Hulk Hogan and Celebrity Championship Wrestling
There I was, sitting on my couch on Saturday night, drinking a big tall glass of loser on the rocks with a twist of dork because, well, I was sitting on my couch on Saturday night.
Then I stumbled upon Channel 187, CMT to be precise. It appears the 24-hour country music network just scored a serious crossover hit with what just may be the greatest reality competition show ever.
Forget Amazing Race. Survivor? Let them all get Gilligan'd out there. Put your needles and yarn away and let Project Runway go to Lifetime uncontested. It's all about "Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling!"
Let me tell you something, brother. What's ya' gonna do when Celebrity Championship Wrestling runs wild on you?!?
Where do we start with this one? Let's go with the show premise first: Once-famous folks now in need of a paycheck learn three wrestling moves and must incorporate them into a match. The worst wrestler/showman gets booted out of the ring and called a jabroni by the Hulkster. (In the first episode, celebs learned the kick to the midsection, forearm smash and clothesline. Seriously, how awesome is that?)
Next up, the wrestling personas. Of course, Hulk Hogan and his 24-inch pythons. But, he's joined by Eric Bischoff, "Nasty Boy" Brian Knobbs, Jimmy "The Mouth of the South" Hart and . . . wait for it . . . wait for it . . . Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
Old-school wrestling fans from when the WWE was called the WWF are loving that last paragraph. Beefcake and Jimmy Hart in one show. Brilliant. (Can Season 2 coaches be Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Randy "Macho Man" Savage, please? Or maybe The Magnificent Muraco and The Road Warriors?)
And, of course, we need some celebs. Otherwise, this is just some regular people getting tossed around the squared circle, and really, who the hell cares about that? That's what YouTube is for.
The 10 celebs taking their shot at the title are:
• Danny Bonaduce
• Butterbean
• Todd Bridges
• Dustin Diamond
• Dennis Rodman
• Frank Stallone
• Trishelle Cannatella
• Erin Murphy
• Tiffany (booted after the first show)
• Nikki Ziering
The last celeb left standing walks away with the CCW belt. Bonaduce is my No. 1 contender, based on the fact that he's insane. Butterbean has ring experience and a wealth of size and strength. Rodman was once in the NWO with Hollywood Hogan, so there's some history there that could effect the judging in later rounds.
Dustin Diamond talks big, but we all saw his remarkable lack of "walk the walk" ability on "Celebrity Fit Club," so he's out. Frank Stallone, we loved him on "Take You Back" off the "Rocky" soundtrack, but that's like telling your buddy you saw a Corleone eating dinner at Rao's only to open up the gossip pages the next day to find out it was Fredo.
Remember, celeb-maniacs, to follow Hulk's three demandments when watching this show: train hard, say your prayers and eat your vitamins. And set your TiVos and DVRs for Saturday nights at 8 p.m.
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A Jake "the crack addict, er, snake" Roberts would be very nice.
Sweet!!! But seriously...alone on a Saturday night? Happens to the best of us, but I expected more from you. Either way thought, it's worth it if you can now execute the forearm smash.
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Mark, I think someone has confused you with an all powerful being...
stick it up Allah's ass
hey Tameem , with religion i understand this thing about your Allahs but dude this is a WRESTLING THING NOT RELIGION GOTO THE RELIGION SITE AND ALL PRAISE TO ALLAH STUFF THERE, As for the guy that has started this....the alone thing dude i am glad cause if you weren't i wouldn't have known of this show, keep me posted on whats going on!!
I caught a glimpse of the show (the last two segments of the first episode) but, ya know, after his public divorce, his son in prison, and "Brooke Knows Best," there's something very wrong about watching Hulk Hogan pass judgment on anyone in any capacity.
Hmmm, I wonder if that was the point Tameem was making?
Damn this was an awesome series way better than WWE. It was kinda rigged with Rodman winning. Todd Bridges surprised the hell outta me he was goin off the top rope he put in a lot of effort into this competition I thought he deserved to win. I would love to watch any of the final 4 in wrestling but guaranteed we won't see Screech because of his body being frail. The hardcore match between Screech and Bonaduce was the best I hope they do get a 2nd season.
Damn this was an awesome series way better than WWE. It was kinda rigged with Rodman winning. Todd Bridges surprised the hell outta me he was goin off the top rope he put in a lot of effort into this competition I thought he deserved to win. I would love to watch any of the final 4 in wrestling but guaranteed we won't see Screech because of his body being frail. The hardcore match between Screech and Bonaduce was the best I hope they do get a 2nd season.
Damn this was an awesome series way better than WWE. It was kinda rigged with Rodman winning. Todd Bridges surprised the hell outta me he was goin off the top rope he put in a lot of effort into this competition I thought he deserved to win. I would love to watch any of the final 4 in wrestling but guaranteed we won't see Screech because of his body being frail. The hardcore match between Screech and Bonaduce was the best I hope they do get a 2nd season.