At one point TNA had all of their ground covered when it came to death related character. They had Homicide on the roster, who was a solid X-Division wrestler who deserved a better push. Then they had a man named Suicide who came from a videogame. No joke. The TNA Impact videogame made you play as a character named Suicide. This character made the jump to real life, and somehow the announcers didnt question how that was physically possible. Even worse than his digital birth was that creative decided to keep the name Suicide," which is a terrible idea since its a pretty touchy subject in basically every culture on planet Earth. Now Homicide sounds kind of badass in that his name basically threatens hes going to kill you, but Suicide means hes going to kill himself. I dont get it. Thats not exactly all that scary, and really more sad than anything. It just raises so many questions. Does he need help? Is it wise to employ him to fight for a living? Also, encouraging an arena full of people to chant Suicide in unison is just a bizarre concept.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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