The Tombstone
All American Boy? I'm begging someone to shoot whoever thought of those damn names. I mean gees...that's just sad. What's worse is the fact that they had the voice of Salem the cat (from Sabrina the Teenage Witch) doing the narration. I find it very hard to take a guy seriously when I'm used to hearing his voice come out of a cat, and not to mention he was saying things like All American Boy and Skullegor or whatever.
I somehow don't think that many of the things on that show were very suprising to fans who have access to the internet. Personally, there were one or two things that I didn't already know. The ring is padded eh? No kidding. I think you know that even if you've never seen a match in your life. Although personally I don't care.
If we're going to compare this with the Magic specials, I might as well stick with that thought. If you go to a Magic show, is it ruined if you know how the trick is done? Maybe. Wrestling on the other hand is not the same way. No matter how many times they show you the All American Boy use an open hand to punch, you won't ever know who is going to be the next WWF Champion, or who is going to get jumped by Kane next, or who is the mystery man in the tournament. Oh, unless of course you're a "smart" fan (ha).
The chair shot...hey NBC, you want to explain what happens when Mick Foley takes a chair shot right on top of the head, when you can actually SEE his head between the two parts of the chair? Oh, I guess it REALLY hit his back huh? No, I'm sorry, the term for that would be CONCUSSION! You want to explain what happens when the BLOOD is REAL and it's not because someone used a razor blade on themselves? It's called stiches! Yes, at the end of the show the wrestlers talked about how dangerous it is, and how things can go wrong, but they didn't really do the sport justice I didn't feel.
I wouldn't be willing to go into the ring and put my life in the hands of another man. I wouldn't be willing to let someone drop me on my head, and let's just hope that the timing is right so I don't get paralyzed. But that's what makes pro wrestlers special. They can go out there and do this stuff and pull it off with the timing and the "sell", to use an "insider" term, to make it all look like it's real. Professional Wrestling is an art and it's entertainment. Do you think you will ever see a special called "ER's Greatest Secrets Revealed"? HELL NO! Why though? Pro Wrestling is more real than ER is. So why would ER be more of an acceptable form of entertainment than watching RAW IS WAR or Nitro? Because people critize and rip appart what they can't understand or duplicate. Any jackass could put on a doctor's suit and go say some lines for a camera, but not many people can pull off a piledriver correctly. Wrestling is entertainment people...if you want to be entertained, watch it and enjoy, if not, turn the damn channel and leave the rest of us alone.
That's it for this round....until next time....Rest In Peace! Or BURN IN HELL! Take your pick!
