Theres a lot of silly nonsense in pro-wrestling. And a lot of that silliness is what makes the sport fun. But Brock Lesnar isnt silly. Hes a serious, scary man (well, if we can forget the time he lead a Mariachi band), and should be booked as realistic as possible. Thats what makes him stand out. Having Seth Rollins hit John Cena with a gold briefcase that says "Money in the Bank" in large green in a Brock Lesnar match is about as silly as it gets. Its doubtful that many fans ordered Night of Champions except for the Cena/Lesnar match. Well, except for those who were hoping for Mark Henry to save America and stuff. However, every fan was given a crappy ending. Vince got scared. He couldnt possibly have John Cena lose twice in a row. Can you imagine what that would do to John Cena action figure sales? And as WWE reminded fans multiple times, if you ordered on pay-per-view, you paid $55. But if you paid $10, youd still get the same cop-out ending. What a deal! Even worse was the next night on Raw the storyline wasnt followed up with. We saw a terrible finish and we didnt get the next chapter. No Brock Lesnar. No Paul Heyman. Are they mad at The Authority? Are the plotting their revenge? Who knows? WWE didnt bother to tell us. It was all just a big F5 right to the heart, and the wallet.
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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