The OCHO or the Disgruntled's Real Secondary Championship: Part 7

*Blog post started on August 24, 2020.

It is a good thing the alcohol and general exhaustion from my staycation kicked in last night because I could not finish "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". My need to stick to a schedule means I did not need to review it today. Hopefully, "AEW Dark" will not run too long because I do need something for a Wednesday post. I mean Thursday. Being away from a keyboard for a week can really screw you up.

Part of my inability to stick it through a two-hour flick was constantly checking IMDb on my phone to verify that I caught something in this trippy film. Then, I dove into some rabbit holes. My feelings toward Christina Ricci are more off than I originally thought. Her sexualized films are something I have avoided because she has always Wednesday Addams to me. It just felt creepy. Turns out, she is a half a month older than I.

Growing up is something I got to work on, especially with my efforts to be an ideal feminist. Quit identifying her as a child and let her be an empowered woman. Good thing Dakota Fanning did not star in any films that I would run out to see when she was a kid. That identity is something I do not need to correct. But am I denying her talent if I do not take her whole filmography into account?

So, the White Rabbit's trail was a real screwy one for me. If only the iPhone was never invented. It is just too easy to get distracted. Having to pull out a keyboard and waiting for the computer boot up takes more effort. Enough extra effort that I will just watch the movie.

That is the real reason I should be championing opening movie theaters back up instead of these unprecedented times leaving me with no place to take tea-totaling women out on dates. I just cannot skip to watching a flick at my place or yours. Movie theaters would be nice because I would just turn off my phone if there is a crowd. If there was not one, you cannot ask the projectionist to pause the movie so I can determine if that was actor was Flea or Ralph Fiennes.

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Pausing is something I need to utilize more when it comes to watching pro-wrestling. How much AEW am I really absorbing when I am trying to send out my tweets to promote my blogs? If someone trashes The Squad, calling them out along by and all of their fellow douche-minded takes time. So what if I miss out on the 30-winner hashtag.

And of course the irony of DVR is that the NBA over run did not allow me to see all of the Saturday show when I came home from my retail gig. Nothing works in 2020.

Thus, I missed Mr. Brodie Lee ascension to the TNT Championship. If they book him right, he should be the most dominant champion in the business, especially after Roman Reigns surrendered his safety to run through The Fiend. Which is a great segue to what I hope is the conclusion to my title history of the Disgruntled's Real Secondary Championship series for The Disgruntled's Real Championship Wrestling blog.

I think there is only two years left to covered. If WWE hotshot booking can be avoided, this will should be brief.

The 141st Disgruntled's Real Six-Pack Champion
(Intercontinental/WWE United States/IWGP United States/ECW TV/ROH TV/X Division):

ROH Television Champion Jeff Cobb (01/04/19 to 5/19/19)

Juice Robinson would have a fairly successful reign as IWGP US Champion, but he is not as physically imposing as Cobb who would go on to also win the NEVER Openweight Champion during his TV Championship reign. Also, New Japan's version of the belt would end up being victim to hotshot booking to get publicity by having Jon Moxley beat Robinson in his first NJPW match.

The 142nd Disgruntled's Real Sevenfold Champion:

NWA National Champion Colt Cabana (5/19/2019 to 7/12/19)

This is not because I just got a Matt Classic tattoo (I needed to balance the markdom of my CM Punk ink). Finn Balor was the IC Champ but would soon be sent to carry NXT's midcard. Rey Mysterio and Samoa Joe's feud for the WWE US Championship was poorly booked. Shane Taylor is not a draw. Anyhow, NWA and ROH had a working relationship at the time, so Cabana also being in ROH means he would outshine the other secondary champion.

The 143rd Disgruntled's Real Sevenfold Champion:

WWE United States Champion Ricochet (7/12/19 to 7/14/19)

I think putting a three-week push on this list is important as a statement of the missed opportunities WWE has had. The Intercontinental Championship was still held by Balor, but he too would lose his title on July 14. Shinsuke Nakamura's title reign was more about highlighting Sami Zayn as a heel manager, so the belt's importance was not apparent. James Storm was the man who defeated Cabana, but would in turn lose the belt back to him.

The 144th Disgruntled's Real Sevenfold Champion:

WWE United States Champion AJ Styles (4) (7/14/19 to 11/25/19)

The 145th Disgruntled's Real Ocho Champion:

NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong (2) (11/25/19 to 01/22/2020)

WWE had "to prove" NXT was a third bran, so the day before, Strong won a triple-threat match against the Intercontinental Champion and WWE United States Champion. Jon Moxley had to vacate the IWGP United State Championship because the Typhoon Hagibis.

The 146th Disgruntled's Real OCHO Champion:

NXT North American Champion Keith Lee (1/22/20 to 7/22/20)

The 147th Disgruntled's Real OCHO Champion:

WWE United States Champion Apollo Crews (7/22/20 to at least 8/24/20)

Cody only had one challenge in his quest to become the first TNT Champion. Apollo Crews was the only WWE secondary champion when AEW offered a new title. ROH is just now coming off of a hiatus due to COVID as is the NWA. Impact has yet to come up with an X Division Champion aside from Willie Mack who seem like they would fair well in exchanging the title for a shot at the Impact World Championship. If Moxley would have held the AEW World Championship going into Wrestle Kingdom 14, I might have determined him to be the OCHO.

How are we feeling about this DRCW Championship being called the OCHO. By the end of this list, we did get to eight championships, the same number as the J-Crown, but what would the crown's title be. The best I could come up with we the Deuce Crown. I ran it by a non-wrestling fan, and they liked the ode to "Dodgeball".

If the TNT Championship becomes the top secondary title, do we change the name to involve something hip representing nine? Do we just merge the United States or Television Championships together? It was so much easier with coming up with a name for the Disgruntled's Real World Championship. The only thing that could trip that up is if the Universal Championship ever reaches the lofty heights Vince McMahon things it can. Perhaps things can get screwy if the Double Championship becomes a permanent fixture in New Japan.

If there is anything left to do with this list, it is determine if the X Division Champions who successfully used Option C to become TNA/Impact World Champion can stake a claim at being the Disgruntled's Real World Champion. Who knows, I might have gotten an easy blog post out of this experiment.

No Spinner Belts (or Cigarettes) - The Disgruntled's Real Secondary Champion Part 4. 

Imagining We Still Had VHS: "Claymore" Volume 1

*Blog post started on August 14, 2020.

Two more blog posts and I should be set for my vacation. It is great day to have multiple realizations. Unfortunately, the first being that you cannot have an anime review about a strong female protagonists that only covers its first few episodes and call it "A Taste of". I hope I get one more realization for an acceptable title by the time I finish the review.

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Speaking of my enjoyment of the Member Berries strand, I should have probably have partook in it last night. It would have been appropriate since I decided to focus less on 90-minute flicks by returning to what got me into writing and the internet. That is anime.

Member Tenchi? Oh I member Tenchi! Member when Jerry Lawlor talked about puppies?

The only problem was that having seen episodes multiple times, paying attention to them is a little difficult in a sober state. I knew everything that was going to happen when I put "Claymore" into my Blu-ray player. What I failed to remember was how stylized the violence was and how the manga is captured. With rock music, colors, and violence, being high would have probably reinvented the experience.

Marijuana might reinvent the experience that was the pseudo-medieval "Claymore", but since I would like to express my admiration of it, better tell you what it is like with a clear head. Here is the experience of what would have probably been the first VHS tape of the series. Oh how I miss tape collecting.

Claymore: Episodes 1 through 4

Check out the rest of this critique at AnimeRuss.blogspot.com - For those curious about anime but hate the geeks

The AWESOME Disgruntled's Real Secondary Champion: Part 6

*Blog post started on August 10, 2020.

Perhaps three post a week is too much. It is catching up to my output. On top of that, NinetyForChill.com (Should I go and sit on that Twitter handle?), officially has more blog posts than MainEventoftheDead.com, my primary blog that is meant to encourage assistance with the production of my zombie versus indie wrestler script (If you would like to see a treatment or offer ideas on how to get this project out of development hell, drop me an email at russthebus07@gmail.com).

This means that I will need to slowdown my viewing of "crappy" sub 138-minute flicks. I guess I have my anime expertise to fall back on and plenty of cartoons to watch, but change is hard. With anime being put out in season box sets, it will be easier to lose track of time. Nine to five (six) is my lifestyle now. Those all nighters would be ill-advised.

Things may slow down for me with my vacation next week. Checking out the old stomping grounds, my favorite bars included, should take up so much time, it will just be best to say, "Damn. Guess I will save those posts for next time." That will work, unless I throw in a fight with online trolls who suggest I leave the country, believe that the amendments after 10 did not change the Constitution, and/or are Islamophobic. 

Trying to be a bit healthier before my doctor's appointment tomorrow has left me going to bed early opposed to snacking and watching TV. Meaning if I get into a Twitter beef, there goes an evening. It will all be worth it when they willfully silence themselves by blocking me.

There are better victories to be had I know, but having just returned from my appointment with a lot to work on, this fight might be the only thing to keep food from my mouth. A better solution would be to take my writing home. The "doctor" (PA) suggested journaling, but my thoughts for the most part deserve to be heard, hence blogged.

It can add to my frustration since I have to do my damnedest to creatively identify someone as an asshole (who is not an conservative troll) without dropping their name. With that said, I might just have to refer to myself only by gimmick last name so when I break big, no one will track down Ma and Pa Stevens to tell them what was said about them. All that can be said about the appointment is the PA noticing I am stressed the fuck out.

There is no time to be stressed right now. If I want to relax and be forgetful next week, we got to get these blogs in the archive. With only six years left, lets return to my current distraction, the Disgruntled's Real Five-Star Championship.

The 121st Disgruntled's Real Five-Star Champion:(Intercontinental/United States/Philadelphia TV/Baltimore TV/X Division)

TNA X Division Champion SANADA (April 4, 2014 to July 10, 2014)

ROH slipped up when it came to booking Jay Lethal's second reign as TV champion. Lethal would eventually go on to win the World Championship. He would defend each title separately and subsequently lost the TV championship first. It leaves me feeling like the TV championship was just an afterthought.

SANADA would eventually lose the championship to Austin Aries who would surrender it to challenge for TNA's primary championship.

It is all a question of psychology I suppose. Can you build up a title only to let it slip and deem it unimportant when champion also holds a larger title? Or, do you distinguish that it is not equal to the world title but essential to becoming THE champion?