It's 1:30 in the morning in Oxford, MS, and I'm fighting fatigue. However, I told Dotson I would put a post up, and I've got to stay true to my word like I always do... Anyways, the theme of this post is a little bit off the topic of WrestleMania, but I feel like it's something everyone needs to know. And that something is that the Old ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) is, in my humble opinion, the most entertaining/ best wrestling ever. Thanks to the good people of YouTube, I have grown to love waisting my precious time watching the most dangerous stunts performed, period. (Except for the time Dotson fell on his back into a creek with his golf bag strapped to him)

I guess you could say at this point in my life, the only wrestling I really enjoy watching is the kind that leads its performers to abuse large amounts of narcotics and alcohol just to make it through the day. Ideas that the WWE used to become legitimate like hardcore matches and young women being slammed through flaming tables orginated in ECW. In any one night, an ECW fan could see New Jack jump off a thirty foot ledge onto concrete, or Spike Dudley violently tossed from the ring into a crowd of drunk fans, or Sabu smash Rob Van Dam through a table by doing 2 backflips off the top rope. (If you don't know what I just said then go type those names into a search engine and get your life turned upside down). In fact, the "New Jack" character was so crazy that he admitedly tried to kill several wrestlers on separate occassions. I'm not kidding. He admits to it in New Jack: Hardcore (some documentary I found on YouTube).

The thing is, guys like Hogan or Flare do something crazy like the ECW guys. (I think George Costanza could take Terry Bolea anyday.) Whie the Hulk was sitting around telling kids to eat their vitamins and say their prayers, ECW wrestlers were pouring booze down 13 year olds throats. Then again, maybe Hogan was the smart one. While Hogan spent 90% of his time entering and exiting the ring as "I Am a Real America" played on repeat 15 times, ECW guys were trying to ensure that they could never walk after the age of 27. ("Stop the match!!! He's only 27 years old!!! -JR) So, while Hogan is now 78 years old, I will still probably see him make some lame appearance at WrestleMania 25 and the guys from (real) ECW will be sitting at home taking large amounts of some pain killer wathcing an ex Real Worlder (the Miz... which I think stands for miserable) and a guy with a Pepsi tatoo (CM Punk?) take their places on the ECW roster.

Anyways, for anyone who's bored right now, and you probably are if you are reading this, go look up "Vic Grimes Dies" on youtube and tell me that's not way cooler than anything the Four Horseman ever did.

Nevertheless, I am adding an old school ECW tables, ladders, and chairs match featuring the Dudleys, New Jack, Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Taz, Sabu, and RVD to my wishlist for things I want to see at this years WreslteMania. So, currently it's that match and a Bret Hart return that I'm hoping for. I think there's a better chance that I'll see Keaton Belcher beat me in Ken Griffey, Jr. baseball for the SNES than seeing the two aforementioned matches, but who knows? Anything could happen on The Road Trip to End All Road Trips...

You better call somebody

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