First, a quick down that has little to do with wrestling. During the main event, Michael Cole jokingly suggested that Kane should win the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Seth Rollins and Randy Orton on the same page. The comment seemed a little odd, but then JBL decided to stick his foot in his mouth by saying that the way the prestigious award has been handed out lately, Kane might as well get it. This comment came less than two weeks after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl whose story of persecution and advocacy is well-known around the world. Whether it was Vince McMahon in JBLs ear or JBLs own bad taste, that type of commentary has no place on a wrestling program. And this is on the same program that highlighted Stephanie McMahon being tapped for an Eisenhower Fellowship to promote, as its website says, a more prosperous, just and peaceful world. So lets review: Privileged rich girl who inherits a billion-dollar company gets named to a fellowship, and she gets patted on the back. Poor Pakistani teenager who speaks out for females to not be oppressed and to be allowed to get an education gets shot in the head going to school, and she gets indirectly mocked for receiving an award. On the same television program. This is not meant to be a political rant, its meant to illustrate exactly why WWE should never engage in political dialogue. They constantly fail miserably at it. Work on putting on an entertaining program.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
