Greatest Intercontinental Champions Of All Time

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is my favorite championship.  As my favorite wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart said, the Intercontinental Champion was the "work-horse" championship.  When I think of the Intercontinental Championship, I think of the wrestlers.  The people that were the Intercontinental Champion were the hardest working and some of the most talented people in professional wrestling at that time.  Some might not be agreeable, but it's my opinion.  If you disagree, let me know and I would be glad to here your opinion.  So here's my top 10 greatest Intercontinental Champions.

10. Chyna



The only woman to not only hold the IC title, but on multiple times also.  That earns her some kind of props as one of the greatest IC champs of all time.

9.  Razor Ramon



His matches with Shawn Michaels for the IC title were legendary and considered some of the greatest of all time.  And he always came out on top.  To me, not only participating in some of the greatest matches of all time for the IC title, but winning them, you deserve some kind of accolades.

8.  "Macho Man" Randy Savage



Randy Savage is considered one of the greatest of all time and the fact that he accomplished a good portion of his success as IC champ earns him accolades in my book.

7.  "Ravishing" Rick Rude



Whether you loved him or hated him, Rick Rude was one of the hardest working men in the industry at the time.  He was a mid card wrestler that main evented on occasion.  And the fact that he was IC champ for some of them means something.  Besides, he has the IC belt on his pants for crying out loud!

6.  Kane



When the WWE deactivated the IC championship, that was a sad day.  It means all the hardworking wrestlers before him were completely irrelevant and that they were ending the lineage and history of the IC title.  So the WWE decided to make the last IC champ at that time the Big Red Machine.  That is a huge feather in the cap for Kane.  Not only is Kane one of my top five favorite wrestlers of all time, he's also, in my opinion, one of the greatest IC champs of all time.

5.  Pedro Morales



Pedro Morales was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame because of what he did as IC champion.  He holds the record for the most combined days as the IC champion too.  To me, having the IC title more days than anyone in history and being inducted into the H.O.F. as IC champ is enough on my list.

4.  Honky Tonk Man



The Honky Tonk Man has the longest single IC championship reign in history.  The man had held the title for one year, two months and 27 days.  He was undefeated for that long, beating some of the greatest wrestlers of all time in that time frame.  The Honky Tonk Man deserves a place on ANY IC championship countdown.

3.  Bret "Hitman" Hart



He is my all time favorite wrestler.  Number one of all time, according to me.  He was the hardest working, most talented wrestler when he was on top.  And when I think he was in the prime of his career was when he was the IC champion.  When Bret Hart was IC champion, in my opinion, that title meant more than the WWE Championship.

2.  "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig



There are some things that go hand in hand.  Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.  Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees.  Mr. Perfect and the IC championship.  There was very few people that personified what it took to be IC champion, and Mr. Perfect was the personification of the IC title.

1.  Chris Jericho



Mr. Perfect may have been the personification of the IC title back in the day, but to me, Chris Jericho is of all time.  He's respected both with the fans and his peers as one of the most talented, hardest working and charismatic wrestlers of all time.  He's a self made man that has brought him to one of the greatest wrestlers ever.  He's made wrestlers as IC champion.  In my opinion, William Regal's greatest feud in the WWE was with Chris Jericho for the IC title.  Chris Jericho is what an IC champion should strive to be.

My favorite movies

I've never really thought about this one before but I was discussing this with Brian and I decided to do a countdown of my all time favorite movies.  Now this is just the movies that I enjoy the most.  They might not be the most critically acclaimed, but they make me smile.  So, without further ado, here we go.

10.  Juno



This movie easily made me fall head over heels for Ellen Page.  And its a fantastic movie with a smart-ass wit and a lot of heart.  It makes me feel good every time I watch it.

9.  Superbad



I have to compare other comedies to Superbad to even acknowledge that its good.  I enjoy every single second of this movie.  This movie makes me giggle from start to finish with a lot of cracking up in there too.

8.  The Boondock Saints



Okay, I'm Irish and I love gangster movies.  But this combines Irish twins who go on a vigilante killing spree killing Italian gangsters.  That SCREAMS badass.  Every time I watch this movie, I want St. Paddy's Day to be tomorrow.

7.  Rocky IV



I was stuck at a bit of a debacle here because I wasn't sure if I should put this or just "Rocky" in general.  So I came to the conclusion that this is my favorite movie list so that's why I picked my favorite of the installments.  Rocky IV was the first one I watched and I loved it ever since.  Besides Ivan Drago is undoubtedly on of the most badass villians EVER!!!!!!!!

6.  Psycho



If anyone really knows me, they know that this is my favorite horror movie.  And if anyone really knows me they know I love horror movies.  Psycho is in my top ten because, to me, it's a perfect horror movie.  It's damn near untouchable.  When this and "The Birds" are all I've seen by Hitchcock and it's made Hitchcock my favorite director, that says something.

5.  The Godfather



Probably next to Psycho, Rocky and Juno, the most critically acclaimed of the list.  This movie, maybe boring to some, but to me, it's worth every second.  Definitely my favorite gangster movie and I love me some gangster movies.

4.  Highlander



This might come as a shocker for alot of people, but I LOVE Highlander.  This movie has been, quietly, one of my favorite movies since I was a kid.  It combines action with, what I think, is a really good plot.  And it has Queen in the soundtrack.  I mean, C'MON!!!

3.  Star Wars Episode III:  Revenge of the Sith



It has the culmination of Anakin Skywalker into one of the most evil and most iconic villains ever.  Its the one that, when it came out, was the one that everyone had to see.  It's my favorite of ALL the Star Wars movies.  And I've watched them all.  Multiple times.  And all in one sitting once.

Tied 1.  National Lampoon's "Senior Trip" and The Girl Next Door

    

"Senior Trip" was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and it's a perfect get-back-at-the-man movie.  Girl Next Door is a guy chick flick.  They both are the movies that I enjoy more than any other movies and I love both of them.

Street Fighter Movie Reboot Pt. 2

As continued since the last post...

Sagat



He's mean, he's strong, he's vicious, he's Sagat.  The original enemy.  He's not as big of a staple as Ryu or Ken, but if the movie would be based of off Ryu and Ken, Sagat is a must.

Vinnie Jones



I was a little weary of putting Vinnie Jones in for Sagat because he's played alot of loud characters.  But he could play the cool, cold and menacing Sagat after watching his performance in Midnight Meat Train.  Just get him bigger and we'd have our guy.

Adon



A virtual unknown unless you are a hardcore Street Fighter fan, Adon was the second to the last fight on the original Street Fighter and the apprentice to Sagat.  If one wanted to make a movie around the original Street Fighter, Adon is a must.  And because of him being an unknown to most, he would be easy to make because he could be cold and calculating like Sagat or he could be loud and wild, but also very, very good.

Cam Gigandet



C'mon.  He's a no brainer.  He would be able to play either Adon; cold and calculated or wild and loud.  And he's had martial arts experience.

Birdie



Another virtual unknown, Birdie is a former bouncer who wanted fame and fortune, so he joined the Street Figher tournament.  Like Adon, he could be virtually anything because he's an unknown.

Louis Decosta Johnson


A virtual unknown actor in America, for those who pay attention to English television, he's the hulking Tony in Misfits.  A perfect person to play Birdie

Eagle



Eagle is probably more unknown than Birdie, but he would be fantastic because he's English, well dressed and more than all else... confident.  He knows he's good and that's what would make him perfect.

Michael Fassbender



If anyone has seen this man in a movie, you KNOW I'm right.

Geki



The original Vega.  Sure Vega is the man, but he wasn't in the original.  Geki, however was.  They could easily make him a silent assassin.

Rain



If anyone's seen Ninja Assassin, he's the obvious choice.  He could be quiet and deadly as Geki

Well that's about it.  You wouldn't need that many characters because there isn't that many in the original Street Fighter.  I hope you agree with me!

Street Fighter Reboot Options

Since video games have been made, there has always seemed to be someone that thinks they can make the best movie adaptation into a video game.  Now, some have been good, but most have sucked because directors and writers and producers and so on and so forth don't take the story from the video game, they just take the characters.  Now, I know that in order for a video game to be good, it MUST have good characters.  But lately there has been on MAJOR disappointment: Street Fighter.  Arguably the greatest fighting video game of all time, every single live action movie has sucked.  The first one was based around Guile and Bison, which isn't a bad idea, but unless you're just wanting badass action and shit for a story, don't put Jean Claude Van Damme in a movie.  And in the remake, it was based around Chun-Li and Bison.  Now, I could be wrong, but when in the hell was ANY Street Fighter game based of off Chun-Li?  Maybe a couple anime movies or something like that, but never the game.  And besides, the acting was shit anyway.  How about they make a Street Fighter game around let's say... Street Fighter?  In the first movie, Ryu and Ken were nowhere near what they were supposed to be and they weren't even IN the second one.  And in the first movie, Sagat was kind of used the way he was supposed to be used, but again where was he in the second one?  I think they should make a Street Fighter movie where Ken and Ryu both go to the Street Fighter tournament and fight the characters in the first game, while at the same time showing the character development with Ryu and Ken as well as showing the diablical Adon and Sagat.  Unless you're a hardcore Street Fighter fan, you wouldn't even know who some of the first ever characters were, like Adon.  And they should get a good cast that could act out the characters. Like for instance:

Ryu



Because Ryu is such a force in the world of Street Fighter and THE person that people know, he would have to be played by someone that can handle taking the mantle piece of Ryu.


John Foo
He's shown he can handle playing Ryu on a smaller scale.  I believe that putting him on a high budget in Hollywood, he could get beefed out and handle himself as the Street Fighter #1 character.

Ken


A character as pivotal as Ryu, Ken would also have have to be played by someone willing to take the mantle of such an epic character.



Chris Hemsworth
He's young, he's blonde, he's good looking, and if he can handle playing Thor, he can handle playing Ken.  Sure Ken maybe a little more dynamic than Thor, he'd be able to handle the screen presence that Thor brings let alone Ken.

To be continued...

Greatest Olympian Ever?

I was contemplating to myself earlier and I told my brother about the idea that I had that Dan Gable is the greatest olympian ever.  Some would say Jesse Owens, the man to overcome Hitler's idea of an Aryan society.  Some would say Jim Thorpe, the man who was able to win the pentathon and decathalon.  Some would even say Michael Phelps, the man who holds the record for the most gold medals in a single olympic event.  I say that Dan Gable is the greatest olympian ever.  Sure all of these men are phenomenal athletes and can do outstanding achievements, but I believe Dan Gable is the greatest because of the fact that he was a brick wall in that no one could budge him.  He wrestled who knows how many matches and never lost a point.  Its not enough ever losing a match, but for no one to be able to take him down, escape his moves or reverse anything he did is remarkable.  He was even able to press the action and not give up a single stalling point.  I believe that even though Jesse Owens showed what an African-American can do against insurmountable odds and Jim Thorpe was able to prove he could run for a while and throw things far and Michael Phelps was able to swim faster than anyone, because of my wrestling background and believing that there is no greater physically demanding sport than wrestling, I believe that Dan Gable, who had to press the action and defeat every olympic wrestler that stepped in front of him, is the greatest olympian ever.

Most Overrated

As most people in my life know, I'm a very passionate person.  I enjoy being that way because I love everything that I like.  Whether it's music, movies, wrestling, MMA, etc., I enjoy it.  And because I'm so passionate about what I love, I have made a list about what I DO NOT like.  So here's a list of the 25 Most Overrated.

25.  Galactus

24.  Oliver Sykes

23.  Ken Shamrock

22.  Alex Rodriguez

21.  Jack Black

20.  Will Ferrell

19.  The Devil Wears Prada (band)

18.  Mark Sanchez

17.  Guns

16.  Panic! At The Disco

15.  Tony Romo

14.  Arnold Schwarzenagger

13.  John Wayne

12.  The Miz

11.  System Of A Down

10.  Brett Favre

9.  Shaquelle O' Neal

8.  Chuck Liddell

7.  Any rapper EVER

6.  Allen Iverson

5.  Terrell Owens

4.  Anderson Silva

3.  Superman

2.  Hulk Hogan

1.  Michael Jordan

There you go.

WTF!!!!!!!!

Okay, so my brother and I were watching the remake of "True Grit" when we began a discussion on who the greatest action hero of all time is.  I made a remark on how I believe that John Wayne is overrated.  He is not an action star.  According to Wikipedia, an Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases.  The three things are:
1. physical feats
2. extended fights
3. frenetic chases
JOHN WAYNE DOES NOT DO ANY OF THOSE!!!!!!!!  Bruce Lee does all three of those credentials.  And not only that but he put realism in all of his movies.  He was not about wires or special effects or anything like that.  His movies were raw and gritty and he revolutionized martial arts, philosophy, action movies and the world.  John Wayne or any other action star other than Bruce Lee has not revolutionized anything.