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[29 Jul 2006|04:48pm] |
I hope I don't step on too many toes when I talk about how I'm not really that thrilled to have DX back. In it's prime, DX was up to par with when the NWO was really something to be reckoned with, what with the extra few people in it. But now that it's charged with just the two front runners, I kind of wish they had done it some other way. I remember once a year or two ago when they hinted at a return and instead it ended when Triple H Pedigreed a confused Shawn and said that it'd never come back. That was fun.
Seeing though, that I read somewhere that HHH wouldn't mind ending his career as a face, this was probably the best way to get a dramatic turn around really fast, right? So how do you split up DX without having some kind of evil? People are always going to love Shawn, regardless of what he does, which is why he's the show-stopper. So, the obvious answer would be how Trips would turn on him, but if he wants to stay face forever, how would that work?
I'm not really sure. This is just me thinking out loud. So here's a little thing on each of the shows from a watching standpoint (I'll be returning to the ring on Tuesday, by the way), who my favorite people are this week.
My favorite person on Raw these last few weeks has been Carlito. I wish Carlito was still updating, because I love the new things he's bringing to matches, adding an aerial assault. It looks good on him.
For Smackdown, I'm glad to see Ken Kennedy back. He's a great mic talker, and the Kennedy/Batista thing should do quite well. But I'm glad that the WWE has finally deemed Booker good enough to be champ. He's been wrestling so long in the WWE without ever escaping the 'five time' deal he'd had with WCW. It made me kind of sad to see what they had him doing, because he IS star material. He's a great wrestler.
And I can say the same thing with ECW. Though RVD kind of screwed himself out of his title, I think that having the Big Show slam through guys from all rosters is awesome, and fun to watch. He's great on the mic and terrorizing in the ring. Could you imagine a Khali/Show match with ECW rules?
And finally, TNA. I'm still kind of mad that they didn't give Christian the belt for a longer time. He's such an underrated guy, he deserves to have a Bret Hart-like run. This whole Sting/Jarrett thing is probably going to last forever, which I'm not that cool with. To be honest, I don't even like the fact that Sting came back in the first place. The only reason I like TNA (besides Ms. Hemme) is for the guys like AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels. They're just a terror in the ring. Whoever decided to have them as a tag team is a genius.
I think I'm going to do one of these updates now and again for the hell of it.
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[25 Jul 2006|01:54pm] |
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I'm Back. I'm on a new show since I last updated, I've got a few more injuries to the back, and I'm currently "suspended" which is a nice way of having time off while still looking cool. I have a lot of things to cover about how the Smackdown/Raw/ECW thing is going these days, sitting at home watching it on TV, and I'll get into it better in the next few days. But as for now, this is an announcement that I've returned to the writing journal thing, and I'm sorry for even deleting in the first place.
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| He's coming back with a whole new set of ideals |
[10 Apr 2006|09:19pm] |
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Right, so I haven't updated this thing like a regular journal person. I've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes for upper tier guys, because we've got this weird issue with Randy. I don't really know all of the specifics, and the word on the street is that I don't like him, or his work ethic, which is completely false. I do like him. I respect the family name that he's got. It's something to revel in, or something.
When I was sort of 'running' Smackdown during my 'injury', I got the backstage stuff, like Triple H (I can't call him Paul. Really, I can't.) did on and off. It's where all of those rumors came from about him not giving anyone a chance, and it's where the rumors came from of me being a jerk and a workaholic and having everyone walking around with their heads between their knees.
I don't know where I got lost there, but I'm trying to say that I respect the guy, I like him. He's coming from a lot of background and it's going to be tough for a young guy to adjust to the fame and the work ethic like the one he's been on. There's going to be a big adjustment in his head, I guess for the next few weeks as he's sitting on the pine, but at least they're giving him a partial benefit of the doubt, you know. Most guys might get fired, but they believe in Randy, and I do to. I think he can bounce back from where he's at and come back even more prepared and fit to continue what he was doing, or even get up to a higher plateau on the scale of wrestling.
Anyway, it's good to see so many people around here now, only I'd like to have a bunch more updates to read and comment on, which I'm also going to start doing. Reading and writing and stuff, pretending that I know what a journal is, and keeping track of my friends.
I'm in a good place, mostly right now. The only thing that concerns me more than anything is my back, and my neck. Vacation is on it's way and I'm ready for it.
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[06 Apr 2006|11:54pm] |
No, Trish, we don't have to get rid of our icons. Just because we're not full of title belts anymore on television, does not mean that we can't pretend to ourselves that we're still the champions. We'll get them back, it's only a matter of time.
On that note, I'd like to say that I'm pleased to have my title thrown over to Rey. It'd be nice to see a man under 200 pounds run around with the belt, wouldn't it? I'd like to think so.
I continually have shoddy updates and tell people continuously that I'm going to be online more. This time, I mean business.
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[24 Mar 2006|05:38pm] |
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Had to change AIM Names. Nothing drastic, just couldn't log in to the old one, so you can now find me at Olympic Kurt. This is also a placeholder for a real entry this weekend.
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[15 Mar 2006|01:22am] |
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I keep having these terrible dreams. I wake up in a sweat, alone in a hotel room, have a shower, and go back to bed. And I wake up hours later, the same thing. I want a dream book. I want to be able to figure out why people in my dreams just keep randomly dying, and why there seems like I can do nothing about it. I need rest right now, I crave rest, and all I'm getting are these messed up things, over and over again. Hiding in pillows really doesn't work when you need it to, nor does beating the crap out of them for them to rightfully fit the shape of your bald head.
I need a vacation.
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[07 Mar 2006|10:14pm] |
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Someone sent me a nudge, and I've unfortunately been the brunt of some sort of major nothingness lately. I don't have much of a reason not to update, I haven't been busy besides work, I've just been kind of hiding out behind the scenes watching everyone else do their jobs and trying to focus on mine. So, this is going to be a short little thing until I can come up with something to say about this week in wrestling, besides seeing Cena F-5 the Giant.
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[03 Feb 2006|10:53pm] |
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The last few days after the Rumble and everything have kind of been uneventful. Besides the match that's being broadcast tonight with Rey and I (I'd tell you who wins but that'd ruin it), and the whole deal with the 'surprise ending' on tonight's show (did I give that away, too?), nothing much. I've been kind of stuck in this blather of driving and talking and smiling.
I love the championship pedastal. I love the idea of being the guy in the middle, you know, the guy that the fans boo or cheer. I love the fact that lately, the fans have been cheering me, because they're not cheering a fake character I play. They're cheering for the real me. I'm not playing someone bad, or good, I'm just being me, and they're respective of that, and they like it. That means more to me than anything I've done, be it when I had hair, or not.
And on that note, I'd also like to say that there are some people out there that I would really like to point out. I've found myself in the middle of this really interesting relationship with someone from Raw. Two champions, together. Howabout that? Birds of a feather, I guess.
I've liked you, for a long time. But I didn't ever want to say anything because the business gets in the way. I say, if anyone could do it, I think we could. So here's to that.
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| Mark who? |
[30 Jan 2006|02:06am] |
After throwing around a man who weighs something like twice my size, things are beginning to hurt. I've had consistent back and neck problems for the past few weeks, but nothing serious enough to slow me down (or so I say). It's not to the point yet of needing or wanting time off, and it's not like I can take it, being the guy with one of the belts. So we're just going to continue on, doing the best with what we've got.
Congrats to everyone tonight, especially that winner of the Rumble. For those of you that don't want to know, or just don't care, I'll save you specifics. But my guess is that he's going to have a hard choice for who he wants to pick to be fighting at Wrestlemania. He's had issues with both of the champs holding the belts, so I guess we'll see.
I have heard rumors down the line though, that he's somehow not even going to have a match at Wrestlemania for the title, which kind of strikes me as odd.
It was definately good to be able to say that I've beaten the fattest man in wrestling since Bastion Booger, and so I'm going to get out of here and celebrate a bit.
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| Introduction |
[24 Jan 2006|10:22pm] |
I've gone through a lot of phases in my wrestling career, and not all of it has to do with what you see me on for any given week. My name is Kurt Angle, and I am a professional wrestler. And besides the slow moving lug that is Mark Henry (whose medal for weight lifting shouldn't count), I am the only wrestler in the WWE to have ever won a gold medal in the Olympic games for actual wrestling. This already puts me a step ahead of the rest of them.
In the days where I was just starting out my career, I had three I's to follow, Intensity, integrity, and intelligence. And though I don't use those anymore, I still believe in them. There may have been some things I've done in the past that involve my career that I'm not all that proud of, but if I had to take any of it back, I wouldn't, because of the success. Everything comes with a price, and I've paid mine.
So the "you suck" chants can continue on as long as you want them to. I actually don't mind all that much. Find it flattering, because everyone in the world knows how good of a technical wrestler I am when I want to be, and how much of a mean bastard I can be when the straps come down.
I can also be a regular human being, but when you've got a gold belt around your waist with your name attached to it, everything changes. It may not mean anything to most people because they think it's a scripted thing, but trust me.
Around here, it's the difference between success and failure.
Olympian Angle
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