BUDDY LANDELL QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"I'll poke your eye balls out and blow wind through your skull baby! I said it!"

DISUADE ME FROM JOINING THE CHAIN

MEMPHIS 88

Shaun Baxter vs. Blue Knight. Robert Fuller comes out and says young Baxter might be stud stable material. That’s high praise indeed. He says that Shaun reminds him of Rod Stewart, who I suppose in 1988 was one of those British rock dinosaurs making it big in 80’s America. He’s got big blonde hair but doesn’t have a big nose or sit next to Sean Connery or Billy Connolly at Hampden Park when Scotland have a big game. One guy who’s already a paid up member of the stable, Gary Young, strolls out in grey pants and black blazer suit combo that only he could get away with. The other stable members, Don “The Singing Cowboy” Bass and stable valet Sylvia also come out. For a singing cowboy Don Bass doesn’t sing that much. He sometimes comes out on TV holding a guitar but that’s about it. After Baxter beats the Blue Knight and the teenage girls are finished screaming Fuller offers him a place in The Studs Stable. Baxter says he doesn’t want to join and doesn’t think the fans would want him to join. The teenage girls scream in agreement at this last statement. Baxter walks away from the stable members and makes his way to the back. Rule 207 of wrestling: Never turn your back on Robert Fuller. The Tennessee Stud attacks and throws Baxter into the ring post. Baxter’s no Tommy Rich so unfortunately no sweet, sweet blade action is involved. The white TV studio floor is made for blade jobs and pools of blood, one day Shaun Baxter will learn this. Gorgeous Gary Young holds Baxter as Fuller punches him in the face. Billy Joe Travis and Scott Steiner run out to make the save.

I watch this and make quick, little weird notes filled with abbreviations and shorthand. Due to my laziness I usually write about it properly (that made me laugh) a week or so later. The next match is Max Payne & Tom Brandi vs. Gary Young & Don Bass. Anyway, I wrote BB attacks DQ. Now BB is obviously the world wide known initials of Brickhouse Brown but I’ve spent the last 5 minutes trying to work out who DQ is. Then it suddenly struck me, DQ = disqualification. Oh, how we laughed. So yeah, Brickhouse attacks Payne and it’s a disqualification. El Hijo Del Rod Stewart (Shaun Baxter) makes the save. He should have had a bloody bandage on his head but alas he didn’t. I think he dropkicked Brickhouse out the ring but my mind might have just made that up.

THIS IS MY ARMY, WE WILL DESTROY YOU (2)

Back by popular demand! The first one of these (Mascherano) was way back in January and tonight for some reason I got the urge to do another one. Who knows, maybe tomorrow I'll do another PAUL LEE WATCH. Who knows!

Anyway, my army needed strengthening, I needed someone else to believe in and that man is Walter Boyd. Do players, MEN, PATHFINDERS like Walter Boyd still exist in the year 2008? Maybe I'm just getting old and romanticizing through the nostalgic mists of time but I don't think they do (I actually know they do but I'll only realise this and find these people of 2008 in about 2018). Do foreign playmakers, wunderkinds still turn up on our shores without a care in the world, getting into trouble while becoming cult heroes for some lower league team who have been starved of entertainers since Bernie Clifton stopped doing his bird routine during the half time interval?

Walter Boyd was one of these men. I once saw a documentary on the Jamaican teams qualifying campaign for the 1998 World Cup. Boyd was trouble, so the people who make the big decisions said. He wasn't one of those nice English chaps, who had turned up on the scene now that it looked like the land of their forefathers might achieve something on the world stage. But the fans loved Boyd. Like all flawed geniuses he got another chance. I think it was a warm up game before the world cup and he delivered with a goal. Now I saw this programme 10 years ago so my brains probably making half of this up but the camera was in the crowd and (this is probably the made up bit) some fan in crazy make up, like a witch doctor or something, looks straight into the camera and shouts "NOW WILL THEY BELIEVE IN WALTER BOYD!" I don't think there needs to be a question mark. The line was definitely spoken, whether it was by a witch doctor type I'm not so sure. That lines stayed with me, in my subconscious for all these years and every so often I say it to my self for completely different reasons.
Walter Boyd's in my army and we will destroy you. Godspeed, you black emperor.

Bushwick Bill quote of the week:

Scarface: They say the Beatles was the biggest.
Bushwick Bill: N*gga fuck Paul and the rest o' y'all.

I love this line, it always makes me chuckle. I wonder if McCartney knows about it, that a midget gangsta rapper is dissing him and his dead moptop comrades (and Ringo). The worlds still waiting for Paul's response. Or maybe he's chicken. Or maybe he knows that the Geto Boys are bigger than the Beatles and Jesus (sorry Bushwick) put together.

Poll Results:

On August 1st 2008 I asked the question "does barley still grow in England?" The response from the sites avid (some would say rabid!) fans was astounding! 50% of you thought barley does still grow in England, while a staggering 50% thought that barley does not still grow in England. Unbelievably we've got a staggering stalemate draw! The total number of people who voted was an astonishing zero. Please keep checking back to the blog in the coming days, weeks, months, years and decades for more exciting polls!!

LANCE RUSSELL QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"We have not questioned Brickhouse's ability to wrestle, we've questioned his attitude, techniques and some of the things he does in there."

I think he played with a black heart

Does barley still grow in England?