Rival Angels

A friend of mine who's a long-time wrestling afficiando sent me this link today, and it damn near well blew me away. Basically, Jim Cornette explains the difference between a pro wrestling booker and a sports entertainment writer, and pulls absolutely zero punches along the way. Here, I'll let you read it:

http://jimcornette.com/Commentary.html

I read this too and its really awesome. This actually ties in nicely with the recent Vince McMahon spot on E:60 last week. I've always loved Cornette's interviews and segments. The man's a genius. Seeing how things used to be and how they are today is really something else. The only question I have is can he really rag on the WWE when TNA (who he works for) is really doing the same thing? Unless there's a bigger gap between WWE's scripted material and TNA's.

Yeah, while everything he says is true, the fact he doesn't touch TNA makes me think he didn't want to shit in his own backyard, as it were *gets out his 'Fire Russo' sign*

I wouldn't say Cornette "laid down the law." More like he "set the record straight." And therein is another reason I could never be a pro wrestler, least not a famous one. Aside from my physical limitations, televised pro wrestling is too scripted, and I'm too willful to give in on such a thing. I will not let someone who doesn't have chutzpah to do such embarrassing or overly painful or harmful things themself tell me that that's what I'm doing that week. Moreover, the writers don't respect the business, and it goes hand in hand with them telling the talent they'll be doing this or that. If they did, the sport of professional wrestling would be the same as it was long ago, or, if regionalization was to be a thing of the past, it'd be rather like the AWA was. When I was little, I wanted to be a pro wrestler, because I wanted to be just like them I watched on TV on the Sunday morning recap show. As such, I still respect those who want to be pro wrestlers, but don't want to conform with the standards on televised pro wrestling. The ones who take the time to learn it and go on non-televised travelling shows, doing high school gyms and things like that. In my mind, any who does that then goes and joins TNA or WWE (I'm a stickler for alphabetising), even if they became a wrestler because they loved the business and was tired of the small time, are the real sellouts.

It may work for kids, but I grew up in an age when they had creative control over their own characters and for the most part, other than major events and match endings, they were given pretty much free reign. Where literally anything could happen and you didn't see it coming because while they were told they were going to do it, the fans hadn't seen it before, and there was no way they could have predicted it. Take this whole "Santina Marella" thing they're doing. Ever since they started having him go off about men not being allowed to compete in that particular match at WrestleMania 25, you knew Santino'd be in it in some way or another, despite being thwarted at every turn.

And don't get me started about how TNA or WWE run the women. I personally believe that if they're not going to let them fight like the men do, then they shouldn't let them at all. What's the point otherwise? Women can still be attractive and fight like men do. Lord knows, these days girls are being viewed as the more violent gender. All this "Diva" nonsense burns my blood. If a woman wanted to be a pro wrestler, why couldn't she be seriously considered for the World Heavyweight Championship, or whatever the highest title wherever they're competing might be? That's why I like Rival Angels. It paints female atheletes in a more realistic light, allowing them to compete for World titles and Tag Team titles and whatall.