tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36164965054845090252011-04-21T14:10:05.749-04:00From the Mad Scientologist of Professional WrestlingJJ Dangerouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13261985158875454531noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616496505484509025.post-86205968961564262732008-06-24T08:37:00.002-04:002008-06-24T10:07:36.404-04:00

Wasn't last night a hoot? Three hours filled with wrestling, draft surprises, free cash, and Vince McMahon being taken out by his "Million Dollar Mania" sign. I'm always a bit hopeful for the draft. It has so much potential, really. Were the WWE to keep the three brands separate, and the draft consistent, it could truly shake things up. But the three brands intermingle whenever it's

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This past Monday night, I tuned in with piqued curiosity to see exactly how Vince was going to give away one million dollars of his own money. I figured it would be a quick sweepstakes, with a brief segment here or there trying to give away an entire million dollars. What I got was surprisingly different.From the first moment McMahon came out I was flabbergasted at the amount of time wasted on

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As I watched RAW Monday night, awaiting Vince McMahon's "big" announcement, I actually saw a good wrestling match. Not totally surprising, as RAW has shown us a lot of good wrestling in the past few weeks, but it was a match that made me think. I'm talking about Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels going one on one in the Main Event. A good match that's part of a good storyline that really got me

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Last night on RAW, John Cena showed me every reason that us "older" wrestling fans don't like him. (When I say "older" I use quotations because I'm in fact 25, but I'm already way out of the John Cena demographic.) It's not because he's being forced down our throats every week, even though he is. It's not because he used to come out and rap about "Deez Nutz." It's because he doesn't really

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As I watched the two "weiners" Carlito & Santino last night, I couldn't help but think about my blog entry from last week. Not because they exemplify the things that I pointed out, but because they seem to be different. Carlito and Santino together remind me of what WWE used to be. Now this could be because the people backstage are giving them better stuff to work with. To me, though,

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Last night as I was watching RAW, I realized just how much change has occurred in WWE since the late 90's and early in this decade. Not just in the presentation of the product, but in the product itself. Long gone are the days when watching WWE felt like watching a bunch of characters enjoying making a name for themselves. There's no unscripted humor, no unscripted interviews, and no

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You know, I've never known a time in my life during which I could say "I won't see another Ric Flair match." This past week, that changed. I've known Flair was going to retire after WrestleMania for months. The dirt sheets leaked it a long time ago. For some reason, though, I thought to myself that it would be a Terry Funk retirement. In other words, it would be the first of many. In the

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I'm relieved to finally get a chance to hash out something I've been thinking about for the past few weeks, but haven't been able to because of school oriented projects. You see, I'm getting my second bachelor's degree in Political Science, to go with my History degree. This doesn't seem to be a big deal, or have anything to do with wrestling, but I'm gonna tell you something that you might not

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It's the talk of the internet wrestling world, mostly because nothing else is going on. That's right ladies and gentlemen, I'm talking about the "Exodus" of workers leaving TNA and heading to New York. There is a "flood" of talent leaving TNA. I use quotations to emphasize my sarcasm, if you didn't know. In reality, there are three talents leaving TNA at the moment: "Wildcat" Chris Harris,

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Now that I'm done with writing papers and taking finals, I'm going to start an occasional theme in my blog, and that's focusing on wrestling as a business. If you're the owner of a small time company, this is aimed at you. It's a way I can give back to the business. Sometimes it will seem like common sense, but I hope to offer up some nuggets here and there. I'm going to start by talking

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Somehow, unintentionally, this is becoming a TNA oriented blog. That hasn't been my intention. But, like good ole WCW, TNA gives me so much to say about what they're doing wrong that I can't really help talking about it. I'm going to try and be positive and give TNA 4 solid ideas on improving their show and their ratings. My first idea is really simple: Re-establish Kurt Angle as a

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This morning, instead of reading for class, I was reading on "Da Board," specifically in the "TNA comments" thread. There was an interesting discussion going on involving DK and SamoaRowe (who also has a blog on "Da Site") about the TNA Women's Division. It's a great discussion which you should get involved with, and it actually inspired me to write an entry for all my fan. While I agree with

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I spent two hours watching Impact this afternoon, and boy are my eyes tired. Okay, that's not the best way to start a blog entry, but it's something. I actually DVR'ed the show this week and made the effort this afternoon to review it, but I found the job near impossible because I wouldn't be able to write anything that would actually be worth reading. Especially since there wasn't that much

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Continuing on with what I started last week, I'll take a look today at a match that featured some really good, simple storytelling: Domino vs. MVP.Now, this match is a continuation of two seperate stories: The conflict between Tag Team partners Matt Hardy & MVP, and their conflict with Deuce & Domino. The conflict between Matt & MVP is a classic: the tag team partners that hate each other. As

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This past Friday, I sat down in my living room and watched Smackdown for the first time in a long time. As I've mentioned before, I have had a lack of interest in televised wrestling since the "Benoit Incident." So for me to be flipping on the TV to the CW (Channel 4 here in East Tennessee) is something of a big deal. It's a means to me slowly getting myself back into the mix.So what did I think?

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It's quick. It's cheesy. It's only momentarily satisfying, but with a slightly greasy, guilty aftertaste. It's the McDonald's of wrestling. McMahon's is shoving drugged, un-human, overly-beefy dandys down our collective throats and calls it Entertainment the same way those Golden Arches shove drugged, overly beefed processed patties and call it nutrition. This "Sports Entertainment" is

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For more amazing TCW action! You'd think they were paying me with the amount of blog entries I write about them, but they're honestly the only enjoyable wrestling I'm getting my eyes on, as I can't afford to pay for ROH DVD's. That being said, lets take a look at the upcoming TCW show: As you can see, the Main Event is TCW Champion "Iceman" Jeff Storm & TCW US Champion Exotica with Jeff's

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I've read alot online about people losing their desire to watch wrestling since the "Benoit Tragedy." I include myself in that grouping, but I've wondered if the cause was Benoit or just the fact that no one is putting out a halfway decent product anymore. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that both major companies, TNA & WWE, seem to be putting out product solely to make money, not to

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I can see it now, clear as day. This past week, those great folks at TNA Management(TM Larry Zybysko) were surfing the web and stumbled across my blog. They see "TNA really hasn’t given me anything worth talking about" and then a conversation follows:TNA Management 1: This douchebag says that there we haven't given him anything to talk about!TNA Management 2: Ignore it, it's probably just

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Right off the bat, I’ll admit that I’m a “Transfan.” For you un-initiated people, that means that I’m a Transformers nerd. I grew up on the cartoons like New Englanders grow up on Red Sox games. I pined over the toys in catalogs and at stores. I cried the first dozen or so times I watched Optimus Prime die in the original Transformers movie. I’ve even watched nearly every Transformers

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At some point last week, I looked at my blog and realized that nearly every single post I’ve made has been WWE oriented. Of course, part of that has to do with the Benoit Tragedy, but that’s not all of it. The majority of the reasoning behind it is that TNA really hasn’t given me anything worth talking about.I mean, I could go on with the stereotypical Internet Wrestling Nerd rants against

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Several weeks ago, my hopes were high as professional wrestling (I dare not call it Sports Entertainment) seemed to be headed for an upswing. There was a massive amount of excitement focused around the WWE draft, there was hope that TNA could maybe turn around (Isn't there always?), and there was the excitement of the upcoming Ring of Honor Pay Per View, Respect is Earned. Sadly, the tragedy (

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We all know what happened. Chris Benoit is dead. He murdered his family, and then took his own life. It's a tragedy, and it's stunned every wrestling fan, from small children who believe wrestling's real, to grown men who understand the complexity of "Sports Entertainment."What we don't know is why. There are lots of explanations, but we may actually never know. Yes, it's possible that

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Tri-Brand draft part 2: Friday Night Smackdown!We’re looking at the draft again today, this time we’re looking at RAW’s broadcast network little sister, Smackdown. Smackdown loses: The Boogeyman, King Booker & Queen Sharmell, Chris Benoit, Ken Kennedy, Paul London & Brian Kendrick, The Miz, Daivari, William Regal, Jillian HallOne brands gain is another brands loss. Specifically, Raw’s gain is

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With one of the most conversation worthy weeks behind us, I want to take a look at the so-called draft that WWE put out. I’m not even going to mention how I think that having computer generated picks is a mockery and insult to legitimate drafts(Well, I just did), but I will give my opinions and thoughts on the picks that the computer “randomly” generated.Tri-Brand Draft, part 1-RAWOut of all the

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Here's a rundown of what you need to know going into this show:Jeff Storm and Brett Storm are father and son, and former tag team champions. Their feud began as an act of reconciliation, as Brett offered to help his father regain the tag team titles from Jeff's former partner "Playboy" Jamie Gibson. Gibson won the titles with some help from his current partner in the "Ultimate Males," Stallion

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It's official, I now have a blog. I've fought it for years, but that wonderful website DWS has given me the opportunity to share my thoughts on things. What a mistake. Anyway, what you'll see on here is mostly my thoughts on different wrestling shows, including reviews. Not only that, but when I'm motivated you'll see movie reviews and music reviews. But that's when I'm motivated, which isn't

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