On episodes of Raw like the one we just had, I long for the dying days of WCW. Its just so corny and painful to watch. Why does WWE have to be so ridiculously cheesy whenever its a holiday? For years, the NWA ran Starrcade on Thanksgiving night. They were serious shows which made a lot of money! They didnt have Dusty Rhodes dressed up as an elf or have Ric Flair hitting Harley Race with a turkey. When Raw and SmackDown approach a holiday, Vince McMahon just goes nuts. Even more nuts than usual! From a purely visual standpoint, watching El Torito dressed as Rudolph may have been the worst thing all week. Oh, I mean a Midget bull as Lawler affectionately called him. He is sadly still unaware that the organization Little People of America have deemed that an offensive word. JBL basically referred to El Torito as half a man as well again. And then to top things off, Goldust had to job to him! Thats right, one of the best tag wrestlers in the company over the past few years was asked to get pinned by a man dressed as miniature Rudolph. Somewhere even David Arquette is turning off his TV.
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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