Hi again, Jerryatrics. You know, I spent a lot of time trying to think about what to discuss in this column this month. The announce team as it currently stands? NO, I think I’ve made my views on that clear enough. How awesome Katie is for what she did? No, I think that’s clear enough as well. The tag division? Sure, that sounds like a wonderful idea, seeing as how we’ve got a tag team title defense from champs Dirk and Billy at Maelstrom next week. Yeah, I’ll discuss that. If that doesn’t interest you, then feel free not to read. However, I think most of my Jerryatrics enjoy getting my opinion on things, and so I will give it now.

Firstly, and this is all truth right here, right now, I think Dirk and Billy have been great tag team champs. Not only are they more than willing to defend their titles against anyone who wants to try to take them, (it’s not their fault nobody does), but they practically embody the spirit of this company. They are the superstars everyone here should strive to be. Loyal, talented, and all-around nice guys. Yeah, I know that sounds weird coming from me, but there it is. Dirk and Billy are the kind of champs people can look up to. The kind of champs kids will watch on TV and say “Hey! Ya know something? I wanna be like them. I wanna be a wrestler too.” It’s people like Dirk and Billy that will hale the new generation when it arrives, and I only hope I’m still in this business to see that happen.

Now, enough with my simpering. I also wanted to talk about their opponents, Behemoth and Royal. Two dudes with a pretty decent shot at getting the titles. They’ve taken on all comers, even defended the number one contendership they had already earned. They’ve proven themselves as a tag team even though they were just thrown together. I’d even go so far as to say the whole experience has been career-building for both of them. I hope that, overall, Dirk and Billy are glad Behemoth and Royal worked out as a team, and that they’re getting challenged by two people who have proven themselves worthy. At least in the sense that they’ve won all the right matches. We can’t know what they’ll be like should they become champions, but then we almost never know that with any champion who gains any title. All we know is that they’ve come this far, and they’re on the edge of the bigtime as far as tag teams go. Whether they can make it is gonna be up to them.

What we’re looking at here is an incredible match. And there might not even be any blood, so the fact that I’m saying that really means something. Behemoth and Royal, best of luck to you. I wouldn’t mind seeing just how you handle being champs. Dirk and Billy, I just wanted you guys to know that you’ve made a fan out of me. And once again, that’s saying something. Don’t any of you forget this edition of this column, because I’ll likely never be this nice again. All this comes from the heart, though, and so I decided to put it here. I’m really looking forward to this one. Until then, this is Jerry Sheppard signing off. See ya at the PPV, Jerryatrics.