Flashback Friday: November 15, 2005

With all the celebrity deaths in the past few weeks, I decided I would flash back to the only one that hit me. Now, watching professional wrestling for all of the 22 years of my life, I have heard of the passing of A LOT of wrestlers. Sadly, the ones that have any affect are the ones that are still wresting at that time of their death such as Owen Hart, Brian Pillman and even Chris Benoit. But Eddie Guerrero was different. As you can see by what I wrote, he was more than just "a wrestler." While I didn't know him personally, he just seemed like an all around good guy.

*Speaking of Chris Benoit, it's hard to talk about a wrestler death and not talk about him. Especially when him and Eddie were good friends outside of wrestling. So in the video at the bottom, you will see him pop up a few times. But don't worry, the Benoit story will get its own post one day.

*One more bit of trivia, the month of November in 2005 was especially crazy because a week or so after this, I lost a very good friend of mine. And trust me, his post will also come at some point. But needless to say, November is not a very good month for me.

*Oh, and with this subject comes a good bit of wrestling talk. But hopefully you can get past that. And hopefully you can enjoy the video as well.

*Last bit of trivia: this was the first blog I ever published on myspace. Good times.

So yea, I should be working on my essay, but I can't get this shit off of my mind, so here goes...

On Sunday morning, I learned the news, like many others, that Eddie Guerrero had passed away. As Frisco said when I told him, "that came out of nowhere". Especially because that exact night he was supposed to be involved in a triple threat match with Batista and Randy Orton for the Championship, and it was highly rumored that he was going to be the winner in that match. It was supposed to be the main event in a "supershow", where both RAW and Smackdown! shows would be taped back to back. After the news, all plans were scraped, and they turned both shows into tribute shows where the wrestlers had the choice to give testimonies, wrestle, or do both. Thier would be no storylines, just matches, if they wanted to.

All day yesterday the wrestling world was buzzing about the news. I still get made fun of to this day of still being a wrestling fan, but it is my thing. Some people love football, some people love cars, I love wrestling. It's that simple. On every wrestling site there is, all had posted the news with deep sympathy towards his friends and family. Even WWE's competition, TNA (Total Nonstop Action) said a few words on thier main home page. He had affected that many people. He had been in the wrestling business roughly 15 years, and had fought in Japan, Mexico, ECW, WCW, and then finally WWF/WWE. Throughout his career, he had made several friendships, and while not always a fan favorite, he was still one that people came to see, whether it was to cheer or to boo.

In the middle of his career, Eddie was released for drug abuse. Drugs took over his life so bad that he almost lost his life in a car crash. After years of battling his demons, he finally made a clean and sober return to professional wrestling in 2002, and started the last, and greatest, run of his career. In February 2004, he became the first latino ever to win the Championship Belt. On his dvd entitled "Cheating Death, Stealing Life", it shows his mom in the back hugging him and crying with him. It then showed him get on a cell phone and call his wife, breaking down and telling her "Thank you" for all that she had done for him. Clearly, Eddie was a man who loved his family and his family loved him in return. Say what you want about wrestling being "fake" and it's all storylines, but when they decide to give you that belt, it is because you earned it. Eddie had definitely earned it.

Eddie was one of the most entertaining guys in the business. He adopted the motto of "Lie, Cheat, and Steal". He did funny videos that showed him and his nephew using that motto to steal stuff and lie thier way around town.

My favorite memory of Eddie was the first time I saw him live (to the best of my knowledge, there have been so many...). It was in Dothan, the first time they had been to that town in years. He was in a tag match, and since it was not being televised, he would mess around with the crowd. He was the one you could count on to sign autographs, and to put on a show for everybody.

Eddie was never my favorite wrestler, but he was one I always enjoyed watching. I will deeply miss seeing him, as he brought a new light every time he was on TV. My thoughts go out to his family, who has lost a good man. To his daughters who will have to graduate, go to prom, and get married without thier father. To his wife, who once thier children get older, will not have her husband around to enjoy the good life with. To the wrestlers who shed tears tonight telling stories about his life.

Rest In Peace Eddie Guerrero. You were a good man, and you will be missed.

Video from his Hall of Fame induction:

Flashback Friday: April 22, 2005

This is from my livejournal. It was titled "There's a smile on my face and it's 2:55 AM" and all I can say is you can clearly tell that my upcoming college year was heavy on my mind.

Some of the stuff people may not get, but that's the beauty of going back. This was when I was writing to my friends not to a blog of mystery people (After four years, I prefer this now actually). But anyways, it's not the most interesting, but for me personally, it brings back some great memories in particular memories of my friend Shedrick who sadly passed away November of that same year. There will probably be some posts with more details on nights when it hits me.

Anyways, here it is. If I don't get on here again, I hope everybody (even those in places that don't celebrate it) has a great 4th of July weekend.

WARNING!!!!!!!!! This is long, i would put in one of those cut things, but i forgot how, haha. So read on, only if you are willing....

Let me first start off by saying that sorry i havent updated in a while, but a lot has been going on. And it sucks that almost all of my entries are me going off about something, but it was my way of dealing with it. So, onto the random thoughts

I love lightning. I think it is one of the most beautiful natural things to ever occur, besides when you look at the sky when the sun is setting and some of the sun is shining through a cloud. But i love it so much, but here is my question. When it rains, u say it is raining, when it snows, you say it is snowing, but what do you say when there is lightning outside? Is it lightninging, someone please let me know.

I saw the pics of Jessi's prom. She looked beautiful, of course, but it still sucked that she had a bad night. Sucked that Becky had a bad night, especially since that was my fault. Now im starting to worry about my senior prom, but oh well, i have a beautiful date, and immature friends, so im sure it will be great. Just gotta get a tux....

I also looked at JJ's slideshow. That thing was awesome. Looked like a lot of work went into it. Made me sad, once again. They looked so happy. Made me want to be with them, but my ass was at work. Same as Spring Break. Watched some of the video at the Baisas tonite. I have to get a camera for the summer, and make one of June with all my friends, and July with my family. It will be great

Speaking of the baisas, hung out at thier house tonite. Friggin fun, but before I go onto tonite, let me talk about last week for a second. The three random funny events:
1) As me and Jme were on our way to the movies (Amytiville Horror, not that great), a guy pulled behind us and got on our ass, then TURNED HIS LIGHTS OFF! That crap was freaky.
2) In the middle of the previews, i see Frisco's cell phone go off, and ask if it was Janel, and get a yes as a reply. He says that she is on her way. We (in this order: Stormi, Emily, Jme, Me, Frisco, Kelly), all move down one so she can sit at the end. When she gets there, she calls Frisco and he tells her that we are on the right. She comes in the left, and walks down the aisle in front of everybody to get her seat, the very last one, on the right. What a genius, and she is our valedictorian. And if she reads this, she better not get mad, cuz she knows it was funny.
3) As were we getting up from our seats, and exiting Jme says to me "is that Hedman?" When i realize that it is, and he is accompanied by Tiffany, Ace, Myke, and Thomas, the loudest "AHH BRUH!!!" noise i have ever heard lasted for about a minute, filling up the theatre as each one saw the other. The whole damn movie and they were two rows behind us the whole time. Crazy shit

Now, on to tonite. I have a Friday night off, which never happens, and wouldnt have happenned if Brandon didnt have a track meet on Thursday. So, since nothing good movie wise is out, and i dont really have the money to spend anyways, i thought i would just chill at home. Well, that got boring, so i called shedrick and decided I would bring some games and chill at his house. Before I got there, I saw Ivan and stopped and talked to him. Nice to have him back, whenever Jessica's not around. Even better when he admits it. Went to Shedrick's, but after seeing Thomas and Hedman's cars at the Baisas, went over there. Well, they were still in trouble for today's stupid paper incident (who gets iss for throwing paper, honestly), so we had to wait till after nine when their dad left. Hedman left, and me and thomas went to shedrick's to play some games. After some other people got there, me and thomas decided to leave and go to McDonald's. When we got there, saw Kelly and Larry (first time we saw Larry working there - a hilarious guy if ive ever seen one). As im standing there, deciding what i want, Jessica throws a double cheese burger at me, hits me in the head, and it falls to the ground. Now, if anybody knows me, they know i am going to eat that burger. But she wants to make me another anyways. Then, after sweet talking Kelly, i end up getting two double cheeseburgers, a powerade, and some fries, for nothing. Right place, right time. Then, me and thomas want to go through the drive-thru to mess with Kelly, then figure out its not kelly and bail. When we think its Jessica, we go back to order "two quesadias, an oreo blizzard, and a jr whopper", when we realize its not Jessica, we once again bail, this time for good. This bring us to the baisas. After watching some funny video footage, i get inspired and want to get on there. However, i told the parental units i would be home around 10. As i was about to walk out the door, i notice it is POURING, so i call my mom and stay a lil longer. After a few minutes of brainstorming, we make a video entitled "Fucked Up". It involves me, thomas, myke, a contract, and a cap gun. You do the math.

I just want to say, i love those damn baisas. Two of the most awesome nights i have had my senior year, and to date, have been with them. The infamous "car wash" night, and this. Sadly, they will be going to UA next year. With Montgomery sort of in the middle, we gotta meet up, and we will.

As i always need to put out there, i HATE calculus when i stare at a screen and have no idea what is going on, i HATE yearbook when everybody is working hard, and we still get in trouble, i HATE Spanish II with stupid interns, and Coach Nichols is a cool guy.

New dates for the summer. I leave Saturday, July 9, and come back Sunday, August 7. Is anybody going to miss me?

As a bonus, here is the infamous video I was talking about featuring the Baisas that keep getting mentioned. Only one is featured, while the other is doing the filming, but a little trivia is that they are Filipino twins. Also in the video is Thomas and at the very end is Shedrick. Warning: There is foul language and bad acting :)