The Excellence of Execution

Rocco did choke, but can you really fault him for it? The pressure must have been crushing, both all the way through the playoff and the entire Open. For goodness sake the man mouthed "come on drop" before/during Tiger's second to last putt. It must have been emotionally draining for Rocco, not to mention the physical strain of wearing that sweater vest. But we should all feel sorry for Tiger and his knee since all he has going for him now is his billion dollars, legions of adoring fans, 14 major championships, and at the end of all that he has to go home to his physically perfect wife (who as my colleague stated, is in fact the ugly twin). Rocco hopefully will continue to be a mainstay at major tournaments, the guy gives great interviews.

Vince McMahon and his organization are facing the same problems that many long running soap operas, daytime television shows, and Law and Order are facing. How do you keep the stories fresh and interesting? This is especially true with professional wrestling where there hasn't been any real new conventions for maybe a decade or more. The stories repeat themselves in cycles, and at this point Vince needs to fire the writing staff and start anew. Like the Batman movie franchise they just need to completely reinvent themselves. Get back to basics, back to what made professional wrestling great, good wrestling. All the gimmicks and stories in the world don't have as much draw as a technically proficient (read: perfect) match between two wrestlers. Let's see some matches end the way matches are supposed to end, not with the ref getting knocked out, not with outside interference, but with one man laying on top of the other for a three count after a devastating finishing move. Let's resurrect the corpse of Curt Henning and get Bret Hart out of retirement and let's see some perfect wrestling (from Mr. Perfect and "The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be"). Without great technical matches I just don't care (I also haven't watched wrestling consistently for 10 years or so) I'd rather watch American Gladiators while drinking my Bud heavy.