How have I been since I finished my intense post (two/three days have passed in that time)? It is almost like I need to put out spoilers. Am I NXT, ROH, NJPW on Axs? Or am I Impact?
Acknowledging my trauma from sexual assault in regards to the wrestling business was therapeutic. I will have probably given the post at least one more proofread, more time to work through it, relive it, regret it. At least the expectations are known…except for  a significant loss of @maineventzombie Twitter followers (80 to 75, guess I am as insincere as those saying my anti-Southern Pride blog claim). As long as Kavanaugh has not made any decisions between now and then, my outlook should not be any more dire.
With that thought, placing our cats in suspended animation when we are not at home to extend their lives should be a technology to explore and to patent. We can use my girlfriend’s cat, a cooler and some dry ice to start. Then there will be no more need to inquire my readers about helping me out in finding a way to promote my B-movie pro-wrestling zomcom, Main Event of the Dead, I would be happy to send you a treatment if you e-mail me at russthebus07@gmail.com.
Placing a plug there reminds me that Redbox may need my film. “Black Water” with Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren amused me, but was 15 minutes too long to warrant any more coverage a submarine B-movie that was filmed on one sound stage deserves. Sound stage may be too generous. It may have been whatever floor in an office building the production company claims to be their’s.
With “Main Event of the Dead,” there are no illusions that there will not be a variety of sets. Trying to convince us that the same control room desk is on opposite sides of the sub will not be an issue. But, with the next rewrite, maybe we could set it in a submarine instead of Don’s in Donahue or The Eagles Club in Berwyn.
“Black Water” shows me that finding the perfect length for a project is important, so since this is the end of my “Disgruntled’s Real World Champion” blog, I worked on a summary of the past four entries’ lists to fill up any empty space. Hopefully, my last ditch effort for discussion, will not be like that film.
2014 to Now:
77th World Heavyweight Champion - WWE’s Randy Orton (1) - 12/15/13 to 4/6/2014
Since this is Orton’s second to last reign as WWE/World Champion, I almost got away with keeping him out of the Real World Champion narrative. Adam Cole had won a tournament to claim the vacant ROH title, but that was just the start of him breaking out on a national level. This is the closest we have been to one champion since Chris Jericho, so I cannot deny who The Ringer’s Dave Shoemaker calls, “The measuring stick for a WWE superstar,” his place in history.
78th World Heavyweight Champion - WWE’s Daniel Bryan (3) - 4/6/14 to 6/9/14
If I think back to 2015, I am sure Bryan had said he was the unbeaten champion upon his return, but if you are that, you need to pull the Shawn Michaels’s Intercontinental Championship gimmick and bring your belts with you. Ironically, he would be relegated via ladder match to the IC title upon his brief return.
79th World Heavyweight Champion - ROH’s Adam Cole - 6/9/14 to 6/22/14
The WWE spent 20 days vacant, and there was only one champion available. I know Total Nonstop Action has been excluded, but can you sell me on Eric Young over Adam Cole Bay Bay?
80th World Heavyweight Champion - ROH’s Michael Elgin - 6/22/14 to 9/6/14
Bobby Lashley might be the better person, but Big Mike is the better all around worker.
For TNA/Impact Marks:
Sorry Dixie. Let it be known, when I originally started working on the list, I was doing my best to take the TNA World Championship into consideration. But, when it was WWE light, their former WWE talent that captured their highest title was reminiscent of Verne Gagne and Vince McMahon Sr. trying to prove the NWA wrong. This also left the WWE presence constantly overshadowing their “home grown” talent. I think AJ Styles was not a fully formed wrestler until he walked away from the company.
Having been involved with the business, the more places to make money the better should be my mindset. But TNA/Impact feels like a drag on the business since they never seem to do anything right. It just drives me nuts to hear people say, “they’re really getting better,” and then how they shot themselves in the foot. If I wanted trying to get better, I will drive to towns 30 minutes outside of a metropolitan area to catch a no budget, $20 talent indie instead of adding $15 a month on my cable bill. To see that stuff with a large budget bothers me, so Impact bothers me.
81st World Heavyweight Champion - WWE’s Brock Lesnar (4) - 9/6/14 to 3/29/2015
You cannot put a chicken farmer, a Briscoe, up against a former Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion.
82nd World Heavyweight Champion - WWE’s Seth Rollins (2) - 3/29/15 to 11/4/15
If you are going to cash in Money in the Bank, do it at the one place where no one can deny your cunning.
83rd World Heavyweight Champion - ROH’s Jay Lethal - 11/4/15 to 8/19/2016
Jay Lethal was defending two titles at this time and managed to hold ROH’s most prestigious title over a year. Roman Reigns’s first three title reigns all occurred during this time frame.
84th World Heavyweight Champion - New Japan’s Kazuchika Okada - 8/19/16 - 6/9/2018
The title reign was nearly two years. During this reign, the champion defended against the ROH Champion Cody on national TV in the United States. The Universal Title has had only one interesting title reign (Kevin Owens), and it could be said that Okada may have ran AJ Styles back to the United States. Kenny Omega may have helped with that as well.
Current World Heavyweight Champion - New Japan’s Kenny Omega. (10/16/19)