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June 16, 2015Sitting and Thinking About the Cavs Before Game 6
June 16, 2015Something’s been missing from the Cleveland sporting landscape. The Cavs are in the Finals, and that’s cool. The Indians just called up Francisco Lindor; that’s cool too. Still, there’s been a void, something I can’t quite put my finger on.
Wait. I got it.
WHERE’S JOHNNY?
He’s in Cleveland, and last night he attended WWE’s flagship show, Raw, live from Quicken Loans Arena. He was featured in the crowd, mocked by the heavyweight champ, and he was even interviewed backstage:
Ah, isn’t that better? Johnny’s back.
He was shown on camera early, clad in an Indians cap (attaboy) and holding up a t-shirt for The Miz, a wrestler from Cleveland who first came to, er, fame as a cast member on MTV’s The Real World. Miz grew up in Parma, captained the cross country and basketball teams at Normandy High School, and attended (but did not graduate from) Miami University. Good enough for Johnny:
Johnny Manziel is at "Monday Night Raw" tonight. pic.twitter.com/7ZCPoob6O4
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) June 16, 2015
However, it wasn’t all good times for Manziel. After that benign backstage interview, he drew the ire of none other than the WWE World Heavyweight champion, Seth Rollins. If you’re not familiar, Rollins is a delightful snake of a heel, a brat and a coward who puffs out his chest the most when his perceived risk is the least. He’s whiny and petulant and entitled and great. He’s one of the best acts in WWE right now.1
Anywho, Rollins was in the ring, microphone in hand, boasting about his most recent title defense, showing off the belt, beckoning all in attendance to take a good, long look, because this is as close as Cleveland will ever come to a title. It was then that Rollins set his sights on Johnny, even daring to call him “Johnny Idiotface.”
Seth Rollins calls Johnny Manziel "Johnny Idiot Face," knocks LeBron on Monday Night Raw in Cleveland. pic.twitter.com/FzoS01GLhs
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) June 16, 2015
Add Rollins’ name to the list of those who think the Cavs can’t pull it off against the Golden State Warriors.
Who needs him? We’ve got Johnny in our corner.
- Rollins topped the “draft board” rankings at Grantland written by of David Shoemaker, AKA the Masked Man, AKA one of the most knowledgable wrestling writers out there. [↩]
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I would have hoped Johnny would have worn a Cavaliers hat but then again…
The “C” on the hat stands for “Cleveland.” Good enough for me.
The Tribe hat is ok.
And the absence of his douchey bro-posse is good sign.
Baby steps.
“Johnny Idiot Face.” Guy spent an hour in the dressing room thinking of that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KmTTy_MM5w
(Pretty good entertainment, though.)
You’re easy!
I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know wrestling was still a “thing.” But hey, at least this Rollins guy got one city talking about him, right? Bad press is still good press, isn’t that what they say?
Which is an hour shy of what it took for him to come up with his Wrasslin’ Name….Seth Rollins?
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