Please Let ECW R.I.P

I am a late to the show(as usual) ECW fan. The only wrestling I got to watch when ECW started was WCW and WWE because I wasn't in a region that carried ECW.  I remember watching commercials for a ECW pay per view at my friend Fletcher's house, who got ECW because his family had the money to get one of those gigantic satellite dishes where you could watch Chinese game shows and games of cricket on a regular basis if that is what you wanted to do..Fletch's house was also always stocked with food too..it was awesome. But, I digress.

As I watched the commercial I saw guys hitting each other with garbage can lids, powerbombing each other through tables lit on fire,hitting each other with Kendo sticks, barb wire, thumb tacks, and cookie pans. I was confused, interested, and skeptical about this crazy style of wrestling. I had NO idea that this organization would turn out to be the farm system that fueled the Monday Night Wars between WWE and WCW with not only talent, but ideas as well. However, after I left Fletch's house I forgot all about ECW, because as I said, I wasn't in a region that carried ECW, and because me and Fletch weren't that tight. Regardless of his stocked pantry.

Classic Just Watch: Price Check On Jackass

This scene is a supermarket brawl between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Booker T that some would say is and example of how damn good Stone Cold is, and they would be right, but if you can't see the the brilliance that is Booker T then I suggest you get your eyes checked. Just watch and enjoy.

Note To Wrestlers: Quit Telling Me What You're Bad At

Imagine you're trying to sell something to someone. Now, you're not going to tell the potential customer "Well, this product isn't the best. It doesn't do this and it  doesn't do that, but it does this really well." because if you draw attention to perceived negatives the potential customer isn't going to fork over their hard earned money to buy your product. No, you're going to focus on what the product does really well, and even kinda stretch the truth about just how good it is at what it does to get the potential customer to put money in your pocket.  Common sense stuff, right?
Apparently, the next generation of wrestlers skipped wrestling school the day they were teaching that. I say that because, and he isn't the first nor will he be the last, Daniel Bryan cut a promo that made me think "Why the hell did they put a title on this guy?" instead of "Damn, I want to see more of this guy!" Now, I know that Bryan is on a short list of guys who can have a great match with a mop so, of course, when a match between him and Dolph Ziggler(AKA The Guy Who Makes Everyone Look Fantastic) is announced I'm going to watch because I know I am going to get a great match.

How The Attitude Era Hurt The WWE

I was roughly four years old when I began to watch wrestling in the mid-80s, and what captured my attention was the characters that would fill my television screen. Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, Junkyard Dog, King Kong Bundy, The Rockers, Legion of Doom, Ultimate Warrior, and so on, were some of the characters that made wrestling appointment television for me every Saturday night and Sunday morning.  I remember getting so excited when I heard the Ultimate Warrior's theme song that I would jump up and beat my chest like he did until it hurt. All I knew about the Ultimate Warrior was that he was....a ultimate warrior. I didn't know that his real name was Jim Hellwig or that he wasn't actually from Parts Unknown. He was just a badass who ran to the ring and smashed fools.