THIS WEEK’S RECAP…
Superstar of the Week: Felix Baumgartner
Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner accomplished an insane feat on October 14th that still has the world abuzz when he set a world record for skydiving 128,100 feet (39,045 meters) in eastern New Mexico. The stunt, paid for entirely by Red Bull, also saw Baumgartner set records for the highest manned balloon flight (128,100 feet/39,045 meters) and fastest speed of free fall at 834 mph (1,342 km/h). Baumgartner became the first human ever to break the sound barrier outside of a vehicle in this amazing four minute and 19 second jump.
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| Max Moon ain't got nothing on me! |
Normally I scoff at feats like this. However, in retrospect, this feat actually was one of the coolest daredevil stunts I have witnessed in my lifetime. This was not merely jumping a canyon or great distance with a motorcycle or car. A man essentially jumped from space. That is kind of bad ass. Congratulations go out to Felix Baumgartner for setting those unbelievable records and raising the bar for daredevils.
Jerk of the Week: CM Punk
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| What Phillip Brooks sees when flexing his Twittah muscles... |
I believe CM Punk is working the hardest he has ever worked as a professional wrestler. After all, Punk is currently the longest-reigning WWE Champion in years and is trying to return some credibility to the championship after Vince McMahon’s inept booking team made the title worth less than the admiration of a girl who looks 12 years old. In addition, despite having legions of diehard fans who worship at his feet, Punk recently turned heel because Vince McMahon is a millionaire in spite of himself. While I know is hard to return prestige to the WWE title and make the fans who love him boo him, I expect more from CM Punk than stooping to the lowest levels of humanity to get cheep heel heat.
At the Buffalo Bills - New York Jets game in New York, John Cena took a photograph with Jets star QB/Punt Coverage Blocker Tim Tebow. This led CM Punk to tweet about the fakeness of Cena, Tebow, and Christianity as a whole. Punk, in order to turn more people against him, decided to mock the beliefs of others regarding their religion. That was a bush league move by Phillip Brooks - the man - and CM Punk - the wrestler.
I do not care if Punk is an atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, or some other religion. That does not matter when I look at the measure of a man. However, when you mock and belittle a person because of his or her spiritual beliefs, that shows a lack of class and dignity as a human being. Add to that the fact that Punk’s mockery of these people was simply to get them to boo as he performed in a wrestling ring; that is disgusting. Before anybody suggests Punk is being sincere either, consider how Punk has stressed the importance of angering fans on Twitter in recent months to help establish him as a heel. Punk has said he only retweets the negative posts and embraces the negative posts. Nothing about Phillip Brooks seems sincere when it comes to his Twitter account or his interaction with the fans that have made him a millionaire. He blurred the lines of reality and kayfabe, by his own admission, and is now using the very real concept of people’s spiritual beliefs for heel heat. It is a jerk move from wrestling’s premiere tool.
Babe of the Week: Laurie Holden
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| Hottest zombie slayer ever. |
A Melancholy Happy Trails to…
- Mike Graham, 61 - American pro wrestler and son of legendary promoter Eddie Graham (October 19th)
- Marvin Lambert, 34 - American independent pro wrestler known as Brain Damage (October 18th)
- Gary Collins, 74 - American actor and host of Miss America (October 13th)
- Beano Cook, 81 - American college football historian and TV analyst (October 10th)
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