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The Final Cut - Random Fodder #3

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Dean Saliba

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Aug 31, 2007, 7:51:32 AM8/31/07

The Final Cut - Random Fodder #3
By Dean Saliba - www.deansaliba.com

Hello and welcome to another edition of The Final Cut, once voted the 34th
best professional wrestling column on the Internet in 2004!

Regular readers to my column will be aware that I have taken another small
break from my weekly editorial due to a combination of Internet connection
troubles, computer problems and the sad loss of my beloved pet dog.

But I am back now and what better way to ease myself, and readers, back into
the swing of things than with the infamous "Random Fodder" column!

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Peter Staniforth has claimed time and time again that he does not have an
overinflated ego and is a level-headed son of a gun just like you or me. Is
that why when he was at the Luton-based ACW promotion he made more
appearances on their shows than the wrestlers did? One such show had him
booked in SIX different segments!

Now with his new promotion, PTW, I noticed that an online advertisement
promoting one of their shows has Peter's image right in the middle of the
poster, and he says that he does not to have an urge to be in the limelight?

I await Peter's normal angry emails, and threats from his friends, with
baited breath as usual.

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Due to not having any Internet connection I missed the start of the
illegitimate baby angle involving Vince McMahon and an as yet unknown WWE
superstar. But whilst most of the Internet Wrestling Community have been
scrambling onto their soapboxes and screaming about how embarrassing and
poorly thought out this angle is, I am finding myself rather enjoying it.

What would these so-called fans rather be watching? The excellent
illegitimate baby angle or a revamped Katie Vick angle?

By the way just how many wrestlers contracted to the WWE are there that do
not know who their fathers are? Is it a specification to be signed by the
promotion? You must not know who your daddy is?

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Since I have been out of the wrestling loop we have seen The Great Khali
become the World Heavyweight champion. Once again I appear to be the only
wrestling fan going against the grain and declaring that I am pleased that
he is the current Smackdown champion.

Not every wrestler has to be able to produce 5-star matches. Wrestling is a
fantasy guys, get off your soapboxes and allow yourself to become lost in
the matches, you might actually find out that you enjoy it like you used to
before you found out wrestling was not "real".

Unfold your arms and relax.

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This morning I checked my emails and found out about the ten WWE wrestlers
that have been suspended by the company for failing the Wellness Program. I
bought a national newspaper this morning and they are mentioning wrestlers
like Edge, King Booker, Mr. Kennedy and Randy Orton as just four of the ten
that have been sent home.

It does seem like, thanks to pressure from Capital Hill, that the WWE are
finally using the Wellness Program to stamp out the steroid problem in the
company rather than merely using it as a major publicity stunt.

It was especially surprising to see Mr. Kennedy's name mentioned after the
amount of media interviews that he gave, after the Benoit incident, citing
time and time again that he was not using steroids