2015 has been a wild, crazy and emotional year for professional wrestling and it’s fan base. In The Iron Side of the Stories, we’re going to look at a few of this weeks events in sports entertainment, and I’m going to give my thoughts on them. Here we go:
Kurt Angle’s brother, David Angle, arrested for murdering his wife:
Like I said above– 2015 has been crazy and emotional. Hulk Hogan gets fired from WWE over racist comments. The untimely and sudden passing of Roddy Piper and Dusty Rhodes. Jimmy Snuka gets arrested for the 1983 death of his girlfriend. Now this– after an argument, 62 year old David Angle pulled his wife off of the couch and pulled her arms towards him while pressing his foot into her chest. She lost consciousness, and was unsuccessful in reviving her.
Kurt Angle recently announced that he will be taking a break from wrestling, leading to speculation that a WWE return may happen for the Olympic gold medalist. While the actions of his brother will more than likely play a non-factor in a potential WWE return for Kurt, I got to imagine it’s an extremely difficult situation to deal with. Kurt Angle has always been one of my all time favorite wrestlers, and I wish him and his family nothing but the best during this troubled time.
Brock Lesnar’s Go To Hell Tour:
I don’t know about you guys, but for me, anytime Brock is on my television screen, everything becomes “must see.” Announced during Nighy of Champions, the “Brock Lesnar Go To Hell Tour” definitely seems like must see television. Starting Saturday night, the Go To Hell Tour starts at Madison Square Garden As Lesnar pounds on Big Show live on the WWE Network, makes a pit stop on The Stone Cold Podcast mid-October, and ends inside The Hell In A Cell, at The Hell In A Cell pay per view event, against The Undertaker.
I’m excited to see a Hell In A Cell match happen for a reason for once. In recent years, it seems as though guys are just thrown into a Cell together simply because of the events’ name. Hell In A Cell was designed to be the battleground for which a feud comes to a close, and putting Brock and Taker inside the demonic structure is a fitting ending to the three match series that began at WrestleMania XXX. I loved Brock vs. Undertaker inside the Cell at No Mercy 2002, and I believe it’s one of the more underrated HIAC matches. I’m intrigued to see what they do inside the structure 13 years later.
(Fun Fact, But Really Not That Fun of A Fact, Fact: The only match besides Undertaker and Lesnar to be contested inside HIAC twice is John Cena vs. Randy Orton.)
The Return of Lucha Underground in 2016:
I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Lucha Underground is one of the freshest alternatives in wrestling. A second season of Lucha Underground was being questioned by many wrestling insiders, but it was announced this week that L.U. will be back next year. Not only I am happy that such a unique and different wrestling product like L.U. will be sticking around, I’m glad that guys that I know and love like Son of Havoc (Matt Cross) and Prince Puma (Ricochet) will continue to have a consistent paycheck coming in.
Sting And His Injury At Night of Champions:
When it comes to discussions about the rumored injury involving Sting and the buckle-bomb delivered by Seth Rollins at Night of Champions, I’m reminded of one thing:
No matter who you are… the internet does not care about you.
It simply has no chill. Sure, there were a lot of concerned people when Sting crumpled to the ground just moments after hitting his upper back and neck into the turnbuckles, and rightfully so– it was a scary moment to watch at home. But alas, there are those people that immediately went to bashing Sting. Despite the fact that Sting is in pretty phenomenal shape for a man that’s 56 years old, I read ignorant things on Twitter and Facebook like “Sting is an idiot. He’s too old to take bumps,” or “Glad Sting got hurt… he shouldn’t be in the ring at that age– he’s not Ric Flair.”
People are messed up. For years, fans have wanted to see Sting in a WWE ring. Granted, his entry into said ring may have came a decade and a half later than we would have liked it to, but regardless, no one should be wishing harm to Sting– or any wrestler for that matter. Steve Borden should be praised for not only maintaining a physique that most men nearing 60 years of age can only dream about, but he should be commended for working so hard with Rollins, a man half hid age and one of the top athletes in our sport today.
No matter what the internet thinks– I got your back, Sting.
That’s all for today. Share this if you enjoyed it!
-Greg
