Raw is snore

Ahh yes, pro wrestling. I've been watching it most of my life. In fact most of my family has been watching with me. I know I don't fit the stereotype-wrestling fan. I'm not a hick and I don't drink beer but I've stayed with it for so long, hell I feel I've been more then faithful. I've endured countless; "you know its fake, right?" from everyone and it never faded me a bit.

I was there before Stone Cold, before the Rock and before Shawn Michaels was the heartbreak kid. And I'll admit it was pretty good before it got popular and then it took off. From 98-2001 or so it was everywhere, and the shows were great. I've even gone to see the shows live and there isn't anything like that feeling. Sat second row ringside at a smackdown taping years ago, which was awesome. I could sit here all day and recall some of the greatest moments in wrestling history. From the entire Austin/McMahon feud to the Rock and Mankind battle. And I could argue all day long about who I think is the best wrestler today but that is another story.

Sure life was good and Raw was sensational every week, even beating out Monday night football for a little while. I kept up with WCW, but only for laughs usually. But it all had to end sometime, or did it?

Let's be honest here people, wrestling today SUCKS. At least I think so. Yeah it's got its moments but for the most part the product stinks. I think the whole thing started when the buyout happened. On March 26th, 2001 Vince McMahon announced that they had bought WCW. Which being a long time WWE fan I thought was stupendous at the time. That’s were they went wrong though. See, they lost competition. They lost the need to compete. At first it was dope though, a wrestling fan's dream come true. We got to see all the dream matches. The Rock Vs. Booker T was a big one for me. And it was cool. But then it got old. They kept the titles from both factions so there were like 10 or so different titles rolling around, which got ridiculous pretty quick. It was nice to see the rock as WCW champion though. At any rate then they decided to split the brands and cut the rosters. Real bad move. They were going o make Monday night Raw and Smackdown two different shows with different rosters. At first they really f'd up with that one. Splitting up long time tag teams like the dudly boys and the APA. We all knew the Bubuh Ray Dudly couldn't survive on his own for long. And at some point Devon joined his bro back on Raw anyway.

They’re too many Pay-Pay-views these days as well. They try to charge like 35 bucks each month and some months there are two. Yikes! I don't know why the WWE thinks we're made of money. I shell out too much good loot and cable as it is. (See previous post) Two PPV's with a lukewarm product at best doesn't cut it for me. Wrestlemania was 50 bucks. Yeah I caved and got it and it was actually a good show. Worth 50 dollars? Not really, I'd pay 40 easy.

Those god damn horrible Divas! Okay, yes I'm male and I enjoy the female figure just like anybody else, but if I want to see a half naked woman, I'll go get a porno mag. Wait, and they'll be totally naked! Seriously, I have no need for them with my wrestling and they spend way too time on TV. The worst was the "Raw diva search" contest that the WWE held a few months ago. The grand prize was a wwe contract worth $250,000 for one year. So for like three months they had these bimboes dancing around in the ring for about 20 minutes each segment each week on Raw participating in stupid events to make you vote for them. Boy, what a waist of 20 minutes. I honestly think they didn't think they could fill two hours with action so they thought that we would be cool if they came out...sure.

All this about Raw and I didn't mention Smackdown once. That show is alright. It's got allot of the younger talent that for the most part I have no real intrest in. I like John Cena and a few others but thats it really. I think the real problem I have with that show is it gets slow paced in the middle. I find myself watching the first 20 minutes, turning the channel and then turning it back the last 20 to watch the feature match up.

All right so I'm rambling a little, but they point is the same. Wrestling is bad and yet I keep watching. The glory days with the Rock and Stone cold are over. Well, Austin claims to back back but I'm sure he'll leave again soon enough. Yet I keep watching. I can't help it. It's like and old friend that comes to visit every Monday and Thursday nights. Will the product ever improve? I can't say. I think without someone to compete against we just might me screwed worse then Bret Hart in Montreal and have to deal with the 30-time champion HHH. I'm thrilled.

More Crap at 11

You know it amazes me. I shell out plenty of good cash to my local cable company every month but the quality of the cable is terrible.

Let's face it people, TV these days bites. I know some people out there don't want to admit it but I said it. There is hardly anything worth watching on Tv anymore. I know what you're saying, just like what my girlfriend says, If there isn't anything on TV then shut the cable off. Oh how I wish it were that simple. I spend allot of my free time in front of the TV. I work early in the morning so for the most part when I get home I'm tired and I just want to lounge around. Even on my days off, If I'm not watching it then I'm playing my video games. (One of my other passions in life) So of course I need some TV. Let's be real, Tv is so saturated with all this reality crap it's disgusting.

One of the horrible shows that comes to mind is fear factor on NBC. How stupid is that? That's right, I enjoy spending my Tv viewing time by watching some dude drink a mixture of pig brains, horse intestine and rooster testicles thrown into a blend for fifty grand, and not even a definite fifty grand, a better shot at fifty grand. Right. It amazes me the lengths people will go. A famous wrestler, the Million Dollar Man said it best, "Everybody's got a price". I didn't think much of that until this crap.

I think Fox has to be one of the worst culprits, coming up with such garbage as "My big fat obnoxious fiance" and that show where the families swap mothers or something. That's crap with a capital "C". Every time I turn around, they've come up with some new reality show, each new one worst then the last. At least CBS has stuck with the same ones for awhile now, like Survivor and Big Brother. Not that those are any better, they're still terrible. Now I'll admit I've given them a shot. My girlfriend loves big brother and CBS does a new one every summer. I watched the last one for the most part, but I hate myself for it. That show in paticular strikes me because it shows just how bad people can be towards one another for a couple of bucks. Lying, cheating and stealing are the name of that game. Hell, I experience just how bad people can be to one another every day when I go to work (I work in the service industry) and I'm not getting half a million bucks for it, that's for damn sure. I'm not even going to begin to mention the dribble that is American idol.

And what about MTV? My god, I think I found bigger perpetrators then Fox! I remember when MTV used to be about music videos. I remember growing up at my mothers house and the local cable company finally carrying MTV. I used to watch it all the time, FOR THE VIDEOS!
Now it's all about junk like the real world, the real world/ Road rules challenge and MADE to name a few. My girlfriend like the Real world/Road rules challenges, but once again it's just all about watching how bad people can be for money. Worst of all on the challenge shows it's like the same 20 people that were on the last one! The real world concept was kind of cool at first thinking about it now. You take seven strangers, put them in a house and watch them co-exist.
After the eleventh show and location the whole idea gets old. You've got the same stereotypical people on each one. The gay guy, the angry black guy, the nieve girl form the small town and if you're lucky, you get a gay black guy. What about MADE? How much bullshit is that? They find young teenagers and make them something they're not. I remember one where they took the nerd girl and made her prom queen. IN NO WAY IS THAT HOW IT WORKS!!! The nerds are the nerds, enough said. The prom queens are the super popular ones that date the football captain. Mind you, they've done this same type of episode three different times or so, just different place with different people. Or what about when they tried to make this guy, who's completely uncoordinated into a basketball player to make his school team? One could argue that hey, they're just trying to unlock these people's hidden potential. Trying to give them better self esteem and a chance to do something that they couldn't accomplish on they're own. Great, just don't waste TV time doing it.

So let me guess, you're next question is what do I watch. CLASSIC TV for the most part. Thank god for stations like TV Land and Nick at night. And TBS is big on showing old stuff too. The best Tv came out of the 70's. 80's and early 90's. Television was a much better place when all you had on where Sitcoms, game shows and you're night time dramas. And let's not forget cartoons all morning on Saturdays which now are a thing of the past but once again I won't go into that mess until a later post.

I also watch G4 TV as you can see from the link because, well, I'm a game-a-holic to say the least. I absolutely Love XPLAY and watch it like all 5 times it comes on during the day.
I must confess however that I do have one guilty pleasure that I watch that is reality based.
I watch Maury. Yeah, I see the smile, looks like I don't hate reality TV as much as I claim, right? Well I'm convinced that some of that is scripted anyway, so it doesn't count. I also enjoy my WWE Tv. Those shows are also for the most part in the toilet as far as quality is concerned.

Do I see a light at the end of the tunnel? Will Tv ever be what it was years ago? No and No. At least in my lifetime anyway. This reality stuff unfortunately isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so I have to deal by keeping my Tv on the same three netwoks I always watch. My GF's aunt brought up a point that perhaps some has to die before people will learn, I can only hope.

In the beginning...

Okay, so this is my first crack at blogging. At first I thought the whole thing was kind of dumb.
My girlfriend has one for knitting and had made a few friends from it. But after some convincing, I decided to give it a shot. I'm going to use this as a soapbox like so many others. I'm going to warn you know, I'm very opionated. I'll talk about everything from Celebrities to politics; religion to pornography, nothing to off limits to me. I'll tell you what's cool and what isn't. I might even give you insight on what it's like to take a walk in my shoes.

I know everybody isn't going to agree with me (that's my favorite part of all this!) but that's free speech for ya'! Even if I've got your attention for five minutes and you think what I have to say is terrible, hey great. If you read and agree with me, awesome!

So pull up a chair and open your mind, you just might learn something.

Number One

This is mearly a sample post.