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    Friday, March 26, 2010

    The Fringe Report : Must See WWE

    Well it's that time of the year. The biggest spectacle in sports entertainment. Wrestlemania. For the 26th installment of Wrestlemania the boss with wrestle someone he screwed, a career will go against a streak, and pride against joining the straight edge society.

    This years event will open up with the Straight Edge superstar CM Punk, squaring up with fan favorite Rey Mysterio. CM Punk has humiliated Rey many times and the last straw was when he did it in front of his family on Smackdown a couple of weeks ago. Rey is fighting for his pride, but if he loses he must join CM Punks, "Straight Edge Society.' My gut feeling on this is, Mysterio will get screwed and have to join the S.E.S. The second match will contain son's of former WWE wrestlers. Cowboy Bob Orton's son, Randy Orton, The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase's son, Ted DiBiase and Dusty Rhodes son, Cody Rhodes, in a Triple Threat Match. The three son's were in a group called Legacy, and the purpose of legacy was to keep Randy Orton a Champion, DiDiase and Rhodes finally got sick of Randy and each other. The winner will prove he is better than the other two. I believe Randy Orton will remain the dominant being of the three. Third off will be The Game Triple H vs. The Celtic Warrior Sheamus. Back in the Elimination Chamber, The Game pinned Sheamus and cost him to lose the belt, Batista hold the belt now. The winner of this contest will most likely be the number one contender for the WWE Championship. On tap next will be the battle for the unified tag team Championships. The Big Show and The Miz, known as Showmiz will face Miz' former tag team partner John Morrison and R Truth. Showmiz will most likely maintain the belts. Now, for what is usually the most exciting match of the night. The Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Ladder matches are historically the best matches. This year there will be 10 WWE superstars vying for the chance to go after any title, at any time. The contestants are, The Big Red Machine Kane, high flying Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, M.V.P., Dolph Ziggler, The Gold Standard Shelton Benjamin, The All American American Jack Swagger, Intercontinental Champ Drew McIntyre and ladder match veterens Christian and Matt Hardy.

    The night is just warming up. At the Royal Rumble, The Rated R Superstar Edge won the Royal Rumble that gave him the opportunity to compete for a championship at Wrestlemania. He chose to face Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship. Over the past month, Edge and Jericho have exchanged comments and finishing moves on each other. Jericho with the Code Breaker and Edge with the Spear. Who will have the last laugh? Spear, Spear, Spear Next, the Animal, WWE Champ Batista puts his title on the line against Massachusetts own, John Cena. This match is personal. Batista has taken cheap shots at Cena for a month, now he has to meet him face to face. In the past Batista hasn't held titles for long, and Cena has. Although lately Cena hasn't held onto a title for long, losing it to new WWE Superstar Sheamus last year. My prediction is that Cena will win and face Triple H at the next pay-per-view. Now the match 13 years in the making. Back when Bret "The Hitman" Hart was ending his contract with the WWE to join WCW, he was facing Shawn Michaels in Toronto in front of his home fans. Vince told him that he would win the match and leave as a champion. But when Shawn Michaels put Bret into a submission hold, Vince came out told the ref to call for the bell, and call Shawn Michaels the winner. Bret was pissed and spit in Vince's face and later backstage punched him in the face. All of this was real and not staged. Now, Bret Hart is a WWE Hall of Famer and his Dad will be given that honor this year, the night before Wrestlemania. Bret wanted to put the past behind him. He made amends with Shawn Michaels and wanted to do the same with Vince. Vince kicked him in the groin and screwed him again, setting up this No Holds Barred match, where The Hitman will avenge his screwing.

    Now for the Main Event. The Minister of Darkness, Undertaker will put his 17-0 Wrestlemania record on the line against the Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michael's career. Last year Shawn Michaels failed to end the streak as so, many before him have. Not that I want to see HBK's career end, but I will be very disappointed if they end the streak. At this point, the Undertaker deserves to keep the streak in tack.

    I look forward to watching this event every year. My son looks forward to it and I enjoy the together time with him as he struggles to stay up for the whole thing. I know it is tough to shell out the money every month for a pay-per-view, that is why we only order a couple a year. Wrestlemania is always one of them. The WWE puts everything into this event. There are always surprises during the night. I look forward to commenting on this event next week. For true fans, I don't have to tell you, but for the one's that may have just stumbled upon wrestling recently. Wrestlemania is a must see.

    rubbashoes@wickedpissadude.com

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    Monday, February 23, 2009

    The Wide World of Fringe Sports

    Well, it seems to be a slow sports day for the big 4 sports, so let's take a look at the not so big 4. When I say big 4, I am talking Football, Baseball, Basketball and Hockey. Fringe sports would be the rest of them. Did you happen to catch any of the Rugby that was on the tube yesterday. I was sitting at a kid's birthday party and the Celtics game had just ended. That is when someone started flipping through the stations to find something to watch. It ended up on Rugby. We started watching and before you knew it, we were oooowing and ahhhhing at what we were watching. That got me thinking, that true sports fans will watch anything to fill a void. Especially when you have a room full of guys who just watched the C's take it to the Sun's.

    Now I think that if people had enough time to devote to the "fringe" sports, they might actually enjoy them. Just stop and think, on that rainy day in June, when the Sox get rained out. You get bored and start flipping stations. You stop on the LPGA, because one it's a sport and two the girls don't look so bad, then the commercial comes and you start flipping again, and you land on Monster Trucks. You stop because you don't think anyone can see you, and then you catch yourself kind of amazed at what they can do with a big pick-up truck. Start flipping again and there is a re-run of Monday Night Raw. You stop because the LPGA is still in commercial, and you reminisce about your youth when you once watched Hulk Hogan take on Andre the Giant, or you would see Jimmy Superfly Snuka go airborne off the top rope. We have all been there.

    If you liked it as a kid, you probably could still like it as an adult. All you need is a little extra time to give it a try. Don't laugh at people who watch this stuff, because if you weren't so busy running around and could actually relax on a Monday night when Monday Night Football is all done, and the new season of 24 is all over, give the WWE a try, watch out you just might like it. Just remember when you try watching these other sports, you have to go into them with an open mind. If you go in thinking they are going to suck, then you wouldn't enjoy it if you could. If you happen to check out the WWE, remember, it isn't fake, it's scripted (to a point). When a person does a backwards flip of the top rope and land on someone on the concrete floor, they are really doing it. They do whatever they can to help each other not seriously hurt themselves, but it is still real. I've even caught myself watching Bass fishing on really slow sports days. If there is some type of competition going on I can get into it. For now, this is Rubba Shoes Corey, keeping it real.

    billy@wickedpissadude.com

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