Hello again. You know, it really, really bothers me that it's been almost an entire month since I've been on here. I've just been really caught up with things again as usual. Still, I have a few interesting wrestling-related updates and thoughts, so here it goes.
No Mercy was an enjoyable show last night in my opinion. For a pay-per-view that's often considered "standard" or "average" when it comes to matches and entertainment, I believe this year's show deserves considerably more credit. I think the reason for this was the quality of the matches that were featured, namely Thriple H vs. Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho. I guess that's pretty obvious, with those two matches being the main events and everything. Still, just because a match is a main event doesn't always mean that the match will deliver, but these two certainly, certainly did. And I knew they would, especially the Hardy-Thriple H bout. Quite frankly, there really isn't too much to say about these matches other than that if you missed the show and have pay-per-view access, you need to order the replay, even if it's just for those two matches. I also participated on the NM live blog, which was the first time I had ever done that. It was pretty interesting, even though my comments never got through =(. I guess I'll join the Raw live blog tonight, too, if I can get around to it.
In SmackDown news, I discovered that I didn't have to switch television providers after all! Turns out that 96% of homes that carry the CW Network also carry MyNetwork TV! So, that was a serious relief for me, because my life is almost always chaodic and half the time I never actually have time to make changes like that, so I was very lucky in that I didn't actually have to do anything. On a couple of side notes, I thought the WrestleMania special was pretty good, even thought I was given the impression that it would be the complete pay-per-view. I guess I was kind of stupid to assume that. Never the less, it's all good because I have WrestleMania 24 on DVD. The SmackDown debut was also a good show, and I especially enjoyed the main event and the opener. It was reminiscent of Saturday Night's Main Event in my view.
Also during my abscence from here, I managed to watch The Rock DVD set, and I really enjoyed it. One thing that kind of bothered me about it, however, was that there weren't any actual comments from The Great One himself. Still, I guess that's to be exspected considering his uber-hectic schedule and all of the non-wrestling related activities he's got going on. I think the one thing on that DVD set that made up for it was the collection of interviews and one-liners. Those are absolute classics to say the least.
I think Raw will be a good show tonight. Jericho's running things so it'll be very interesting to see what he has planned.
So I guess that's about it for now. Cyber Sunday voting has already started apparently, so I'd better jump on that as well.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 07:10 PM EST
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Hi again. Yes! I actually came back on today! I'm so happy about that. I don't know, it's weird, I really don't feel all that bad right now. Ugh, but I always hate it when this happens. I start feeling good for no particular reason and then I crash and burn harder than ever. Oh well, may as well try to enjoy it while it lasts....
So, as I said in my last blog, I was happy to see Jericho win the Heavyweight title at Unforgiven to become a four-time world champion. Jericho has certianly worked very hard throughout his career as a whole, not just as a wrestler, and he deserves another nice championship reign. Grant it he did also deserve what he got at the hands of Shawn Michaels, but never the less, his winning of the championship is not a contradiction of worthiness or an injustice in my eyes.
Also, who could forget Matt Hardy? If anyone deserves a championship reign this year, it sure as hell is him. Quite honestly I can't think of a more determined guy in the professional wrestling industry, and there's absolutely no question that his title win was easily the sweetest victory of the night at Unforgiven. I truly hope that Matt has a nice, long reign as champion, and goes on to win more major titles in the future. Heck, if Matt can stay champ long enough, we might see Jeff cash in his chance at major gold as well against The Game at say, No Mercy, and the Hardy's dream of being duel champions as brothers could finally come true. I can't think of anyone who wouldn't love to see that happen! Never the less, getting back to Matt, I'll be watching him closely from this point foward, and like I said, his championship win would be even more satisfying to Matt as well as his fans if he can have an enjoyable, worthy reign as champion.
So, it looks like Kane might be going back to masked Kane soon, huh? I for one am all for it. Kane has always been very entertaining with and without the mask, but it's been quite a while since we've seen him with his trusy "face". From the way I look at it, as menacing and scary as he is without the mask, I've always felt that he's even scarier with it. I think it's because the mask hides his indentity so to speak, and it brings about that allure and mysterious spookiness that makes him all the more intimidating. Plus, the mask itself is pretty scary looking, and with that dark long-haired wig that's attached to it (or that at least was attached to it), he could easily be mistaken for that sadistic serial killer on the loose (or at least your creepy next door neighbor). So, yeah, Rey Mysterio had better watch his back all week leading up to next week's show. I love Rey Rey, and I hope he survives the wrath of Kane, but I'm also keenly looking forward to Kane potentially transforming into his good old psychotic, schitzofrenic self.
Apparently Jericho is going to face Punk next week in a cage for the Heavyweight title. That should certianly be something to see, and I can only hope that Punk is physically up to the challenge after suffering the wrath of Orton at Unforgiven.
Well, this has been a pretty good entry I think. I'm hoping to watch The Rock DVD set tonight, and now I'll need to get out sometime and get the Mr. Perfect DVDs. There's always something WWE related to do. Oh god, speaking of which, I'm also gonna need to get Dish network or something, because my **** cable service doesn't have MyNetwork TV OR Sci Fi! Damn! Ugh, so annoying. Oh well, hopefully when I "make the switch" to satellite or something, I'll be able to receive all WWE programming instead of just Raw and SmackDown. There's so much to do, I hope I can get it all done in time.
So I've been tremendously confused and consumed by my existance (I mean life) as of late. I've been having to deal with so much **** lately, but damnit to hell I'm still alive! Consequently I haven't been able to write any blog posts or even come on Fan Nation as of late, but I'm here now and I'm gonna keep this short and sweet for now, but at least I'm here.
Unforgiven was a good show. The Michaels/Jericho match was exciting and brutal. The Scramble matches were an interesting concept that made for three entertaining matches. I wish Kane had won his third major championship, but Jericho winning it isn't a bad thing either. Both wrestlers are two of my all-time favorites.
Raw should be good tonight. It's always fun witnessing all the fall outs on post pay-per-view show. It should be interesting.
So that's about it for now. I'm hoping to come back on tomorrow and edit some things on here, but only God knows if that'll actually happen or not.
So, it sure has been awhile since I've blogged on WWE Fan Nation, huh? Well, I've at least had some semi-valid reasons for not being on. I just got back from my trip to California Saturday....well, technically Sunday, and I must say it was quite the spectacular trip. I got to visit some of the most majestic and spectacular places on Earth. These places included several beautiful state parks and aquariums, in addition to Alcatraz, and of course San Francisco itself. It was a lot of fun and definitely a trip I will remember for a very long time, if not for the rest of my life. California truly is a beautiful place, and I enjoyed it so much that I might even consider living there eventually.
Unfortunately, because I was on such a magnificent trip and running around almost 24 hours a day, I consequently missed a wealth of WWE programming. This included SmackDown, Saturday Night's Main Event and Raw. Never the less, I watched several videos on WWE.com that for the most part caught me up with all the major stories.
As I predicted, Cena and Batista will face each other at SummerSlam, which I believe will be a very interesting rivalry to say the least. You arguably have the two physically strongest Superstars in all of WWE right now clashing in a match to prove who's the tougher man and who deserves the most respect. Both Cena and Batista are obviously real go-getters and determined, focused gentlemen, and both tend to rely more on their own respective sheer strength and raw power more than anything to get things done in the ring, so more or less you have quite the even match-up in these two guys. I must admitt, though, Cena has gradually become more of a high-flyer in the last few years, whereas Batista is still mostly ground-and-pound, but none the less, I think both men are quite evenly matched as I said, and although the past has proven that sometimes guys with such complimentary styles end up having the worst matches on the show, hopefully both Cena and Batista's wrestling styles will compliment each other positively and they'll end up having a nice, entertaining match.
In other future SummerSlam main event clashes, Thriple H is facing.....The Great Khali? Seriously?? Okay, well, first of all, I really have been trying very hard not to be too smarkish with my comments, I really have, but let's be perfectly honest with ourselves, shall we? The Great Khali cannot hardly be ignored, and unfortunately I don't mean that in a positive way. But hey, I want to remain as open-minded as I can, so I'm recognizing the fact that Dalip Singh the person is a decent guy. He's also an actor and apparently participates in positive activities such as reaching out to youth at risk for drug abuse and such. That's great. So, obviously, with that said, I don't despise The Great Khali as a person, as most people probably don't. Still, the cold hard truth is that The Great Khali has almost no real wrestling ability, absolutely no mic skills, and the only thing he can really do legitimently is his finishing move and the "Vice Grip', in addition to just standing around and looking menacing while yelling in his native language.
The fact is, it just isn't 1985 anymore. The days of some ginormous guy with no real talent just standing around in the ring looking scary are gone. Anyone who has seen even the slightest bit of professional wrestling in the last 18 or so years (maybe more like 16 or 17 years), knows that. And the thing is, I really don't want to be over critical, because that never gets anyone anywhere. But come on. With all due respect to The Great Khali, Big Show has truckloads more talent than he does, but I suppose for whatever reason, the fans just don't want to see another Big Show/Thriple H match. And I guess that's understandable. After all, Khali and Thriple H have never faced each other before as far as I can remember, and it is always nice to see fresh, new rivalries with guys who have never rivaled before. I don't know. I really can't blame Khali. He does the best he can. I suppose it's just fortunate that Thriple H is in-ring capable enough to carry a guy even like Khali. So, I'm sure things won't turn out all that bad in the end.
The Undertaker/Edge saga roles on. Now I must say, those two have awesome chemistry, both in-ring and out. Both Edge and 'Taker always manage to pull out a great match, and I believe they stole the show at this year's WrestleMania. There really isn't too much more to say about this rivalry other than it should be every bit as entertaining as their previous rivalries and battles.
Kane and JBL should be a nice, hard-hitting bout. Here you have two big guys who have so much storyline potential, but sometimes for whatever reason, get put out to dry whenever Creative can't find anything for them. Never the less, I think both Kane and JBL will work well with each other, seeing as they can probably boost each others' own respective pushes just by clashing together. So that SummerSlam rivarly should be something to see as well.
Who could forget Jeff Hary and MVP? Now here are two smaller guys who have loads of storyline potential as well as wrestling ability. As always, Hardy is one of the most popular Superstars in WWE right now, and MVP has quickly become one of the most entertaining heels the company has seen in a very long time. Jeff Hardy has obviously been wrestling for quite the longer span of time as opposed to MVP, but from the very first time I watched MVP and got to know his character, he automatically began flashing signs of wrestling brillance both inside the ring and on the mic. Some are even calling him the next Rock. Of course that's very arguable, and I personally think it's a little too early in his wrestling carreer to tell, but I would absolutely not be suprised if eventually MVP reaches that level of wrestling immortality, or even surpasses it. It's like John Cena said, the one consistancy with WWE amidst all the ever-changing chaos is that once in a great while, a match comes along that creates a moment in time that is remembered by wrestling fans forever. I believe the same can be said with Superstars, and as far as I'm concerned this theory has been proven over time with the likes of Ric Flair to Hulk Hogan to Bret Hart to Shawn Michaels to Stone Cold to The Rock, and so on.
Well, this is probably the smarkiest entry I've written so far here on WWE Fan Nation, but that's alright I suppose. I think smarkism can almost be healthy at times, as long as you don't become over critical as I said and look at everything in a negative light. Most smarks, especially within the Internet wrestling community, are such smartasses when 90% of them don't know what the hell they're talking about or even criticizing. Many of them are total conformists who think they're classless and free because they agree with and love and hate all the wrestlers that the other smarks love and hate. What they don't understand is that it's okay to criticize, as long as you're criticizing a wrestling company with honest intentions, if that makes sense. I question the validy of most of those smarks' love for the business, and I wonder why so many of them stick around when all they do is **** and moan about what's seemingly unentertaining or "wrong" in the business. I can't understand why they won't just place their interests elsewhere if they get no joy from professional wrestling. I guess some people just like to complain because it makes them feel better about themselves. Maybe it makes them feel like they're worth something to the business. Who knows.
Well, I gotta watch this year's Hall of Fame Ceremony and The Rock DVD set that I finally purchased. Tragically, I still have yet to get the new Ric Flair DVD set, because I can't find it in stores. I might just have to order it off WWE Shop. Either way, though, I'm most certianly acquiring it in due time.
So, things have been kind of rough in my life lately, but I am at least somewhat satisfied that I went out and FINALLY bought some of those DVD sets I had been craving so bad. Unforunately, I only had time to go to our local Wal-Mart which is about half the size of most Wal Mart Supercenters, even though it's a Supercenter as well. So, consequently, the only WWE-related DVDs they had were as follows: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Thriple H King of Kings: There is Only One, Twist of Fate: The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story, and WrestleMania 24. They only had 2 Twist of Fate DVDs left, so I was happy that I grabbed it when I did. I also bought WrestleMania 24 because I never got to watch the Hall of Fame Ceremony and Ric Flair's retirement match was so special to me that I wanted to re-watch it and re-live all the memories again. The only DVDs that I'm lacking now, as far as I can tell, is The Rock DVD set and the New Ric Flair DVD set. After I purchase those, I believe I won't be lacking in any brand new DVD releases anymore for the time being.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to Raw tonight. Kane going insane and almost squashing Michael Cole and Kicking poor Jerry Lawler in the head last week was certianly interesting, and I can only assume that the "he" Kane is referring to must be the Undertaker? It's weird though, because 'Taker didn't actually get killed at ONS, just banished from the company. So, perhaps he is in fact talking about somebody else. Who knows. All I know is it's an interesting situation and whenever Kane goes back into psychotic mode and starts raising hell all over the place, I know I'm always on the edge of my seat.
I'm gonna make a serious effort to come on here more and start putting up more photos and such as well. My life hasn't exactly been peaches 'n cream as of late, and sometimes it gets very difficult to just sit down for 5 minutes and blog on some of your thoughts. Stll, I know that as soon as everything start to get more stable in my life, I should be able to voice my thoughts and opinions a lot more here on WWE Fan Nation. I need more friends on here, too, so if you're a fan reading this and I'm not on your friends list, please do add me if you will. I can't promise you'll get anything too special, but you will get a "thank you" comment from me! Thanks in advance.
