I wrote a piece the other day applying a number of wrestling tropes to pro football. I thought you and the rest of the Blog o' Doomers might get a laugh or two out of it, and I'd be grateful for the plug. Fun fact: every named individual and team is taken from a (mostly) football related work of fiction.
If the XFL was booked like this, they would have destroyed the NFL and be the #1 football league in the world to this very day. The Einhorn stuff killed me, by the way. Great job.
Every time Scott approaches the topic of football, I can hear the voice of Ralphie from A Christmas Story: "Football?! What's a football?!"
ReplyDeleteIt's ironic how the XFL was so mocked yet so many of their stuff (miking players, over-the-field cameras) are now commonplace in the NFL.
ReplyDeletePATRIOTSWINLOL!
ReplyDeletePlayers were miked long before the XFL came along. Shame the scramble for the ball to see who gets possession didn't cross over. Well, not really it was a dumb idea.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a loooong time.
ReplyDeleteIf Goodell could book the NFL like wrestling that's what would happen though.
ReplyDeleteUmmmmm... Ok.
ReplyDeleteLoved it. The referee distraction and cheerleader interference was great. All I would add is that a good follow up game would be the "Judy Bagwell on a Goalpost" match.
ReplyDeleteI would hate to see a football game booked by Vince Russo. We would never even see the football field!
ReplyDeleteWeren't the Miami Sharks the team from "Any Given Sunday"?
ReplyDeleteLombardi Trophy on a pole
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The camera stuff was definitely ahead of the curve
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