I must preface this by saying that the only reason I probably would ever have been interested in this song is because The Rock was in it, but after listening to it again this morning, you got to love a song that can borrow from Ricky Martin and John Denver at the same time.

The video quality isn’t so great, but enjoy… this is one of my kitschy favorites. I forgot at the end that Rock laid the smack down on the big guy.

P.S. If anybody can find me a video of Rock telling The Coach to dance the Charleston, I would love to see it. The closest video of that era that I can find on YouTube is when Rock told Coach he wasn’t praying right when he said, “What up, G?” and then Rock’s eyes got all bulgy and he literally kicked Coach’s ass out of the picture.

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TNA had a show last night? Yawwwwwwwwwwwwn… Really? I guess I hadn’t been paying attention to them since the last turkey they dropped.

They opened the show with Jeremy Boring hassling Kurt Angle about the neck injury he suffered overseas last weekend in South Korea. Angle said that his doctor told him not to compete. Be careful, Kurt… that’s what got Torrie Wilson fired. Angle also dropped a bunch of WWE trademarks into his lingo.

Meanwhile, one of TNA’s random broads hassled Scott Steiner about Angle’s injury when he arrived, and Steiner was happy. Kevin Nash also got out of his limo. Then, Jeremy Boring hassles Samoa Joe as he got out of his limo (no wonder TNA has astronomical travel expenses), and he was bummed out about Angle’s injury, but when he found out about Nash riding with Steiner, he got angry… why? Because Nash pays up to stock the wet bar in the limo.

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The chihuahua was a nice touch:

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When was the last time you watched Backlash and thought, “Hey, they’re setting up some pretty cool stuff for this summer!” I do, and I think it was back when the years all started with “1″… until now.

I mean, this isn’t hyperbole or sucking up to get some free DVDs (although that’s always appreciated)… this is The Russ, whose picture appears in the dictionary next to the word “hateful”, who hasn’t shilled anything for Vince in years, who is so down on the modern wrestling product that he’s resigned himself to watch matches from 20 years ago to maintain his appreciation and enjoyment of any pro wrestling product. This was an awesome show, and totally worth the money to watch it.

In fact, I can’t remember the last time I thought a wrestling show was this great that I actually had hope and faith in the business again, but I guess I have, and I really hope WWE can keep my hope and faith throughout the summer, as they’ve really set the table for some great stuff between this show and what took place on Raw. In fact, the main event was so much fun to watch, that I would have to make it a candidate for Match of the Year, and I don’t generally throw that term around lightly.

This show also marks the debut of Mick Foley as color commentator, and as long as he sticks to advancing the psychology and storytelling of the matches, Smackdown should be set for years. They couldn’t have picked a better guy. Anyway, enough gushing, I probably should go recap this thing.

Results courtesy of Gerweck.net.

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I have a thousand posts on pro wrestling now on my blog, which comprises about 40% of the content. I wrote about something that occurred in my pro wrestling “career” lately that made me decide to turn away from the business for good as a professional. It might be too much of a tell-all, but I had to get it down so that I could move on and stop worrying about what my next step in the business was going to be. Anyway, check it out here.

Hopefully I’ll get that Backlash review done before the end of the week too… it’s been a mite hectic lately.

Part 1:

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WWE Backlash: Children of the Corn this Sunday on PPV.

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Is there anything better than two big hosses beating the hell out of each other in the middle of a wrestling ring? Well, sure there is, but this is still pretty cool nonetheless. From WCW in 1994, here’s Vader vs. “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes:

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A couple of days ago, I got back from vacation, so my internet access time was somewhat limited. So yesterday as I browsed all my favorite sites (one being sescoops.com…even though sometimes I feel like I’m playing Galaga with the pop-ups) and I learn that ECW has a new announcer to replace Joey Styles. His name is Mike Adamle. I have never heard of him before, so I begin the google search. A handsome enough guy, though reminds me a tad of William Regal. Anyroad, I read articles about him and how he’s known for fudging lines and being out of touch with the product. Adamle also has a very hefty price: around $300,000 a year. Though the reasoning of the switch is interesting to me. Apparently, Joey Styles made the announcement that he will be the “head of WWE.com”. Though according to PWInsider.com WWE employee Brian Kalinowski will still be in charge of WWE.com, however Styles will assume a “managing editor” role, similar to what Michael Cole used to do.

So here’s the problem I have: they promoted some high-price nitwit and just replaced one of the greatest play-by-play announcers of our generation. Michael Cole used to be an announcer and run the site…so, couldn’t they have just had Styles do both, give HIM the raise, and fire some no-namer? I mean, that would save the company a little bit of money and frees up Adamle’s time to do whatever he wants.

PWInsider.com also notes that while Styles may be gone from tv airings, he will continue to attend the weekly SmackDown & ECW tapings. Along with that, he will also attend WWE RAW every night and will be sitting in on meetings with WWE’s creative team. Management wants Styles to be aware of upcoming storylines and know what to emphasize on the website.

Though with this youtube video made by Burngun50, I’m thinking it will only be a matter of time before Styles returns.

Let’s start out with one of the greatest promos of all time: Mick Foley’s famous ECW “Cane Dewey” promo:

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The show is from the Tsongas Arena, named after former Massachusetts senator Paul Tsongas. You might remember him as a former 1992 Democratic presidential candidate who ran in third place to Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown.

TNA’s new slogan is “Cross the Line”. Were they unionized?

After about 10 minutes of promos, we go to yet ANOTHER promo where TOTAL NONSTOP SUCK-ASS Don West is asking the most obvious question: will Joe or Angle win? I don’t know, Don… why don’t you cut backstage to Vinny Ru and find out for us? HAR HAR HAR

Now that that’s out of my system…

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Hey, I guess it’s this Sunday, so maybe I should do a preview, right? I mean, I guess I ain’t really got nothin’ else to do today… remember all the matches are gimmick matches with the “6 sides of steel”.

Motor City Machine Guns vs. Latin American Xchange vs. Scott Steiner & Petey Williams vs. The Rock ‘n Rave Infection vs. Super Eric & Kaz vs. Black Reign & Rellik (Cuffed in the Cage Match): The stipulation is that the guys have to handcuff everybody else to the cage. The match ends with the last man with his hands free. If only one guy can win, then what’s the point of having teams anyway? This sounds like an incredibly stupid match with too many guys involved. Steiner will probably win, since he gets a title shot next month.

Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky vs. Salinas vs. Rhaka Khan vs. Traci Brooks vs. Christy Hemme vs. Roxxi Laveaux vs. Jacqueline (Queen of the Cage Match): Another idiotic reverse battle royal where people that obviously should get into the cage will avoid doing so because they’re not going over. The first two Knockouts that end up in the cage will have a one-on-one match then. Sounds terribly exciting… or maybe just terrible. I think Traci and Jackie will end up together at the end, with Traci going over.

TNA Women’s Champion Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Gail Kim & O.D.B.: I’m not sure I really care now. They have beaten this boring feud into the ground long enough now. I would venture to say that Gail and ODB will win.

B.G. James vs. Kip James: The match everybody wanted to see… 10 years ago. I think it’s admirable that TNA employs the older folks… kinda like the 80-year-old guy that greets people at Wal-Mart. It’s genuinely a toss-up, but I’ll say Kip should go over if they want a long-term feud out of this.

Booker T & Sharmell vs. Robert Roode & Payton Banks (Mixed Tag Team Match): Yet another reiteration of this feud with the women involved. It’s about time to either let Booker win the feud and everyone move on or let Roode win the feud and elevate him a little bit. It seems like these are the only matches Booker has done on PPV since he joined TNA in November.

TNA X-Division Champion Jay Lethal vs. Curry Man vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Johnny Devine vs. Shark Boy vs. Consequences Creed (Xscape Match): The rules of this match is that it’s pinfall or submission rules until there’s only two guys left, and then the only way to win is by escaping the cage. I’ll say Lethal and Creed end up against each other at the end with Lethal retaining.

Christian Cage, Kevin Nash, Rhino, Sting & Matt Morgan vs. Tomko, A.J. Styles, Brother Ray, Brother Devon & James Storm (Lethal Lockdown): This is TNA’s version of War Games. I think that Team Tomko will win; I’m not really sure why, but that’s what I think will happen. Joe will win in the main event, so they don’t want the crowd getting too hot beforehand.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (if Joe loses, he leaves pro wrestling): Samoa Joe. Is there any doubt?

Scott Steiner cuts the greatest promo ever:

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What the WWE is cookin’ for the Rock’s new 3-disc DVD, tentatively scheduled to layeth the smacketh down on store shelves June 10.*

(Credit to Wrestling Observer)

HHH vs. Rock 3/13/97 for IC title
Rock vs. Owen Hart 4/6/98 for IC title
Rock vs. HHH 6/22/98 King of the Ring tournament
Rock vs. Mankind 11/15/98 Survivor series WWF title match
Rock vs. Mankind 2/14/99 Last man standing for WWF title
Rock vs. Mankind 2/15/99 Ladder match for WWF title
Rock vs. Steve Austin 3/28/99 WWF title
Rock vs. HHH 7/5/99 cage match on Raw
Rock & Mankind vs. Undertaker & Big show 8/30/99 WWF tag title
Rock vs. Kane 12/30/99 Smackdown
Rock vs. HHH 4/30/00 WWF title
Rock vs. Shane McMahon 5/1/00 Cage match for WWF title.
Rock vs. Kurt Angle 2/25/01 WWF title
Rock vs. Booker T 9 8/19/01 SummerSlam for WCW title
Rock vs. Chris Jericho 1/20/02 Royal Rumble for WWF title
Rock vs. Hulk Hogan 3/17/02 Wrestlemania match
Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt angle 7/21/02 for WWF title
Rock vs. Eddie Guerrero 7/22/02 on Raw
Rock vs. Steve Austin 3/30/03 at Wrestlemania

Is it too early to start standing in line at Best Buy? Because that DVD sounds awesome.

*Sorry, I know that was bad. It won’t happen again. At least not tonight…