WWE/TNA/ROH/Sports Entertainment

[Retropusso]

Yeah, I believe he will. But I hope it's sooner rather than later.

On another note, 10,000 posts up in this bitch :D

[Kif]

So um this is going to sound bizarre. I was listening to SWF podcast, and they mentioned (And rightfully made fun of the fact) that on fanfiction.net, there are over 12,000 wrestling stories. Naturally I had to read some for the sheer hilarity of it, but nothing prepared me for the horrors I would see.

I wish I could make this up, but there is a story about Mark Henry ****ing Shannon Moore. It's just mindboggling that someone would write this, but damn it's one of the funniest things I have ever read. So yeah, if you feel like a laugh at some very disturbed wrestling fans, check them out.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Thanks to being a goon i've been subjected to those horrors already :-ooooooooooo

I think it's quote time now!

EDIT OH GOD THERES WALKER TEXAS RANGER NOONONONONO

edit 2: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4002414/1/Love_cant_be_denied

hahahahahahaha

[Kif]

Hahaha. Why must the internet ruin everything I love.

[encmetalhead]

big show might be comming back to WWE and wod is he's in great shape and now down to 440 pounds

[Kif]

Yeah I heard about that. Not really sure how I feel about it. He was never really main event level anyway before so I hope he has a good run this time. If he just ends up being another big guy then I'll be pissed.

[encmetalhead]

PWInsider.com
Quote:On Friday, TNA announced on their website that Chris Harris was no long a member of the TNA Wrestling roster and later removed the statement.

This doesn’t mean that Chris Harris and TNA has come to an agreement as Chris Harris recently turned down TNA’s latest contract offer because he was unhappy with the offer and opted to let his current deal expire instead.

TNA sources hinted that Chris Harris has been unhappy with TNA as of late and it was obvious that he will no longer be working with TNA. Chris Harris had a good bye dinner with the TNA stars after the TNA Impact television taping this past Tuesday in Orlando, FL.

Chris Harris was one of the original talents which TNA signed when they formed in 2002. He was part of America's Most Wanted, which was one of TNA’s first marquee tag team and held the TNA Tag-Team Championship for a total of seven times

[Frankie]

Just seen some of the highlights from CoD IX.

And unusually for CZW in that usually the end of the year show is fantastic, this CoD wasn't that good, even with Necro in there.

[Kif]

Who was in the match, and what was the whole cage deal this year?

[Frankie]

http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1197205008.shtml

Gives ya info

I've only seen some a short highlights clip but it just doesn't look like it compares up to other great COD.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Yeah I heard about that. Not really sure how I feel about it. He was never really main event level anyway before so I hope he has a good run this time. If he just ends up being another big guy then I'll be pissed.

Big Show's always been a pretty good wrestler and not your typical huge guy. He'll be coming back in good shape so it should be a solid move.

[Jom]

I wouldn't call it a disappointment, but it is an underwhelming sign. Personally, when Show had the ECW title, he started instituting more moves (with a couple new finishers), and I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers the Show/Kane chain wrestling match on RAW a year or so ago, haha. He's a good entertainer and a company guy, it'll be nice to see him back, but it'll be weird finding a place for him. Back in ECW? To Smackdown! to battle The Great Khali? RAW again?

[simplephotographinthesun]

I wouldn't call it a disappointment, but it is an underwhelming sign. Personally, when Show had the ECW title, he started instituting more moves (with a couple new finishers), and I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers the Show/Kane chain wrestling match on RAW a year or so ago, haha. He's a good entertainer and a company guy, it'll be nice to see him back, but it'll be weird finding a place for him. Back in ECW? To Smackdown! to battle The Great Khali? RAW again?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2td0r_kane-vs-big-show-chain-wrestling_creation

wow.

[Kif]

Woah that was awesome. Shame the WWE fans weren't into it, but when you have to watch what WWE calls wrestling every week, it's no surprise really. I'm glad JR and King were into it though.

[Ghoul Hunter]

titantron out of ****ing nowhere

[Jom]

In watching that clip, Kane looks so much more in-shape than he does now. He seems to fluctuate from badass to chunky cyclically... it makes me wonder if it's just him not hitting the weights as religiously, or if he's a moderate juicer.

I kind of wish he was a champion for longer than less than twenty-four hours when he was in top shape. He's just been a jobber to the stars (and Big Daddy Voodoo Titties) lately :(

[Ghoul Hunter]

Kane is just a good working guy who likes to put people over it seems. He doesn't really need a huge moveset or need to be in great shape for that.

[Jom]

His performance in the 2001 Rumble was ****ing incredible. He was in there for over an hour, eliminated about forty people (exaggeration, but he eliminated a ton of people, including The Rock), and finished runner-up to Austin. I think he holds the record for most Rumble eliminations ever, actually.

[Jom]

Pulled this from another forum, so credit goes to the guy that compiled this:

Royal Rumble 1992

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+1992/video/x28yxb_hulk-hogan-interviewroyal-rumble-92_sport
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x28zye_royal-rumble-1992-part-2_sport
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x290hr_royal-rumble-1992-part-3_sport
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x296mg_royal-rumble-1992-part-4_sport
Part 5- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x2971g_royal-rumble-1992-part-5_sport
Part 6- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x297f9_royal-rumble-1992-part-6_sport
Part 7- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x297yu_royal-rumble-1992-part-7_sport
Part 8- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x298fl_royal-rumble-1992-part-8_sport
Part 9- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nl3_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1992/video/x298ty_royal-rumble-1992-part-9-conclusion_sport

Royal Rumble 1995

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9no4_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1995/video/x22wsb_royal-rumble-1995-part-ten_shortfilms
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9no4_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1995/video/x22x1z_royal-rumble-1995-part-eleven_shortfilms
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9no4_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1995/video/x22xmp_royal-rumble-1995-part-twelve_shortfilms

Royal Rumble 1996

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+1996/video/xrliq_royal-rumble-de-1996_events

Royal Rumble 1997

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+1997/video/x1jwn6_wwf-royal-rumble-1997-1_sport
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+1997/video/x1jwzo_wwf-royal-rumble-1997-2_sport
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+1997/video/x1jx86_wwf-royal-rumble-1997-3_sport
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+1997/video/x1jxeo_wwf-royal-rumble-1997-4_sport

Royal Rumble 1998

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nrn_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1998/video/x258yf_royal-rumble-1998-part-five_shortfilms
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nrn_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1998/video/x258v5_royal-rumble-1998-part-six_shortfilms
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nrn_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1998/video/x25at8_royal-rumble-1998-part-seven_shortfilms
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nrn_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1998/video/x25acf_royal-rumble-1998-part-eight_shortfilms
Part 5- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nrn_airdeadman_royal-rumble-1998/video/x25a9t_royal-rumble-1998-part-nine_shortfilms

Royal Rumble 1999

http://www.dailymotion.com/abbott1/++1999/video/xgvpu_wwf-royal-rumble-1999-match_events

Royal Rumble 2000

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xa44x_Davem2_rr-2000/video/xrlcq_royal-rumble-de-2000_events

Royal Rumble 2001

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nzc_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2001/video/xpmlc_royal-rumble-match-2001_events

Royal Rumble 2002

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nxe_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2002/video/x2nqji_royal-rumble-2002-part-14_extreme
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nxe_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2002/video/x2nqlt_royal-rumble-2002-part-24_extreme
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nxe_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2002/video/x2nqrh_royal-rumble-2002-part-34_extreme
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9nxe_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2002/video/x2nqu8_royal-rumble-2002-part-44_extreme

Royal Rumble 2003 (bad sound quality)

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4htv_bloodeye88_royal-rumble/video/xni2s_royal-rumble-2003_sport

Royal Rumble 2004

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4htv_bloodeye88_royal-rumble/video/x1h17w_wwe-royal-rumble-2004-1_fun
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4htv_bloodeye88_royal-rumble/video/x1h1ji_wwe-royal-rumble-2004-2_fun
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4htv_bloodeye88_royal-rumble/video/x1h1ms_wwe-royal-rumble-2004-3_fun
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4htv_bloodeye88_royal-rumble/video/x1h1py_wwe-royal-rumble-2004-4_fun

SmackDown! 15 Man Royal Rumble 2004

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+Match/video/x2jtnr_smackdown-012904-royal-rumble-match_events
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x4htv_bloodeye88_royal-rumble/video/x2jtzz_smackdown-012904-royal-rumble-match_events

Royal Rumble 2005

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9rom_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2005/video/x2jj5z_royal-rumble-match-2005-parti-13_extreme
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9rom_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2005/video/x2jjgp_royal-rumble-match-2005-parti-23_extreme
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x9rom_airdeadman_royal-rumble-2005/video/x2jjtj_royal-rumble-match-2005-parti-33_extreme

Royal Rumble 2006

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+2006/video/x32b2q_royal-rumble-2006-part-1_extreme
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+2006/video/x32fug_royal-rumble-2006-part-2_extreme
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+2006/video/x32qdm_royal-rumble-2006-part-3_extreme
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Royal+Rumble+2006/video/x32z96_royal-rumble-2006-part-4_extreme

Royal Rumble 2007

Part 1- http://www.dailymotion.com/rr07/video/x13kjv_rr07-rumble-match-part-1-of-4_sport
Part 2- http://www.dailymotion.com/rr07/video/x13kpg_rr07-rumble-match-part-2-of-4_sport
Part 3- http://www.dailymotion.com/rr07/video/x13ktl_rr07-rumble-match-part-3-of-4_sport
Part 4- http://www.dailymotion.com/rr07/video/x13ky4_rr07-rumble-match-part-4-of-4_sport

[Kif]

Woah sweet collection. I love that WWE rarely gets material taken down from stuff like DM and Youtube. It's hard finding good TNA and indy matches on there because the companies need the DVD sales so they work to get stuff taken off the sites.

[Frankie]

Amazing collection there.

RR 95 is perphaps my most cherished and memorable wrestling moment.

They're always excellent tho. TNA could learn something from them.

[PoetandthePendulum]

I kind of wish he was a champion for longer than less than twenty-four hours when he was in top shape. He's just been a jobber to the stars (and Big Daddy Voodoo Titties) lately :(

Worst part is that was almost 10 years ago during the Stone Cold and Rock era, lol.

[Kif]

Amazing collection there.

RR 95 is perphaps my most cherished and memorable wrestling moment.

They're always excellent tho. TNA could learn something from them.
They did learn something from them. They learnt how to ruin one of my favourite gimmick matches ever.

I'm uploading my crap to Stage6 at the moment. It's going so goddamn slow it's unreal, but hopefully it stays up there. I can't stand Youtube, it's annoying to have your stuff taken down even after tagging it so carefully and hard to find.

Also Ghoul, decided to sign up to SA yay! Might have to drop my WH2K later.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

Also Ghoul, decided to sign up to SA yay! Might have to drop my WH2K later.

:smoke: welcome (this is ghoul by the way)

[Kif]

You get banned or something man? What's your name on SA?

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

Yeah, I posted in Permanent Solutions "post here and get a 3 day ban thread, haha"

My name is IntoTheNihil there. Yours?

[Kif]

Hahaha, you'd have thought the name would have given it away.

I'm Kifisonfire there. I assumed Kif would be taken.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

I'm good like that :cool:

[shaqadelic]

So I heard Maria is doing Playboy. Fascinating.

[Kif]

Wonder if CM Punk will be buying a copy.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

I've never been a big fan of her tbh

When she got hosed down by Austin she was looking great though.

[Kif]

It's gonna suck when she gets a huge push because of this Playboy shoot like Ashley did.

[Kif]

So apparently the Sting and Randy Savage DVDs have been axed. My rage is building immensely at the moment.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

What? That's ****ing bullshit. It's not too surprising, but still really sucks.

[Kif]

I'm not that surprised about either considering the bad blood between Savage and McMahon, but still, not even a Sting DVD? TNA rushed theirs and did a pathetic job with it, WWE could make one so much better and give him a great status. Who knows, maybe Sting would change his tune about WWE if they did that. That is the one DVD I really wanted on the list of 2008 ones, and now it's ****ed.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

Sting's had so many awesome moments. I don't get why TNA is keeping him in the bottom of the barrel. He's still got a few years in him. Then again, Samoa Joe is there beside him :(

[ICB]

Sting's had so many awesome moments. I don't get why TNA is keeping him in the bottom of the barrel. He's still got a few years in him. Then again, Samoa Joe is there beside him :(

It's probably because he demands for more money in his contracts :-/

So, holy **** moment at the end of last night's Raw, eh.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

Jeff is awesome :cool:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4001698/1/Always_Good_Enough

oh my god why did you remind me of these Kif

edit: noooooooooooooooooooooo

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4012456/1/Misfit_Muses

[Kif]

I think Sting asked for less work in his re-signing with TNA actually. To be fair the man is getting old. I also loled when I heard the "You've still got it, clap clap clap clap clap!" chants a while back for him.

And I know I shouldn't click that link, but whatever. Let's see what other wrestlers can be ruined for me forever.

EDIT: :upset:

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

Steve threw back the covers on the double bed and pushed his companion down onto it. He bent to unlace his sneakers, gently removed them, then pulled off his socks. Standing, he helped him out of his coat, then peeled the tee shirt up and off him. Helping him to lie down, he unbuttoned and unzipped the blue jeans and began to work them down his hips.

no no no no no no no no no no

[ICB]

:lol:

Wow.

[Kif]

It's all fun and games until you read a male pregnancy fanfic :(

[Kif]

So I was searching for a good place for wrestling rapidshare links and finally found the Best of Chikara. Thought why not cough up for a 48 hour login at rapidshare and I'm getting it now (And hopefully a ton of other stuff while this login lasts). Can't wait to see it :D

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

I've kind of considered buying a RS account (**** you split files !)

[Kif]

It was like £3, which is nothing considering the stuff you can find really. I never used to, but I'm trying to fill the last few ROH shows of 2007 I need (Stupid Morishima era put me off getting most of them), and I've found some other good stuff to grab that will save me a ton of ratio at PWT and XWT.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

I can't lie, i'd use it mainly for porn :lol:

And man, Morishima is awesome. You need to learn to love the big evil baby :p

[Kif]

Oh wow, I didn't even think of using it for that :eek:

I'll have to watch some of his matches soon. I need like 8 shows this year, so I'll probably start from the beginning while I work my way through getting them. Think I might need a new external harddrive or all this crap too haha.

[fivelivesdeadandgone]

Haha, yeah it'll be great :cool:

Morishima is basically just a big huge monster that happens to look like a cute little asian boy. Personally I loved his run (and puro work from what i've seen).

[Kif]

Yay Reckless Abandon is on XWT! The Age of the Fall promo at the beginning is creepy. Hot, but still creepy.

Just on Pearce/Delirious now, can't wait to watch the rest of the show.

EDIT: Little rundown. Claudio/Seth was kinda cool, had some funny moments like Claudio getting dizzy after the big swing. Seth messed up a huge spot and the crowd nearly went ape, but Claudio got the win before they could and got them to show the guy some love.

Delirious/Pearce was awesome. Crazy falls count anywhere match, at one point Pearce put the figure four on Delirious until he turned it and Pearce hit him with a chair. Finish was awesome too, Delrious definitely looked good. Wish he'd get some new moves though really.

Hero/Jigsaw was a joke, but a ridiculously awesome joke. I swear Hero could lose every match of his in the year and I'd still love him more than most of the other guys. Jigsaw did a lot of reversal armdrags including a crazy one where he spun around Hero for like 2 full rotations.

Danielson/Necro kinda sucked to be honest. I know Danielson can hit hard, but this match didn't really show it. Wish Necro would have gone ape on Danielson really. Oh yeah at one point Danielson says to the ref he has till 5, then slaps him and gets back to killing Necro. It was awesome! Also at the end Necro had an emo moment nursing his bad arm from a previous show. Kinda awkward for such a hardcore guy.

McGuiness/Young was good considering Nigel's bad arm. Young did a sick handstand in the corner to a springboard moonsault. Crowd wasn't too hot, but it was a bit filler so can't blame them. To Young's credit he blocked the Jawbreaker lariat AKA worst move ever and the Tower of London, but got killed by a slew of lariats at the end.

At the end Nigel promised an actual title match there in January, then Sweeney and co. came out. Nigel wanted to fight Hero, Sweeney said the money wasn't right. I love Sweeney so much it hurts sometimes. Sara wanted to fight Nigel too, but Tank got in her face saying it's not a woman's world or something, so it was Tank (And apparently Bobby) against Nigel. That kinda just fell apart, and Sweet And Sour attacked Nigel. Before Hero could senton onto Nigel's arm (Which was in a chair), Claudio came out for the save. I don't like Nigel, but he's a great champ. I can't even remember the last time ROH had a face champ.

Stevens/Tornado turned into a 3-way including Davey Richards, and it was OK. It focused more on Stevens and Richards, with Tornado doing a little comedy (The bitchslap on Richards, the dancing kicks to the head in the corner and an awesome assisted split nutshot on Richards). It ended with Richards stealing the win and getting chased off by Stevens, and Tornado was on his lonesome.

Admittedly I skipped straight to the scramble since that's what I wanted to see out of this night. Starts off with the Hangm3n jumping the Vulture Squad (Again with no Smokes, what the hell?!). Age of the Fall jumped them and Jimmy and BJ had a staredown, which led to Briscoes coming on. INSANE AMOUNT OF SPOTS IN THIS MATCH! Seriously, at one point Jack does a ridiculous jump to the outside onto BJ, and then hurricanranas him! It's sick. But yeah this is the Vulture Squad's night. If I didn't love the AotF so much, I'd have been cheering for them hard. No celebrating at the end, I think Ruckus was hurt pretty bad (He did a front flip coast-to-coast on BJ I think).

Overall, not the best DVD, but pretty entertaining. Probably better off getting Unscripted 3 when that's out next week I think. That DVD is gonna be awesome.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Jawbreaker lariat AKA worst move ever

The lariat is probably my favorite wrestling move, but you're right here. The other guy just standing there makes it look really dumb.

[Kif]

I love how they try to justify it by saying he gets extra momentum from it too heh.

[Ghoul Hunter]

They should have him do a move before the lariat. Even a stone cold like solid kick or SOMETHING

[Kif]

I'd like it more if he did that. If he did like a European uppercut or forearms, then the lariat, it would look a lot better. Most of the time he does it though it just looks awkward. Why not just bounce of the ropes? Silly Nigel :rolleyes:

Undeniable is on PPV tomorrow I think, can't wait to download that (I'd genuinely buy it if we got it over here though).

[Ghoul Hunter]

Undeniable ruled so hard. I marked like a beast at the end.

[Kif]

Dammit I want to see it now :(

[Ghoul Hunter]

Oh yeah, and AmDrag stomping Hero's face until rep stoppage was great.

[Kif]

Pfft Dragon wishes he was as awesome as Chris haha.

[Ghoul Hunter]

I've had a strange man-love for amdrag ever since I started watching RoH. It's beautiful :,)

Hero is nothing short of amazing though.

[Kif]

I love that he can have serious matches, but also have lighter ones too, and they all freaking rule. He can seriously make anyone look so much better. The only thing I don't really like about him is when he does the elbows to the face. I dunno, just kinda bugs me that he can win matches like that. But he's still the best in the world :D

Finally got my hands on Undeniable, on Strong/Aries now. Awesome show so far. Still doing the annoying "Goals: Blah blah blah" thing though, but I guess that's good for the people who have never seen ROH before. Kevin Steen's goal to "Hurt people" made me laugh.

[Ghoul Hunter]

The match you're on is really great. Sadly I missed the last 5 minutes of it.

Yeah, the goals is cool for people like me getting into RoH but it feels really low budget for some reason.

By the way, you should join that wrestling game that someone made a thread about on wh2k. It's really fun.

[Kif]

Some of the goals are nicely done, but some just feel forced. It's a good idea though for people just checking the PPV out now a whim.

And I saw the thread this morning. Might sign up later today, I doubt I'd play it much to be honest, but I'll check it out. What kinda stuff can you do on it?

Oh yeah, here's where I'm uploading crap. There's like nothing there at the moment, but hopefully I'll have more up there soon.

http://www.stage6.com/user/Kifisonfire/

I think you need a DivX plug-in to watch them, but the site is awesome for uploading stuff.

[Ghoul Hunter]

You make your own wrestler, pick out his style and moves, make your own taunts and finishers, fight matches, etc.

Nice site too, i'll be sure to check it out.

[Kif]

Ooooh sounds cool. Fire Pro is out here in February, so that site looks like it should hold me over until then.

[Ghoul Hunter]

The game is pretty all text though, so it's really different. Definitely fun anyway.

I was thinking of making some FPR videos soon. Make a fed or something.

[Kif]

I think the last wrestling game I played which I liked was Smackdown 2 on the PS1. I can't stand the SvR series haha.

Would be cool if they made a FPR for the 360 actually.

[Ghoul Hunter]

I used to love SvR08 but I don't play it much at all anymore. It's all about FPW now :)

Yeah, that would be amazing. Well done 2D graphics are always great too.

[Kif]

It would look amazing in HD I bet. I wonder if FPR did good enough in America to warrant a sequel.

Just got through Briscoes/NRC which was awesome as expected haha. You'd have thought the NRC would get old by now, but they are still so cool to watch. The little snippet of the hanging at the end was a cool touch too.

[Ghoul Hunter]

If I remember correctly it did fairly well. Who knows where it will go though.

Yeah, all the AotF clips they edited in were cool, really adding to the build up of the feud

[ICB]

Raw's pretty boring tonight, who woulda thunk it

[Kif]

Oh wow forgot about that, gonna download the HD version in a minute to check it out.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Raw's pretty boring tonight, who woulda thunk it

? It was really good. HBK vs. Kennedy was awesome.

[encmetalhead]

how was the new set? i've heard mixed reviews about it

[Ghoul Hunter]

Really, really, great. Best they've ever had.

[Jom]

The set was really nice - comparable to Wrestlemanias past.

[Kif]

Hey so is the set the same for Raw, ECW and SD!?

[Ghoul Hunter]

Yeah.

[Kif]

That's kinda boring, but I guess it cost a shitton to make though.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Well, it's really dynamic though because it's pure LEDs. It works quite well actually.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Dammit, Bobby Lashley is apparently done with WWE :upset:

[Kif]

Doesn't he want to be an MMA fighter or something?

[Ghoul Hunter]

Yeah, the article mentioned he's been training for that.

[simplephotographinthesun]

well, kennedy's gonna get a much bigger chance now.

[Kif]

I can't wait to see the Punk/Edge feud. It's going to be jawsome.

Also new videowire is up. Wish they'd have shown Hero and Sara with the ROH Intergender Tag Team Championships though.

[Kif]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jl_model/2210652419/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jl_model/2210688135/

:D

[Ghoul Hunter]

Curry Man? Yes plz

[Kif]

http://img.skitch.com/20080127-keer1c26ds39ibe3cm8bw97t8n.jpg

Heh

[Ghoul Hunter]

Haha, what's that from?

[Kif]

Big Brother haha.

[Ghoul Hunter]

It's a pretty funny coincidence, a few days ago at the kickboxing school I go to one guy put his sparring partner in a running crossface counter (this isn't even allowed, haha) and someone yelled out CHRIS BENOIT :lol:

[Kif]

Hahaha that's awesome. What was everyone else like when he shouted it?

[Ghoul Hunter]

They all pretty much busted out laughing. The best thing about it is how he said it though. It was more of a confused "CHRIS BENOIT IS ALIVE?!?!?!?!" type of thing, haha.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Shamelessly stealing this from wh2k but it's too awesome to not share with everyone

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/TheTail/34zdspd.gif

[encmetalhead]

i hope CM Punk wins the Rumble but i see Mr Kennedy winning. I also want Jeff to win but orton is going over since HArdy went over the past 2 weeks but it'll also be seen as WWE dropping the ball

--There is an interview with Jeff Hardy at The Sun Online | The Best for News, Sport and Showbiz | The Sun, saying it's nerve wracking going into the biggest match of his career on Sunday. He hopes to win. An interesting note is that both John Cena and Mick Foley told The Sun that they think the company would be dropping the ball if Hardy doesn't go over because of all his momentum. They aren't the only ones in the company who feel that way. What was once a sure thing as far as the result goes may not be. He's expects a 20-30 minute match and his goal is to have a better match than Edge vs. Mysterio.

[Kif]

I, I can't stop watching it :eek:

Anywho, I heard Jeff/Randy is br00tal. Can't wait to download it in glorious HD tomorrow.

P.S. **** the NRC

[Kickflip_Burrito]

Rumble Results

1. Undertaker - HBK
2. HBK - Kennedy
3. Santino Marella - Undertaker
4. Great Khali - Undertaker
5. Hardcore Holly - Umaga
6. John Morrison - Kane
7. Tommy Dreamer - Batista
8. Batista - HHH (3rd place)
9. Hornswoggle - N/A
10. Chuck Palumbo - CM Punk
11. Jamie Noble - Chuck Palumbo
12. CM Punk - Chavo Guerrero
13. Cody Rhodes - HHH
14. Umaga - Batista
15. Snitsky - Undertaker
16. The Miz - Hornswoggle
17. Shelton Benjamin - HBK
18. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka - Kane
19. Rowdy Roddy Piper - Kane
20. Kane - Batista & HHH
21. Carlito - John Cena
22. Mick Foley - HHH
23. Mr Kennedy - Batista
24. Big Daddy V - HHH
25. Mark Henry - John Cena
26. Chavo Guerrero - John Cena
27. Finlay - D.Q.
28. Elijah Burke - Foley & HHH
29. HHH - John Cena (Runner-up)
30. John Cena - Winner

[Ghoul Hunter]

Wow, seeing Cena come in as 30 was absolutely ****ing unreal. It's funny how I went from disliking him to really loving and respecting him after he left. Very glad to see that he's back and in better shape than ever.

[encmetalhead]

i bet hornsy will tell vince he didn't go over the top rop and we have a storyline of that for a month

[Ghoul Hunter]

Yeah, something will happen with Vince vs. Finlay leading to WM24.

And holy ****, I can't stop staring at the gif I posted :]

[Kif]

God I hope there's a Vince Vs. Finlay match for custody of Horns haha.

[Ghoul Hunter]

I'm just happy to see Finlay getting closer to the main event. The man's a ****ing legend.

[Kickflip_Burrito]

If I'm honest, I'm really unhappy Cena won the Rumble. He makes his comeback and within 10mins, he's won the Rumble and is gonna challenge for the title at WM24. He hasn't really earned that spot yet, not this soon anyway. It was a big surprise that he returned as #30, but as soon as he came out, you just knew he wasn't gonna be made to lose it.

[Ghoul Hunter]

He earned it by carrying the show for years and then got injured. He never really lost his main event status.

[Jom]

I don't agree with the decision, either. While I'm not saying that Cena was actually suspended for violating the wellness policy (as some are theorizing), I think it's weird that he is completely healthy. His pec must have REALLY healed fast, or else he's going to risk re-injuring it.

[Ghoul Hunter]

I don't agree with the decision, either. While I'm not saying that Cena was actually suspended for violating the wellness policy (as some are theorizing), I think it's weird that he is completely healthy. His pec must have REALLY healed fast, or else he's going to risk re-injuring it.

Edge was in pretty much the same situation and I believe the timeline was really similar.

Anyway, AotF lost the RoH tag belts two days ago. I just found this out.

[Kif]

I can see Cena being the kind of guy who wanted to get back to the ring as soon as possible. I really did miss Cena while he was away actually. He probably won't have many matches soon, just a few spots on Raw until NWO.

[Jom]

The math just doesn't add up, though.

When a guy gets injured in October and receives word that he will be out for nine months to a year, you don't expect him to return in three months. It seems likely that WWE have been deliberately smoke-and-mirroring fans so that they could spring the surprise appearance as they did last night.

Also of note is the fact that Cena wasn't "going light" or having his injury protected last night at all. I'm sure the WWE will try to come out with Cena having "superhuman powers of recovery" or "the desire to main event Wrestlemania drove him to recover quicker than doctors ever thought possible," but if a guy has that kind of injury... even an optimistic estimate would rule him out for 6-9 months and he would have his injury protected slightly upon his return.

Three months out and Cena going 100% on his return is definitely not right.

[Kif]

Hey Jom, from 411mania:

When WWE and John Cena got word that he would be able to return to the ring early from his pectoral tear, they decided to have him make media appearances where he said he was still months away from returning and would also probably not be able to work WrestleMania. The idea was to throw everyone off and deliver a big surprise return at the Royal Rumble.

You just got worked :p

[PoetandthePendulum]

Hey Jom, from 411mania:

When WWE and John Cena got word that he would be able to return to the ring early from his pectoral tear, they decided to have him make media appearances where he said he was still months away from returning and would also probably not be able to work WrestleMania. The idea was to throw everyone off and deliver a big surprise return at the Royal Rumble.

You just got worked :p

He won the rumble though.

I am all :confused:

[Jom]

Hey Jom, from 411mania:

When WWE and John Cena got word that he would be able to return to the ring early from his pectoral tear, they decided to have him make media appearances where he said he was still months away from returning and would also probably not be able to work WrestleMania. The idea was to throw everyone off and deliver a big surprise return at the Royal Rumble.

You just got worked :p

Haha, yeah, I know... which is why I wrote this:

It seems likely that WWE have been deliberately smoke-and-mirroring fans so that they could spring the surprise appearance as they did last night.

Like it or not, it was a great swerve. Any time something major like that doesn't get leaked on the Internet, it's a big deal.

[Kickflip_Burrito]

I'm sure the WWE will try to come out with Cena having "superhuman powers of recovery" or "the desire to main event Wrestlemania drove him to recover quicker than doctors ever thought possible," but if a guy has that kind of injury... even an optimistic estimate would rule him out for 6-9 months and he would have his injury protected slightly upon his return.

Three months out and Cena going 100% on his return is definitely not right.

You're spot on, I just read the preview for Orton vs Cena for No Way Out, and it says how he returned after 4 months instead of the 9-12 months predicted by doctors because 'he could not stand seeing Orton with the title he cherished'. C'mon.

So he trained 'feverishly' to return. So doing training heals injuries? What happened to rehab and physio and all that stuff before going back to training? Its all far too quick.

[Frankie]

So cena is having his shot at NWO and not WM ey ?

Jeff for the title match a WM then since hes in the elim chamber. Either him or Jericho would be the best.

[PoetandthePendulum]

So cena is having his shot at NWO and not WM ey ?

Jeff for the title match a WM then since hes in the elim chamber. Either him or Jericho would be the best.

Jeff Hardy has given the best WM performances this century...he needs to be in the main event.

[simplephotographinthesun]

So he trained 'feverishly' to return. So doing training heals injuries? What happened to rehab and physio and all that stuff before going back to training? Its all far too quick.

if i'm not mistaken, taking certain anabolic steroids (prescribed and not prescribed) can help recovery :p

[Kif]

So on Sky Sports here in the UK, an ad is running for WM with the following: "Which will end, the career of a 16 time world champion, or will the phenom become 16-0? Find out, live on Sky Box Office."

Flair Vs Taker? I can dig it.

[simplephotographinthesun]

a chokeslam/tombstone/last ride would probably kill naitch :(

[Kif]

Good job it would be his last match then :p

[Frankie]

Taker needs to use The Last Ride more.

Plus it'd be appropriate if he beat Naitch with it in his last match ever :')

[Kickflip_Burrito]

So on Sky Sports here in the UK, an ad is running for WM with the following: "Which will end, the career of a 16 time world champion, or will the phenom become 16-0? Find out, live on Sky Box Office."


It might be two seperate matches. Flair's potentially last match, and Takers unbeaten run. Though upon re-reading your quote, it does sound like Taker and Flair.

Taker vs Flair would be pretty damn cool, but I read on various wrestling sites that Taker v Edge was in the works with an 'undefeated' gimmick as both have not lost at WM.

[Kif]

Yeah I remember reading a while back about Taker/Edge. Honestly I'd be happy with either. The streak has gone on a long time now, so it's hard to think he'll ever be beaten there. But at least with Flair and Edge you have a reason to believe they'd win.

[Kif]

Woohoo, I has Unscripted 3. Just watched Jacobs/Danielson which was awesome. Kinda silly, I ordered this the day before it came out on XWT. Now I feel stupid. Oh well, least I'll get Man Up and 2 Shimmer DVDs too.

So, anyone else looking forward to No Way Out?

[Ghoul Hunter]

Definitely. The card looks great. Two elimination chambers matches? Hell yes.

[Kif]

I wonder how Big Daddy V is going to fit into one of the pods. The Raw one is going to be ridiculous though. I can't wait for this show.

[Ghoul Hunter]

I really hope V gets stuck in it somehow.

[Kif]

But then he'd probably win by default haha.

[Jom]

lol @ Lesnar tapping out in :90

[Kif]

http://img.skitch.com/20080203-q6gm6qdyrhtbgs17ah2pp9s2ae.jpg

[encmetalhead]

So on Sky Sports here in the UK, an ad is running for WM with the following: "Which will end, the career of a 16 time world champion, or will the phenom become 16-0? Find out, live on Sky Box Office."

Flair Vs Taker? I can dig it.

HBK vs Flair(though kennedy and MVP was thrown aroudn and both better choices)

HHH vs Cena (please god no)

MITB

MVP vs Hardy (Hardy should win)

vince/finly/horny storyline match

[Ghoul Hunter]

HHH vs Cena (please god no)

MITB

two great wrestlers and amazing workers? OH HELL NO NEVER

[Kif]

But they had their match at WM22. I don't mind the guys wrestling, but this is Wrestlemania. I was expecting Cena/Orton like everyone else after Orton put Cena out of action and took his belt.

[Kif]

Ugh I'm super pissed off. My ROH order came, and they forgot the free DVD which was supposed to come. I know for a fact I ordered it in the buy 3 get 1 free sale since they extended it a day and I ordered it on that day. Now I feel slightly less bad about torrenting all the ROH crap I can.

But at least I have my AotF t-shirt and 3 DVDs to watch :D

[encmetalhead]

incest storyline is starting this upcomming monday... =|

[Kif]

I saw the pics from the taping. She's pretty hot. Still think this storyline is going to disappoint, but whatever.

[Ghoul Hunter]

The incest story sounds horrible but Burchill is pretty awesome.

[encmetalhead]

but he's not using the C4 anymore =(

[Kif]

The incest story sounds horrible but Burchill is pretty awesome.
You're wrong, it's the best storyline in WWE at the moment aside from Hornswoggle!

Oh yeah, who saw Kaz/Black Reign last night? RAT ON A ****ING POLE MATCH!

[Ghoul Hunter]

Arctic Fox Get It Right

[Kif]

Arctic Fox Get It Right
:confused:

[Ghoul Hunter]

Don West constantly calls the rat an "arctic fox". No, sadly i'm not kidding :\

[Kif]

I just wanna punch Don West in the face, run away and watch him try to chase me.

[Frankie]

I hate that fat bastard.

[Ghoul Hunter]

I just wanna punch Don West in the face, run away and watch him try to chase me.

SEE HE HIT ME IN THE FACE BUT REALLY HAS ANOTHER FIST JUST WAITING OH GOD ITS THE NUMBERS GAME MIKE

[Kif]

Bumped for Against All Odds. This card actually looks decent, but I know I'll be disappointed so whatever. Christian face change is going to be awesome though.

[Kif]

Haha I guess no one watched it. Next PPV is "Honey, We Shrunk The Buyrates!" I can't wait.

Oh yeah, spoilers for Impact are MEGA AWESOME. Seriously, Impact is my favourite sitcom at the moment.

[Ghoul Hunter]

impact is awesome is a WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON kind of way.

[Frankie]

Half way through No Way Out.

Floyd Mayweather and Big Show altercation has to be seen to be believed its amazing.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Seriously, that was one of the most amazing things i've seen in wrestling in so long. Holy **** was it perfect.

[Frankie]

It was stupid the way they had him turn heel in like 30 seconds but it was worth just to watch that.

Smackdowns elim chamber was awful comapred to Raw's. Raw's was excellent altho the ending disappointed me.

[Kif]

It was funny to see Show kinda nonchalantly get in t he ring and talk to the crowd, only to turn in like a minute.

No Way Out was sweet I thought. Orton/Cena was cool, even liked the finish. I knew Cena wouldn't get the belt, but he'd still be in the WM main event. That's just how things go down in the WWE. The Raw Elimination Chamber was brutal though.

[JAStewart]

Does anyone keep track of the Botchmanias?

They are amazing.

[Brew]

Does anyone keep track of the Botchmanias?

They are amazing.

They're pretty good, I think the last one I saw was number 33.

[Ghoul Hunter]

It was funny to see Show kinda nonchalantly get in t he ring and talk to the crowd, only to turn in like a minute.

No Way Out was sweet I thought. Orton/Cena was cool, even liked the finish. I knew Cena wouldn't get the belt, but he'd still be in the WM main event. That's just how things go down in the WWE. The Raw Elimination Chamber was brutal though.

Orton returning to the good Orton was amazing too.

the pose!

l_O_/

[Frankie]

Botchmanias are great only seen upto 7 or 8

Edge Mysterio was okk, I enjoyed Naitch nd Kennedy's match tho.

[Kif]

Orton returning to the good Orton was amazing too.

the pose!

l_O_/
\_o_/

HEY!

God I love Randy. I also loved that he and Cena got dueling chants at NWO.

[Kif]

MCMG back in ROH :D

[Ghoul Hunter]

What? How? They're still in TNA.

[Kif]

I have no idea, but it's on ROH's Myspace:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=78537139&blogID=360033834

Shelley & Sabin Invade ROH

Something has been eating away at Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin, The Motor City Machine Guns, since ROH's "Good Times, Great Memories" event last year. They lost a classic to Jay & Mark Briscoe on that show that ended up at the top of many match of the year polls. That loss has been haunting them. Now they are set to return to ROH to try to even the score.

Shelley & Sabin are signed for ROH's April 18th Detroit and April 19th Chicago cards. Right now, they are only scheduled for those events. They have issued a challenge to The Briscoes. We will find out Jay & Mark's answer next week.

The Motor City Machine Guns are regarded as one of the elite teams in the entire wrestling industry. ROH's tag team scene is red hot. Shelley & Sabin want to conquer the world. They know that in order to do that they have to beat ROH's best teams. Things are going to get very interesting in Detroit and Chicago. Tickets are on sale for both shows at ROHwrestling.com, Tickets.com or by calling 215-781-2500. Stay tuned for more news on the surprising return of Shelley & Sabin.

[Ghoul Hustler]

Jeff Hardy got a 60 day suspension. What a ****ing idiot.

[Jom]

For what, no-showing?

EDIT: guess not. What a moron! I hope this isn't his sophomoric attempt at firing back for not getting the strap at the Rumble.

[PoetandthePendulum]

What he did was stupid, but really the Rumble is probably the only chance he will get for a long time because guys like Orton, Cena, and Triple H will continue to run the show like they have been doing for the past 5 years.

Those 3 being on top all the time is the reason why I quit watching wrestling. The WWE doesn't know how to get of someone's nuts and try to rotate the wrestles.

[encmetalhead]

he ****ed himself out of the title(many people had him winning MITB)

[CityOfEvil]

That means he won't be at WM. Gay.. I thought he would have win the MITB since he isn't Intercontinental Champ anymore. What a gay win by Jericho.

[Ghoul Hustler]

Nah, Jericho winning was awesome. I still really hate that Hardy's being a moron again though.

[Milestogo05]

i give credit to this thread for being 4 years old
and still kickin'

[Ghoul Hustler]

Thank me and Keefer for that :p

[Kif]

Oh wow this thread isn't dead anymore.

Lol at Jeff. Yay at Y2J being IC champ and beating his own record.

[Ghoul Hustler]

I still can't decide if I want to make signs for WM24. I'll be sitting ringside but I'm not on the hard camera section.

[Kif]

So you'll be on the side nearest the camera?

[Ghoul Hustler]

Triple H splash zone yeah, with the entranceway/titantron to my left.

[Kif]

Wow that sucks, you'll get Triple H juice on you haha. I suppose you could still hold up a sign to the camera, you just won't be in the shot. And you'll probably piss off a lot of people around you, but whatever.

What were you going to take anyway?

[Ghoul Hustler]

Probably something related to Richards or Colin Delaney. A Big Daddy V wh2k inspired once would be awesome too :lol:

[Kif]

Haha a Colin Delaney one would be awesome. Is he even on the WM card?

[Ghoul Hustler]

I don't think so, haha. He might make it to the ECW battle royal there though.

[Frankie]

Since Jeff's out then I predict a Y2J win.

He srsly needs a bigger push and winnin MITB would be perfect.

[Kif]

I was kinda hoping Matt would take Jeff's place. I really don't care if he wins the US title anymore.

[Ghoul Hustler]

Matt needs to make up with MVP first :cool:

[Kif]

http://pics.livejournal.com/ironlemur/pic/000088k7

[encmetalhead]

Ball!

[Ghoul Hustler]

I got a PWIE account yesterday, it's awesome :cool: Paul Bearer's shoot interview is so great.

[londoncalling457]

I haven't followed WWE since last summer and was just wondering if Jeff Hardy was still around. I've tried to catch Raw/Smackdown lately and haven't seen him.

[Ghoul Hustler]

He was getting a massive push and it looked like he was going to get a WWE Championship reign until he screwed up. He just got a 60 day drug suspension and last night his house burned down. Yeah :\

[simplephotographinthesun]

and his dog died in the fire :upset:

[Ghoul Hustler]

Yeah :(

[encmetalhead]

he's not having a good month

1. Suspened
2. now will forever stay at mid-card
3. ****ed himself out of a spring title run
4. house burned down
5. dog died
6. Possably going to Rehab

but here's some good news, He saved bunches of money by switching his car insurence to Geicko

[Ghoul Hustler]

Orton was apparently going to be canned and demoted to heat like 6 months ago so yeah.

[PoetandthePendulum]

and his dog died in the fire :upset:

That sucks :upset:

He's still my favorite wrestler.

[Kif]

Jeff isn't doomed to mid-card at all. The fans love him, and he sells merch, so I doubt Vince even cares. Jeff will go to rehab, come back and then get up there again.

And if not, he can go to TNA and wrestle Robert Roode.

Lol.

[Frankie]

He'll still get the push.

I reckon me might win the MITB title from whoever wins it at WM.

[Kif]

I might be going to Raw, ECW and Smackdown in November, which will be fun. Never been to a wrestling show actually.

[Brew]

I went to a wrestling show once, the only wrestler who's name I remember is Chris Hero. I got his autograph at the end, but have no idea where it is these days.

Me and my friends were chanting for blood during the hardcore match that was on the card, but we didn't get any. Gangrel and David Flair were both advertised for the show but neither appeared.

[encmetalhead]

By the time I joined the creative team in July 2002, they already kinda knew that having one world title that went back and forth between the two shows wasn't working. There had been some hesitation to splitting the titles, more out of tradition than anything else I think. But as we developed the Stephanie/Bischoff general manager thing and really started giving each show its own identity and feel, we debated it and finally resolved that for the longterm success of the brand extension, it was probably the best thing. So we sought to come up with a plan as to how to create a whole new title that had the instant feel and legitimacy of a world championship.

More at http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/specialevent/wrestling/2008/03/the_story_behind_splitting_the.html

[PoetandthePendulum]

I might be going to Raw, ECW and Smackdown in November, which will be fun. Never been to a wrestling show actually.

I've been to RAW, a RAW House Show, and a TNA PPV. All three were great and enjoyable.

Still wished I didn't have to see Ric Flair's a$$ during the RAW house show though. :(

[Ghoul Hustler]

I've been to a few, but I was really young at the time.

'Going to the HoF and WM24 though in less than two weeks.

[Kif]

I heard it's gonna rain WM night. Have fun Ghoul :p

Seriously though, if I were going to WM, there could be a hurricane and I'd still go.

[Ghoul Hustler]

Nah, it doesn't look like rain on Sunday. Either way, yeah, it'll rule.

[encmetalhead]

So you might recall from my post last week that the initial plan when we created split titles in 2002 was for Rob Van Dam and Brock Lesnar to be the champions and to carry the titles straight on through WrestleMania.

In that post, I explained why the title was never even put on Van Dam. Now I'd like to tell you a bit about why the title was taken off of Brock so soon, including who he was originally slated to face at Madison Square Garden at Survivor Series that year, before plans were changing to the Big Show.

Read more @: http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/specialevent/wrestling/2008/03/why_we_took_the_title_off_of_b.html

[Ghoul Hustler]

HoF was incredible. The stupid smarks there were so ****ing disrespectful though.

[Frankie]

Eeeeeee WM tonight lads

what matches are we looking forward to tonight then ?

[Kif]

MitB, HBK/Flair and the three way.

[Ghoul Hustler]

Every single one. **** i'm so excited to be ringside. Hopefully i'll be under the roof setup they have.

[Kickflip_Burrito]

Right, I have virgin media and the Sky Box Office just blacked out. WTF. Has anybody else had this issue?!

All my other channels work perfectly, what the frig has happened to Sky Box Office?!

FUUUCCCKKK I'M MISSING WRESTLEMANIA!

[Frankie]

I didnt buy it due to me being a poor student

I'll just watch it on dailymotion tomorrow heh

[Kickflip_Burrito]

Right, I have virgin media and the Sky Box Office just blacked out. WTF. Has anybody else had this issue?!

All my other channels work perfectly, what the frig has happened to Sky Box Office?!

FUUUCCCKKK I'M MISSING WRESTLEMANIA! It's ****ing cost me £15!

[Ghoul Hustler]

God damn, seeing the end of Flair vs. HBK was so emotional. "i'm sorry, i love you" *SCM* :(

[Jom]

Damn, I was hoping for a more epic post than that. How was the show, dude?

[Ghoul Hustler]

It was the most exciting thing i've ever been to. I was about 9 rows from the barricade on the Triple H spitzone, on the edge of the row. Matt Hardy run right past me, Ashley walked by, Linda walked by, Mayweather's people walked by. The jet flyover guys were sitting in the section, as were Flair's family.

Not sure else what to say, any questions?

[Jom]

Just wondering if you could encapsulate the entire live experience since TV vs. live is so different, haha.

How hot was the crowd?
Biggest pop of the night?
Most heat on the night?
Best match?
Worst match?
Coolest spot of the night?
What was the deal with the lights going out, did that affect enjoying the show?
How does 24 stack up to the most recent Wrestlemanias of the past?

Stuff like that, I guess, haha. I'm not saying give a play-by-play or anything but if you could expand a little that would be cool. If not, no biggie. I just figure that hearing from someone who actually went would be cool as hell.

[Ghoul Hustler]

i'll edit in more

How hot was the crowd? Very hot. They were really loving the event.

Biggest pop of the night? I'm not really sure. Probably a mix of Triple H, Undertaker, and Flair. Hardy's was huge too.

Most heat on the night? John Cena I guess. That said though, he got tons of cheers too.

Best match? Flair vs. Michaels. It was epic to see in person. Kane's win was great too but obviously won't be MOTY. The best part is that pretty much no one realized Kane had him beat so when he did the entire arena erupted.

Worst match? Bunnymania. The Snoop Lariat saved it though, and got a killer pop.

Coolest spot of the night? Does the end of Flair Michaels count? If not, then Shelton getting destroyed and smashing through a latter right in front of us.

What was the deal with the lights going out, did that affect enjoying the show? I'm not sure. It only lasted for like 5 seconds and not all the lights were out then.

How does 24 stack up to the most recent Wrestlemanias of the past? I consider it the best i've ever seen (i've seen them all).

[Kif]

Definitely the best WM I've seen, although I haven't seen many of the older ones. HBK/Flair made the night, so much emotion. The ending was so tragicly perfect. Plus Randy retained dammit. That is enough reason to put this as one of the best WM's ever. Also for a split second I thought Edge was going to win, or at the very least DQ himself to keep both streaks alive. It's moments like that why I still love WWE.

[Frankie]

Flair and HBK I've just watched was excellent. Perfect ending and great WM match.

[PoetandthePendulum]

I didn't get this, but saw some of the matches on youtube. Still, nothing will ever compete with Wrestlemania 17. The second TLC match, that amazing undercard match between HHH and the Undertaker. Shane vs. Vince in the streetfight was amazing. Also, Stone Cold beating the Rock for the title to finish the night is always a plus.

[encmetalhead]

What was the hardy/MVP spot like live?

[CityOfEvil]

Flair and HBK I've just watched was excellent. Perfect ending and great WM match.

Where did you watch it?

[Frankie]

Where did you watch it?

Daily Motion mate

Most of the matches from WM are up

[Ghoul Hustler]

What was the hardy/MVP spot like live?

Very exciting and quick. He ran past me really quickly, jumped in the ring, did the job, and ran out. They did an awesome job keeping him from being noticed.

[CityOfEvil]

Daily Motion mate

Most of the matches from WM are up

Great thanks :chug:

[Jom]

dailymotion.com/Anu91 in particular has most, if not all, of them up. I think she's going in order of best-to-worst matches (save for the Kane/Chavo match, which probably took all of two minutes to upload :p).

[Kif]

What was the hardy/MVP spot like live?
I laughed when MVP was all on his own, me and my friends were like "Matt's gonna come out". There were so many sick bumps that night though. Finlay's suicide dive onto his head, Shelton dying after folding the ladder on two, HBK cracking his ribs practically, John Morrison's ladder moonsault.

[Frankie]

Dont forget HBK compltetly missing the 2nd moonsault as well

the battle royale pre-WM shoulda been re-named Jobbers battle royale. But now that Kane's champ hoepfully ECW will get a little better.

Anyone see CM switching brands ? Cos I canq

[Kif]

Oh that was crazy, like Flair did nothing, he just put his arm out and fell with HBK. Man for a guy his old he's one crazy dude.

Definitely. Like he wins the MitB and he goes after the ECW title. Everyone would be "Wait what?!".

Hope he goes to Raw actually. I'd dig an Orton/Punk feud.

[Ghoul Hustler]

ECW is awesome right now. Kane will be great.

471 HoF and WM24 pictures uploading :D

[Ghoul Hustler]

http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff90/IntoTheNihil/Hall%20of%20Fame%202008/

HoF

[Frankie]

ECW has gotten a little better with Kane as the champ now. Shelton's decent, maybe with Show and Punk it may get some respect back (getting RVD back into the fold wouldn't be a bad move either even Raven now that hes a free agent).

But honestly I can see CM going to Raw. If we won the title I would thoroughly enjoy a Hardy-Punk feud.

[ed_stones_dead]

Was a pretty good wrestlemania imo, even though i missed the first hour. I forgot it was 4 hours instead of 3. Flair/Michaels was awesome and i thought the Mayweather/Show match was alright, even if it was a little bizarre.
I wonder if anything will continue between them?

[simplephotographinthesun]

seems like Show's getting a decent face push

[PoetandthePendulum]

I :lol: when they call Show the largest athlete in the world. Khali then comes out and is a good 2 inches taller and a bit bigger.

[Jom]

Well, the answer's obvious there - Khali isn't an athlete!

[PoetandthePendulum]

eh, he's still huge, lol.

As for Ric Flair. My lasting memory of him will always be when I got to see his a$$ at a house show in 2004. Great times.

[CityOfEvil]

Big Show was like the bad guy against Floyd so they make Khali go away when Show wanted to fight so now he's the good guy lol

[Kif]

It was weird, because at NWO they set it up so Big Show would be the bad guy and Floyd would be the good guy defending Rey, then leading up to it they just swapped for no reason. Which is good, since Big Show is was awesome as a face and I hated Floyd to begin with.

[Ghoul Hustler]

Floyd is an amazing natural showman and is almost always perfect for the heel role. I think they made it so that Floyd fans could cheer for Floyd and Show fans could cheer for Floyd.

[Kif]

But no one cheered for Floyd haha.

Just watched Raw after it aired, I hope they show Taker and Vince coming out next week in some kind of package.

WWE rules at the moment. God bless the Age of Orton.

[ed_stones_dead]

I thought the attendance would be higher. 74,000 approx. with people on the field. What's the seating capacity of that place when they have american football or whatever they play there?

[Kickflip_Burrito]

I didn't get this, but saw some of the matches on youtube. Still, nothing will ever compete with Wrestlemania 17. The second TLC match, that amazing undercard match between HHH and the Undertaker. Shane vs. Vince in the streetfight was amazing. Also, Stone Cold beating the Rock for the title to finish the night is always a plus.
Hear Hear! WM17 was probs the best ever Wrestlemania. Stone Cold turning heel against the Rock, TLC 2, Hardcore Triple Threat, Shane vs Vince street-fight, HHH vs 'Taker, all classic matches. :chug:

WM24 was the best I've seen since then. Miles better than WM23. Was pleased to see Orton retain the title, I wasn't at first, but hey, Cena got pinned (for once). Flair-HBK had so many moments where I thought Flair would do it and surprise everyone, same with the Taker-Edge match actually, so many moments where you thought the unthinkable was gonna happen!

MitB by far the best match, full of crazy spots and high intensity. Morrison's moonsault to the outside whilst holding a ladder? Shelton's fall through a ladder? Carlito falling onto a propped-up ladder? Hardy's return with a Twist of Fate off the ladder? Absolutely amazing.

Belfast Brawl also rocked, thought Finlay would win, but a great performance from both. That suicide dive by Finlay that was met by a trash-can lid in mid-air, ouch!

By the way, for anyone that cares, I contacted Virgin Media as to why WM24 blacked out 10mins into it, apparently, Sky Box Office has been having issues recently but the repeats worked fine so I watched it then :cool:

[DaveSavesTheDay]

Man WWE used to be so great back when it was WWF and they didn't have to two seperate lineups for Raw and Smackdown!

Like, back with Generation X (Triple H, China Road Dawg, X-Pac ext), the Rock, Stone Cold, Undertaker, and when Kane still had his mask because he was burt so badly :lol:

RVD was awesome too, and those TLC matched between the Hardys, the Bubba brothers (can't remember their team name) and Edge and Chrisitian (can't remember their team name either) where too awesome.

Who else? Goldberg, Steve Nash, Brooker T, Ray Mysterio, Golddust, Rakishi, Kurt Angle, ext.

Any of these people still around?

And does Jerry Lawler and JR still anounce?

[Kickflip_Burrito]

Man WWE used to be so great back when it was WWF and they didn't have to two seperate lineups for Raw and Smackdown!

Like, back with Generation X (Triple H, China Road Dawg, X-Pac ext), the Rock, Stone Cold, Undertaker, and when Kane still had his mask because he was burt so badly :lol:

RVD was awesome too, and those TLC matched between the Hardys, the Bubba brothers (can't remember their team name) and Edge and Chrisitian (can't remember their team name either) where too awesome.

Who else? Goldberg, Steve Nash, Brooker T, Ray Mysterio, Golddust, Rakishi, Kurt Angle, ext.

Any of these people still around?

And does Jerry Lawler and JR still anounce?

Bubba Ray and D'Von were the Dudley Boyz. (They are now on TNA as Team 3D)

Edge and Christian was their tag name, they didn't have a team name. Christian is now a big name on TNA and Edge is a main eventer on WWE's Smackdown!

Goldberg - retired; is now a commentator for EliteXC.
Steve Nash - Not sure who this is, unless you mean Kevin Nash, he is on TNA.
Booker T - recently joined TNA from WWE.
Rey Mysterio - he is still in WWE, but I think he is out injured at the moment.
Goldust - joined TNA in mid-2007.
Kurt Angle - now at TNA.
Rikishi - joined TNA September 2007 under the name 'Junior Fatu' but then left a month later.

Lawler and JR both still do commentating on RAW. Lawler did leave the company in late 2000/early 2001, with Paul Heyman deputising for him, but then returned roughly a year later.

:chug:

[DaveSavesTheDay]

Why did everyone go to TNA?

[encmetalhead]

Cause WWE is a joke

[PoetandthePendulum]

eh, TNA is so different from WWE. I've been to two WWE shows (a RAW in 2002 and a house show in 04) and I went to TNA Lockdown last year. TNA puts on better overall shows I feel. Maybe it's like that because every match at the TNA event was in a cage, lol.

[Ghoul Hustler]

TNA is hilariously bad now. The writing is seriously the worst **** ever.

Cause WWE is a joke

explain.

[Kif]

**** you Austin Aries :angry:

Yeah, I signed in here for the first time in weeks to say that.

Also Ghoul is right, TNA sucks at the moment (Although a lot less than usual), and WWE is good again.

[Frankie]

WWE is the best its been in years

And with all thats happened on all 3 shows culminating with Taker being stripped of the title I feel something big is about to happen

[Ghoul Hustler]

I think so too.

Also hoping for a Regal title run :D

[ThrashMaster27]

I actually could see Regal as Intercontinental Champ. He's amazingly good at playing the heel.. his look just gives off a "I really hate you all" vibe to the crowd.

Another thing. Has Paul Burchill been roiding it up since he was last in WWE, or just eating a lot of Big Macs, cause he looks a lot wider than before.

[ThrashMaster27]

Double post! Jesus it's been ages since the last one.

What's the general feel on Kennnedy becoming face? I think everyone knew it was only a matter of time before it happened, but what's the views on it?

Speaking of Kennedy, I saw him in a match with Esse Rios (anybody remember him) from like 10 years ago.... still sporting the same blonde hair, but a lot less tatt's.

[Ghoul Hustler]

personally, I love him as a face now. He's had a killer Stone Cold vibe lately.

[ThrashMaster27]

Yeah, the whole tweener vibe is going well for him. I think more people are making comparisons to the Rock rather than Stone Cold, but I agree with you.

I don't know about the finisher he's using at the moment though. I suppose the Green Bay Plunge can't be used on the heavier opponents and he's not particularly big. Didn't Edge and Carlito both use the Reverse STO finisher at different points?

I often wonder if he can't use the Kenton Bomb anymore cause of Jeff Hardy returning. He's not used it since Jeff came back.

[Ghoul Hustler]

I just say Stone Cold since I know the two are really great friends.

Yeah, he needs to lose the jobber finisher and get something flashy and effective.

[simplephotographinthesun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiaKubaqvFw

[Jaymz Hetfield]

Money money money moneyyy

Everybody's got a price
Everybody's gonna pay
'Cause the Million Dollar Man
Always gets his way

Money money money money

Some might cost a little
Some might cost a lot
But I'm the million dollar man
And you WILL be bought *hah hah ha ha*

[Frankie]

TNA has been both god awful and excellent lately tbh