Dear Saint Mick,
All I want for Christmas is that holiday jumper Goldust was wearing on the Smackdown special. Thanks.
GTFO.
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Showing posts with label rhodes to wrestlemania. Show all posts
5.12.11
13.7.11
Coming Clean
Firstly, I've been a lazy ass. I could blame lack of content, but that's simply not true, so I'm going to blame Chavo getting let go instead. Now...back to the action.
Things have been hotting up in a serious way. I think it all started when Dolph Ziggler changed his hair to a moody black. Things got a little strained for a while, only to pop back with a big bang and hoo-hah, of which I believe everyone is a fan. Now he's back to his gloriously blonde bonce, promo-ing like a pro with Vickie in tow (yo) and summer is in full swing.
Now, I'm not sure if HQ hired some new creative, but something tasty has been injected into the writing of late. A syringe full of old school fan-friendliness perhaps. I'm imagining the team sitting round the table all with squirrelly cheeks stuffed full of the nuts they've been saving all throughout Winter and Spring, and now we're finally getting a chance to gnaw on the goodies. Convoluted metaphor? Why yes, captain. Seems that someone up there appreciates the classics though.
I'm referring mostly, of course, to the CM Punk angle that is quote/unquote ''so hot right now''. There's so much planning gone into this storyline, it's easy to see why the last couple of months have been a bit lacking. I can't even begin to describe all of the brilliance that's helped make this happen, but in essence, it's taken Punk from almost repugnant heel to the saviour he always said he'd be. Amen. I love that Vince has okayed this angle, and opened up this juicy can of worms for all of us to see. His direct involvement seems to further cement his belief in it. Breaking kayfabe just got promoted to prime time. Boom baby.
Decent tag team action has been in abundance lately. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase being back together makes me a rather happy chappy and this, coupled with their winning of things makes for swell televisual treats. Cody is still rocking the nutso persona, though I think his paper bag handling cronies could look a little more 'into it' when dishing out those lovingly crafted masks. Maybe they've had to spend hours making them...sweat shop style. And think about all those trees that had to be cut down. Man, this post just got political. Pah...wrestling and politics. What a silly thought.
Another merry psycho we've noticed a lot of lately has been the charming young R-Truth. Personally, I'm quite glad they've chosen to forego the seriously deranged in favour of the comedic crazy. It works better for him and he looks like he's very much enjoying it. It allows him to fluff his lines and get away with it too. Y'know, cause he's all insane and stuff. Just not AS insane as Mark Henry (who, I'm pretty sure, is a Titan). Oddly, now that R-Truth has foregone his music, Vladimir Kozlov seems to have inherited some.
There's been so much actual real-life, gosh-darn decent wrestling recently it's hard to pick out just a few matches to talk about. So I won't. But, credit where credits due, I think the surge in new talent makes the veterans think about upping their game and pushing for spots that remind us why they're there. It's not just for the specials or move sets, but for their in-ring savvy and mat psychology. The stuff that makes us go 'ooh' and 'ahh'. Sadly, I no longer 'ooh' at a 619 or an AA or an RKO. These new energetic matches however, they make me go 'ooh'. Some of them even make me go 'woo woo woo'.
And finally:
Sgt. Slaughter and Evan Bourne aren't natural tag team buddies.
Mike McGillicutty's back!
Chris Jericho is appearing in an awful lot of the Money in the Bank trailers.
Alex Riley is actually quite good.
Sheamus is on fire (...not a ginger joke...).
Tamina looks largely pissed that she's been made to dress like a Diva and lose to AJ. But AJ plays the XBox and only boys play the XBox so it's ok to lose to her because she's like, totally a tom boy. Bite me.
I love you WWE.
Things have been hotting up in a serious way. I think it all started when Dolph Ziggler changed his hair to a moody black. Things got a little strained for a while, only to pop back with a big bang and hoo-hah, of which I believe everyone is a fan. Now he's back to his gloriously blonde bonce, promo-ing like a pro with Vickie in tow (yo) and summer is in full swing.
Now, I'm not sure if HQ hired some new creative, but something tasty has been injected into the writing of late. A syringe full of old school fan-friendliness perhaps. I'm imagining the team sitting round the table all with squirrelly cheeks stuffed full of the nuts they've been saving all throughout Winter and Spring, and now we're finally getting a chance to gnaw on the goodies. Convoluted metaphor? Why yes, captain. Seems that someone up there appreciates the classics though.
I'm referring mostly, of course, to the CM Punk angle that is quote/unquote ''so hot right now''. There's so much planning gone into this storyline, it's easy to see why the last couple of months have been a bit lacking. I can't even begin to describe all of the brilliance that's helped make this happen, but in essence, it's taken Punk from almost repugnant heel to the saviour he always said he'd be. Amen. I love that Vince has okayed this angle, and opened up this juicy can of worms for all of us to see. His direct involvement seems to further cement his belief in it. Breaking kayfabe just got promoted to prime time. Boom baby.
Decent tag team action has been in abundance lately. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase being back together makes me a rather happy chappy and this, coupled with their winning of things makes for swell televisual treats. Cody is still rocking the nutso persona, though I think his paper bag handling cronies could look a little more 'into it' when dishing out those lovingly crafted masks. Maybe they've had to spend hours making them...sweat shop style. And think about all those trees that had to be cut down. Man, this post just got political. Pah...wrestling and politics. What a silly thought.
Another merry psycho we've noticed a lot of lately has been the charming young R-Truth. Personally, I'm quite glad they've chosen to forego the seriously deranged in favour of the comedic crazy. It works better for him and he looks like he's very much enjoying it. It allows him to fluff his lines and get away with it too. Y'know, cause he's all insane and stuff. Just not AS insane as Mark Henry (who, I'm pretty sure, is a Titan). Oddly, now that R-Truth has foregone his music, Vladimir Kozlov seems to have inherited some.
There's been so much actual real-life, gosh-darn decent wrestling recently it's hard to pick out just a few matches to talk about. So I won't. But, credit where credits due, I think the surge in new talent makes the veterans think about upping their game and pushing for spots that remind us why they're there. It's not just for the specials or move sets, but for their in-ring savvy and mat psychology. The stuff that makes us go 'ooh' and 'ahh'. Sadly, I no longer 'ooh' at a 619 or an AA or an RKO. These new energetic matches however, they make me go 'ooh'. Some of them even make me go 'woo woo woo'.
And finally:
Sgt. Slaughter and Evan Bourne aren't natural tag team buddies.
Mike McGillicutty's back!
Chris Jericho is appearing in an awful lot of the Money in the Bank trailers.
Alex Riley is actually quite good.
Sheamus is on fire (...not a ginger joke...).
Tamina looks largely pissed that she's been made to dress like a Diva and lose to AJ. But AJ plays the XBox and only boys play the XBox so it's ok to lose to her because she's like, totally a tom boy. Bite me.
I love you WWE.
12.5.11
Go Long...a weighty catch up.
Apologies for going AWOL, but one does not simply walk into Mordor. Sorry, not Mordor...London.
Without dredging up the past, I feel I should mention a couple of things before normal broadcast resumes.
Wrestlemania was not the best or the worst. I had a very wordy draft about this and could go on, but I feel there were enough critiques of the event without me sticking my splintered oar in. Highlight: Cody Rhodes' new entrance (comic book villain extraordinaire) and The Miz's pre-match trail package. Awesome. Lowlight: Lawler/Cole. Well...just Cole. The less said about the subsequent JR humiliations and knighthoods the better. It was bordering on Boogeyman/Lillian mole territory. Not suitable for vegetarians or royalists.
The Hall of fame was really very good. Drew Carey getting inducted by Kane was swell, the partially posthumously awarded Road Warriors were gracious and Hunter and Shawn had a right old love-in. As did everyone else at the party. And and and...The Miz was sitting next to Maryse and possibly grazing her thigh *snicker*.
Edge retired and it was like cry-a-long-a-wrestling for a while. But it nicely segued into a Christian/Del Rio feud. Christian deserved that title for longer than it took Orton to run away with it. Again.
CM Punk has a plethora of coloured pants. The PPV ones match his Nexus t-shirt. I don't know why this is important.
R-Truth turned heel on the UK dates, perhaps in one of the most awkward exchanges between humans ever witnessed. Jo-Mo is taking a break, possibly to abscond the Prince of Parkour throne. Some British bird by the commentary table was screaming, ''THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!'' when Truth was waving his naughty naughty cigarette everywhere. well done that woman.
Something Bella won the Diva's Championship and guerilla style backstage footage seems to suggest a little hostility between some of the ladies in the locker room. To me, it appeared that Gail Kim, Tamina, Beth and Natty were consciously separating themselves from the others (by way of punching them in the face and telling them to learn how to wrestle)...but I might have been dreaming. Fingers still crossed for the re-introduction of the women's belt though. I wonder which road the recently estranged LayCool will take. Kharma's a b*tch ain't it! NB: I will run out of Kharma puns eventually.
Mr Vince came out of his coma to wish The Rock a very happy birthday. Everyone else was almost put into a coma because some genius decided to book some godawful popstrels to perform. And Paul Walker. Ron Simmons saved everything.
The draft didn't help those brand confusion matters.
Kane and Big Show are tagger champs, but Mason Ryan is quite scary too and may adopt the Orton-inspired 'Way of the Psycho'. I fully expect him to have a rabid animal inspired moniker in the next month or so.
Dolph Ziggler is serious now and therefore has dark hair to prove it. I liked his old persona, but the man's a great asset, so I hope the new one works for him.
One final thing...if you are a bully, then the WWE hates you. This is no way ironic.
On with the music.
Without dredging up the past, I feel I should mention a couple of things before normal broadcast resumes.
Wrestlemania was not the best or the worst. I had a very wordy draft about this and could go on, but I feel there were enough critiques of the event without me sticking my splintered oar in. Highlight: Cody Rhodes' new entrance (comic book villain extraordinaire) and The Miz's pre-match trail package. Awesome. Lowlight: Lawler/Cole. Well...just Cole. The less said about the subsequent JR humiliations and knighthoods the better. It was bordering on Boogeyman/Lillian mole territory. Not suitable for vegetarians or royalists.
The Hall of fame was really very good. Drew Carey getting inducted by Kane was swell, the partially posthumously awarded Road Warriors were gracious and Hunter and Shawn had a right old love-in. As did everyone else at the party. And and and...The Miz was sitting next to Maryse and possibly grazing her thigh *snicker*.
Edge retired and it was like cry-a-long-a-wrestling for a while. But it nicely segued into a Christian/Del Rio feud. Christian deserved that title for longer than it took Orton to run away with it. Again.
CM Punk has a plethora of coloured pants. The PPV ones match his Nexus t-shirt. I don't know why this is important.
R-Truth turned heel on the UK dates, perhaps in one of the most awkward exchanges between humans ever witnessed. Jo-Mo is taking a break, possibly to abscond the Prince of Parkour throne. Some British bird by the commentary table was screaming, ''THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!'' when Truth was waving his naughty naughty cigarette everywhere. well done that woman.
Something Bella won the Diva's Championship and guerilla style backstage footage seems to suggest a little hostility between some of the ladies in the locker room. To me, it appeared that Gail Kim, Tamina, Beth and Natty were consciously separating themselves from the others (by way of punching them in the face and telling them to learn how to wrestle)...but I might have been dreaming. Fingers still crossed for the re-introduction of the women's belt though. I wonder which road the recently estranged LayCool will take. Kharma's a b*tch ain't it! NB: I will run out of Kharma puns eventually.
Mr Vince came out of his coma to wish The Rock a very happy birthday. Everyone else was almost put into a coma because some genius decided to book some godawful popstrels to perform. And Paul Walker. Ron Simmons saved everything.
The draft didn't help those brand confusion matters.
Kane and Big Show are tagger champs, but Mason Ryan is quite scary too and may adopt the Orton-inspired 'Way of the Psycho'. I fully expect him to have a rabid animal inspired moniker in the next month or so.
Dolph Ziggler is serious now and therefore has dark hair to prove it. I liked his old persona, but the man's a great asset, so I hope the new one works for him.
One final thing...if you are a bully, then the WWE hates you. This is no way ironic.
On with the music.
22.3.11
Showdowns and Rawhides
Top eleven-ish things we've learnt this week...
1. Trish Stratus wears teeny tiny undercrackers (nice work cameraman #3) and her and JoMo are probably doing it (WILD SPECULATION AFOOT).
2. Dolph Ziggler continues to be absolutely hilarious and brilliant (see right --->)
3. It is important to always have the mute button ready whenever Michael Cole appears on screen, let alone when he repeats what he's saying several thousand times. In a row. Loudly.
4. Sheamus seems to think it's awfully amusing that an Irish man has ownership of the United States championship. Daniel Bryan doesn't.
5. Sin Cara is going to be super fantastic and everyone thinks so because he's got a very nice, newly emblazoned name promo.
6. Ted DiBiase doesn't deserve to be used as a punching bag.
7. Cody Rhodes doesn't bother with tights anymore, because he's got towelie for company.
8. Randy Orton has a very large tour bus and a very tiny wife.
9. Punk gives great skit.
10. Josh Matthews was afflicted with laryngitis and/or asleep for all of Smackdown apart from the steel cage match where he woke up and gave 110% like the little trooper he is.
11. Everyone seems to have forgotten a) what brand they are assigned to and b) that Undertaker already beat Triple H ten years ago. But a little hell up near Mania time is okay I expect.
12 days kids. Hope you've got your parties planned.
1. Trish Stratus wears teeny tiny undercrackers (nice work cameraman #3) and her and JoMo are probably doing it (WILD SPECULATION AFOOT).
2. Dolph Ziggler continues to be absolutely hilarious and brilliant (see right --->)
3. It is important to always have the mute button ready whenever Michael Cole appears on screen, let alone when he repeats what he's saying several thousand times. In a row. Loudly.
4. Sheamus seems to think it's awfully amusing that an Irish man has ownership of the United States championship. Daniel Bryan doesn't.
5. Sin Cara is going to be super fantastic and everyone thinks so because he's got a very nice, newly emblazoned name promo.
6. Ted DiBiase doesn't deserve to be used as a punching bag.
7. Cody Rhodes doesn't bother with tights anymore, because he's got towelie for company.
8. Randy Orton has a very large tour bus and a very tiny wife.
9. Punk gives great skit.
10. Josh Matthews was afflicted with laryngitis and/or asleep for all of Smackdown apart from the steel cage match where he woke up and gave 110% like the little trooper he is.
11. Everyone seems to have forgotten a) what brand they are assigned to and b) that Undertaker already beat Triple H ten years ago. But a little hell up near Mania time is okay I expect.
12 days kids. Hope you've got your parties planned.
15.3.11
Blasting The Cole Face
Apologies for going a bit AWOL in the last couple of weeks folks. Family matters of a strictly Canadian nature took over and I've had to catch up on my fightin' fix over the last couple of days. Of the twenty minutes of Raw I did catch whilst avoiding the moose and moguls, that angry bald chap Steve appeared and mussed up some of Michael Cole's business, so that was nice.
Speaking of family (and awfully contrived segues) and to add another tasty layer to our Attitude/Millennium Era trifle, what a Sexay surprise greeted us on Raw this past week. For all the good it did Bryan Christopher (aka. Lawler Jnr.) to show up and express his daddy issues via Cole's taunting, the man did whip out those funky dance maneuvers to one of the best (read: grin inducing) entrance themes of the past ever. Banging it indeed.
On the other side of a child welfare case, we got to see the ever-so-blonde-still American Dream Dusty Rhodes supporting his son's obvious insanity by helping him smash up Rey's face. I worry about that family. I really do.
Speaking of Cole, and I'll keep this brief because the man is literally beginning to bare down on my psyche, it was a bit much to have him stick that ankle lock to JR (ps. yay! JR!). If the man gets any more hateful he will have to start sleeping in a cell for his own protection. Probably from Justin Roberts. Congratulations to the company for creating such a great villain though, glass case of emotion and all.
Speaking of emotions, a pumped up, p*ssed off Sheamus went ahead and won himself the US title from an on top form (as always) Daniel Bryan. There was a tiny piece of me (by my patella, thanks for asking) that thought our Celtic Warrior might turn face after this losing streak/King of the Ring curse thing, but I think that minor theory got hung out to dry by a big boot to the face and trash talk.
Speaking of curses......Snooki. At Wrestlemania. Yup. That happened.
Speaking of Wrestlemania, someone's been furiously editing a nice lot of promo trails for the ever expanding card. Triple H vs Undertaker should be a slobberknocker fest of the meatiest proportions. Plus, HBK is looking set to make an appearance or two before and at the event. The No Holds Barred stipulation could mean some run ins, but I reckon The Game will want to take out The Phenom by himself. Guts and glory and all that. If this match up is anything near to the calibre of the previous streak extenders, then I am ready to be blown away (like a big purple pinwheel!).
Speaking of streaking, I should mention also that Chris Jericho will be appearing in this year's Dancing with the Stars. I'm pretty sure no-one knows how to react to this just yet. Kudos to The Sun (NOT A MISPRINT) for using the headline 'Break the Waltz Down'. Ace. Let's hope he'll 'Y 2 sashay' his way to victory...
I'm going to wash my mouth out now.
Speaking of family (and awfully contrived segues) and to add another tasty layer to our Attitude/Millennium Era trifle, what a Sexay surprise greeted us on Raw this past week. For all the good it did Bryan Christopher (aka. Lawler Jnr.) to show up and express his daddy issues via Cole's taunting, the man did whip out those funky dance maneuvers to one of the best (read: grin inducing) entrance themes of the past ever. Banging it indeed.
On the other side of a child welfare case, we got to see the ever-so-blonde-still American Dream Dusty Rhodes supporting his son's obvious insanity by helping him smash up Rey's face. I worry about that family. I really do.
Speaking of Cole, and I'll keep this brief because the man is literally beginning to bare down on my psyche, it was a bit much to have him stick that ankle lock to JR (ps. yay! JR!). If the man gets any more hateful he will have to start sleeping in a cell for his own protection. Probably from Justin Roberts. Congratulations to the company for creating such a great villain though, glass case of emotion and all.
Speaking of emotions, a pumped up, p*ssed off Sheamus went ahead and won himself the US title from an on top form (as always) Daniel Bryan. There was a tiny piece of me (by my patella, thanks for asking) that thought our Celtic Warrior might turn face after this losing streak/King of the Ring curse thing, but I think that minor theory got hung out to dry by a big boot to the face and trash talk.
Speaking of curses......Snooki. At Wrestlemania. Yup. That happened.
Speaking of Wrestlemania, someone's been furiously editing a nice lot of promo trails for the ever expanding card. Triple H vs Undertaker should be a slobberknocker fest of the meatiest proportions. Plus, HBK is looking set to make an appearance or two before and at the event. The No Holds Barred stipulation could mean some run ins, but I reckon The Game will want to take out The Phenom by himself. Guts and glory and all that. If this match up is anything near to the calibre of the previous streak extenders, then I am ready to be blown away (like a big purple pinwheel!).
Speaking of streaking, I should mention also that Chris Jericho will be appearing in this year's Dancing with the Stars. I'm pretty sure no-one knows how to react to this just yet. Kudos to The Sun (NOT A MISPRINT) for using the headline 'Break the Waltz Down'. Ace. Let's hope he'll 'Y 2 sashay' his way to victory...
I'm going to wash my mouth out now.
14.1.11
Preparation (Triple) H
Fifteen days 'til the Rumble boys and girls! Get your hypotheses on surprises of the evening out now. My list includes Bob Backlund, largely because I want to see my friend's horrified face scream ''NOOOOOOOO'' Revenge of the Sith style, and something along the lines of a Rhodes face-off. Any of the clan will do. Double word score for Dustin and Cody appearing together and being forced to battle it out. Preferably with some homosexual intonation (not toward each other) to really get that liberal crowd going. I'm hoping the big flappy hands and say 'oh my golly' moment will have something to do with Triple H, Jericho or the anonymous Raw GM, because they are OBVIOUSLY not saving that little nugget of gold for Wrestlemania. Unlikely appearances to be made by: Jeff Hardy, Chyna, Rikishi (highly embarrassing his sons...''Daaaaad, not the thong, that's so inappropriate'' etc) or Stephanie McMahon.
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