Daniel Richerson vs WWE

It was a little after Kofi Kingston won the WWE Championship. It was a special time to be a westling fan. A black WWE Champion. A Champion kids from the hood could look at and say, "It can happen for me as well." Then Smackdown October 4, 2019, they booked Kofi to lose the Brock in 8 seconds. All the build up, All the pre Wrestlemania story how Kofi fought for 11 years to get to that spot, held the title for 6 months to lose in 8 seconds to a part timer. I want to say that was the last straw for me watching the WWE product. Around the same time frame, at a PPV Hell in A Cell, Seth Rollins and The Fiend (Bray Wyatt) had by far the worse Hell in A Cell matches of ALL Hell In A Cell matches. I had enough. The hashtag #CancelWWENetwork was trending as it would often for bad WWE shows, I finally took heed. The ONLY reason I was hesitant to do so was the NXT Takeover shows  that 9/10 never miss. 

Then I started thinking about the racism in WWE. Roddy Piper going black face against Bad News Brown. Triple H going over Booker T at Wrestlemania 19 which many agree that was the wrong decision. I'm a fan of the Kliq. The Kliq consisting of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Sean Waltman, and Triple H. I still hold up the "too sweet" gesture at random times because of the Kliq. A gesture that is similar to the gesture done by the Zeta Phi Beta Soroity. I consider myself a Kliq guy, but Triple H is full of crap when he says that storyline had nothing to do with race. Give me a break. I can recall when WWE had a group of black champions, and all the black champions put a group selfie online. Not to long after that, some of them ended up dropping the titles. Linda McMahon being in Trump's cabinet. That has nothing to do with the WWE product it just didn't sit well with me. In 2005, Vince McMahon was talking to John Cena talking about, "What's good in the hood?" If that wasn't cringe worthy itself, he ended up saying "Keep it up, my nigga." In. Front. Of. Booker. T. And. His. Wife. Sharmell! WWE's response to the backlash, "Mr. MacMahon is just a character just like on any TV show." For the record, Vince is the owner of the company. He over books just about everything that is said on his programming. So forgive me when I call bull---on that. 

I mentioned before I'm a Kliq guy but I got to call some of them out too. Sean Waltman and Triple H doing a sketch of the Nation of Domination. Sean Waltman black faced as Mark Henry. Triple H black faced as the Rock. All that plus the complete disappointment in the booking of shows, I just got sick of being disappointment. WWE making claim of how important the fans are to the product, which is true, but any fan with eyes, can tell WWE could give a crap about what the fans want to see 75% of the time. Especially Raw and Smackdown, the "Main" roster. Wasting talent like Samoa Joe, Mickie James, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Eric Young, Zack Ryder, Moxley, among others. If you're going to hire workers based on buzz, at least book them right. 

The WWE and the 3rd Party situation...needless to say, I'm done with World Wrestling Entertainment for the foreseeable future. Now me not watching probably won't change anything about anything. WWE is still going on. I still keep up with sites like Cultaholic, and WhatCulture Wrestling, and WrestlingsNewsSource.

Kevin Nash once said, "I love it when  a mark says, 'That was the worst PPV I've ever seen, and I won't ever order one again until the next one.'" I didn't want to continue to be that guy. I still love wrestling. I just don't like WWE is treating it. I do keep up with All Elite Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling fka TNA both of whom are presenting a great product in my opinion. And with all of this that was said, all this was just my thoughts. May not be your thoughts, and that's ok. You're free to post on your own blog your thoughts. Like I'm free to post this. Like Jim Cornette is free to spill his verbal diarrhea. Like they say, Opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one. 

Daniel Richerson

THOUGHTS ON SOME CURRENT WRESTLING THINGS

According to the average wrestling fan through social media, WWE is going down the wrong direction, however, if you look at some of the in ring veterans through social media, WWE is heading in the right direction. It's the classic worker vs "smart mark" war that's been going on for decades. I'm not going to say who's right or wrong. Nor am I going to go after a hall of famer because i disagree with his or her opinion by calling them "part of the problem." 

I did not watch the latest Saudi Arabia show that WWE did because I didn't want to and because I don't necessarily agree with how Saudi Arabia handles business. I did however through social media see the results of the show, and like most I didn't understand the decision to have Bill Goldberg win a major championship over a current superstar. For one this is not 1998 anymore. Goldberg is not a spring chicken. Now the argument comes, neither is Jericho, but the difference is Chris Jericho is on TV every week. He's in our faces enough for us to buy the fact that he's still in the spot that he is in.

The Fiend was one of the more interesting characters that WWE has produced in a long while. It was different and it was working. The FireFly Funhouse was working. Only to lose in quick fashion to...Bill Goldberg.

Goldberg was one of my favorites to watch growing up until I noticed that he wasn't as good as they were trying to present him to be. I noticed this before I started reading the dirt sheets and watching shoot interviews.

All that aside, to play devil's advocate, Goldberg is getting his money. Who would turn down a spot where you don't have to work long matches and you're still considered to be a top guy? As I'm typing this it looks like it's Goldberg vs Roman for Wrestlemania. So we'll see how this goes.

Cedric Alexander and Ricochet ideally could help make the US Title mean something again. The US Title should be like what the IC title was back in the 80s and 90s which was a workhorse title. Add Cedric and Ricochet in the mix with Andrande and the matches I feel could steal any show it's put on.

Speaking of Ricochet, I don't think there's enough outrage toward the way his match with Brock Lesnar. Ricochet didn't get a chance to showcase his skills. He was nothing more than a dummy for Brock to F5 and pin. It reminded me of the way Kofi lost the WWE championship to Brock. It does nothing for Kofi or Ricochet to lose like that and let me say that I don't think it does anything for Brock either. We know that Brock is a legit bad---So him making quick work of two established athletes proves nothing. I'm trying to look past the fact that both Ricochet and Kofi are black, but how can I?

I have been keeping up with the AEW product. It's not a perfect product, but I can say that I feel it's a great product. One thing I will say and I know some agree with me is that the Women's division needs a bigger belt. That small belt in the hands of somebody the size of Nyla looks like a toy. The whole Cody Rhodes and MJF storyline is nothing short of tremendous. Jon Moxley being the one to take the belt off Chris Jericho I think it was a good choice. AEW should definitely stay on Wednesday nights. All this jabber about moving to Monday nights is ridiculous. Don't do it. Continue to build your audience. Continue to present the best product you can. Don't make the mistake TNA did and try to recreate the Monday night wars. Leave that stuff in the late 90s. It's 2020.

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