Happy Birthday Mrs. Wrestling Professor

I first want to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. Wrestling Professor. Sorry to get all mushy on you all, but I love her very much for everything she has done for me. There would be no Armpit without her, because she pushed and encouraged me to keep doing it because she knew I loved it. We’ve pumped a lot of money into this site, and never got any return, so I thank her for her patience and understanding. She puts up with this silliness, and all my UFC DVDs and wrestling DVDs that take up so much space in the garage and attic. I come from a family where the wives stay home and do nothing except breed, pump out kids, and accomplish nothing with their lives. My wife is the exact opposite; she makes a damn good living, works hard, and can look back on her life and say she accomplished a Helluva lot. I hope all of you find a good woman (or man), or have already found one. As far as happiness goes, a good woman makes all the difference in the world.

Speaking of emotion, John Koppenhaver showed his human side last night on The Ultimate Fighter. You have to feel for the guy for all he has been through, with the loss of his mother and father at such a young age. Mentally, he’ll need to toughen up and that will be his hardest challenge. He’s got the physical tools and the look. He’s being way too hard on himself for how he performed in the fight. He knocked Tommy down and made him tap (everyone saw the tap except for the ref, and the fight wasn’t stopped), so he should be proud of himself. I think Dana will give him a shot in UFC, which he deserves.

Serra’s impersonation of Hughes was hilarious. As stated before, Hughes is one of my favorites, but this season has changed my opinion of him. Serra has a great personality and will be a great champion if he wins on 12/29.

Last night’s CNN special on wrestling was pretty good by the standards of mainstream media coverage of wrestling. CM Punk did very well, but everyone else looked really bad except for Kanyon (who looks much worse after he cut his hair). Dynamite Kid was made out to be a jerk, but it was interesting to see him again after all these years. Chris Jericho is doing his best to lose as much respect as quickly as possible, saying you don’t need to be on steroids to make it. Jericho thinks he’s “small,” which is such a joke. I’ll show him small. I’m still waiting for an explanation from him on how he appeared so much bigger and more cut after he won the unified title in WWE many years ago. He looks so ridiculous in short hair, and that will be more apparent when he starts wrestling with his shirt off. As for Vince, he looked huge, and I wonder why. As usual, he came off heartless and sleazy, as did the entire business.

When watching UFC 37.5 yesterday, I saw Joe Scarola accompany Nick Serra (Matt’s brother) to the ring. How sad. Everyone who watched this season’s Ultimate Fighter knows who Scarola is, and boy, did he ever blow his opportunity.

TNA Impact is tonight, but no one will watch it. I know I won’t. Please, somebody fire Vince Russo immediately.

Just got word from Keith Lipinski that Chris Masters was finally fired.  It was bound to happen.  Masters got tons of heat from wrestling fans for being an untalented bodybuilder who got hired for his muscles.  While he did get hired for that reason, he does not deserve the blame for that.  WWE deserves blame for bringing him up too soon, not Chris Masters.  I thought he had some talent, especially his promos, and had potential.  Unfortunately his inexperience caught up to him, and he didn’t have the natural talent to be that good that soon (few do).  We wish Masters well in his recovery, and hope to see him back some day after he has at least 5 good years of training under his belt.