"Ravishing" Rick Rude
On Monday night it was announced that "Ravishing" Rick Rude will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year at Wrestlemania. Rick Rude was one of the best bad guys in wrestling history. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Rude came up through the territories in the 80's. He worked for the NWA, WWE, WCW, and ECW throughout his career. In the mid-80's, Rude had great feuds with the Ultimate Warrior and Jake Roberts while in WWE where he won the Intercontinental Championship. In WCW he had great feuds with Sting, Ricky Steamboat, and Nikita Koloff.
Austin Aries as TNA X-DIVISION CHAMPION
This past Monday on RAW the feud between Neville and Austin Aries kicked off as the fans chanted for Aries as Neville proclaimed how great he was. Neville disagreed and Aries hit him with a roaring elbow smash. As the segment ended I wished that this was a match that was happening for a major title like the Intercontinental or World title. It had a great build as Neville has beaten all of his opponents and Aries has been great as a color analyst while recovering from injury. Aries would make a great World Champion. He has a charisma and confidence that you can't teach. The problem is that he's too small, at 5'10 and 200 pounds he would never gain the approval of Vince McMahon for that position.
Matt Morgan
This past weekend Matt Morgan made his return to IMPACT Wrestling (formerly TNA Wrestling) at a TV taping in Florida. Morgan who retired from wrestling in 2013 has come back in an initiative by Jeff Jarrett and Impact's new ownership to make the company great again. After an exodus of stars like Drew Galloway and the Hardys, bringing in names like Morgan and LAX to gain interest in the brand from former fans seems like a good idea.
Bobby Lashley
As a fan I hope Morgan gets to fight Lashley for the heavyweight championship because that would be an old-fashioned big man fight. Also it gives Morgan a reason to come back as he never won the world title while he was in IMPACT Wrestling from 2007-2013.
These are just some of my thoughts on wrestling. Until next time...
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