argonautgod

Eddie Guerrero R.I.P

*****

Last night an argument erupted between me and the Egg. I said Arnie had a haircut during Terminator. He cried bullshit. We watched the film and Arnie didn't have a haircut. Instead his hair had burned when he ran through that burning car which accounts for his altered hairstyle. We were left with a new found respect for James Cameron's attention to detail. You have no idea how smarter I felt from spotting that. No idea.

Other than that it's been a week of fecked sleep - thanks NFL and irritable cynicism (thank you Mr incurable bastard the cold.) Although last night I watched Joe vs Punk 2 & 3. As far as fights go it's up there with Benn vs McClellan in the 'I know what happens but I'm still surprised when it does'. In fact for fun here's my ten favourite fights ever (real or staged).

Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan

Samoa Joe vs C.M. Punk 2

Samoa Joe vs C.M. Punk 3

Holyfied vs Tyson -- note: I actually woke my mum up, who was a massive boxing fan at the time, in the middle of the night to tell her Holyfield had put Tyson down. She moved to the TV to watch the rest of the fight. She was done with boxing after Holyfield vs Tyson 2. Actually why doesn't Tyson and Holyfield go one more time. The fact they're both washed up means nothing. I'd pay to see it.

Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (The Wrestlemania submission
match... freaking awesome.)

Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker (Hell in the Cell -- god, remember when WWE used to be watchable. It's been no f'n good since 1999. My interest in wrestling dropped from fanatic to passing that year. It went DOA in 2001 when ECW died. Then I found the Joe vs Punk matches. I must see Joe vs Kobashi soon.)

Optimus Prime vs Megatron (Autobots survival on the line. Stan Bush rocking out. What's not to love. Answer: Hot Rod, snivelling bastard punk. Actually, is there any better revenge moment in movie history when Galvatron crashes Starscream's coronation and blasts the shit out of him? No there isn't. Dumb question.)

Enterprise vs Reliant (Reliant is superior in every fashion except one, experience of her captain. It's like the Ali vs Foreman of space battles.)

Ali vs Foreman (fucking Hollywood should never have tried to do this justice. In Ali Michael Mann should have just switched to When We Were Kings when it came to the Rumble in the Jungle.)

Sycho vs Egg (Tekken Team Battle. 8 man. I grab lead. Egg charges back. He takes lead. I peg him back. Toe to toe. Last fight come down to the last punch - we take each other out. Official result, after half hour of solid fighting, draw. Disgusted, yes. Furious, yes. Great, yes, but only years after the fact.)

Enough tosh, time to cleanse. Bleach those bugs away!