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One of the loyal followers of this blog has been making a comparison for the last few years. He has been comparing wrestlers with NBA players. I would say he started doing this about 2 years ago when I was a guest on his radio show, but he also made mentions of it on this blog. Back then I did not have a chance (or maybe I just refused) to look into exactly what he was saying. Then maybe 2 weeks ago he sent me a newspaper/blog article with someone else making the same comparison. Now I cannot find the article, or I would give the gentleman credit, because it was very, very well done. I went through his article, there were some that I thought were accurate, and some that I thought were a reach. So to get conversation going, I would love to start this conversation tonight. Now some of these may be obscure for you all, so if you have any questions please let me know, and of course, if you don’t agree and want to say something different, please feel free to comment.

So let’s start with a man who has won almost every accolade in the business, except the big one. The brand new MVP of the league, LeBron James. Who do I think is the best guy in the business right now, who has won every title out there except for the world title? Shelton Benjamin. I know you may think it is a reach to go with Benjamin, but I can’t think of anyone else who is as good as him in the business right now. Now think about this, Benjamin has won every title in WWE except for the world title, and now he is in Ring of Honor, and again he has won a title, but not the big one. But if you have watched Benjamin, you know that he is probably the best guy in the business. Just like James, he has been dazzling us for about 10 years now. And just like James if he does not win the title, he will be looked at as a big disappointment. He will be a Barkley, a Ewing, and a Wilkins. If James does not win it, he will be here too.

Next I would like to compare factions with entire teams. The four horsemen stand for excellence and championships. In the NBA one team has personified this, and I hate to admit it, but the Boston Celtics, as an organization, are just that. The championships alone speak for themselves. But let’s dig deeper. Bill Russell has won more title as a player than anyone else, he is Ric Flair. And through the years the faces have changed but they are always there, and they have always stood for winning. Now on this next one, you are going to have to use your imagination for this. I say Phil Jackson is Triple H. And if Jackson is H, then the Chicago Bulls are D-generation X. Now take out the fact that DX was counter cultural, and just think about the championships they won their 1st time around, when it was just Triple H and Shawn Michaels; that would be like the 1st 3-peat. Then Michaels retires, so does Jordan. Afterwards they reform the team and have some success. Then Jackson leaves the Bulls and coaches the hated Lakers, and turned them into champions. And after that he started dating the owner’s daughter. Triple H left DX and dated the owner of the company’s daughter; he also formed a new team called Evolution. With Evolution, Triple H won 5 World titles, and with the Lakers, Jackson won 5 World titles. These teams have all become the flag bearers for this business when it comes to factions, and teams.

Lastly I am going to compare 2 men whom, at 1st I did not like; who I thought was given way too much, way too fast; who are very comparable to stars of yester year? But I will admit that in the last few years these men have become the face of their organization, and are the hardest workers in their sport. The 2 men I am talking about are Kobe Bryant, and John Cena. There was a time when both Kobe and John were looked upon as not deserving of all of their accolades. Kobe was an all-star starter during his 2nd year in the league, though he was not a starter on his own team. John Cena’s 1st title reign was for almost a whole year, and when he did finally lose it, he won it back in 3 weeks. This is something we have never seen and were not used to. And worse than that, during his 1st reign he beat everyone. Shawn Michaels, Kane, Kurt Angle, Christian, Chris Jericho, he beat everyone. So because of this, we all did not like both men. And through all of this I think a lot of us forgot a few things about these guys. #1 they are the hardest workers in the league. If left up to them, they would not miss anytime at all. #2 they are at their best when the bright lights are on, Kobe in the Playoffs, and I have gone on record saying the Cena is Mr. PPV. He has not been out performed in a PPV since he became a main eventer. And #3 I think that there was a time when both were the absolute best in the business. Cena has taken on every single wrestler out there, The Rock, Michaels, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, some he beat, some he lost to, but he has taken them all on, and has performed up their level, or even out performed them. Bryant has taken on the NBA has to offer, and he is still one of the best. After 16 years he was 2nd in the league in scoring. These 2 men may be on the down side of their careers, but they are still the men you want with the ball in their hands when the game on the line, or in the main event at WrestleMania.

I really enjoyed writing this blog. It is good to put these 2 sports in the other sport’s perspective. I am sure I could go on and on, with these comparisons, but I will leave it up to you all. If you think I am wrong in certain areas, let me know, I will think about it. And if you like what I put and you want to add to it, and then by all means let me know, and let’s see what we come up with.

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As you all know, I normally don’t write this blog to kill guys. I don’t want to make it seem like I can do everything they do. I have no delusions on grander. I know that these guys are very special athletes. There are only a few people who can do what they do, and I by no means, believe that I can go on the road 300 nights a year, and become a superstar. But with that being said, I know that everyone who reads my blog is looking for my honest opinion about something I see happening in the business. So with that said, in tonight’s blog I am going to take TNA to task for promoting the referee turned wrestler, Garrett Bischoff. Now some of you are probably wondering, is he related to Eric….well guess what, he is Eric’s son.

Back in late 2010, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff formed the heel faction, Immortal. During the run of Immortal they had their own ref, Garrett Bischoff. Everything was going smoothly for Immortal back then, they had the World Champion, The Tag Team champions, and The X division Champions. They also had Dixie Carter, TNA President, sign over control of the company to Hogan (this of course was before he became a bad guy). So with them all being on top, there was only one place for them to go….and that was down.

Their final straw was a match between Hogan and Sting. This match would be for total control of TNA, if Hogan won, he would keep control, if Sting won, he would give control back to Carter. To stack the deck in Hogan’s favor, they assigned Garrett to be the ref. Even with the deck stacked against him, Sting pulled off a victory. But how did he do it? Garrett actually turned his back on his father, and his father’s best friend, by calling the match down the middle, and calling for the bell, after Hogan tapped out.

After costing his team, Eric wanted to punish his son. So he put him in the ring in a few matches. Now here is where I start to have a problem. Garrett Bischoff has not lost a match yet. He is not a professional wrestler, but he has beaten one in every single one of his matches. Now don’t get me wrong, he continues to beat the same wrestler, but he is not beating some jobber, he keeps beating a pretty good wrestler in TNA. Gunner, a guy who is super huge and was once their TV Champion. So why on earth would they have their former TV champ, an actual wrestler, loses to a former ref? I just don’t get it. Again, I am not doing this blog to kill Garrett, or TNA, but I just do not understand.

I know everyone has to start somewhere but I don’t get where this is coming from. I am hoping that it is not (or at least not entirely) because he is the son of Eric. Didn’t we see this before? Does anyone remember when David Flair, Ric’s son, tried to wrestle in WCW? He was terrible. And I am sorry to say this, but so is Garrett. It would be different if he was any good what so ever, but he is not. He is a below average athlete, terrible on the mic, he is just not a wrestler. I hope that this is not in TNA’s long term goals, because if it is, I will not be watching. I will stream every episode of Ring of Honor, so I can watch some competitive wrestling.

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Here comes the pain........Again!!!!

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As I was watching wrestling this past week, I saw that WWE is gearing up for their next Pay per View, “Extreme Rules”. One of the main events for that PPV is John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar. I was watching Brock do this interview, and I was telling my wife who Brock Lesnar was. Then I realized that people may not know exactly who Brock Lesnar is. So here we go, this will be a blog about “The Next Big Thing”, “Mr. Here Comes the Pain” Himself, Brock Lesnar.

Lesnar started wrestling early in his life. He wrestled in high school. During his senior year he went undefeated, 33-0. He later attended Bismarck State College, in South Dakota. In 1998 he became the National Junior Collegiate Athletics Association (NJCAA) Heavyweight Champion. He later transferred to the University of Minnesota. In 2000 he won the NCAA Heavyweight Championship. He was a 2-time NJCAA All-American, a 2-time NCAA All-American, and a 2-time Big Ten Conference Champion. After such an illustrious college career, Lesnar signed up with WWE.
In 2000, he started in Ohio Valley Wrestling. There he developed as a wrestler. He was in OVW with all of the stars of today, like John Cena, Randy Orton, Shelton Benjamin, and Batista. Over the next 2 years, he and Benjamin would win the OVW Tag Team Titles. After years of dominance in the OVW, it was time for Lesnar to make the jump up to the big time. WWE.

Lesnar started in 2002 in WWE right after WrestleMania. This was a very interesting time for the company, a time of transition. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock were no longer the major players in the company that they once were. Shawn Michaels had not come back to the company yet, and the company was getting ready to do their brand extension, where they would have an exclusive roster for each show, meaning the people on Raw, were only wrestlers on Raw, and the people on SmackDown would only wrestle on SmackDown. Lesnar came along and shook up the whole roster. He came to Raw and basically destroyed everyone in his path. From the Hardys, to Rikishi, to Al Snow, even to the immortal Hulk Hogan, he destroyed them all.
In 2002, WWE was trying something new. At the (then annual) King of the Ring PPV, WWE announced that the winner of the tournament would be the #1 contender for the Undisputed WWE Title. Lesnar beat Bubba Ray Dudley and Booker T on Raw. Then at the PPV he defeated Test, and Rob Van Dam. Brock was set to face the WWE Undisputed Champion at Summer Slam. The Rock went on to win the title, and he and Brock were set to fight for the title at Summer Slam.

At Summer Slam “the Next Big Thing” became the Undisputed Champion. He also became the youngest person ever to win the WWE championship. As the Undisputed Champion Lesnar could go on both shows, to defend the title. But Stephanie McMahon signed him to an exclusive contract on SmackDown, making the title no longer Undisputed, and just the WWE Championship.

On SmackDown, Lesnar entered into an instant feud with the Undertaker. They fought for months over the WWE title. They fought at the PPV “Unforgiving”. This match ended in a double disqualification. The next time these two met there would have to be a winner, because this match would be contested in Hell in a Cell. At the “No Mercy” PPV, they had one of the greatest matches I have ever seen. This Hell in a Cell match is the stuff legends are made of. Brock beat Undertaker, and left him in a bloody heap. I don’t think any has ever done that to Taker, so this was the coming out moment for Lesnar.
Next up for Lesnar was the Big Show. They met at Survivor Series where Lesnar would lose the title, by being double crossed by his manager, Paul Heyman. Lesnar was trying to make his way back up to the top of the roster, so he had to win the Royal Rumble. At the Rumble Lesnar won, and was on his way to Mania to wrestle for the WWE title. Lesnar Wrestled Kurt Angle at Mania. They had a great match. Angle was very courageous, because he wrestled with a broken neck, and was going to have surgery after Mania. During their match Lesnar almost killed himself, by trying to do a backflip off of the top rope, but he jammed his neck, and gave himself a concussion. But somehow Lesnar was able to finish the match, and win the title.

For the next year Lesnar would feud with Angle over the WWE Title. Angle would come back from surgery and win the title at the “Vengeance” PPV. Lesnar and Angle would fight for the title again at Summer slam, with Angle winning again. Finally Lesnar regained the title in an Iron Man match on SmackDown. After winning back the title, Lesnar was very dominating beating everyone that came across his path.

Then in 2004 Lesnar started a feud with Goldberg, from Raw. Lesnar went so far as to cost Goldberg the Royal Rumble match, when he gave him an F5 (his signature move), which led to him being thrown out of the ring. This upset Goldberg so much, that he was going to do whatever he could to cost Lesnar his title. At the “No Way Out” PPV, Lesnar had a title against Eddie Guerrero. That night Goldberg speared Lesnar, which aided in Guerrero winning the WWE Title. This led to a match between Goldberg and Lesnar at WrestleMania 20. Lesnar lost this match, and was done with WWE.
His life after WWE has had a lot to do with wrestling and fighting. Lesnar wrestled in Japan, becoming the IWGP champion. He then went out and joined the Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC) Company. It would not take him long to conquer there also. He joined UFC in 2008, later that year he won the UFC World Heavyweight title. Lesnar was the new champion, but he was not fighting a lot. On November 4th 2009, Lesnar confirmed he was suffering from mononucleosis, and had to take some time off from fighting. When he came back he defeated the interim champion Shane Carwin. In October 2010 Lesnar was defeated for the UFC World Title by Cain Velasquez, and though he had another fight or 2 after that, he never returned to the main spotlight in UFC.
Now Lesnar is back in WWE. He says he came back because wrestling needs him. I am waiting to see. I have not seen Lesnar in the ring for almost 8 years. A lot of his matches in UFC were very short. He was a big guy with a lot of agility, and that helped him in the cage. But in the ring we are looking for guys who can tell stories. We are going to have to have him in 20 or 30 minute matches, like the old Brock Lesnar. I am not saying he can’t do it, I am just saying I hope so. If he can be the guy he was 8 years ago, the next few years in wrestling will be AWESOME!

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Let the fun and games begin!!!!!!

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Well well well……WrestleMania. Need I say more? There were a lot of things that have happened in the last week. Today I will be doing a Mania review and some predictions about the aftermath. I must say I will not be doing a review of every match (because I don’t think you really care about who won the Kelly Kelly tag team match), but I will review the important ones.

The Nontitle Matches: Kane def. Randy Orton. I picked wrong on this match. I figured since Orton was the #1 face on SmackDown, they would have Orton win the match. But for some reason they had Kane win at Mania, but they had Orton win on SmackDown. Doesn’t make any sense to me, but hey, I am not making the decisions in Connecticut. In the other nontitle match, Team Johnny defeated Team Teddy. This was the match to determine the GM of both Raw and SmackDown. Like I thought going in, they had to have the bad guy win the match. We need a GM that seems like he has an agenda, so we can have someone to root against.

The Title Matches: The Big Show defeated Cody Rhodes. I knew this would be the outcome of this match. Rhodes has been pushing Show for about a month now. Always bringing up the fact that Show has not had many Mania moments. He even made a few videos with Show’s Mania failures. So I could tell that this would not be another failure. Show was going to come out on top, and that is exactly what happened. In World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus def. Daniel Bryan. I knew Sheamus would win, I did not know it would take all of 18 seconds. I thought this would be a match where we got to see 2 men who could wrestle. But no, we saw a big guy pretty much have a squash match with the world heavyweight champion. Shouldn’t the champ get more respect than that? Was he injured? Is there something we don’t know about Bryan? I guess we have to stay tuned to find out. In the WWE Championship Match: CM Punk def. Chris Jericho. Now this was a match between 2 of the best wrestlers in the world. This match was everything a Mania title match should be. And although Punk won, I could see this feud continuing for at least another 2 months, so mission accomplished.

Grudge Matches: The Undertaker def. Triple H: 20-0. That is pretty much all that needs to be said. They called this match an end of an era. I guess when they say that, they mean that it is ushering out the last 2 active members of the old WWE. Guys who were there pre attitude era. Guys who have seen them all come and go. And guys who have never left the company (Taker more so than Triple H, since Taker has been there since the 80s). When they say “They don’t make them like this anymore”, these 2 are exactly what they are talking about. This was a little more than just a Mania match; this was a tribute to 2 guys who deserve all of the respect that they have. The Rock def. John Cena: I must say, I do not understand this outcome. Like I said in my blog last week, Rock is going back to Hollywood to do more movies, and Cena is still in WWE. Why would you have one of your main guys for the past almost decade lose to a man that for the past decade has shown up on WWE broadcast in person, what 20 times? I just don’t get it. But with that said, The Rock is the man, and he defeated Cena fair and square in the middle of the ring.

The aftermath: The next night on Raw the Rock came out, and seemed to be (for the 1st time, I might add) genuine. It seemed like he was very excited about the opportunity to perform at Mania again. And in his speech he seemed to appreciate the WWE, the WWE fans, and even John Cena, for allowing him to step back in the ring, and electrify the crowd, like only he can do. Cena on the other hand, wanted to congratulate the Rock face to face on his victory. But instead of the Rock, another former WWE champion made a comeback. Brock Lesner made his long awaited return to the WWE. He said nothing, all he did was come out to the ring, and give an F5 to Cena, and that was it.

It seems that there are a lot of new things happening in WWE lately. This is why I love Mania. There is always something new and exciting for us to talk about. I cannot wait till next Raw to see what happens next.


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It's the most wonderful time of the year!!!!!

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I am sure at this point we all know that this is WrestleMania time. Tonight is the greatest night in pro wrestling. This is the biggest show of the year. And now it is time for me to make predictions for the show tonight. Last year of the real important matches I picked, I went 2-4. Not good at all. So hopefully this year, I will get it together.

Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos vs. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix & Eve: I really am not excited about this match at all. But I guess they had to do something in the entertainment portion of the night. I believe Kelly Kelly’s team will win. Normally when a nice person from the world of entertainment steps in to the ring, they win; I don’t see tonight being any different. Besides this is not a Diva’s Championship match, so I believe the Maria Menounos, Kelly Kelly team will win.

Randy Orton vs. Kane: This is an interesting match. I have to believe that if Wade Barrett did not hurt himself on Raw a few weeks ago, this would be Barrett and Orton, and not Kane. But injuries are a part of the business. If this were a no holds barred match, I think this could be very entertaining. Even without that I think it will be a good match. Orton is very hot right now, he is the #1 guy on Smackdown, and so I think he will pull it out.

Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny: I am a big fan of Teddy Long. I remember him way back when he was the manager for the NWA World Tag Team champions, Doom. I remember him as a referee, and as a manager in WWE, where he managed Mark Henry. So with that said, it hurts me to say this, but I think team Johnny wins. 1st they have the better all-around team. Henry, Miz, Christian, these are 3 guys who have been champion within the last 12 months. The only person on team Teddy that has been champion was Booker T, and he is semi-retired, and was champ almost 6 years ago. 2nd I think we have to have someone running both shows who people hate. That way we always watch to see if that GM is going to lose his job. And Johnny is hated way more than Teddy.

Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show: This may be an interesting match. As you all know, I have been ringing the bell for Cody Rhodes for a long time. But I have to admit, I am getting sick of him and his gimmick. I enjoyed it when he was “dashing”, and I think he is a good I-C champ, but since he changed the belt design back to the old school design, he has not done anything to bring any prestige to the belt like he said he would. Beside a lot has been made about the Big Show not having a Mania moment. I think tonight will be that moment. Show wins the I-C title tonight.

World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus: Rumble winner Sheamus, is challenging the World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan. I think this is a pretty open and shut match. This might be the most open and shut title match since John Cena won his 1st title in 2005. Bryan has been a slimy champ, he hasn’t moved the meter as the champ, and Sheamus has the crowd behind him. So I pick Sheamus in a pretty short match.

WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho: As I was telling one of the followers not too long ago, Punk is still pretty hot right now. I don’t see him losing his title at Mania. Even to Chris Jericho. Again I think this will be a short match with Punk retaining the title.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H (Hell in a Cell Match with special referee Shawn Michaels): Now for everyone who was there or saw the match, you all know that this was the match of Mania (if not the year). So as the time for this year’s Taker match was coming around, and we were all wondering if they have a rematch, how are they going to top last years? Hell in a Cell. With 2 titans of Hell in a Cell. These men have practically popularized this match. They say it will be the end of an era. All of this to me sounds like they are going to end the streak. I just don’t know why they would end it now. Taker’s record at Mania is 19-0, why wouldn’t they make it a nice round number like 20-0 before they end it? And there has been a lot made about the fact that Shawn Michaels will be the special referee. To me all of this is being set up to have Shawn turn on Triple H, and help Taker win and continue the streak. 20-0. Maybe next year it ends.

John Cena vs. The Rock: Even though at this point we will have had 2 world title matches, an IC title match, and Hell in a Cell, this is the Main Event. This is the match we have talked about for an entire year. This is a very important match. For the Rock this will be his chance to come back and show that he is the very best to ever perform at Mania. And for Cena this is the chance for him to get revenge on the Rock for costing him a win at last year’s Mania. Who wins? To me Cena has to win. I know everybody loves the Rock. We all remember him from 10 years ago when he was on Raw and Smackdown every week. But something has changed in a decade. The Rock left WWE, and Cena became the man. Cena has wrestled everyone, and has been the bell cow for the company almost since the beginning. I remember and love the Rock like everyone else, but Cena is right. After Mania, Rock will go on back to Hollywood, and Cena will be on Raw. As a wrestling fan, I want the wrestler to win, not the actor. Let’s Go Cena!!!!!



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He has been perfection for a while now.

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So as I have been watching wrestling lately I have (as usual) noticed something. I have been paying attention to someone. You would think he would be someone who was a champion of some kind. But I have to admit, the champs on all of the shows have not been performing up to par as of late. You all know how I feel about the WWE champ CM Punk. The World champ Daniel Bryan has not been a good champion at all. Santino Marella just won the US title, and let’s get real; he is somewhat of a side show. And though I think Cody Rhodes has a big future in the business, I have hated his persona since he was put in that mask (which I never really understood, anyway) almost a year ago. So I am not talking about any of them. But there is one guy who stands out as maybe the best pound for pound wrestler in the WWE. He has been stealing the show on Raw and SmackDown for a while, and it’s time for someone to give him credit. This person is Dolph Ziggler.
Ziggler was a very successful amateur wrestler. In his high school in Ohio, he set the record for the most pins with 82. In college he continued to wrestle. At Kent State University he also set the record for pins, which would later be broken. In college he was also a 3 time amateur wrestling champion.

He broke into WWE in 2006 as a member of the Spirit Squad. The Spirit Squad was a group of cheerleaders. Yes, I know it sounds dumb, but Ziggler stood out. After that gimmick had run its course (which wasn’t that long, Ziggler ventured out on his own.

He was sent down to the WWE developmental territory in 2007 to improve. Ziggler resurfaced with a new haircut, and a new attitude. In 2008 Ziggler came back to Raw, where he was not very successful. But it should be noted, that at that time, Raw was very top heavy (but I guess that’s how it has always been since the brand extension). So Ziggler did not have many wins back on Raw. During the 2009 Draft, he was moved over to SmackDown. On SmackDown, he challenged MVP for the US title. Though he did not win, he was showing signs of being ready to move up the ranks.

For the next 6 months he would try to acquire some gold. He tried and tried to take the belt off of MVP, and did not win it. Then when the Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio came to SmackDown, Ziggler set his sights on that belt. But still he could not break through. Not until he decided to date Vickie Guerrero that he would see some success.
In July of 2010, they started dating, and he once again had his sights set on the IC belt. This time he would defeat Kofi Kingston, to win his 1st singles title in WWE. After that, he would go on to have great matches with Kingston over that belt that entire summer (one of my 1st blogs was about how great of a set of matches they were having for that IC belt). Ziggler held that belt for 5 months, before losing it back to Kingston. Funny thing though, that same night, he became the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title.

Now here is where things get a little silly. Ziggler had a set of matches with the champion, Edge. At this time, Vickie was the GM of SmackDown. Vickie and Edge have bad history with each other, and because of that, Vickie wanted to get the belt off of Edge, and on to her new man. In one of their title matches, Edge could not use his finishing move, the spear. If he did, Ziggler would be rewarded the World title. At the end of the match, the ref was knocked out (of course), and Edge used his spear. He pinned Ziggler, and was awarded the title. Then a week later, Vickie awarded the title to Edge. Then the regular SmackDown GM, Teddy Long came back, stripped the title, and ordered them to have a match for the belt, where Edge could use the spear. He did, and won the title. The reason why this is so silly is because Ziggler is regarded as a 1 time world champ, because of this. I think that is just silly, but that is just me.

After Ziggler could not wrestle the title off of Edge, he was moved back to Raw, and set his sights on the US title. At the Capital Punishment Pay per View 2011, Ziggler defeated (you guessed it) Kingston to win the US title. Ziggler was very successful as the US champ, holding the belt for 6 months, until he lost it to the internet sensation, Zack Ryder.

Though he is not a champ of any kind, anymore, that has not stopped Ziggler from having some of the best matches lately. He pushed the #1 contender for the World title, Sheamus, to the limit, a few weeks ago on Raw. He has been outperforming most everyone in wrestling. I am telling you now; you are really looking at, not only a show out, but a future Champion.

I have picked my side, which side are you on?

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Watching wrestling this week I came across something. This was something I have been thinking about writing but did not do it until now. There has been a situation going on for almost (if not) an entire year. Last year to me, it was very funny, light hearted, and it was leading us up to WrestleMania here in Atlanta, so I wasn’t ready to blog about it, or even choose sides. But now I feel that it is time for someone to say something, and since I am the only person I know with a wrestling blog, I will be the one to say it. In regards to the ongoing beef between the Rock and John Cena, I have chosen a side……I think John Cena is Right.

Now I know what you all are going to say, “Are you a Cena fan now”? No, not necessarily, but I would like to think I give credit where credit is due. And people, Cena deserve credit on this one.

Let’s go over what their problems are with each other. Cena is upset with the Rock, because every time he comes back he always talks about how he is home and he is here to stay. But the very next week he is gone, and will be gone for months. This is true. In the past year, the Rock has come on Raw a few times, and has come out and electrified the crowd for one night. After that John Cena and all of the other WWE superstars have to be on TV, and travel all over the world every night, killing themselves. I don’t see why anyone would be upset with Cena. Like it or not, Cena is always there. Night after night, week after week, Cena is always there and always ready to perform to the highest level. Don’t get me wrong, I know the Rock can make (and has made) way more money in Hollywood, and doesn’t run the risk of permanently injuring himself, but I can respect a guy like Cena, who I’m sure has had a few offers from Hollywood too (he has done 2 major motion pictures), but he has never missed time as the biggest star in the company, unlike the Rock.

The Rock says that Cena does not talk to him like a grown man. I could agree with the Rock on this one last year, but this year, there has been no rapping, no hat backward, no nothing. Cena has come on and said what he felt about the Rock. And last week to me Cena fired the shot heard around the world. Cena did something that not only have I never seen, but I never ever thought I would ever see; and that was a punk the Rock on the microphone. Last week on Raw Cena came out to the ring, that the Rock was already in, and told him where to go and how to get there, and he left the ring, leaving the Rock speechless.

Lastly Cena says the Rock never speaks to any of the guys backstage. Now I am not sure if that is the Rock’s responsibility to do so. Rock said no one did that for him, so why should he do that for the guys in the back. I am not sure. I would like to think that a guy like the Rock, who most of those guys look up to, would be willing to pass on some knowledge to the next generation of superstars, but I am not him. I can’t say what he would do. But I do know that if you are a guy that only comes around during WrestleMania, or when it can benefit you, then you will start to rub people the wrong way, and I’m sure you will become a bad guy.

I know a lot of people hate John Cena. It seems like that is the cool thing to do now. Like I have said before, I think Cena has earned our (fans) respect. Unlike the Rock, when Cena was on top, he was still there every single night, closing out the show, giving it 100%. I know we all love the Rock, he was the man that got a lot of us to become fans in the 1st place. But where is the respect for a man who has all but carried WWE for the last 7 years, traveling from city to city, while the Rock makes his once a year appearance, and gets so much love from the people. I just don’t understand it, but if lines were drawn and we had to pick a side, I am choosing Cena. Sorry Rocky.