Dr. Darin Davis

Below are links to some wrestling-related blog entries & articles that I found interesting during the month of August 2009.

• Stunt Granny: TNA makes some creative changes; still sucks. — Lost Dutch Mantel, but Russo is still there
• WWE.com: Ricky Ortiz Released — WWE cuts loose another one from the roster. I wasn’t a fan of his.
• Rantables: Dropping Like Flies — Discussion of the recent injuries in the WWE and what “Creative” might do about it.
• Rantables: #38 — Really, Vince? — Discussion of McMahon‘s frustrations with the company’s “inability to create new stars.” While I’ve never been a fan of Eugene, but I agree that Vince still tries to promote the big “muscleheads” over the smaller guys with the talent.
  
• The 450 Splash: Another WWE Release — Goodbye Eugene. Hey, I was just talking about you…
• WPXI.com: Kurt Angle Arrested/Kurt Angle Is Innocent — I bookmarked this story back on 8/16/09, but by the time I put together this post the headline on the site had changed from “Wrestler Kurt Angle Arrested“, to “Attorney: Kurt Angle Is Innocent“. Why wouldn’t the update have been filed as a separate story? Maybe by the time you read this, the headline will be “Kurt Angle Cleared of All Charges“, or “Jeff Jarrett Sleeping With Kurt Angle’s Ex-Wife“.
• Variety: WWE Added to Talkshow Circuit — Oh, boy… I’ll comment on this in a separate post when I get around to it. The WWE wants to be one of the stops on celebrity publicity tours, in between Letterman, Conan, and Regis & Kelly. On one hand it seems like a brilliant idea. On the other hand it can only lead to problems because it makes the product worse tailoring the show to the celebrity.
• Stunt Granny: Vince Wants His Own Cable Network — With a library of over 100,000 hours of programming, Vince McMahon wants to start his own basic cable network to showcase it.
• Wresting DVD Reviews: The Rise and Fall of WCW — Review of the latest from the WWE. Sounds like there are a good set of matches, but the documentary part tends to “rewrite history” and leaves a lot to be desired.

As I run across things, I’m also going to be adding them to my Delicious bookmarks page (http://delicious.com/drdarindavis). You can also find the last 10 of them on the right side of the page towards the bottom.

Below are links to some wrestling-related blog entries & articles that I found interesting during the month of July 2009.

• The Sun (UK): Ric Flair Launches a New Attack on Bret Hart — I think Flair is probably the “greatest of all time”, but calling Bret Hart a “nobody” in wrestling is way wrong.

• The Pro Wrestling Nerd: TNA: A Loss of Potential – TNA’s downhill slide since the early days. If you want to see some of my comments about TNA, take a look at these: TNA Adds More Has-Beens to Roster , TNA Boneheads Volume 2, Will TNA Step Up? , Circling the Bowl?
  

• 450 Splash: Jarrett/Angle Controversy — Jarrett off of TV? Angle in control of TNA? Karen Angle cheated on Kurt with Jeff? Better than a Mexican soap opera?
• Blog of Duty: TNA Gripes — TNA throws all of the former WCW talent into a stable and runs over the new talent/future of TNA wrestlers. Agreed- horrible idea that needs to stop
• WWE.com: THE Brian Kendrick Released — Explains why he was jobbed out to Kofi I guess.
  

As I run across things, I’m also going to be adding them to my Delicious bookmarks page (http://delicious.com/drdarindavis). You can also find the last 10 of them on the right side of the page towards the bottom.