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Royal Rumble last night… a review…

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So last night, I watched the Royal Rumble. I had no interest in watching the Grammy Awards last night so I skipped it and watched the Rumble instead which was a lot better. I thought it was a pretty damn good Rumble ppv but could have been better. The best matches of the night were the Men’s Rumble and the Women’s Rumble, but the rest of it was too predictable. Most of the ppv was predictable when it comes to the winner but one thing that had unexpected surprises was the Men’s Rumble.

When it comes to the Men’s Rumble match, everybody was expecting either Cena Or Reigns to win. Most every thought Reigns was gonna win the whole thing but the winner turned out to be someone else surprisingly. That winner is a Japanese wrestler by the name of Shinsuke Nakamura. He won the Rumble last night which was actually pretty shocking and unexpecting. WWE did something right for once by giving the Men’s Rumble winner to Nakamura ’cause it’s well deserving and that guy is very talented. So looks like it’s gonna be Nakamura vs. AJ Styles @ WM-34 for the WWE Championship.

They did that ’cause it looks like WWE still wants Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for ‘Mania 34 and they’ll figure out a way to make it happen still.

During the Men’s Rumble, there were a few surprise one-off returns of past superstars. Rey Mysterio and The Hurricane both made an appearance during the Rumble. I’m sure they’re not back in the WWE full time, just a one-off but it was still awesome to see them, though! That’s all we got in the Men’s rumble when it comes to surprise entrants, just Mysterio and Hurricane Helms. We didn’t get the Undertaker, the Rock, Hulk Hogan, Sting, etc. None of those guys.

As far as the first ever Women’s Rumble goes, I thought it was surprisingly good even though we all knew Asuka would probably win that one and she did. It was still a fun and exciting as hell match. A lot of past female superstars came back as one-offs during the match: Trish Stratus, Lita, Michelle McCool, Jacqueline, Vickie Guerrero, Kelly Kelly, Molly Holly and a few others. I thought the women did a good job. I know the wrestling fans are getting all mad ’cause they’re not gonna like women main eventing a big ppv but hey, I think the women deserve this. In the past, women didn’t get to main event much and I think they finally deserve to.

After the women’s Rumble got over with, we got another big surprise that Ronda Rousey suddenly showed up. She showed up paying tribute to Roddy Piper as you can see in the pic below:

Yes, that is really Roddy Pipers jacket she’s wearing. I’ve read somewhere that Ronda is gonna be working for WWE on a full time schedule. She signed a full-time contract so she’s definitely not a one-off. She’ll be a part of the new women’s division now. I’m not a big fan of Ronda’s liberal politics but I’m still a fan of her. I’ve always liked Ronda and think she’ll be good for WWE. Ronda paid tribute to Piper ’cause she’s not just a fan, her and Piper were lifelong best friends. So this means we have two former UFC stars in WWE now. Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey which is cool, in my opinion. Ronda is already getting a lot of haters of her being in WWE now, but give her a chance. Don’t be so quick to judge. She’s new and I think she’s gonna have a great run.

Kev

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Headlining main event for WM-34 this year: Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns for Universal Championship???

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Tomorrow night is the big Royal Rumble ppv and yes, of course I’ll be watching it on the WWE Network tomorrow night. Looking forward to it. WWE just announced that Roman Reigns will be an entrant in the Rumble tomorrow which is no surprise really. I don’t know why so many wrestling fans hate Roman Reigns ’cause he’s my favorite right now. Reigns is a good wrestler and puts on exciting as hell matches, so I don’t understand the hate? Oh well. Haters are gonna hate, huh?

The Road to WrestleMania always begins on the Royal Rumble ppv every year. That’s when the WWE will start putting together the card for WM-34 later this year. On the WWE Network, I have watched every WrestleMania and Royal Rumble ppv on it. What will the card for this year’s WrestleMania be like? I’m not sure yet but I am predicting that the headlining main event for this year’s ‘mania will probably be Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal title.

I predict Brock Lesnar will lose the Universal Champ to Braun Strowman tomorrow night for that Triple Threat match they have with Kane. There’s a lot of talk that Lesnar is leaving the WWE again ’cause it looks like he’s making another come back to UFC so Lesnar to lose Universal Title tomorrow? I think Strowman is gonna win that match and get the Universal title finally.

Roman Reigns just lost the USA Title not too long ago and now it’s official that he’s in the Rumble, it got me thinking that Reigns is probably gonna win the 30 man rumble match, so he can go on to headline WrestleMania. Reigns headlined the past 3 Wrestlemanias in a row and he’ll probably headline WrestleMania again this year. Strowman will win title tomorrow and will keep it ’til WM-34 ’cause Reigns will take it from him. That’s what I think the main event for this year’s WrestleMania will be.

I could be wrong on this prediction, though. I wouldn’t be surprised the WM-34 main event will end up being Lesnar vs. Reigns, but we’ll see how it goes.

What will the other matches on the ‘mania card look like? Well Triple H vs. Kurt Angle is pretty likely. Chris Jericho vs. Elias might look like will happen. AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt for sure. Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss (w/Ronda Rousey being involved somehow). John Cena vs. Samoa Joe.

Shane McMahon will probably be in a match this year again but who knows who.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the Rumble tomorrow night. Hopefully, the WWE will give us a few surprise return entrants this time ’cause they gave us nothing last year. Maybe Hulk Hogan will make a surprise entrant at the Rumble, who knows? Maybe the Rock will be a surprise entrant. I doubt it but ya never know. It’s WWE. They’re always in for surprises.

As far the first Women’s Rumble match goes, I predict Asuka will probably win that one. It’s probably gonna end up happening.

Kev

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Yes, Hulk Hogan got in trouble for using the N word and saying other racist things on the sex tape but he’s no racist, get over it…

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It’s interesting how people never “forgive” and don’t get over things. Some never do which to me is pathetic. When it comes to Hulk Hogan not being at RAW 25, WWE is sticking to their guns and vowing to never allow Hogan back to the company. Well I think they need to learn to get over it.

Many in the wrestling community have already forgiven Hogan, but of course, there’s this other half that haven’t forgiven and there are still wrestling fans out there who still despise the man.

Yeah, Hulk Hogan said some pretty racist things on a sex tape… I’m not afraid to admit that, but he’s definitely not a racist, though. Don’t judge the book by its cover. When Hulk said those things, I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean it ’cause he was going through some pretty rough times in his life. I mean, think about it… Hulk was going through Nick’s car crash which killed another guy and Hulk had to deal with all kinds of legal bullshit through that. Then he was going through a heated divorce with his ex-wife Linda.

I remember before Roddy Piper died, he defended Hulk Hogan and said he’s no racist.

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/27/rowdy-roddy-piper-hulk-hogan-n-word-racist-nick-hogan-crash/

Now Diamond Dallas Page is defending Hulk Hogan and says he’s no racist.

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0124/636277/diamond-dallas-page-on-if-wwe-should-bring-back-hulk-hogan/

I agree that Hulk doesn’t have a racist bone in his body at all ’cause he’s a very popular wrestler in the black community. He’s got a lot of black fans for sure and he proved that on his twitter page. If Hulk was really racist then he wouldn’t have been a tag team partner with Mr. T back in the old days. I remember Hulk and Mr. T used to be best friends… not sure if they still are now.

Sometimes when you’re going through some tough times in your life, you make mistakes. Everybody makes them. Hulk Hogan is human… he’s real like all of us. I wish people would stop negatively judging the man.

It’s been proven through court that Gawker was set out to make Hogan look bad and they were desperate to destroy him. I know I sided with Gawker before admittedly but what I saw in that trial, my opinions and views on this started to change. I began to see that Hogan is innocent after all. Hogan won the Gawker battle and proved that they tried to bring him down.

There IS something called “forgive” and “forget”. If we can do it then so can WWE. I think WWE will bring Hogan back, maybe they need more time to think about it. I hope they bring him back ’cause love him or hate him, Hogan’s a wrestling legend. WWE can try to ignore the man all they want, but you can’t take his legacy away. Hogan helped popularized professional wrestling. He was the one who helped turn the WWF/WWE into a big industry.

I don’t know why Hogan has so much hatred. I used to hate him admittedly but I felt bad about it and I don’t hate him anymore. He won my respect back. He’s not a bad man at all if you give him a chance. He’s very good with his fans too. Look at his twitter and social networking for proof on that. He replied to me on twitter a few times.

People just hate him out of jealousy, in my opinion and that’s the end of it. Jealous of him that he’s a wrestling Icon. They just want to be him. Sad thing is that the haters will never admit that they watch wrestling ’cause of Hogan. I know I watch ’cause of him. He was a hero of mine when I was a kid.

Fuck Gawker. I’m glad they are gone and that’s why Hogan won my respect back right there. I hope WWE patches things up with Hogan someday and I think they will. WWE already buried the hatchet with Bret Hart over the Montreal Screwjob angle and it took a long time for them to do that too.

Kev

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Thoughts on RAW’s 25th Anniversary show last night, a review…

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I’ve been watching Monday Night RAW for many years. I’ve been watching them from the very beginning anyways. RAW made it’s debut on cable TV on Jan. 11th 1993 and been on the air since then so technically it’s been 22 years. Not sure why they’ve been promoting it as 25 years. Oh well, I guess it’s just their sneaky little way of promoting the company. WWE has been hyping this show for months… the plan was to bring back a bunch of legends from the past who helped make RAW for what it is. Pretty much most of RAW’s recognizable faces were there last night. Everybody was there except there were a bunch of snubs and I’ll talk about that later on in this post.

Anyways, I thought it was an excellent show all the way through and I did feel nostalgic. Brought back a lot of memories over the years. I remember all the flashbacks from RAW’s older days and I remember every legend that appeared. This show was definitely one of the best RAW episodes I’ve seen in a long time.

I thought the best segments from last night were “The McMahons and Stone Cold” segment which started the show, The Dudley Boys appearance and the backstage segment with Chris Jericho and Elias. The rest of the show was real good but those three I mentioned were my favorite from last night.

As far as the McMahons and Stone Cold segment, it was just like the old days. Like I said before, the McMahon vs. Stone Cold feud was a very important part of RAW’s history. I had a feeling we’ll see some of that again and we did. It was refreshing to see heel Mr. McMahon back ’cause I don’t like McMahon as the good guy/baby face. I think he’s way more entertaining as the evil owner of WWE and he still killed it as the bad guy. Vince knows how to get the crowd to boo him for sure and did a good job of that last night. The evil Vince was a big part of RAW in the 90’s and up. Later in the years, though, Vince retired the heel Mr. McMahon character and went baby face. Last night, we just saw the return of heel McMahon which was great. Stone Cold giving the McMahons a stunner like the old days. Remember the old days during the Attitude Era when Stone Cold was feuding with the Corporation?

As far as the Dudleys appearance goes, they are my favorite tag team of all time. They really are one of my top 5 favorites. They were amazing last night. When they came out on the ramp, the crowd went wild. When the Dudleys used to be around, they always put on exciting as hell matches.

I’m glad to see Chris Jericho back even though his segment with Elias was very short, but it was still entertaining as hell. Hopefully Chris Jericho will be an entrant at the Rumble this Sunday and hopefully he’ll have a match at WrestleMania too. Jericho has always been my favorite.

The rest of the show was real good too. The backstage poker segment with APA, current superstars and the Million Dollar Man was entertaining as hell. I also liked the D Generation X segment toward the end.

As far as Hulk Hogan not being there goes… AJ Styles did do a Hulk Hogan impression during the Mean Gene Okerlund segment so at least WWE gave Hogan an acknowledgement. So does that mean, the WWE and Hogan real life feud is over? They’re on good terms again? I doubt it ’cause WWE is sticking with their guns on Hogan being fired from the company. They don’t want him back at all. Styles did that Hogan impression to keep the fans happy and that’s it. Apparently, WWE and Vince McMahon are still upset at Hulk over the Gawker/sex tape controversy. Well, they need to get over it already and forgive Hulk. Most of us wrestling fans have already forgiven Hulk since he was proven innocent and WWE should forgive him too. I think they will. They just need more time, I guess. I think Hogan will be back in time before the next WrestleMania hopefully.

As far as legends appearing goes, was there any big snubs? Yes, WWE ignored plenty. Many of RAW’s important superstars should have made an appearance like: Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Bret Hart, Ken Shamrock, Hardcore Holly, Val Venis, Stevie Richards, Molly Holly, Hurricane Helms, Diamond Dallas Page, Jake the Snake Roberts, Mick Foley, Vickie Guerrero, Edge, etc. Too many to list.

Why didn’t many of them show? They either couldn’t make it or wasn’t invited by WWE. I’m sure WWE wanted the Rock and they probably tried to ask him, but the Rock has a busy schedule with his movie career and stuff. I think the Rock will make another comeback before WrestleMania this year, though. He’ll be at WrestleMania again, I’m sure.

Looking forward to the Rumble this Sunday, but I have a feeling this Sunday’s Rumble ppv will be pretty disappointing as usual but hopefully it’ll be good. I’m definitely gonna watch it ’cause I saw every Rumble ppv over the years and usually watch it every year. The road to WrestleMania always begins at the Rumble. Hopefully the WrestleMania card will be good this year.

Anyway, what’s interesting about RAW 25 last night was that show gave an opportunity for the new roster a chance to perform with the legends which was special.

Last night was a great show and I’m sure it did well in the ratings. Many ex-wrestling fans who gave up watching RAW long ago probably watched it last night.

Kev

 

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When it comes to professional wrestlers having problems and people judging them…

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https://twitter.com/worshiprollins/status/953394578564046848

This is an awesome tweet that just came up on my twitter feed. Yeah, I do talk wrestling with some other fans on twitter which is awesome. This is probably the best tweet I’ve seen about wrestlers having personal problems and things like that. The tweet is so true, though.

Wrestlers really are human like the rest of us. On TV, they may seem like fictional characters but off TV, they are different. They are human. They talk like us, they eat like us, they have problems like us and they make mistakes like us. Yes, wrestlers have had problems with drugs and alcohol over the years. Wrestlers have had problems with sex tapes getting leaked. They’ve also have had problems with their significant others and spouses. Ya know what? This is something that is called “life”. Life is never gonna be perfect for everyone and the same goes for professional wrestlers. When someone becomes a professional wrestler, you would think that person’s life is all perfect and glamorous but not really. In real life, you would see that the wrestler are just normal people like us.

When wrestlers have problems, wrestling fans in the community would start negatively judging them. For example, stars like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Paige and many others. Hulk Hogan is mostly judged than the rest of them and I find it unfair. Yes, admittedly I had a hand in badly judging Hogan for his problems outside of the ring but I’m done with that. Hulk is actually a very good man in real life, he just gets a lot of bad press. People negatively judge Ric Flair for his problems too. It’s crazy, ya know? People also judged Scott Hall for his alcoholism. Before Chyna passed away, people also judged her pretty badly.

With me, I try not to judge people for their problems. I just do my best by giving them love and prayers. That’s the best you can do, ya know?

When it comes to Hulk Hogan, a lot of times I felt sorry for the guy. He doesn’t deserve all this bad publicity ’cause that man is a wrestling legend. You can hate him or love him all you want to. That fact will never change. Hulk is a wrestling pioneer. Admittedly, I used to hate Hulk Hogan but I don’t anymore. You can’t hate someone forever, ya know?

When will fans stop judging wrestlers for their issues? Each time something happens to a wrestler in his/her personal life, it’s all over the wrestling news sites for the world to see. It’s sad. Sometimes this stuff makes the national news like all the stuff with Hulk Hogan and Gawker.

I think people need to show wrestlers respect ’cause they give us all this entertainment. Without them, the wrestling industry wouldn’t survive today.

Kev

 

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WWE announces all the past superstars from RAW to make big returns to RAW 25th show this coming Monday…

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Well, the WWE twitter page announced all the past iconic superstars from RAW who will be making big appearances on this coming Monday’s “RAW 25th” Anniversary show. I’m actually looking forward to this ’cause as a die hard wrestling fanatic, I’ve been watching RAW for many years myself. I’ve watched throughout the Attitude Era and I also watched throughout the Ruthless Aggression era (from 2002 – 2008). I still watch RAW today after all these years. Admittedly I do take long breaks from RAW every now and then ’cause sometimes they can get pretty stupid with their storylines. I remember taking a long break from RAW when all these “Celebrity Guest Hosts” was going on. That era was terrible, and I didn’t like the RAW anonymous GM era either. Other than that, RAW has always been a great show and still is.

As announced above: the Undertaker is making an appearance, D-Generation X, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler will make comebacks as color commentator which will be amazing, looks like the nWo, the APA, the Dudley Boyz, Chris Jericho and Stone Cold Steve Austin will all be making big comebacks this coming Monday night.

Only thing that gotten me scratching my head is that no Rock and Hulk Hogan? The Rock and Hulk Hogan were both very important to RAW. Ever since RAW has been on the air, Hulk Hogan didn’t make his return to WWE until 1993. Then came back again years later as the black and white Hollywood Hogan to reform the nWo. That Hogan and Rock feud was pretty epic stuff.

Will the Rock and Hulk Hogan actually make appearances this coming Monday? Hulk Hogan himself said on twitter claims he won’t be there but I think it’s possible that he and WWE are trying to keep it a secret. The Rock said nothing about a one-off return but again, he could be keeping it a secret too. I think we’ll definitely see them both on RAW, just my prediction. WWE is trying to keep it a surprise. The RAW 25th can’t happen without the Rock and Hogan ’cause they were pretty important for the show.

While Hulk Hogan was a pretty important part of RAW, it wasn’t really him that made RAW such a huge show. It was really Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and Vince McMahon that made RAW huge. Without the legendary Stone Cold vs. Vince McMahon feud in the 90’s, RAW wouldn’t have been around today. I think Vince McMahon will make a TV appearance on RAW Monday ’cause the Mr. McMahon heel character was what kept people watching RAW to begin with. Admit it, right?

I sure do miss the old days of wrestling, though. The good ol’ 90’s of RAW were pretty amazing stuff.

Will the Rock and Hogan be on this show? We’ll have to wait and see. It’s WWE. Anything is possible with them.

Kev

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WWE superstar, Paige done with wrestling for good due to serious injury…

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Some may say that wrestling is fake, yeah it is… I’m not dumb but injuries do happen for real in wrestling matches. Wrestlers careers have been cut short over the years due to serious injury. For example, stars like Daniel Bryan and Edge were forced to retire due to serious injury… those two guys can’t do it anymore sadly. Neither can Paige ’cause she’s done for good. Paige is a WWE star from the UK who just came back and already she’s injured. Turns out to be a serious injury and her doctors and the WWE are telling her that she’s not allowed to compete in a wrestling ring ever again.

https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/50061/WWE-Reportedly-Tells-Paige-Her-In-Ring-Career-Is-Over/

I feel kind of bad for her ’cause she took a lot of sacrifices to leave her home country and come to the USA to pursue her dreams in the wrestling business… now it’s all over. Shame ’cause she was a good performer and she was getting a lot of popularity in the wrestling world. People were loving her.

I’m sure she’s devastated ’cause it seems that wrestling is in her blood. She loved the business for sure. I wish her the best of luck. Even though her wrestling is over, I’m sure she’ll find something different to do in the entertainment business.

Kev

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Just watched the Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega match at Wrestle Kingdom 12… wanna see true wrestling then see this match!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7pM8hz39g4

The wrestling internet community has been hyping this match to death for a long while and I’ve been wanting to watch, but didn’t know how I would watch the match live ’cause this is a Japanese ppv event. This a Japanese wrestling company called NJPW and they have their yearly “Wrestle Kingdom” shows which is like Japan’s version of WrestleMania sort of. Well Chris Jericho was booked for a United Stated championship match against Kenny Omega @ Wrestle Kingdom 12 which just happened today. I think the ppv event happened earlier this morning ’cause it would be night in Japan… keep in mind Japan is on the other side of the world so the Time Zones are gonna be different obviously.

I saw the match Omega vs. Jericho and I’m like “Wow, what a freakin’ match”! I bet this match got Vince McMahon a bit jealous ’cause this match was 100% true wrestling. This is the kind of match you’ll never see in WWE. When I watched this match with Omega vs. Jericho, I definitely did not feel like watching a match that is for children. This match has all the things you’ll never see in a WWE ring: chair shots to the head, blood, flipping the middle finger, etc. In this match, Jericho is the heel and Omega is the baby face. I thought both men did a great job and this match will go down as a classic.

I’ve been a fan of Chris Jericho for years and my loyalty to him never stopped. Jericho does a good job playing both the heel and the baby face, but in this match Jericho’s heel character is different than WWE. One thing I like about Chris Jericho, he’s always great at changing his wrestling gimmicks over the years. Jericho has always been a phenomenal performer but this match was the best I’ve seen him in.

Take note, Vince McMahon. This is what wrestling fans want to see. It’s a good thing Japan knows what true wrestling is all about. This match was thrilling and exciting all the way through.

Will WWE sign Kenny Omega after this match? Who knows, anything is possible now.

Kev

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Hulk Hogan deserves another chance in the WWE, come on Vince patch things up with him again!!!

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Whether you like Hulk Hogan or not, either way, you have to admit that Hogan is an icon in the wrestling business. Hogan has always got a mix of love and hate over the years. Fans gave him a mix of love and hate. Even other wrestlers in the business gave him a mix of late and hate too.

I used to hate Hulk Hogan and used to think he was a piece of shit but I don’t anymore. I finally came to a realization that Hulk is not a bad man like many are trying to make him out to be. Hulk really is a good guy. I don’t see any reason to hate the man. After his whole feud with Gawker, it made me realize that Hulk was innocent over the sex tape controversy.

I would like to see Hulk Hogan make another comeback. Just admit it, we all watched wrestling on TV ’cause of Hulk Hogan. All those people who hate him out there will never admit that, though. Hogan didn’t invent professional wrestling, he just popularized it. Without Hogan, WWE wouldn’t have been here now. Without Hogan, we wouldn’t have gotten other wrestling companies such as WCW, ECW, TNA, etc. Hogan won my respect back.

http://www.businessinsider.com/hulk-hogan-will-make-a-wwe-comeback-2018-jim-ross-vince-mcmahon-wrestlemania-gawker-2017-12

With that being said, I would like to see Hogan back in WWE in some form. Whether it’ll be one more match or he could be a GM for RAW or Smackdown. Hogan was GM for TNA Impact once so he does the GM role pretty well. I used to watch Hogan a lot on TNA as well.

This weekend, I’ve started watching old WCW on the WWE Network and it’s all historic stuff. Hogan also helped made WCW pretty big. Started watching old WCW Monday Nitro and WCW ppvs. Good stuff. I love old school wrestling.

Yeah, once again Hulk deserves another chance so I hope Vince smartens up and give him one. I know Hogan and Vince had an on and off relationship over the years. Sometimes they’re on good terms and sometimes they’re not.

If Hogan had one last match who would he have his final match against? Well, Hogan said he wants his final match to be against Braun Strowman which I actually agree with. Hogan vs. Strowman sounds good to me. I also like the idea of Hogan vs. Roman Reigns.

I hope Hogan gets brought back.

Kev

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That Ric Flair documentary last night, “Nature Boy: 30 For 30” was really good! Best wrestling documentary I’ve seen in years!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZmyn_Ybx2I

Did anyone out there at all watch the Ric Flair documentary film on ESPN last night called, “Nature Boy: 30 For 30”??? I sure as hell did! The documentary blew me away too as I thought it was freakin’ amazing! It’s not only the best wrestling documentary, it’s also one of the best movie documentaries I’ve seen in a long time! It really was that good. The director of that movie did a great job.

I think the whole goal with the movie was that it wanted to show you who the real Ric Flair is. In the ring, Ric maybe this stylin’, profilin’, limo ridin’, jet flyin’, kiss stealin’, wheelin’ and dealin’ son of a gun but that’s just his in-ring character and gimmick. In reality, Ric is just a normal human being with a lot of problems in his life. Out of the ring, he’s just a devoted family man. That’s what the film pretty much showed. Other than that, the film also showed his legacy through professional wrestling, of course. The film showed how he’s the greatest of all time.

I’m a really huge Ric Flair fan. He has always been one of my favorites. I’ll never forget the night when he won the Royal Rumble 1992, and he won the WWE championship for the first time that night. I was there live when I saw that. I was glad to witness that Royal Rumble live in person. It was a historic moment to witness Flair win the title that night.

Seriously, Ric Flair was very courageous to go on TV to talk about all of his personal problems. He wasn’t afraid to talk about going through alcoholism for most of his life, dealing with the death of his son Reid Flair and talking about his health scare that he just had. Makes me respect Flair even more. The documentary was similar to his book that he wrote with Ashley Flair (aka Charlotte in WWE)… the book Second Nature which is in stores now. That book is recommended reading too. Both the documentary on ESPN and the Ric Flair/Charlotte book are both pretty similar.

Another interesting part of the film was that it explained how Charlotte got into the WWE. Initially, Charlotte never wanted to become a WWE star, but she decided to get into wrestling in honor of her brother Reid Fliehr. Before Reid’s death, he was getting himself trained to be a WWE superstar but sadly it never happened. Charlotte got into wrestling in his honor. In other words, she wants to make his dream come true for him.

The film had all kinds of emotions. It can get enjoyable and sad at the same time. A lot of it’s positive and a lot of it isn’t. Ric maybe a WWE legend and all but he had some pretty dark times in his life too. Even though Ric had a lot of problems, he never gave up his love for professional wrestling. Ric always had wrestling in his blood — it was his passion. He worked through pretty much every wrestling company including WCW and TNA Impact. He loves the business and he shows it.

I thought it was a really good documentary last night and I’m probably gonna watch it again this week ’cause I DVR’d it. Even if you aren’t a wrestling fan at all, you may even enjoy it yourself. I would suggest everyone to check it out if ESPN re-runs it this week ’cause I’m sure they will!

Kev