What is going on with Damien Sandow? What did he do to Vince McMahon in private to deserve this strange fate? Perhaps he told him that he didnt find little people humor all that funny, and is actually a bit offensive, and now he must be doomed to portray an increasingly unfunny character himself for all eternity. The former Money in the Bank holder has been a jobber for months, and has recently sunk to the level of dressing up as various people and fictional characters. On Raw, with no explanation, he came out as Davy Crockett. In Memphis hell probably dress as Elvis. In Illinois he can be Abraham Lincoln, and in Minnesota he can be Paul Bunyan. I just saved WWE creative 15 seconds worth of work. Youve got to feel bad for Sandow. In the 1980s he would have been a solid Intercontinental Title level heel alongside guys like The Honky Tonk Man and Rick Rude. In the Attitude Era, you can suspect hed be at least at the level of guys like Val Venis and DLo Brown. He would have been protected and given actual chances to get over. In 2014, hes reduced to dressing like comic book characters, historical figures and wearing miniature clothes from Brodus Clays old gimmick. None of it is going to work. Dressing up as other acts in WWE is just something to do for a little while before management gets tired of it. The Blue Meanie, Stevie Richards, The Big Show and Charlie Haas all had a similar gimmick. How well did those work 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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