Thursday, February 24, 2011

A quick history lesson

For years many pro wrestlers have been using metal as their genre of choice for entrance music.  And why the hell not?  Metal and violence go hand in hand!  Not to mention how many moves sound metal: the Clothesline from Hell, Jackknife Powerbomb, Edgecution, Chokeslam, Five Star Frog Splash (don't tell me you couldn't see a lost Mr. Bungle track named that), Sharpshooter, Facecrusher, etc.

Oddly enough, both realms of entertainment also share the tendencies to be of higher quality when you look beyond the mainstream.  You're as likely to see Origin on MTV as you are to see a piranha match between CM Punk and Triple H.  Pro wrestling and metal are also strikingly similar in the most embarrassing ways:
  • Both inevitably involve sweaty men all over each other either in the ring or in the pit.
  • Both have often been known to use over the top gimmicks to maximize on success; e.g., masks (Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Rey Mysterio, Ultimo Dragon), hyper-femininity/gender confusion (Poison, Mötley Crüe, Goldust, Chyna), and rapping (Limp Bizkit, John Cena).
  • Seeing big name wrestlers/bands involve ludicrously inflated ticket prices.
  • Some wrestlers and bands tend to get facts completely wrong.
    The last bullet brings us to this absolute gem of a video.  We have Big Poppa Pump, Scott Steiner tutoring some of his peers backstage on WWII.  As the video description says, the look on Tyson Tomko's (on far left) face says it all.


    If Steiner and Frankie Palmeri were to ever collaborate, the universe would likely collapse on itself.

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