Post by cb on Mar 13, 2004 19:06:42 GMT 10
The X Factor
Who has it? Who doesn’t?
Hell, what is The X Factor?
To me it’s always meant a unique or intangible talent, quality, or disposition that is inherent not developed. It’s the one quality that enhances, ties together, or emphasises an individual’s more tangible talents and traits. Or, as it’s often described, the one quality everyone knows an individual has, but nobody can single out. It can turn someone with no charisma into an enigma, and turn someone with charisma into a mega-star. Although without it, charisma seems to lose its glow rather quickly (two words: first one, Ultimate).
Let’s face it, how many times have we heard someone say “I don’t know what he/she has, but they’ve certainly got it”?
Probably more times than we can remember.
Quite often we can see what a person has going for them, but the total still seems to be greater than the sum of its parts. Or we can’t believe that a person’s obvious, but limited traits, has carried them so far (starts with H, rhymes with grogan).
It’s rather ironic then that the very thing we can’t define is the quality that defines us most. Without it, our personalities or personal image as the case may be, seem to take on a generic quality. In wrestling this is even more apparent (Aribaaaaa), and no amount of promotion or ability will over come it. In fact the more one is pushed in this situation, the more obvious it becomes the wrong person is being pushed (H-H-Hachoooo, sniff).
Because ironically, the X factor can only be observed by others, and therefore bestowed accordingly, for it to be of any use. Nobody can just claim to have it or be it.
So who definitely has the X factor in the AWF?
Note that everyone of the following names are top notch wrestlers, but that isn’t what we’re looking at here.
Well off the top of my head Glen “The Captain” Balliana immediately comes to mind. Since it’s rarely the same thing in the same person, but a myriad of qualities too intricate and subtle to be succinctly defined, we call it the X factor. This sums up The Captain to a “T.” To emphasise this he is the first non West Indian to look tough and intimidating in cricket whites. Needless to say he’s made a big impression on me, and now that he knows to respect my authoriTAR, he can expect some big wins.
Billy Flyswat is next. From day one Billy has never come out to silence. Or wrestled to anything less than enthused jeers/cheers. Yes he comes out in Giraffe pants, which he now wears in the matador fashion. He also wears those annoying braces and has hair that looks like it was cut by a blind lesbian. Plus, the finer points of his ability are too advanced for an indifferent audience to notice. So why is this guy over the moment he walks out in front of total strangers? Why else, because he’s got it.
Steve Ravenous, Super T, Smirnoff Stud, whatever you want to call him seems to have it all. That’s because it impossible to miss what he does have, but why does everyone like him so much? What’s more why is it so impossible to find a bad quality? Why do so many moments with him bring forth the words “what a guy?” What is the essence behind the style, the charm, and the chiseled looks? Until someone has a better suggestion, we’ll run with the theme.
Mad Tony Kebab has to be included. Having become desensitised to the mad Kebab some time ago he didn’t spring to mind as readily. However, he can’t be left out. He can’t be described and he certainly can’t be understood. He’s also highly successful. Therefore he’s the perfect candidate.
Names darling, names.
Gravity is the X factor. He’s yet to stand out, but he’s always made a difference. That’s pretty much it.
Kid Dynamite is in this category because what you get is what you see, and he’s been like that since he first showed up. He is what he is. There’s no reason why he is. He just is and in the ring or on the street there’s no reason or limit as to how far it will take him. It just does.
CB Cochran’s next. Admit it. You love me!
Then throw in Krackerjack and Mad Dog McCrea.
After that only Mark Hilton remains, for now. He only just gets in too. His talents are all too apparent, but that indefinable quality still remains and therefore adds to the element of intrigue. Then the look in his eye is an intense concentration that offers no clues to what he is thinking either. In a martial arts film he’s the quiet one who snaps and takes out an army with his bare hands after they kill his pet goat. It’s easier to just say he has the X factor.
In regards to TNT, there is no X factor. Just hard work, dedication, intelligence and a sadistic mean streak that is unequalled in Australian wrestling. He’s also the only person in Australian wrestling that I have a modicum of fear for. I’ll stand up to him, but I know I’m going to pay for it. No other wrestler has that over me. Especially the ones that attack me from behind and then merely push me over. I’m trained to bump. So what!
He also looks like a long lost Hart brother.
Adam Bedford can thank hard work dedication and genetics. Give him the killer instinct and he will be unstoppable.
Break out rookie Scott, what’s his name, delivers every one of his holds with ruthless efficiency and an extreme attention detail.
Note that the last three do not have the X factor. It’s the ones whose over all talent is harder to put into words, or who are getting pops despite not fitting the traditional mould, or who just haven’t been there that long and are main eventing who got this piece. In some cases all three.
To everyone else, hang in there until something happens.
Until next time
Love you too
The Cochran Factor
Who has it? Who doesn’t?
Hell, what is The X Factor?
To me it’s always meant a unique or intangible talent, quality, or disposition that is inherent not developed. It’s the one quality that enhances, ties together, or emphasises an individual’s more tangible talents and traits. Or, as it’s often described, the one quality everyone knows an individual has, but nobody can single out. It can turn someone with no charisma into an enigma, and turn someone with charisma into a mega-star. Although without it, charisma seems to lose its glow rather quickly (two words: first one, Ultimate).
Let’s face it, how many times have we heard someone say “I don’t know what he/she has, but they’ve certainly got it”?
Probably more times than we can remember.
Quite often we can see what a person has going for them, but the total still seems to be greater than the sum of its parts. Or we can’t believe that a person’s obvious, but limited traits, has carried them so far (starts with H, rhymes with grogan).
It’s rather ironic then that the very thing we can’t define is the quality that defines us most. Without it, our personalities or personal image as the case may be, seem to take on a generic quality. In wrestling this is even more apparent (Aribaaaaa), and no amount of promotion or ability will over come it. In fact the more one is pushed in this situation, the more obvious it becomes the wrong person is being pushed (H-H-Hachoooo, sniff).
Because ironically, the X factor can only be observed by others, and therefore bestowed accordingly, for it to be of any use. Nobody can just claim to have it or be it.
So who definitely has the X factor in the AWF?
Note that everyone of the following names are top notch wrestlers, but that isn’t what we’re looking at here.
Well off the top of my head Glen “The Captain” Balliana immediately comes to mind. Since it’s rarely the same thing in the same person, but a myriad of qualities too intricate and subtle to be succinctly defined, we call it the X factor. This sums up The Captain to a “T.” To emphasise this he is the first non West Indian to look tough and intimidating in cricket whites. Needless to say he’s made a big impression on me, and now that he knows to respect my authoriTAR, he can expect some big wins.
Billy Flyswat is next. From day one Billy has never come out to silence. Or wrestled to anything less than enthused jeers/cheers. Yes he comes out in Giraffe pants, which he now wears in the matador fashion. He also wears those annoying braces and has hair that looks like it was cut by a blind lesbian. Plus, the finer points of his ability are too advanced for an indifferent audience to notice. So why is this guy over the moment he walks out in front of total strangers? Why else, because he’s got it.
Steve Ravenous, Super T, Smirnoff Stud, whatever you want to call him seems to have it all. That’s because it impossible to miss what he does have, but why does everyone like him so much? What’s more why is it so impossible to find a bad quality? Why do so many moments with him bring forth the words “what a guy?” What is the essence behind the style, the charm, and the chiseled looks? Until someone has a better suggestion, we’ll run with the theme.
Mad Tony Kebab has to be included. Having become desensitised to the mad Kebab some time ago he didn’t spring to mind as readily. However, he can’t be left out. He can’t be described and he certainly can’t be understood. He’s also highly successful. Therefore he’s the perfect candidate.
Names darling, names.
Gravity is the X factor. He’s yet to stand out, but he’s always made a difference. That’s pretty much it.
Kid Dynamite is in this category because what you get is what you see, and he’s been like that since he first showed up. He is what he is. There’s no reason why he is. He just is and in the ring or on the street there’s no reason or limit as to how far it will take him. It just does.
CB Cochran’s next. Admit it. You love me!
Then throw in Krackerjack and Mad Dog McCrea.
After that only Mark Hilton remains, for now. He only just gets in too. His talents are all too apparent, but that indefinable quality still remains and therefore adds to the element of intrigue. Then the look in his eye is an intense concentration that offers no clues to what he is thinking either. In a martial arts film he’s the quiet one who snaps and takes out an army with his bare hands after they kill his pet goat. It’s easier to just say he has the X factor.
In regards to TNT, there is no X factor. Just hard work, dedication, intelligence and a sadistic mean streak that is unequalled in Australian wrestling. He’s also the only person in Australian wrestling that I have a modicum of fear for. I’ll stand up to him, but I know I’m going to pay for it. No other wrestler has that over me. Especially the ones that attack me from behind and then merely push me over. I’m trained to bump. So what!
He also looks like a long lost Hart brother.
Adam Bedford can thank hard work dedication and genetics. Give him the killer instinct and he will be unstoppable.
Break out rookie Scott, what’s his name, delivers every one of his holds with ruthless efficiency and an extreme attention detail.
Note that the last three do not have the X factor. It’s the ones whose over all talent is harder to put into words, or who are getting pops despite not fitting the traditional mould, or who just haven’t been there that long and are main eventing who got this piece. In some cases all three.
To everyone else, hang in there until something happens.
Until next time
Love you too
The Cochran Factor
I really appreciate everything that Cb had to say about myself and my fellow Awf buddys! Wrestling has been my passion and my life for a number of years now, and when i began training i made it my goal to be the best that i could be. Under the training and guidence of Greg and the support of all the AWF trainees i think that im on the right track. Again CB, thankyou 4 the nice words, it realy does mean alot. I will have to go easier on you in my next match! Be safe, Glenn "The Captain" Balliana....... And there is 2 n's in Glenn!