NO MERCY......on the fans
With all the internet speculation that Chris Jericho would make his return to WWE at No Mercy quite a few people were disappointed with the way things played out at the pay per view. I have to say I'm not shocked as it would have been completely stupid to bring Jericho in at a pay per view without actually advertising him. I've never understood even on a smaller scale when promoters would pay money to book a "name" and then bring them out unadvertised, that's the whole point of having them is to DRAW a crowd (or in this instance) pay per view buys so it would be dumb to just trot him out there having only used promos that no one is really knew for sure what they meant, perhaps it wasn't Jericho perhaps it was about HBK's return on RAW this past Monday maybe it will still turn out to be Jericho soon. In any event I don't care for what they ended up doing, while it's true simply throwing Orton and some random person in for the title would have been lame, I think they should have opted for a one night tournament or something rather than Triple-H-Fest '07 with HHH wrestling three times and adding another WWE title reign to his resume just for the pure hell of it. It's been said other places and I agree that type of handling of the WWE title is very simular to the old WCW booking and after the LONG title reign of John Cena it's senseless to just bounce it around and throw it into matches the way they did at No Mercy. Oh well, at least they didn't leave it on Hunter........yet.
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Speaking of HHH and HBK, a friend of mine and I were talking the other day and he'd been watching some older WWE stuff lately on video and brought up something that I haven't really thought much about before. With all the political power that "Evil" Shawn Michaels (before he found Jesus and married a Nitro Girl) had back in '97 when he alledgedly was holding people down and keeping himself on top, how different would things have turned out if he hadn't been injured and hadn't went away for four years??? Would Triple H been the main event level star that he is now, or would have remained the 'Arn Anderson' to Michaels' 'Ric Flair' that he was in the original DX? Would the Rock have been given the chance to be a top level heel and later babyface that he did, or would HBK have cockblocked him out of that spot? Also, had Shawn been there to interject himself into the angle, would Austin vs. McMachon played out the same way that it did? Or without the layoff he had would have burned out and stopped being over by now and be in TNA or retired. Of course these are all hypathetical questions no one can truly answer but they interesting to ponder. Well I think at least.
JONNY FAIRPLAY GETS OWNED BY A PARTRIDGE
Jonny Fairplay who never misses a chance to squeeze another minute of airtime out of his Survivor fame is now sueing Danny Bonaduce for what happened at those Fox Reality TV Awards. If you haven't watched the video google it and watch it, it's f'n hilarious. The crowd is booing Fairplay cause his widely known as a douchebag and Fairplay is asking why everyone is booing him. Bonaduce comes out and tells him they are booing him cause they hate him. Fairplay then runs and straddles Bonaduces and appears to be humping him, in my opinion in what is perfectly acceptable self defense (and apparently agreed by the LA District Atty) Bonaduce shoves him up over his head to get him off of him and Fairplay lands face first on the stage, apparently fucking up his grill and he get's up and walks away bleeding from the mouth. As mentioned the D.A. refused to place criminal charges on Bonaduce as he deemed it self defense, however Jonny Assplay (Jon Dalton) is suing for unspecified damages to cover medical expenses, emotional distress and lost earnings. He is also seeking punitive damages. What a little bitch. If you run and staddle someone (especially something unplanned like that) you deserve to get dropped on your face, especially considering the fact Bonaduce isn't exactly known for being the most level headed guy in the first place. Personally I hope he doesn't get shit outta this, maybe this will help put him in his place, it was bound to happen sooner or later.
IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.....BROTHER.
Well it looks as though Nick Hogan's passenger is not going to come out of this well, doctors say he will likely spend the rest of his life in a nursing home being cared for as he currently still on life support. A very sad story, a soldier who survives a tour of Iraq and comes home and has his life ruined by his jackass teenage friend whose racing in the streets of Tampa. That's the tragedy of the story but the fact of the matter is the Hogans are in for a world of shit when this finally makes it to a court room, all the training, prayers, and vitamins in the world isn't gonna help this time. Hulkster's bank account is gonna be a lot lighter when this is all said and done. It will be interesting how all this effects their reality show, knowing Hogan the worker, they'll base a whole season of shows around it.
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Shockingly, I've got mostly positive response to my last podcast about Memphis Wrestling with a lot of people agreeing or at least seeing my point of view. Of course these were through email cause the POSITIVE stuff never makes the message board. I hope to have time to upload a Cheap Heat Match of the Week in the next few days, I found a bunch of old tapes from SGWF and others from '97-'99 featuring a lot of guys from the mid south area that most folks around here would know. So I'm gonna start posting those here and there. Don't forget if you have feedback, email me at genejackson@charter.net
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