WrestleMania XXV Weekend is Upon Us

Joe — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:12:13 +0000

Tomorrow night, World Wrestling Entertainment will hold its 25th annual WrestleMania event. This year the event is headlined by Triple H vs. Randy Orton, Edge vs. John Cena vs. The Big Show, and Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker. Frankly, none of the matches are overly exciting since they’ve all been done before in one iteration or another. Just think back a few years ago to when Triple H unceremoniously booted Randy Orton out of Evolution or go back about a decade to when Shawn Michaels took on The Undertaker in the Hell in a Cell match at In Your House. As for the triple threat main event, all of these men have faced each other before but I guess the addition of the triple threat makes it somewhat interesting.

I don’t want to sound like I’m hating on WrestleMania XXV since I’m sure all of the guys in these matches will put on tremendous performances. However, it’s just not the type of event that I’m looking to spend $50 on to watch. Plus, I won’t be around tomorrow night since I have to run out to a meeting to make a quick award presentation.

For those of you who are wrestling fans, you’ll want to run over to TBLWrestling.com and XHeadlines.com for the very latest information on WrestleMania XXV as well as the best in wrestling news and rumors. All I know is that The Undertaker’s undefeated streak better stay intact. Enjoy!

Book Review: The Marine

Joe — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:13:47 +0000

Yes, this is a book review. I know that WWE’s “The Marine” is coming out in theaters very shortly, but this book absolutely sucked. According to the cover of the book, the “novelization” was performed by Rudy Josephs. WWE, if you’re reading, fire this man immediately! The book was poorly written – and I mean POORLY written. From simple grammatical mistakes to unchained conversations to a wholly unattractive writing style, there was very little about Josephs’ novelization that makes you want to read the book. On top of that, the story was shallow, the characters are even less appealing, and the dialogue is gummy and cliche at best.

I refuse to denigrate my blog with actual excerpts from this “novel” but if you must know what the dialogue is like, it’s constantly self-defeating. Let me explain what self-defeating reads like: “The boy walked into the house, but he knew that there was more to this place than the front door. As he entered the kitchen, he felt that something was watching him – and it wasn’t good. He began to panic as he walked forward, knowing that each step could be his last. Then he was startled by a crash upstairs – could that be the last noise he ever heard?”

Get the picture? It’s a CHORE to read this novel – they give you one line, then completely pull back from it at the end of the sentence! Imagine nearly 300 pages of this rubbish!!!

If the folks who wrote this movie are the ones who are writing WWE’s current television product, then a lot of things are starting to make sense!

I can’t even begin to name anything good about this book. There are plot holes all over the place, no attention paid to the smaller points in the storyline, and no consideration given to the interaction between the main characters and the secondary characters.

Quite frankly, I wasted a ton of time reading this book and chances are that I’ll never read another WWE novel again. Some of their biographies are excellent (Mick Foley’s for instance), but in terms of writing fiction – these guys need to stick to the ring.

I highly do NOT recommend wasting the time or money on this book. Stay away.

JerseySmarts.com

WrestleMania XXV Weekend is Upon Us

Book Review: The Marine