Sunday, January 4, 2009

Daggers in mens smiles

The statement "there are daggers in mens smiles" by Macbeth is experienced all the time. I'm an avid follower of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and thats where my experience comes from. WWE, superstar and "good guy" Shawn Michaels is having money trouble so he went to money investor, fellow wrestler and "bad guy" John Bradshaw Layfield for help. John said he would supply Shawn with more than enough money if he comes to work with him. Shawn accepts this job, not knowing what would be in store for him. Shawn really has no choice he says that the recent issues with the economy are forcing him to do this. Shawn also won't accept money from friends saying that he doesn't want this money issue to be a burden on their friendship. All the while a sly, sinnister grin is on the face of John, everyone knows something is up. Shawns job is to make sure John wins all of his matches and if he does so he will keep raking in the cash. In the following weeks there is a tournament set up, the tournament consists of 4 matches, the winner goes on. Shawn fought first and picked up the win against Kane. Next up was Rey Mysterio vs. John Bradshaw Layfield, Rey had the match practically won when Shawn came down and hit John disqualifying Rey making John win. Fast foward to the next round, its a "Fatal Four-Way" where the 4 winners all have a match eliminating competitors by pinfall, esentially 4 go in, 1 comes out. The winner of this match will have a chance for the title, facing WWE World Heavyweight Champion, John Cena at the Royal Rumble event in 2 weeks! The match begins and the first two competitors are eliminated, Chris Jericho, and Randy Orton. This leaves Shawn to face John. Once again this nasty smile appears on Johns face and he tells Shawn to lay down and get pinned. After a while of standing Shawn reluctantly lays down and gets pinned giving John the title shot in 2 weeks. So what i'm saying is Shawn didn't know taking this job would lead to this, that smile on John was the "dagger" so to speak in Shawns dream of becoming the champion once again. The "dagger in mens smiles" means to be betrayed and thats exactly what happened to Shawn Michaels.
<- Shawn Michaels after being "pinned" by John

1 comment:

  1. This is probably one of the most entertaining of the entries I've read! I will be honest: I did not foresee a WWE analogy, but then I'm not a bearded lady, am I?

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