Cry baby

I've just come across this quote from Sreesanth on why he started blubbing like a girl after being whacked by Harbhajan on Friday:

"It was like a WWF punch and I was so shocked that I started crying."

Now excuse me for pointing this out but I thought the whole point of the World Wrestling Federation (which I think has been recently rebranded as the WWE in any case) was that the punches were faked? Did Harbhajan shape to thump Sreesanth and instead just slap his own left hand to make it sound like he'd clocked Sreesanth one? In which case, did the fast bowler burst into tears because he expected more?

Or is he actually referring to the other WWF and was suggesting that Harbhajan punches like a panda? In which case, how surreal.

Comments

[David Wijekoon-Perera]

Jeez. Anoher Jingoist. Have you ever been in the middle when it gets heated in a first-class or limited-overs game? WWF? You would have to be a front row viewer to watch that garbage.

[phil durrant]

how does one kiss like a panda...is it in the kama sutra?

[david]

You sad old gits, get a life. Who cares if the indian squeals like a girl or the big jessies in WWF or whatever it is don't really hit each other. Tell us something we didn't already know.

Wassocks.

[Mary Beard]

Worst bit of text ever put in print. Reeks of cheap humor...

Perfect! Marvellously reflective of your readership's core values and a powerfully evocative piece of post-modern sports prose.

The above piece is a short classic.

[Wilhelm]

Worst bit of text ever put in print. Reeks of cheap humor.

WWE punches are done with loose hand. The fist appears closed, but it's not clenched tight at moment of impact.
And oh, the sound of wwe punches comes from wrestlers stamping a foot as they release. Occasionally though, you will see a proper stiff punch to make things look more authentic.

[The Hon K Rudd]

Shortly, I'll be inviting my mate, Mr Manmoha Singh 'round to the Lodge for a barbie.

Although he is nowhere near as powerful and influential as Sharad Pawar (with whom I have been unable to secure an appointment until February 2011), Mannie is still open to good advice.

I am happy to make my government's humble resources available to help develop body contact sport in India. A slap is not - in fact - a punch. Crying is not an effective defense against; nor an appropriate response to being accosted in such an effeminate fashion. To be fair though, it is a reaction in kind.

Perhaps publicly funded Rugby programs may help. Or Hopscotch. Anything to raise the current levels of starch amongst the sub continent's top professional athletes. They have the theatrics and posturing absolutely perfected, which is most admirable. But the actual physical part still needs a bit of work, obviously. Current events cannot be good for national confidence.

So, I will be extending the hand of friendship on behalf of my constituent fellow Australians. Anywhere in the world that slapping, spitting and crying showcases the national sporting psyche deserves profound sympathy and - above all - urgent emergency aid.

I call on my Commonwealth and APEC counterparts wherever physically combative sport is played, to rally together generously during these tremendously trying times for our Indian bretheren.

Good day.

PS: Love your work Patrick. Missed you at the 2020 Summit cobber.

[Hemang Shah]

He's our cry baby. He has shown that he can dish it out, but can't take it a bit when someone gets back.....

[Jim]

I had always thought Sreesanth as WWE star when i saw his antics while bowling; but it has turned out to be a good joke that he has cried even in one small slap!!
And, Patrick, WWE fights are fake but those who get beaten would have got trained to last those slaps. Sreesanth also, if he wants to sledge anymore, he should train himself not to cry over small whips.

[Homer]

You thought wrong Peter.

[WHTID]

WWE punches aren't faked. You're clearly an idiot. Do some research.

[Hoppers]

If you pander up to a fast bowler, the surprise might be he is Homer

[Peter McGuinness]

I thought that Homer would have more sympathy for the hard men of Indian cricket.

Considering that they're conducting themselves like a couple of his namesakes and all.

[anthony]

My wife says I have a paunch like a panda, but surely bamboo isnt that fattening

[Penfold]

Hate to burst your bubble, but not /all/ WWE punches are faked :)

[Homer]

Sreesanth and Andre Nel, back to back... Goody!!!

[J Rod]

I dated a girl who kissed like a panda, so i can understand someone might paunch like one.