*Blog post started on September 11, 2020.
So what has happened to me over the past two days? Awkwardness I suppose, but I do not know if any more than usual. Wednesday was spent trying to acclimate myself to sleeping in a different room and forgetting about how potent an edible can be. Yesterday's evening ended up with me recovering from the exhaustion of the past couple weeks. My look was so pathetic that my better half, Eva the Cat/Queen, took pity on me and slept with me despite Skimble being on my other side.
The most awkward portion of my night was taking advantage of a free Red Box promo code. I have the disc, but have yet to watch it. It is a good thing that I get off an hour earlier on Fridays. That extra hour should give me the time to watch what seems to be a "Bangkok Dangerous" knock off starring the under appreciated Mark Darcascos with no worries of returning it late. Will a bowl of popcorn sustain me since I am pushing off dinner? Am I falling for a trap because I just got a $1.25 off a rental code today.
It is interesting to see that DVD rental price has gone up to $1.80. I suppose it makes sense since it is half the resolution of a Blu-ray and an HD digital rental is typically $3.99, but it demonstrates how behind the times your average American is. They are still encouraged to rent standard definition media. Or so that is how it goes for the working class. Morton, Illinois is soon to be without a Family Video. The rich have gone digital or the prudes are trying to shut down random CBD dealers.
I just went back a month on my personal Twitter feed, @catbusruss, and realize that I failed to tweet about the need for Thursday night wrestling. That is weird because I am sure I told Tony Khan about letting "Being the Elite" be the primary Monday YouTube product and to have the "Women Tag Team Cup" be aired on Thursday. The point is, if I felt I had cannot miss wrestling on the fourth weeknight, I would have forced myself to stay awake.
If I can power through wrestling, I could keep myself awake for the star of "The Redemption: Kickboxer 5". There would be sleep to catch up on, but that is what SmackDown and an inability to woo girls on Snapchat is for. Why stay awake for a promotion dedicated to a Poser World Championship in the Bluniveral Championship?
I might not have a lot of content to open this post with, but I am revitalized to the point that I can come up with a transition to the meat of the post.
The Disgruntled's Original Poser Championship (1990 to 1997)
If this blog ends up being brief, we may address the title lineage of the Modern Poser Championship of which I believe the WWE Universal Championship belongs to, but I cannot let this part of disgruntled history go undocumented.
The 17th Disgrungled's Original Poser Champion:
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk (1) (12/12/1990 to 3/11/1991)
The 18th Jerry Lawler (3) (3/11/91 to 7/29/91)
The 19th Awesome Kong of the Colossal Kongs (7/29/91 to 8/12/91)
The 20th Jerry Lawler (4) (8/12/91 to 8/26/91)
The 21st Dragon Master (8/26/91 to 9/2/91)
The 22nd Jerry Lawler (5) (9/2/91 to 11/25/91)
The 23rd Kamala (11/25/91 to 12/2/91)
The 24th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
Global Wrestling Federation North American Champion The Patriot (12/2/1991 to 1/31/1992)
The USWA was going to have two title match result in holding up the championship and that would not be straightened out till February. ESPN was airing the GWF, so despite this not being a world title, it received more exposure than the USWA.
The 25th The Dark Patriot (1/31/92 to 3/27/92)
The 26th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
GWF North American/World Heavyweight Champion "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert (1) (3/27/92 to 6/8/92)
The GWF was cutting their budget, so they stopped booking talent that was not out of Dallas and hence needed to strip him of the championship. Gilbert decided to claim his title was a world championship and took it with him to the USWA.
The 27th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler (6) (6/8/92 to 6/15/92)
Lawler unified the GWF World Championship with his championship by defeating Gilbert.
The 28th Eddie Gilbert (2) (6/15/92 to 7/13/92)
The 29th Ricky Morton (7/13/92 to 7/20/92)
The 30th Eddie Gilbert (3) (7/20/92 to 9/21/92)
The 31st Junkyard Dog (9/21/92 to 10/12/92)
The 32nd Butch Read (10/12/92 to 10/17/92)
The 33rd Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Champion "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony: (10/17/1992 to 4/3/1993)
As I stated when I thought the Original Poser Championship would disappear with the USWA, the SMW would inevitably be absorbed into the USWA's championship. Butch Reed left USWA, but was said to have lost the title to Tom Champion. That sounds like a vacancy may as well have been declared on October 12.
The 33rd Tracy Smothers (4/3/1993 to 5/15/93)
The 34th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Papa Shango (5/15/93 to 6/21/93)
Thank you Tony Khan for not holding up the AEW World Heavyweight Championship after "All Out" because Jon Moxley used a move that video tape evidence would prove that he should have lost his title to MJF regardless of the referee's decision (Like how Dolph Ziggler's first world championship reign occurred). I think it is the worst kind of booking to hold up a championship because of controversy. Tracy Smothers would have his reign held up. With WWF further getting involved with Jerry Lawler, a murder's row of champions will show up to be the champ of the USWA.
The 35th Owen Hart (6/21/93 to 7/5/93)
The 36th Jerry Lawler (7) (7/5/93 to 9/13/93)
The 37th Tatanka (9/13/93 to 9/20/93)
The 38th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
SMW Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee (9/20/1993 to 2/13/1994)
I do not like including title swaps despite I may lose Randy Savage's reign as a result. With the Real World Heavyweight Championship, there was a title change via a tag match, but that was in 2000. WCW and ECW were after thoughts. As for Lawler scoring a fall on WWF's then undefeated Native American hero, it seems inappropriate. If the King could have waited 40 days, all would be fine.
The 39th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert (4) (2/13/94 to 3/25/94)
Eddie Gilbert has the far greater pedigree than Dirty White Boy.
The 40th Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas (1) (3/25/1994 to 4/15/1995)
Jerry Lawler would again become the USWA champion, but would forfeit the belt to Sid Vicious in July. Jake Roberts would be stripped of the SMW championship before Lawler would forfeit his title. Shane Douglas made his championship a poser championship by throwing down a legit championship, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. That may have been in August, but was there a better wrestler in GWF, SMW, and the USWA?
The 41st Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Razor Ramon (4/15/95 to 5/1/95)
He was a better performer than The Sandman.
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Enter the Heyman
The ECW would gain international attention for its feuds that were based around The Sandman. This completely buried the remnants of Southern-Style promotions that were not called WCW.
The 42nd Disgruntled's Original Poser Champion:
ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman (1) (5/1/95 to 10/28/95)
I think we are officially over Jerry Lawler by this point putting himself over national draws.
The 43rd Mikey Whipwreck (10/28/95 to 12/9/95)
The 44th The Sandman (2) (12/9/1995 to 1/27/1996)
The 45th Raven (1/27/96 to 10/5/1996)
The 46th The Sandman (3) (10/5/96 to 12/7/96)
The 47th Raven (2) (12/7/1996 to 4/13/1997)
The 48th Terry Funk (2) (4/13/97 to 8/9/97)
The 49th Sabu (8/9/97 to 8/17/97)
The 50th Shane Douglas (2) (8/17/97 to 10/16/97)
The 51st Bam Bam Bigelow (10/16/97 to 11/30/97)
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