Foolin: My Life and a Summation of Tag Team Wrestling?

  *This blog post was started on March 15, 2022.

It does not seem to have the power some of the more silly Def Leppard tracks ("Rocket" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" come to immediate mind.), but it seems more complex than those "sing over a drum beat" songs. The title also works to describe my state of mind.

Another rough weekend. How will I survive once the weekends are only one day?

Maybe that is what I need. Less time to get myself pumped up for an inevitable let down. Both weekends that I spent in Partial Hospitalization for Depression led to me being on Suicide Watch the following Monday. That is a bit of hyperbole, but lengthy conversations with Catholic counselors did not help. How were things going to get better than wrestling training, interviewing the stars of AAW (and usually being humiliated by them), having a few drinks, and getting $20 to make sure I had the gas to get home?

I guess you can say this past weekend was adjacent to that. My family is doing well aside from my mom's allergies. With her being under the weather and my big sis and dad being mature adults, it was easy to slip out to the Peoria bar scene.

Was it exciting, not really, but I thought every turn had potential. Too bad the 8-Bit Beercade's last call was midnight. I was denied the time to complete "Turtles in Time". The only other bar of interest to me (Pizza was the family dinner, so Hoops seemed redundant.) was Big Al's. It was too crowded for my taste. Who would have thought the Indoor Demolition Derby would be such a draw? But, I thought the night was turning around when an old friend saw me there.

Needless to say, the tax refund was about gone, but I do feel a bit cheated in terms of debauchery. She asked if I wanted to go to VIP, and I said yes. Too bad it took forever to scrounge up the funds to do so. What was worst was that she was running the clock instead of the club. Time is money. It just happened to be dedicated with her wanting to focus on the past six years since I left Peoria instead of grinding on me. I suppose that is about the cost of therapy.

She was kind to me and we did enjoy some "Highlander: The Series" conversation. Of course that means she had no respect for the films or movies in general, so no Podcast number boost from that.

She did her best to ensure me that I am doing fine. There was an expression that me being single for the past two years shows my strengths. My life style of appreciating strip clubs was also applauded regardless of my age. I think she was encouraging me to give the Silver Bullet a chance. In the end, my comfort was what she seemed most concerned about.

It is great to know that people want me to be happy, but it feels like they expect me to just accept that it is as good as it will be. Ambition is frowned upon. This makes me feel like a bad bet. My friend mentioned how she wished that we had rich parents. Well...mine were not when I grew up.

Outside of my wrestling career, I cannot say that I have had a chance to fail. And when it comes to my wrestling career, I cannot say that my parents were supportive of that.

It is not just my folks, but my friends before I moved to Champaign-Urbana ignored my efforts to make a bad movie and the time I put into the wrestling career. I am either socially inept (probably) or a broken person.

Ally was great to me this weekend and wants me to succeed, but she just came up with a lot of wishful thinking. Or maybe I am just too good at arguing. Blue Chew will not sponsor me because I ask was one of the things I had to explain to her.

I did visit Stacia's grave and left with some wisdom, I think. Help is something I am desperate for. It may not be towards my art, but I think I found a way to try and be better that is affordable/justifiable.

With that said, if you brain is where mine is at, take Marty & Sarah's advice and visit nami.org. That is my best effort for a transition towards the draw of the blog.

WRESTLING! YAY!

The Disgruntled's Real Men's Tag Team Power Rankings (03/15/2022)

The Number 1 Tag Team in the World:
SmackDown Tag Team Champions:
The Usos: Jimmy and Jey Uso

• They had successfully retained their championship against WWE's greatest tag team, The New Day, to start the year. The New Day is currently out of the scene after Big E's broken neck.
• The SmackDown Tag Team Championship has been previously recognized as the Disgruntled's Real World Tag Team Championship.
• They did vanquish the other remaining tag team of significance on SmackDown, The Viking Raiders.

The Number 2 Tag Team in the World:
AEW World Tag Team Champions:
Jurassic Express: Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus

• The AEW World Tag Team Championship was the most recent DRCW Real World Tag Team Championship.
• This was well booked, but it is a team with a Shawn and Marty vibe. They will need to beat all comers (the dream opponents for the Lucha Bros.) to make this reign stand the test of time.
• They have met a greater challenge than any The Uso's have faced after defeating both ReDragon and the Young Bucks. But with Fenix injured and Santana and Ortiz embroiled with the Jericho Appreciation Society, I do not know who is available and worthy to take the titles off them.
• They are the DRCW Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions.

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The Number 3 Tag Team in the World:
ROH World Tag Team Champions:
The Briscoes: Jay and Mark Briscoe

• They also hold the Game Changer Wrestling Tag Team Championship.
• The ROH World Tag Team Championship was previously recognized as the DRCW Real World Tag Team Championship.
• They are working towards a program with FTR, former AEW Tag Team Champions and current AAA Tag Team Champions.
• With ROH being purchased by Tony Khan, their dream match with FTR seems inevitable.

The Number 4 Tag Team in the World:
Impact World Tag Team Champions:
The Good Brothers: Machine Gun Anderson and Doc Gallows (Up 1 Spot)

• They are the current Impact World Tag Team Championship (A history recognized by the DRCW World Tag Team Championship).
• They had recently won the NJPW Strong Tag Team Turbulence Tournament.
• After Jay White turned his back on the Guerrillas of Destiny, they are key to the NJPW/Impact Partnership.

The Number 5 Tag Team in the World:
NWA World Tag Team Champions:
La Rebelion: Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf 450 (Up 1 Spot)

• They are the current NWA World Tag Team Champions (A history recognized by the DRCW World Tag Team Championship).
• The Current Crash Tag Team Champions.

The Number 6 Tag Team in the World:
Raw Tag Team Champions: RK-Bro: Randy Orton and (Matt) Riddle (Up 1 Spot)

• They were the most recent DRCW Unified Gnarly Men's World Doubles Champions.
• They have regained the Raw Tag Team Championship.
• They are still considered by many as the best act on Monday Night Raw.

The Number 7 Tag Team in the World:
Raw Tag Team Champions:
Alpha Academy: Otis (Dozovic) and Chad Gable (Down 2 Spots)

• They seem slated to challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania.
• The Raw Tag Team Championship was previously recognized as the DRCW Real World Tag Team Championship.
• This duo was formed (in kayfabe) as a project by the former Daniel Bryan.

The Number 8 Tag Team in the World:
The Street Profits: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins

• They defeated the Mysterios to win the RK-Bronament and unsuccessfully challenged the former Raw Champions, RK-Bro.
• They seem slated to challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania.
• Montez Ford is expected to be the next WWE grown top star.

The Number 9 Tag Team in the World:
AAA Tag Team Champions:
FTR: Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood (Up 1 Spot)

• They won their tag team championship from the Lucha Bros. when that team was the DRCW Real World Tag Team Champions.
• They are developing a feud with the double champion Briscoe Brothers.
• Their domestic feud aspects are in flux. Recently firing their manager, Tully Blanchard, because they want vengeance against multiple tag team instead of focusing on championships.

The Number 10 Tag Team in the World:
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs (Debut)

• They are the top contenders for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
• If Roman Reigns unifies the Heavyweight Championships at WrestleMania, there is a chance that the Usos lose. I do not think that is likely.

Everything seems to be an exercise in futility with my life. Only one new tag team on the list, and hardly worth noting. It goes back to how I ended up falling off the wrestling scene.

It started with how I enjoyed my life before Stacia passed. If wrestling was not going well, I could hang out with her. If I could not hang out with her, I had to make wrestling work. When I lost the good things in my life outside the ring, all I had was wrestling. Because that was static, my life was worth nothing.

So all hail Evangeline Stacia Stevens. Ally is right, I am the only one who can appreciate her, so I got to stick around.

Curse my parents for not letting me have a cat in my 20's. Move out the first chance you get kids.