Beauty and Elegance

Two words not really associated with WWE Wrestling but they can certainly apply.

Monday night we had a friend come over who's never really watched WWE. I think I may have converted him to the darkside.

"But wrestling is fake don't ya know?"
Yes it is and isn't. Yeah the story lines are similar to what you'd find on Days of Our Lives and the winner is pre-selected but the actual skill is a thing of beauty and elegance.

I've watched wresting since the 80's when Andre the Giant's footsteps made the world tremble (god rest his soul). As a kid I was like everyone else "He's a goodguy and wins his matches, so must be a good wrestler." Since then I've learned to see who the good wrestlers truly are based on timing of their moves and athletic ability.

What made my case to our friend was during Edge and Lita's wedding. Kane (Lita's ex husband) came out of the floor and destroyed the ceremony. Before he was done he gave the minister a piledriver. The pile driver was poorly done in my opinion. I offered our guest 2 possible reasons: Kane sucks at doing the pile driver (not he's actully quite skilled at it) or the minister wasn't a wrestler and kane took an extra safety percaution.

Normally when the pile driver is use the victims head is placed between the knees. Just before impact the victim is lifted slightly so the knees hit the mat first but isn't noticed due to the speed they move at. This was not the case with the minister. The minsters head was near the middle of Kanes thigh. When the move was completed the ministers head still hadn't hit the mat.

Now, hopefully, in August when WWE comes to Kingston I'll be able to show Carrie what I'm talking about since some things are harder to see on TV. At least I hope she'll be able to see what I'm taling about if she isn't too busy drooling of Batista...