Over
the years, I've done a lot of interviews about this here website.
I always enjoy doing them, as it's a lot of fun to blabber on
regarding the stupidity I've seen this last decade. Invariably,
I wind up getting the same questions over and over, the most
frequent of which is "has anyone ever gotten mad about
being inducted on the site?" It's funny, because since
2000, I can count on one hand the number of guys who have said
anything even remotely negative about WrestleCrap (although
I'll never forget the torrid email exchange with one Mark Madden).
Most folks in the business "get" the site, and I've
even be fortunate enough to chat with a few people in the business
that are actually big fans of the site.
Among those
would be THIS MAN (no, not Lord Alfred):

Yep, that's
us with Shark Boy. Didn't know he was a fan of the site prior
to meeting him a few years back at a legends show. We chatted
with him for about an hour, and man...he was like the nicest,
coolest guy ever.
So it leads
us to one of those awkward occasions...we have something we
want to induct, but we know the guy involved. Will he be offended?
Will he laugh? Hopefully it will be the latter.
After all,
he was in a match where the foreign object of choice was a big
ol' frozen fish.
So yeah,
it took place during Sharky's run in 2008 as the nautical second
coming of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. If this sounds
ridiculous, consider the fact that he became the character by
awakening from a coma, surrounded by his Shark family.

But here's
the thing: Shark Boy made it work because he sounded EXACTLY
like Austin. If you've marked out over Jay Lethal's Ric Flair
impersonation (and yes, it's really good!), you owe it to yourself
to hunt down some of Sharky's Stone Cold antics.
And eh,
what the heck...don't stop if you run into the TNA Fish Market
Street Fight.
Especially
if you like frozen fish.
And
rest assured, WCW brought their big guns to the Feud.
WCW
Champion STING!
Flyin'
Brian Pillman!
The
Z-Man, Tom Zenk!
A
not quite so good, and not quite so old Jim Ross!
And
the one and only CANDY MAN, BRAD ARMSTRONG!
The
only way I will view the inclusion of Armstrong as permissable
is if he starts tossing Tootsie Rolls at the audience.
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So
the backstory here is that the duo are having problems
with Team 3-D, and there's a TNA PPV on the horizon, Destination X.
What
better way to settle their differences than in the first
ever Fish Market Street Fight?
Gimme
a "SHELL YEAH!"
Ahem.
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Peeyew!
What's that smell?
(Note
from Triple Kelly: The TNA Knockouts locker room?)
Kelly...how
dare you.
You
should know that smells more like tuna!
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Before
the match starts, though, we get THE WEIGH IN.
You
see, there was a period in TNA where Bubba and D-Von
(err, Brother Ray and Brother Devon?) had to weigh in
at less than 275 pounds, or they could not compete.
We'd go back and recap that angle, but honestly, we
don't really care.
We
will say this: watching Bubba freak out over getting
on a scale is far from the worst comedy we've ever seen.
We'd
prefer it on something we weren't, you know, PAYING
FOR, though.
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And
you know what would have been really good? If they just
let these four have a standard tag team match.
But
then, that's the protocol in TNA: take two guys (or
four guys, as is the case here) who could have a great
match, and saddle them with a gimmick that they need
to overcome in order to have that great match.
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So
after taking a beating from Shark Boy and Curry Man,
Brother Ray and Devon start back to the dressing rooms...which
leads to Sharky and Curry smacking Ray in the nads with
a fish.
If
you though that sounded fantastic, just imagine it with
Don West yelling Billy Bass references at the top of
his lungs like he's shilling beanie babies.
Maybe
this match wasn't such a bad idea after all!
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Better
yet, we get some Vince Russo comedy with Curry Man danging
a Little Debbie Ho-Ho at the end of a fishing pole while
Bubba stares at it mesmerized....then gloms it.
See,
cuz Bubba is FAT and he CAN'T CONTROL HIMSELF.
I
mean, seriously - how obsessed with food do you have to
be to see a freakin' HO HO hanging in mid air via a fishing
line and decide to stick it in your mouth?
If
this had been in WWE, they would've had Mickie James or
any Diva that weighed more than 87 pounds in Bubba's place. |
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No
idea why this kid is so excited, but I picture him chanting:
"I WANT A HO HO!"
CLAP,
CLAP, CLAP CLAP CLAP! |
Curry
Man reels Bubba in while Don excitedly names off every
killer fish movie in existence as Shark Boy and D-Von
do most of the heavy lifting, so to speak, by brawling
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Bubba
finally gets his comeback by back body dropping Curry
Man into the cart of fish and throwing fish at him and
into the crowd. He then goes over and threatens the announce
crew with the fish, but sadly stops short of shoving a
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It
all comes back into the ring as D-Von holds Curry Man
so Bubba can get some payback, but not before making
out with said fish.
If
you ever wanted a slice of what Troy McClure's love
life was like, there you go.
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And
Curry gets hit in the nards as well.
Several
times.
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I
mean, every other minute, someone is getting it right
in the teabag.
And
sadly, not with a fish every time.
That
really should have been a rule for this match: no contact
with your opponents genitals except by means of a fish. |
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So
finisher after finisher is kicked out of as the match
goes on, from Stunners to DDTs.
You
know, I remember once upon a forever ago, Jake Roberts
was asked by a WWF interviewer what "DDT" stood
for.
His
answer? "The end."
That
answer in 2010 would be "The end...no wait, it's
just a transition move. Sorry about that."
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And
the finish? That would be Bubba somehow 3D'ing his own
partner and allowing Curry Man to pick up the win. |
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And
that was about it.
Did
the match suck that bad? No, not really. I mean, we just sat
through Jenna versus Sharmell not so long ago, and this isn't
even in the same universe as that debacle. Still, any match
that has guys smacking each other in the balls with frozen fish
kinda has to wind up here, right?
Regardless,
keep on crappin', Shark Boy!
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