By ThinkSoJoE | January 16th, 2010
So I hit up Target this morning with one thing on my mind – “I want the Mattel Elite series 1 CM Punk figure.” Ok, that and I needed batteries for my camera before I head out to tonight’s Empire State Wrestling show. In any event, I got my figure. I wanted it because it has virtually the same articulation as the Jakks Deluxe Aggression figures, but with way more attention to detail. I’ll tell you, this figure looks phenomenal. Now, I know what you’re probably thinking. “Oh, he’s going to complain because the Pepsi and Cobra logos and the word ‘SPITFIRE’ are missing.” Well, you’re thinking wrong. Those are understandable omissions on an otherwise flawless figure. No, it’s not my new CM Punk figure that I’ve taken issue with – it’s the FlexForce figures that come with tons of accessories. You see, they had CM Punk and The Undertaker in that series with a glaring omission from each. The following is a picture of the CM Punk FlexForce figure.
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Look ma! No tattoos! None. This is a CM Punk action figure that costs over $10, and there are no tattoos at all. I didn’t snap a picture of The Undertaker figure from this same series, but it’s also lacking arm ink. Interestingly enough, the ForceFlex series that didn’t come with any accessories had sketches of their tattoos – not nearly as detailed as the Elite series figures, but at least on par with what Jakks had given us over the years.
The Elite series figures are awesomely detailed, and I definitely plan on trying to pick up the Edge and Undertaker figures when I have the extra cash. I definitely won’t be earmarking any money towards inked Superstars in the FlexForce series anytime soon.
Tags: Action Figure, Aggression, Articulation, Attention To Detail, Batteries, Cm Punk, Cobra, Elite Series, Empire State, Extra Cash, Glaring Omission, Logos, Mattel, Pepsi, Series 1, Sketches, Spitfire, Superstars, Undertaker, Wrestling Show
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By Legend Killer | January 7th, 2010
Welcome to the War for another week.
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Tags: Aj Styles, Analogy, Belts, Crap, Frame By Frame, January 4, Monday Night Raw, Monday Night Wars, National Championship Game, New Monday, Nfl Career, Nfl Quarterbacks, Ryan Leaf, Spike, Tag Team Title, Tim Couch, Tna Impact, Tv Rating, Vince Mcmahon, Welcome To The War
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By ThinkSoJoE | January 4th, 2010
Please, please, please tell me that somebody got fired for introducing these terribly produced CM Punk slippers into the marketplace. It’s a poor excuse for an iron on transfer. No wonder I came across them at a closeout store for six bucks.
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Tags: Cm Punk, Iron On Transfer, Marketplace, Poor Excuse, Slippers, Straight Edge
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By ThinkSoJoE | January 4th, 2010
Wrestling-Radio.com, a great site for wrestling news that doesn’t bombard you with popups and preloading site ads, recently featured a couple of our images (namely, the John Cena sneakers from “I’m Not Making This Up” and the MVP as WWE Champion picture from “‘5th Grader’ Knows It’s WWE History”), unbeknown to us. Apparently, they got them via e-mail from people who didn’t bother to tell them where, exactly, they got these images. Wrestling-Radio.com has since given us credit for the photos, which I personally took with my cell phone, and I’m giving them permission to keep them up – but please, if anybody reading this site is going to take our images and send them off to another wrestling site, please make sure you give us credit.
Tags: Cell Phone, Champion, E Mail, Images, John Cena, Mvp, Photos, Popups, Preloading, Sneakers, Wrestling News, Wrestling Radio, Wwe
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By ThinkSoJoE | December 22nd, 2009
MVP was on the half-hour version of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” recently. When he entered the classroom, the following graphic popped up on the screen.
"MVP is the longest reigning WWE World Champion!"
You know, I always thought to be the longest reigning World Champion, you’d have to win a World Championship. “5th Grader” is more educational than I thought!
Tags: Half Hour, Mvp, Quot, Screen Caption, World Champion, Wwe
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By Legend Killer | December 2nd, 2009
The following is from 2004.
World Wrestling Entertainment have released new Diva trading cards, and going by the all new superstar decks, I think those new divas need to be checked for high levels of testosterone.
Tags: Decks, New Diva, New Divas, Testosterone, Trading Cards, World Wrestling Entertainment
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By Legend Killer | September 20th, 2009
Triple H has signed for TNA Wrestling. TNA have jumped on this star signing already, with the first piece of merchandise available to buy on ShopTNA.com.
Tags: Breaking News, Triple H, Wrestling
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By Legend Killer | August 2nd, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen, wrestling fans of all ages. Welcome, I am the one they call ‘Legend Killer’, speaking to you in a matter of crisis. The company, the business, the profession we once loved, has fallen. It has gone from a wrestling spectacle, full of action and excitement, into child-friendly programming, and a rather poor attempt at entertainment. Whatever happened to the things we liked the most about the thing us wrestling fans enjoyed most? What is it that keeps us watching and watching, each and every week, hoping that perhaps, we catch a glimmer of what used to be. The following will discuss two of these companies, World Wrestling Entertainment, and Total Nonstop Action, and what made them enjoy in the first place, and what they need to do, to bring back the true wrestling fan.
Part One: World Wrestling Entertainment
For those who haven’t been watching, the WWE has recently shed itself of all bloodshed and hardcore, and adpated more child-friendly programming. I don’t have a problem with that at all. Showing young children these larger than life characters on their TV screens. Showing young children that, just like their favourite WWE superstar, they can do anything and if they keep fighting, and never give up. They can achieve their dreams and goals in life, and the glow on a child’ face, the look in their eye, when they see one of these characters up close and personal, could make a young child’s wildest dreams true. However, with the focus squarely on the younger generation, where does this leave, the older fans? The fans that grew up during Hulkamania, Randy Savage and the Ultimate Warrior. The fans who watched through the Attitude Era, watching Stone Cold flip off the boss, D-Generation X crotch chopping everyone, and showing the world that they were rebels. The fans who know that when someone started bleeding, or when the feud ended inside a steel cage, that match meant something, not just to the fans or the company, but to the wrestlers who competed in these matches.
Let’s turn the clock back ten-fifteen years. The Attitude era is in full swing. On one side, you have a foul-mouth, beer-swelling, middle-finger giving sumbitch by the name of Stone Cold, who disobeyed everything his boss ordered him to do. On the other, was a group who wouldn’t listen to anyone but themselves, who do what they wanted, when they wanted. If they wanted it, they would take it. This is the wrestling business that comfirmed me a wrestling fan. Sure, I’d watched it on VHS back in those days. Watching guys like Bret Hart win the first ever King of the Ring, or watching my idol, Shawn Michaels go from being the guy everyone loved, to the guy everyone loved to hate. But it was the Attitude era that really got me hooked. Watching a group known as D-Generation X, make more sexual innuendos during a two-hour broadcast, than most people would in a lifetime. Viewing the women, like Debra and Ivory, strip down to the bare essentials, showing you that they weren’t afraid to bare it all, and the World Wrestling Federation as it was known back then, weren’t afraid to show the 18-35 males and females of the world anything.
Fast track to today. There is no bloodshed, no Stone Cold, no bare essentials. Nothing. The closest we have to the days of yesteryear in World Wrestling Entertainement, is a re-hashed D-Generation X. But these days, they have become childish, instead of the immature toilet humour we were used to seeing from them. From the days, where you could create an all-black stable, call them the Nation of Domination, and no-one would be offended. These days, it wouldn’t take long for someone to get offended and cause a massive uproar.
There is nothing wrong with the WWE becoming kid-friendly, but they have to give the older generations of fans something too, or be prepared to lose the fanbase, that bought them to where they are today.
Tags: Bloodshed, Child Face, D Generation X, Glimmer, Goals In Life, Ladies And Gentlemen, Larger Than Life, Poor Attempt, Randy Savage, Rebels, Spectacle, Steel Cage, Total Nonstop Action, Tv Screens, Ultimate Warrior, Wildest Dreams, World Wrestling Entertainment, Wrestlers, Wwe Superstar, Younger Generation
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By ThinkSoJoE | July 11th, 2009
I found this DVD on the shelves of a local WalMart, and something just didn’t seem right. The title of this DVD is WWE Legends of Wrestling – “Heatseekers.” Take a look at the cover.
Legends of Wrestling is a fitting title, I mean, look who’s on the cover – Jerry “The King” Lawler, Junk Yard Dog, Sgt. Slaughter, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, and… Marcus Alexander “Buff” Bagwell? Seriously? Buff Bagwell? Is this a misprint? Ah, WalMart, you never fail to provide entertaining wrestling products.
Tags: Alexander, Buff Bagwell, Cover Caption, Dvd Shelves, Flair, Jerry Lawler, Jerry The King Lawler, Junk Yard Dog, Legends Of Wrestling, Marcus Alexander, Nature Boy, Slaughter, Walmart, Wrestling Products, Wwe Wrestling
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By ThinkSoJoE | May 16th, 2009
I hit up the local WalMart today to pick up an air mattress, since falling asleep on the floor during iMPACT! this past Thursday left me with a bruised hip and a sore enough back that I couldn’t even close my car door without cringing. What the hell is wrong with this world when Kevin Nash can work matches without hurting himself every week and I can’t even watch TNA’s show without being in pain the next day? Anyways, that’s irrelevant to the story.
So I’m at Wally World, and happened to pass by the sneaker section when I saw something that would probably wind up on WrestleCrap’s “Someone Bought This” section. Instead of jumping straight to my e-mail and sending a message to RD Reynolds, I remembered I had my own sports-entertainment satire site. Anyways, despite the what the guy whose picture is on these shoes says, I could see him. I could see him just fine. The fact remains that when I was a little kid, if there were Hulk Hogan or Ultimate Warrior shoes, I probably would’ve begged my parents for them, so this is actually a brilliant marketing move on the part of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Seriously though, John Cena sneakers (no, there weren’t old school Reebok pumps on them, sadly)?
Seriously - John Cena sneakers!
Complete with WWE logo treads!
If the image quality isn’t all that great, I apologize. I don’t make a habit of bringing my camera with me on trips to the store, so the best I can do is these camera phone shots.
Tags: Air Mattress, Brilliant Marketing, Camera Phone Shots, Car Door, E Mail, Hulk Hogan, Image Quality, John Cena, Kevin Nash, Little Kid, Own Sports, Rd Reynolds, Reebok Pumps, Sending A Message, Sneaker, Sneakers, Ultimate Warrior, Wally World, Walmart, World Wrestling Entertainment
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