Former Pro Wrestler Arrested in Carbon County PA

Former Pro Wrestler Arrested in Carbon County PA

Mexican Wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez Dies From Blow in the Ring

MORE.. Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from fellow wrestler and former WWE star Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Mysterio Jr., according to video of the match in a municipal auditorium in Tijuana.

Mexican Wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez Dies From Blow in the Ring

Finally news about a wrestler not tragically dying too young..

MACHO MAN Randy Savage is going to be inducted into the WWE hall of fame..

The announcement coming tonight on RAW.
And long overdo ..

Snap into a Slim Jim..

(AND BEFORE YOU TELL ME THAT WRESTLING IS FIXED, READ 'THE FIX IS IN' .. at least wrestling doesn’t pretend to be real like other sports)

How the Market Affects What Horror Makes it to Hollywood

Recent torture pornographers such as Eli Roth arguably have aligned themselves with 1970s American horror auteurs not only to legitimize their work but to cash in on their rebel credibility.

The NEW REPUBLIC article is an interesting way to follow up on my previous essay written earlier this week about horror movies.. I actually made the point that horror movies, in general, are a lot less scary in our current reality—and even more, who wants to look at torture porn films and slasher gore galore when you can turn on the nightly news and see edited versions of beheading videos and then download the real deal yourself should you wish to..? 

The NEW REPUBLIC article follows how the market—and current events—lead to the horror we see in cinema..  Author Yo Zushi writes, 

It wasn’t long before horror directors such as Eli Roth were claiming that their work could trace a direct lineage to the “war on terror”. “I really try to load up the films with ideas,” Roth insisted, citing with pride the university seminars discussing his Hostel series as “a post-9/11 response to Iraq and torture”. The ecstatic violence of that franchise at first attracted the scorn of many reviewers, who dismissed it as “torture porn,” but Roth’s articulate justifications for his on-screen cruelties seem to have won over the academy.

This strategy of media management isn’t new—Night of the Living Dead’s George Romero said in 1973 that his pioneering zombie film was intended as “a statement about society,” and its semi-documentary style and black hero, murdered by white authorities, served to corroborate his claim. Yet, presenting Romero with a lifetime achievement award in 2009, Quentin Tarantino characterised his movies as consisting of “heart-stopping violence, explosive bloodshed, undead flesh-eaters and dismembered ghouls.” So does the political content really give life to the films, or is it ancillary to the thrills of gore and suspense? And does the meaning that a filmmaker attaches to his lurid tales ultimately matter?

And more:

Although it would be a folly to dismiss interpretative readings of the horror genre entirely, I am skeptical of the claims of critics and filmmakers alike that a zombie or torture movie is primarily to be approached as political allegory. That attitude seems to conform to an apologetic attitude to art, in which the work serves, at best, a medicinal function: the Hostel series is valid because it negotiates, even purges, society’s anxieties about Abu Ghraib, and so on. Yet Eli Roth is not Noam Chomsky. And who thinks about Nixon or Vietnam when confronted with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?

I don’t know if the  movies are always set to be political allegory, or if the interpretation comes after to defend the amount of horrific violence that often accompanies torture porn flicks. But I know this, and will defend the notion to the end: Pick any horror movie of any decade and you will get a pretty decent idea of what that time’s people, thought patterns, and headlines were like. 

I have a few friends that disavow all things horror—people who avoid the genre at all costs. I myself avoid the torture porn flicks simply because I’d rather a deeper scare than one which simply attacks my sense of decency.  But I believe that horror films are from the rough end of town, and they are emblematic of the life and times we are from..

Oh, and wrestling does, too.

 

How the Market Affects What Horror Makes it to Hollywood

Russian-themed WWE characters use MH17 disaster as part of act

The characters Lana and Rusev launched into an anti-American rant in which they made reference to the flight MH17 being shot down and hailed Russian president Vladimir Putin for ‘making fools’ out of the U.S..

People are quite angry about this, so the mainstream media says, on Twitter and all of the other antisocial networks that exist out there on the information beltway.

While it may be the old ‘too soon’ cliche that is best used in this situation, I am not at all surprised at what the WWE is doing.

Back when when the WWE was the WWF, they capitalized on Iranian hatred by making Hulk Hogan win the 1984 title belt against the Iron Sheik.. 

In 1990, Sgt Slaughter turned his back on the United States and joined with Iraq ..

Hulkster had to ave the say the day and rid the WWF of anti-American sentiment. 

So now wrestling has LUNA..

But there’s no Hulk Hogan to save the day this time. I think John Cena is right for the job..

Listen.. We all know, at this point in life, that wrestling is fake. It’s an act.. but so often it’s on the cutting edge of pop culture—it’s how it stayed in fashion for so many decades. Vince McMahan is obviously no stranger to controversy and will get through this LUNA lunacy quite fine. 

As to whether it’s offensive? Sure.. but that’s the point. It’s an attempt to market the character as someone we will all hate in unison. It’s quite a keen way of doing it.. controversial, too. But … if an organization was free of controversy, people may very well stop paying attention to it.. Don’t think THAT doesn’t run through Vince McMahan’s mind.

Russian-themed WWE characters use MH17 disaster as part of act

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I am quite literally emotionally drained after weeping through this video of “Connor the Crusher” being cheered on by professional wrestlers from the WWE.. 

Connor died of brain cancer after his amazing day at Wrestlemania.. The WWE put up a tribute video for the little amazing old soul who is not longer with the planet earth.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Wrestling star MIZ co-stars in animated SCOOBY DOO WRESTLEMANIA MYSTERY

I guess my son will be a wrestling fan after he eventually sees this… 

Hulk Hogan returning to WWE to host 'WrestleMania 30'

30 years of Wrestlemania.. amazing.. 

As for me? I always liked Andre the Giant more.. but that’s just me.

Hulk Hogan returning to WWE to host 'WrestleMania 30'

William Moody is dead. Wrestling fans may not know that name, but they would Paul Bearer—the character Moody is known  for.. 

For year, he was the manager of the Undertaker on WWF wrestling, now WWE. 

He died Tuesday evening.. he was only 58

I am pretty sad by this one.. childhood has another nail in the coffin, I guess you could say. I grew up being amazed with the faces that Moody was able to make..

The WWE official site is also recognizing 20 years of entertainment fans..

And no tackiness or pun intended.. but hopefully William Moody will rest in peace.

Hulk Hogan is now turning to the FBI for help with his sex tape scandal.

I know America loves watching famous people have sexual relations on grainy black and white cameras .. I get that. America likes to hide behind a computer screen and safely watch through peep holes in gas station bathrooms along the information superhighway. But Hulk Hogan? I can’t even entertain the thought of looking at a still image of the scene! I get physically sick when I think of it.

But I’d bet money that when he does find a ‘mate’ to exchange fluids with, the Hulkster plays his Real American theme song, rushes into the bedroom, rips off his yellow shirt, and dances around with his lathered up oily body dripping all over the sheets. 

Some people would say they'd give their testicle to be in a job.. this professional wrestler started a lawsuit because he lost his due to a match gone wrong

Some people would say they'd give their testicle to be in a job.. this professional wrestler started a lawsuit because he lost his due to a match gone wrong

THE DEADLY GAME

GUNSHOTS, SUICIDES, HEART ATTACKS, AND CAR ACCIDENTS: OVER 25% OF PERFORMERS FROM WRESTLEMANIA VII DEAD

On the advice of my sister..

I Netflixed-up the best of Wrestlemania tonight with my wife and newborn son, forgot about real life for a bit, and felt like a kid all over again. Thanks Erin. Now back to reality.. (After a few minutes humming Hulk Hogan’s ‘Real American’)