Vince to Fans: Drop dead.
So, Smackdown PPV was tonight. And Vince McMahon showed that he values personal loyalty more than his fan base by hanging the WWE title on John "Justin Hawk Acolyte APA Goosestepping Texan Asshole Bradshaw" Layfield. Never mind that the people who actually care about what happens on his show hate Layfield. We're all a bunch of 14-year old fat pimply virgins who've never kissed a girl or been in a wrestling ring, according to the guy who is alleged to be our champion. (Yes, I'm getting up in arms about fixed matches involving sweaty men holding each other homoerotically, what's your point?) Lest we forget, this is the guy who gave a Munich crowd the Nazi salute and then got indignant when people had the nerve to report it.
So they've pretty much guaranteed that they've lost the hardcore fanbase, at least until the night when the spoilers say that Bradshaw loses the belt back to Eddie. As I type this, the ITVR chat is rife with anti-WWE sentiment, but at the same time, we realize that Vince has done this because he wants us talking about Bradshaw. Plus, frankly, there aren't any real heel contenders for the belt, unless you want to count the apparently turned Undertaker, who defeated the Dudleys and then drowned his former manager in a crypt of concrete.
The rest of the PPV was pretty solidly mediocre. Match of the night was the Cruiserweight match between Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero. ReyRey and Chavo did a great job of telling a story with lots of good selling and high spots. Other then that, it was pretty dire.
Sable and Torrie Wilson had a slopfest, Kenzo Suzuki made his PPV debut, and I don't think he was nearly as bad as Swift would have you believe. Mordecai, the Human Q-Tip, beat Bob Holly in a sloppy match, Luther Raines beat Charlie Haas in a terrible, terrible match, and John Cena retained his US Title in a too-short 4 man elimination match.
Terrible, terrible show.
So they've pretty much guaranteed that they've lost the hardcore fanbase, at least until the night when the spoilers say that Bradshaw loses the belt back to Eddie. As I type this, the ITVR chat is rife with anti-WWE sentiment, but at the same time, we realize that Vince has done this because he wants us talking about Bradshaw. Plus, frankly, there aren't any real heel contenders for the belt, unless you want to count the apparently turned Undertaker, who defeated the Dudleys and then drowned his former manager in a crypt of concrete.
The rest of the PPV was pretty solidly mediocre. Match of the night was the Cruiserweight match between Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero. ReyRey and Chavo did a great job of telling a story with lots of good selling and high spots. Other then that, it was pretty dire.
Sable and Torrie Wilson had a slopfest, Kenzo Suzuki made his PPV debut, and I don't think he was nearly as bad as Swift would have you believe. Mordecai, the Human Q-Tip, beat Bob Holly in a sloppy match, Luther Raines beat Charlie Haas in a terrible, terrible match, and John Cena retained his US Title in a too-short 4 man elimination match.
Terrible, terrible show.
posted by Jon M. at
11:09 PM
2 Comments:
1. THAN.
2. Suzuki is The Man-Kim. Whosoever knows wrestling BURNS at the touch of The Man-Kim!
You know, I've re-read that post quite a bit. I'd like it noted that I am 33, have never been in a wrestling ring, have been married more times than VKM, and I used to like Bradshaw. These are stupid people, and yet we still pay them. Why?
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