Good....morning? Afternoon? Night?....Lets just said good week to all!
To be honest, I don't have a specific thing to rant about this week, so I'll just rant about whatever pops into my head about this last week. And you'll enjoy it....Enjoy it damm you!
Well first off, I want to say something about the whole Randy Orton angle on Smackdown where he used the Eddie Guerrero lowrider to smash the Smackdown set and burn the Undertaker alive. Alot of people found this disrespectful, but I'm not so sure I agree with them. Did the angle come off as such? Yes it did, but I think deep down this could be one of those times where people honestly thought it wouldn't be perceived as disrespectful, just part of the show. Which is exactly how I reacted to it. I didn't find it disrespectful at all. The Rey Mysterio v. Big Show match was touted as the tribute to Eddie, not the lowrider. Sure it was an item that people associated with Eddie, but to be honest, it was more part of the set than anything. I do understand why people feel it was disrespectful to use that lowrider as a way to further along an angle. Maybe WWE should have used a different vehicle. In retrospect, that probably would've been a good idea, but who knows? I guess only Eddie Guerrero would've been able to tell us whether he would've disrespectful or not.
That does however segway into my next topic, which is what happend at Survivor Series this past Sunday. In case you can't guess what I'm referring to, Vince McMahon, in what I can only assume (and hope to God) was an attempt to be funny, calling John Cena the n word. Now I know there are many people out there that found it funny and will argue that it was an attempt by Vince to look hip, but in failing, made it comical. I understand what they were trying to do with it. I just don't agree with doing it. Even when used in a slang way (for instance, bigger would be bigga), this is a disrespectful and hateful word. Just because it is used commonly in speech by mainstream stars and is featured in alot of movies, doesn't make it right. I hate the n word. I hate it when white people use it, and I hate it when black people use it. I hate it when white people use it for obvious reasons, but I hate it when black people use it too, because regardless of what context it is being used in today, it was a term of hatred made by the white people to hurt blacks. To use this word in a daily rotation of vocabulary amongst blacks is disrespectful and hurtful towards not just the black community, but the black community that suffered the indignity of having that word used against them. Now some people may call me a hypocrite for saying that this was disrespectful and the lowrider angle wasn't. To them I say the difference between the lowrider angle and what Vince said was that the people behind the Vince sketch had KNOW what they were doing was disrespectful. As always, these are just my opinions, but if you got something to say, you know where the comment button is!
Hm, I guess I did end up going off on a rant there huh? Well, nothing like the status quo.
As we get closer to the end of the year, I've had some time to reflect on the end of the year(I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I've been studying Erikson's theory of Integrity v. Dispair in Human Growth and Development Class...What? I'm not going to explain it to you. Go look it up. What have you got better to do? You're reading my blog so that should be an indication right there!). And of course my thoughts turn to...WRESTLING!(You'd think you people would've learned by now) Now, as some people know, I have many copies of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. A huge stack in fact, and every year they have voting for their achievement awards, which include the obligatory cayegories as wrestler of the year, tag team of the year, match of the year etc etc etc. I love these things. I'm a complete sucker for them. I fill them out, I mail them in, I don't care if my vote is a long shot, I believe in the system dammit! So, to tantalize and tease you folks, I'm going to provide you with a preview of next week's entry. Next week I will have my own awards ceremony where the winners shall receive...my undying respect and admiration...Who knows, someone might give a damm! In addition, I'll list off my favorite wrestling memories of 2005. I think many of you will be surprised with what I have to say.
Ok, now last week I posted about Lufisto's official website (www.lufisto.com in case some of you didn't read last weeks entry to which I say SHAME ON YOU!) and guess what? I've found another one! If any of you have followed the Ontario independant wrestling scene, you may have heard the name "Completely" Cody Steele. Cody is one of the top indy prospects in Ontario and has had some great success in NSP, BCW, and even WWE. At least he did. You see, Cody Steele is no longer Cody Steele, the clean cut, everyday indy wrestler. No, now he is Cody Deaner, local yokel white trash thug! This transformation is a complete 180 and to be honest, I didn't even know they were the same person until I came across his site. The site isn't the best looking I've ever seen, but I encourage you to check out his website and read about his decision to transform himself. Cody has been established as Cody Steele for a number of years now, and to turn around and completely change your character takes ALOT of balls. I respect and admire that. He's rolling the dice and I sincerley hope he succeeds. He's a tremendous wrestler. So check out his site at www.codysteele.cjb.net and show some support! You know, maybe I'll start making this a weekly feature here! What do you guys think? Let me know!
Quick Hits:
-This Saturday TNA Impact has a great card lined up with Petey Williams v. Chris Sabin v. Alex Shelly v. Austin Aries. This is the stuff dreams are made of.
-Also this Saturday, Raven takes on a mystery opponent in a "Clockwork Orange house of fun" match. That would be enough for me to watch, but now we have the added bonus of Raven facing a mystery opponent chosen by Larry Zybysko. So, my question is, WHO will be Raven's mystery opponent? I'm going to go out on a crazy limb right now and say that Raven's opponent will be New Jack.
-Did you know that Batista is 40??? I hope I look that good at 40!!!
till next week...
CLASS DISSMISSED!!!
To be honest, I don't have a specific thing to rant about this week, so I'll just rant about whatever pops into my head about this last week. And you'll enjoy it....Enjoy it damm you!
Well first off, I want to say something about the whole Randy Orton angle on Smackdown where he used the Eddie Guerrero lowrider to smash the Smackdown set and burn the Undertaker alive. Alot of people found this disrespectful, but I'm not so sure I agree with them. Did the angle come off as such? Yes it did, but I think deep down this could be one of those times where people honestly thought it wouldn't be perceived as disrespectful, just part of the show. Which is exactly how I reacted to it. I didn't find it disrespectful at all. The Rey Mysterio v. Big Show match was touted as the tribute to Eddie, not the lowrider. Sure it was an item that people associated with Eddie, but to be honest, it was more part of the set than anything. I do understand why people feel it was disrespectful to use that lowrider as a way to further along an angle. Maybe WWE should have used a different vehicle. In retrospect, that probably would've been a good idea, but who knows? I guess only Eddie Guerrero would've been able to tell us whether he would've disrespectful or not.
That does however segway into my next topic, which is what happend at Survivor Series this past Sunday. In case you can't guess what I'm referring to, Vince McMahon, in what I can only assume (and hope to God) was an attempt to be funny, calling John Cena the n word. Now I know there are many people out there that found it funny and will argue that it was an attempt by Vince to look hip, but in failing, made it comical. I understand what they were trying to do with it. I just don't agree with doing it. Even when used in a slang way (for instance, bigger would be bigga), this is a disrespectful and hateful word. Just because it is used commonly in speech by mainstream stars and is featured in alot of movies, doesn't make it right. I hate the n word. I hate it when white people use it, and I hate it when black people use it. I hate it when white people use it for obvious reasons, but I hate it when black people use it too, because regardless of what context it is being used in today, it was a term of hatred made by the white people to hurt blacks. To use this word in a daily rotation of vocabulary amongst blacks is disrespectful and hurtful towards not just the black community, but the black community that suffered the indignity of having that word used against them. Now some people may call me a hypocrite for saying that this was disrespectful and the lowrider angle wasn't. To them I say the difference between the lowrider angle and what Vince said was that the people behind the Vince sketch had KNOW what they were doing was disrespectful. As always, these are just my opinions, but if you got something to say, you know where the comment button is!
Hm, I guess I did end up going off on a rant there huh? Well, nothing like the status quo.
As we get closer to the end of the year, I've had some time to reflect on the end of the year(I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I've been studying Erikson's theory of Integrity v. Dispair in Human Growth and Development Class...What? I'm not going to explain it to you. Go look it up. What have you got better to do? You're reading my blog so that should be an indication right there!). And of course my thoughts turn to...WRESTLING!(You'd think you people would've learned by now) Now, as some people know, I have many copies of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. A huge stack in fact, and every year they have voting for their achievement awards, which include the obligatory cayegories as wrestler of the year, tag team of the year, match of the year etc etc etc. I love these things. I'm a complete sucker for them. I fill them out, I mail them in, I don't care if my vote is a long shot, I believe in the system dammit! So, to tantalize and tease you folks, I'm going to provide you with a preview of next week's entry. Next week I will have my own awards ceremony where the winners shall receive...my undying respect and admiration...Who knows, someone might give a damm! In addition, I'll list off my favorite wrestling memories of 2005. I think many of you will be surprised with what I have to say.
Ok, now last week I posted about Lufisto's official website (www.lufisto.com in case some of you didn't read last weeks entry to which I say SHAME ON YOU!) and guess what? I've found another one! If any of you have followed the Ontario independant wrestling scene, you may have heard the name "Completely" Cody Steele. Cody is one of the top indy prospects in Ontario and has had some great success in NSP, BCW, and even WWE. At least he did. You see, Cody Steele is no longer Cody Steele, the clean cut, everyday indy wrestler. No, now he is Cody Deaner, local yokel white trash thug! This transformation is a complete 180 and to be honest, I didn't even know they were the same person until I came across his site. The site isn't the best looking I've ever seen, but I encourage you to check out his website and read about his decision to transform himself. Cody has been established as Cody Steele for a number of years now, and to turn around and completely change your character takes ALOT of balls. I respect and admire that. He's rolling the dice and I sincerley hope he succeeds. He's a tremendous wrestler. So check out his site at www.codysteele.cjb.net and show some support! You know, maybe I'll start making this a weekly feature here! What do you guys think? Let me know!
Quick Hits:
-This Saturday TNA Impact has a great card lined up with Petey Williams v. Chris Sabin v. Alex Shelly v. Austin Aries. This is the stuff dreams are made of.
-Also this Saturday, Raven takes on a mystery opponent in a "Clockwork Orange house of fun" match. That would be enough for me to watch, but now we have the added bonus of Raven facing a mystery opponent chosen by Larry Zybysko. So, my question is, WHO will be Raven's mystery opponent? I'm going to go out on a crazy limb right now and say that Raven's opponent will be New Jack.
-Did you know that Batista is 40??? I hope I look that good at 40!!!
till next week...
CLASS DISSMISSED!!!
posted by newoldschool at 8:12 AM
5 Comments:
I didn't see that part but all I know is Randy orton needs to take some acting lessons so he doesn't look like a steriod infused toddler having a panic attack next time they tell him to look scared
sorry that was me I hit enter too early
-Courtney
OK, I totally agree with you on the 'N' word, but dude.......isn't it a little contradictory of you (and I'm guilty too)on account of a certain backyard character of yours?
Yeah, I knew Batista was 40. Uh....think that's it. I should keep notes as I read, then I won't forget anything in my comments.
I agree with what you said Jeff, but the point I'm making is that no one watches CCW but us. WWE is a world wide program that is seen by millions. But maybeI'm being too harsh. No one else seemed to have a problem with the sketch.
That doesn't make it right. Who knows who sees those old CCW tapes. You say only us, but I seem to recall a couple little kids (Clint's brothers) who were present for a lot.
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