YAY! Publishing is working again. Ugh i'm not looking forward to today. Ya know, Mom NEVER tells me when stuff is going to happen -.-; Grandma and Grandpa are coming over in like two hours. And I don't want to sit around and be bored outta my mind for them. I wanted to spend the day relaxing and stuff before my wrestling show. Hmph. Idiots. And Mom and I are still fighting over whether Easter or Christmas was the biggest Christian holiday. Well, Easter may be. . . big. . . but His birth was more important than His death, IMO, because that's when it all began and His death was the ending. Eh I dunno. I have odd views on everything, it seems. But Charlotte did say I had a point ^-^;

The Canadian Press

Saturday, April 10, 2004

Canada has been eye-gouged by World Wrestling Entertainment, which is forcing some popular Canuck grapplers, including Winnipeg's Chris Jericho, to bill themselves as Americans.

Jericho, one of the top stars of the Vince McMahon-led company, is now announced as being from New York.

Wrestling insiders and fans say the move was made by WWE management to further encourage American fans to cheer for "good guys" like Jericho and current WWE world champion Chris Benoit. Benoit, who is from Edmonton, is now announced as hailing from Atlanta.

The fact politics have entered the squared circle has hit a nerve with hundreds of wrestling fans north of the border, who have organized a petition which blasts WWE for anti-Canadian behaviour.

"We believe this is an attempt by the WWE to ... try and hide the fact that they are Canadian. This message proves that the WWE doesn't care about Canada," the petition reads.

Two others fan favourites, Toronto residents Edge and Gail Kim, are now announced as being from Florida and Korea respectively. A handful of despised WWE wrestlers are still billed as being from Canada on the assumption that American fans will have an easier time booing them.

The anti-American tag team known as "La Resistance" -- their shtick includes waving the French flag and blasting the Yanks for their role in the Iraq war -- recently had their announced hometowns changed from Paris to Montreal.

Jericho, 32, was born Chris Irvine, the son of former National Hockey Leaguer and Winnipeg Jets radio commentator Ted Irvine.

He grew up in Winnipeg, got a journalism diploma from Red River College, and even wrote a few freelance articles for the Free Press in the early 1990s.

Jericho joined WWE in 1999 and was always announced as being from "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada" to the cheers of packed arenas until recent weeks. He married a Winnipeg woman two years ago and still returns to the city several times a year.

David Meltzer, a U.S.-based wrestling journalist who has published a weekly newsletter for thousands of readers in 30 countries for the past 22 years, said WWE has obviously underestimated its Canadian fan base while attempting to capitalize on American nationalism.

"Even when I don't agree with decisions WWE makes, I usually understand the rationale for the decisions. This one totally mystifies me," said Meltzer.

"There is no positive to it and at least some people are going to be put off by it."

He said the wrestlers had no say in the decision by WWE management to suddenly change their hometowns.

WWE officials didn't respond to requests for comment on the issue. Curiously, the controversy comes at a time when WWE is making even bigger strides into the Canadian market.

© The Calgary Herald 2004

Oh wowwwwwww. That sucks. Those poor wrestlers who are forced to change what they proudly claim their homes. . . Yet they do it and still have a passion for the business, no matter what Vince throws at them. Awesome, huh? If my boss tried to make me change my home town for a stupid reason like that, I'd prolly walk. Those guys deserve all the respect in the world just for that. O.o


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LOL something worthwhile from Jericho's message board that like ain't really naughty. Oooooooh.

when you wanted me i came to you
when you wanted someone else i lived through
when you asked for that i set myself on fire
and if i go
far away
i know you'll find another slave

cause now i'm freed
from what you want
now i'm free
from what you need
now i'm free
from what you are

when you wanted love i cut my veins
and when you wanted love i bled myself again
now all i've had i still love you
i'd give you up forever
and here i go
far away
i know you
you'll find another slave

cause now i'm free
from what you are
now i'm free from what you need
now i'm free
from what you are

than a vision came to me
when you came along
i gave you everything but then you wanted more

cause now i'm free
from what you want
now i'm free
from what you need
now i'm free
from what you are
hey
now i'm free
from what you want
now i'm freed
from what you need
now im free

I hid this post till I let myself get in a better mood to decide. And I decided. I'm not interested. All I could think of during wrestling was. . . one thing. And that thing made me realize the second thing wasn't as important as I thought. But I'm staying offline on messengers cause I can barely play games. I'm too sleepy. Lemme just say WRESTLING WAS AWESOME. And I'm too shy. -_-; Jericho was right feet from me and I was too shy to go see him. . .omg he looked yummy in his pink tights and. . . Mmmmmmmm. . . Rofl, I told Charlotte and she said I shoulda taken her with me and she said she woulda thrown me over the guard rail. XD