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Song Name: The Rising Sun (Orchestral Version)
Song Origin: Dillon Spears
Song Link:

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Nominator: IhatethisCPU (6/15)


And so we come to the second and last wrestling related nomination. A bold choice; between my hatred of current WWE & general dislike of orchestral music, this could have easily fallen into last place. Luckily, this is actually a good song and I have no complaints about Nakamura himself, so this gets a much higher ranking than I had anticipated.

I want to like WWE, but I just can't these days. I've been burned too many times:

I supported Zack Ryder from day one of his YouTube series, marking out whenever he was on screen for even a second. I knew he could never be the top star of the company, but he was funny and popular and surely could have worked in the midcard scene... but they decided to bury him and his show to punish the fans for cheering for him.

I loved The Miz and marked out so hard when he got to main event Wrestlemania...only for him to be an irrelevant afterthought. He somehow managed to main event the biggest show of the year -and- defeat the top star of the company -and- still get trashed in the process, as the only focus was on Cena and The Rock. Because it doesn't matter how awesome you are, you'll never be as good as washed up novelty acts from the Attitude Era. ((To be fair, Miz has fared much better than Ryder. He's still on TV, he has that Miz and Mrs. show, and what not. And I do try to pay attention when he's on screen, but that Wrestlemania still stings.))

I used to love Ziggler, but after that Survivor Series crap, I can't bring myself to care. For one brief shining moment, I thought his years of service to the company had paid off. He fought through all the dumbest gimmicks possible, putting on the best matches of the night, day in and day out, and finally was going to hit the big time. He survived a 3-on-1, saved the company from The Authority, and things were going amazing... only for him to drop off the face of the planet because LOL ONLY STING & TRIPLE H MATTER. Like Miz, it doesn't matter what you do, you will never compare to broken old men that can't wrestle anymore.

And then there's Reigns... always Reigns... over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, AND OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN.

HATE.

...HATE>

.......HATE

NXT is good, I try to keep up with it (mostly in hopes of seeing Kairi Sane). Nakamura is good? I've never been blown away by him, but I've never regretted watching him perform. I'd probably care more about him if I had any reason to suspect having the support of fans meant anything on the main roster.

Song is quite good, I'd say I even like it better than the original version of his theme.


[FINAL NOTES: I still need to start watching Chikara at some point, but no one can ever agree on which season is best for a total newcomer to jump into...]

[FINAL-ER NOTES: Speaking of old men from the Attitude Era that can't wrestle, DX has reformed since I wrote that! Uggghhh... I want to cancel my subscription because of how horrible that is. But I also want to support NXT, so I guess I'll remain part of the problem and stick with the company anyway.]

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