artists). It doesn't stop there. Besides being ugly, she fails at being stylish, and is arrogant at the same time. Winners combo.

I may sound like a disgruntled musician who has never been able to make it in the business. Let me burst that bubble. I'm not a musician, I never wanted to make it in the music business. I'll hand you "disgruntled". Enduring a top countdown is like having to read twilight while listening to Lady Gaga's CD on shuffle and repeat.

Oh yeah, Lady Gaga. Whether she's a hermaphrodite, doesn't matter. If she can impregnate herself, good for her. That pokerface song made me cringe and even radiohosts were petitioning to get it off the #1 spot. It was a ridiculously bad song. The next song was equally bad (I'm not gonna elaborate on "disco sticks", whatever that may be.) but I like "certain snippets" of Paparazzi. It's not half bad. I won't consider myself a fan of her/him either way (I still have a little sense of pride left).

I'm thankful that there are still artists who have sold out to the masses but can maintain their integrity and make the music they like. Metallica is one of them. Rammstein is another. There's no doubt in my mind that these are my favorite bands. Metallica made a semi-thrash record and Rammstein made one song that was a subtle, but huge 'FUCK YOU' to the mainstream mass. Especially with the videoclip. It was a necessity after they fell off the underground-wagon with "Reise Reise" (which was rather good) to "Rosenrot" (which was quite horrible). Recently heard "Pussy" and "Rammlied" and faith was somewhat restored.

Maybe there is a future for inspiring, soulful music where you can notice an artist has poured blood, sweat, tears and other bodily fluids (in some cases) into a song you'll love to love. I can only hope.

~ Deli

PS: Rachael Lillis is an ILF. Because she's not a mother, that makes her lose that M. Hell, she's like 31. wowzers.

PPS: I'll use different colors for each blog. Just to annoy you.

/needlessrant

It was the biggest party of the summer

Hey

Those of you who actually bother to read this know that I'm a wrestling fan. Yesterday, World Wrestling Entertainment organised its Wrestlemania jr event Summerslam (or as Jeremy Piven says: Summerfest)

I was mighty impressed with the card at first, even complimenting WWE on their booking. Mind, the card was far from complete, and didn't feature the endless repeat of Randy Orton facing off against John Cena.

I'll try to give my honest idea based on what I've read, not having seen the event.

The pre-show dark match was a 15-woman battle royal, with Chavo Guerrero as special referee. Fun, the women showcasing the little bit of talent they're gifted with. Ultimately Beth Phoenix, who probably has the most skill out of all of them gained the victory and of course the overall quality of the match had to be thrown out of the window.

We all know Vince and his desire to throw unnecessary (and by now greatly annoying) comical relief into every possible segment.

You might've guessed it, there's Hornswoggle. The biggest piece of useless garbage to grace a WWE ring since ... Gobbledygooker? Of course, the women are trying not to cringe when the "pint-sized superstar" comes out from under the ring and executes his Frog Splash (or tadpole splash, hahahahahahaha -,-) on Chavo, effectively burying him just a little more. At least not everyone saw it. Sheesh.

The show opens with DX announcing they're back. Cool, were it not that everyone already knew about it. They'd been pushing the zillionth return of DX for weeks on RAW.

The opening match of the PPV had a surprising turn that probably no one expected. Rey Mysterio defended the Intercontinental title against Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler, despite having the most ridiculous name in sports entertainment, is a young rising star, for whom I'm legitimately glad that he's getting the chance to shine. He's doing really well and seems to fit right in at the mid card.

Everybody expected Dolph to get the rub and take the title off Mysterio. It didn't happen. Mysterio was promised a lengthy reign for some reason. I don't like Mysterio much anymore. I was a huge fan back in the WCW days, but his gimmick of underdog ruined it all. That gimmick is on the backseat, in favor of no personality whatsoever so I'm starting to like him more now.

Mysterio retains and next is MVP vs Jack Swagger.

Both have been trading insults with Swagger hinting towards, or flat-out revealing the time MVP legitimately spent in jail. MVP countered that he learned to survive etc..

This match had the potential and they delivered a match I could expect from them. Technical, compelling and most prominently, one that made the casual, unknowing fans happy. MVP claimed victory and that was that.

Lawler and Cole plug all of the (D-List and up) celebrities in attendance at the front row. I don't know 'em, and I won't bother to list them.

Next up is a match I expect to be bad, despite the fact it features one of my favorite performers of all time. Jericho and the Big Show defending their unified titles against the Robbin' Hoods, JTG and Shad Gaspard. Collectively known as "Cryme Tyme". Everybody thought Cryme Tyme was walking away with the belts ... well, they weren't. Big Show got the knockout shot and the pinfall at the team of titans retained the belts. woohoo!

Then another tag match, this time the outcome couldn't be more predictable. Shawn Michaels and Triple H, together they are Degeriatric X, facing off against Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, the Legacy. Nobody was surprised that DX won. Trips can't lose a meaningless match on PPV! He has a rep! fuck that big nosed ass hole.

Kane vs Khali is next. Bullshit match, good outcome. Glad to see Kane win. rest, pfff, why bother.

Then to the match I was most looking forward to, Christian vs William Regal. Those two are my favorite and joint second favorite performer and a match between them would be amazing. I emphasize "would be" as it definitely wasn't. Team Creative probably thought that having Regal wrestle a full match on PPV would be boring so they let Christian win in approximately 5 seconds

This could have been the best match on the card wrestlingwise, but they simply weren't able to deliver ANYTHING!

bah. This booking has Vince Russo's name on it. It's best the creative team sends the package back to Orlando so Russo can book badly again.

then the WWE title match. Randy Orton vs John Cena #434

Randy goes in as champion, Cena as the challenger. Have I seen this before? Yup, we haven't seen much else in the past 3 years. Typical Cena match. Orton dominates until the finish, where Cena hulks up, comes back with three moves and then locks in Orton in a watered down version of whatever submission it's supposed to be. Referee counts, and Cena wins... WAIT! REWIND! That's not what happened. A fan grabbed hold of the referee, distracting Cena and allowing Orton to hit the RKO ftw!

Orton retains and I knew it was set up. A fan that comes in right at the finish of a match, buttfucks the ref (as seen on the picture at WWE.com) which allows Orton to win. Of course it was a plant. And it was none other than Brett DiBiase, brother of Ted and son of Ted (and they're not inbred). Hell, it could've been Doink buttnaked. I love this kind of booking! Cena lost, and Orton retains the title and is safe for another month, I hope.

Last match on the card. Hardy is on his way out, out of the company that is, so Punk will obviously win. Since Jeff is out, Punk needs a new challenger. Wait for it, wait for it, there we are. The bell goes, and the arena turns dark blue. Surprise, it's the Undertaker making his first appearance since his classic match with Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania. SmackDown is definitely the most interesting brand in WWE right now. That concludes Summerslam. An event with a boatload of potential, that was eventually mostly killed off by horrendous booking.

I'm Deli, and I don't know what I'm saying.

peace.

An horrifically late update.

O hey there

Long time no been here. There's no reason actually, I just didn't feel like updating.

Besides that, news in the wrestling world has been rather slow. Nevertheless, there are some tidbits I'd like to give my opinion on. As the top banner states, I will no longer limit myself to "professional wrestling" .. noooo, don't shoot me Vince, alright alright: "Sports Entertainment/Action Entertainment". Ahem, I'll also add my view on several items that are currently in media.

Nonetheless, first things first -> wrestling.

It seems to me that there's been something of a power shift within the locker room of the WWE. The recent release of Ken Kennedy for example. As we all know, Ken returned from an injury that kept him sidelined for a good year. His first match back and he supposedly botches a back suplex on Randy Orton. Orton complains to Vince and Vince fires Ken without question. Anyone who has seen the particular spot will agree with me that Randy had it coming.

I truly thought that a wrestler who grew up in the business knows how to react when an opponent attempts to connect a back suplex on you. I was obviously wrong. Randy Orton, whose father, uncle and grandfather worked in this business manages to topple backwards, right at the peak of the back suplex. The result is that Randy Orton falls head first onto the mat. Uh-oh, botch. Immediately after, Randy throws a fit (so he's not hurt, big deal then, Randy?) and finishes the match.

Two days later, the dreaded "future endeavors" message appears with a picture of the Green Bay Loudmouth accompanying it. The moment I saw it, I knew Randy had been throwing a temper tantrum.

I cannot believe (and this speaking as a fan of Randy) Vince would put trust in a guy who has been suspended, not only for drug use but for unprofessional conduct (TWICE!) and actually take advice from him when it comes to the job of another man. That's the second time Randy complained which resulted in an almost immediate release. Afa "Manu" Anoai, jr. being the first.

Whatever, onto the next. There's some title issues over there in the E. What is creative thinking?

It's a pay per view, Batista goes into the world title match injured as a challenger. Batista wins ... and forfeits the title the next day on RAW. Randy Orton, who entered the PPV as the champion gets the title. I seriously don't get the point in putting the title on Batista, only to have no fucking change at all. The same thing is happening on SmackDown. There's been a feud brewing between Jeff Hardy, whose small bit of talent was left in the flaming remains of his previous house, and CM Punk.

They started their feud when CM Punk cashed in his money in the bank opportunity, a chance he won at WM XXV. Jeff Hardy had just become the new world champion and Punk took the title off him immediately. Best thing that could happen. A few weeks later, Jeff Hardy beats Punk for the title and a new match is set for Summerslam.

Sounds perfectly normal, but it isn't. Jeff Hardy has notified management that he's leaving shortly. He refuses to sign a new deal, and wants to take a sabbatical. Yet he's been racking up title wins after title wins. It's saying much when Hardy himself was surprised that the upper echelon of stupidity wanted to put the belt on him. Top notch decisions. For fucks sake.

The only title picture that is somewhat normal is the ECW title picture. Being somewhat inferior to the other two, the belt has exchanged at an equal rate, but with a good reason and a nice feud surrounding it. Tommy Dreamer, famous for having a 30 minute world title reign won the title from Christian at Extreme Rules (formerly One Night Stand) and thus realised a life long dream (even though Tommy has been quoted as saying he wanted to have a career without titles. Continuity ftw). Night of Champions and Christian regains the belt.

There's a story behind the feud, and I'm liking it. Not only because Christian is in it (and he's recognised world wide as a 4-time world champion now!) but both Dreamer and Christian have managed to create magic by all their promo's and their matches.

All I have left to say is that John Morrison, Matt Sydal, Jake Hager and Nick Nemeth (I can't bear to write their WWE names ... Bourne, Swaggah and Ziggler resp.) are without a doubt a huge part of the future of the wrestling business. We can onmy hope that Vince won't screw this up by feeding them all to "the big tank filled with absolutely no talent" that is known as John Cena.

In the music world, there's been a heated battle between former bandmates. Bandmates who together formed Fear Factory, but obviously no longer are.

Christian Olde Wolbers (Belgium represent!) and Ray Herrera, guitarist/bassist and drummer respectively had formed a new band called "Arkaea" when Fear Factory was on sabbatical. They had done a sabbatical earlier on (2002 to be precise) where a change in the line up was into effect. Then guitarist Dino Cazares was thrown out and replaced by then-bassist Christian Olde Wolbers (COW). The bass position was taken by Strapping Young Lad-bassist Byron Stroud.

We're 2009 now. Fear Factory has been on sabbatical since '07. Now recently, vocalist Burton C. Bell and ex-guitarist Dino Cazares sat down with Blabbermouth to announce the reformation of Fear Factory. Woohoo! I can only applaud that. Wait a minute? Burton and DINO make the announcement. My biggest fear became reality. COW and Ray Herrera were no longer part of the band. Many figured it was because of Arkaea but an interview with Burton Bell later on shed a different light.

Apparently, Christy Priske, who has been FF's manager for some time was the subject of this conflict. Rumor has it, she is married to COW (according to Bell) but she's riding the Mexican cactus of Ray Herrera on the side. Bell refused to work with her any further, which is the reason why Ray and COW are no longer part of FF sadly enough. Dino takes Christian's place, Burton and Byron stay and the drums will be done by drumming legend Eugene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Dark Angel, Death, Testament). Fuck it, I want to hear this record.

Can't fucking wait. That's all. Ciao, and (hopefully sooner) 'till next time!

Hallucinant

Hey.

I can't imagine anyone is actually reading this, but quite frankly, I don't care one bit.

This blog isn't likely to be long, but I'd like to give my view on the following news article 

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Vince McMahon is still not a believer in Christian. The WWE Chairman of the Board was not an advocate of putting Christian in the Money in the Bank match at WrestleMania 25. However, several agents and creative team members pushed the idea and eventually made a strong enough pitch to get Christian in the match.

Powell's POV: It's no secret that McMahon has never seen Christian as a true main event player. Fortunately, Christian has backers in the company and remains tight with Raw lead writerBrian Gewirtz among others who are involved in the creative process.

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This article is © to Jason Powell of PWTorch.

This could easily make me cry.

Why? 

It seems ever more apparent how out of touch 'the pope of professional wrestling'  Vince McMahon really is. 

Christian is what can be considered a hard worker. Since 1998, he's been working his ass off on a daily basis to make a name for himself as a professional wrestler on the big stage. He's enjoyed successful tag team runs (about 12 title reigns if I'm correct), and has proven to be able to stand as a singles competitor. 

He has the uncanny ability to perform flawlessly on two of the most important aspects in professional wrestling: 

- working matches

- talking on the microphone.

This seems like something oh so natural, though that's far from true. Working a good match isn't as easy as it seems. You gotta have chemistry with your opponent, be able to guide a rookie through a match. Christian has been doing nothing less than that ever since he's been a part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and even now.

Talking on the microphone is perhaps even more essential. When you can cut a good promo, you're good on the mic. What is considered a good promo?

First off, you gotta be original in speech. You can't force it, it's a natural thing. Christian has got that ability. He can put a broomstick over with the crowd per example. 

This sounds entirely subjective, and perhaps that's true. Christian has been a favorite of mine ever since I started watching wrestling (around 1999). Back in the day, it was mainly because of his involvement in the already classic TLC matches. Since his TNA debut, I've been mainly paying attention to how he builds his character, how he works matches and how he makes himself look good during those matches.

During his 3-year run in TNA, Christian hasn't had a single bad match, partially because he is a smart worker. He has the experience to carry a match. He does it flawlessly. 

It's not so obvious for a wrestling persona to "get over" with the crowd. Faces need to be cheered, heels need to be "boo'ed". It's that simple. Some heels are just forgotten in the mix, as they can't put themselves over as heels (like Gene Snitsky) unless they get a rub from a face who is over enough to get the crowd to hate the heel. That defines a bad worker.

Brother Ray/ Bubba Ray Dudley said it in an interview with RF Video in 2005/2006.

"You can't get over by yourself for the first time. You need the help of established stars. Ultimately, you gotta do it by yourself, but a little nudge in the right direction is also necessary"

Bubba knows what he says. He is/was part of the famous Dudley Boys faction that once had about 10 members. 

Christian turned heel in 2007 after a successful face run that saw him win his first World Championship (The NWA world championship). Out of the blue he turned heel by hitting Sting with a guitar live on PPV. The next set of TV-tapings, Christian was nearly rallied out of the studio. How did he do it? 

He talked himself up. That's how. 

Then why is Vince so certain that Christian isn't a big player? 

Rumor has it, ... Vince dislikes Christian's size. Yes, size. Vince simply refuses to give you a chance if you're not 6'8 and 300lbs. That's why people like Gene Snitsky and Mike Knox were hired and were/are prominently featured on tv. The fact that Snitsky couldn't get himself over and Mike Knox is getting over by feuding with Rey Mysterio (one of the most popular faces) doesn't matter anymore.

Vince also likes to call Christian "generic". He looks generic, but so does one Chris Jericho. Chris Jericho however gets a huge push every so often.

I think it's safe to say that Vince is on the wrong end of the stick. The fact he didn't realise what a gem he had in his grasp when Christian left WWE in 2005 in utter frustration over his treatment, is beyond me. Vince is known for changing his mind every 5 minutes. I can only hope the creative team makes use of those lapses of memory to give Christian what he has worked for so hard: a spot in the WWE record books. 

As a true "person that likes cheering for Christian", I'm hoping he gets a good showing in the Money in the Bank match so Vince can get his head out of his ass, shine it up nice and give Christian a push. Captain Charisma deserves no less.

After all, world titles and opportunities ... that's how he rolls.

Deli.

Now listening: Metallica, Oomph!, Zveri, Ranetki, Classic Rock&Metal.

The Road to Wrestlemania 25

O hey.

I couldn't possibly maintain a blog about professional wrestling and then completely neglect the biggest event of the year ... The Grandaddy of 'em All:


Wrestlemania

It just occurred to me that it's possibly the most corny name for a Pay Per View event ever (Thank you mucho Howard Finkel).

Anyways, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the annual pay per view event which calls for something special. Vince and "WWE Creative" (a term used very loosely as creativity has never been their strongest point) have really gone out of their way to create interesting storylines to go with their biggest event of the year and possibly the decade.

Naturally, an annual staple that has been featured at Mania since the 21st edition is "The Money in the Bank Ladder Match" which is an excellent opportunity for the creative to give young talent a nod up the card. That's because the winner receives a world title match to be cashed in at any time until the following Wrestlemania.

If my memory serves me correctly, everyone who has won Money in the Bank later on won the world title. Edge in 2005 cashed in at New Years Revolution 2006 and won against John Cena; Rob Van Dam won in 2006 and cashed it in at One Night Stand 2006 once again against John Cena (notice that retarded pattern here?); Mr Kennedy won in 2007, but passed it on to Edge because he was injured and Edge cashed it in the following night, defeating The Undertaker for the title; CM Punk won in 2008 and cashed it in on RAW, defeating Edge to claim his first World Championship.

All of the above (with the notable exception of Edge's second) got their first World Title reign because of it. This year features Kofi Kingston, CM Punk, Mark Henry (a 380 pound strongman in a ladder match, WWE always provides comedy), Christian among others.
It's difficult to tell who's gonna win, because aside from Kingston and Henry, all participants are veterans both of the ring and the match. Henry, oddly enough, already has a world title reign behind him (ok, so did and does Punk). Naturally, I'm rooting for my homeboy Christian to win.

The Money in the Bank match has pretty much taken the Match of the Night Award since the match's inception, pretty much beating out the main event of the show in terms of excitement (but who can be seriously excited when Triple H and Batista face off? I can't.)
This year will be different, I'm sure.

On one hand, we got a world heavyweight title match pitting the champion Edge (in his 8th reign by now, for who's keeping count) against the 441 pound Big Show and Superman. (Now, Superman had to be renamed John Cena so DC Comics wouldn't sue the WWE).

Not very interesting, indeed. However, the storyline built around it is interesting. John Cena sneaked his way into the match after he revealed Vickie Guerrero (widow of the late Eddie Guerrero and kayfabe GM of SmackDown and wife of Edge) had an affair with the Big Show. This can go two ways. Let's overanalyse.

Either Vickie Guerrero becomes a face. If so, it will be revealed that Big Show played at her emotions by confessing his love for her, while in "reality" he just wanted a shot at the belt.

Edge, possibly the 3rd best heel in the world right now turns face. Edge is upset because Vickie cheated on him and turns face as a result of it.

Either way, I can live with that. Edge as a face might bring back the days of E&C (with Christian now having returned to WWE, the odds seem more likely) where Edge cut possibly some of the funniest promo's of his career ("Don't worry Lilian, our nuts are safe for consumption.")

That's the SmackDown side of the world title match. There's also the RAW, which is even more interesting.

Triple H, the world champion as usual, face off against the future leading man Randy Orton.
Orton, a heel, has been dealing with the McMahon family, punting grampa Vince and son Shane in the head and handing out a perfect RKO to daughter Stephanie. This angered Triple H, who has been married to Stephanie since 2003 (which just became miraculously revealed) and Trips wants revenge. Orton and Triple H face off. Trips dares Orton (who won the Royal Rumble and gets a world title match at Mania no matter what) to challenge him and Orton refuses. Triple H gets in Orton's face (Triple H's big nose is a hindrance) and starts giving him a history lesson. Evolution-aahhh, blah blah blah. Orton changes his mind and challenges Triple H on the condition they will not harm eachother until Mania.

WRONG! A week or so later, Orton is beating the shit out of Trips on SmackDown. The next monday, Trips walks into Orton's house and beats the living shit out of him. Trips gets arrested by developmental talent who just happen to be there wearing cop uniforms. voila. That's up till now.

As we all know, Triple H can put on good matches and is always extra motivated at Wrestlemania. Orton always delivers, both in promo's and in matches, so this match will likely be way up there. Orton and Triple H faced off last year as well, but that match also featured John Cena (HIM AGAIN?) and it was Orton who walked away with the world title. I'm hoping this year it's the very same ordeal.

I spoke about the Undertaker. Wrestlemania has always been Undertaker's night. Ever since his debut in 1990, he's been a part of every Wrestlemania (except for two) and is thus far undefeated. That makes him 16-0.

Naturally, this streak is of legendary proportions and this year, another victim joins the list of people who claim they can break the streak. This time, it's the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels who's made the challenge. This has been absolutely great so far. Two ring veterans who are over with the crowd no matter what are gonna face off. Michaels is called Mr. Wrestlemania (despite predominantly losing) so I wonder how it'll turn out. Naturally, Taker is gonna walk away the winner.

This match has become something to look forward to, just because Undertaker has been breaking his predominantly silent character to cut some strong promo's which showed shades of Undertaker '99 during the Ministry days. Taker delivers. That's good.

JBL has won the Intercontinental Title from CM Punk on the last edition of RAW. This is likely the start of the "historical announcement" he promised.

This could be anything. The Intercontinental Title being defended at Wrestlemania for the first time in years?
That, or JBL is gonna announce his official retirement. He did it in 2006, returned in 2008 but is likely gonna retire for good in 2009 because of nagging back problems. Fine.

Either way, JBL has the mic skills to put it over as something memorable.

Matt Hardy is gonna face off against Jeff Hardy. What do you want me to say? Piss break more likely than not. Matt is a boring fuck and Jeff sucks balls. Enough said.

Then there's the 25 diva battle royal. Mae Young (86 yrs old) is not gonna be actively in the match because the last time she wrestled (again at 86yrs old), she threw a few forearm shots, got dizzy and tumbled over like a sack of potatoes. Respect to the lady, but that's no place for someone her age. She already took a huge powerbomb off the stage through a table at age 77 (or something like that) she has proven herself more than enough during all those years that she was active.

The current crop of divas is gonna be in the match of course, along with likely veterans such as Trish Stratus, Sunny, Debra and so on. Lita and Molly Holly have turned down the invitation, sadly enough. Can't say I really care for it.

then there's the subject of Chris Jericho. He's been heavily critical of Mickey Rourke, who had challenged him on some movie premier. Since then, Jericho has been poking fun at "washed up legends who are vying for a spot in the limelight" much like Rourke's character does in "The Wrestler". Plans are still a little shady at this point, but likely, Jericho's gonna face a batch of legends ending with Rourke (who is gonna be in attendance) throwing the knockout punch.

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Honky Tonk Man, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat etc. have already been confirmed to appear at Mania. I'm curious.

Then, there's the Hall of Fame ceremony which takes place a day before Mania itself. The class of this year is headed by the inclusion of Attitude Era legend Stone Cold Steve Austin. Tag Team legends are represented by brothers Terry Funk and Dory Funk, jr, legendary wrestler and promoter "Cowboy" Bill Watts, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware.

No real surprises there. I'd be genuinely surprised if the next line-up included Ultimate Warrior, Jeff Jarrett, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Chris Benoit and Bruno Sammartino. People with knowledge about the wrestling business know why this is an obvious joke.

'Mania card over for all I care. I could've skipped some matches but that's likely because I don't care about them or because it's nearly 3AM here at the time of writing.


.Deli

Currently reading: Nothing at all by No Writer.
Currently listening: Dark Tranquillity - Fiction and some Ranetki songs on my MP4.

Next blog will appear around Mania time, for those who give a crap =) kthxbai.

Marks and other Jazz to worry about.

Hey there

It's pretty much official now, this blog right here will feature professional wrestling only. Simple as. Perhaps, some other subjects such as my favorite Russian band will get an honorable mention.

Let's begin this rant, shall we?

I shouldn't call it a rant to be honest. After all, I'm just trying to shed some light on what I perceive is the current ideology and that jazz of the wrestling business. Actually, "idiocy" would be a better word.

Also, I'm going to focus on World Wrestling Entertainment alone, since they provide the most cock-ups I can put into this blog.

It started off great last thursday. I log on to the internet and I read that Scotty Goldman got fired.

BIG DEAL, you might think. Many of you don't even know who the fuck Scotty Goldman is.

Well, Scotty Goldman was a "rookie" WWE Superstar who didn't do much other than present his own WWE.com exclusive show "What's Crackin' with Scotty Goldman". Last week, the show was renamed "Good as Goldman" where he humorously tried to elaborate on his points. The show was well received, judging from the comments on Scotty's official myspace. (no link provided, don't fool yourself)

For the rest, Scotty Goldman was pretty much not used. He got fired. Logical decision if creative comes up with the reasoning of "not having anything for him creatively".

DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!

Scotty Goldman was known on the independent scene as Colt Cabana. Aside from being the best friend of top RAW Star CM Punk, he was the one guy many fans, promotors and peers felt the term "WWE STAR" was invented for. They were all right. Colt Cabana has the microphone skills (excellent humour) and is a well trained wrestler.

WWE officials, and most of all Vince McMahon, didn't feel he had that "TV-star look" which basically meant he was as generic as could be.

WRONG!

Well, actually, they were right, but WWE made the mistake of crafting a gimmick for Colt that only showed a little bit of Colt's capabilities: funny one liners.

If they had left Colt the way he was on the indies and turned that into his WWE gimmick, things would've gone into a different direction. Believe me.

One match he had comes to mind. It was CM Punk's official farewell match from Ring of Honor before he was headed to WWE. Given Punk and Colt's history together as up and comers, tag team partners (as the Second City Saints) and opponents, ROH officials booked Punk's last match against Colt Cabana.

It was a 2-out-of-3-falls match. The way Colt behaved was absolutely tremendous. A funny antic was for example:

Colt stops Punk into a stalemate and then asks him to look up. Punk looks up and Colt hits him. A while later, Colt once again stops him and asks him to look up. Punk doesn't do it at first but finally gives in and does so. Colt hits him again.

Later, Colt stops Punk for the third time and asks him to look up. Punk doesn't do it. Colt begs, but Punk doesn't give in. Colt then asks Punk to look down, which he does. Colt then stomps on his foot."

Those in ring antics is what makes a crowd pop for a wrestler/superstar. Those things "get you over"

WWE naturally failed to see this and as such, misses to see the potential of the man. It's their loss. I'm sure officials will regret the decision later and rehire him as soon as they do.

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On to the main idea of this blawg.

Regularly, I visit the official WWE Universe website (formerly known as WWE Fan Nation). What surprised me is that there are quite smart WWE fans who know just as much as any smart mark (whoah, there's that term) but most of the time, the reactions of fans are just right down funny.

Marks. Marks. What are "marks"?

Marks are fans of the professional wrestling product that have no clue. They think whatever happens in the wrestling world - rivalries, heel persona's and whatnot - are real.

That's why a face gets cheered like crazy and a heel gets showered with boo's. Those folks know no better.

Marks are considered the lowest form of fans, at least by most of the Smart Marks (or smarks for short). Smart Marks consider themselves an elite group of fans (or most of them do anyways) because they have insider info they picked up from the so called "dirtsheets" provided by insiders or people with contacts within the business. They generally know what the wrestling business is about and simply watch to see how all of those storylines play out.

They are also the kind of fans who more or less rebel against current storylines. Basically, if the face is a bad wrestler, they boo the face. If the heel is an awesome wrestler, they cheer.

I consider myself to be a part of the Smart Mark group. I read dirt sheets multiple times a day and when I attended the live event in Brussels last november, I think I was the only one cheering for John Morrison, The Miz, Vladimir Kozlov. The arena went berserk when the Hardy's came out, while I was boo'ing my lungs out because both Hardy brothers suck balls. Yes, Matt is a decent wrestler, but boring as fuck. Jeff is a waste of space who relies only on high spots and if things went normal, should have OD'd by now.

Triple H is another kind of guy. He gets cheered at this point, because he's a face. I cheer him on as well, because Triple H is a great worker. However, I fucking hate him. This is difficult to explain. Triple H, the character, is whom I like. The man who portrays Triple H on tv (are you following?) is the one I don't like. Paul Levesque is his name. He is Triple H, but he's an asshole.

Why? He's the one that bangs Stephanie McMahon, daughter of Vince, and thus "the boss' daughter". Because of his marriage to Steph, he has an incredible amount of "pull" backstage and basically can put himself over anyone else on the roster. If he wants a title reign, he'll make Stephanie pregnant again and he's got one. So far, he's accumulated 13 world title reigns.

However, he doesn't mind throwing the title up for grabs for the next prolific star who might do well with a world title run. It just takes a few months where the next star is buried and Triple H is perceived as the toughest fuck in this world (which marks of course believe) before the next star wins the title in a fluke.

That's how it goes with Trips.

Luckily, I managed to surround myself on forums with smart fans who enjoy the product as much as I do, but generally complain about it after every show. I'm not alone like that.

As for something else, in closure.

Lera Kozlova, "ex-Ranetka", has had her first solo gig in the city of Samara. I've seen snippets and aside from looking incredibly beautiful, she was into it like fire. I miss her presence in Ranetki. I really do. The new girl isn't as well trained vocally or percussionistically (I made that word up) but she gets the job done with help from the band and the manager. I also realised (after closer inspection of pictures) that she didn't get a "boob job" but just grew up nicely. Wonder why I closely inspect pictures? You just had your answer HAH!

I'm seriously hoping she returns at some point, even only to do vocals, while the new girl (Anya "Nyuta" Baydavletova - there's a moutful) plays the drums. Dream scenario, naturally. I guess that's gonna be one for the "Yeah Right"- category along with my "I'm gonna be a professional wrestler" -dream.

fuck it. As usual. Bai.

Delirious.

FACTOIDS:

I am addicted to Russian pop music

I always look for reasons why the hell WWE screws up so many things

I marked out for Triple H at the Brussels show nevertheless.

I use alot of limey green colors in this blog post.

If you ever decide to speak to me in person, I will not be able to hear you over the sound of my awesomeness. I'm sorry in advance.

And so, things change ...

Hai thar.


Zou ik in het Engels verder gaan, kwestie dat als ik mijn internationale vrienden naar hier doorverwijs, ze effectief kunnen lezen wat ik schrijf?

ja.


Here we go.

So, professional wrestling huh? Perhaps it's not a great subject to start ranting on at 4.30 in the morning but since that's about the time I am most awake, I might just as well.

In light of recent events, I've been paying much more attention to the happenings in the biz.

TNA has made a few awful decisions over the past week. While letting go 2/3rds of the Rock n' Rave infection (that being Lance "Rock" Hoyt and Jimmy Rave) was a good move (they were barely used anyways) I was slightly surprised that they also fired one of their most prolific stars who could have actually meant much in the current storyline that has TNA in their grasp.

Imagine "TNA original" Petey Williams turning face and joining AJ Styles and his cohorts in the Frontline to battle the main event mafia? This reeks of old rehashed shit, but this would've provided an excellent opportunity for Petey Williams to get over.

Now, Petey Williams has to go and look for work on the indy scene. The man with the most discussed finishing move ever, The Canadian Destroyer, has to start wrestling in shady bars again, just because TNA wanted to cut costs.

HELLO, TNA! You got a roster full of washed up has beens who have got nothing left to do there apart from delivering a name. Fire them from their multi-million dollar contracts and you're good to go.

That's what happens when you stop pushing your homegrown talent the moment a new WWE reject comes in. I'll use that term loosely as many of those WWE rejects have proven to be a great asset for TNA.

Kevin Nash, while having been a big name some 15 odd years ago is seriously in need of binoculars if he ever wants to see the prime again he left behind 10 years ago. After WCW, Nash's run was over. Still, he's there as a member of the main event mafia, working matches gingerly because he's had some 10 odd operations on both knees. Enough reason for TNA to push him, it seems.

Now, he gingerly walks to the ring, he gingerly runs around the ring, afraid to hurt his knees more. If he did injure his knees again, he's probably confined to a wheelchair in a few weeks time.

Sting has been having knee problems as of late, and guess what, he's your TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Something just doesn't seem right. Did someone neglect to mention to the guy that when you're 50, it's no longer cool to wear black and white face paint and run around a hexagon circle in spandex?

Granted, Sting still has it. He still has physique and can still work a good match with enough psychology woven through it to keep the average smark happy.

I merely state this because I feel it's wrong of TNA to constantly push those old has beens to the top just to get their ratings past the 1.0

Luckily, with the old nWo vs New Blood rehashed storyline, there's enough room on the show to push new talent, which resulted in a Match of the Year candidate at Genesis when Alex Shelly and Chris Sabin wrestled for the X-Division title (which also marked Alex Shelley's first TNA title reign). It smells alot like Vince Russo. I wouldn't be surprised if a subtle swerve is done very soon. Something completely out of the blue and entirely unnecessary like Joe turning on the Frontline.

I'm just guessing.

I never thought I'd say this, but WWE has been a lot more satisfying at that end. WWE fired people, but they fired useless people such as Hardcore Holly.

Hardcore Holly ... probably one of the least liked people in the wrestling business. Known for being an absolute asshole to rookies, trying to make them look bad by not coöperating during a match (= sandbagging); rubbing people the bad way. How he got that tenure of 15 years is beyond me. He did teach a lesson though. After all, being at home for a year rehabbing a broken neck because Brock Lesnar takes shit from no one is rather funny.

Val Venis was also fired, and while that was a good decision it's still sad not to see the Big Valbowski any more. Sean Morley portrayed a character that was highly controversial even during the most controversial era in wrestling. That's the way it had to be. Everybody got off their seats when Val made it to the top rope and signaled for the Money Shot.

No other remarkable releases were done, though I am highly surprised Hacksaw Jim Duggan is still there. Considering the guy won the first Royal Rumble in 1988 (21 fucking years ago!) he's still running around there doing absolutely jack shit.

But, WWE has made a complete 180 when it comes to booking and that jazz. In 2006, it was John Cena that would be stuffed down our throats constantly. Now, John Cena is again world champion and it seems the focus lies with those who could possibly become the biggest stars in a few years: The Legacy.

Randy Orton, no words can describe what a good superstar he is. Extremely heel, good wrestler (though chinlocks do get a bit boring) and great on the stick. Now that he's got his own little faction of second generation stars, he's further on the way up. Now that he won the Royal Rumble and has a match of the year candidate set for No Way Out, his star keeps on shining.

The same goes for his two buddies, both also coming from a wrestling family. Cody Rhodes, son of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and halfbrother of Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes; Ted DiBiase jr, son of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and probably the most promising star on the roster.

And we all know factions like this which is lead by a more seasoned worker gets people over. Randy Orton and Batista both got over big time during their tenure under Ric Flair and Triple H in Evolution and see where they are now!

Chris Jericho. With charges probably being held against him for punching a female fan in the face (she was wearing a John Cena shirt, either way she deserved to get a bat around the piehole) is still the bright shining light in the RAW main event scene. This guy still is the total package. He should be wrestling Orton at Mania for the strap. That match would go in the list with the all time great Mania matches. But no, Chris Jericho will probably end up doing nothing while John Cena is main event YET AGAIN a Wrestlemania, against Orton.

I enjoyed ECW programming this week, which is one of the first times since its return in 2006 (1st time= CM Punk debut; 2nd time was the extreme strip poker segment). Not only did return promos air for Matt "Evan Bourne" Sydal (they must really like him! woohoo!), finally somebody made notice of the very obvious lisp of ECW Champion Jake Hager (or Jack Swagger, even though that's besides Dirk Diggler and Dolph Ziggler the gayest name ever).

That someone was the one person I could expect it from. He made his return to the WWE after spending three years in TNA: Captain Charisma, The Instant Classic and Deli's personal favorite of all time: Christian.

Christian did not start his return promo with "you know something?" Awesome.
Christian started his promo by interrupting Swaggers.

Christian: "What am I doing here? Isn't it obvious? I'm here to interrupt your promo!
Christian: "Well, actually, I'm here to save your life."
Swagger looks confused
Christian: "You look confused, let me fill you in. You could have electrocuted yourself with all that saliva escaping your mouth"

Christian then begins to make fun of Swaggers lisp some more, and then adds in a Sylvester reference for good measure. That's Christian. I really missed him.

No Way Out is this Sunday. For some reason, not all matches have been announced (at least, I hope not) so it's gonna be worth looking out for. Two Elimination Chamber matches for the world titles on both RAW and SmackDown, Jack Swagger defending his ECW championship against veteran Finlay, Randy Orton facing Shane O' Mac in a grudge match with No Holds Barred stipulation. It's like a small Wrestlemania.

Here's hoping John Cena doesn't retain the belt and Jeff Hardy doesn't gain it.

Wow, that's the wrestling bit. Oddly enough, onto something completely else.

I play GTA IV (quite alot actually, because my social life is Sub-Zero ^^) and I happened to have been cruising around in a Porsche knock off when I turned the channel to Vladivostok FM. Russian pop extravaganza! One song starts playing and the singer sounded so hot, she had to be hot. Knowing Russian women are pretty, most of the time, I just had to know which band it was.

Thanks to the in - game function of calling a number to inquire about the song I knew within seconds. "Ranetki - O Tebe".

I paused, went on youtube and there was the videoclip. MY WORD THOSE GIRLS ARE BEYOND HOT! And unlike many other bands, they are also very talented.

I now have their album, got a profile on a Russian site where they are on and I still don't feel like I should start getting therapy. The singer/drummer left the band to start a solo career. That bums me out. Her replacement couldn't carry a tune in a bucket and is completely adept at being useless. She can't play the drums and sing at the same time. Hell, she can't play the drums.

I'm hoping Lera, the singer, soon returns to the band. Perhaps if they get voted to play the Eurovision festival (which will be done in the original line-up if chosen) sparks will once again fly off the stage as usual and the group is together again.

I can only hope.

That's all for tonight. You probably read all the way through this and did not understand anything I just wrote. Good, makes it feel so much more worth to type this all out =)


peace and love


Delirious.

Professional wrestling ... wut?

Hai


nieuw huisje. Niet langer vind ik mijn stek op web-log.nl. Uitstekende service, ahem.

Waar praat ik hier al zo over? Goh, het liefst over van alles en nog wat, dan kan je me tenminste later niets verwijten. Ik vrees dat het vooral over "professional wrestling" zal gaan.

Jawadde, in de Nederlands sprekende wereld is daar weinig publiek voor, ik weet het. Toch vind ik het interessant om het daarover te hebben. Het voordeel eraan is dan wel dat niemand me kan verbeteren moest ik het eens fout hebben.

Het zou me verbazen. Wat ik hier ga neergooien is voornamelijk opinie. Mijn opinie. Ik probeer de hele bizz nog een beetje te volgen, maar mijn aandacht is nu een beetje meer verspreid.

In elk geval, ik heb nog genoeg opgepikt om toch al tenminste 1 blogje erover te vullen.

Here we go.

Ik ben serieus tevreden over de schrijvers achter het hele gebeuren in World Wrestling Entertainment. Sinds kort weten hun verhaallijnen me weer te boeien. Dat is iets dat de voorbije jaren wel anders was. Tegenwoordig krijgen verhaallijnen genoeg tijd om zich te ontwikkelen en kan men effectief spreken van een verhaal. Hoe lang ik daar op heb gewacht...

Om een heel recent voorbeeld te nemen: Randy Orton lijdt aan een stoornis waarvan de naam me nu even niet te binnen schiet. Het zorgt er in elk geval voor dat ie aggressief wordt als hij in een hoekje wordt gedreven. Interessante invalshoek. Nja, de grote chef komt terug na een behoorlijk smakeloos uitgespeeld incident een goeie 6-7 maanden daarvoor en krijgt een bottine tegen zijn tronie voor de moeite. Zoon van de grote chef vindt het niet leuk, slaat Randy Orton vol op zijn façade en voila, de match is gemaakt voor het volgende Pay Per View: No Way Out

No Holds Barred match. Alles mag, maar alles moet ook zo'n beetje. Zulke matchen stonden in het verleden garant voor bloedverlies, hoofdpijn en nog een hoop andere minder leuke omstandigheden. Ook al is de zoon van de chef eigenlijk President of Global Media, hij kan er behoorlijk wat van in de ring en dat wordt nog maar eens duidelijk komende zondag. Ik kan haast niet wachten.

Er zijn natuurlijk ook weer mindere kanten ...

Wie mij kent, weet dat ik een bloedhekel heb aan John Cena. Ik kan begrijpen dat hij gepusht wordt als de redder van de biz, want hij en zijn karakter slaan aan bij de kleine kindjes. Wannabe hip hopper met een legertintje die dan vroeger nog freestyle rhymes uit zijn botten sloeg. Gouden formule.

Daar heb ik werkelijk schijt aan.

Hij is voor de vierde keer wereldkampioen mogen worden met dezelfde formule waaraan hij zich al 4 jaar noodgedwongen aan moet vasthouden. Een formule, die door zijn houterige performance al na 2 weken overgewaardeerd was. Zondag staat hij in de "Elimination Chamber" waar hij uiteraard weer de bovenhand zal hebben. Zo staat hij bekend. "Super Man".

Dat er dan anderen het deksel op de neus krijgen, maakt niets uit. Voor mij wel, want het zijn gewoonlijk die met talent die het op hun bord krijgen. Tuurlijk, je hebt iemand met talent nodig om iemand die constant zijn weg kwijt is in de ring er een beetje goed te doen uitzien. Raad eens onder welke categorie de heer Cena valt.

Dan is er nog Chris Jericho. Oh, wat vind ik dat een heerlijke kerel. Op de niet homofiele manier welteverstaan. Vroeger was hij als de heel de komische anti-held. Iedereen droeg hem op handen ook al moest hij eigenlijk uitgejouwd worden. Nu gaat de geheel andere kant uit. Hij is nog steeds een heel, maar oh zo serieus. Veel mensen vinden hem saai, maar daar ben ik nog niet half mee akkoord. Die gast is immens goed in zijn rol. Je kan niet anders dan hem haten. Buitengewoon talent. Het is dan ook niet verbazend dat Chris Jericho al een slachtoffer is geweest van John Cena.

Jericho is de beste heel van het moment. Waarom? De fans geloven echt dat hij door- en doorslecht is. Vorige zaterdag vertrok hij na een live event met zijn huurwagen aan de arena. Hij werd omringd door een hoop fans, waarbij één fan zelfs op de motorkap kroop. Hij stapt uit en krijgt meteen de volle laag. Provocatie, waardoor hij 1 vrouw knal in het gezicht sloeg.

Oei, vrouwen slaan!? Dat mag niet. Eigenlijk niet, maar ze droeg een T-Shirt van John Cena. Dus al had ze niets gedaan, een klap had ze sowieso verdiend. Jericho komt er ongedeerd uit, de fans niet. De vrouw en haar vriend worden gearresteerd op grond van provocatie en weetikveelwatnogallemaal. Ze worden terug vrijgelaten diezelfde dag.

Heerlijk vind ik dat. Het doet me zelfs een beetje denken aan de periode 1997-2002. De gouden era toen iedere fan niets te klagen had. Oh, wat mis ik die dagen.

Iedere keer als John Cena's muziek door de arena knalt, denk ik met weemoed terug aan de dagen van The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, D-Generation X, Y2J en WCW, met Kevin Nash, Sting, The Filthy Animals etc ... heerlijke tijd. *snik*

Ach ja, ik zal er mee moeten leren leven dat de biz verandert, er zijn gelukkig nog altijd mediums die wel een fatsoenlijk product kunnen neerzetten. Ring of Honor (die dankzij de film "The Wrestler" ook lekker uitgebreid in de media komt) bijvoorbeeld. Heerlijk achteruit hangen en kijken terwijl 's werelds beste er alles tegenaan gooien om de fans te doen schreeuwen. Zo moet het zijn.

.Delirious


Now listening: Ranetki - Ranetki (2006) full album.
Russian pop rock / self-proclaimed Street Rock.

Now reading: Eric Bischoff - "Controversy creates Cash".