Many would argue that Khali should have never hung onto the wrestling business in the first place. If we can get past his poor in-ring skills for a moment, you can at least see why Vince McMahon wanted to bring him in for a bit. Khali is a true giant, he looked downright scary for a time, and having guys like Undertaker and John Cena go over on him could make them look even tougher. The problem is, for some reason, McMahon seemed to love Khali. Well past the point he had any sort of in-ring credibility left as a monster character, he was turned into a comedy act. He dated Natalya on-air, had an awful kiss cam segment, and he buddied up with Hornswoggle. It was all mind-numbingly stupid. And in the ring, he looked barely capable of walking, as his physique began noticeably shrinking. In his last couple years, his matches were a couple minutes long, and either revolved around him spending most of his time on the mat, or chopping someone in the corner. No running, no bumping, nothing that you would see in a normal wrestling match. When He Should Have Hung Up The Tights: Lets have him call it a career in 2008. That would have given him about two years to wrestle some top stars, and put over some youngsters. It would also have saved us of six years of awful television segments.
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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