Random Ramblings

If you’re looking for music articles, like my Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival coverage, it’s no longer here. I have split apart into separate blogs! All of my music-related content is over at my new domain: Sweet Blog of Mine. Please update your links!

My current plans now are to create a new domain for a wrestling blog, and a third domain (if I don’t keep this one) for a massive wrestling information archive project. Stay tuned, folks.

To make up for the inconvenience, click ‘read more’ to see some classic wrestling memories. (well, classic enough.)

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Eager MMA fans in the Boston area can rejoice: Governer Deval Patrick has signed a new bill that allows regulation for mixed martial arts in Massachusetts.

The number one mixed martial arts promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship, will benefit greatly from this signing as it breaks into new territories as more and more states sign legislation to sanction fighting events.

UFC President Dana White, born in Connecticut, considers Boston his ‘home’ and is excited to have the opportunity to debut Ultimate Fighting Championship in the state.

White wants to hold an event at Fenway Park, but TD Bank Garden is the likely option. This is a big step for the sport as it allows it to expand into markets that may have only previously been reached by pay-per-view.  Read more…

Last night at UFC 100, former WWE Undisputed Champion and current UFC Champion Brock Lesnar defeated UFC Interim Champion Frank Mir by TKO in the second round.  After trash-talking by Mir directed towards Lesnar’s previous profession (professional wrestler in WWE) Lesnar gets the last laugh. Read more…

Last night’s Raw broadcast went exactly as expected. Vince McMahon confronted an actor who played the part of Enos S. Kroenke, the owner of the Denver Nuggets, and the five-on-five Lakers-versus-Nuggets faces-versus-heels main event closed out the show but left much to be desired. Read more…

Kobe McMahon?

Here’s a news topic that will be familiar to both wrestling fans AND traditional sports fans.  When the Houston Rockets failed to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference Semifinals round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, an interesting ‘match’ was booked in both the wrestling and basketball worlds.  This match was not to take place in either the squared circle or a basketball court, but at press conferences.

The problem at hand was that the Lakers beating the Rockets meant the Denver Nuggets would NOT have home court advantage.  This was a problem for World Wrestling Entertainment because they had first dibs on the arena for a live TV taping of Raw, and a contract to back it up, signed in August 2008.  Had the Rockets won, this conflict would not have arisen, because game four of the next round of the playoffs would have taken place in Houston, not Denver. Read more…

Sunday night brought WWE fans the eleventh annual Judgment Day pay-per-view event, featuring a stacked card with three main events.  Was justice served?

No Way Out 2009: 2/5: .400
All-Time: 11/18: 0.611
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Judgment Day is here, and it’s tonight! I have been a little out of the loop and have only seen Friday’s Smackdown show but have been keeping up on storylines and developments.  Here are my predictions for tonight’s show.

No Way Out 2009: 2/5: .400
All-Time: 11/18: 0.611
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Paul Perschmann, better known to wrestling fans as “Playboy” Buddy Rose, was found dead today by his wife in his home.  The cause of death is currently unknown but is believed to be related to blood sugar and diabetes complications. Read more…

21-year-old Richard Reid Fliehr, son of professional wrestling legend Ric Flair, was arrested on March 4th for driving while impared.  Fliehr was released on $1000 bail, and was arrested again on April 27th.  This time, Fliehr faces felony charges, after police found heroin in his car during the arrest, which–again–was for driving while impared. Read more…

Shocking doesn’t do justice in describing Sunday’s No Way Out pay per view.  In a definite ‘foot-in-mouth’ moment, I was wrong with nearly all of my predictions.  In a pay-per-view that looked absolutely horrid on paper, the WWE roster and creative team developed a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat (no pun intended) show. Read more…