JR talks Kendrick to Pillman Simularities, Hall of Famer for 2009 Announced
In JR’s recent blog, he talks about the upcoming events like Summer Slam. edge taking on the Undertaker for the main event for that pay per view. JR’s store doing very well and JR comparing Brian Kendrick to WWE legend Brian Pillman.
I can see working in the WWE for some time and seeing what athletes and what struggles they over come really sticks into your mind. JR has been in the biz for quite some time and believe what he sees.
I make a simple comparison of Brian Kendrick to my late pal Brian Pillman and some pundit and message board geeks rip it to shreds. I didn’t mean to infer that Kendrick was, is or should live a “Pillman lifestyle” but that simply Kendrick verbally addresses many of the same issues behind the scenes that Pillman did. Kendrick is a long time student of the game, like Pillman, Kendrick is going to have to over come the ignorant issues some may have with Kendrick’s lack of size, just as Pillman did, and Kendrick will seemingly do what ever it takes inside the ring to prove he is a “player” just like Brian Pillman did. Yes, my dear friend Brian Pillman casts a long shadow but if Brian Kendrick wants to make it to the “Promised Land” then raising his game and intensity, inside the ropes a la Pillman, is a necessity. Just for the record, there is rarely a day that goes by that I don’t think about the “Loose Cannon” and I often wonder what he would be doing in the WWE if he were still with us. Pillman’s passion was as much a curse to him as it was a blessing. I miss you Brian.
Then JR goes on an annual fishing trip and got a chance to talk to the rattlesnake him, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Ross is thinking that at next years WWE Hall of Fame ceremony (2009) that Stone Cold not only be inducted but that the ceremony based around him. Here is what Ross says:
Yours truly talked to Steve Austin this week for a few minutes as he was down in south Texas on a fishing trip with family and friends. This is an annual affair that I have been invited to many times but have never been able to make. I plan on doing so, hopefully, next year. Steve is in great spirits and is busy doing the “Hollywood thing” which is a deliberate process entailing many, many “meetings”. The last time I saw Steve he looked to be in as good a physical condition as I can remember seeing him. That definitely doesn’t mean a return to the ring either sports fans. I do still think that Steve should be the center piece of the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Wrestlemania 25 in Houston. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I believe “Stone Cold” Steve Austin should be a WWF/WWE Hall of Famer, but not over guys who revolutionized the sport and put WWE on the map; and who have been retired longer. I know that WWE may have personal issues with some of these guys, but we can’t take away from what they did for the WWF/WWE.The following names should be considered for Hall of Fame induction in 2009: the Ultimate Warrior, the “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Ax and Smash of Demolition, Madusa (Alundra Blaze), Brutus “the Barber” Beefcake, Sid Vicious, Lex Luger, the Faboulous Rogeau Brothers, Razor Ramon (Scott Hall), the British Bulldog (if he is not in already), and the Honky Tonk Man. Active wrestlers that should be considered are Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker. Two other all time greats that should be considered are the Brooklyn Brawlwer and the Red Rooster (just kidding everybody, although the Red Rooster is one of my top ten favorite wrestlers of all time).
August 10th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Hell Yeah..words of Stone Cold. All of those wrestlers you said, made WWE what it is today and made a huge effect on the wrestling world. Kudos to you Terrance..
Thanks for the comments!!