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Greetings from under the black, 200X Resistol hat! We’re burning daylight, so let’s get this show on the road …
Important business first: I never contemplated suicide after my Sooners took one on the chin at home in
I have to admit I got on “the sauce” pretty heavy after the Sooners’ season-opening loss. First, there was the BBQ sauce, then some off-branded — I’m so ashamed — generic steak sauce! I promise to clean up my act.
Don’t be surprised to see
A gentleman in an airport asked me the other day if Chris Masters reminds me of a young Lex Luger. I politely answered, “HELL NO!” (Just joking, even though that’s what I was thinking.) Masters already understands his job better than Luger at a comparable age.
Internet observation of the week: “Ric Flair is a pervert for grabbing Carlito’s privates!” Sure he is. Now, turn off your computer and go to bed.
Dick Murdoch was one of the Top 5 in-ring hands I ever saw … when he wanted to be and when he took his business seriously. I loved old Dickie like a brother and cried when he died a few years ago. Dick Murdoch was special. He could wrestle, he could brawl and he could talk. He wouldn’t win any body building contests, but who cares, in all honesty? I truly hope Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch can find the magic that the original Texas Outlaws of Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes developed over time. That’s a helluva tall order, but that would be my goal if I were Cade or Murdoch.
Promoter Cowboy Bill Watts once fined Dick Murdoch every dollar he earned over a two-week period except for one lone dollar! That’s right, Dickie made $1 for two weeks worth of work because he was late for work two or three times and he clowned around in an important — at least to Big Cowboy — match. Dickie told me he was going to get even with
Damn, is Kurt Angle on a roll, or what? In all due respect to several WWE Superstars, including WWE Champion John Cena, I don’t know if I would bet against Angle vs. anyone based on what I’ve seen since SummerSlam. I’m not forgetting Angle’s victory over HBK at WrestleMania, but over the past month, the Olympian has been virtually untouchable.
I’m excited about Unforgiven being held in my home state of
It’s going to be very interesting to see the evolution of several younger wrestlers on both RAW and SmackDown. I am encouraged by some. One thing is for sure: any young, potential WWE Superstar better understand ASAP that this a seven-day-a-week cycle of preparation in one form or another; focusing on this career opportunity part-time will not get them to big money and longevity. Even if a wrestler takes a day or two off to physically rest, studying tapes of the great ones isn’t to physically taxing.
Check out The Coach this weekend on CSTV doing play-by-play for a college football game. Remember, “
Have you read, “Scooter,” yet? Check it out and let me know your thoughts. For being such a wonderful husband, dad and son, there must be some small, isolated part of Mick Foley that is very dark to have written such a disturbing and totally realistic work of fiction. It’s a legit page-turner.
RAW may be entertaining our troops in
I’m begging for a good two-out-of-three fall match on TV.
Too many young wrestlers have the basic same look, tattoos, hair, etc. Individuality is seemingly becoming a lost art. This business is so much more than a mullet, a few tattoos, some baby oil and the willingness to execute untimely high-risk maneuvers just for the hell of it.
Jake Roberts’ father, Grizzly Smith, was missing in
Why do some wrestlers wear jewelry such as earrings in the ring? I just don’t get it.
Does anyone outside
Lance Russell’s home on the gulf coast was not destroyed, and our friend Lance and his wife Audrey are okay despite the result of
Will the Edge-Hardy Steel Cage Match at Unforgiven “steal the show?” Don’t bet against it.
Fans are invited to attend a huge Unforgiven press conference this Tuesday morning at
Rob Conway has the ring skills to be a star. He must be tougher than a government mule, or he wouldn’t be man enough to wear those tights.
In my personal opinion, Brock Lesnar is making a big mistake by not accepting WWE’s very fair contract offer.
Does ESPN’s Trev Alberts, a
It’s nice to see Dusty Rhodes back working behind the cameras for WWE. I would love to host a DVD of the “Dream’s” favorite matches. Dusty is a future WWE Hall of Famer in my view.
Are you excited about the U.S. Open tennis tournament? Me neither?
In my opinion, no team has a better shot at making the Super Bowl this year than the New England Patriots.
We are looking forward to our October International tour. I’ll head to the
As a fan, I would love to see more emphasis put on SmackDown’s cruiserweight division. There’s lots of talented athletes in that weight class.
I think I should be paid a royalty when football announcers use the term “slobberknocker.”
