----Randy Orton’s suicide attempt has been mentioned a few times here and everywhere. My thoughts are that it shows just how difficult being a WWE superstar is. You can say what you will about all the glamour and such, but some of these guys have huge pressure on themselves. Orton, just like the Von Erichs, is trying to live up to his father and his grandfather. Take all that and put on top of the paranoia that comes with business and the depression with the ups and downs on steroids, then it is horrible mixture. Depression affects people in many ways. I use to think that when famous people talked about depression that it was just them trying to give an excuse. I actually think it is sad that a guy that seems to have everything would even think of suicide.
----I am not sure if everyone understands what the Congressional meeting might mean to wrestling. If Congress decides to group everything in as “wrestling” and asks states to regulate the sport, then we better get ready for a drastic change. What if Congress just gives a general set of rules that you will have to follow to have a wrestling company?? The face of independent wrestling will change if that happens. The smaller groups will not exist. If Congress would force everyone to have their wrestlers tested and every promotion has to have insurance, then that would shut down the majority of the small promotions in the area, if not all.
----I have actually watched all the major TV shows this week and my favorite has been ECW. I think mainly because it has an indy feel to it and I like a lot of the workers on the show. Fatal Fourway gimmick with it being a triple threat next week and a single match the next is very creative. It was fun watching Tommy Dreamer work his ass off. Even though Dreamer will never be considered a GREAT worker, he still does some real smart things in the ring. Kevin Thorn is much more polished now and I’m still waiting for it to be revealed he is Kane and Taker’s brother. LOL My fave on ECW though is Elijah Burke. He is a good worker and has tons of charisma. Is it just me or does Balls looked like an indy wrestler?? You know the guy that doesn’t have enough money to buy gear??
----I have had the chance to watch some Ohio Valley Wrestling in the last week or so. The developmental crew is lacking in great workers. The guys that stand out of the bunch are mainly the guys that have already been to the WWE like Paul Burchill, Aaron Stevens and Johnny Jeter. The James Boys – KC and Cassidy make an excellent tag team could be moved up at any time. They hail from Memphis, TN and even do the Fargo strut. Cody Runnels is also very good. He still needs work in the ring and probably was brought up too quick to Raw, but he does have it. His mic skills are far better than most of the OVW roster and he comes off as a total professional. I noticed during one of his interviews that he had his fingers taped similar to Ric Flair. Is that an angle just waiting to happen or what?? Cody tells Dusty that he did not grow up idolizing him; he grew up wanting to be Ric Flair!!
----The guy that I pick as the next big thing with OVW is Shawn Spears. Spears was trained by Eric Young and has been wrestling since 20
01. He was awarded a WWE developmental in January of last year. He has almost the “Randy Orton” natural heel persona, but is good looking enough to be a big time babyface. He is also very unselfish in the ring and works an old school style. Terry Funk mentioned in his book about coming in different territories as a heel champ and giving the babyface almost the whole match, but then he would win in the end. Spears defends his TV Title in almost the same matter. I watched a recent defense against Colt Cabana [another guy that will be called up] and the match was 90% Cabana, even though Spears is the heel. It was not your typical psychology of taking the heat and Cabana coming out of it, it was almost the opposite. The fans ate it up!! Spears made Cabana look like a million bucks and never once did he hurt his heat.----Ok, I don’t get it. I know wrestling is a work and it really doesn’t matter who beat who and such. What I don’t get though is the appeal of “DC” David Cross?? Am I missing something?? I have seen DC wrestle on a few occasions and he even wrestled some CCW shows, but I don’t get how he can be TFW champion beating a guy as huge as Max Steele and still be believable?? I have no idea. DC goes totally against the grain when it comes to a guy that either has a good worker or a good gimmick to get over. Apparently he gets a great reaction at TFW and people come out to see him. I still don’t get it. LOL
