Sunday, March 6, 2022

Time Won't Give Me Time: But Men's Wrestling to Rate

*This blog post was started on March 6, 2022.

Time Won't Give Me Time: But Men's Wrestling to Rate.

I am currently a month ahead of my podcast schedule, but what has that gotten me? Perhaps the retail hours can be blamed. Thanks to Fite TV for letting me at least get my wrestling fix. When you do not get home till 8 pm, you will not have the time to play video games or watch those longer movies.

The latter is not necessarily true. Redbox promo codes have given me the opportunities to catch up on all the fall movies that are not streaming. There will be a podcast for one of them in the future. Too bad "Last Night in Soho" does not fit the criteria. Do I know what I would do to edit that down? No, but it gives me a chance to rewatch the Cornetto Trilogy. Maybe I can make something out of the under appreciated "Paul".

Speaking of under appreciated, I ended up going on the worst Tinder date to date. It was a lot of trauma discussion from her unwanted beginning to being abused by every Western religion. She should be proud of surviving this, but it seemed that she wanted me to accept all of mine. Maybe I should have been more insistent that she listen to "NinetyForChill.com: The Podcast" or read "MainEventOfTheDead.com" to give her a clue of how I work. There is a part of me who wants to embrace all of my trauma, but not get over it.

To her credit, she wondered why I have been single for two years (let alone near decades with that status). She was quick to discuss wanting us to watch "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", so I thought I at least got a friend out of it. This may allow me the direction to find what I am looking for. I had to drive to Danville for this date, so after we paid our checks, she told me to "text" her when I got home.

She said text, but meant Tinder message. I get home, get comfortable, and got to find out that she had unmatched me. So much for feeling like the trip was worthwhile. Facebook sympathy and the chance to flip off the Freedom Convoy cannot warrant the gas.

And the irony, I have gotten the invite tonight to the girl I have been doing my best to flirt with (Probably why I am single. Talking up a game is tough.) to see her new place. Of course, I had to tell her that it was AEW Revolution tonight. If I have let wrestling take up so much of my time to this point, why should I change?

Change. Am I capable of that?

The Disgruntled's Real Men's Wrestling Power Rankings (03/06/2022):

It is five till 7:00 pm CST. I still have to air fry my guilty wings, so it will be interesting if I can get this typed up before any title changes at Revolution. Personally, there are not any championships that I would change tonight. This post should be right by the time the pay-per-view ends. Whoever wins the "Face of the Revolution" Ladder Match may make it. Otherwise, the post will be a sad look back on the WWE stalwarts being buggered by poor booking.

The Number 1 Men's Wrestler in the World:
AEW World Champion: Hangman Adam Page

He is the Current Disgruntled's Real Men's World Champion.
He defeated Bryan Danielson in a title rematch after an hour draw.
He defeated Lance Archer in a Texas Deathmatch for the AEW Championship.

The Number 2 Men's Wrestler in the World:
IWGP World Champion: Kazuchika Okada

The IWGP Heavyweight Championship has represented the Disgruntled's Real Men's World Championship.
Since defeating Shingo Takagi to win the title, he retained the championship by defeating Will Ospreay the following night, and defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the championship in February.
He is currently waiting on the winner of the New Japan Cup as his next challenger.

The Number 3 Men's Wrestler in the World:
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Brock Lesnar

The WWE Championship has represented the Disgruntled's Real Men's World Championship.
He has won the WWE title twice since January 1st.
He may unify and there for legitimize the WWE Universal Championship.

F4WOnline: Matt Cardona wins NWA World Heavyweight title

The Number 4 Men's Wrestler in the World:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Matt Cardona (Debut)

The NWA Championship was the original Disgruntled's Real Men's World Championship.
He is currently the premier belt collector on the independent scene.

The Number 5 Men's Wrestler in the World:
WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns

He is the current DRCW Modern Poser Champion.
He has reigned as Universal Champion for nearly a year and a half.
He had defeated Brock Lesnar in their last two matches.

The Number 6 Men's Wrestler in the World:
TNT Champion: Sammy Guevera (Re-debut)

He is the current DRCW OCHO Real Secondary Champion.
He should have had an uninterrupted title reign, but the two belts look good.
Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn had no successful defenses of the WWE Intercontinental Championship. There are few title defenses by the six most recent secondary IWGP champions. Damien Priest did not have a signature feud as WWE United States Champion.

The Number 7 Men's Wrestler in the World:
"The National Treasure" Nick Aldis (Debut)

He is the current top contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
He dominated the NWA from from December 2017 to August 2021.
There were only 50 days between his two reigns as champion.

The Number 8 Men's Wrestler in the World:
The Face of the Revolution (2022): "Mr. Mayhem" Wardlow (Debut)

He is the official top contender for the TNT Championship.
He is set to feud with the top heel in AEW, Maxwell Jacob Friedman "MJF".
Winning "The Face of the Revolution" Ladder Match involved him defeating AEW's No. 2 wrestler, Powerhouse Hobbs.

The Number 9 Men's Wrestler in the World:
ROH World Champion: Bandido (Up 1)

The ROH Champion has represented the Disgruntled's Real Men's World Championship.
Since main event of All In, he has been one of the top independent talents.

The Number 10 Men's Wrestler in the World:
ROH (Interim) World Champion: Jonathan Gresham (Debut)

He defeated Jay Lethal (in the place of a Covid-diagnosed Bandido) to win the championship at ROH's last pre-AEW show.
He has defended the championship since winning it at any independent booking he can.

So, this leads me waiting on the AEW World Championship match. With Britt Baker and A Boy and His Dinosaur (I believe they called their finisher the Jurassic Express tonight.) retaining their championships, there is a good chance Adam Cole wins Big Platinum.

If that is the case, I would say Adam Page moves to the 10 spot while Adam Cole is the number 1 (from number 7). If Sammy can make two of the same belts look good, Cole will make the AEW and BTE (Acknowledge the most Legitimate Title in Wrestling.) titles look awesome. I think this all depends on whether or not Kenny Omega will be back for Double or Nothing.

Stadium Stampede? The Elite vs Undisputed Era?

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The Undrafted and Wrongfully Drafted

"Bull Durham" was not drafted on the Baseball Draft (A film that can only be drafted at #1)
"No Fear of a Black Hat" on the Fictional Band Mini-Mega Draft
The entire George Lucas Draft
"The Birdcage" instead of "La Cage Aux Folles" on the Drag Draft
"Road Trip" was not even mentioned during the Road Trip Draft
"Major League" instead of "Drop Zone" on the Wesley Snipes Draft
"Black Swan" instead of "Mermaids" on the Wynona Ryder Draft
"Akira" instead of "Ghost World" on the Comic Book Movie (Non-Super Hero) Draft. Tetsuo is a Supe.
"Now You See Me" instead of "Diggstown" on the Con Artist Movie Draft
"The Onion Movie" instead of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" on the Sketch Comedy Anthologies Draft
"The Big Lebowski" not being marked eight on the Coen Bros. Draft
"Labrynth" or "Dark Crystal" not receiving the number 1 or 2 spot in the Jim Henson Draft
"Stage Fright" on the Giallo Draft. It is a slasher despite the presentation.
"Assault of Precinct 13" and "Prince of Darkness" Instead of "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" on the John Carpenter Draft
"Con Air" instead of "US Marshalls" and "Universal Soldier" instead of "Time Cop " on the 90's Action Draft
"WarGames" instead of "Spies Like Us" on the Cold War Draft
"Traffic" instead of "Side Effects" on the Steven Soderbergh Draft
"Fight Club" instead of "The Virgin Suicides" on the 1999 Draft ("Suicides" made the Actor Directorial Debut Draft)
Any Kirk Douglass instead of "The Shining" being on the Kubrick Draft
"Return of the Jedi" instead of "Tokyo Drift" on the Threequels Draft (there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.")

Deserves a Second Chance

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

I find the DC movies, or at least Zack Snyder, was trying to bring comic books to the big screen as opposed to adapting comic books for the big screen. If you read, (or watch the excellent animated adaptation of) "The Dark Knight Returns", it is a very slow build to the battle between the Bat and Supe. This is regarded as one of the best threads in comics.

As a guy who fell in love with wrestling in the 1980's, the very methodical showdown is what I loved. It's a love letter to comic book fans who read and note every detail and want to try figuring out the plot before the character do. Come at the flick this way, and I think you will get something out of it.

Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a feature that dares you to be offended. When director Ben Stiller is that forthcoming like Robert Downey Sr. was with 1969's "Putney Swope", an audience saying that something is in poor taste, hence not funny, means they are afraid to make a mockery of a concept.

My own experience with junkies bankrupting me allows me to thoroughly enjoy Jack Black's making addiction seem ridiculous. Robert Downey Jr. nails his taboo performance and I would say helps the call for actors from a demographic to be the first people called on for the roles representing them. As for the "Forest Gump" knock off jokes, they serve as a way to ridicule us for what we accepted (and encouraged) as fine a decade prior. The narrative that controls the pace in the second act can drag, but the content that is delivered cannot be cut.

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