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Hello, everyone. I am a brand new writer for Wrestling-Online Newsletter, and this is my first article. I have named this column 'The Main Event'. I have been an avid wrestling fan since 1982, and have been a subscriber to this newsletter since the very beginning. I am very honored to be here, and welcome feedback from you all.
There are so many things that I believe could make wrestling so much better. All complaints aside, the WWE and TNA both have good products, and talented individuals on their roster. If utilized correctly, wrestling could reach new heights.
For starters, why do they have the commentators insult our intelligence? For instance, before John Cena defeated The Great Khali, they stated he was "undefeated." I clearly remember his last match on Smackdown (before he went to RAW) being a match where he was absolutely massacred by The Undertaker. It is one thing to say that he is "hard to beat," but, to say that he was undefeated is complete lunacy. This discredits what The Undertaker did. They could have said, "He has not been defeated by anyone on the RAW roster." This is not the 1990's version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, where before each commercial break, the mutagen would be seconds away from destroying the turtles, only inches from their faces, and after the commercial break, it somehow retracted to the ceiling. Come on, folks. We have memories that expand beyond a couple of months.
Next, the "undefeated" Mean Gene Snitsky, our favorite wrestler hailing from Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania (currently living in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, for those of you keeping score at home). Umm... how is he undefeated? Let's take a look at Mr. Eugene Alan Snitsky, who went to my undergraduate school (Go University of Missouri: Columbia!). OK, he was not undefeated as Mean Gene Mondo in Ohio Valley Wrestling. He was not undefeated as Mean Gene Snitsky in World Xtreme Wrestling (congrats to him, though, on being former world heavyweight champion there), and he is not undefeated in the WWE. It wasn't my fault that he lost to Kane. It wasn't not my fault that he and Tyson Tomko lost to Kane and The Big Show in the tag team championship match. Considering that he has multiple losses, how is he "undefeated?" WWE, please stop insulting our intelligence! Four bonus points for anyone who remembers why I used the phrase "It wasn't my fault."
I also think that the WWE truly should make John Cena heel. When a face wrestler is getting booed, and you turn them heel, they draw MEGA heat. Let's look at Shawn Michaels right before Degeneration X was first formed. He was getting booed out of the building as a face (especially after his chair shot costing the Undertaker the WWF title to Bret Hart... but even before then, look at his match against Psycho Sid in Survivor Series 1996). Shawn Michaels was a hated face, and then became a MEGA heel. Next, look at The Rock. When he was Rocky Maivia, he became the youngest Intercontinental Champion in WWF History (defeating HHH), and got booed out of the building. He was being called Pineapple Head (well, with that ridiculous haircut he had... you saw it coming), and people even had signs that said, "Die, Rocky, Die!" He became a heel, and drew GREAT heat. Then, when Ron Simmons no-showed after the Montreal Screw Job in Survivor Series 1997, and he got to take over Ron's feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin, he became a mega heel. Cena NEEDS to become a heel. His career will soar to new heights.
Randy Orton needs to stop coming to the ring with a t-shirt and those black trunks. He does not look intimidating at all; he looks like he has on a t-shirt and panties (I can hear Adina Howard and Jamie Foxx singing "...t-shirt and my panties on..." every time I see him come out to the ring like that). He looks absolutely ridiculous, especially the way he squats. Secondly, he needs to go back to his "Line In The Sand" theme song, made by Motorhead (it was also used as the Evolution theme song). It much better fit his personality. Also, Randy Orton needs to go back to the segments "Randy will make [insert wrestler's name] his b*tch." It worked VERY well in his feud with Mick Foley. He would have those segments come on before commercials, and it REALLY drew him a lot of heat. He needs to get away from this little kicking to the head, bring back his old theme music, and bring back those segments.
King Booker needs to go back to being Booker T. Period.
The Great Khali needs to drop the title to Batista. He is a complete bore. People may talk bad about Mark Henry, but I would rather see Mark Henry wrestle any day than Khali. Speaking of which, I would like to see Khali and Mark Henry feud in no-holds-barred matches.
Shelton Benjamin needs to die his hair back to his regular hair color, and he and Charlie Haas should change that ridiculous theme music. It sounds like they are going to the circus.
CM Punk NEEDS to be ECW Champion. He should stop being jobbed out to Johnny Nitro.
I will have some criticisms for TNA on the second article. In the meantime, please feel free to drop me a line at LongDaddy1911@yahoo.com with any questions or comments. I do have a question for some of my old school wrestling fans. Does anyone know if the theme song used by The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust on the episode on RAW where he wrestled as "Pimpdust" against Flash Funk is the same theme song used by former WWE wrestler, The Godfather?
My name's Jorden, everyone. I look forward to hearing from you all.
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