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Hachland Gets Mattitude 4th Ed.     November 8th, 2003 • Written By: Matt

Back once again, and after seeing what Hach has been putting out lately, as well as STD, the newest writer, you should all be glad that the entertainment is about to come back to Hachland, courtesy of the best damn writer that has stepped through the virtual doors of this online pimp house. Of course I mean that in the nicest possible way, as I actually love the things that Hach writes, and it seems like Sam will be a solid addition. However, nobody compares to The Matt in terms of life experiences, and overall bad things that could happen to a person. So in that respect, I win, let the entertainment begin... I thought for awhile this week about what to write my next Hachland column about, and I really didn't come up with anything. I thought about relating how I severly destroyed my hand in a refridgerator/road accident, but I felt that was best served to happen at another time. After hearing about Crash Holly's death though, I got the brainstorm to write on here... WHY I HATE WRESTLING... The fact that I watch wrestling should suggest that I don't hate it, but unlike the days of my childhood, the only reason I watch today is out of sick, mordbid curiosity for what COULD happen that would be right for the business. So let me give you a short list of what's wrong: 1) Vince McMahon's Big Wrestler Fetish: Why is it that the best wrestlers in the world are under 6'3" but the only people Vince McMahon pushes as the best are at least 6'8"? The only two off the top of my head I can remember Vince EVER pushing under 6'3" are HBK, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, and Chris Jericho. If anybody can name more, please feel free. So until the days that I stop seeing Albert (Prince), Big Show, Nathan Jones, and several others stop getting the valuable pushes, I will hate wrestling. Until Vince gets over that fetish, it'll prevent the three best wrestlers in the world from EVER going to the WWE (i.e. Aj Styles, Christopher Daniels, & Bryan Danielson). 2) The WWE & NWA TNA Booking/Writing Teams: The answer to this should slap you in the face. If you watch any of the three major wrestling shows, you know what I mean. Let's use the perfect example of Sonjay Dutt, who has recently debuted in TNA. Sonjay is a CZW Homegrown talent, so I've seen him evolve from nothing in Philadelphia's wrestling hotbed, to now a National Star (IWA, MLW, and hopefully future TNA Champion), and perhaps the first true CZW guy to make it to the WWE (Charlie Haas & Tajiri don't count). Sonjay debuted in TNA about a month ago with a solid win in a Tag Match, impressing everybody. Officials, fans, net writers, etc... So the very next week, he's booked against Kid Kash... And then is subsequently absolutely destroyed, killing his credibility. Then the next week, we see him scheduled against X Division Champion Michael Shane (Shawn Michaels Nephew), to see if Sonjay "Deserves A Shot." Wouldn't you think they'd established the fact that he DIDN'T deserve a shot by letting him get mauled by Kash a week before? Shitty booking folks, shitty writing as well. Let's make sense... 3) Credibility: Back in the day, it used to be fun watching wrestling because there were Heroes, and there were Villains. Way before the Attitude Era, back in the Power & Paint Days. You would find yourself cheering for the Bret Harts, and the Hulk Hogans, and the Jimmy Snukas, and absolutely hating everybody they were against. And then... Vince Jr. took over and brought us "Sports Entertainment." Don't get me wrong, the Attitude Era was amazing for the wrestling business. wCw gave us the nWo, the WWF gave us DX, Stone Cold, and The Rock. Buts Sports Entertainment, and Vince recognizing wrestling as that, and not a sport, killed the credibility the business had. Any chance of the business ever developing true heroes of Hogan-esque stature were killed by "Sports Entertainment," and the Attitude Era. 4) Triple H: Enough Said. Anytime a wrestler can be THAT far into a production meeting or writing team, it is never good news for anybody else. 5) The McMahon Family: Anytime one group of people can control the entire fate of an industry... Never a good thing. In the real, business world, Monopoly laws would've come into effect by now, and the WWE as a whole would have been disolved. But that hasn't, and won't happen. Vince McMahon has been at the top for so many years that he's forgotten how to lose now. He's bought out all his competition, bought every major star, and has secured every major territory and strangle-held them to supply him with new stars. And that pretty much sums up every major problem with the industry. New competition can't develope due to the stranglehold on them by The McMahons. Only through Jeff Jarrett and Vince Russo, two people who hate Vince McMahon, was there anyway TNA could get off the ground. And now that they are, they're feeding off the WWE's "Scraps" and making ground. But can they go any further? If I had to guess, I'd say no at this point. The WWE have continually sabotaged TV deals for other companies, dating back to ECW on TNN. And I have no doubt that when Fox comes calling to TNA, the WWE will back them off. It's that simple. And without a TV deal, TNA will never get enough exposure to climb to the top. All the huge talent stars and marquee names in the world can't make up for lack of exposure. Which is a shame, and it will continue to be so. If you want hope for change though, look to Ring Of Honor. Based out of Philly, RoH is making waves all up and down the East Coast, and starting to move further west. The promotion has a good spin on wrestling, sending it back to the skill, with a select few, well produced angles to keep things slick. They're growing much like ECW did. Starting out in a small Philly venue, then branching towards the north, then the west, and eventually they had Pay Per Views, huge ticket sales, and a TV deal that was then taken away. Rob Feinstein (Owner Of RoH) hasn't rushed into anything, including local TV, and he continues to pace his advancement. The company is no doubt turning an amazing profit each month, and the taste for the RoH product has begun to take hold in California. RoH is much like a California promotion, but with East Coast Stars. If those two can merge, the California Styles, East & West Coast Stars... RoH will be challenging the WWE in maybe 3-5 years time, by in essence, using the WWE's own formula against them. Being the first do be the best is great, but when you become the blueprint, somebody else can eventually come along and do what you do better. It happened to wCw, and it's going to happen again, only a matter of time, and one pissed of superstar from the WWE. So anyway, those are the problems, and what's going to happen. Next week I'll think up something better to write about, but whatever. If you have any comments, concerns, questions, you know where to reach me.

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