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TALES FROM THE PULPIT 9/10: The first ever edition of the weekly "The Taint" award presentation Sep 10, 2008 - 3:26:22 PM
It's no secret that ignorance runs rampant when it comes to wrestling commentary and the wrestling industry in general. Look no further than Mark Madden's latest column on WrestleZone.com on Samoa Joe or watch any ROH DVD featuring the Necro Butcher taking a clean chairshot to the head to see what I'm talking about.
Once per week, where applicable I'm going to try to give out my weekly "The Taint" award for the dumbest moment or segment in wrestling that I've watched or read about in the past week. There have been many moments in the past week that deserve "The Taint" award. Without further adieu, let's take a look at the nominees.
"A Samoan Not So Savage": Mana debuted this past weekend at WWE's "Unforgiven" PPV looking like a wild Samoan with crazy hair. WWE, figuring nobody ordered the PPV decided to clean up Mana, who was no longer a wild-haired Samoan, but instead wore his hair slicked back in a pony tail as the latest member of Randy Orton's second generation stable. Heck, he even cut a good promo.
"Holy s---, I better make a cover":Jeff Hardy, staring right at Triple H covering MVP while standing literally a couple of feet away, stumbled, bumbled, and instead of covering Triple H, decided to half-heartedly cover Shelton Benjamin went it wouldn't have made a difference anyway.
"We've got no idea what to do the night after a PPV": WWE creative gives us a gem of a main event featuring a hurt Chris Jericho taking on Batista. New GM Mike Adamle walks out and stops the match because he's learning on the job and didn't realize how hurt Jericho was. He then books a 2 on 1 handicap match JBL joining Jericho to take on Batista. Is WWE stealing booking ideas from TNA? First we get three Scramble matches on one PPV and then this.
"WTF, I thought you guys were gonna turn on me!": Sting cut a memorable promo on Impact last week thanking the TNA fans for not turning him. I could practically hear Dutch, Jeff, and Vince reciting the promo as Sting sullenly went through the motions of delivering it. I'm sure a large percentage of fans loved seeing Sting shut up those whiny babyfaces. It's a wonder he got cheered.
"Things will go well and he'll put Jeff Jarrett on the map, just like he did with Triple H: If TNA management signed Foley thinking he'll get in the ring, they're sadly mistaken. Foley unleashed this gem on a recent interview with Between The Ropes radio show. "I think if things go well, you'll eventually see me in the ring," which is actually carny for "I'm out of TNA the first chance I get once I'm exposed their brand of booking, but I'll their money in the meantime."
WINNER: "WTF, I thought you guys were gonna turn on me!." Congratulations go out to Sting and TNA creative, who couldn't believe the fans in attendance wouldn't want to see the screaming and whiny TNA babyfaces get their butts handed to them by Sting. Stay tuned to see who gets "The Taint" award next week!
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Sean Radican and Derek Burgan deliver state-of-the-art-wrestling audio each and every weekend exclusively at PWTorch.com/members. When not writing his obnoxiously successful “Tales from the Pulpit,” Sean delivers intellectually honest commentary on pro wrestling. Contact him at PWTorchSean@gmail.com.
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