You Can't See Me?....I Beg To Differ.

Blind fold matches in wrestling. There have only been a handful that I can remember. Actually, only two that come to mind although I have probably seen others. The first one being between the once 'blinded', but recently healed Jake "The Snake" Roberts and the 'Model' Rick Martel. The second match is the one that took place on the 12-12-2005 edition of WWE RAW between John Cena and Shawn Daivari. The latter match wasn't actually a blindfold match though - as only Cena was blindfolded (if you can even really call it that).

Blindfolds in wrestling mostly consist of a black, supposedly opaque drawstring bag that is placed over the wrestlers' heads.

Back during the Roberts v. Martel match it was overwhelmingly obvious that the wrestlers could see through the blindfolds. I say this because you could clearly see the light coming through the other side of the blindfold. However, much to their credit (especially Roberts) both wrestlers did a great job of pretending that they couldn't see. They did the little things such as circling the ring while holding onto the ropes and using them as a guide. Thus being able to know the general vicinity of the ring that they were in. This is all under the pretense that they really can't see although they clearly can. This act of holding onto the ropes at all possible times lends a huge amount of believability to the actual blindness of the participants.

The blindfold that Cena used during his match was different from the Roberts/Martel one in the sense that it looked to truly be opaque, but judging by Cena's acting he obviously could see. He would run and lunge towards where he 'thought' Daivari was and then stop just short of and wrap his arms around the top rope. Wouldn't you think that he would basically run into the ropes as opposed to grabbing them nearly perfectly? I would.

I addition to that, Cena was using the crowd to help him. He would randomly point in various directions across the ring and the crowd would either boo or cheer depending on whether Daivari was was in the area where he was pointing. At one point Cena pointed in a direction that Daivari wasn't even near and the crowd erroneously cheered. Theoretically, Cena would miss Daivari if he went looking for Daivari in the direction that the crowd cheered for. Did he? Nope. He went right over to where Daivari was standing - in an area of the ring that he wasn't even pointing to.

Also, I don't care who the participants are in a match where only one participant is blindfolded - the person without the blindfold can't lose. Or should I say he would actually have to try to lose in order to actually lose. All he's got to do is punch the other person in the side of the head and run away. After enough punches the guy is going to fall and the guy without the blindfold can just pummel the other guy into bloody unconciousness. Did this happen though? Not a chance. Cena managed to 'find' Daivari and slap on an STF leading to Daivari's submission and defeat. Just another occasion of Cena beating the overwhelming odds stacked against him.

Yeah, I know that maybe I am nitpicking, but in wrestling it tends to be the little things that can make or break a match.

I truly wish I really couldn't see him. I am starting to think that maybe I should have worn the blindfold.

Hey Vince! Take the belt off of Cena and put in on Kurt Angle. Trust me - There is more money in Cena chasing the belt leading to Wrestlemania than there is in leaving it on him. Faces (good guys) chasing championships has always been better for business than having Heels (bad guys) chasing it.

One other thing - Please don't make Dusty Rhodes the new RAW GM. He's going to stink. STINK!

Later this week - My WWE Armageddon Picks.

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