I enjoy the work of wrestler CM Punk. CM Punk is straight edge meaning that he does no drugs, drinks no alcohol and smokes no… smokes. With that in mind, is it wrong for me to be drinking schnapps while I watch him wrestle?
CM Punk is ECW. If he’s given the chance, I believe he’s the future of wrestling. He’s muscular without looking unreal. He has a unique look with all his tattoos (including a Cobra symbol tat!) and piercings. Most importantly, he can wrestle and sell convincingly (meaning he looks like he’s actually fighting).
The revived ECW has a lot of things going against it. One of my biggest concerns has been the amount of WWE talent that has moved over to ECW, evidently in order to provide ‘star power’. The reigning ECW champion, the Big Show, has defended his belt every week against invaders from ‘RAW’ and ‘Smackdown!’, not against fellow ECW wrestlers. Many of the storylines have been derailed but that’s not all the fault of the bookers as there have been a number of things they’ve had to deal with and adjust to, such as, oh, arrests. It’s also been awkward watching the ECW alumni jobbing to wrestlers who, until recently were WWE superstars as it makes them look weak.
Of course, there have been positives. Joey Styles is one of the best wrestling announcers of all time. He calls holds, he tells stories and gets emotion over. Tazz is a fun counterpart for him. The Big Show, while he may not have been the planned champ, has done an admirable job with his revised character and wrestling in the hardcore style. Balls Mahoney getting over last week was reassuring as it showed, given a chance, that the crazy old ECW guys could still get that kind of reaction. This is especially true of Sabu, the suicidal, homicidal, genocidal madman seems energized by the revived ECW has is getting quite the reaction.
It looks like ECW got picked up. I’m glad. If nothing else, go CM Punk!
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