Thursday, June 19, 2003

Tonight's episode of Smackdown! drove a point home to me that's been simmering for a few weeks: as an on-screen character, Vince McMahon has to go. Not for a few months to give viewers a breather; he has to leave - period.


His actions toward Zack Gowen haven't just been in keeping with his heel persona - they've been downright offensive. It may be common for heels to use anything as a target for their venom - but kicking a leg out from a one-legged man, making fun of a disability, laughing at reserved parking spaces... these are just very low and in very poor taste.


I may be more sensitive to it since I'm disabled myself. I'm not missing a limb, but I get around on canes. McMahon's actions leave me tempted to bash him with one.


At this point, I think we've had way too much exposure to Vince.

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

So Rico now has a new gimmick on RAW - the old Kweewee gimmick from WCW. If he's also a stylist now, it'll be a 100% rip-off.


Test powerslamming Mae Young again had the same worrying effect for me as Austin's Stunner at the PPV; she's still old enough to be frail.

I've heard very negative reviews of last Sunday night's Bad Blood.


My opinion: I didn't think it was the worst PPV I've ever seen, but it was disappointing.


There was some good stuff. Michaels - Flair was a fantastic match, and Chris Jericho actually managed to pull a longer and more entertaining match from Goldberg than I expected.


Then came the bad. Austin hitting a Stunner on Mae Young was actually worrisome; she's only a few years younger than Freddie Blassie was. She may have a lot of training, but her body likely can't take these bumps.


The HitC match... it was a brutal brawl, but one of the guys watching with me made a very valid observation: "Why did they even bother with having the Cell?". The match was well within Kevin Nash's physical restrictions, but the result was that it just became a Streetfight in a cage.