They honor it by...putting on a three hour RAW extravaganza! Not any extravaganza, though. There are no deaths, or rememberances, or any special days that RAW has on here. Oh no, no, no. Ladies and gentlemen, the Slammys ARE BACK!...
...KINDA!...
Why kinda? Because it's not really the Slammy Setting. I remember watching old Slammy videos and it was more glamorous then a wrestling match. There weren't any wrestling. It was straight up an awards show. There weren't anyone getting beat up or broken or anything like that. It was it's own seperate entity. Todd Pettengill sinin the opening number in 1996, The Iron Shiek falling through the set on the first awards ceremony, "Kill the Clown" chants directed at Doink. Those were the Slammy's. Those were the days. I feel old.
But, the WWE can come out of this looking like princes to the fans princesses, what that means I have no idea...it just sounded cool. But, also, I have no idear how they can turn this into something positive because, quite honestly, they need more categories.
All I saw were "Best Wrestler", "Best Diva", and "Best Match" or something like that. Where's the "Best Hair" or "Best Dressed" or "Best Couple"? Where's all of that stuff that made the Slammy's entertaining? The only thing that will make this any better, I think, is to have Mike Adamle come out and belt the opening number fudging up everyone's name left and right.
IIIIIIIITS THEEEEEE SLAMMY SHOW! Oh wait, it's not the Slammy Show...it's the Elephant in the Ring.
But, on a more serious note. In my lifetime, I have met many superstars...from young (Larry Sweeney) to old (Tracey Smothers) but I know one person personally and, right now, that person lost a trainer, a partner, and a friend. In this last paragraph, I would like to send my condolences out to the friends, the family, and the students at the Top Rope Pro Wrestling Academy of head trainer "MoFo" Steve Bradley. He will be missed.
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