I stopped watching professional wrestling in the mid-90′s; sometime in between The Undertaker locking the Ultimate Warrior in his casket and Lex Luger powerslamming Yokozuna on the U.S.S. Intrepid. However, certain things like Degeneration X’s catchphrase (“Suck it!”) and Stacy Keibler’s legs (wow) have kept me semi-interested throughout the years even though I couldn’t name a single WWF WWE Intercontinental Champion post-Brett “The Hitman” Hart. He was the best, anyway, so what’s the point in keeping track? Right?
Anyway- recently the WWE has gotten some attention for branching out and becoming more celebrity-oriented. First, John Cena famously bodyslammed K-Fed on national TV, much to the delight of fans everywhere (wrestling fans, that is. Is there such a thing as a Federline fan?) That little storyline proved to be nothing more than just an appetizer for starf**kers, though. Right now the WWE has a real celebrity feud brewing- Vince McMahon vs. Donald Trump. This week the two billionaires (just go with it) agreed to each select a wrestler to fight on their side at Wrestlemania- the loser shaves his head. How is this going to play out? Come on- do you really think The Donald is going to shave his head for a bunch of crazed wrestling fans? Of course not. But then again, if he did, it’d take self-promotion to a whole new level. And if anybody is capable of that, it’s him.
So things could get interesting. Let’s get ready to rumble (or whatever it is they say nowadays).
