MONEY IN THE BANK PPV/WWE Monday Night Raw
So...The question has been answered.... "Can anything be done to make people interested in wrestling again?" Well apparently the answer is yes because one psuedo- "shoot" promo from CM Punk and the knowledge of his contract being about to expire got more people talking about and watching WWE than anything has in quite some time. I'm pretty safe in assuming that more people bought Sunday's PPV than any WWE pay per view not named WrestleMania in many, many years. It goes to show if done correctly and if they are willing to step outside their comfortable bubble they can make people believe or at the very least question what's happening in front of them....and that's all it takes. I'm excited to see they delivered on this one....I, like most figured that Cena would win with some sorta Montreal-esque "screwjob" and the whole angle turn into another retread....however they went against the grain and put the belt on Punk and gave everyone or at the very least the Chicago fans in attendance Sunday night what they wanted to see.
Now, I read some facebook posts bitching about the way RAW was booked with the belt being held up and Punk not being there.....well how else could this have played out?....the storyline was that Punk was leaving and if he won he would be taking the WWE title belt with him....and he DID. Had he shown up on RAW with the belt to "re-sign" with WWE or something similar it would have killed the whole angle.....I love the twitter stuff of him posting random pics of the belt in various places, Punk being at the Cubs game with his buddies during RAW was awesome....and smart that they just let it play out over the social media rather they just happen to have a WWE film crew at the Cubs games to film a supposedly former employee was a nice touch. Hopefully at the very least they will get a new belt to replace that hideous spinner belt. The angle with HHH relieving Vince of his duties should play out nicely for months to come...who knows where that will take things....perhaps former employee Vince will side with former employee CM Punk and they will turn into an "invasion" that doesn't get botched. The most shocking thing to me was that it was Cena who made the subtle going to IMPACT reference and not CM Punk....I'm just shocked TNA hasn't been posting some kinda veiled teasers online that Punk will bring the WWE title to Impact next week. Should be fun to see how it all unfolds.
CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE
So some of you may have already read on Facebook that I'm changing up the site a bit and adding an "entertainment blog" to the site. I realize the world doesn't revolve around wrestling and their are other topics/interests to be explored. Should be fun to check out as I will be posting their along with my wife Rose Marie, Bradley Caine, Tammie Rainey-Gathings, Kevin Mcleod, and many others will be posting various news, columns, reviews, videos, and what not on EVERYTHING entertainment related, so check that out on the front page.
NO MORE GETTING IN THE RING......FOR NOW...
Ok, so once again I've screwed up my back and hip wrestling and I'm back in piss poor physical shape so I'm declaring right now you will not see me back in the ring through the remainder of 2011. I'm not gonna say that I'll NEVER wrestle again, cause we all know that's not true but I can say without a doubt it will be a LONG time before I ever do. However the upside to that is I can finally get back to doing something that I've been wanting to do for quite a while and that's start back doing stand up comedy. When I quit comedy before I was at a real bad place in life and was very unhappy with how things were and just couldn't find it in me to try to come up with funny material to use onstage.....however the new and improved happier version of Gene Jackson (thanks to my awesome wife, Rosey!) has already been developing new material and getting ready to give it another shot. I'm already entered into the 'RockyTop Comedy Contest' in Knoxville, TN on September 16th and I'm working on getting some stage time again at the Stardome in Birmingham and the Comedy Catch in Chattanooga, TN, as well as some clubs in Atlanta. I'm also planning on trying to get some sorta 'Comedy Night' going at one of the establishments here in Gadsden and I've already been in contact with a few people about coming over and giving comedy a shot, it will be interesting to see if they take me up on it. If you've done comedy or would be interested at giving it a try (it's a helluva lot harder than it looks), contact me at genejackson95@gmail.com and I'll get in touch with you when it all comes together hopefully around October.
As always if you would like to write for either the wrestling blog or the entertainment blog, contact me at the email address above and I'll hook you up with what you need to start posting.
BTW, Cheap Heat Radio will resume broadcasting next week....it will be getting tweaked a bit as well with not only wrestlers but other entertainment guests and topics as well.
thanks for reading
GENE
2 comments:
Cool beans and good luck with the comedy thing. As a recently married man myself (16 months ago) I know how a good woman can make you look at things a tad differently, not changing you but making you better.That's the vibe I get from you.Congrats and continued martial bliss.God bless.
yep...that's exactly what it is man...I was married and in a house with 4 people and two dogs yet felt completely alone and like everything in the world was on ME....now I have a partner in life that cares more about me than herself and I care more about her than myself and we face nothing alone, we've always got each other's back...and she's very supportive of all my "hobbies" and even joins in and participates with me where in my previous marriage I had to fight to do anything besides go to work and do what she wanted to do.....completely changes your perspective on life....glad to hear your happily married as well. thanks for the kind words.
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