I warn you now, writer’s block has struck me down, so I’m trying my best to write this, but struggling. Let’s see how the juices flow.

I finished Bret Hart’s autobiography last weekend. Like so many others, I thoroughly recommend this to any fan of wrestling / wrasslin’ / sports entertainment – whatever your preference.

Bret offers unique insight to the inner workings of Vinceland through the eighties and nineties. He offers heartbreaking stories on his relationships with his brothers and sisters, some of his siblings are just downright nasty and desperate! He also reveals more about the Montreal incident he will sadly forever be synonymous with.

Wrestling fans often ask each other whose ‘side’ are they on. I’m sorry, if you read Bret’s book and still side with Shawn and Vince, I need to question some of your values. Shawn was, by all accounts, a paranoid, drug-addled wreck who wrapped Vince round his little finger as they did the hatchet job on the Best There Ever Will Be.

One man who appears to have had a huge hand in the double-cross is one ‘Hunter’ Hearst Helmsley. According to Bret, Paul Levesque was already on the booking committee. Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart was the first in a long line of wrestlers to have his career sabotaged by the so-called superstar with the prominent proboscis.

It hurts me to think one day I will have to stop watching WWE, because I can’t handle the fact that this power-freak is so powerful. Perhaps that day is close.

I still don’t understand why Triple H is so highly regarded by many. I wouldn’t rate him in the top 10 workers in WWE. I certainly wouldn’t rate him in the top 25 in the business. Did you happen to see his match with John Morrison on Smackdown? I realise he had three matches that night, but his movements were slow and his offence phony.

Many reference his stellar work in 2000, when many publications had him as their superstar of the year. I agree, many of his matches were great. But he was working with guys like Steve Austin, The Rock and Mick Foley who he forgets all put him over, judging by Levesque’s derogatory comments about Foley & Rock.

If WWE ever produces a “Most Overrated Wrestlers Ever” DVD, Hooter Hearst Helmsley deserves to be on the front cover. (Well, him and Orlando Jordan).

Random thoughts:

Am I the only person who cannot watch the interviews of Batista, John Cena and Randy Orton. Every interview sounds the same. Yeuch.

Get Gail Kim debuted already?

Does Michelle McCool have an interesting cell in her body?

Why did the WWE bother signing D-Lo Brown?

Could an Attitude era tag-team of Venis and D-Lo Brown have boosted the dying and largely green tag divisions?

Jamie Noble is one of the best sports-entertainers in the business, but is still rarely featured on Raw. Maybe the X-Division could do with his talents.

Back with the programme.

Did you read the transcript of Vince’s interview/hearing (not sure the legal term) for the Waxman report?

Vince was unbearable and his lawyer Jerry McDevitt merely justified why so many people on the planet file lawyers in the cabinet marked @$$hole. They were confrontational and essentially evasive.

Anyone with an ounce of wrestling ‘smarts’ knows why they did this. The sirens were going off whenever the inquisitors were approaching an awkward subject. I’m sorry, their boorish and arrogant behaviour only made them seem like they had something to hide.

In fact, some of Vince’s answers where he pleaded ignorance only made him seem like he was a bit short in the brains department, which I don’t believe he is.

You can’t help but feel somewhere down the line, the McMahon’s luck with run out.

Everyone’s second favourite pay-per-view is just round the corner, so here is part 2 of my “Greatest Royal Rumble Competitors Countdown”.

40: Viscera – 3661 Points: Nelson Frazier has possibly had the most identities in the Rumble – Mabel, King Mabel, Viscera, Big Vis and Big Daddy V. A Rumble veteran, he is actually the fourth most regular entrant with 9 appearances. He earns bonus points for often being eliminated by multiple opponents.

39: Kurt Angle – 3700 Points: Though Kurt only actually entered a handful of Rumbles, he was normally there or thereabouts in the final reckoning, which boosted him further up this chart.

38: John Morrison – 3737 Points: I had to check how the heck Morrison got so far up the list, as I couldn’t, off the top of my head recall any stellar performances! But 2 25min+ efforts propelled him up the list.

37: JBL – 3751 Points: Like Morrison, the amount of time Bradshaw has stayed out of peril in the Rumble ring has pulled him up this ladder.

36: Big Boss Man – 3761 Points: 7 career eliminations and a healthy amount of ring-time scores the late Ray Traylor a Top 40 spot.

35: Test – 3807 Points: Eh? The Legend That Is Test at #35? 5 appearances and a 26 minute effort in 2000 earns him this place.

34: Owen Hart – 3845 Points: Owen appeared in 7 Royal Rumbles, which actually, until this year anyway, makes him one of the Top 10 most frequent entrants. He spent a lot of time having fun in these Battle Royales.

33: Lex Luger – 4064 Points: Lex may not have entered that many matches, but he did (co-)win it in 1994. No, I did not dock him points for sharing the victory. He also threw a few guys over the top on his way to the accolade.

32: Crush – 4085 Points: This may be surprised, but Brian Adams did his fair bit of eliminating in his appearances in 1994 and 1995.

31: Big Show – 4435 Points: Not surprising. Being a big man has been dominant in the events he’s entered, eliminating a career total of 12 opponents. Strangely, never been eliminated by multiple opponents.

Well, that’s all for now. My apologies if I’ve been a bit ranty today. You can email me on kaaboomuk@hotmail.com if you have any thoughts, feedback or just general opinions on what I’ve written today or any matters in the world of wrestling.

Ciao!