So the biggest major story in wrestling right now has nothing to do with the product of either company. It’s about the beef between CM Punk and Chris Brown. A twitter beef. Of course WWE being a business company, it’s going to milk this for all it’s worth. The little I know about it, you got Chris Brown accusing CM Punk of using steroids and then of course we all know Chris Brown’s violent history if you will, and CM Punk has been running with that. Even got people talking about #TeamChrisBrown or #TeamCMPunk. Even got the IWC, Internet Wrestling Community, talking about a potential match between CM Punk and Chris Brown. WWE is on the verge of their biggest PPV of the year with Triple H vs Undertaker in Hell In A Cell, John Cena vs The Rock, CM Punk vs Chris Jericho…and yet the big story is about CM Punk and Chris Brown.
Now I could easily go in on Chris Brown and Rhianna and how stupid that whole thing is, but this is my wrestling blog. So I shall stick to wrestling. CM Punk is one of if not the best talkers working in the wrestling business today. On my top list, he’s right under Shawn Michaels, who proved that he even when he doesn’t watch the product, he can come back for one night and still hold the crowd in the palm of his hand on the mic. Chris Brown, I mean he can rap a little bit, but is he seriously trying to out talk CM Punk? Why not pick somebody easy like a diva? I mean none of them are good on the mic. You can run with that one however you want. I think Chris Brown is under the impression that CM Punk is just another “fake wrestler.” I believe that CM Punk is bred from the old school of wrestling. Old School being they’ll fight you in a bar as quickly as they’ll fight you in the ring.
I also believe that Chris Brown is under the impression that all wrestlers use steroids. Well CM Punk could be under the impression that all R&B singers dye their hair blonde, beat up women that come running back to you, and throw chairs at windows. Not fair to put everyone in one category because of the stupidity of a couple of people, am I right or wrong? In one way I think this whole thing is good for wrestling due to the fact that Chris Brown still has millions of fans despite of his issues. Let’s say Chris Brown appears on WWE programming. That’s more viewers for the WWE so it’s a win. In another way, I think this whole thing is taking away from Wrestlemania coverage. Just my opinion.
So I watched Impact Wrestling recently for the first time in I don’t know how long, and after watching it, I was wishing I didn’t. I didn’t watch the whole episode, but I wasn’t impressed with what I saw. First thing I remember is Hogan and Eric Bischoff once again being in the spotlight. I guess you can say that at least they’re not in the main event. Yes, true but Hogan vs Bischoff is 90s written all over it, and I’m sorry, but that was 20 years ago. Impact Wrestling needs to make an impact. ECW was such a thorn in WWE’s side that WWE started taking what ECW was doing as their own. TNA is not even a thorn in the side of ROH. Impact Wrestling has the talent to do it, it just has to be done. Maybe it’s the not the talent, but the brains behind it. I admit I don’t watch Impact Wrestling much, but I’m going to start watching when I can. One because believe it or not, I do want Impact Wrestling to work so wrestling as a whole can be fun again. Two, to actually have an opinion of the product, I have to at least watch and keep up with the product, right?
I know it’s been a while since the last blog. I hope this blog makes up for it. Share your thoughts below, on Twitter, or Facebook. Share this around with other wrestling fans. I hope to be back sooner rather than later. Until then…
Stay Saved,
Daniel Richerson aka Big Dusty
