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Well for starters I want to thank all you great wrestling fans that responded to my last column. Even the one, yes only ONE, complaint. And compared to my previous columns, the response I received was multiplied 5 fold. It was great to hear comments and opinions from all around the world. It's good to see that so many other fans are as disgusted as I am at what kind of people the Hogan/Bollea family really is. And a special thanks to the actual wrestlers and former wrestlers that sat down to write me. I guess were all not a bunch of muscle-heads that like to get beat up. We actually have brains and some intelligence. Wrestling fans are the greatest fans in the world, in my opinion, but it's nice to talk to fellow wrestlers. No offense to any fan, but guys and gals that have been in the business tend to look at wrestling a little differently. Fans follow wrestling with passion and emotions. They love their favorite wrestlers and despise others. People that are currently or have been in the business watch wrestling and usually do not get as emotional one way or another about wrestlers. They see whether any particular wrestler is good for the business. Some wrestlers make better bad guys and some better good guys. I personally prefer a bad guy over most good guys. Ok, enough rambling. Let's get to wrestling.
The first thing I wanted to get into is my Draft predictions. For starters I see Umaga finally going to Smackdown. Batista needs someone to feud with after he loses to Edge. Also I'm hoping Carlito goes to Smackdown and gets the push that he so rightly deserves. No wonder he's so pissed, he has been held back since he arrived in the WWE. I really think Carlito would fit in great with Ted DiBiase Jr. Carlito is also a second generation wrestler. Imagine a group of second generation wrestlers - DiBiase Jr., Cody Rhodes, Carlito, DH Smith, and Nattie Neidhart. What a combination that would be. In fact, don't be surprised to see DH Smith be DiBiase's surprise partner when they take on Rhodes and Holly for the tag belts. I also wouldn't be surprised to see CM Punk and Shelton Benjamin go to either Smackdown or Raw. John Morrison and The Miz also need to go somewhere else. Maybe even break them up. They have both proven themselves as legitimate singles wrestlers. I hope that either MVP goes to Raw or Jericho goes to Smackdown. I think that would be a great feud. Not just in the ring but on the mic. I wouldn't be surprised to see JBL go back to Smackdown. Or maybe even John Cena. And as much as I like Trevor Murdoch, I think he would fit in well in the ECW right now. He kind of needs to reinvent himself. Now I'm not forgetting any of the Diva's. I just really don't care where any of them are. I enjoy watching hot chicks, just not when I'm watching wrestling. There are some great female wrestlers in the WWE. But unfortunately they would rather show bikini contests then a good female wrestling match. So until then I'm just not going to talk about them. I'm sure the draft will have all kinds of surprises. I only hope that whatever happens it only improves the quality of all the wrestling shows.
I want to agree with the latest blog of good ol' JR. His Superstar of the week is Lance Cade. Lance Cade is a future star of the WWE. He was trained in Shawn Michaels school in San Antonio and has a great look. Not to mention he's developed into quite a good wrestler. Last week when he helped Chris Jericho beat down HHH and Cena was really a huge stepping stone. I see Cade becoming a major heel to be dealt with in the future.
In case you haven't heard, Michael Hayes is back. He apparently has been demoted and is now not allowed to drink any alcohol while at any function that is affiliated with the WWE. Whether you agree or disagree with what Hayes did, he is on of the best behind the scene guys and writers in the business. I tend to agree with Hayes when he said that the WWE has sold out to corporate wishes. He was punished enough by getting a 60 day suspension without pay. Especially since all he did was offend one guy. It wasn't a racist comment, it was just Michael Hayes being himself. Even former WWE star Booker T said "I've known Michael for many, many years... and Michael always thought he was black. He was always saying black things in a black way. I think that whatever happened up there was taken out of context and has been blown way out of proportion." So take it as you like, but I tend to agree with Booker. For the first time in my life. On a side note about Booker T. It's funny to see a guy make it big in wrestling especially after doing prison time for robbing a Burger King.
WWE has recently re-signed D-Lo Brown. Word is that Vince has been looking to sign more African American talent. Especially after losing Booker T, Sharmell, Bobby Lashley, and Kristal Marshal. D-Lo had a dark match about 10 months ago, but nothing else until just recently. I guess they have been losing viewers in that demographic and want to try to improve it.
I watched TNA's latest impact and can't figure out why the hell wrestlers there seem to believe that they are better then the WWE. Hell, I don't see how they even stay in business. They have 63 different wrestlers on their talent roster including 15 knockouts. All for one weekly 2 hr show. And now their doing their world X cup so they are bringing in 12 more wrestlers to make the Mexico team, Japan team, and International team. How can they afford all this? That's about the same amount of talent that the WWE uses on all 3 brands to fill 5 hrs of TV a week. Not to mention all the WWE flunkies that work for TNA brag about the lighter schedule. Well, have you looked at their schedule lately. It's not much better then the WWE. It's still a lot of time on the road. They still average a show every 2-3 days. So it's not like they are just working in Orlando once a week and a PPV once a month. They still are traveling a lot, especially since they are now going oversees on a semi-regular basis. Maybe there is something I'm missing, but I just don't understand.
In other TNA news, Knockout Salinas has started up a new MySpace page. On her new page she openly talks about legalizing Marijuana. In fact her top 2 friends are Tommy Chong and High Times magazine. One banner says "Stop the war on drugs. End Cannabis prohibition." and goes on to say "It is time that we all stand up for what is right and good so we can all come out of the Cannabis closet." and "It's not crack! It's not coke! It just helps the pain. It's just dope...". Her mood on her page is also set to High and she has a quiz to see which "Stoner movie character are you?". Feel free to check it out at www.myspace.com/funtimeshelly I say you go girl. There is no reason for pot to be illegal. Look at how many people die every year from alcohol and tobacco. Yet not a single person has ever died from smoking marijuana. Tell my why it makes sense to have pot illegal, but to have cigarettes and beer legal. I dare you.
Well, I can't leave here without talking a little about the Hogan's. First off have you seen Linda's new boy toy. He is 19 years old and sure looks a lot like her son Nick. It's just gross. He even went to high school with Brooke and was a grade under her. Then you have Hulk. He was on Larry King and I think made himself look even worse then earlier. You know I'm not going to believe anything he says until he drops the role of Hulk Hogan. If he wants to be taken seriously then he needs to be Terry Bollea and take off that damn bandana. By the way, he had some nerve not removing his bandana in the courtroom. That's just completely disrespectful to the whole legal system and the judge should have taken that as a direct insult toward him. And now, apparently, the step brother of John Graziano has left some nasty messages on Hogan's voicemail. Hogan immediately called the cops and is trying to get him thrown in prison for up to 5 years for making terroristic threats. So let me get this straight, Nick gets 8 months for ruining the life of a marine and he wants to give someone 5 years for leaving a nasty voice mail? This whole thing is just absolutely ridiculous. No matter how you look at it.
Well, I'm out of here. Like I always say feel free to drop me a line with any comments, questions, or complaints. Also if you have anything that you would like me to address in my column then let me know. I am always up for new ideas. Until next time take care and Stay Cool.
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