Sunday, May 8, 2022

Head On...into the Unknown: My Life and Women's Wrestling

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Head On...into the Unknown: My Life and Women's Wrestling

So the blog titles are bleeding in to the nineties now. I suppose it cannot be helped. Until "Return of the Jedi", the first part of the eighties were a little blurry. There was "Flash Gordon", but that album only has a couple of tracks with actual lyrics. The title song will not help to describe my life. Lets just forget about "The Hero".

Why am I suggesting my future is unknown? It feels like all I can do is take life one day at a time. My finances are stable, but there is always the unexpected expense to fear. Therapy seems overpriced, but not surprising. We will have to break that down after the next appointment.

But, money is the only thing to worry about, and that is just something I philosophically want to avoid worrying about. If there is anything tense about it right now, it is that I have to actually pay for Zoom. Who would have thought that the Dwayne Johnson/Karl Urban based on a video game feature, "Doom" is going to bring out the most people wanting to record a podcast?

Another financial punch might be needing to find cooler music for the podcast. If you are going to be working with "Wheel of Horror", my uplifting theme by "The Smithereens" may not fit the proposed episode. I may just wait until this four-person, multi-time zone episode is in the can.

Just take the hit for Zoom. I do not want to miss out on the promo code. Why else would I have gotten another credit card?

Well, there are medical expenses. I cannot cost my folks $500 a month. And who knows what the cost of "Forbidden Door" tickets are going to run me. Better to have than wish.

My only wish is for a surprising death. Retirement is for those with college degrees. Hence why we need student loan forgiveness. A degree with debt leaves you in as bad a condition as me.

I am just worried about a static life right. I get enough static bullocks with the wrestling scene. We need competition just so we can get some hot shot booking to make my rankings seem more interesting.

The Disgruntled's Women's Wrestling Power Ranking (5/08/2022):

I am not saying that I want world titles to change hands frequently, but when all promotions are just keeping the same champions, it does not encourage you to watch the other promotion. Hollywood Hogan held the WCW belt for nearly two years, and it should have been a good idea (Starrcade 97 proved otherwise.). WWF knew they did not have an icon at the time, so they had to surround their championship with drama instead of sport.

Right now, wrestling promotions are too concerned with creating new icons. WWE is not even thinking about anything else. So, needless to say, "WrestleMania: Backlash" is not really impressing me, with the exception of Edge getting a better booked House of Black.

I will give the Smackdown Women's Championship "I Quit" match credit, but that is just a course correction. So, do not expect Rhonda to rank at the top.

The Number One Women's Wrestler in the World:
Thunder Rosa (Up 7 spots)

She is the current Disgruntled's Women's Real World Champion.
She is the current AEW Women's World Champion.
She is the only current Western, televised wrestling women's champion with a secondary title holder beneath her further cementing her importance.
Serena Deeb is the next top contender. If AEW plays up that this is the woman who took the NWA title from Rosa, we can lead to thinking that a title change is possible.

The Number Two Women's Wrestler in the World:
Bianca Belair (Up 4 Spots).

She is the current Raw Women's Champion (A belt that has been recognized as the Real World Championship).
She has yet to lose at WrestleMania.
The Raw women's roster is being booked better, so she should get the finest contender.

The Number Three Women's Wrestler in the World:
Rhonda Rousey (Up 6 Spots)

She is the current SmackDown Women's Champion (A belt that has been recognized as the Real World Championship).
She just won the title in the best Charlotte Flair performance that I have seen since WrestleMania 35.
A Money in the Bank Cash In is the only way I could see her lose to a SmackDown woman.

The Number Four Women's Wrestler in the World:
Kamille

She his the current NWA Women's World Champion (A recognized world title by DRCW).
The NWA Women's World Championship was being used as a secondary title briefly in AEW, hence it cannot outrank a primary championship.
She is by far the most imposing of all Women's Champions at this time.

Fightful.com: NWA's Kamille, UWN TV Title Match Announced For 9/15 United Wrestling Network PPV

The Number Five Women's Wrestler in the World:
Syuri

She defeated Utami Hayashishita to win the World of Stardom Championship (A belt recognized as the Real World Championship) in a Winner-Take-All Bout (Syuri defended and retained the SWA World Championship).
She was one of the first women to compete at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom (15).

The Number Six Women's Wrestler in the World:
Zoey Skye

She is the current Shimmer Champion (A recognized world title by DRCW).
Impact did their best to protect the previous champion, Kimber Lee, by putting her in tag team matches and as the second to their Women's Champion.
She currently lacks a Wikipedia page. This may mean that she will be the next big thing, but it will be a while before we can prove that.

The Number Seven Women's Wrestler in the World:
Jade Cargill (Debut)

She is the inaugural TBS Champion.
She has been victorious in at least 31 matches and has yet to lose. Only a hot free agent signing has the chance to beat her.

The Number Eight Women's Wrestler in the World:
Mercedes Martinez (Debut)

She is the unified ROH Women's World Champion.
She unified her interim ROH title by defeating 2020's top performer for Impact Wrestling, Deonna Purrazzo.

The Number Nine Women's Wrestler in the World:
Becky Lynch (Down 7 Spots)

After Charlotte Flair had her arm broken tonight, Lynch is the most intriguing contender for either Women's Championship.
Until she lost at WrestleMania 38, she was essentially undefeated since winning both the SmackDown and Raw Championships at WrestleMania 35.

The Number 10 Women's Wrestler in the World:
Tasha Steelz (Debut)

The current Impact Knockouts Champion.
She and Kiera Hogan were the inaugural Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions.
When Hogan left for AEW, Steelz has been pushed to the top noting her importance to the company.

This was not as painful an exercise that I thought it would be. WrestleMania season served as a nice reset. I just wish we had this kind of drama year round. It makes the fantasy booking a lot more worthwhile.

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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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Sunday, May 8, 2022