*Blog post was started on July 21, 2021.
Money in the Bank 2021
For
a guy with a wrestling blog that is dependent on championship changes,
Money in the Bank was a pretty disappointing pay-per-view. Of course,
being an American wrestling fan, the Peacock feed made it a
disappointing experience. I guess I should appreciate the rare feeling
of normalcy.
If
you want my opinion on the event, the card needed a couple of filler
matches to make me dig it before the feed went out. We have been
conditioned to feel like any women's match, regardless of stakes, placed after a
world title match is for popcorn sake. This left me feeling like the
women were being disrespected before the crowd got to them. There was a
great story told, but since Becky Lynch is going to end up on Smackdown,
putting Rhea Ripley over Charlotte Flair should have been the call.
Thankfully, the Money in the Bank cash in worked out for a change.
I
ended up watching the last half of the Men's Money in the Bank match.
The Big E win was something I did not want to see after the Kofi
Kingston burial. My hopes were for Matt Riddle to win allowing The New
Day to leave for Jacksonville. Regardless, it was such a great match, I
thought the night was over and went to producing my latest podcast.
After finding out Roman Reigns versus Edge went 35 minutes with three
run ins, there were no regrets.
Fans maybe back, but it seems to still the status quo. When Charlotte winning a championship is your main show title drama, that means there was not any. It was kind of a waste of the live crowd then.
As for how all this affects my blog, we know Damien Priest is going to beat Sheamus for the United States Championship. The build for that does not actually need to be there. Why could we not have that to take our mind off Kofi being done dirty again?
A shock Finn Balor victory of the Apollo Crews would have been cool as well. Since NXT was going to be done dirty on Raw with Karion Kross's first loss since joining WWE and NXT, a yellow-brand guy being used well would have allowed us to better handle that blow.
With the lack of championship changes, it does not allow me to fix wrestling's present. Thus, I am going to go back to the past.
Unifying the DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship with the DRCW Legit Men's Doubles World Championship
When the DRCW Legit (1990s) Championship
was created, I was hoping to start it with up with Haku and
Andre, but since TEAM wrestling was prevalent in the tag team ranks at the beginning of the decade, I
had no problem waiting 18 months to create the new belt. But with the
remnants of the AWA and future Legit Championships incorporating the
USWA Tag Team Championships, why not try to create a grander
championship?
My
initial objection was that it would skip The Colossal Connection. Upon
looking back at why I left an 18-month period with no Men's Doubles
Championship, Bobby Heenan's guys were the Disgruntled's Real World Tag Team Champions,
so their spot in history was secure. Wrestling was better in the terms of
the purist during the 1990s, so lets try to fix this instead of what
Vince McMahon left us with in 2006.
The 18th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
NWA World Tag Team Champions
Jimmy Garvin and Michael P.S. Hayes (September 18, 1989 to November 1, 1989)
All
you need to see is the Freebirds try to debut their new theme and
realize this pairing lacked the authenticity of Hayes and his original
partners.
The 19th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AWA World Tag Team Champions
Wayne Bloom (Beau Beverly) and Mike Enos (Blake Beverly) (Nov. 1, 1989 to Aug. 11 1990)
Until Vince McMahon bleached their hair, I do not think of them as a team with a capital T.
The 20th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AWA World Tag Team Champions
D.J. Peterson and The Trooper (b.k.a. The Patriot) (Aug. 11, 1990 to Jan. 12, 1991)
The American Wrestling Association folded on January 12, 1991.
The 21st DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
NWA/WCW World Tag Team Champions
Ron Simmons and Hacksaw Butch Reed (1/12/91 to 2/24/91)
Doom was formed to season the younger Simmons after Reed's single career ran its course. The two also held the Disgruntled's Real World Tag Team Champions.
The 22nd DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
USWA World Tag Team Champions
The King Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett (2/24/91 to 3/26/91)
WCW's Freebirds won the WCW titles from Doom and are Disgruntled's Real World Tag Team Champions, but I would rather avoid giving this championship a similar lineage.
The 23rd DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
All Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Champions
Terry Gordy and Dr. Death Steve Williams (3/26/91 to 4/18/91)
At
least this gives me a possible way of fixing the 2006 tag team issues. I
think of the Miracle Violence Connection as a tag team, but booking wise, it was more
about maintaining Dr. Death unbeaten streak. Since they are a team that
would make it stateside, I think the championship is essentially an
American-style title instead of a Japanese-style set of belts.
Especially since they traded the belts with the next team.
The 24th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AJPW World Tag Team Champions
Stan Hansen and Dan Spivey (a.k.a. Waylon Mercy) (4/18/91 to 7/6/91)
The 25th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AJPW World Tag Team Champions
Terry Gordy (2) and Dr. Death Steve Williams (2) (7/6/91 to 7/24/91)
The 26th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Jeff Jarrett (2) and Robert Fuller (a.k.a. Col. Robert Parker) (7/24/91 to 9/28/91)
The legendary Japanese contingent of Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa
would win the belts. Japanese tag teams tend to be hodge podge
combinations from my knowledge, but I am not a puroresu expert, so lets
keep it on gaijins.
The 27th DRCW Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
DRCW's 1st Legit Men's Doubles World Champions
Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko (9/28/91 to 11/19/91)
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