Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins. Pro Wrestlers, Smiling Politely.

Written by Brandon Stroud / 02.22.13

Billy Corgan wrestling commercialIf you weren’t aware, Billy Corgan (a musician who was probably pretty important to you if you were alive in 1992) runs a pro wrestling promotion. He calls it “Resistance Pro.” They mostly run shows out of Chicago. If you were in Philadelphia on National Pro Wrestling Day, you may remember Res Pro for the event’s lone overtly-awful match.

Anyway, here are three things Billy Corgan loves:

1. Alienating people who play music with him
2. Bad pro wrestling
3. Walter E. Smithe furniture

If we’re to assume that James Iha is off somewhere in the background sulking because he wasn’t invited to Billy Corgan’s Musical Chairs, those three things have come together (finally) in a local furniture commercial. It’s everything you’d expect from a local commercial about … whatever this is about.

It doesn’t make a lot of sense. I can accept that Corgan and the furniture dudes would be playing musical chairs, or that they’d be in a wrestling ring, but a game of musical chairs held inside a wrestling ring? That never ends well. It instantly ends in violence, and Corgan can apparently summon a gang of wrestlers to do his violent bidding. But then sweeeerve, Billy doesn’t want them to go so far as to break those nice chairs.

Ah well, it’s still better than Zeitgeist.

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The Harlem Shake, Wrestling Is Art Edition

Written by Brandon Stroud / 02.18.13

Wrestling Is Art Harlem ShakeIf you’re the type who Tebowed or recorded a ‘Gangnam Style’ parody within the first month of its relevancy, you’re probably in love with the Harlem Shake. The Dallas Mavericks are. So’s anybody with 20 friends, a video camera and a desire for thousands hits. If you’re a sports blogger like, say, Ashley Burns, you’re already so tired of Harlem Shake videos you’re posting hippo fartsin the name of the Harlem Shake on Facebook. Six months from now, they’ll Harlem Shake at the MLB All-Star Game, or whatever.

My theory is that the Shake becomes enjoyable when it gets hyper-ridiculous (or there are way too many people involved), so the impossibly niche “Wrestling Is Art” promotion’s battle royal Harlem Shake is right up my alley. Plus, it features two of my favorite esoteric, independent circuit pro wrestling character: Jervis Cottonbelly (the yellow guy dancing in front who looks like Mr. Peanut) and the Estonian Thunder Frog, the green guy on the right side ring apron with the big hammer. His gimmick is that he’s Thor, but also a frog. And he’s from Estonia.

You’ve managed to avoid the hippo fart from me for now, Harlem Shake. But … yeah, you’ll probably be back.

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