Disclaimer: The following column is mine and mine alone. The opinions are mine. Don't blame anyone else. I just call 'em like I see 'em and tell it like it is. If you don't like what I have to say, screw you. If you agree with me, and you sure as crap should, so be it.
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Greetings, lesser beings of the wrestling world. Mr. Arrogance here with another effort to set all of you straight about how things in the wrestling world really should be.
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I have been told (by one of the few out there who knows who I am) that I should tell you a little about myself. Most of my friends call me Jack Flash, although "Flash" is not my real last name. I am 84 years young. I live on a farm that I own not far from Bolivar, Tennessee, although I do not work the farm anymore. I leased all but five acres out when I turned 80. I just keep a few head of cattle, and a few chickens now to give me something to do. I was a reconaissance photographer while in the military during World War II and the Korean War. As a sideline I had a makeshift studio set up and did some photography for my army buddies. That's how I got the nickname "Jack Flash." I continued to do some photography work after I was discharged from the Army, as well as farming on the aforementioned farm that has been in my family for generations. I became a wrestling fan back in the 50's, and have been a fan ever since, although wrestling sure ain't what it once was in the mid-south area. I have a daughter who owns a home just outside Tupelo (in the Dorsey area) and a grandson who lives in a house I own in Nettleton. I come to Tupelo most weekends to see them, and I have started attending some of the TFW shows when I can. I also went to one JWS show in Jumpertown last year, although I was not impressed. I also go to some TIWF shows when I don't go to Tupelo. This group has come a long way, and their shows are usually very good. Anyway, now you know a little about me, so we'll get on to more important topics, like Death Wish and Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock.
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I congratulate these two gentlemen for trying to motivate Jimmy's daughter to get active and do something constructive. Changing that tire was good for the girl. It is obvious that she is one of these kids who sits around in a classroom all day and does nothing but study and do homework. Well, there is nothing wrong with studying, but there's more to life than that. You also need exercise and fresh air! I applaud DW and Jimmy for making her do some legitimate work and get some exercise and fresh air. DW & Jimmy are much too important to be seen doing such menial tasks in public. Frankly, I think Jimmy should arrange to have at least one flat tire a day!
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I read on the Wrestling News Center about a wrestler who was in a match at some organization in Tennessee and got his ear bitten off! Apparently the moron booker and/or promoter put two guys in the ring who hate each other, knowing that they were going to shoot on each other. He apparently thought they could "control" them. How stupid can you be? How incredibly stupid is that? This organization should be shut down, the owners, booker, and promoter should be beaten down, and the building where they run should be torn down. People like that should not be anywhere near wrestling. They give wrestling a bad name.
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One name just keeps getting mentioned on the message boards, and that is Brody Hawk. Why is everyone so down on this guy? I was there at TFW that night and I didn't see him do nothing wrong. He just sat in the crowd and watched the show. So why is he on everybody's bad boy list? Brody's a hot head, no question about it, but I have not seen him do anybody wrong. He sure seems to have a bad reputation. He's a good wrestler. I think he's getting the shaft from certain people.
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I have learned that a local group is considering putting on an all girl show. I think it is a great idea. I guarantee it would draw. It would draw BIG TIME. If they have the show, I hope they bring in Tasha Simone. There's no lady wrestler better than Tasha. There are many who are prettier, but none can wrestle better. An all girl show in this area... GREAT IDEA!
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I could not help but laugh when I read about all of Florida Championship Wrestling's problems and issues. It blows me away to read that they don't even have bathrooms in their "state of the art" wrestling facility! You gotta be freaking kidding me! How can a facility be "state of the art" and not have bathrooms? In fact, how can a facility be legally occupied and not have bathrooms? This developmental organization for WWE has delayed repeatedly their plans to hold shows in their facility each week because nobody has a place to pee. Great planning, folks, really great planning.
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I must give kudos to TNA Wrestling for the way they are handling their knockouts division. These girls are, for the most part, carrying the rest of the organization right now. WWE can and should take a lesson from TNA's ladies division. The big difference is that TNA lets their ladies wrestle. WWE's idea of ladies wrestling is a six ladies bra & panties match. Keep up the good work, TNA. At least the ladies are good, not like Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, Black Reign, Rellick, Rhino, Sting (waaaaay overpaid and waaaay under worked), Kevin Nash (completely useless waste of time and resources), Team 3-D (waaaay over the hill), and on and on I could go. If the booking was different, if it was booked better, TNA would have the best product in the wrestling world with the talent they have. Their booking, however, simply sucks. So much potential. So many missed opportunities.
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Randy Orton strikes again! He threw his breakfast on some members of the staff of a hotel the WWE staff & crew were staying in during the recent European tour, simply because they woke him up at the wrong time. Then he laughed about it. Randy Orton is just plain arrogant! That's why I like him. He has that air of arrogance that sets him apart from the rest.
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I don't know who this Ollie guy is who is posting all those nice pictures on the News Center. But I do like the pictures. Keep up the good work, sir. You're OK in my book.
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That's the way I see things right now. I'll be back in a few days with more nuggets of wisdom about the wrestling world. If you have any feedback about the contents of this column, your feedback is always welcome. I may not respond, and I may not agree with you, because your opinion is of no consequence to me, but you may sure send it. My email is luv2rassle38801@yahoo.com.
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Mr. Arrogance has left the building....
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Calling It Like I See It
Disclaimer: The following column is mine and mine alone. The opinions are mine. Don't blame anyone else. I just call 'em like I see 'em and tell it like it is. If you don't like what I have to say, screw you. If you agree with me, and you sure as crap should, so be it.
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Please allow me to introduce myself... I am Miiiisssterrrrrr AAAAArrrrogaaaaannnnnce! AAAAArrrrogaaaaannnnnce! That's what I am called. If you think I am arrogant, I don't give a rat's ass. When Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock, who is the greatest mind in professional wrestling, by the way, asked me to write this column, I made only two requests. First, I asked him not to censor anything I say here. He agreed to that. Second, I asked him not to expect me to write the same garbage as the guy who wrote the column before (I think Jimmy said he was called "Axehandle" or "Axehole" or something like that). Jimmy said he would not have it any other way. So, with the ground rules established, let's get on with the business at hand.
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Everyone is talking about Ric Flair. Ric Flair this, Ric Flair that, Ric Flair Ric Flair Ric Flair! I admit that Flair is prolly the greatest pro wrestler ever to step into the ring. Right up until the day of his final match, he was one of the hottest commodities in pro wrestling. There will never be another Flair... NEVER. But some of you still just don't get it. It's not just Flair retiring. It's not that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. It's not that WWE gave him a first class send off on RAW Monday night. It is this: Flair's retirement signals the end of an era. The face of wrestling will never be the same again. Ric Flair is a pillar of the wrestling industry, and he has worked his last match (and what a match it was!). History is made. Pro Wrestling will go on... without Ric Flair in the ring. Think about it. Wrestling will never be the same. So STOP crying. The time for tears is past. Look to the future. A new chapter is being written, and thanks to Ric Flair and those stars of his generation, the future is bright.
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I must give all due credit to Shawn Michaels. He did one hell of a job in his Mania match with Flair. That match was everything it should have been.
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The Big Show vs. Mayweather match, however, was a travesty. Is Vince McMahon freaking CRAZY?! Big Show should have squashed that little prick like a roach. Mayweather going over on Big Show did not do wrestling any good, in fact, it hurt pro wrestling. And McMahon/WWE "Creative" doesn't seem to give a shit. Big Show will never have the credibility he once had, and neither will WWE. Vince and his cronies in WWE, apparently oblivious to that fact, continue as if it's no big deal. That is sad, pathetic, and stupid.
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The Bunnymaniac match or whatever it was called was a piece of unadulterated CRAP. It was stupid. It was boring. Did anyone else notice that the crowd was DEAD during the match? I would have rather seen a Women's Title defense. Garbage... Pure garbage.
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OK, enough about Wrestlemania.
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The guy whose column I am replacing, The Axeman (or whatever he was called), is apparently still around. He is still posting stuff on Wrestling News Center. Jimmy, you really should kick him off there before he gets your ass sued. Last week he posted a story about a young wrestler who happens to be handicapped. The kid holds a "World Championship" in some wrestling organization up in Tennessee, and Axeman apparently does not like it. The post was obviously biased against the handicapped. What has that got to do with Axeman? Why does he need to stick his nose into it? If that is what the fans up there want to see, then so be it. There's nothing wrong with it. The Americans With Disabilities Act gives him every right to wrestle if he wants to. Why Axeman wants to create an issue where no issue exists is beyond me. He is apparently getting pretty good at that sort of thing... almost as good as BT, LOL. We don't need any more of Axehole's crap, Jimmy.
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I read on Wrestling Observer that Dusty Rhodes has been moved from WWE Creative down to Florida Championship Wrestling. From where I sit, that's quite a slap in his face. He has been sent from the big league to the minor league farm club. WHY?!! Rhodes is one of the most creative minds in all of wrestling. He is a genius when it comes to ideas and angles. Why send him down to Florida Championship Wrestling to waste his talent down there? It makes no sense, but then it is WWE, isn't it....
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I have been told that WWE is about to create yet another brand, this one called WWE Divas. Well, I don't think WWE will do that. The new would wear off after a while, and then people would quit watching it. WWE should take a lesson from TNA. I think the TNA Knockouts are great, and TNA is doing a great job with the Knockouts. Sit up and take notice, Vinnie Mac.
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I mentioned how great Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock is earlier in this column. What follows is a letter that Jimmy wrote to the Internal Revenue Service and attached to his tax return for 2007. If this don't make Jimmy a genius, I don't know what does. Here is the letter:
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"Dear Internal Revenue Service, Enclosed you will find my 2007 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper, dated 12 November, wherein you will see the Pentagon (Department of Defense) is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600.00 per toilet seat. I am enclosing four (4) toilet seats (valued @ $2,400) and six (6) hammers (valued @ $1,029), which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3,429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the Presidential Election Fund, as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one (1) 1.5" phillips head screw (see aforementioned article from USA Today newspaper detailing how H.U.D. pays $22.00 each for 1.5" phillips head screws). One screw is enclosed for your convenience. It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year. Sincerely, Jimmy Blaylock."
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Now that, my friends, is my kind of thinking!
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That's it for this edition. I will be back in a week or two, telling it like it is. If you have anything to say to me about anything I have written (not that I give a royal blue rip what you think), email me at luv2rassle38801@yahoo.com. Maybe I will answer. Maybe I will not.
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Please allow me to introduce myself... I am Miiiisssterrrrrr AAAAArrrrogaaaaannnnnce! AAAAArrrrogaaaaannnnnce! That's what I am called. If you think I am arrogant, I don't give a rat's ass. When Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock, who is the greatest mind in professional wrestling, by the way, asked me to write this column, I made only two requests. First, I asked him not to censor anything I say here. He agreed to that. Second, I asked him not to expect me to write the same garbage as the guy who wrote the column before (I think Jimmy said he was called "Axehandle" or "Axehole" or something like that). Jimmy said he would not have it any other way. So, with the ground rules established, let's get on with the business at hand.
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Everyone is talking about Ric Flair. Ric Flair this, Ric Flair that, Ric Flair Ric Flair Ric Flair! I admit that Flair is prolly the greatest pro wrestler ever to step into the ring. Right up until the day of his final match, he was one of the hottest commodities in pro wrestling. There will never be another Flair... NEVER. But some of you still just don't get it. It's not just Flair retiring. It's not that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. It's not that WWE gave him a first class send off on RAW Monday night. It is this: Flair's retirement signals the end of an era. The face of wrestling will never be the same again. Ric Flair is a pillar of the wrestling industry, and he has worked his last match (and what a match it was!). History is made. Pro Wrestling will go on... without Ric Flair in the ring. Think about it. Wrestling will never be the same. So STOP crying. The time for tears is past. Look to the future. A new chapter is being written, and thanks to Ric Flair and those stars of his generation, the future is bright.
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I must give all due credit to Shawn Michaels. He did one hell of a job in his Mania match with Flair. That match was everything it should have been.
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The Big Show vs. Mayweather match, however, was a travesty. Is Vince McMahon freaking CRAZY?! Big Show should have squashed that little prick like a roach. Mayweather going over on Big Show did not do wrestling any good, in fact, it hurt pro wrestling. And McMahon/WWE "Creative" doesn't seem to give a shit. Big Show will never have the credibility he once had, and neither will WWE. Vince and his cronies in WWE, apparently oblivious to that fact, continue as if it's no big deal. That is sad, pathetic, and stupid.
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The Bunnymaniac match or whatever it was called was a piece of unadulterated CRAP. It was stupid. It was boring. Did anyone else notice that the crowd was DEAD during the match? I would have rather seen a Women's Title defense. Garbage... Pure garbage.
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OK, enough about Wrestlemania.
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The guy whose column I am replacing, The Axeman (or whatever he was called), is apparently still around. He is still posting stuff on Wrestling News Center. Jimmy, you really should kick him off there before he gets your ass sued. Last week he posted a story about a young wrestler who happens to be handicapped. The kid holds a "World Championship" in some wrestling organization up in Tennessee, and Axeman apparently does not like it. The post was obviously biased against the handicapped. What has that got to do with Axeman? Why does he need to stick his nose into it? If that is what the fans up there want to see, then so be it. There's nothing wrong with it. The Americans With Disabilities Act gives him every right to wrestle if he wants to. Why Axeman wants to create an issue where no issue exists is beyond me. He is apparently getting pretty good at that sort of thing... almost as good as BT, LOL. We don't need any more of Axehole's crap, Jimmy.
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I read on Wrestling Observer that Dusty Rhodes has been moved from WWE Creative down to Florida Championship Wrestling. From where I sit, that's quite a slap in his face. He has been sent from the big league to the minor league farm club. WHY?!! Rhodes is one of the most creative minds in all of wrestling. He is a genius when it comes to ideas and angles. Why send him down to Florida Championship Wrestling to waste his talent down there? It makes no sense, but then it is WWE, isn't it....
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I have been told that WWE is about to create yet another brand, this one called WWE Divas. Well, I don't think WWE will do that. The new would wear off after a while, and then people would quit watching it. WWE should take a lesson from TNA. I think the TNA Knockouts are great, and TNA is doing a great job with the Knockouts. Sit up and take notice, Vinnie Mac.
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I mentioned how great Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock is earlier in this column. What follows is a letter that Jimmy wrote to the Internal Revenue Service and attached to his tax return for 2007. If this don't make Jimmy a genius, I don't know what does. Here is the letter:
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"Dear Internal Revenue Service, Enclosed you will find my 2007 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper, dated 12 November, wherein you will see the Pentagon (Department of Defense) is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600.00 per toilet seat. I am enclosing four (4) toilet seats (valued @ $2,400) and six (6) hammers (valued @ $1,029), which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3,429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the Presidential Election Fund, as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one (1) 1.5" phillips head screw (see aforementioned article from USA Today newspaper detailing how H.U.D. pays $22.00 each for 1.5" phillips head screws). One screw is enclosed for your convenience. It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year. Sincerely, Jimmy Blaylock."
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Now that, my friends, is my kind of thinking!
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That's it for this edition. I will be back in a week or two, telling it like it is. If you have anything to say to me about anything I have written (not that I give a royal blue rip what you think), email me at luv2rassle38801@yahoo.com. Maybe I will answer. Maybe I will not.
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