*This blog post was started on September 4, 2023.
I know, the title is a simple association. My attempts to be Penn Jillette clever can be weak at times. But, if you have read "Sock" by Jillette, his little pop song references can be too subtle for their own good.
It is a bit ironic to use the word manic in the blog post title for myself. My head feels like it screwed on fairly well right now. I say that as I wonder if I sent the wrong emoji to a girl that I have been chatting with the past week from Bumble. She has COVID right now, so obviously, to get immediate responses should not be expected. Ghosting has not occurred with this lass, but, has the corona virus ever been used to get out of a date? Times have only been made weirder since the Trump administration killed the study of infectious disease.
These odd times might be getting to me. If I do something that comes off as stupid, I can see a customer losing their cool and insulting me as a customer service representative. Being "felt sorry for" because I wear a mask and am triple boosted by a moron from Tuscola, Illinois (Wouldn't you know that the big city Angie Zindars group up near and Marissa Embry found work), who does not know how to read receipts expecting me to wait patiently on really got on my nerves recently. It makes me consider wearing my lanyard that has my keys to the building around my neck. "Ask me my pronouns," would at least make that cocksucker (Jillette says this word either represents an awful man or an awesome woman.) genuinely uncomfortable.
To be insulted, $25 an hour seems to be a fair wage. That is the price of a lap dance at Big Al's in Peoria, my preferred strip club. Sadly, my friends from that industry can attest to the treatment they receive.
I wonder if I still have any friends in that industry. Perhaps my attempt to out grow Peoria has finally concluded. There are rumors that I have been chasing down about good friends who are still in the industry, but the last couple of visits, there are hardly any girls dancing on stage (Two shows in one hour was the rate last time.). To the Al's credit, a double Johnny Walker Black on the rocks only costs $12 before 2 am on Sundays.
I have kind of scattered my mind talking about employment. But after this weekend in wrestling, the transition between my employment and that industry is fairly easy.
The Current Disgruntled's Real Pro-Wrestling Champions
Title Histories from April 16, 2023 Forward.
Before I get going, I kind of wish that Cody Rhodes would have defeated Roman Reigns back at WrestleMania XXXIX. If I would have known that asshole CM Punk would try to claim that he was undeservingly stripped of the AEW World Championship, he may have been able to claim the DRCW Modern Poser Championship.
I was working (obviously) on Saturday, September 2, when CM Punk was terminated from All Elite Wrestling. Not wanting to deal with the crowd (and maybe not spending money so extravagantly), resulted in me deciding to watch the show from home. If my little brother was more forthcoming that he was attending the show, my decision would have been different. No date for Monday (which she has since responded to this morning's text), energy was not something I would need for today.
When I found out that was his plan, we discussed Punk a bit. Basically, I determined that he was the most insincere person in the wrestling industry, dating all the way back to 2011. Returning to WWE after the pipe bomb promo essentially ruined indie wrestling until the Bullet Club was formed. Lets face it, it was Being the Elite starting in the middle of 2016 that made Americans look for WWE alternatives. Maybe Jeff Jarrett started that ball rolling in 2015 by allowing for the American broadcast of Wrestle Kingdom 9, but having dealt with a friend who just would not put the effort to find indie wrestling, I do not give that much weight.
Punk should have stayed away from WWE until he worked somewhere else. WWE could not afford that. Punk knew this and took a payday and headaches for it. He was right to walk out of WWE, but he had no intention to put in any effort to save the business like he implied when returning to WWE in the first place. If anything, "The Art of Wrestling" podcast was an attempt to burn television wrestling down to benefit the UFC. When he realized he had to pay to do that, it resulted in him throwing his best friend under the bus.
I did not care if CM Punk ever returned to wrestling. Was I happy that he did? Yes. It showed how influential AEW was becoming. But did I feel like it was a slap in the face of all the indie talent he spat on when I was very active in the business? Yes. Did I expect him to continue doing that? Yes. Did I want him to be the face of the company? Fuck no.
He was a man who thought the business should revolve around him. Great matches is the reason that I watch AEW Collision. A man who has never been humble a day in his life deserves no eyes on him.
After all of this venting, I guess it is a good thing that Reigns went over in April's main event. We can forget that the Real World Championship ever existed.
His reign began when Kazuchika Okada defeated IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White.
The Current Real Women's World Champion:
Women's World Champion: Rhea Ripley
Her reign began when Toni Storm defeated the AEW Women's Champion Jayme Hayter on May 28, 2023. Hayter needed to be written off for injury, so the match was good, but nothing compared to when Hayter defeated Storm for the AEW Interim Women's World Championship.
The 51st DRCW Real Women's World Champion:
AEW Women's World Champion: Jayme Hayter
Her reign began when Asuka defeated Bianca Belair for the Raw Women's Championship in Saudi Arabia on May 27, 2023.
What happens in Saudi Arabia should stay in Saudi Arabia. I think Toni Storm versus Jayme Hayter was the best women's match of 2022. Hence, I think Hayter deserves to be in this title lineage. Belair would eventually win the rechristened Raw championship in a triple-threat match, to immediately lose the WWE Women's Championship to a Money in the Bank Cash In by Iyo Sky. The third member of the triple-threat match was Charlotte Flair who I (and most of the Internet) deem as an over-pushed performer.
Ripley defeated Flair for the Smackdown/Women's World Championship. This win should have happened in 2021, if not early.
The 50th DRCW Real Women's World Champion:
Raw Women's Champion: Bianca Belair
Her reign lasted from September 4, 2022 to May 27, 2023.
His reign began on August 30, 2020, winning the title from Bray Wyatt.
The Current DRCW Real Men's Tag Team Champions:
AEW World Tag Team Champions:
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)(2).
Their second reign began when Finn Balor and Damien Priest defeated WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn on September 2, 2023.
Losing to a franken team who is flirting around a faction implosion storyline is not a good look. It is the WWE using the titles as props instead of providing them with meaning.
The 152nd DRCW Real Men's Tag Team Champions:
WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
Their reign lasted from April 1, 2023 to September 2, 2023.
The Current DRCW Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles Champions:
GHC Tag Team Champions:
Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley
Their reign started on July 15, 2023 when Subculture defeated Chris Bey and Ace Austin for the Impact World Tag Team Championship.
This is disappointing when you have Judgement Day just winning the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship and Better Than You Bay Bay winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship. I really want to put this title with an American televised promotion, but Impact cares about their tag team division right now with established teams taking the reigns. Thatcher and Huxley (Real) are a subdivision of a faction and are still reigning.
His third reign began when Scorpio Sky swapped the AEW TNT Championship with Sammy Guevara on April 15, 2022.
His dominance is a pity because Orange Cassidy is far more deserving at this point. The AEW All Atlantic/International Championship just headlined an AEW pay-per-view. But, Joe has lost to world champions firmly securing this belt's status as the premier secondary championship. It is sad that Joe cannot win a big one.
With AEW Collision possibly needing a champion since the "Real" champion is gone, perhaps Moxley will elevate the International Championship even higher.
It feels good to bullshit about wrestling again, and at least I am making something out of a weekday off. The biggest takeaway right now is that promotions are doing their damndest to make their titles mean something. As long as they are not going head-to-head, the age of shock TV maybe gone for good.
Of course, WWE could take a chance on Punk. A Wednesday show with him at the helm could weaken AEW Dynamite. I guess that will be Endeavor's call.
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