Superstar of the Week: Jeff Hardy
If anybody had told me in 2011 that Jeff Hardy would be in the main event of TNA Wrestling’s biggest show in 2012, I would have either replied in disbelief or replied in anger about TNA trusting the undependable Hardy with such an important spot. However, it is now 2012 and I am actually excited to see Jeff Hardy in such an important spot.
Jeff Hardy won the Bound for Glory Series with a win over Bully Ray in the Finals during Sunday’s No Surrender pay-per-view event. With that victory, Hardy now goes to the main event of TNA Wrestling’s Bound for Glory next month in Phoenix to face World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries. That is a long way away from where Hardy was just 18 short months ago. In March 2011, Hardy hit rock bottom with an embarrassing, drug-fueled appearance at Victory Road 2011. Since that 90-second match against Sting, Hardy has committed himself to redemption through drug rehabilitation. For the first time, Hardy appears to be clean and sober for an extended period. It shows too as Hardy is having outstanding matches, appears to be in the best shape of his career, and is staying out of trouble with management and the law. I am proud to see Jeff Hardy succeed like this. I just hope that, with success, Jeff Hardy is able to remain committed to the most important goal he has: sobriety. For all of the wonderful nights like No Surrender, none of them mean a thing if Hardy relapses.
Call me a dreamer but I think Jeff Hardy may finally stay away from the drugs that have taken so much from the wrestling business and from Hardy personally. At least, I hope so. Congrats for making it this far, Jeff.
Jerk of the Week: Hank Williams, Jr.
I am not a big fan of President Barack Obama. For the most part, I believe his first term in the White House has been a complete bust. However, I am not going to get on a soapbox and completely slander the man either. That seems to be the only way to show your Republican pride though - especially if you are a celebrity. That is why country music singer/relic/has-been Hank Williams, Jr. took an opportunity in front of a Texas concert crowd last week to talk politics in the midst of playing such classics as “All My Rowdy Friends” and “Family Tradition.” At the Stockyards Music Festival in Fort Worth, Texas, Williams said:
“We’ve got a Muslim for a president who hates cowboys, hates cowgirls, hates fishing, hates farming, loves gays, and we hate him!”
Really, Hank? REALLY?!? Did he have to say all of that about President Obama? I mean, we all know how he feels about the man. Williams made that perfectly clear last year when he pissed away what should have been his last steady paycheck with the termination of his Monday Night Football gig. But, did Rockin’ Randall Hank really need to make a last gasp at fame through more ignorant bigotry? As sad as Randy Travis is because of his recent downward spiral, at least Randy Travis still appears respectable because his downfall has not resorted to hatemongering to get attention. Travis is merely drinking himself to death. Hank Williams, Jr. should be ashamed of himself for these remarks. Where Clint Eastwood was comical in his anti-Obama ranting at the RNC, Hank Williams, Jr. missed the point as his ranting crossed over into nonsensical hate-speech that usually only comes from your least-favorite racist grandparent before he/she slips off into a food coma at Thanksgiving. Hank Williams, Jr.’s desperate cry for attention is the last act of a sad relic hoping to find a new audience in the equally sad anti-Obama Republicans who share a mutual hatred of the man because of racial and rumored religious reasons instead of his ineptitude in office.
Babe of the Week: Kellie Pickler (Mad props for shaving her head to show unity as her friend, Summer Holt Miller, battles breast cancer)
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| Summer Holt Miller (left) and Kellie Pickler (right) |
A Melancholy Happy Trails to…
- Art Modell, 87 - American businessman and owner of the Baltimore Ravens. Known for moving the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. (September 6th)
- Michael Clarke Duncan, 54 - American actor best known for The Green Mile, Daredevil, and Armageddon. (September 3rd)
- Sun Myung Moon, 92 - South Korean religious figure best known for founding the Unification Church and The Washington Times (September 3rd)
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