The MeeThinks Saturday Spectacular 04.21.07
Posted by John Meehan on 04.21.2007
Some weeks, pro wrestling just seems to be the last thing on your mind.
Hi everyone, and welcome to another week's worth of wrestling news courtesy of the token "optimist" on the 411 staff. With a week like the one we've had, though, I will be the first to admit that it's certainly proven hard to maintain the positive vibe and the "all is well" smile. On a personal note, my sincere condolences to any readers or their family members who might have been affected by Monday's tragedy. The relative importance of a column's worth of wrestling news certainly pales in comparison to the significance of those live-changing events in Blacksburg witnessed earlier this week, but sometimes it is a welcome and necessary respite in the face of such monumental tragedy to escape -- even if only for a few hours -- into a world where steel chairs and suplexes are about as scary as it gets.
Hokies, you are in our prayers.
On tap this week:
Who's Booking TNA? The Answer Might Surprise You...
This week in an interview with The Sun, TNA uberchick Dixie Carter made it known that a lot of the criticism directed TNA booker Vince Russo's way was misplaced. Though many a wrestling fan has criticized the overbooked, gimmick-match-heavy-feel of many a TNA pay-per-view and iMpact! taping to the "creative genius" that is Vince Russo, Carter was quick to point out that Vinny Ru only has but a small say in what all comes out on TNA television. According to more detailed reports, the booking decisions are "80% Jeff Jarrett, 15% Dutch Mantel, and 5% Vince Russo."
So there ya' have it folks -- the IWC's biggest buzzkill since Chris Benoit was taken out of the World Title picture.
SO LAY OFF VINCE RUSSO.
Does the guy have a track record and a nasty penchant for overbooking the hell out of his TV shows? No question. But here in the free world, folks are "innocent until proven guilty" -- and if Vince Russo is merely the 5% guy to Double J's 80% "creative control" over the direction of TNA programming? Cut the poor man some slack, ok?
What will be most interesting, however, is whether or not TNA's booking *improves* now that Jarrett is back on screen. Though a booker/wrestler combination usually proves title-heavy and disasterous (think Kevin Nash, Dusty Rhodes, The McMahon/Helmsley Regime, etc.) -- fact of the matter is that if Jarrett is putting the bulk of his effort into *his* character and *his* onscreen programs, then perhaps he'll have the common sense to lease out the booking of the rest of the show to some of the other "powers that be" behind TNA's closed curtain. Hey look, I'm not looking forward to another Double J title run any more than the rest of y'all -- but I'll tell you this much: I'd much rather see Jarrett screw up ONE angle (even if it is supposed to be THE "major" angle of the show) than have him overbook the hell out of EVERY angle on the show (including the major angle).
So call it wishful thinking if you must, but MeeThinks getting Jeff Jarrett back onscreen in a main event role might well just keep him busy enough to go easy on the gimmick-crazy stuff in the TNA undercard. Hey, one can hope, no?
Not good news for Starr fans, as this is his second major suspension from TNA within a year's time. You'll recall that last year he and Roderick Strong got nailed by TNA management for "having their priorities out of order," and it seems like this suspension is more of the same, as Starr is said to have been placed on sabbatical "not due to any one particular incident, but rather as the result of a cumulative series of disagreements and attitude problems."
In other words?
The guy isn't happy with his push or his current lot in the company, and so he's a bit more vocal about it than he should be. Just like Carlito some six months back in WWE -- Starr is "too big for his britches," by management's assesment... and the fact that he's simply no bigger (yet) than an upper midcarder at best means that the guy gets the hammer laid down on him whenever he complains.
Though I'm a pretty big mark for Austin Starr, MeeThinks as unfortunate a reality as it might be here, TNA probably had no choice but to put the guy on the shelf to cool off for a bit. Their locker room barely consists of 50 guys, MANY of whom are just as talented and/or experienced and/or over as Austin Starr. If *he* whines and ends up getting his way, what's to stop the next guy at his level or slightly above it (say, guys like Sabin, Daniels, AJ, Chris Harris, Roode, etc.) from doing the same? With a roster that's pretty "top-heavy" with veterans (not unlike WCW, come to think of it) -- TNA management has to be EXTREMELY careful not to develop a locker room morale that pits the
young, disillusioned up-and-comers" against the "established, phoning-it-in and protecting their spot old-timers." Not that this is the case, mind you, as much of TNA's main event picture still features a fresh crop of "homegrown" talent (AJ, Abyss, Joe) or refreshed/freshly imported superstars (Christian and Angle, for example -- or Tomko and Steiner, who are really getting their second wind)... but TNA simply can't afford to let such a detrimental backstage environment develop.
As a result?
Sucks for Starr, but he'd better learn to "play ball" and bide his time if he's ever going to succeed in TNA -- or else MeeThinks he'd be wise to seek employment elsewhere. Some might even recall a similar instance and a certain "Messiah of the Backbreaker" who's seen a pretty fair share of success after parting ways with TNA, ya' know.
These two have great chemistry, and this should most certainly rock all sorts of face off. Shelley is absolutely OOZING charisma, and Sabin is in serious need of some -- so putting these two together and letting 'em run roughshod over TNA's tag ranks (well, until they're inevitably squashed by Team 3D) seems like a no-brainer that has "success" written all over it. No more Sabin in diapers, no more senseless feuding with Jerry Lynn... just two "young bucks" who can play off of one another and give TNA's tag ranks something to talk about. If booked properly, MeeThinks we might well be looking at a perfect long-term platform to launch one of these guys Shawn-Michaels-Leaves-The-Rockers-style into the main event picture for a long, long time to come.
Heck, in the long run -- a skillful, charismatic and cohesive pairing of Sabin and Shelley *might* even go on to beat out the overall success, popularity, and impact of a team like London and Kendrick.
I know it's blasphemy to speak ill of the Smackdown! tag champs, but what the hey... ya' heard it here first, folks.
"It looks like Bobby Lashley!"
"No, it looks like Marcus Cor Von!"
"It looks like BOTH of 'em put together!"
"They both look the same!"
"This means they'll be feuding!"
But since a picture is worth a thousand words, here's 2,000 for ya to settle this one once and for all. Here's the edited versions -- with each half of the photo copied and flipped so as to fill out an entire face worth's apiece.
Answer: It's BOTH Marcus Cor Von (the redder side) AND Bobby Lashley (the blue-er side). Promotional posters are drafted MONTHS in advance (and are incredibly subject to change), and just because you see Lashley and Cor Von on the poster *DOESN'T* mean that you're going to see those two headlining the PPV itself. You'll recall that Disember to Dismember prominently featured a shot of the Sandman's Singapore cane. You'll also recall that Sandman wasn't anywhere NEAR the main event for that PPV.
So to sum up: Don't believe everything you read, and don't believe everything you see.
A tough break for Deep South, but probably just as much a forseeable and necessary move when you think about it. Most of DSW's talent will likely find themselves reassigned to another developmental brand in short order, however, so it's probably not worth getting *too* worked up over that the particular fed they all happened to be wrestling for has been written out of WWE's company plan. Does it suck that Deep South went under? Of course, but again -- WWE still has a number of "developmental" territories from which they call up talent (Ohio Valley for one), and so you can probably rest assured that the best of what DSW had to offer is likely to land on their feet in another brand of WWE's "training" promotions in no time.
And honestly here -- let's put things in perspective before the sky starts to fall, eh? No web-search cheating allowed: could you *really* name ten guys off the top of your head who worked for DSW?
In case you missed this one, here's what the initial report said:
"WWE is no longer doing developmental deals. Everyone is getting the same contracts now with a base pay of 30 grand a year for new guys. Once you are signed you go to 1 of 4 brands which are Raw, ECW, SD, OVW."
People, this is non-news. Though WWE is simply calling their Ohio Valley counterpart "one of four BRANDS" -- the change is only a nominal one as the OVW roster will still be used as a feeder program into WWE's "big three" main brands in RAW, ECW, and Smackdown! So don't get too worked up over the notion that "WWE is no longer doing developmental deals," because in truth -- they still are; those same deals are just being given a different name.
It is interesting to note, however, that WWE base salaries (or "downside guarantees") now start in the 30-grand range. Even though insurance and travel expenses certainly gobble up a large chunk of that number for those employees "on the road" with one of WWE's major brands, thirty grand for an untested, up-and-comer wrassler cutting his or her teeth in Ohio Valley (which doesn't travel NEARLY as much as the big three main WWE brands) is certainly nothing to sneeze at. Thirty grand a year, in fact, is pretty much in line with what many folks can make right out of college -- so it's good to see that the mainstream, non-unionized workforce of pro wrestlers are (finally?) making a decent wage in return for their efforts.
Well, wrestling fans -- if you heard the name "Marella" and DIDN'T think "Gorilla Monsoon," then shame on you. More importantly, though, if you didn't think "this guy's obviously a plant" -- then DOUBLE SHAME!
In all seriousness, though --
RAW's newest superstar, "Santino Marella" is actually Ohio Valley Wrestling's "Boris Alexiev." Yup, that's right -- the guy went from playing a Ruskie to playing an Eye-tallyon. In reality, however, our pal "Boris" is probably a LOT more at home with his new role as RAW's resident paisan, as he is, in fact, Anthony John Carelli, a bona-fide former judo/shootfighter of Italian (and not Russian) descent.
Understandably, this has led to a bit of confusion amongst the IWC as they're convinced that our pal Santino "Boris" must, in fact, be of Russian descent when you see how well he played the role of a Soviet Shoot Fighter in Ohio Valley. In case you missed that, by the way...
From what little I've seen (both in this clip and elsewhere around the webz), MeeThinks this guy is a beast, and most definitely has all the makings to become a bona-fide SUPERSTAR. His appearance on RAW this week was a great, lively way to freshen things up over there, and I am very much looking forward to seeing what will become of him in the weeks to come on WWE programming.
If King Booker's injury has got you down, fear not peasants -- His Highness shall rule the radio airwaves in an all-new weekly radio program starting TODAY (Saturday) from noon to 2:00 p.m. Central (that's 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern time for you coastal-folk like Mee) on KBME 790-AM out of Houston, Texas. If you happen to live outside of the Houston area, the show can be heard online at www.790thesportsanimal.com.
As with most things Booker-related, MeeThinks this little venture is an AWESOME tie-in and a great way to keep the King's character current and popular with wrestling audiences. Just like the Randy Orton news segments when he was out with that arm injury a few years back, I fully expect Booker to deliver the "in-character" goods when given an open mic to update fans on his rehab process and general goings-on around life off the road. Imagine King Bookahh (in full faux-Brit-accent) railing against the everyday problems with public transportation? Or maybe he'll go on a royal tirade against the cost of Oreo cookies at his local supermarket?
Whatever it is, Booker is gold on the mic and he has played the delusional King character to a "t." MeeThinks any chance to hear more from the guy is a great one, and I fully expect nothing but good things to come of this latest endeavour.
YouThinks Reader Mail
First and foremost, a correction from last week's column, courtesy of Jason Bray, a reader from the Great White North:
Meehan,
I need to correct your statement that said Hogan jobbed to Jacques Rougeau
20 years ago at a WWF house show.
It was only ten years ago (April '97) at the Molson Centre in Montreal at a
WCW/NCW co-promoted event. Hogan did the first and only unselfish thing in
his career and this writer who was in attendance won't forget what Hulk did
that day. THAT is why Montreal popped as big as they did for him on RAW the
night after WrestleMania 18. Hogan was smart enough to know that putting
over somebody could pay HUGE dividends in the future.
Thanks,
Jason Bray
Moose Creek, Ontario Canada
Whoops! Great catch, Jason -- and one I should have caught myself seeing as how I dedicated a pretty solid chunk of a column a while back to the greatness that is Jacques Rougeau! (Too lazy to link it here -- but I assure you, it's definitely worth a read!). Thanks for clearing that one up for Mee, and I definitely think you hit the nail right on the head with your Hulkster analysis on that one too. Even if he didn't know what all would become of the loss some eight years or so later, I GUARANTEE you that Hulk Hogan is a smart enough wrestler and businessman to know that no small deed goes unrewarded in the notoriously appreciative crowds north of the American border.
Well called, dude.
Next up, a fellow 411'er, a Disney buff, AND a rasslin' fan to boot. Mike Minotti, take it away!
Hey John, this is Mike Minotti from 411. Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the Carousel of Progress anecdote. I'm a big Disney buff, so I always get a kick out of that kind of stuff.
But... you attributed the line "Give 'im a right!" to Cousin Orville. Now, unless memory betrays me, I think that line was spoken by the grandma, who was sitting right in front of the TV.
That is all.
-Mike Minotti.
Once again, good catch my friend. Even cooler to think that the grandma in the ride was the rasslin' fan of the bunch, as (believe it or not) *my* family's fascination with this pseudo sport of kings actually dates WAYYYY the hell back to my father's grandmother (or "Babci," as we say in Polish) in the late 1950's. Pretty cool to think that the Disney (or at least the Disney ride) version of "American History" is just about in line with a personal family history as well, no?
Incidentally, if you're a fan of "spot wrestling references in strange places" -- I hope you caught this week's episode of FOX's "House," as Dr. House (played to perfection by Hugh Laurie, I might add) was seen watching the cage match between Abyss and Christian Cage from Lockdown 2006. The show didn't just make a passing reference to wrestling, either -- but rather the match itself served as a vital turning point in the episode's storyline, as seeing Abyss being called "a monster" gave House just the inspiration he needed to correctly diagnose an overly-aggressive young boy with a hormone disorder.
Pretty freakin' sweet, eh?
House has made references to his fondness for pro wrestling on a number of occassions, actually. While in rehab, House was asked to affirm his belief in "a higher power" -- and without missing a beat, he offered up "Andre the Giant!" as his answer. Another time, House fielded a suggestion from another member of his staff by saying that though their metaphor was a bit unclear, he "could smell what The Rock was cookin!"
So yeah, moral of the story is: WATCH HOUSE. The show kicks all kinds of ass.
Speaking of shows, though... first-time MeeThinks e-mailer Stan Pack is interested in catching a TNA show on the road:
I read your column on 411 every week and was wondering if you have any inside info on gettting Tickets for TNA. I know that the TNA PPV for June is finally coming back to Nashville and I'm hoping to get in on the presale. I always made it to the majority of the weekly PPV's back in the asylum days and want to make sure I get a close up ticket for this PPV. Any help is greatly appreciated.
-Stan Pack
Thanks for writing, Stan. Sadly I'm just as in the dark as most when it comes to "insider info" as to how to score seats to a TNA PPV. I can sure tell you quite a bit about how to get yourself a great seat in the Impact Zone down in Orlando, however... but that's a story for another day.
The best I can offer you? Stay tuned to TNA programming (and their website) for advance news and leaks as to when all tickets will go on sale (and through what vendors, be they TicketMaster or what have you). Likewise, sites like RIGHT HERE... at 411MANIA (pauses for cheap pop) are also notoriously good for releasing any and all internet pre-sale codes and information for tickets and PPV's should they become available.
So yeah, best advice really is just to keep a close eye out and to continue being the fan that you already are by staying up-to-date with the company and it's programming. The return to Nashville is guaranteed to get itself some press -- so you should have no trouble learning the appropriate details when they are released!
Finally, we'll close with a YouThinks reader mail from the ever-controversial Matthew Alan Roberts. Thankfully, he's always nice enough to number his paragraphs so as to allow for easier reply!
Dear Sir:
Thank you for printing my latest reader feedback in your excellent column. I am glad you had fun at Disney World. If Disney World is where "dreams come true" I need to go there so my dream involving me Victoria, and Maria can come true (though that dream does not get a G rating). I went to Universal Studios Orlando once, but skipped the Impact taping because I am not into minor league wrestling (I did see Abyss in the Scorpion King Gift shop, but I do not believe in harassing people for autographs).
1. I think the nonsense heel turn and burial of Punk proved Cabana has no chance. The best we can hope for is that he get a trainer / agent job like Simon Dean when WWF is done screwing him up. At least Punk and Cabana are smart and will be well compensated while they are buried unlike the TNA guys. I do miss a good comedy mid card heel like Christian (I wish Jay Reso could have accepted what he is and stayed in the WWF where he belonged).
2. All news reports I read right here on www.411.com (cheap pop) and else where say the Carlito situation is 100% shoot. The reliable sources say the first reaction was to bury Carlito on Heat until he was fired. His alleged push lasted 2 weeks then on the last Raw he was jobbed and instantly turned heel for no reason. My gut still tells me Carlito and Melina job clean at Backlash and are fired right after the show.
3. I believed Foley when he was retiring (call me an idiot) because he had enough money (cheapest man in the business) and interests out of wrestling to not come back. Since we have seen how that went I no longer believe any wrestler retirements at all. The wrestlers who have the guts to retire and stay away are bashed (Warrior) and every other wrestler needs the money (Valentine, Duggan) or fame (Funk, Hogan) and never retire. Flair blew all his money and he is a fame addict so he is doubly sure to not be going any place.
4. McMahon is known for putting over part timers as Hogan, Michaels, and Flair were all part timers at the point McMahon jobbed to them. McMahon working full time wrestlers (Austin and Triple H are the only full timers Vince ever worked that I recall) is pointless because it hurts the full timers to sell for a non wrestler. McMahon does not even have any rub left to give as the tediously dull Lashley program is showing. Mysterio selling and bumping for McMahon will kill his credibility and my gut says McMahon would put himself over because his ego will not let him job to a tiny man.
5. I really like wrestlers who can do high spots with selling and telling a story. That pretty much eliminates everybody in WSX and TNA. Sean Waltman admits in interviews he is still a drug addict and Aaron Aguilera is no Test (in that Aguilera does not suck Shane McMahon's nut sack like Testicles does), so both guys are out of WWF contention. Most shows do come out on DVD eventually, I just do not see it being any type of priority for MTV since they never even bothered to run the last episode they already had paid for.
I love your takes on Hogan and Disco Inferno. I bet McMahon is happy now he did not hire Disco for that writing / booking job he was up for a few years ago. I can not believe there has not been more public or internet outrage over the ridiculous comment that the Big Slow made about Big Slow being his slave name. If Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were not busy roasting that goof Imus this week, I guarantee they would have been all over Big Slow's rich, no talent, fat ass and that Memphis show would be shut down (I am no leftist, but comparing the horror of slavery to making millions to just put your hand in the air and go "arrrrrgh" is despicable).
You did miss out on the happiest person that loves McMahon pulling Lawler from the show. Hulk Hogan is ecstatic that Lawler was removed from the show. Now, when the show tanks, Hogan can blame McMahon and Lawler and deflect the blame on him. If the show draws 1 person over 10,000 (my bet is it does not) Hogan can take all the credit because he saved the show by himself.
I pray Jerry Lawler would quit the WWF so Heyman can come back on commentary and we could have good Raw broadcasting for a change. Unfortunately it will not happen, because Lawler needs the job and he knows he was lucky to get the job back when he last quit. I am totally siding with Vince McMahon and NBC Universal on this 1 as there is no way McMahon should let Hogan and VH1 rip off his contracted talent (or untalent as the case may be). Lawler did not even ask McMahon's permission before starting this mess and McMahon was still a stand up guy and offered to reimburse Corey Macklin for all the money he has lost on this fiasco if Macklin closed the show down, but Macklin is drinking the Hogan Kool Aid and prefers to lose money by running the show.
Sincerely,
Matthew Alan Roberts
Hi again, Matt! Thanks for writing, and here's MeeThinks on YourThinks... numbered for both of our convenience.
1) Disagree with you 100% here, as the CM Punk "turn" has been nothing short of brilliant. Is he with the New Breed or against them?! Is he destroying them from within or merely trying to supplant Elijah as their leader? Maybe he's splitting the faction in two and trying to strong-arm out the members he's not impressed by? Heck, he might even be pushing people out so as to introduce his OWN new inductees to the fold in the weeks to come. Whatever it is, it has been GREAT storytelling thus far and has gone a LONG long way in redeeming what at first might easily have been written off as an all-to-abrubt entry into ECW's resident stable of heels. And as far as Christian goes... this week's iMpact! pretty well proved it to Mee that he is having the TIME OF HIS LIFE as the big dog in TNA. No joke, dude -- you're seriously missing out on some killer stuff from the guy if you've been skipping the "minor league" broadcasts out of Orlando.
2) Again, disagree. Carlito's "turn" has the fingerprints of a WWE creative team all over it. Even if the dirtsheets haven't quite pegged it as anything more than a "shoot," the best I can offer you here is simply not to believe everything you read. Things like the casual leaks to the media (but no offscreen disciplinary actions reported), the increased weekly TV time after WrestleMania, the teased gradual resentment on camera from a guy who's CHARACTER feels "held down" and forgotten (this from the same company that claimed Eddy Guerrero "hijacked" Rey Mysterio's website, you'll recall) = all classic signs of a "worked shoot" angle and a creative team that's looking to write a storyline that feeds off of real-life "drama" for the sake of working the so-called "smarts" and blurring the lines between what we "know" and what we "KNOW."
Until I see Carlito fired, I'm calling this one 100% work.
3) Wrestling's a tough business, and retirement doesn't come easy to a workforce WITHOUT pensions, health insurance or a union to help cover their asses years after their in-ring career has passed them by. Those who *do* make it out alive and well usually leave on good terms with at least SOME people in the business, so it's really not all that hard to see why they're often willing to make "cameo" appearances at wrestling shows from time to time when duty calls. Those who leave on "good terms" but too injured to compete any longer (Steamboat and Arn Anderson, for example) -- usually find themselves landing a backstage role to help teach the next generation of grapplers the ins-and-outs of the trade they spent a career mastering. And those who leave "too hurt" AND "too angry" to keep on doing what they were famous for? They usually can't help but find themselves in a position of de-facto critic of the industry and/or its various shortcomings. As a result, guys like Warrior, Bruno Sammartino, Lance Storm and Bret Hart keep themselves "relevant" with their old wrestling fans simply by talking smack on current promotions, performers, or angles. After all, it's pretty much human nature to say things "just ain't what they used to be," and so you really can't blame those fellas for remarking on things the way they do.
For the record, though -- Warrior isn't bashed for "having the guts to retire"... he's bashed because he might well, in fact, be a certifiable lunatic who totally believes his own hype. Even though they'll pine for him to come back from time to time -- you really just don't see people talking that kind of smack on guys like Diamond Dallas Page or Randy Savage, ya' know.
4) MeeThinks you're mistaken about the "rub" left in the old McMahon-family lamp. Is Lashley the best on the mic or in the ring? Absolutely not, no question. But when he hits the ring to one-up The Boss? Without fail, time and time again, the crowd goes wild simply because they are ALWAYS dying to see the big blowhard get what's coming to him. Again, human nature to wanna' see your "boss" get his ass handed to him.
As far as McMahon working with full-timers go, let's not forget Shawn Michaels in that mix, as he and McMahon were just about as "full-time" as you can get leading up to WrestleMania 22. And as to why it doesn't really hurt for the full-timers to "sell" for the non-wrestler boss? That one's easily hidden by the style of match Vinny Mac tends to pride himself in: namely, "garbage wrestling" with plenty of props and run-ins from whatever cronies he can find. It's harmless, and it works -- plus it's totally believable that a non-wrestler like McMahon (with a notorious ego) would continue to find himself at odds with his marquis "rule-abiding" performers who refuse to cower to him... and it's made all the more believable when he resorts to hired guns to help take 'em out after his mouth (and his ego) writes a check that his 50-something-year-old-body simply can no longer cash.
So yeah, I'm all for it.
5) As for Wrestling Society X's brand of "entertainment" -- definitely agree it's not for everyone. But as for the DVD tie-in? That one seems inevitable. Freakin' "The War At Home" gets a DVD box set and I've YET to meet somebody who actually likes that show... so yeah, WSXDVD? Pretty much a sure thing.
Thanks again for your additional feedback as well. To sum up in three quick points:
1) Yes, Disco is a moron and drugs are stupid... McMahon must be glad he didn't hire the guy.
2) Don Imus is an ass who deserves everything he got, but Paul Wight was pretty dumb himself to have called "Big Show" his "slave name." Doubtful that mainstream media and/or critics would have latched onto something as po-dunk as an off-color remark from a pro rassler, though.
3) Hogan feigns outrage at the Lawler thing because he likely was scheduled to walk out of there with the win. Regardless, he'll get paid and walk away a happy man all the same -- so no reason to cry over spilt milk except that it keeps people talking while he angles for the next big payday from whoever's willing to take the bait. Smartest man in the business, I tell ya.
And With That, I'm Outta' Here
If you made it this far, thanks again for reading. Not a lot of big news in wrestling this week as you can see, but here's hoping this column was able to provide a harmless and welcome distraction from all the thoroughly heart-wrenching stuff that's pervaded so much of the mainstream media over the past five days.
This is usually the part where I sign off by asking folks to always stay positive. This week, however, I'd simply like to encourage you all to stay strong.
