Hey,
remembe that Star Trek
episode "Mirror
Mirror"? It's the one
where Captain Kirk waged war
with an alternate reality
version of Spock, who was
a bearded, mean, and nasty
clone of the lovable clean
shaven, pointy-eared goof
we've grown accustomed to.
While not one of Trek's
best shows, it's one everyone
remembers.

After
all, how can you forget a
beatnik version of Spock?
Well,
for today's lesson in Crapography,
let's flash forward thirty
some years to the TNA arena,
where a similar alternate
reality was unfolding. An
alternate reality involving
this man:

Except now, he too appeared
as a beatnik version of himself.

Yes,
friends, that is none other
than former WCW announcing
mainstay Tony Schiavone, interupting
a Goldilocks-Paul Bearer interview.
Yes, TNA actually had a woman
on the roster named "Goldilocks".
Don't ask why - it's TNA.
As
for Tony, well, he wasn't
alone. With him was none other
than his new evil beard of
doom. And if that's not dorky,
ummm, I mean intimidating
enough, he's clad in a Kiss
t-shirt complimented by a
Magnum P.I. button-up. Judging
from his drastic new looks,
Bizarro Tony wasn't here to
proclaim this segment as the
"greatest segment in
the history of our sport,"
no.
He
was ready to shock the world
and turn heel.
And like any good nogoodnik,
he did the honors of insulting
the nearest fat man...

Fatty
Fatty Two By Four, Can't Get
Through the Kitchen Door!
...and announcing that the
nearest skank was nothing
more than, well, a skank.


I
don't remember Goldilocks
wearing a hat like that in
my Little Golden Book
Before Tony had a chance to
reach in his bag to start
insulting the local sports
team ("They stink!"),
in walks TNA commentator Mike
Teney for an impending confrontation.
Sounds exciting doesn't it?
If I'm going to listen to
two old men bitch, it might
as well be these guys.

We'd
rather watch that dumb bear
than TNA!
Tony and Mike bicker back
and forth like two nerdy Youtube
shooting marks, talking about
who's a better announcer,
why Russo killed WCW, who
sold more cases of Surge,
and who kissed Vince Russo's
ass more.
And
hey, speak of the devil. Vinnie
Ru drops by the party to take
Schiavone's side, as the Death
Of WCW audio book debate continued
to unfold in a TNA ring. I
think the fans' signs sum
it up.

The
Puricists Care!
In the end, Russo offers Tony
a job. And in token Russo
style, it must've been a swerve,
as Evil Tony Schiavone disappeared
shortly after this boring
segment, never to be seen
again.
Since
it was actually Evil Bizarro
Tony in the ring that night,
and he does the 100% complete
opposite of what Good Tony
does, do you think he stated
that this was "one of
the worst nights in the history
of our sport!?!?!?!?"
- Tony Schiavone: "Here,
stand next to me, I need to
look thin, ok?"
- Schiavone: "How long
have you been in pro wrestling?
Five minutes, ok? Why are
you here in NWA? Let me tell
you why, let me tell you why...tits
& ass!"
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