Ok, you know what is grinding my gears? This Sunday is "Cyber" Sunday...A pay per view that has gone through so many changes. From being a prototype on Tuesdays and then it moved to Sunday and became Cyberish. But...now...they are taking the fun out of Cyber Sunday....BY HAVING YOU TEXT YOUR VOTE!
TEXT!?
What the hell, man? Cyber Sunday is supposed to be...CYBERISH! It has nothing to do with texts. Cyber Sunday should be directly in the hands of the internet and not the palms of your hands. The even more shitty part is the fact that you have to pay 99 CENTS to do it......ON TOP OF THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE FOR TEXTS! So, for me (cause I have the GoPhone plan with no "unlimited" texts) That is over a dollar for each text.
I am not going to pay for something that, honestly, I can do for free on the internet. I do like the matchups, the possible feuds, the Honkey Donkey Man, Golden Dust, and Roddy Stupid Piper all being in a match....but I am not going to pay for something that I have been doing ever since Taboo Tuesday. I am not going to waste my money on the show, if I am not going to be at the show or watch to see what's going on.
But everyone knows the reason for it....the money. Vinnie Mack is tryin' to suck the money out of your wallet as fast as he can...and, trust me, it is working. The majority of voters will wind up being teens and pre-teens that voted 10s of thousands of times for people that they don't even care about it, do to the fact that John Cena is not one of the choices in any of the matches.
That is all the WWE is trying to do...make money. Cyber Sunday, when it was Cyber Sunday, was revolutionary. Now, it looks like they are just about ready to scrap the Cyber Sunday deal all together by taking the Cybering out of the damn name.
The WWE NEEDS to change it's rules on Cyber Sunday...because, this time, it is not about money. It's about the fan interaction. It's about the fun to be a wrestling fan. It's about the fun to have power in your hands (without having to pay). It's about the reason why Phone Sex Sunday is your Elephant in the Ring.
Elephant in the Ring - It's Addictive Because You're a Wrestling Addict
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Elephant in the HAAS #8
By the title...you should know what is about to happen.
I have told you a few times that I am, without a doubt, a big fan of comedic style wrestlers (Santino Marella) and I always like one good laugh after another. Well, besides from Santino Marella making fun of Italians and how they speak, the WWE also brought in...a "copycat" wrestler in Mr. Charles Haas.
Now, as I sit here today typing this...a phrase popped into my head...a phrase that was said over and over again in time. That phrase was "immitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Ladies and Gents...Charlie Haas is doing something that I don't think anyone can ever really duplicate (knowing the WWE, they will try to...but it won't work as well as Charlie's immitations.
Heck, let us go to two weeks ago...."The Great Charli." The interpretor for Khali helped Charlie Haas poke fun at the same guy that he is managing...which made it even more funnier. Hell, Khali could not keep a straight face looking at Charlie Haas done a wig and an extended chin chinstrap, until he chopped Charli's head in with the "Judo Chop" maneuver.
Another instance was THREE weeks ago with the Mr. Imperfect vinettes he did at the Dave and Buster's. Mr Perfect, as you all know, was the man at these. The promos he did with Wade Boggs as well as the other stars, of that time, were amazing...almost made it seem like he was actually doing some of the things that he was showing us (honestly, how many people can show you that they can throw and catch the same football while running down the field at full speed?). Mr. Imperfect's vinette had to be the funniest segment the WWE has had in a while...::cough:: Highlanders ::cough::.
But here's the big question. Now what? That's it! Is that all he is going to do? The man has talent...he has good moves...he has great potential...but is he just a gimmick now? Slap a title on him! Make him mean something. Hell, have him win the intercontinental championship and come out as Roddy Piper or Golddust or, hell, even his World Greatest Tag Team brotheren from another motheren, Shelton Benjamin (ok, maybe not Shelton...you get my point though). The WWE needs to work with this angle.
They can't just throw him in where ever there needs to be comic relief. Ask Nick Dinsmore what happened when you are thrown in there JUST for the comic relief. People got stale of the Eugene character because, quite honestly, one or two weeks of him winning and of him playing the retarded angle...people just did not care anymore.
And when people don't care...people get bored...and when people get bored...they turn on you...and when the people turn on you...it becomes difficult to play face to 50,000 fans in one arena booing in your direction when they should be behind you.
I think the WWE can play this out for the better. I think that the WWE has some comic gold on their hands if they use it right. And, honestly, the key to the comic gold is...well...gold! But, as of right now, Charlie Haas, Great Charli, Mr. Imperfect, Good Ol' C.H., Charlito, CHL, and all the future characters you come up with...you all are the Elephants in the Ring.
Join us next week where we will talk about Khali's tallywacker.
I have told you a few times that I am, without a doubt, a big fan of comedic style wrestlers (Santino Marella) and I always like one good laugh after another. Well, besides from Santino Marella making fun of Italians and how they speak, the WWE also brought in...a "copycat" wrestler in Mr. Charles Haas.
Now, as I sit here today typing this...a phrase popped into my head...a phrase that was said over and over again in time. That phrase was "immitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Ladies and Gents...Charlie Haas is doing something that I don't think anyone can ever really duplicate (knowing the WWE, they will try to...but it won't work as well as Charlie's immitations.
Heck, let us go to two weeks ago...."The Great Charli." The interpretor for Khali helped Charlie Haas poke fun at the same guy that he is managing...which made it even more funnier. Hell, Khali could not keep a straight face looking at Charlie Haas done a wig and an extended chin chinstrap, until he chopped Charli's head in with the "Judo Chop" maneuver.
Another instance was THREE weeks ago with the Mr. Imperfect vinettes he did at the Dave and Buster's. Mr Perfect, as you all know, was the man at these. The promos he did with Wade Boggs as well as the other stars, of that time, were amazing...almost made it seem like he was actually doing some of the things that he was showing us (honestly, how many people can show you that they can throw and catch the same football while running down the field at full speed?). Mr. Imperfect's vinette had to be the funniest segment the WWE has had in a while...::cough:: Highlanders ::cough::.
But here's the big question. Now what? That's it! Is that all he is going to do? The man has talent...he has good moves...he has great potential...but is he just a gimmick now? Slap a title on him! Make him mean something. Hell, have him win the intercontinental championship and come out as Roddy Piper or Golddust or, hell, even his World Greatest Tag Team brotheren from another motheren, Shelton Benjamin (ok, maybe not Shelton...you get my point though). The WWE needs to work with this angle.
They can't just throw him in where ever there needs to be comic relief. Ask Nick Dinsmore what happened when you are thrown in there JUST for the comic relief. People got stale of the Eugene character because, quite honestly, one or two weeks of him winning and of him playing the retarded angle...people just did not care anymore.
And when people don't care...people get bored...and when people get bored...they turn on you...and when the people turn on you...it becomes difficult to play face to 50,000 fans in one arena booing in your direction when they should be behind you.
I think the WWE can play this out for the better. I think that the WWE has some comic gold on their hands if they use it right. And, honestly, the key to the comic gold is...well...gold! But, as of right now, Charlie Haas, Great Charli, Mr. Imperfect, Good Ol' C.H., Charlito, CHL, and all the future characters you come up with...you all are the Elephants in the Ring.
Join us next week where we will talk about Khali's tallywacker.
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