YES. I am back once again with another
heaping spoonful of your favorite hot breakfast. But, before
we get down to "Bidness" as Dusty Rhodes would
say, whilst likely driving through the completely
legitimate Pay Winda, let me first fill you in
on what you can expect from my column from this
point forward: NOTHING. It's
true. Basically, for now, it will just consist of
point form opinions, random buffoonery, and chalked full
of jokes that probably amuse me more than anyone else. I
mean, if you truly wanted insightful, deep,
meaningful writing, I suggest you click on someone else’s
column. Because here's a revelation: I am extremely lazy.
However, if you like Pat Patterson innuendos and jokes about
people shitting in Sable's gym bag, you've come to the right
place my friend. Really. They don't call me the
most trusted and reliable journalist in the IWC for...
anything? Ya.
So, everyone join me as
we jump headfirst into the empty pool that is Pro
Wrestling:
But
first, before we get into the Rasslin', let me first say that
I am hooked on a new show on SpikeTV. Let it be said
that nothing on the former "shuckin' and grinnin'
network has EVER grabbed my attention before. And as much as I
want to see Bobby Bacula play cards and talk about movies for
2 hours, or watch a 35 minute ad for a Conway fucking Twitty
album from 1972, I have *finally* found a show on this
network that doesn't make me want to take my obscenely
gigantic over-priced remote that's the size of a novelty
chocolate bar, and bat myself to death with it. Only pausing
briefly to change the batteries that die every 24 hours.
Don't get me wrong, I deplore reality Television;
but there's just something about the every-man Joe, that is
hard to not be captivated by. Well, that, and I want to have
"sexual intercourse" as the kids are saying these days with
this Molly character. The only other reality show I watched on
a semi-regular basis was Tough Enough; but that was more for
seeing, for the most part, washed up, or in some cases
never-was's verbally accosting clean-cut good looking people.
I'm silly like that.
I also derived pleasure from the
fact that after hearing for YEARS, JR
making light of people who said "But they know how to
fall!..", that there was NOW A
SHOW, that get this, actually showed *gulp*
PEOPLE LEARNING HOW TO FALL. Imagine that.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that once Jim
Ross caught wind of this, he furiously went
home and took his frustrations out
on a government mule. I mean, you'd think after
how often he's mentioned them, he'd just HAVE to get one of
his very own, right? How nice for him. Our
government has yet to give us our designated livestock in
which we can physically abuse. What a gyp. I'm still waiting
for my scalded dog, too. Why is JR the only one allowed to
verbally and physically accost animals? It's not
fair.
Anyhoo, after
giving Joe Schmo the old 'how's your father', I thought it'd
only be fair that I give another new show, The Mullets the
same consideration. How stupid could I be? (very, apparently).
The show is obviously intelligence insulting to anyone with
umm, intelligence? Sounds about right. And it's funny that WWE
would ever attach its stamp o' approval on this steaming
nugget. But hey, considering how they write their show, it
actually doesn't surprise me. It was after-all, one ridiculous
wrestling cliché after the other, right down to the "not
knowing it's not real" stereotype that we all have had to hear
for years from parents and friends alike. Ya, let's perpetuate
that stereotype some more. Hey, why don't we just finish the
circle, and film a fat guy in a tattered 1998 nWo shirt with
his billowing gut hanging out, typing feverishly on the
Internet as to why HBK/Jericho was only 3 1/4* as opposed to
4, all while getting pissed off when his Mom has the by god
audacity to come through his "apartment" on route to her
laundry room in the basement? Let's hammer it all home. For
the record, I HATE IT when Mom does that. RESPECT MY
BOUNDARIES!
For the
record, though, as far as "mullets" and wrestling fans being
synonymous, there is probably way more wrestlers out there
with mullets than wrestling fans. It's true. I mean, take
Ricky Morton. No, I mean, seriously. Take him. Hide him
somewhere. Or pin him down and give him a haircut. Jesus
Christ.
That said, the
show itself was, well, let's just say it was about as funny as
being on the receiving end of a vasectomy by a doctor with a
medical degree from Trinidad. You see, because people from
Trinidad get Medical degrees quite easily and thus it'd be bad
to have an untrained foreigner using sharp tools on your
testicles. Umm, ya. See, I should write for this show!
Ahem.
Seriously
though, the only people who would find shit like this
remotely humorous are people with two first names, who own a
mobile home, yet 3 cars that aren't, or the guys who laughed
when you dropped your books in High School. And sure, I
laughed at you doing that, too, but it was because you were a
loser. Wait, what was my point again? Never
mind.
So, with that
all said: Fuck you, Mullets, watch Joe Schmo, and oh ya, stop
reading my openers. They do no one any
good.
ONTO THE
RANDOM WRESTLING DIARRHEA!
THERE'S STUFF
HAPPENING IN WRESTLING. LET'S MAKE FUN OF
IT.
-After the one cent
pay-per-view hook from the previous week, I decided to climb
back on the TNA horse (which gets treated better than JR's
mule, at least) for one more ride and see what
happens. Well, what "happened" was Shane Douglas puking (and
without Papa Shango even putting a curse on him no less! ),
and Raven getting a blood-soaked haircut in probably not
the best advertisement for Super Cuts I've ever seen. Remind
me to never go get my hair cut at a place that
fucking DDT's you first into unconsciousness. Although,
at least that'd save you he annoyance of having to have
that bitch constantly grabbing your head and forcing it
downward. Now I know how my exes must have felt! It ain't
gonna suck itself! I'm pure class, ladies. And I'm
single.
Anyway, the one
thing that did catch my attention though, was the
interview with one Roddy Piper, who came out and cut
maybe the most unintelligible promo of his career. And that's
saying something. He basically said that his kids found
out at school that he's a drug addict. As if
the tourniquet tied around his bagpipes never tipped them
off. The funny thing of course is that it was
Roddy himself who admitted this on National
TV originally. It was
actually never mentioned by the WWE once (despite
Piper alluding to it), even though quite frankly, it was
pretty obvious. (I could of sworn I remember seeing a bottle
of Beam shoot out of Hot Rod's mouth when Eddie frog splashed
him a few months ago). So, if anything, the only
person Piper can blame for his children realizing the powder
on Daddy's nose wasn't from Krispy Kreme Donuts, is
the man looking back at him in the mirror. (well, what's left
it it. After all, you need something to cut
coke those lines on!).
-I like that
WWE has come up with a *COMPLETELY ORIGINAL* gimmick for
Shaniqua. Imagine if a woman who is big and intimidating could
get over just by wrestling and manhandling men?
What a novel concept! This just in: WWE to change
Shaniqua's name to Afryka .
-Speaking of Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, it's good to
know that her charges against perennial HHH sloppy seconds
taker Sean Waltman for assault have now been
dropped. YAY! Although, it is kind of hard to
believe that after being programmed to think Chyna could
take any man that she had trouble with fucking X
Pac. I
mean, I've seen women's shelters. How many of those
women have held the obscenely prestigious
Intercontinental Title? hmmmm? Exactly. One
question though: Why didn't Chyna just do that really
cool handspring back flip to avoid the punches? That shit
has to work in real life!
-Ever wonder what
Vince McMahon jerks off to? Not really. But you have to
admit, there is one constant that may in fact
be a strange fetish of his: Every time WWE has
booked anything remotely sexually provocative on WWE
Television, a big ugly man always seems to intervene and
squash the women. Maybe Vince gets off on it? The only
positive I can see coming from it is if the Hoss in question
splashes the woman with such veracity and impact, that
somehow, the sheer trajectory and centrifugal force would
cause all her clothes to explode from her body. I even worked
out a rough schematic and chart to show how it would be
scientifically possible, but I think I may have used it when I
ran out of zig zags. It was something, though. Trust
me.
Anyway, speaking of
Vince and his sexual perversions, if you watched the
build to No Mercy, you'd have seen that Vince apparently wants
to make it with his own daughter, Stephanie, as his
comments on the show, although thinly veiled,
suggested. Another Taboo brought to life by the good
folks at WWE! All is left is for someone to fuck a dead
body! Oh wait. But that said, I can't say I really blame the
guy. I mean, he did pay for most of her equipment. He
just wants to make sure he got his money's worth, that's
all! It's just consumer interest! Stop looking at me
like that!
- You know, they
should really be pushing A-Train. Off a cliff. I don't
get it with this guy. I'm sure he's a real nice guy and all,
but how many chances do you have to get over? What is this,
chance number 3052? I know WWE sometimes likes to
throw shit against the wall and see if it sticks, but there
just comes a time when you just have to clean up
all that shit 'cause you're making a big fucking
mess. But that said, where the fuck did that saying ever
even come from? Who throws shit against a wall, and then is
inspired to create great ideas if it somehow suctions itself
to a wall? That's insanity! Or maybe I'm just bitter
because I literally did that for the last 3 months and just
found out today it was only a euphemism.
Maybe.
-It's nice to see Dawn Marie and Torrie Wilson
getting along! Yes sir. It's kind of cool how murdering
someone's Father just doesn't seem to hold the same weight as
it used to. Bygones are bygones, I guess. I mean, who could
really ever hold a grudge against someone who fucked
your dad to death on camera in front of millions of people,
then attacked you during his funeral and tipped the
casket over causing the corpse to come flying out? I
mean, especially when you need a tag team partner for a big
Thursday night match! That cancels out murder. ALWAYS. WRESTLING= FORGIVENESS. Unless your last name is
Savage. (don't even think about coming here,
Fred!).
But, that said, R.I.P., Al. You at least
went out on your back. You know, unlike your
daughter, who last time I checked, NEVER LOSES
MATCHES. She's like the female Hulk Hogan. Only she
keeps her shirt on. Boo. But still, here's to you, Al. Your
memory will live on for... far too long ? Ya. Most
notably for the most terrifying visual in TV history. Standing
in your underwear during your marriage
ceremony, harder than the tree that killed Sonny Bono. (or
maybe early rigor mortis was just setting in early? Maybe?).
That was one for the ages. I mean, who said erect
octogenarian wood on TV isn't what the 18-35 male demographic
wants to see? Oh ya, that's
right, everybody.
-It's nice to see Brock Lesnar get the
WWE Title back. And all he had to do was physically assault a
crippled person to get the opportunity. To put this
theory to rest, just the other day, I put the boots to someone
with Down's Syndrome... and I still haven't gotten a break!
What gives? Where's my belt? Did I do it
wrong?
- Guess what,
I did end up ordering Unforgiven after all, and
I was pleasantly surprised to see The H's actually put over
Goldberg completely clean.
HHH also made it through the match relatively
unscathed, thanks probably to his very special clam
diggers that house the injured Steph Hammer,
likely keeping it safe for the wedding night to Steph
wherein it will be released upon the loins of Ms. McMahon like
the mythical Cracken of Greek mythology. It will only briefly
pause to pin other penises not ready for the main event
scene. On that day, Jesus will break the seventh seal and
the moon will turn to blood. And I of course will
probably just sleep through the whole ordeal. Wake me
up when the six-headed dragon gets
here.
-The Dudleys took the Tag-team belts from the Green
Frogs and Rob Conway at Unforgiven as well. Hey, have you
ever noticed that Conway looks like a very angry Gary
Senise? Although, I guess Lt. Dan had just cause for
his anger, having no legs and being trapped on a shrimping
boat and all. But hey, I don't want to give WWE any bright
ideas. The last thing they need is a useless wrestler
with lame legs. Well, you know, besides Kevin
Nash.
-It turns out Sylvan Grenier is off to rehab his
"neck" after all. Yes neck
. And not "ass" as I had originally guessed.
That's their story, and their sticking to it, like a pretty
boy with 6 months wrestling experience sticks it to 65 year
old booker to get a Tag Title run when he's not ready, or
qualified, or over. Yes, that's a real expression. Oh
well. I'll take Sylvan at face value for now. Even if, in his
case, he's usually faced in the opposite direction. I
guess we'll get our TRUE answers eventually, if he
returns to the ring with a hemorrhoid cushion sewn into the
back of his tights. Time will
tell.
Okay, that's it for this week, I'm off to work on
my Tan. Tan of course being the 14 year old Cambodian boy
I keep as an unpaid slave. Sometimes he needs discipline. What
can I say.
*But first*, a very
special memoriam to a lost friend who was cut down
in the prime of their lives
recently:
With all the deaths lately in Hollywood
and the mainstream, I thought I'd take a moment to
remember a forgotten fallen hero. In my life, there was
always several constants: The air I breathed, the sun rising
and setting, and the beloved mop of Kevin
Nash. It came from humble beginnings. A time
where a dude could wear Acid Wash jeans and a really cool
rhinestone bedazzled jean jacket and no one would look at
him funny. Ok, they would. But not for long, because he was
all tall and stuff, and wore a single black glove on a fist
that could knock you out with ONE PUNCH. Well, until
the office figured out that was like the worst fucking
finish ever and forgot all about it. Anyway, it was
originally birthed in 1993, from a Gresion-5
tinted mullet, and through time, it grew into a beautiful
long flowing mane... that eventually allowed me to
love again . Ok that last part was for dramatic effect.
Anyway, it's sudden demise came as both a shock and sadness to
me. You're always sad to see the young ones go.
And Nash mop had not even reached 11 years of age before
it was yanked from this world with its
then-bright neon yellow fragments disposed of so
callously. You never get over something like that. It had
so much promise. Imagine how many more corners it could have
been casually standing around in whilst other people
did all the work. It's tragic.
So let us all take a moment to
remember the hair of Kevin Nash and all it meant to our lives.
But worry not my
friends, and grieve only briefly, for much like the
Phoenix (the mythological bird, not Arizona, for which
the mop made its home for many a year), it will no
doubt rise from the ashes and grace our lives once
again with its glorious flowing splendor! Until then,
though, God Speed, Gentle Friend.