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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

15 minutes is all I need.

Really.

Quick and fast and breathless. Relatively painless. Wham-bam, in and out, satisfaction on an average level for the night. Maybe a cigarette if the bar allows it.

I mean, how much more of WCW can you take than 15 minutes?

Hee, hee.

Originally I wouldn't have watched NITRO even if my libido would have been taken away if I didn't. But I was called for my my bar wrestling friends to come early, since here in Canada it was thought that perhaps, since we don't have to use the USA channel, we'd get it live on our Canadian sports network.

Apparently not. I got there at eight, and didn't leave until one. OY. My contacts were glued to my eyes, and I was half drunk from lemon screwdrivers. On a Monday night. Always fun.

If I had had another drink, I might have started the red satin striptease on the bar counter routine.... but alas.

So anyways, point being, if I had to suffer through that god-awful, fucking sloppy as hell show, then so do YOU. For the first time ever, there's equal converage on my part of both WCW and WWF. This doesn't mean it's boring, just different.

And it is, since for the most part, the reactions are genuine to the strange happenings in WCW, since I don't follow it. Real mark material, I guess.

Strange, new......perhaps a little spicy?

Probably not.

<smiles>

THE BIG STUFF

The most unusual thing I've noticed these days is how the most unlikely gimmicks...... are the ones succeeding with crowd appeal.

Think about it. Norman Smiley. What the hell. He wiggles. He screams. He wears full hockey equipment. And the appeal is? I DON'T KNOW. But it's working. You see the response this guy gets for the Big Wiggle? When he walks out? He is LOVED.

Another example? Kurt Angle. I wouldn't have picked him to be anything less than another Patriot (and may god help us if Del Wilkes ever returns) especially considering that anyone who uses the Patriot's old entrance theme music is a guaranteed loser in my book.

AH! But look! He is OVER. Big time, and I don't think alot of people realize it. For one thing, those three "I"'s he talks about: Intensity, Integrity and Intelligence? Crowds are saying it, even though it's apparent that they despise him. AN OLYMPIC HERO. DESPISED. One of the new undercard heel potentials. European Champion. Unreal.

What about the Marmalukes? Stereotypical Italian thugs. Over. Too Cool, two wannabee white rappers? Over, with the WORM, of all things. Head Cheese, Kane to a degree (come on, look at the gimmick)

It's strange and creative.... but unusual just the same.

Which is not to say that there isn't a share of really shitty gimmicks out there as well. Anything to do with Mideon for example. The Demon (what the f***) The Artist (Prince Nakamaki in a desperate attempt for a change) The most glaringly obvious example, albeit old, is the Ministry of Darkness.

And it contained MIDEON. Do I sense a trend?

The most interesting and curious thing about this week's RAW (beyond the fact that Chris Benoit pinned the Rock.... I thought the Rock was DEVASTATINGLY SUPERIOR!!) was the RAW debut of Esai Rio and his flame-haired tattooed counterpart, Lita.

Damn impressive. And ironically enough, not necessarily because of the wrestling.

Come on, you KNOW it's because of Lita that the crowd went nuts.

That surprisingly quick and accurate huracanruna she pulled on the outside of the ring. The moonsault following Rio. That may not be difficult to do, but it looked GOOD. And impressive. And quite unexpected, it makes me wonder what else this girl will be pulling out.

Now I know she was formerly Miss Congeniality in the ECW, but I'm unclear as to how much wrestling training she's actually had. Time will tell, I guess. Until then, I wouldn't be surprised if the two of them get a lot more TV time.... but not necessarily a two person success result.

What do I mean?

THE QUICK NOTES

What to do with Tank Abbott....what to do....he's no Goldberg, if that's the effect that the WCW is going for. They won't achieve it with the high-flying concept of the "Jacket on a Pole" match I heard being tossed around regarding him. Oy.

Is it just me, or is Mike Tenay .....dead?

And why is La Parka still around???? Geezus. Ditto for Oklahoma, Lex Luger, most of the roster.....

I know the only reason why I think this is because I'm not a constant fan of WCW, but seeing Lex Luger and Elizabeth together is strange.

What the HELL? AHMED JOHNSON??

Jesus Christ, what happened to this guy? Huge gut, strange name...and not to mention that he's STILL hurting people.

Daffney is my new fashion model. For whatever reason, I have a strange enjoyment to Crowbar, David Flair and her. I think if I ever turned lesbian, she'd probably be my choice for eye candy.

Not that that's happening anytime soon. Gentlemen?

I doubt that Jeff Jarrett has the capability to hold himself in a main event status.

The one thing I did enjoy was Ric Flair's obvious "heel" tactics throughout his NITRO match with Hulk Hogan. True enough, it was way favoured towards Hogan (Who doesn't take, nor sell a thing. Cocksmoker.) But c'mon. Thumb to the eye! On the knees, begging for mercy before a low blow! The f'ing foam knuckles! Punching the ref!

It does my body good.

And with that, I wash my hands of WCW. ICK.

Oh, and one more thing. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A HULKAMANIAC. NEVER WILL BE. It can die anytime now.

Oh, wait. Didn't it already about 5 YEARS AGO?

Fuck. Enough of that. On to my baby, the WWF.

The thing that I've noticed in the Radicals (which, by the way, I thought they didn't want to be called that) is that they're not wholly dominant. Usually in debuts of known wrestlers, dominance is a given.

Bravo to Kane for making the efforts to sweep the annoying tags of DX (namely the 1-2-3 Skid) and Tori away and starting to show the signs of his late 1997 dominance. And on a side note, kudos to Paul Bearer. He looks good.

Lillian Garcia is still screwing up.

Anyone else notice that Too Cool got FOUR on-TV appearances during RAW? The Rock had two. Interesting.

I look at the Godfather, remmeber the struggles of Kama Mustafa, and raise my shoulders in disbelief at the crowd influence he has now.

"Kirk Angel." "Mike Foley." BWA HA. Thanks goes to Chris Jericho for taking that little part of his act from WCW and using it in the WWF. Remember "Prince Nakamaki"?

Still on Jericho (I wish) I'm puzzling over the partnership of Jericho and Chyna. Why is this happening again?

Yes, I am a simple person.

But only when it comes to wrestling. <smiles>

That's it for me. Mail goes to cyanindigo@hotmail.com.

Keep your spit to yourself. It's been one hell of an interesting day, cherie.

CyanIndigo
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