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This Wrestlemania Pinball Machine is Everything
CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2015 hasn’t even official began yet and i’m already pitching a tent in my pants. Exhibit A: A Wrestlemania Pinball machine. This thing is jam packed with brand new (for pinball machines) hardware that brings pinball machines to the year 2015; Including a linux operating system and LED lights. ::Drool::
I May Be Biased But This is One of the Coolest Videos of All Time
Unless you live under a rock (which if you do, I sincerely apologize) you know that WrestleMania 30 was last night in New Orleans. Per usual, WWE put on one hell of a show. The coolest moment for me came at the very beginning, when three of wrestling’s greatest performers shared the same ring in the name of WrestleMania. Thanks to this new behind the scenes video, we have a glimpse of what it was like for Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold and The Rock right before they came through that curtain last night. Watch and enjoy.
– Ryan
The End of an Era, The End of The Streak
Year in and year out the WWE goes through changes, but one thing has stayed constant for over 2 decades, the streak. Last night the most impressive streak in sports entertainment history came to an end. Undertakers perfect Wrestlemania run was ended by the hands of Brock Lesnar and his devastating F-5. To say the entire Super Dome was in shock is an understatement. This is one of those matches you watch knowing two things: 1. It’s going to be awesome and 2. Undertaker is going to walk out the winner. Maybe it was that fact that we didn’t want it to end or maybe it was the fact that we knew deep down that it had to eventually end, either way, this was something the WWE universe was not ready for. How do you say goodbye to someone who changed the face of the WWE for good. I was brought up on Undertaker, so to see him laying their defeated in the ring was a true hit of reality. The only person who knew when this day would come was Undertaker. He calls the shots and when he says it’s over, it’s over. The Deadman knew another year of rehab and training couldn’t be accomplished, at least not for a match he could be proud of. HBK was the logical choice to snap Undertaker’s streak, but Taker’ just wasn’t ready at that point. Just bad timing
With Undertaker probably calling it a career I can safely say that he is the greatest of all time. He has nothing left to accomplish and nothing left to prove. Isn’t that what a successful career should feel like? Shouldn’t a successful career look exactly like the picture above? While clearly in pain from the brawl he just had with Lesnar he also looks at peace. At peace with his wrestling career and at peace with himself. His life’s work was to entertain us in which he successfully accomplished time and time again. Here’s to you, Undertaker, may your legacy Rest In Peace.
-Matt
The WrestleMania 30 Set is OK I Guess
What a glorious set, and it looks HUGE. The cool thing about WrestleMania being at a Superdome is the amount of seats WWE can fit in there. When you have an event like the Superbowl, the field takes up a much bigger space. WWE really only needs the entrance ramp and the ring, allowing for a lot more seats around the ring, which I have to assume is going to make New Orleans rock tomorrow night. Make sure to check back on the blog later on as we’ll be posting our predictions for the big event! And tomorrow night head on over to Twitter (@averagenobodies) as we’ll be live tweeting WrestleMania 30!
– Ryan
WrestleMania 30 is This Sunday You Guys
I was going to title this post “WrestleMania XXX is this Sunday” but I had a feeling it would attract the wrong crowd. Either way, it’s a big YES. The card is stacked, and of course we can’t help but snoop on the spoiler sites and read all the HUGE names that are in town for a possible appearance. If you love wrestling and will be watching Sunday, jump on over to Twitter and follow us @averagenobodies. We’ll be drinking a lot of Steveweisers and tweeting along with all the action. Have a great weekend everybody.
– The Average Nobodies
P.S. We were at the Raw in the GIF above. No big deal.
Badass of the Week: Vincent Kennedy McMahon
It’s not really fair to pick Vince McMahon for “Badass of the WEEK”, because in reality Vince is Badass of the century, maybe millennium. Laying in my bed last night I tried to come up with how I was going to tackle the feat of fitting all of Vince’s Badassery into one blog post. In all honesty it’s impossible, so I found some pictures to help tell the story.
Father, grandfather, devoted husband, billionaire, philanthropist, professional wrestler, CEO, sports entertainment visionary, marketing genius, and television pioneer are only a fraction of the things that describe Vinnie Mac. On the eve of Vince’s baby, Wrestlemania, lets all sit back and remember who made professional wrestling what it is today. Who took small territories and raised them up to the world stage? Who created the longest running episodic television show in history? Who created a billion dollar industry while at the same time giving back every step of the way? Vince did all that PLUS more.
No matter what happens week to week in WWE my friends and I always remind ourselves one thing: “In Vince we trust”.
Vince McMahon is a badass.
-Matt
