My thoughts on the Pinup Strong movement

I was reading this article on WWE.com, some time ago, where they had a list of potential past and current divas who would or could join up with Beth and Natalya in there run to change the divas division. The last one on the list was Eve Torres. Really? Eve Torres for change in the divas division? When she fits the mold of a WWE Diva? Eve came in as a former dancer, and her start in the business was the WWE divas search. WWE is supposed to be the big time in the wrestling business. Eve came in the big time with no, again I say no, ring experience, and yet she became champion over divas that actually came in with experience like Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix, Natalya, etc. Yet you add Eve to a list to join a force that wants to change the divas division? I’m confused. Beth and Natalya actually came in to the big time with ring experience. Yet they can’t get a legitimate run as a champ? Or at least they couldn’t for a while. So for what I understand, the way to make it as a diva in the WWE is to come in with no experience, embarrass yourself and women wrestlers everywhere on national TV every week, and within a month you’ll have title shot.

Now I, along with a lot of others, am not a fan of John Cena’s in ring work. Yet can I really say that Cena didn’t do enough to get where he is? He was discovered working at an independent wrestling show in California by Jim Ross. Jim Ross got him to OVW which at the time was a development territory for the WWE. So, even though Cena’s offensive maneuvers are limited, the dude came in the right way.

With most everything, there are some exceptions. Trish Stratus came in with no experience. Yet she became a very good worker in the ring. Stephanie McMahon. Y’all may think I’m crazy, but y’all got to admit, she wasn’t that bad in the ring. These divas now though? The Bella Twins, Eve, Kelly Kelly...yes I give you, they look good, but their work in ring is not up to par.

Now who I think could add to the movement for change? Again, y’all may think I’m crazy, but Alicia Foxx would be a great addition. She got the skills to be good, she just needs them tuned. What better tuners can you get than Beth Phoenix and Natalya? That new diva AJ would also be a good addition for change. She actually came in with ring experience, and she can work. Why not?

Reading the dirt sheets recently I hear that WWE is gonna have Kaitlyn turn heel on AJ and join Beth Phoenix and Natayla. What kind of sense does that make? Here I was thinking this was about skill. No it seems like this is about being too thick to be a victoria secret model. Give me a break.

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12/05/2011 Raw review plus other thoughts

This is LONG overdue, and I do apologize for that. I hope this blog makes up for it.

Before getting into this week’s Raw, let me talk a little about last week. How epic was the Hot Rod? The man still got it. I hope young wrestlers in and out of the WWE watched and learned from that exchange with Cena. Let me say this, this thing with Cena and the fans, what took the WWE so long? Does anybody agree that this should’ve been done at least a couple of years ago? I say as far back as 2006 after his now infamous appearance at WWECW One Night Stand 2006. Anyway, on to this week’s Raw…

The show starts out with Cena coming to the ring. The usual kids and women screaming and the real wrestling fans booing him. Cena sucking up to the fans. It’s barf material. I’m begging Cena to go heel already. Seems like they’re teasing Cena going for the title again. Three words WWE: Just Say No! Alberto Del Rio has potential to be a better heel, but when Vickie Guerrero gets more boos than you do? Enough said. I would love to see Dolph get a title shot against Punk. Y’all see that match they had a couple of weeks ago? I saw someone online compare Punk to Bret Hart and Ziggler to Mr. Perfect. I can’t argue with that. That match was an instant classic. Why oh why did Johnny Ace become an on air character? I’m begging the fans to start chanting boring when this tool comes out. The first segment felt longer than 20 minutes. Good things that happened: Zack Ryder mention…that’s about it. Yes, I am a Zack Ryder guy. The fact that they even teased Cena getting another title shot had me screaming NO to the television set.

Randy Orton vs Miz ends in a countout. Not like the match was that good anyway. The Miz is a good heel, I give him that. Every time I think about the Miz, I think about his time on the Real World. Miz’s dream came true. WWE had turned him into a major player. Personally, I think Miz still got a little ways to go, but he’s getting better every week.

Michael Cole. WWE took the fact that everybody hated Cole, to turn Cole heel. Even when Cole was the “face” commentator, people hated him. Not because he was a heel or face, but it was because he was and still is terrible at his job. Cole still has his job, and JR has been fired many times. I don’t get the logic to tell you the truth.

All this promotion for the WWE Network, I hope it doesn’t go out like the XFL. Remember the promotion for the XFL? Yeah…

Of course I got to talk about Mr. David Hudson…ahem, Otunga…ok that’s done.

Big Kev, Big Sexy, Kevin Nash. I will admit. I am a fan. I am a mark if you will. I’m a mark for the Kliq as a whole. I don’t think a day goes by when I’m not holding up the wolf pac sign. I’m not kidding. I am also a fan of the Kevin Nash and Triple H storyline. You got two professionals that know what they can do and can’t do in the ring, and they make it work.

I can’t wait for Bryan Danielson to get his just do in the WWE. The man can work in the ring, and yet gets treated like a second class nobody on television. Plus he’s a verbal punching bag for the verbal diaretic known as Michael Cole. So Bryan getting the title has now turned into nothing more than proving Cole wrong which is not what it’s supposed to be about. Have Bryan kick Cole’s teeth down his throat, turn Cole into a manager, and bring JR back. Turning Cole manager may seem like a crappy idea, but look at it this way, we would hear and see him less. Cole is trying to be what Jerry Lawler was during the Attitude Era, and for some odd reason, WWE seems to think it’s working.

Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres get no reaction what so ever. The Divas ask for more time. They beg for more air time. Get a reaction from the crowd for a change, and you might get more time. Personally, I think WWE is sleeping on Alicia Foxx, as wrong as that reads. Blog on the divas coming later this week.

This “Social Experiment” thing on Raw has Vince McMahon written all over it. It’s that stupid. I said before I’m a Zack Ryder guy, but are we the fans supposed to believe Zack has a legitimate shot against Cena? If WWE would’ve had Cena lay down and let Ryder get the win, I wouldn’t have been mad. But WWE had to stick to the same old stuff. Using what would actually work? Seems farfetched, I know...

Zack Ryder is nothing but a money maker for the WWE that gets no respect. Zack had everyone in Madison Square Garden chanting his name. And how does the WWE repay him? Having him face not only John Cena, but Mark Henry. Remember, this is the same Vince McMahon running the show that said on tape, “The crowd loves DX, so I was going to love DX.” Now it seems to be, “The crowd loves Zack Ryder, so I’m going to screw Zack Ryder.” It’s not right. It’s not good business.

Noted after I typed the paragraph above, Zack Ryder gets the win the help of Cena. I guess I’m supposed to be satisfied, but it seems to me WWE has a tendency to wait until the fans are ready to riot to finally give them what they want.

The classic nWo theme plays over the speakers, and Kevin Nash walks to the ring with the sledge hammer. Yes I did hold the wolf pac sign as it happened.

Santino Marella. The only question I got is why? Why is he still around? What is he good for?

If Kevin would’ve hit Cole with the sledge hammer—never mind.

Dolph is money in that ring. No doubt in my mind that Dolph will be in WWE or World title hunt very soon.

Did Brodus Clay show up on Raw? I must’ve missed it if he did.

Did Johnny Ace just say that he’s mister excitement? Excite…what?!?

Miz is trying way too hard to be psycho. I see what he’s trying to do. I sorta like it, but he’s trying too hard. Let it come natural. Brian Pillman—by the way, the fact that he’s not in the Hall of Fame is ridiculous—loose cannon character was real. It looked and felt real. Miz on the other hand looks and sounds phony.

CM Punk, as always, was money on the mic. I love the fact that Punk comes out and shoots.  When Punk says he’s the voice of the voiceless, he’s right.

So this week's, December 5, 2011, edition of Raw was average at best. Was nothing spectacular in my opinion. I mean the vignette with the kid and the desk and that whole thing, is interesting. Kane coming back in the mask in what I’m assuming is one last run, is cool. Cena helping Ryder get his deserved and WAY past due US Title shot was cool as well. I am interested to see where this Cena and the fans thing is going.

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Welcome to my new blog!

Hello wrestling fans! Welcome to my wrestling blog site. For those that came from my other blog, and for those that follow me on Twitter, y’all know how big of a wrestling fan I am. Every time I watch wrestling I flood timelines with my opinion on how the show is going. When I get the means to watch and afford PPV’s, trust I will be doing the same thing. I’ve been a wrestling fan most if not all of my life. I’ve studied the business. I’ve watched and studied shoot interviews, matches, and documentaries on the business. My dad has told me time and time again that he wished there was a way I could get my foot in the door to work backstage in a wrestling company. Hey, I’d be open to it. WWE, ROH, TNA, FCW, etc, if you like what I’m saying during these blogs, hit me up. Give me a chance. I can’t fail at something that I haven’t tried.

So for this first blog, I’m going to go in on the whole CM Punk thing that’s been happening recently in the WWE. As I watch Raw and read the dirt sheets week after week to see this whole thing unfold, it reminds me of a certain WWE Hall of Famer that has his own hunting show now, The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. To me there are a lot of similarities. I heard CM Punk say in an interview that Vince doesn’t know what’s cool anymore. I’ve heard Shawn Michaels say the exact same thing. CM Punk is saying what’s on his mind and getting in trouble. Wasn’t that the main key to the original D-Generation X with Shawn and Hunter? Didn’t they go out to the ring, went off the cuff, come backstage and get chewed? So it is amazing CM Punk is in a story line with HHH. It’s like past meets present.

CM Punk has been money for Raw every show. The whole show can be a dud, but CM Punk can come out and save the show. Recently, on the 9/12/2011 edition of Monday Night Raw, a show that was heading to a PPV, the show was garbage. The build up for the title matches were awful. Yet when CM Punk and Triple H went back and forth in the ring in what I feel was a classic, it saved the show and the PPV in my opinion.

CM Punk is an advocate for change. I feel that since Beth Phoenix and Natalya are going around wanting to “save the divas division” why not have them do the same thing? Why not have Beth and Natalya say that they want change as well? Say something like, “We’re sick of being known as the bathroom break part of the show. We want our chance to show what we can do. We want our chance to show that women can wrestle too. We want change. We want the fans to react to what we do. We want the fans to enjoy and talk about the work we do more than what we’re wearing to the ring.” I’ve said for years that the WWE should have a boot camp for divas like Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, The Bellas, etc. If they’re going to be promoted as champions, they better work as champions. The fans need to believe that Kelly Kelly is a better worker than Beth or Natalya. It’s ridiculous to me that Gail Kim, Melina, Mickie James, Victoria (Tara), got pushed over for divas who’s only highlights occur on Botchamania on YouTube. When Michelle McCool and Layla were co-champions, I thought that was disrespectful to the talent of Gail Kim, Melina, Natalya…women wrestlers that can actually work in the ring and put on a good show for the fans. Don’t give me the mess that, “They’re trying their best.” Well, let’s be honest, they’re best is not even WCW material. You’re watching the same show that we the fans are watching, send them back into training to get better, especially if you’re going to push them as a champion. They have to be crisp in the ring. Mistakes have to be a minimum.

That’s it for this first blog. Hope y’all enjoyed it. Before I go I will say that I do watch TNA on occasion and every time I watch, I don’t like what I see. I’ll comment on TNA in future blogs to come. Thanks for reading. Share this with every wrestling fan you know. Heck share this with the wrestlers you follow. Friend me on FaceBook. Follow me on Twitter. Follow me on DailyBooth. Subscribe to me on YouTube. Follow my other blog. Follow this blog.

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