Sports Talk with MC

by MC

The photo you see above has not been retouched in any manner. WWE Chairman Vincent Kennedy McMahon really is the new ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

I was never really big on the technical side of graphic design anyway, so, go figure.

At the most recent WWE Pay-Per-View event, “Backlash”, Umaga, Shane McMahon, and Vince McMahon were pitted against then ECW titleholder Bobby Lashley in a handicap, no-holds-barred, matchup. Any wrestling fan out there who has been gotten around to knowing the tendencies of Vince McMahon over the years shouldn’t be too surprised at this latest development. The boss likes to boost his ego in front of the world, whether it be through flaunting the Kiss-My-Ass club, or taking names during tirades on RAW, Smackdown, and ECW.

As annoying as Vinnie Mac being champion maybe to the novice wrestling fanatic, him being a titleholder can actually be said to be a good thing, marketing wise, for the ECW brand. Since it’s “rebirth” in 2006, the storyline underlying ECW has been rather bland, in that, it’s been predictable, slow, and without “wit”.

If the boss holding the most “blood drenched” title in sports entertainment isn’t enough of a push and isn’t enough of an exercise on “comedic genius”, then, well, we might as well bring back the original Horsemen to the WWE. Pro-wrestling isn’t just about athletic competition. It’s also, well, about “clowns with muscles”. Form, here, can tend to be just as essential as content.

Rob Van Dam, an ECW original, has staked his claim to the ECW World Title. RVD vs. McMahon? Now that’s compelling.

Maybe we could see another hair versus hair match between the two, somewhere down the road. Our appetite for “almost perverse entertainment”, invariably becomes satiated, and with utmost hilarity, no less.

Talk about getting your money’s worth. =)