I want a ringside seat at the battle royale that is the fight for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) which is taking on the complexion of a World Wrestling Entertainment event in the build up to January 2013. Holy Moses! The Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) has launched their tag team of Ashworth Jack and Delmon Baker. Trainer for the outfit is the wily Kamla Persad-Bissessar who beat two deadbeat politicians, Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning to a frazzle. Both men are hoping to use the accountability and transparency choke-hold with which they hope to pin chief secretary Orville London. He has Stanford Callender as his partner. Both men are going into this battle without a trainer and are depending on their wits, but expect advice from the man called the "Rottweiler" who has a rowdy way of doing battle.
The New Movement has the old heavy roller, Hochoy Charles and Deborah Moore-Miggins as his tag. Hughvon des Vignes will be urging on combatants. Hochoy and Debra are newcomers to tag team wrestling, but seasoned campaigners. So I say move over Randy Horton, CM Punk, Big Show, Chris Jericho, Sheamus, Rey Mysterio Junior and Mark Henry, here come our own tag teams.
However, my spies tell me that the TOP will be coming with all glam, glitter and promises, hoping to easily win the hearts of Tobagonians after taking Trinidadians by storm. They have the resources. If I know Tobagonians well, they will be watching them with an eagle eye, because they don't like Trinidad politicians messing in their political affairs. I can't wait to see how this will turn out. Latest report is that Ashworth and Delmon are practising their moves in a gym in Port-of-Spain, drinking lots of Gatorade.
The heavy roller Hochoy who could easily pass for Mark Henry's brother is eating lots of ground provision, dasheen and cassava especially, plus drinking gallons of pacro water for this important duel. Word from the camp is that he's looking a bit rusty, but good. Lightweight Debra is training hard, too, but is depending on the Kobe Kingston dropkick to do the trick. He has been called a "cry baby", but Orville London will have no time to cry when the battle is joined. He has to come out fighting, after doing one thousand sit-ups daily. No stranger to taking a pounding, London's skin in as thick as leather. So people could say "London bridge is falling down" 'till their throats bust, he is not going down without a fight. Now wrestling is filled with dirty tricks and low blows, so I am expecting the battle for the THA will be no different. We are in for loads of entertainment, dropkicks, chokeholds, toeholds and sleepers. I say let the battle begin...who dead, dead. Funeral agencies must make money too. After all is said and done, Tobago, a ward of Trinidad, will remain a "promised" land, still poor, polite and jungle all these years. The last time I said Tobago was still jungle (meaning under developed) people nearly half kill me for the truth. Not me and Tobagonians. You see me, I gone.