I have watched a lot of wrestling in my life. Way too much probably. I cant put an exact number on it, but I would guess a few thousand hours. Witnessing Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda on Raw smacking each other over the ass with wine bottles ranks among 10 of the worst minutes I have ever seen in the sport. WWEs ratings have been falling lately. Two weeks in a row now, theyve been the worst theyve been all year. So what did management think was the solution? Kathie Lee Gifford. Kathie. Lee. Gifford. That was a stupid idea. Its one thing to do something for charity (and Joan Lundens appearance later in the night was honestly touching), but shilling wine and bottle ass attacks aren't helping anything! Having Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda on Raw is as idiotic as The Today Show airing wrestling matches at 9 am to reach a new audience. WWE had to know their appearance was going to bomb. They played Adam Roses music in the background throughout the entire segment to alleviate the booing. It didnt help. It was uncomfortable and bizarre to watch. Speaking of Rose, WWE tried to kill him with The Oculus Mirror sketch and by giving him a bunny as a sidekick, but hes done. He hangs out with Kathie Lee willingly in his free time? Done. Get off my TV Rose and dont ever come back. That entire sketch was worse than Chucky, Robocop and The A-Team combined. I dont care if theyre fake characters and Kathie Lee is real. Next week were getting NeNe Leakes on Raw and I have no idea who the hell that is. I usually dont like to give away spoilers, but unless shes able to deliver a hurricanrana and a Canadian Destroyer on Stephanie McMahon, shes going to to make the list next week. Now I have to watch another 1,000 of good wrestling just to try and forget this segment ever happened. 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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