Alright, alright, let’s talk about this… uh… “Wrestlemania 12”, yeah, that’s it. Don’t know much about fancy names, but I watched it, so I can tell ya somethin’ ’bout it.
So, there was this big fight, you know, the main one. Bret Hart, that fella with the long hair, he was fightin’ Shawn Michaels, the one who jumps around a lot. They were wrestlin’ for an hour! Can you believe that? An whole hour! My old bones woulda been creakin’ and crackin’ after five minutes, I tell ya.
- They called it an “Iron Man” match. Sounded tough, and it was.
- See, whoever got the most pinfalls or made the other guy give up the most times in that hour, they won.
- Simple enough, even for an old gal like me.
Now, they went back and forth, thumpin’ and slammin’ each other. Bret, he put that “Sharpshooter” hold on Shawn, you know, the one where he twists their legs all nasty-like. Looked painful, real painful. But Shawn, that slippery fella, he hung in there. Wouldn’t give up. Time ran out, and they were all tied up. Nobody won!
So, they had to keep goin’, overtime they called it. And that’s when Shawn, he finally got Bret. Don’t remember how exactly, but he won. Became the champion, I guess. Folks were cheerin’ and booing, all mixed up. Just like at the county fair when that prize-winning pig got loose.
There were other matches too, of course. Lots of big fellas gruntin’ and groanin’. One time, I saw two big ol’ boys, I mean HUGE, wrestle for like, 16 minutes. Don’t remember their names now, but they were beatin’ the tar outta each other. Reminded me of my cousin Jed and his neighbor fightin’ over that fence line, only these fellas were wearin’ fancier pants.
Wrestlemania, they say it’s a big deal. People come from all over, just to watch these fellas wrestle. WrestleMania Moments, that’s what they call ‘em. Like when that Undertaker fella, the one who looks like he crawled out of a grave, had that big winnin’ streak. 21 times he won at Wrestlemania! Can you imagine? 21 times! That’s more times than I’ve baked apple pies in my whole life, and that’s sayin’ somethin’.
But then, one time, he lost. Can you believe it? They said it was shocking. Like when that preacher’s wife ran off with the milkman. Nobody saw it comin’. But that wasn’t this Wrestlemania, no sir. This one was about Bret and Shawn, mostly.
Some folks say this “Wrestlemania 12” wasn’t the best. They called it “lackluster,” whatever that means. Guess they wanted more fireworks and explosions or somethin’. Me? I just wanted to see a good fight, and I reckon I got one. At least that long match with Bret and Shawn was somethin’ to see.
You know, wrestling, it’s kinda like life. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you just gotta keep goin’ even when you’re tired and sore. And sometimes, like that JBL fella, you just quit. Heard he quit after losin’ at Wrestlemania one time. Couldn’t take it, I guess. Me? I ain’t a quitter. Still got a few good years left in me, just like… uh… well, just like those fellas who keep on wrestlin’ year after year.
So, yeah, “Wrestlemania 12.” It had Bret and Shawn, a long match, and some other fights. It wasn’t the fanciest thing I ever saw, but it was somethin’. And that’s more than you can say for a lot of things in this world, right?
People keep goin’ back to these Wrestlemanias, year after year. Like them fellas keep fightin’ each other all over again, tryin’ to win this time. Just like me and that darned squirrel tryin’ to get to my bird feeder first every mornin’. It’s a battle, I tell ya, a never-endin’ battle. And sometimes, just sometimes, it’s entertainin’ to watch.
