WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (August 10)
7. HHH Sells Us The Network
Triple H thinks that the key to humor is mugging for the camera as much as possible, and repeating the same phrases over and over again. Remember the old backstage skits he did with Shawn Michaels where they kept trying to sell us DX merchandise? It was embarrassing and painful to watch. On Raw, he told us six times that for only $9.99 a month we too could watch old episodes of Saturday Nights Main Event. What a deal! As the night dragged on, things only got worse. Michael Cole, JBL, and Jerry Lawler all joined in on the fun...or the misery. They kept repeating the price point over and over again as if it was cute and not desperate. I should cancel my subscription just out of spite! Well if you thought the annoying-ness was over, SmackDown aired. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose joined in too! If only The Undertaker were around full-time to get in on this shilling. Apparently WWE got sick of the announcers begging us to buy the WWE Network, and decided to move up the ladder. They turned to the companys top heel. Im not sure I understand the logic of that one. This is a man who tries to murder people with a sledgehammer on occasion and wants us to buy his product. Abdullah the Butcher wouldnt have shilled the Network in his day, Piper sure wouldn't have either, even Buff Bagwell wouldnt have sunk that low, and hes a male escort!
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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