Never did I think I'd sit down and pen a column for 1Wrestling about my frustrations and concerns regarding the current WWE product. However, it's not like I have an open forum to do so. I can't exactly can go and post a column on their website talking about all the things they are doing wrong right now. There have been several times when I have wanted to contact Dave Scherer and ask him to let me write an anonymous column in the past, but I never got the balls to do it. But after sitting in the locker room this past Sunday at WrestleMania watching it on the monitors, when I should have been somehow factored into the event, watching my peers perform in front of such an amazing live crowd; I've decided it's time that I spoke my mind.
Now I'm not going to say who I am, I mean, that would be career suicide. I'll just pen this column as "Willie The Worker."
So, let me get this straight. I'm good enough to be on the road with WWE for almost 300 days a year, busting my ass and being away from my family, but I'm not good enough to be a part of their biggest show of the year? They couldn't even throw me a backstage interview or a run-in? Get real. I've been with that company for many years now and I'd like to think that I'm of at least some value to the company. Well, at least I thought I was. However, given the fact that they found spots for Nathan Jones, Albert and the Miller Lite Cat Fight Girls but not myself or many other deserving wrestlers boggles my mind.
Now I have nothing against Albert. Matt is a real nice guy and has always been cool with me. But come on already. How many times are they going to try with this guy? They have been trying to push him down the throats of our fans for years now and he's just not connecting with the crowd. But he continues to get chance after chance because he's a huge guy and Vince is a mark for big guys. I dare to say that they probably sold more merchandise of me at WrestleMania on Sunday than Albert has even drawn for the company in all the years he's been there.
Don't even get me started on Nathan Jones. The guy is a putz. He's the joke of the locker room. Well, maybe the joke is on myself and all the other guys that have busted our asses for the company throughout the years because he had a WrestleMania spot and we didn't. This is what really makes me hot. What dues has this guy ever paid? All he's done since being here has been to hurt guys in dark matches and mess up moves. But yeah, let's give him one of the WrestleMania paydays that are available when it could have gone to at least thirty other more deserving guys that I can think of off the top of my head, myself very much included.
They didn't have enough time on the PPV for Kane, who's been with the company for many years, and RVD, who's without a doubt one of the most over performers we have. But yeah, let's give the Miller Lite Cat Fight Girls ten minutes to go out there and hit each other with the worst pillow shots I've ever seen in my entire life. The Miller Lite girls made the show and Kane and RVD didn't? Yeah, that makes a boat load of sense.
What's my point of this column? Heck, I don't even have a point. I'm just so frustrated and hot right now. I guess I just wanted to let the readers know how it feels to be someone that has busted their ass for WWE for many years and then is not even factored into their biggest show of the year. I felt like a jabronie sitting backstage watching all the boys work one of the biggest shows we ever had, knowing that I should have been out there contributing to the great show they had. Instead, guys like Albert and Nathan Jones were out there instead, stinking the building up. Those guys couldn't lace up my boots.
Yup, that's Vince for ya.
Sincerely,
"Willie The Worker"
Credit: Dave Scherer and "Willie The Worker" @ 1Wrestling.com
So, the big question is am I really a current WWE worker? Was it a big April Fools joke? Am I kayfabing Dave? Is Dave kayfabing you? All those question really don't matter now, do they? The fact is that "Willie The Worker" has gotten the attention of the Internet and I'd dare to say that I have the attention of the higher-ups at the WWE. Only I know who I am. Dave has a pretty good idea of who I am, but you will never get it out of him. So from this point forward I will be known simply as Willie The Worker, and I'm happy to debut my first column here on the site called "Bumpin' On The Road."
Rena Mero has signed with the WWE. Fart! Are you ribbin me? This "talent" is pushing 40 years old and if I recall correctly, she didn't leave the company last time on the best of terms. Is this the same Rena Mero that bashed the company publicly every chance she got? Is this the same lady that had heat with 90 percent of the locker room the last time she was there? What is Vince thinking? "Hell, we need something to turn these ratings around, let's give Rena a call and see if she wants to come back for another run. Hell, it worked in the Attitude era, let's try again." Is that what Vince was/is thinking? Oh my.
Rena Mero doesn't mean squat to this business. They just let go of a talent that I've been very high on for many years, that being Raven. If WWE would have given Raven one-tenth of a push they gave Rena last time she was there, he would have been a huge star right now instead of having to worry about picking up indy dates when TNA isn't running. Raven is a world class worker and I shook my head when I heard they let him go. How couldn't they see what a great talent he was? But yeah, let's bring Rena Mero in for another run.
Heck, while we are at it, let's bring back Chyna, Nicole Bass, and Tammy Sytch too. Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. We can call them the Four Horsewomen and have them run wild in the WWE. They could be a group of four nasty heel ladies that are bitter towards the business and are out to destroy Torrie, Trish, and all the current WWE Divas. I hope you know I'm only kidding right now. Gosh, what a mistake bringing her back. Unless Vince pulled a big April Fools rib himself, I can't believe she's back.
On another note, the idea of bringing back "Rowdy" Roddy Piper might not be a bad idea. He has to stick to just doing Piper's Pits though once a week, that's it. I don't want to see him getting involved in storylines and working matches, unless it's a legends match against Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 20. It'll be interesting to see a Piper's Pit every week on Smackdown. I hope they don't do it in the ring. They should build one of those old school sets they had for him like years ago. That would be pretty cool.
I'll be back tomorrow with an idea that I've had for a few months now. It's an idea that I think would bring a boat load of mainstream press for WWE. I would pass along the idea to the creative team, but nah. I'm going to debut the idea in tomorrow's "Bumpin' On The Road."
I hope you enjoyed today's column and if you haven't read yesterday's yet, what are you waiting for?
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Willie The Worker
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