hobb...@yahoo.com used his keyboard to write :
> I wrote this for
https://www.2xzone.com earlier today, and I thought I'd
> share it with you all. ================================================
> This is where being both an active wrestler and a television producer gets a
> guy in trouble. Very deep trouble.
>
> Chavo Guerrero, Jr. is both a part-time wrestler and a very active producer
> for Lucha Underground. This creates a conflict of interest that came into
> play on this week's episode. More than a decade after the passing of his
> uncle Eddie, Chavo is still selling "lie, cheat, & steal" as the "Guerrero
> Way". Where Eddie oozed charisma as a Latino Robin Hood, Chavo is the
> opposite. A black hole of charisma, and instead of continuing where Eddie
> left off, Chavo is much more blatant about his "stealing". Putting himself in
> a position where he could book himself over a younger, more deserving talent
> sounds like something that Triple H has been accused of doing in WWE the last
> several years, but with Chavo, it's a case of trying---and epically
> failing---to emerge from his uncle's shadow.
>
> Consider the scenario for a moment. Two weeks ago, Chavo picked the pocket,
> literally, of Cage and stole the Aztec Medallion Cage had earned a week prior
> against Johnny Mundo. Instead of Cage and Guerrero being put in a match to
> settle the dispute, Guerrero had to have run the idea by executive producers
> Mark Burnett and Robert Rodriguez that it was more important for him to win
> the Gift of the Gods title than for Cage or Texano or Sexy Star or even
> Sinestro de la Muerte.
>
> So what happened? In a show-opening angle, Guerrero knew Cage was coming for
> the medallion, so he taped it to a steel chair that he used on Cage, deking
> out the man-machine with a washer disc shaped like the medallion, all to
> ensure he and not Cage would be in the GotG main event.
>
> That is selfish, wrong-headed booking, the kind that got WCW in trouble, and
> has repeatedly hurt TNA in its 14 years of existence. And, yes, WWE has made
> the same mistakes.
>
> This is what should've been done:
>
> The scene with Cage in Dario Cueto's office should've played out at the top
> of last week's show, leading to a singles match. Instead, that singles match
> is for the GotG title, and will air next week. Chavo has about 2 decades of
> experience in the business. Cage is a younger, hungrier wrestler who has the
> charisma that Chavo doesn't. If it ends up that this is a roundabout way for
> Cage to win the GotG belt, it's the wrong way. And you wonder why older
> veterans like Jim Cornette have ripped into LU.
>
> Done correctly, the angle would've resulted in Cage, not Chavo, in the GotG
> match, and likely winning. From a physical standpoint, Cage matches up better
> with Matanza Cueto anyway, as you have two big men who can work and move like
> cruiserweights. Chavo would, rightfully, be squashed like a bug vs. Matanza.
> And that would also be the right move for business.
>
> 11 years ago, Chavo tried to recreate himself by adopting the identity of a
> white yuppie, only to abandon the gimmick with Eddie's passing. He then spent
> the next year exploiting his uncle's legacy by feuding with two of Eddie's
> best friends, Rey Mysterio, Jr. (now in LU) and the late Chris Benoit. The
> WWE fans saw just what Chavo was missing all along. By himself, he has no
> charisma. His aunt Vickie, who has since remarried after leaving WWE 2 years
> ago, drew more heat than he did and overstayed her welcome. But who would
> have ever thought that Chavo would stoop lower than Vickie ever did.
>
> Eddie would never have approved. Neither would Robin Hood.
> =============================================
> If you've been watching Lucha Underground, you know what I'm talking about
> here.
Thanks for shaving that.
Your long-winded pointless verbosity has cured my insomnia.
Dedicate your life to mastering punctuation instead of wrestling and
comic books.