Sometimes I just feel sorry about James Storms damn luck. Sure, he got to make his living as a professional wrestler for over a decade, but he never reached the heights he should have as a singles star due to some unforgivably poor booking. For years, Storm was known as a tag team specialist because of his success in Americas Most Wanted and Beer Money. After he broke apart from Bobby Roode he seemed to be poised as a potential breakout star. He was cutting great babyface promos, and he appealed to a Southern audience, which is strangely neglected in todays scene. Hogan and Bischoff must have felt otherwise. When the duo took over Storm received a very brief title run, and then engaged in a lackluster feud with his former partner. His character then quit and went home because he was so sad that he lost a match. His daughter then had to talk him into coming back. Not exactly the best way to push a potential top star. Sure, Storm is probably a little older than McMahon likes (hes 37), but he should easily be able to put in another three to five years of full time work. The question is whether McMahon could be inspired to push a man from the South seriously and make money (like Steve Austin) or be lazy and turn them into his old standby - as a comedic hillbilly (Hillbilly Jim, Heath Slater, Festus).
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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