Category: Pro Wrestling

Professional wrestling (pro wrestling or wrestling for short) is a form of physical live theater with wrestlers as the performers and the ring (or any place that can be converted into a place of battle) as the stage. The match outcome is predetermined, the moves are choreographed, yet the performers’ pain is real.

The Deranged Writer grew up watching professional wrestling; particularly WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Through the years, he has a love/hate relationship with it, but it will always have a special place in his heart.

10-Minute Warning CXIV

All right. What can I write here under 10 minutes?

I woke up late today, so I missed almost the entire Night 2 of WrestleMania XL. I only watched the main event: Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes in a Bloodline Rules match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. And the match was fucking amazing!

Rhodes was tough as steel all throughout the bout (even after a Samoan Spike/Spear combo from Solo Sikoa and Reigns), and I love how he ended the match with 3 consecutive Cross Rhodes to Reigns before finally finishing his story and winning the WWE title. And Jey Uso, John Cena, and Seth Rollins (in his Shield gear) helping Rhodes out were spectacular, but the most shocking interference was from The Undertaker – who took out The Rock with a Chokeslam! Sure, I don’t get why Taker interfered, but I’m here for it because he’s my favorite pro wrestler!

Congratulations to the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes! Now we are entering a new era, and he is the face of it. And to Roman Reigns: 1,316 days as champion. Wow. My hats off to you, Tribal Chief.

When I watch the entire Night 2 of WrestleMania XL, I will try to make a post about it and Night 1. Fingers crossed on that.

And time’s up.

Header image: WWE. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

WWE WrestleMania XL (Drunk) Predictions

As I’m typing this, I just finished drinking 4 Jack and Cokes and… maybe I should share my predictions for WWE WrestleMania XL, the advertised “biggest WrestleMania of all time.”

Getting straight to it, here are my picks…

Song of the Moment XXI: Finger Eleven’s “Slow Chemical”

I’m supposed to run errands today, but they were rescheduled for tomorrow. Thank goodness for avoiding errands at least today because today’s temperature outside is 35°C. 35-fucking-degrees-celsius. It feels hotter than that though, but good grief.

After writing that, I’m dreading tomorrow, and tomorrow’s weather could be worse. I must endure the heat while I run errands. (Yes, I will bring my umbrella when I walk on the street. But what if I go to an establishment with A/C problems? I must expect the worst.)

And I can imagine Kane (kayfabe half-brother of The Undertaker) making the temperature worse when he walks through the entire city and flames burst from concrete. That is why my current Song of the Moment is “Slow Chemical” by Finger Eleven, one of Kane’s theme songs.

Official visualizer of Finger Eleven’s “Slow Chemical”.

Happy humid Monday. And no, I’m not in the mood to write an April Fools’ Day post today. Maybe next year.

Header image: WWE and Pixabay. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.