ET TU, FRUITUS????
Posted by: Krazy Loop on 02/16/2004

Fans, by now most of you know what happened to Brutus "Anthrax" Beefcake a few days ago. For those of you who don't, a few minutes of searching will clue you in.

The OJ syndrome returns. We see someone on television, like what we see, and subconsciously think we know the person. However, all we know is the image.

Last year PiperNutz flopped again. His book should have been titled: "Why a Loser Like Me Never Changes." His entire life has been a disaster except for a comparatively short time. But even in the middle of his 15 minutes of fame lived an uneducated buffoon named Roddy. Yeah, he didn't get the best start in life, if we believe what he said about his youth, but at some point he became an adult. From there on he did nothing of substance to remove himself from nonsense. Who's responsibility was that?

Another burned out, used up shell of a human staggering around from spot to spot is Greg Valentine. In certain circles it is a standing joke that promoters think he normally walks like that.

Despite knowing of such things, the wrestler who came out of left field for many of us was Curt Hennig. He appeared to have more sense than to kill himself with dope. My own statement tells me that I fell for it that time, too.

It doesn't take much to figure out why guys like these crash and burn despite the opportunities they had. Professional wrestling was their private lottery. Somehow they beat the odds and won. From then on they pissed away the "prize" as fast as possible. They didn't become losers, they always were. The fans just didn't know it.

We get sucked in when this happens because McMahon's version of "not kayfabe/sports entertainment" makes us bend our sense of reality in all directions just to be able to watch the product. We try to fool ourselves into thinking "it's real" as a basic premise in order to mentally generate the kayfabe images of "is it real or is it fake." Wondering whether it was "real or fake" was always half the fun but that is no longer possible.

Personally, I believe that single change screwed up wrestling more than anything else.

One would think Vince could have figured out that all he sells is a fantasy and demystifying it ruined his product. Smart thinking, Vince. You'll go far in life. Now we know why you send out your old lady to give the WW"e" financial news. Next time, send out Torrie with the quarterly reports. No one will believe her either but at least we won't need cornea transplants when she is done.

As for Brutus, what can we say except that Ed Leslie, a/k/a "Fruitus Cupcake," legendary goofball, didn't turn loser yesterday.

We should only be surprised that he didn't OD and die bent over a subway turnstile or while sleeping with the rest of the bums who "went south" in Boston for the winter.

Stay tuned . . . .

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