In the long line of tasteless, downright mean characters in the history of professional wrestling, Oklahoma ranks near the top. Vince Russo (notice a recurring theme?) and Ed Ferrera were the two top writers in the WWF when they decided to jump ship to WCW. They ended up bringing Jeff Jarrett, The Harris Brothers and Good Ol' JR with them. Actually, it wasn't Ross, it was Ferrera doing a really mean impression of him! He dressed up like him, and called himself Oklahoma, because that's where Ross lived. This was hilarious to the new head honchos, and no one else. Oklahoma tried all of the famous Ross-isms, but sadly mocked his partial facial paralysis due to Bell's palsy. It was a terrible way to try to lure any longtime WWF fans over to their product. Oklahoma set his sights on Madusa and the Cruiserweight title, because he wanted to also be even more offensive by talking about how superior men were to women. In an awful match at Souled Out 2000, Ferrara won the belt in a match that concluded with a roll-up, and then barbecue sauce was poured down his tights. Unfortunately, the Cruiserweight division, has a weight limit and Oklahoma was a tad over it. This is what let to his demise as champion. So much potential. He was stripped of the title, and the Cruiserweight Title was stripped of all the remaining credibility it still had.
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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