So I sit there in front of the TV for nearly two hours, waiting for The Rock, and when he finally shows up, all he does is dump the Dudleys a couple of times, punch a few Lumberjacks, break four tables (if I counted right), and pass out on the floor.
I realize it’s only supposed to be a teaser for the Sunday night pay-per-view, but I still want my money back. Oh, wait, it was free…
Confucius say, “You get what you pay for.”
:rolleyes:
Yeah, but then again, the whole WWF is kinda a crapshoot. One week it’s great, the next it stinks to high heaven. What ya gonna do?
Besides, the rock has lost a lot of what made him so cool lately. He doesn’t use most of his catchphrases anymore. I mean, when was the last time he came out and did his Finally… routine. Now that the Undertaker has returned, look for a new main event pattern so that the Rock can go back to doing what he does best.
Things should get a bit more interesting with the Undertaker back, but it will be fun to see where the Rock fits in when Stone Cold comes back.
BTW… when are the Hardy Boyz gonna get some better matches?
I mean, they were excellent at Insurrection in the 6-man hardcare match, now theyre stuck to chasing after any 2 bit tag team like T&A.Bring back the ladder matches against Edge and Christian.
I know we’re getting off topic a bit but if you want to talk about tag teams, i’d like to see the Acolytes get in there and really rip shit up! Those guys have the best gimmick going right know and the two of them together could not be beaten if you were to put the straps on them. Even though i’m a big fan of Edge, i’d like to see Christian’s head taken off with a close line from hell. But I suppose we can’t really complain, as long as the New Age Outlaws don’t have the belts!!
HAAAA HAAA HAAARRR…
WWF… ::Chuckle, snort::
Well, the coreography is nice, and those tu tu’s they wear are kinda cute.
My wrestling team coach could rip their tiny little heads off and shit down their necks. It’s not fighting, so it must be showbiz. Whatever it is, it’s always good for a yuk or two.
What a buncha rubes…
Yes, indeedy, it is truly most excellent showbiz, most enjoyable. I hadn’t paid that much attention to it lately, but after reading The Rock’s book (it was someone else’s copy, so it was free), I was looking forward to actually seeing him wrestle, to see what all the fuss was about, only to be fobbed off with a mighty marketing tease. Hence the short rant.
I am especially fascinated by the way the good guys change into bad guys and vice versa. Last time I looked, he was “Rocky Something” and was Mr. Squeaky Clean, but now he seems to be a Heel, sort of–the People’s Heel? Very mixed signal, but fascinating.
Well, the problem is, they had him raging against Triple H for such a long time… when he finally got the Heavyweight championship belt, he got BORING. 'Taker should make things interesting again (rumor has it that he and the Big Show will hit the tag-team circuit again).
How I long for the days of Mick Foley… ::sigh::… however, it’s also rumored that he’ll be back to take HBK’s now-vacant spot as WWF Commissioner. So he won’t be “wrestling”, per se, but at least he’ll be around.
After all… Foley is God! (And his book was better than the Rock’s… AND self-written, too… BY HAND!)
Do you suppose Stepheny is really a slut?
And why doesn’t HHH or Vince get mad when they call her that?
And when does she defend her title.
Shall they call it Slutmania?
I just wanna say that the WWF’s writers REALLY fuck up a lot of good possibilities for storylines/events/whatever. Pisses me off.
So, seeing as how this is the Pit… Fuck you, all you crappy WWF writers!
OK, Speaky,
We know that the WWF isnt real. Thats why they call it ‘Sports Entertainment’. Its Entertaining to watch.
Its just like watching a violent soap opera. Thats all.
I’m still wondering what the appeal of shirtless, musclebound grown men in speedos screaming at each other, then proceeding to throw fake punches and hit each other with breakaway chairs is. I mean I can see how it would be cool to watch if you were gay. Hell, I remember watching the Glamorous Ladies of Wrestling every week! Other than that, I can’t think of any compelling reason that someone would find this stuff entertaining, nor can I find any reason for its recent explosion in popularity. I mean it’s the same damn thing that they’ve been doing for the past twenty years! Why now? Perhaps it has something to do with the general dumbing down of American culture that has given rise to the popularity of Britney Spears and NASCAR.
Hey Neutron,
Gorgeous Ladies of wrestling… ahh, the good old days…
Its not really a homoerogenous thing why people like wrestling. Its just entertainment. why do people go to watch violent movies? Because they find it entertaining.
do men watch Bruce Lee movies to check out his pecs?
of course not. and before the flames come, Bruce Lee was a legend. He was pretty near unbelieveable in his skill. there is nothing in wrestling that would compare.
Some people find wrestling enjoyable. some people don’t.
Some poeple enjoy getting dressed up in donkey costumes and fed carrots while listening to Pat Boone records. Some people dont.
Each to their own.
thats just the way life is.
Of course, it’s also not “Intellectually-Correct” to enjoy wrestling.
I enjoy it because of the acting. A lot of the WWF wrestlers are some of the best actors in the business, AND they put their bodies on the line for what they do. Think all of wrestling is fake? There’s just too much stuff that CAN’T be faked. Jumping from the turnbuckle onto your opponent on the mat is going to hurt no matter how you do it. The thing is, it’s exaggerated, JUST LIKE THE MOVIES, to showcase the action more.
So, 'fore you start criticizing something you don’t understand, hop off your soapbox first.
Sorry for seeming hoity-toity myself, but you shouldn’t lambast people for their own views of entertainment (“how can you find that entertaining? It’s so low-brow… have some caviar…”)
Neutron, the best explanation that I can think of is that it’s a circus. You know, the old-fashioned kind, where acts came out and did stuff, one after the other, not the Las Vegas/multimedia kind of thing. Taken at that level, I think it’s wonderful.
And I know that the stunts are supposed to be all faked, but if you’re watching, every so often you’ll see somebody look like, “Ouch, that one really hurt,” and if nothing else, it’s a lot of hard work. It can’t be easy for Lex Luger to pick up a guy as big as he is and put him in the “Torture Rack”.
The other question I had, after watching it the other night is, they didn’t use to grab for the nuts quite so much, did they? The last time I watched, a year or so ago, I don’t recall seeing quite so many stunts involving dragging fallen wrestlers by the open legs onto the rope support stands, and the “Low Blow”, which for those of you at home is a punch from below and behind, up into the guy’s nuts.
Or is Vince McMahon just trying to pump up the ratings?
Neutron, I don’t think so. 20 years ago, Shaun Cassidy and Roller Derby were popular.
If you try to intellectualize the whole thing, of course you can rip it to shreds. Same can be said for 90% of all other shows on TV. However, while I can’t speak for everyone, I know if I get home from a 10 hour work day and plop on the couch and open a beer, I’m not always looking to be intellectually stimulated. Sometimes I just want to be entertained. Whether that is Seinfeld or Simpsons reruns, or flipping the Playstation on, or tuning into WWF on Monday night, then so be it. If you take it at face value, it can be fun. Sure, there are some really stupid parts, but there are some pretty funny ones too. It just depends on what you’re looking to get out of it. You can go about it all highbrow and point out that it’s not real and that it’s juvenile and vulgar (here’s a hint. You aren’t bringing the gospel to everyone–99.9% of the people watching already know these things). Or you can take it at face value, and enjoy it.