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WWE & the Lost Wrestling Gimmicks: Papa Shango/Godfather

WARNING: I will be seldom breaking Kayfabe with this series so please don’t get freaked out because a wrestler is the living dead or a psychotic clown.

The gimmick wrestler has an actual personality and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. It can also be an implement used to cheat or simply change the outcome of the match. There was MANY gimmick characters back in “The glory days of pro wrestling” but those times have since changed. We now have the likes of boring one dimensional persona which just don’t grasp the imagination like days of old as I will explain. I will be bringing you this series on gimmicks in pro wrestling and how the art of them has died, starting with the current “Main Eventers” in the WWE.

John Cena- This gimmick is by far the most disgusting, vile, and annoying in my opinion, but its also the TOP draw in the WWE and ALL of wrestling…A man who can pose as a rapper and then as a U.S. Marine who then turns into Superman and overcomes every odd just irritates me to the highest degree and makes the product very boring and predictable. (If Cena wasn’t superhuman via kayfabe like the Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan were maybe just maybe it would work for me.)

Randy Orton- Randal Keith Orton is a 3rd generation superstar who is NOTHING like his family who wrestled before him. Orton has this “IT” factor about him, but there seems to be too much emphasis put on his move the RKO as the new Stone Cold Stunner…Orton has this snake like demeanor about him along with a cerebral intellect and comes off as a crossbreed between Jake “the Snake” Roberts and Diamond Dallas Page but other than the overkill of his finisher… Orton is the ONLY one on the roster the WWE has going right since the year 2000, but back then Orton was not where he is today.

John Morrison- Morrison is supposed to be the Shaman of Sexy/ The Monday Night Delight/ The Prince of Parkour…Well that is all fine and dandy but to me, Morrison is the new version of Rob Van Dam…Allow me to explain, a self proclaimed star of Monday nights wants to be champion, but can’t cut a promo with his weak mic skills…But, his dazzling moveset makes up for it. Wait, was I talking about RVD or Morrison? Point proven.

Alberto Del Rio- Del Rio has some REAL in-ring ability and promise if creative uses him right. His gimmick however is a FAIL to me as it’s the EXACT same character to a T as John Bradshaw Layfield’s “JBL” gimmick.

Greenwood Tradition Celtic Shamanic Wicca - Witchvox Article

Greenwood Tradition Celtic Shamanic Wicca

Author: Meri Fowler [a WitchVox Sponsor]
Posted: June 5th. 2011
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The Greenwood Tradition is a dynamic Wiccan tradition that emerged from our spiritual practice in 2004. While it appears to be a new Tradition, an interesting tapestry of many old teachings influences its roots and connections. I believe it brings together a solid Traditional Wiccan training with an intense spiritual practice that assists the Seekers in going deeper into Wicca as a religion and a mystical way of life. The story of how our Tradition was born is also the story of my own quest for Spirit and I would like to share it with you.

History

Yoga

My father was in the British Royal Navy when I was a little girl and he traveled the Far East, especially India, bringing us gifts from far away places. I don�t know if this sparked my later interest in Yoga and Eastern thought but at the age of nineteen I entered an Ashram in Vancouver connected with ISKCON (the International Society for Krishna Consciousness) . I lived in this Ashram and a few others for seven years, including travelling twice to India where I lived for about eight months, studying Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Devotion. During these seven years I received 1st and 2nd degree (Brahman/Priestess) initiation and learned how to be a Pujari (acting Priestess) .

I left ISKCON when I was twenty-six after and went to live on Salt Spring Island where I continued my study of Yoga with Baba Hari Das and Ashtanga Yoga (1) . During my time on Salt Spring I started to read about Findhorn and Faery (2) . I rented a small farm property and began my life-long work with Nature Spirits and the Faery people. I think it is their influence that moved me off the Yoga path and onto the path of the Witch. Within our Tradition you will see many influences of Yoga such as chanting, meditation, and devotion to the Divine as well as deep work with the Fay. I believe that the original Horned God Pashupati (who was the prototype for Shiva) was imported by the Indo-Europeans as they migrated, becoming Cernunnos, the Witches God, so the connection between Yoga and Wicca is meaningful.

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