Thursday, July 18, 2013

A response from a Cena hater...sorry, a McMahon hater (even more pointless).

Since I cannot e-mail Wrestlezone's Chris Cash to respond to his "Yo, Cena Haters...Bring It" editorial, I figure I'll try making this rotting fruit of a frustrated blogger into a chance to draw flies to my Zombie Wrestling concept. I doubt it will get much attention, but for self esteem sake, it'll make me feel accomplished.

John Cena does not suck as a wrestler. I agree with C.M. Punk bringing up that he was just a failed body builder and an asskisser, but the guy's skills aren't bad, his mic work is fine, and he has the look (that statement may make my current job the third one where I pull the trash bin from under my desk to vomit into...if only the system didn't go down to not give me the free time to blog). He just sucks the life out of wrestling fans who remember January 23, 1984. I mention that date just to pin down the demographic that is complaining, a demographic that is completely irrelevant.

Vince McMahon is trying to get the attention of the only demographic that matters, 18-34 (those little bastards are just a bonus). Poor parenting is the only reason any fan in this demo would yearn for a return to the Attitude Era, so where would that leave them in terms of good guys to cheer for? Where we are now, John Cena.

Should John Cena still be at the top. I'd say no, but I remember growing up in the time of Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Stars so loud and in your face, the demanded and deserved our attention. They weren't trying to be human, they were trying to be gods (a concept that made JBL). The Attitude Era may have let us know these stars were human, but performers like The Rock and Steve Austin handled themselves in a way that we wanted to emulate. They were greater men, and we all want to be great.

John Cena wants to be just a man instead of a great man. And that is when "Star Trek" needed a reboot.

So Cena needs a reboot to be tolerable to an audience that does not matter. The premier demographic may get sick of him, but there are always little kids who are no longer suppose to like athletes with attitude (why CM Punk couldn't take the ball as a baby face), so Cena is the only option for parents to let their kids cheer. From a creative stand point, John Cena is evidence that wrestling is broken. But McMahon controls an industry that is all about marketing. Wrestling is broken, but John Cena isn't. As the old saying goes, "If it isn't broke, don't fix it."

What makes me find Cena to be hatable is that he will have a resume that will make not only him look great, but McMahon godlike. His body builder physique is what McMahon believe is the best thing ever. If  a limited wrestler surpasses the greatest champion's (Flair) title count, it will make McMahon feel like he cemented himself as the greatest thing to happen to wrestling. Hulkamania be damned. This is probably how Cena was able to get to his ideal environment, the PG Era.

Once Cena was booed out of the All State Arena, McMahon should have been developing his new torch bearer. It seemed like he didn't have any options, but he's VKM, he would make you believe that he could create one. But he didn't, and that probably wasn't because of laziness. I say that because he didn't let Rob Van Dam beat his champ clean at the Hammerstein Ballroom and Cena went over Edge in a ladder match, in Toronto (I think McMahon envies Canadian nationalism). As an indy wrestler, I know you put over the territory's top star if you are the outsider. You get yours when the guy comes to your home (how else did Flair get to 16 times when Hogan held a belt for 4 years). McMahon has no respect for the structure he destroyed, so courtesy doesn't apply to him.

Unless McMahon gets bored with Cena (ratings be damned), thinks are not going to change. Cena is the first thing McMahon has created, so that probably won't happen. He's insured the concept anyway. Bryan, too small. Punk, too rebellious, Orton, too unreliable, Sheamus, a joke.

All I suggest is that we challenge McMahon's ego. He opened that Pandora's box by announcing the establishment of the Performance Center. We know, he is creating the next Cena, so why can't he get it right?

That may be a big compliment to Cena. So in the end, don't hate the player, hate the owner. Too bad owners are use to that (see George Steinbrenner).

Monday, April 22, 2013

What to do without Punk on a Monday? Feminism and Bad Wrestling

I suppose, I should actually turn to listening to the Riot Girl genre instead of waiting for the return of the CM Punk.  If only I was not listening to Bratmobile iHeartRadio at work.

My god, I did not mean for that to be a sensible transition to the why a lack of CM Punk makes Monday Night Raw nearly worthless (as a Danny Daniels student, I will still believe in the Shield, they still need more promos to keep my attention).  History lesson, Bratmobile would be the little sisters of Bikini Kill in terms of the Riot Girl (as a guy who preaches spelling Stevens with a V, I cannot bring myself to spell it Grrl). Riot Girl was a punk rock movement of the early 1990's that was about everything women need to be to fight the masculine authority through preaching the "do it yourself" philosophy to get the message across.  The music was pretty raw for the most part and overshadowed by other all girl bands like Hole (yeah I know there was a guy in the band, but trying telling Courtney Love he was not her bitch with a six string) and L7.

With the exception of Courtney Love, Peoria's premier bullshit rock station (you cannot really say any of them are not bullshit since Bloody Mess left for Oregon) 105.7 the X would lead you to believe that the other pissed off chicks were Alanis Morrsette (only her American breakout track) and Shirley Manson (ironic, but angry?).  Of course history does not sell in the Midwest.  Thus, I can claim Peoria radio encourages socialism because that is an example of a lack of compassionate capitalism.  Then again, as of 1995, we still had rascist history teachers in Morton (it is not okay to instruct white students to call Native American an American Indian, and since the cry baby conservatives calling for secession after Romney lost, the Civil War was about ending slavery not keeping the country together), so the RadioPlex is just doing their part to keep the redneck status quo.

The real pissed off women were going to make you listen and feel uncomfortable until you understood them.  Too bad it worked in 1992, at least in places in this country that count.  The movement stayed underground after the first Bush was defeated, thus Roe v. Wade was going to be safe for at least eight years.  Activist tried to bring the themes back for the W era, but I feel women were not concerned with it since there was terrorism.  On the bright side, Bin Laden did keep the country's mind off of wanting to burden this country with unwanted children.

The downside is women seem to be adjusting their beliefs and fears to the conservative agenda.   Guns will not save women from being raped.  Forcing society to call bullshit on it will.  Unfortunately, most guys will not take the time out of their day to do so.  Most guys are not raping, so why step on the roofie market (especially when we need a reason for Helms, Cooper, and Galifianakis to destroy "culturally corrupt" cities).