Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Here’s a really long and good article from reader, all about getting your push killed through no fault of your own.
Hey Scott, Bill Chase from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada here. Been a fan since I was 4, I'm now 27. Here's something I put together recently, I hope you enjoy.
Lugered, def:
(1) An invented wrestling term, where someone is hyped up so big for a major title win, and then it doesen't happen derailing momentum to epic amounts of failure.
(2) Derived from wrestler, Lex Luger.
(3) Triple H has "Lugered" more people than anyone.
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Tags: 1994, 2000, Batista, Booker T, Bret Hart, Canada, Chris Jericho, ECW, Edge, Elimination Chamber, Goldberg, HHH, Hulk Hogan, JBL, John Cena, Lex Luger, Lost, Macho Man, Matt Hardy, Monday Night Wars, Nitro, NWA, NWO, Politics, Randy Orton, RAW, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Rob Van Dam, Royal Rumble, RVD, Shane McMahon, Shawn Michaels, Smackdown, Starrcade, Steve Austin, Sting, Terry Funk, The Rock, TNA, Toronto, TV, Undertaker, WCW, Wrestlemania, WWE, WWF
Posted in Rants | 115 Comments »
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Was this Wrestlemania officially called Wrestlemania 2000? I've always wondered that.
To this date I don't understand how the WWF missed so badly on this card when they were on a ridiculous roll. But at the same time I'm not shocked because the McMahon family had to get involved on a much larger scale than necessary.
Anyway before we get into this I though Elimination Chamber was solid. It's a two-match card and both matches were good enough with the Smackdown match being better. C.M. Punk's whole Jim Jones shtick is a thing of beauty. And like I said earlier, I feared for the life of that pyro technician that almost killed the Undertaker. I don't think Mean Mark takes apologies very well.
Enjoy
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Tags: 2000, Elimination Chamber, HHH, NWA, Politics, RAW, Shane McMahon, Smackdown, The Rock, Undertaker, Vince McMahon, Wrestlemania, WWF
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2005
- Live from Fresno, CA.
- Your hosts are JR, King, Cole and Tazz.
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Tags: 24, Batista, Booker T, DDP, Edge, Heroes, HHH, House, JBL, John Cena, Politics, Randy Orton, RAW, Royal Rumble, Shawn Michaels, Shelton Benjamin, Smackdown, Steve Austin, Sting, Undertaker, Wrestlemania, WWE
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
(Apparently this Bret Hart guy is all the rage right now among the kids, so here’s a repost of the DVD rant from 2004, with some formatting and spelling errors fixed)
The SmarK DVD Rant for Bret Hart: The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be.
So here's how this is gonna work -- I've of course been hit by endless requests for this DVD, but didn't get the DVD until recently. I managed to watch the documentary portion previously and posted thoughts to the blog, but everyone wanted rants for the matches included, too, and I didn't really feel like going back to take notes on the documentary portion to do the entire DVD set. So the documentary portion is going to be a guest rant by longtime blog contributor and friend of mine Princess, who covered most of what I would have written about it anyway, and then we'll hit the matches with fresh rants for stuff I haven't done before or haven't done in a long time. For time reasons and for reasons of efficiency, I copied stuff where my opinions haven't changed or where an updated version wasn't going to be different enough to warrant a redo.
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Tags: 1994, 24, Andre the Giant, Attitude, Bob Backlund, Boston Garden, Bret Hart, British Bulldogs, Canada, Dusty Rhodes, DVD, ECW, Edge, Goldberg, Hart Foundation, HHH, House, Intercontinental title, Jeff Jarrett, Lita, Locke, Lost, Midnight Express, Montreal, Mr. Perfect, MSG, Politics, Rants, RAW, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Royal Rumble, Slick, SNME, Starrcade, Steve Austin, Sting, The Rock, The Wrestler, Toronto, Undertaker, Vince McMahon, Vince Russo, WCW, Wrestlemania, Wrestlemania III, WWE, WWF
Posted in Rants | 35 Comments »
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Scott,
Firstly, hello from a long-time reader going back to the Netcop days. I've dug your stuff for . . . Jesus, much longer a time than I ever realized until I thought about it just now. A while. I've been blogging at www.stevelikestocurse.com for three and a half years or so now, and while most of my time is spent pissing and moaning about politics and pop culture, or making profane comics with Star Trek screencaps and action figures, I write the occasional wrestling article, too.
The last month or so, inspired by your recent all-time tag teams poll tournament, I've been writing a fantasy wrestling series about a tournament featuring 64 legends of wrestling from all over the world and all eras, summoned to the present thanks to the unexpected discovery of chronotons and tachyons by those clever guys working on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. (I'm surprised it hasn't made more news, honestly.) It's a big and diverse group, including everyone from Ed "Strangler" Lewis and Rikidozan, all the way down to present-day darlings like Bryan Danielson and Go Shiozaki. It's been fun to write so far.
I'm four weeks in to what will eventually be a nine-week project (eight groups of eight, one per week, then the eight group-winners compete for the tournament title in week nine), and if you could find it in your great Canadian heart to favor me with a plug, I'd love to see what the rest of your readers think about it.
The results from groups one through four, as well as the subsequent episodes when I post them, can be found at:
http://www.stevelikestocurse.com/tag/wli
Thanks for the time, Scott, and for all the good work over the years.
Tags: Bryan Danielson, Legends, Politics, Pop Culture
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW - October 25 1993 (plus a BONUS match!)
- Taped from Poughkeepsie, NY.
- Your hosts are Vince & Bobby, as Savage is injured due to Crush.
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Tags: Jeff Jarrett, Lex Luger, Monday Night RAW, Politics, RAW, Shawn Michaels, WWE
Posted in Rants | 16 Comments »
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Hey Scott,
I live in Connecticut so I have been made well-aware of this for awhile but what are your thoughts on Linda McMahon running for the Senate?? I don't think she has a chance in heck as a Republican in this state but the rumor is that she has a $30 million war chest ready for the campaign. I don't see this going well for her or for the WWE, the company tends to flounder when the McMahons focus on other things. On the other hand...the thought of the McMahons having a hand in our nation's government amuses me to no end. – Sean
Well again I must point out that I know or care absolutely nothing about politics in general, US or otherwise, so I don’t really know what powers the Senate holds. Here in Canada you get appointed to the position for being good friends with whoever is in charge that week and don’t really do anything, but I’m assuming it’s different down there. That being said, a general rule is that any non-wrestling endeavour undertaken by any member of the McMahon family is bound to end in disaster, so I don’t like her chances.
Tags: Canada, Politics, WWE
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW - September 27 1993
- JACK TUNNEY~! Announces that Shawn Michaels has failed to fulfill contractual stuff and missed dates and thus is STRIPPED of the Intercontinental title. For those keeping track, this was his first time dropping a title without dropping it in the ring. The "actual" reason was Shawn failing a drug test, but Shawn still denies that one, so who the hell knows what the real reason was. Either way, he's gone for a while. So next week it's a battle royale, and the last two face off for the title the week after that.
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- Live from New Haven, CT, as the post-Manhattan Center era begins.
- Your hosts are Vince, Bobby and Macho.
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Tags: Bob Backlund, Edge, Gorilla Monsoon, House, Intercontinental title, Macho Man, Monday Night RAW, Mr. Perfect, Politics, Randy Savage, RAW, Shawn Michaels, TV, Wrestlemania, WWF
Posted in Rants | 25 Comments »
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
http://jimcornette.com/Commentary.html
I prefer when he sticks to wrestling, because politics bores me and the only news shows I watch are The Colbert Report and TMZ, so I’m kind of out of the loop on “real” issues anyway. But there you go anyway.
Tags: Politics
Posted in Rants | 38 Comments »
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Anyone watching the "Top 100 Fights” series on Spike? Really awesome stuff and it’s got me very pumped for UFC 100 on Saturday. It’s a tad political to say the least, but it just makes it all the better when Dana White completely BURIES Tito Ortiz when introducing his fights (and they only show the fights he loses, of course). And it’s mainly a Couture lovefest, of course, but he’s probably the best UFC fighter of all-time, so why not? The politics probably mean that my all-time favorite fight, Frank Shamrock v. Tito Ortiz, won’t make the list, and neither will the Ken Shamrock v. Tito Ortiz one either. But the list has been excellent otherwise, with a good mix of newer and older stuff and even respect paid to the freakshow early days with Royce Gracie and Tank Abbot.
Question is, is there any serious contender to #1 other than Griffin v. Bonnar? Guess we’ll find out tomorrow night.
Tags: Politics, UFC
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