Tom Zenk, The Z-Man Page - www.tomzenk.com

Tom had a career in AWA and WWF at least, but he was never really more than a mid-card babyface. His former partner, Rick Martel had far more.

(OK... we all remember The Model gimmick, and the subsequent end of his top-card position, but you know what I mean...)

On this site, Tom shoots on wrestlers, Vince McMahon, and many other facets of wrestling.

In many ways, this reminds me of "Dynamite Kid" Tom Billington's book, with the anger it seems to shed on all the business, but it's interesting reading from within the ranks. I don't know how much of it to swallow as gospel, but it is interesting reading.

Smackdown! was better than it has been lately... but some stuff stuck out, both good and bad:

• Returning stars at the Rumble First, I'm glad they changed the line between the time of spoilers and airing, as they supposedly said three surprise entries were made, then they listed 4. Mind you, how could a would-be spoiler know? I was at SD! tapings here in Montreal, and couldn't hear the commentary...

  
  Anyways, the entry choices were interesting. Val Venis and the Godfather were less "shocking returns" and more a case of being brought back from developmental territories, but Curt Hennig and Goldust were surprising. I thought Curt left for the old WCW under major tensions, and thought he was ensconced in the WWA. Guess he saw more money in McMahon-land...

  
  With Goldust, we have the return of a guy (Dustin Runnels) who had major heat with the front office, has a divorced wife (Terri) working prominently in the company, and I thought was also tied into another promotion, dad Dusty's TWF.

  
  Mind you, the WWF has in the past brought characters back with different wrestlers: Diesel, Razor Ramon and Doink the Clown all spring to mind. I guess we'll see what happens at the Rumble itself.




• I've officially decided that Rikishi's "stink face" spot is the most disgusting one in wrestling today. Vince's rub-in was gross enough, but now Booker blowing chunks... too much.

I originally tried to post this yesterday, but a server change for Blogger delayed me. So, here it is with slight modifications:

With Triple H returned on RAW Monday night, you probably had a similar thought to me:

FINALLY, we won't have to see that annoying U2 video on every show anymore!

Okay, okay... you were probably more interested in Helmsley's return... but there was another surprise on the show too: Tazz actually winning an important match, and a title to boot!

That, and TSN actually didn't edit out pointless things for dumb reasons. Wonder of wonders.