Oh yeah, now I remember why I didnt care that much for Shane McMahons last few runs, because he pushes himself as a superhero! This was a guy who was taking it to The Legacy by himself, a man that stood toe-to-toe with Randy Orton, and beat him up! Shane can be entertaining, but he never gained the self-awareness to realize how ridiculously stupid his tough guy image is. Shane at SummerSlam 99 getting the hell beat out of him by Test, and needing the help of The Mean Street Posse was awesome. Shane as a legitimate competitor, who can last longer than 30 seconds against Kurt Angle, or Kane, or The Undertaker on his own is silly at best, destructive to the narrative at worst. At least Vince McMahon has been wise enough, and showed the common decency in his matches to get thoroughly massacred throughout. But Shane and Steph dont feel the same ways about themselves. In their privileged minds, theyre just as good as the wrestlers! It would be more interesting if Shane was terrified of Taker, and yet hinted that he may somehow come up with something crazy to potentially win. Instead, theyre trying to push him as a legitimate fighter; a guy that throws sloppy MMA inspired knees, and really, really terrible punches to beat up four other men. How can a man who has spent decades of his life in the wrestling business never learn to throw a punch? Only Sid Vicious can get away with that! Time to kick out.
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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