WWF Tough Enough

[Anybody Thrilla]

What year is it right now?

I loved Tough Enough. All three seasons. It produced John Morrison, for shit sake.

I have a question, though....how are you "anti-young wrestler"?

[Zeeboe]

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla What year is it right now?

Um, it's 2009 I think. Or are you asking what year the show came out? In that case, 2001.

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla I have a question, though....how are you "anti-young wrestler"?

Okay, since you asked, I'll tell ya:

I just don't think many of them can wrestle, their mic skills suck, and it seems that most of them are only in the business because of who their Daddies are. And, I have an old-school way of thinking, and believe the younger lions should mid-card, and earn their way to the top. I think wrestlers that are lder should run the show and main event. That's how it use to be, and it was that way for decades. I know many online fans think that back in the WCW days that it was wrong for guys like Nash and Hogan to hold the young guys back, but really, that's how wrestling always was. The old lions have always be in charge of the jungle until recent years.

On Season One of Tough Enough, a theme was earning respect, and I just don't think kids like Orton or Cena have ever really earned their spots. Like I was posting last week, The Rock and Triple H were mid-carding in 1997. Bret Hart was mid-carding through out the 80's, and Shawn Michaels didn't become a top face until he was 30. Hogan was 31 before he became a big star, as was Austin and Foley. None of those guys were twenty-something year old college looking kids like Orton and his stable when they hit the main event scene.

I tell ya, if this was going on just a few years ago, I suspect there would have been a lot of heat in the locker room for allowing a bunch of kids to be the main event. Lions who use to eat the young cubs like The Undertaker, Bradshaw, Hardcore Holly, and Curt Hennig would be having a feast with Orton and his stable, and putting them out of business for quite some time by being stiff with them in the ring. In general, I don't like that Orton kid, mainly for the stuff he's done beyond the business. Years ago, I think this was around 2004....Orton pulled some sort of nonsense, and I recall someone saying on another board that they needed to feed that boy to the Undertaker. I'm still waiting for Taker' to stiff him up some! But because he's Cowboy Bob Orton's kid, he'll probably never get his legit and well deserve ass-whipping. If he ever pulls some more nonsense, they'll just give him a talk n' to, instead of letting one of the old guys stiff him up like they use to back in the day.

Wrestling has changed so much. It's all about who your Dad is, and who's ass you kiss now.