July 25th, 2011
Look, I know what we’re supposed to think abut Simmons. And lots of the criticisms of his schtick are valid. But this column is just awesome. The links alone are worth the price of admission. And for my money, I’m in total agreement with his top two.
Update: From Galley Friend A.W.
Holy crap, I forgot how good Vince McMahon’s entrance theme was. Between the theme songs for McMahon, DX, and Chris Jericho, the WWF pretty clearly had on retainer the greatest Rage Against the Machine cover band of the decade. DX’s theme, for example, was simply a rip-off of Killing in the Name Of.
But the New Age Outlaws’ theme deserves nothing but scorn. Their call-and-response gimmick was entertaining for a couple of weeks, but before long it had overtaken every headliners entire interview gimmick — the NAOs, Stone Cold, the Rock, Angle, all of them, their segments devolved into a mess of predictable one-liners all lined up in a row. And that’s the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so.
Jason O. July 26, 2011 at 1:59 pm
An entire column on pro wrestling entrances and nothing on the Ultimate Warrior? Not even a snide remark/petty observation (about how the Warrior’s whole act was running into the ring, shaking the ropes and power slams) to suck up to the WWE? Yes, JVL, Simmons sucks even more now.