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where I may actually blog from time to time.

The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of Sexually Transmitted Disease. This virus is contracted through dangerous and high risk behavior. The disease is called Gonorrhea Lectim (pronounced "gonna re-elect him"). Many victims have contracted it after having been screwed for the past 4 years, in spite of having taken measures to protect themselves from this especially troublesome retro virus. Symptoms of individuals infected with Gonorrhea Lectim include, but are not limited to: anti-social personality disorder traits; delusions of grandeur with a distinct messianic flavor; chronic mangling of the English language; extreme cognitive dissonance; inability to incorporate new information; pronounced xenophobia; inability to accept responsibility for actions; exceptional cowardice masked by acts of misplaced bravado; uncontrolled facial smirking; ignorance of geography and history; tendencies toward creating evangelical theocracies; and a strong propensity for categorical, all-or-nothing behavior. The infection is sweeping Washington, trailer parks, and the red states. Naturalists and epidemiologists are amazed that this malignant disease originated only a few years ago from a strange bush only found deep in the heart of Texas. At this point only a few regimens control its spread: information and education, an open mind, altruism, empathy, and irony. Many victims have contracted it after having been screwed for the past 4 years, in spite of having taken measures to protect themselves from this especially troublesome retro virus. Symptoms of individuals infected with Gonorrhea Lectim include, but are not limited to: anti-social personality disorder traits; delusions of grandeur with a distinct messianic flavor; chronic mangling of the English language; extreme cognitive dissonance; inability to incorporate new information; pronounced xenophobia; inability to accept responsibility for actions; exceptional cowardice masked by acts of misplaced bravado; uncontrolled facial smirking; ignorance of geography and history; tendencies toward creating evangelical theocracies; and a strong propensity for categorical, all-or-nothing behavior. The infection is sweeping Washington, trailer parks, and the red states. Naturalists and epidemiologists are amazed that this malignant disease originated only a few years ago from a strange bush only found deep in the heart of Texas. At this point only a few regimens control its spread: information and education, an open mind, altruism, empathy, and irony.

I probably shouldn’t publish this – especially this close to Christmas. Now I’m sure that Santa won’t be good to me. But with a little surgery scheduled for Wednesday I’ve been thinking. That’s usually not a safe thing. But then this thought occurred to me – Major League Baseball is more compassionate than Christianity. Follow me on this one – MLB really has no responsibility for the old Negro League. But clearly MLB wouldn’t exist or be where it is without the contributions of those who struggled and survived in the Negro Leagues. Similarly, Christianity has no responsibility for Judaism. But clearly the New Testament wouldn’t exist or be where it is without the contributions of those who struggled and survived in the Old Testament. Now I’m not really endorsing how long it took MLB to get their shit together, and I really don’t want to put MLB over. But, eventually, MLB decided to recognize the contributions of those from the Negro League and granted them pension benefits. So for their contributions, those Negro League stars who survived received recognition, glory, and retirement benefits from those who built on their accomplishments. But, now this is where it gets tricky, Christianity has a different prospective on the Old Testament “stars” who built up Judaism until it was ripe for exploitation and evolution into Christianity. The “retirement” benefit that Christians look forward to is admission to Heaven. And they are very clear that this can only be accomplished through Jesus Christ. However, the Old Testament stars did not know Christ and could not have sought salvation through him. Christianity is also pretty clear that your choices are only eternal salvation (Heaven) or eternal damnation (Hell). Since those Old Testament stars missed out on the key to Heaven, that pretty much means that they are stuck with eternal damnation. So the Negro League players who survived until MLB discovered a conscience got in on the retirement goodies. But the Old Testament stars get to fry for ever. Doesn’t that suck? I mean come on really, Moses survives that reed basket gimmick, gets sent up to the mountain, has to carry those stone tablets with the 10 Commandments down and sell them to the faithful – and his reward is eternal damnation? That sucks! Noah puts up with the stench of all of those animals, and dumps his entire life savings into a boat that he only gets to use once before God strands it on the side of a mountain. And his reward? Fry Noah Fry! Eternal damnation for you. How about David? He puts it on the line and goes out to fight the biggest badass in the neighborhood. Maybe he should have turned on God and put Goliath over? He certainly had a better chance with Goliath’s religion than he did with his own. He’s still burning and he did what he was supposed to do and kicked the big dude’s ass! That’s a pretty shitty deal. See – I probably shouldn’t have written this. Santa’s gonna think that I’ve been more “naughty” than “nice” and I’m not gonna get a good haul of loot for Christmas. And I’ll probably get stuck with that whole eternal damnation thing anyhow. Oh well, I guess I’d better ask for all of you to put in a good word for me to get through my surgery on Wednesday. Thanks

Is It A Work Or A Shoot? It’s Just Wrestling I suppose that the story actually started some time back in late July. That’s when Danny Daniels, Dave Prazak, and some others walked out of IWA Mid-South in protest of Ian Rotten’s handling of B.J. Whitmer. Or maybe it goes back even further. Maybe it goes back to Rotten’s decision to de-emphasize the bloody death matches and instead highlight top notch wrestling. That seemed to turn away a bunch of the vampires who used to buy IWS MS tapes in droves. Maybe that’s what started it. I know that I became aware of the whole thing when the phone calls and e-mails started coming in. Apparently IWA-MS cancelled some dates. Apparently Jimmy Jacobs was counting on working those dates to pay his bills. Apparently, Danny Daniels (who is involved with the running of AAW in Chicago) contracted Jacobs to appear on an AAW show over the weekend and throw the IWA-MS World Heavyweight Title into a trash can. On a show that also featured Shane Douglas who perhaps most famously threw a belt away in what many consider the official start of the “Attitude” era of professional wrestling. People started calling and e-mailing me, as well as others who had potential to be close to the situation. I am certainly acquainted with Ian Rotten, Dannny Daniels, and Jimmy Jacobs. I do know all three men’s real names and home phone numbers. But I knew nothing about this incident. My friend and brother in the business Quazi (http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling3/cain/) had even talked with Jacobs on the day of the AAW show – but Jacobs hadn’t mentioned anything to him. It seems that everybody is buzzing over the question of is this a work or a shoot. The message board at the IWA-MS website (http://www.iwamidsouthwrestling.com/) is buzzing about it. The message board and website for AAW (http://www.aawrestling.com/main.html) is fairly quiet on the subject. Jimmy Jacobs’ LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/jimmyjacobs/) is fairly amusing – but not nearly as entertaining as the comments from his fans. The short answer to all of those who have asked me “is this a work?” is quite simply – I don’t know and I don’t care. Am I upset about it? Only at myself – see I’ve been planning for months on making the trip down to see what AAW has going on. I once again put off making the trip – and I missed out on all of this! The next chapter should play out at IWA-MS’s Strong Style Tournament show – and while it’s been many months since I made the pilgrimage south to see one of Ian’s shows it looks like it might just be time to get off of my prodigious bottom and make that drive. This is what I love about indy wrestling. Blink and you might miss it. Do I know if this is a work or a shoot. No, I don’t. And I don’t want to know. When I attend a show, or watch a video, or TNA TV, or even WWE TV – I believe that what I’m seeing is real. At least I try my best to – and if the promotion has any brains at all they make their product believable enough for me to suspend my disbelief and enjoy the reality of what I’m seeing. Just like when I read a fictional novel, watch a good TV drama, or a good movie – I don’t want to sit and dissect the illusion of what I’m seeing. I want to enjoy it for what it is. So here’s to Ian Rotten! Here’s to Danny Daniels! Here is to Jimmy Jacobs! And here is to all of the fans who are smart enough to simply enjoy the stories that these men are telling them! Here is to PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING in all of its great glory. And for all of you so called “smart marks” out there who are paying any attention to the work vs. shoot angle of this story – FORGET ABOUT IT! You aren’t impressing anybody with your intelligence as you debate this. Get a life, or at least a date, and move on. Enjoy the show. And all of you reading this, do yourselves a favor and go support a quality indy wrestling promotion near you. Jim Hall is an independent wrestling video and television producer with over 30 years of faithful wrestling viewing located in Grand Rapids, MI – home of the former Arena Football Champion Grand Rapids Rampage. You can reach him at jehingr@hotmail.com or check out his video company at www.marqueewrestling.com.

Since Jeff King suffered through this, I thought I should share his misery…

 

Put in your top 8 from myspace & answer honestly.

1. Erin
2. Theresa
3. Dod the Zen Master
4. Dabocle
5. Quazi

6. Sabintron 3030
7. A Big Star
8. Bubba Mackenzie

is number 6 your best friend? No, more like an acquaintance

Have you ever lied to number 4? Kayfabe

Do you know a secret about number 7? Yes, Yes I do. ha ha ha


Describe the relationship between number 8 and number 5. Promoter & Worker

What is the best thing about number 3? He tolerates my inconsistencies and we can communicate clearly and directly about anything.


What is the worst thing about number 1? Nothing – she’s the most perfect “goddaughter” one could hope for

When was the last time you've seen number 5? A couple of weeks ago


Which of the numbers have you kissed? 1 & 2


Have you ever danced with number 2? Yes, to Miss Ruby Wilson & the King Bees in Memphis TN among other opportunities…


Have number 3 and number 7 ever dated? Maybe, but I wouldn’t out them…


Have you ever done drugs with number 1? Nope, don’t think that is too likely…


Have you ever been in a fight with number 6? No, he’d kick my ass all over the place – besides he’s too nice a guy to fight with me.


Do number 7 and number 2 like each other? No, they don’t know each other – although I’m sure that Hype would love her, I doubt that he can hang with her.


Does number 8 have a boyfriend/girlfriend? He’s very happily married.

Have you ever been a co-worker with number 4? Yep, he’s a key part of my company.


Have you ever wanted to punch number 5 in the face? Yeah, but that was before I really knew him well.


Has number 1 ever met your mother? Yes, and I’m still sorry about that Erin.


Have you ever been on vacation with number 3? If wrestling roadtrips count, then yes.


Have you ever seen number 1 naked? Do diapers count?
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What is the funniest thing number 5 has ever done? Worked for Ed Farhat Jr.

Did you ever accidentally physically hurt number 3? No, he usually ducks in time.

This weekend, what numbers have you hung out with? 3.


Who is the sexiest person in your top 8. Number 2

What is number 3's favorite food? Spicy garlic wings at BW3.