Sports Talk with MC

by MC

If you’re a fan of professional wrestling,  it would incredibly pointless, at this juncture, to say,

“I knew so.”

Why? Because there’s a 99.9% chance that you and I DIDN’T know so.

At the recently concluded WWE Veageance: Night of Champions, we became witness to the crowning of a new Women’s Champion in Candice Michelle, Edge retaining the World Heavyweight Championship against Batista in less than flattering fashion, and the decimation of Ric Flair at the hands of the brash Montell Vontavious Porter.

Oh yeah, John Cena managed to win “against the odds” yet again. Big surprise there.

The real shocker of the evening, however, was former “MNM” member Johnny Nitro winning the ECW World Heavyweight Title.

Fans in attendance, and the millions watching on pay-per-view were primed to witness a battle between Chris Benoit and CM Punk for ECW’s top prize.

Internet reports have cited The Crippler’s absence as something that had taken place due to “personal reasons”. Whether this is kayfabe, or real, has not been determined as of yet.

In any event, I think it’s a progressive move, on the part of the WWE, to give a young gun a world title. As much as we all love guys like Batista, Triple H, and Lashley, you, the fan, would later be placed under the impression that the WWE is a tad “boring” and “stagnant” because of the fact that they don’t allow for ”sharing of the wealth” as much as they ought to. I think the Great Khali, for one, should have won something by now, and the same goes for A-gamers like Chris Masters, CM Punk (who will get his so long as he stays in ECW), and Elijah Burke (same case as with CM Punk). Johnny Nitro’s victory at Vengeance is a breath of fresh air in a federation that was beginning to smell musty.

Most people would be led to assume that eventually, Chris Benoit will probably rain on the main billed as an “A-lister”. Despite that, it can be said that in the last 24 hours, we’ve witnessed the birth of a star, the rise of a man who, for all intents and purposes, ought to figure in many a storyline in the years to come.

Of course, almost nothing is set in stone in the world of Sports Entertainment. Whatever happens, I know that at least for now, I’m pulling for Johnny, because he’s new, he’s hip, and yes, his name, without the extra “n” and “y”, and him, with a little less hair and a little more bulk, would’ve been too boring for anyone to endure.

Roll out the red carpet, whip out the champagne, for professional wrestling fans everywhere really do have reason to celebrate (even a wee bit, just a wee bit).

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