E -- Taking a beating
Of course the title doesnt make much sense, yea right, thats cause you are still hung over after the new years booze. Im still recovering from a bad cold (not the result of new years booze) and am proud to present to you my first blog straight from "The Adda" (something like RGV's Factory, though i do truly hope that i will not churn out crap like Shiva n Naach)
Ok back to business.. It was the summer of 93 n i was to witness something that would go on to define countless hours of viewing time on TV, endless hours of fighting for the remote with mom n dad and the daily tussle with my bro on the bed. No! it was not a porn movie. It was what we now proudly call WWE urf World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF then). I have grown up watching Pro-wrestling and of late have been doing a lot of reading on the subject as well. WWE is all about E (entertainment) and of late that has me really worried.
For me wrestling is the best thing to have happened since women started believing men when they said "darling, i love you with all my heat n soul". yea rite! I just love wrestling and have come a long way from thinking that it was a fancy dress competition, to a action movie.. to believing what it truly is.. a sport. I thought that it was real... people said its fake.... now I know... Ladies n gentlemen it doesn get any real than this... The people are real, the injuries are real, the hurt is real and most importantly... the Entertainment is REAL.
Any true wrestling fan would go beserk at the sound of shattering glass and the sight of the single most loved wrestler in all of Pro wrestling history ("The rattlesnake" Stone Cold Steve Austin) If the name doesnt strike a bell dont even bother reading further. Those were the days when Pro Wrestling was at its peak and week in week out millions of viewers tuned in to watch the drama ( and i aint talkin Ekta Kapoor style here) unfold on their telivision sets. Would "The Rock" face HHH, would Austin kick McMohan's ass on live TV, would The Undertaker show up and toss Mankind off the 15 foot steel cage..... It was madness and we all loved it. Love it or hate it i can bet all of us have been fascinated by this sport called Pro wrestling.
Recent happenings at the Pro wrestling stage have me, a true wrestling fan, really worried. The very reason why I have spent so much time watching, studying and loving wrestlin seems to be missing. What i want to say is that the E(entertainment) factor has taken a big beating and we are left with stale story lines, uninteresting characters and a bunch of women who drop their clothes their clothes at the drop of a hat (Ok dats not so bad). But still... its been ages since i have felt the adrenalin rise up on seeing a wrestling match..
The folks up at WWE have begun to give a damn about the fan and day in day out serve us shit that has been told and retold and retold (truly Ekta Kapoor style) The only thing they really care about is making money out of selling John Cena T-shirts.. Lets just take a look at what WWE offers us today...
The demise truly began when WWE was split into two factions.. RAW and Smackdown. RAW.. truly the greatest show to have ever hit primetime.. to emerge out of the greatest Television ratings war ever, a victor.. RAW.. the 2 hour show which now thinks that the fan is a jackass... The whole of 2006 went by and all i could see was John Cena and Edge carrying their feud to untolerable limits. And its not even over yet! The rebirth of DX seemed to bring in some life but I very soon realised that their "funny" jokes are a waste of precious wrestling air time.
Smackdown.. If only i could layeth the smacketh down on Vince's candy ass right now.. Smackdown has been the ignored child of Vince right from the beginning and all it did in 2006 was to serve up a stupid King Booker angle.. with Batista... who hardly got into the ring until December.. Not the forget that they had Ray Mysterio chucked out.. Now what did poor Ray do?? Smackdown also saw the re re return of ageing wrestlers (they seemed to be in shape to pose as Santa Claus this christmas). Did we ever ask for the return of Tatanka, Sgt Slaughter and Jim Duggan?? Hey! they couldn wrestle in their hayday.. What were the folks at Smackdown thinking!!
I thought it was a damn good move by Vince to organise the re birth of ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) the BAAP of hardcore wrestling. But then with just 1 hr of airtime it dint make much impact. Belive me its really not worth going into the details. But ECW does have some really good talent (CM Punk) and i hope that 2007 will be a better year for them... If of course they dont go on to screw up things as they usually do.
The only respite came in the form of TNA (Total Nonstop Action, a small wrestling promotion based in Colarado) which i have been following for quite sometime now. They have really bad promotion skills and the production team is worse than a bunch of girl scouts. This is why most viewers tend to ignore this show. Add to that just 1 hr of air time, hindi commentary and 20 min of Ad-time you couldn ask for more reasons to skip the show. But the fact in the matter remains that no matter what, TNA has the best talent on TV and they are really trying hard to make it big. If only Jeff Jarrett (owner of TNA) could stop acting like the jerk that he is, TNA would be going places in 2007.
E.. truly has taken a bad beating. And its the fans who suffer. All in all 2006 has been a crap year for wrestling fans as was 04 and 05 with absolutely no signs of improving in 2007. What else can you expect when white rappers (K-Fed, Britneys ex- husband lol hes more famous that way) get into the ring to wrestle with the reigning Champ.
Having said all this... Am i gonna stop watching wrestling??? the answer is simple... HELL NO!! I just love it too much and no matter how bad it gets I shall continue to be a devoted fan. Cause it jus doesn get any better than this.. I love wrestling and shall continue to love it till my senses are intact...
And there is always hope... I hope.... That some day the lights shall go off... the crowd shall become quiet... The speakers shall scream..... "If ya smellll.............."
Ok back to business.. It was the summer of 93 n i was to witness something that would go on to define countless hours of viewing time on TV, endless hours of fighting for the remote with mom n dad and the daily tussle with my bro on the bed. No! it was not a porn movie. It was what we now proudly call WWE urf World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF then). I have grown up watching Pro-wrestling and of late have been doing a lot of reading on the subject as well. WWE is all about E (entertainment) and of late that has me really worried.
For me wrestling is the best thing to have happened since women started believing men when they said "darling, i love you with all my heat n soul". yea rite! I just love wrestling and have come a long way from thinking that it was a fancy dress competition, to a action movie.. to believing what it truly is.. a sport. I thought that it was real... people said its fake.... now I know... Ladies n gentlemen it doesn get any real than this... The people are real, the injuries are real, the hurt is real and most importantly... the Entertainment is REAL.
Any true wrestling fan would go beserk at the sound of shattering glass and the sight of the single most loved wrestler in all of Pro wrestling history ("The rattlesnake" Stone Cold Steve Austin) If the name doesnt strike a bell dont even bother reading further. Those were the days when Pro Wrestling was at its peak and week in week out millions of viewers tuned in to watch the drama ( and i aint talkin Ekta Kapoor style here) unfold on their telivision sets. Would "The Rock" face HHH, would Austin kick McMohan's ass on live TV, would The Undertaker show up and toss Mankind off the 15 foot steel cage..... It was madness and we all loved it. Love it or hate it i can bet all of us have been fascinated by this sport called Pro wrestling.
Recent happenings at the Pro wrestling stage have me, a true wrestling fan, really worried. The very reason why I have spent so much time watching, studying and loving wrestlin seems to be missing. What i want to say is that the E(entertainment) factor has taken a big beating and we are left with stale story lines, uninteresting characters and a bunch of women who drop their clothes their clothes at the drop of a hat (Ok dats not so bad). But still... its been ages since i have felt the adrenalin rise up on seeing a wrestling match..
The folks up at WWE have begun to give a damn about the fan and day in day out serve us shit that has been told and retold and retold (truly Ekta Kapoor style) The only thing they really care about is making money out of selling John Cena T-shirts.. Lets just take a look at what WWE offers us today...
The demise truly began when WWE was split into two factions.. RAW and Smackdown. RAW.. truly the greatest show to have ever hit primetime.. to emerge out of the greatest Television ratings war ever, a victor.. RAW.. the 2 hour show which now thinks that the fan is a jackass... The whole of 2006 went by and all i could see was John Cena and Edge carrying their feud to untolerable limits. And its not even over yet! The rebirth of DX seemed to bring in some life but I very soon realised that their "funny" jokes are a waste of precious wrestling air time.
Smackdown.. If only i could layeth the smacketh down on Vince's candy ass right now.. Smackdown has been the ignored child of Vince right from the beginning and all it did in 2006 was to serve up a stupid King Booker angle.. with Batista... who hardly got into the ring until December.. Not the forget that they had Ray Mysterio chucked out.. Now what did poor Ray do?? Smackdown also saw the re re return of ageing wrestlers (they seemed to be in shape to pose as Santa Claus this christmas). Did we ever ask for the return of Tatanka, Sgt Slaughter and Jim Duggan?? Hey! they couldn wrestle in their hayday.. What were the folks at Smackdown thinking!!
I thought it was a damn good move by Vince to organise the re birth of ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) the BAAP of hardcore wrestling. But then with just 1 hr of airtime it dint make much impact. Belive me its really not worth going into the details. But ECW does have some really good talent (CM Punk) and i hope that 2007 will be a better year for them... If of course they dont go on to screw up things as they usually do.
The only respite came in the form of TNA (Total Nonstop Action, a small wrestling promotion based in Colarado) which i have been following for quite sometime now. They have really bad promotion skills and the production team is worse than a bunch of girl scouts. This is why most viewers tend to ignore this show. Add to that just 1 hr of air time, hindi commentary and 20 min of Ad-time you couldn ask for more reasons to skip the show. But the fact in the matter remains that no matter what, TNA has the best talent on TV and they are really trying hard to make it big. If only Jeff Jarrett (owner of TNA) could stop acting like the jerk that he is, TNA would be going places in 2007.
E.. truly has taken a bad beating. And its the fans who suffer. All in all 2006 has been a crap year for wrestling fans as was 04 and 05 with absolutely no signs of improving in 2007. What else can you expect when white rappers (K-Fed, Britneys ex- husband lol hes more famous that way) get into the ring to wrestle with the reigning Champ.
Having said all this... Am i gonna stop watching wrestling??? the answer is simple... HELL NO!! I just love it too much and no matter how bad it gets I shall continue to be a devoted fan. Cause it jus doesn get any better than this.. I love wrestling and shall continue to love it till my senses are intact...
And there is always hope... I hope.... That some day the lights shall go off... the crowd shall become quiet... The speakers shall scream..... "If ya smellll.............."
posted by Samarth at 10:43 AM
2 Comments:
Nice one mate .. :)
well u askd me not to read further if i didn know that austin chappie :D
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