6 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Jan 26)
6. For F*ck's F*cking Sake
It is going to be an absolute nightmare.
Stephanie screams the words "Monday Night RRRAWWWW!" in a very curious manner. Is it pitched under the pretence of enthusiasm, to bait and switch fans into louder jeers when she subsequently insults them? Or is that her attempt to emulate a positive human emotion? It's impossible to tell, since she flits between face and heel whenever the f*ck she feels like it. Stephanie is driven by pure PR, and in much the same way she transparently disclosed this - philanthropy is the the future of marketing! - she cannot help but expose the entitled, patronising id at her core. So, on Sunday, expect a slew of faint praise delivered with a screeching, overbearing tone of insincerity.
"Alicia Fox - she is so passionate. She's done little to nothing in a decade-long career - but she screams hysterically, and strong women everywhere can identify with that."
The prospect is unlistenable even before we consider the phonaesthetic "quality" of her voice. It is shudder-inducing, in that Stephanie frames every word in an irksome authoritative tone despite doing nothing but being born to inherit the earth. It's this misplaced sense of achievement, a sort of anti-gravitas, that threatens to undermine - enthusiastically! - the work of 30 women on Sunday.
Renee Young received rave reviews in a fleeting commentary stint, and is an amiable and popular presence. But she didn't invent women's wrestling, so why would WWE function as a meritocracy? In a business conference this very week, Stephanie offered the following advice: Empower your teams.