Genesis

I love the title genesis for this post, I always thought that if I started my own promotion the first Pay-Per-View would be called Genesis. I guess the first thing I should post on here is what my general plan is for this blog. I'm gonna be commenting on wrestling, plain and simple. Right now there are only two promotions that I follow, WWE and TNA. While I've certainly heard of others I don't really have the desire to seek them out and more importantly I only get my wrestling off of cable TV. I don;t believe in ordering the Pay-Per-Views. Every now and then I consider it but the price just doesn;t seem worth it because as I've mentioned in my profile, I'm not as much a fan of the matches as I am a fan of the angles. To that end I guess my full introduction should include my likes and dislikes.
The things I enjoy about the current wrestling product are all what most people would consider sports entertainment aspects. I enjoy the big entrances with the video and theme music and such, to me good theme music has always been a key to drama. I first became a fan in the 80s and I still can remember the words to not only "Real American" but also the Demolition theme. And the best dramatic moment in wrestling is still when someone's music plays just before they run in for the save. We can all remember times when Stone Colds music started playing, you'd hear the glass shattering and the crowd would go completely nuts. My personal favorites were Ultimate Warrior's run-in at Wrestlemania 8 and a Ricky The Dragon Steamboat run-in on Saturday Night's Main Event.
Another thing I'm a huge fan of is the Ladies on the show. From Miss Elizabeth to Tammy Sytch, up through Stacy Keibler, having a hot woman on the program adds to the show. I don;t think that one needs too much explanation but I will add that I could care less whether or not they wrestle, there are pros and cons to that. Pro: it gives them more time on my TV. Con: the moves being performed in slow motion helps show how ridulously planned out the whole "sport" is. It would be like if David Blaine tried to show some poor magician all his secrets then that guy went on a tour performing all his tricks but giving away the illusion.
I'm also a fan of big wrestlers. Call me a "mark" or whatever, but to me if I'm watching a show and some guy who I wouldn;t be afraid to fight in a bar is beating some guy down who I'd be afraid to look at in a bar, that just strikes me as ridiculous. I'll be the first to admit that I'm in the minority on this one, but I don;t get Rey Mysterio at all. I don;t understand his popularity, to me he looks like a little kid, and it's fun sometimes to see him get in a good shot on a much larger oppponent and then run away but in the long run he should be in the little mans division and their matches should open shows, not be a main event.
Those are the large principles of what I enjoy, the list of what I don't enjoy is much shorter but it definitely seperates me from most big fans of Wrestling. I've never been a fan in ring performances. To me so long as the performance is adequate that's all that matters. There is such a thing as noticibly bad wrestling and while I can't remember any particular bad matches off hand, I'd guess that the match would be something like Undertaker vs. Sid Vicious. To me what makes a great match is how much you care about who wins. Hulk Hogan was huge for years and his matches were just adequate, but people ate 'em up because they really cared whether or not Hogan won. I think this comes from my background as a sports fan, the drama comes from who wins or loses as opposed to how aesthetically pleasing the game was.
The second thing I can't stand are the overly choreographed light heavyweight matches. This point isn't too different from the last one, but it's definitely the one I'm most committed to, if two little guys come on and start running around in circles and perform these triple reversals that are too obviously staged, I turn the station and check back in five or ten minutes.
Anyway, that's my introduction to my blog, if you actually read this, bully for you. I have a feeling that this may not be seen at all, but it's good practice for spouting out my opinions, and it reminds me of my days as a journalism major in college befopre I turned in a much different direction after graduation. Thank you for reading, and I hope you check back in the future.