Say it with me now...
"Crap."
Rumors on the web are because he has neck issues, and maybe (hope this is wrong) he may be abusing painkillers to deal with it. (like I how i used "may" and "be" twice? you could tell I was wincing!). And he's having a tough divorce. (Women! Can't live with them, and can't live with them...thank you Dan Myung for that joke.) He's a great performer, but hopefully things'll work out.
Anyways, we at least have this champion:
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
kinda weird. they're calling him the wwe's first African-American champion. Kinda sad for two reasons. One, what took so long, and two, what about the Rock? I guess the Rock's dad was from Canada, but there really is no difference. It just means he was able to escape American racism..but since the Rock was born in America, I'm considering him black...even if he highly identifies with his Samoan roots.
Still...
I was watching the new "McMahon" dvd on Vince McMahon. It's intersting. The DVD has a great set of matches, some of his matches with Stone Cold, HHH, Undertaker. I thought there was a match with the Rock. Clearly McMahon cares about wrestling, about the product and about the fans. But it pains him a positive light, of course. If you want a better synopsis of the McMahon career, check out wikipedia. Warning some of the events are "kayfabe" or in character, so it's not always an accurate representation of his life...but still seems more complete than the DVD.
Some questions are left unanswered, some moments are left unaddressed. For instance, there was that very controversial steroid trial that Hulk Hogan actually testified on behalf of Vince McMahon. But McMahon, fearful that Hulk Hogan would capitalize on this in his rival company WCW, tore Hogan a new bunghole in the press. That created another rift between the two that was addressed in the DVD. For this information, you actually have to read wikipedia, or a message board, and then watch ANOTHER DVD, the Billy Graham story. It makes no sense to me. If you mention it in one retrospective DVD, why not do so in every DVD you produce about those players? They also don't address how this trial, and some public statements made by the WWE in the 80's and 90's exposed the sport as having "predetermined" results, and that irritated other promoters. But that isn't as intersesting to non-wrestling fans as the steroid trials.
What do they address? Surprisingly some things they do address. Like how a lot of employees hate some storylines as much as the fans, but it's Vince's vision. Sometimes you can say no, sometimes you can't. He does do a lot of behind the scenes stuff to help charities, other people, etc. But at the same token he can be very hard-charging and hyper-competitive to a point where some people suggested it can undermine his position. There was also an interesting tidbit about WCW, where some people named "McMahon" wondered if it was good for the company to buy out the competition, but only good for the McMahon-ego. I'll let you watch it and find out.
Anywhoo...I'm engorged on wrestling...
Hope all is well with you!
The following is from WWE.com:
Angle released
Aug. 25, 2006
Due to personal issues, Kurt Angle has been granted an early release from his contract. WWE looks forward to establishing a new relationship with Kurt in the near future.
The only Olympic gold medalist in WWE history, Kurt Angle arrived in 1999 and quickly became one of the most decorated champions in sports-entertainment history. "The Wrestling Machine" is not only a six-time World Champion, but also held the Intercontinental Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship; he also won the 2000 King of the Ring tournament. Recently joining ECW, Angle’s unmatched intensity was rivaled only by his technical and athletic in-ring prowess.
Rumors on the web are because he has neck issues, and maybe (hope this is wrong) he may be abusing painkillers to deal with it. (like I how i used "may" and "be" twice? you could tell I was wincing!). And he's having a tough divorce. (Women! Can't live with them, and can't live with them...thank you Dan Myung for that joke.) He's a great performer, but hopefully things'll work out.
Anyways, we at least have this champion:
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
kinda weird. they're calling him the wwe's first African-American champion. Kinda sad for two reasons. One, what took so long, and two, what about the Rock? I guess the Rock's dad was from Canada, but there really is no difference. It just means he was able to escape American racism..but since the Rock was born in America, I'm considering him black...even if he highly identifies with his Samoan roots.
Still...
I was watching the new "McMahon" dvd on Vince McMahon. It's intersting. The DVD has a great set of matches, some of his matches with Stone Cold, HHH, Undertaker. I thought there was a match with the Rock. Clearly McMahon cares about wrestling, about the product and about the fans. But it pains him a positive light, of course. If you want a better synopsis of the McMahon career, check out wikipedia. Warning some of the events are "kayfabe" or in character, so it's not always an accurate representation of his life...but still seems more complete than the DVD.
Some questions are left unanswered, some moments are left unaddressed. For instance, there was that very controversial steroid trial that Hulk Hogan actually testified on behalf of Vince McMahon. But McMahon, fearful that Hulk Hogan would capitalize on this in his rival company WCW, tore Hogan a new bunghole in the press. That created another rift between the two that was addressed in the DVD. For this information, you actually have to read wikipedia, or a message board, and then watch ANOTHER DVD, the Billy Graham story. It makes no sense to me. If you mention it in one retrospective DVD, why not do so in every DVD you produce about those players? They also don't address how this trial, and some public statements made by the WWE in the 80's and 90's exposed the sport as having "predetermined" results, and that irritated other promoters. But that isn't as intersesting to non-wrestling fans as the steroid trials.
What do they address? Surprisingly some things they do address. Like how a lot of employees hate some storylines as much as the fans, but it's Vince's vision. Sometimes you can say no, sometimes you can't. He does do a lot of behind the scenes stuff to help charities, other people, etc. But at the same token he can be very hard-charging and hyper-competitive to a point where some people suggested it can undermine his position. There was also an interesting tidbit about WCW, where some people named "McMahon" wondered if it was good for the company to buy out the competition, but only good for the McMahon-ego. I'll let you watch it and find out.
Anywhoo...I'm engorged on wrestling...
Hope all is well with you!
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