It was interesting to listen to the paradox that is
Brett Hart. One thing he has always said, which is
something I couldn't agree with more and he repeated
that night was about priorities. The number one
priority in wrestling to protect your opponent. There
should be nothing held higher than that. He was proud
that in his career he had never significantly hurt
anyone in a match. That's something he should be proud
of. You need to be able to trust the person you are
working with in the ring. If your opponent wants to
take risks with his body that is his choice to do, but
you should never take a risk FOR him. This is the
number one reason I hate guys like JBL, Bob Holly, and
Rick Steiner. They think it's cute to rough someone up
in the ring. It's not. It's disrespectful.
But then Brett went on to say the other thing he
says... which makes me have no sympathy for him. He
talked about "doing the honors" in wrestling. I find it
hypocritical since he has chosen to define his life by
the incident in which he chose not to do the honors. He
has held a grudge over the "Montreal Screwjob" since
the day it happened. But it happened because he was not
willing to do the time honored tradition of jobbing the
belt to someone else when you are leaving a company or
territory. He didn't want to job the belt. He wanted to
win and then just hand the belt over the next night on
Raw before he left. Doing the Honors means to do for
someone else what a person once did for you. You
wouldn't have that belt if someone didn't give it up
for you.
Stephanie McMahon looked like she was about 39 months
pregnant, but man was she still hot.
Wrestlemania 22 was much better than I anticipated.
Even though Rey Rey in no way deserves the belt, at
least they kept that match short. I was surprised and
impressed to see Edge taking the brunt of some of the
big spots during his match with Foley. The HBK and
Vince match was a lesson in pacing and story telling.
Even the tag team title match was watchable.
After the PPV I headed back to the hotel bar where i
was staying, "Shoeless Joe Jackson's" to watch the
replay of the PPV. Johnny Fairplay showed up there with
his entourage. He got heckled by some TNA fans but
other than that all was good. He was a bit drunk by the
time I talked to him. The first thing he said to me was
"I bet you like mashed potatoes."
Monday I went to Raw. The show didn't have a lot of
energy. I think part of it was due to the fact they
never did the Raw pyros. Edge and HHH were pretty funny
though.
After Raw I stopped by Shoeless Joe's again and Michael
Cole came in for some drinks. I left about 2 in the
morning and Cole was still there going strong. He looks
like he's been buffing up some.
Anyway, just click on the "Top Turnbuckle" link on the
side of the page and you can go look at some of the
pictures and video clips I took with my camera from WM
22 and Raw.