One of the things that LOL, Wresslin' loves is shrugging responsibility. There's this thing about blogs that allows you to say whatever you want and never really have to accept any consequences. Isn't technology great?
But what's even better than doing it online is doing it directly to someone's face. The brashness of completely running someone down and then simply saying, "Eh, whatevs." A great way to pull this move off is to preface whatever you're about to say with "with all due respect." Then you can go ahead and be as insulting as humanly possible.
Closely related to "with all due respect" is the tag line "I'm just sayin'." This one works even better, because you can throw it in anywhere it's needed after the fact. Let's say you call someone's kid as ugly as the back end of a baboon. Some might take offense to that, and if they do, you can just go, "I'm just sayin'." You're in the clear! There's no way for them to get mad at you now, because you were just sayin'.
It's one thing that's been missing in the wrestling world. Everyone just goes out and says whatever they want about whomever they want, and they end up getting their asses beat at the end of it all. If only someone had the intelligence to dismiss responsibility for anything they said, they'd be free and clear!
Which is why we have some truly awesome news to report. Well, it's not really news, since it's been going on for a couple months, but we're slow to get around to things sometimes. Also, we have to have a large file of evidence if we are to bestow an honor on a certain individual.
Hurricane Helms is making a comeback to Smackdown! That's right, not mild-mannered Gregory Helms, and not the friendly and helpful Hurricane we remember, but tough-ass, big attitude Hurricane Helms. He does, however, have one thing in common with his old superhero personality: he makes everything resemble the word "hurricane." Therefore we are treated to the Hurrapop. At any point during the show, Helms' face will appear and drop a bit of knowledge on the audience.
These are insulting for the most part, but not much due to their overwhelming cheeziness. That's another thing that LOL, Wresslin' gives major props to - unadultered camp. See for yourself...
He also seems to have a favorite target in MVP, and that just makes him more badass with us.
So let's count it up: funny, campy name, cheesy insults, doesn't like MVP, and shrugs off responsibility. What do all of those add up to?
THE LOL, WRESSLIN' SEAL OF AWESOMENESS.
That's right, Charlie. You have company. But it's ok, because each show deserves an award. Now if ECW would only do something that resembled anything but suck.
Congratulations, Hurricane Helms! Now don't screw it up when you actually start to wrestle. We gave it to you, we can take it back. Don't let that keep you up at night!
We're just sayin'.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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That guy's chest hair...it's hypnotic...
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