Things have been pretty slow- bad weather cancelled my January 29 match in Keyser,Wv....I hate winter!
I will be quite busy, however, on Saturday, March 5, as I will be wrestling TWICE that evening: CPW in Romney,Wv @ the Romney Middle School, & IPE at the Hedgesville Fire Dept in Hedgesville,Wv-I hope to see you all at at least one of these exciting events.
I have been blogging less lately, largely due to a lack of access to the internet- they have blocked off a wide variety of websites at work, blogspot being one of them-which I find preposturous.
I realize most of you do not have the ability to access such things from your work, but, in my primary job, I sell cars. Cars salesmen, during the winter, have ALOT of down time. There are only so many hours a day you can spend attempting to get your previous clients to trade in the car they bought 6 months ago for a newer,updated model...thats where prime internet access comes in handy.
The very notion that I'd rather spend my whole day on the computer,yammering away about whatever to whomever, instead of earning my living, is ridiculous. Yet, to listen to members of management talk, thats precisely what I & others would prefer to do!
Note to employer: as "generous" as it is that you pay me $7.25 per hour for 40 hours (that I of course have to pay back out of my commissions at the end of every month) I am, in fact, unable to sustain my own standard of living, and provide adequately for my children, on that cool $1100 per month.
Thus, I need to sell- so, that being said, are you REALLY that arrogant to believe the money I'm spotted is sufficient?? And, if so, what color is the sky in YOUR world???
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My brother,Shawn, the author of the entertaining blog "Thoughts of RS",wrote a piece yesterday on former Middleweight boxing champion Carlos Monzon, & his claim that monzon was the greatest middleweight champion of all time.
Monzon was prior to my time, but I've heard this topic from my brother since I was 12, but in my opinion, Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the greatest middleweight champion ever- and not just because he was my favorite fighter,either.
I don't know if the opposition Hagler faced was inferior or superior to the competition of Monzon, I'm basing this on the sheer domination of the opposition- bonus points go for Hagler participating in the most exciting boxing bout i had ever witnessed, his legendary showdown with Thomas "Hitman" Hearns ( who was amongst my brothers favorite fighters)
I still maintain that Hagler truly defeated Sugar Ray Leonard in what turned out to be the final fight of Marvelous' career- Sugar Ray was truly an all time great, but, as watching the tape years later showed, every round of the fight went something like this: 1) Hagler scores convincingly 2) Leonard runs 3) in the last 10 seconds,Leonard steps in & flurries, which somehow convinced 2 of the 3 judges that night that he was "dictating & controlling" the pace of the fight. Bulls**t!
I lost a fair amount of interest in boxing after Hagler's controversial loss- not all, but alot, to the point that today, I probably couldn't name 10 active fighters, If they weren't active 20 years ago, which is much more common now than back then.
Until next time.....
SSS
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The King Goes for The (WWE) Crown
The weather, once again, snagged defeat from the jaws of victory, as our all but promised "winter wallop" failed to materalize in the 4 state region-AGAIN, forcing me to come to work when I was hoping to not...thus, in the midst of another boring afternoon at that known hub of excitement, the automotive dealership, I come to you with randomness & unclear thought.
Very happy to see Jerry "The King" Lawler, one of my all time favorites, "earn" a championship match at the upcoming WWE pay per view, Elimination Chamber, which is the companys last before WrestleMania.
I wrote a little bit on Lawler a few weeks ago as a "wild card" Royal Rumble winner, a different challenger that might make for an exciting program. The rumor that WWE creative read my blog, found a good idea, & ran with it, albeit 6 weeks sooner than I suggested, are as of yet unfounded.
For those of you only familiar with Lawler's work as a RAW announcer & his periodic wrestling appearances, you may ask the question: whats the big deal? I am here to tell you that its very unlikely anyone will walk away from his championship opportunity in 3 weeks disappointed.
I have studied "The King" for years-and as a wrestler, promo, & personality, he is extremely hard to top. Lawler has tremendous versatility, largely developed from his years as THE headline star on The Memphis circuit, which featured weekly towns which required creativity & a match different from the week prior.
I had the honor of working as a referee for a Lawler vs DLo Brown match several years back, and I was amazed at the ease in which he not only controlled the match, but controlled the crowd. It didn't seem like he was even working- it was so effortless. And I freely admit, which won't be a big revelation to most of you, I took alot of what I do in the ring from Jerry Lawler-ever notice the single strap singlet?- albeit not as well . Few have.
Lawler had great, even legendary, matches with some of wrestlings biggest stars of the past 40 years, including but not limited to Nick Bockwinkel, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, Curt Hennig, Jimmy Valiant, Harley Race, Ric Flair, Bill Dundee, & Andre The Giant.
Lawler also managed to have memorable feuds & matches with many lesser lights (due to the promotions sometimes tight purse strings) such as The Colossus Of Death, Lord Humongous, Dr Frank(enstein), Centurian Marsalla, The Soultaker, & "Darth Vader", to name a few.
The Miz, a tremendously charasmatic young heel himself, in some ways resembles a much younger Lawler, with his swagger,mannerisms, & penchant for bending the rules. Add the fact that the program of the "new sensation vs the old guard" usually makes for entertaining television & usually good matches, and I think we have a winning combination.
I did in fact pass on the Rumble, even with the late temptation to purchase. This time, much like I didn't miss Dusty Rhodes vs. Randy Orton in the Bullrope Match from the Bash 2007 ( That match turned out not so good, although the build up was strong) I think its very unlikely that Lawler vs Miz will miss the mark...and this "mark" probably won't miss it.
Until next time...
SSS
Very happy to see Jerry "The King" Lawler, one of my all time favorites, "earn" a championship match at the upcoming WWE pay per view, Elimination Chamber, which is the companys last before WrestleMania.
I wrote a little bit on Lawler a few weeks ago as a "wild card" Royal Rumble winner, a different challenger that might make for an exciting program. The rumor that WWE creative read my blog, found a good idea, & ran with it, albeit 6 weeks sooner than I suggested, are as of yet unfounded.
For those of you only familiar with Lawler's work as a RAW announcer & his periodic wrestling appearances, you may ask the question: whats the big deal? I am here to tell you that its very unlikely anyone will walk away from his championship opportunity in 3 weeks disappointed.
I have studied "The King" for years-and as a wrestler, promo, & personality, he is extremely hard to top. Lawler has tremendous versatility, largely developed from his years as THE headline star on The Memphis circuit, which featured weekly towns which required creativity & a match different from the week prior.
I had the honor of working as a referee for a Lawler vs DLo Brown match several years back, and I was amazed at the ease in which he not only controlled the match, but controlled the crowd. It didn't seem like he was even working- it was so effortless. And I freely admit, which won't be a big revelation to most of you, I took alot of what I do in the ring from Jerry Lawler-ever notice the single strap singlet?- albeit not as well . Few have.
Lawler had great, even legendary, matches with some of wrestlings biggest stars of the past 40 years, including but not limited to Nick Bockwinkel, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, Curt Hennig, Jimmy Valiant, Harley Race, Ric Flair, Bill Dundee, & Andre The Giant.
Lawler also managed to have memorable feuds & matches with many lesser lights (due to the promotions sometimes tight purse strings) such as The Colossus Of Death, Lord Humongous, Dr Frank(enstein), Centurian Marsalla, The Soultaker, & "Darth Vader", to name a few.
The Miz, a tremendously charasmatic young heel himself, in some ways resembles a much younger Lawler, with his swagger,mannerisms, & penchant for bending the rules. Add the fact that the program of the "new sensation vs the old guard" usually makes for entertaining television & usually good matches, and I think we have a winning combination.
I did in fact pass on the Rumble, even with the late temptation to purchase. This time, much like I didn't miss Dusty Rhodes vs. Randy Orton in the Bullrope Match from the Bash 2007 ( That match turned out not so good, although the build up was strong) I think its very unlikely that Lawler vs Miz will miss the mark...and this "mark" probably won't miss it.
Until next time...
SSS
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