JCup's Blog

What Paul Levesque presented to his audience yesterday evening is simply unacceptable by any standard. It was the type of Sports Entertainment slop that should make even the most diehard Federale tremble with rage, the type of episode you’d first turn to when gathering material for The Rise and Fall of WWE.  I’ve seen some outrage, more than I anticipated but somehow still not enough. Levesque and every executive representing WWE and TKO sent a very clear message to their audience on Friday Night Smackdown: we think you’re fucking stupid.  And they’re right in that assumption. I’ve never seen a fanbase of any medium not only accept steaming turd after steaming turd, but openly celebrate being served shit sandwiches.  Twitter is filled with WWE diehards who will always point to the same, soulless argument: WWE is the most successful sports entertainment promotion in the world. It’s vindication that they’re doing something right, otherwise no one would consume their product...

I have resided in the New York-New Jersey area for all 35 years of my life (stop calling me "unc" on Twitter). I was born and lived the first 9 years of my life in the Boogie Down Bronx, then spent the next 8 years in a comfortable New Jersey suburb. I am evidently a glutton for punishment after choosing to attend college out on Long Island, rather than escaping to a university across the country. I now commute into Manhattan four days a week to work a soulless job. I am an authentic North Easterner.  A massive part of being a true New Yorker/New Jerseyan is living and dying with your favorite sports teams. I am a diehard fan of the New York Yankees, and I root for the Knicks and Giants (I don't have time for hockey). I've been fortunate enough to witness my teams win 5 World Series Champions and 2 Super Bowls (can the Knicks please win the NBA Finals already?); then again, I've seen a lot of heartbreak. The Yankees haven't won a World Series in 17 years, the ...