The Heat and the Shine

"The problem with steroids," Roddy Piper once told yours truly, "was the warning label.  The bottle had a warning label saying all of this stuff about it having no benefit, and then you worked out on it and you saw the benefit." Steroids are bad.  But try telling a young athlete that.  Then try telling a young athlete that after he's been lied to.  Won't work.  Can't work.  Has no chance to work. Why bring up a ten year old conversation about a thirty year old problem the day after Chael Sonnen is rewarded for his 1-1 record in 2012 with the biggest money match of 2013?  Because it's the same dang thing, only different. Booking championship fights for guys who are below the championship level is bad.  But try telling a struggling promoter that.  Then try telling a struggling promoter that after he just saw that sub-championship level fighter talk his way into a million buys.  No.  Chance.  In Hell. Chael Sonnen vs. Jo...

Note: I wrote this up for the iMPACT Wrestling web site. In his first fight for Strikeforce, he knocked out an Ultimate Fighter favorite in three minutes. In his second, he became a world champion. Things have often come fast for King Mo, but not easy. He toiled for three years in division II collegiate wrestling before becoming an All-American in his first year in division I. He overcame four high-quality MMA opponents fighting in Japan before getting his chance to fight in America. And now, after making his name as the wildebeest wrestler with the cinder block right hand, King Mo enters the wrestling ring on iMPACT Wrestling. Many wrestling fans and MMA fans already know King Mo, the athlete. But what do we know about King Mo, the person? To solve this conundrum we look to that favorite of Vanity Fair magazine, the Proust Questionnaire. Made famous by early twentieth-century French novelist Marcel Proust, the questionnaire is designed to help the reader understand the p...