Fashion emergency
Some thoughts from last night’s ECW:
Just when I thought nothing could be more disgusting than The Boogeyman chomping on a mouthful of worms, out comes Big Daddy V (formerly Viscera) wearing the most unflattering outfit since Giant Gonzalez wore the tights with the painted-on muscles and the fur.
Although he’s never been one of my favorite performers, I don’t have a problem with Big Daddy V getting a gimmick makeover and a push as a monster heel on ECW. Lord knows the pajama-clad “World’s Largest Love Machine” deal had run its course. What I do mind is him wearing suspenders with no shirt underneath, because Big Daddy V’s flabulous physique makes Abdullah the Butcher look like Chris Masters. At first, I actually thought he was wearing a prosthetic fat suit last night.
If you want to see something truly hideous, however, wait until Big Daddy V and The Boogeyman wrestle each other. It’s got my vote for Worst Match of the Year and it hasn’t even happened yet. …
What got into Stevie Richards last night? He showed a lot of fire and had a really good match with CM Punk. I was expecting a glorified squash, but Richards got in a lot of offense before Punk prevailed. …
OK, so let me get this straight. The Miz not only is a babyface, but he also has all three members of Extreme Expose fighting over him. Sorry, I can’t suspend my disbelief that much. …
ECW champion Johnny Nitro and Tommy Dreamer put on an entertaining “extreme rules” match. Nitro’s corkscrew moonsault off the barricade was the highlight of the night. As I’ve said before, I really like Nitro in this role. And for those who think that he isn’t worthy of being ECW champion, let’s not forget that the likes of Justin Credible, Steve Corino and Mikey Whipwreck also have held that title.
Comments
Steve Corino was a way more entertaining heel champion than Johnny Nitro will ever be. I do agree that the corkscrew moonsault off the barricade was pretty sick.
Posted by: David | July 11, 2007 9:06 PM
Please, can Daddy V put the pajamas back on?
Posted by: JLJ | July 12, 2007 8:30 PM
I can't agree any more!!! My issue with the "Big Daddy V" gimmick is that we are not even supposed to know just who he is! I mean, c'mon now. He was just drafted to ECW a couple of weeks ago as another character. They could at least have him do the "I've got no love for the fans, I've gotta be the REAL me and look out for ME" move and just "change". However we were stuck with Tazz pretending that he has no clue as to who this "new guy" is. I also agree with you on the role of Nitro as champ. At first I thought it was a mistake for him to even be in the title match, but his new moves have me on the edge of my seat throughout his matches. I'm sure his bout with CM Punk will be the best match of the next PPV.
Posted by: Big Stan | July 12, 2007 9:47 PM