The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Kicking Off The Mike Tyson-Jake Paul Fight Hype Is As “America F**k Yeah” As It Gets

What a spectacle at Jerry Jones' AT&T Stadium on Friday night. And no, I'm not just referring to the eye candy and expert choreography courtesy of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. As Netflix began their stream for the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match, they surprised millions watching around the world with a tight routine, capped by their signature/Rockettes inspired high kicks. Having AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" as the backing track just added more electricity to Jerry World. https://twitter.com/heyitsmarcosv/status/1857591491796836434 https://twitter.com/heyitsmarcosv/status/1857597219815436646 https://twitter.com/ResidMuric/status/1857593513195581587 https://twitter.com/TheRoadOfBones/status/1857593201797861461 Something about those Cowboys cheerleader uniforms are forever seared into the pop culture zeitgeist. It's been that way for decades now. I just found out, too, that Netflix has renewed the squad's own documentary series for a second season! HBO might've gotten beat to the punch here. Netflix's riff on their Hard Knocks concept is rather ingenious and would have obvious mass appeal. https://twitter.com/DCCheerleaders/status/1856030873105101285 In fact, the Cowboys are known as "America's Team." And that's where I'd like to take this yarn. They haven't won jack s**t of consequence in decades, but it doesn't matter. Business is boomin' in Big D, and Jerry Jones is the billionaire mastermind behind the most valuable major professional sports franchise. That said, Jerry can't get out of his own way when it comes to influencing critical personnel decisions. He often clings to in-house/retread players and coaches to a fault. Although the 'Boys are in the midst of another lost season, they're still freeing up their stadium to host another sort of sideshow circus act with this Tyson-Paul fight. You have to admit, at face value, the concept of the bout is absurd. It's this grotesquerie — *pats self on back for sly Travis Kelce reference* — set in an opulent palace venue between a YouTube star who symbolizes so much of what's wrong with the world today, and a legendary boxer with a criminal history who's decades past his prime. Yet America can't get enough of it. Millions upon millions tune in to watch by far the weirdest boxing match of all-time in a stadium that drew curtains for the special occasion, but refuses to on behalf of their professional football team. The following two tweets in succession are making me legit laugh out loud. https://twitter.com/rodger/status/1857526132192796729 https://twitter.com/PatDoneyNBC5/status/1855777399335420080 This is America, baby. As long as business is good, or is perceived to be good, or is perceived to have concepts of a plan to eventually be good, the vast majority don't care how the sausage is made. Such blatant contradictions and logical fallacies as blocking out the sun inside a football stadium for a boxing match, but never for a football game, are of little bother or consequence. I feel qualified to say all that because I have conflicting feelings of my own about the Tyson-Paul nonsense. It's equal parts one of the stupidest things I've seen in my entire life, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't morbidly curious to see how it plays out. Most of the country is rooting for Jake Paul to get knocked out, right? I can respect how he's fared as a boxer to date while still rooting against him. If Thursday's slap to the face from Tyson during the weigh-in serves as foreshadowing, a lot of us will be thrilled in however many hours once the undercard gets out of the way. https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1857227192918274108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1857227192918274108%7Ctwgr%5E56d0390ca6ef3608b10f89f74f91b2e94bbec267%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F11%2F14%2Fjake-paul-calls-mike-tyson-angry-little-elf-who-must-die-after-getting-slapped-at-weigh-in%2F Anyway, shout out to the Cowboys cheerleaders immediately highlighting how much of a circus that organization is in spite of its raging bottom-line business success. At least y'all are doing your jobs well, unlike many of the key leaders on the football operations side of things. America, f**k yeah.