FINALLY the WWE is making sense to a fan like me, before you had jeff, Jerry & Roddy, then it dipped at the first sign of the PG era, now we have Brock, Wade, Jerry (hopefully soon as he's allowed to) & last but not least The Shield, i'd been a fan of Dean Ambrose from NXT days & i love him, powerful no nonsense & hits hard & double that with The Shield, & you've got wrestling gold - i do hope that WWE will continue this level of fighting entertainment within it's company for future generations to come.
Back in the late 80's while on holiday to visit my late great-grandmother, me & my brother would talk wwf all the time or playfight a little -a swift elbow to the side of the ribs while sitting like little angels on her couch, when she heard that we were wrestling fans she told us stories of British wrestling greats like Giant Haystacks & Big Daddy, both were main event royalty, & i was mesmerized by the passion, for an 8 yr old it's the best thing any grown up's ever talked about.
Back then all tv comantary & promoters & fans referred to wrestling as a sport & it became my sport, whilst the rest of the kiddies were soccer freaks, my brother eventually quit wrestling & became another soccer freak when wcw went under, but i remained true to wrestling, it still is my true sport.
This is the problem i have with the current WWE & Jim Ross, since WWE went public about wrestling being Entertainment, i no longer have a sport to follow, Argent's 'Losing Hold' playing louder & louder in the invisible background as i get older.
CM Punk, Primo & Epico, The Miz maybe entertaining but they all bore me. John Cena's OK & entertains the youth of today. Though Heath Slater's take on the current RockStar status of the WWE has me cringing with disgust, my hopes were that Chris Jeric,ho would bring his RockStar status to WWE but that's never happened since wcw Y2J van halen style wild days. So it seems only Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett & Honky Tonk Man (yes even i'm suprised i said his name!!!) that have ever pulled of the entertainment package. The likes of Daniel Bryan & Fandango are an amusement to me because i can put them to music references, just like Goldust used movie references to entertain me as a kid.
Jim Ross comes across more & more as trying to be hip, down with the kiddies. I grew up watching JR in the early 90's & that's how i will always remember him, i'd dreamt of meeting him & talk ZZ Top asiide from WWE, but as they say about meeting your idols, they doesn't always turn out as you expect, & as he's a grandpa nowadays, i would also expect some good ole wrestling stories from the past from him & to my delight that's the one thing you do get from him on his blog.
Jerry Lawler continues my interest because he's different, he's still listening to classic gold & singing the Beatles while maintaining a youthful current outlook that's neither naff or hip, just an enjoyment to watch for any age group, one thing i have learnt from The King is to appreciate country music, actually it was someone on American Idol who said country music is taking over Rock n Roll, which scared the life out of me, so i looked to Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett & lately Paul Bearer for inspiration into the world of Country, otherwise it's just new singer-songwriter lad James Arthur & Adele that have caught my attention, i'd love to see them on WWE Raw one day giving Heath Slater a jolly good singing lesson.
Enjoy today because tomorrow isn't promised
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