A Descent into Dullness

...reading all the Year in Review from people who've accomplished things.

But now I'm not.



Thank you wrasslin' and strange dance meme. Thank you...

So I see Punk is doing a Heel Champ run, as a Sanctimonious Pompous Tool type. I'm not that familiar with any of his previous Heel runs, is that his normal gimmick? Play up the Straight Edge as making him better?

Also I see they're going with another "I ain't ascairt of the Big Bad Undertaker" feud for the two of them. Which I guess means a month or two of Evil Druid 'Taker and his SCARYDARKMAJIKS. I guess it works. There seem to be only three major ways of doing a 'Taker feud. This one aka The New Freshness Does Not Fear the Mind Games. The I'm A Bigger Monster (mostly used for Kane but brought out for 'Taker as well). And the I Am the True Billy Bad-ass. Which means Biker Street Brawler 'Taker. Which would mean only a 5 minute bike ride to the ring for matches and speeches instead of the 10-15 minute Druid parade...

Here is the deal. I'm a lapsed wrestling fan. So I bring some extra baggage to this movie. Even allowing for that, this is a movie more than worth seeing. The Oscar nods to Rourke and Tomei are well deserved. And watching Rourke as Randy "The Ram" Robinson is heartbreaking. Especially as he attempts to rebuild some kind of relationship with his estranged daughter (with another stellar performance, from Evan Rachel Wood)...

Though I must now thank my nemesis for this video of Elmo the Muppet vs. Vegeta...

And give back cookie!

Its the final bit that gets me. What has to be the greatest Team-Up in all of wrestling history...