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Smackdown And Fire Pro!

A Great Combo...if I say so myself   Booker T (w/Sharmell) vs. Christian   WWE dont even know how to book losses...but this was a good ** 1/2 match...   Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich(Mantis) (WWE Tag Team Champions) vs. Jared Steel and Anthony Colletti   I need a title change stat...   Sylvan vs. Hardcore Holly (w/Stacy Keibler and Christy Hemme)   DUD...   One fall with a 20-minute time limit: Ken Kennedy vs. Rey Misterio Jr.   Kennnedy is UNFRECKING Stopable...** stars...   Simon Dean (on the Simon Scooter) vs. Bobby Lashley (w/a long list of amateur credentials)   Poor Mans Monty Brown gets a ** 1/2 stars   Chris Benoit© vs. Orlando Jordan...   Move on ALREADY!   MNM (w/Melina) vs. Batista (World Heavyweight Champion) and Eddy Guerrero   ** stars...   Ok Ok Ok... Smackdown wins barely...   Moving on...       Some TNA News:         Indy news       Puro News:               More coming on Tuseday...
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Smackdown Crazyness, Puro Nuttyness...and Indy...

Calmness?   Results from Smackdown:   Chris Benoit vs. Orlando Jordan   ** stars. Nothing speical...   Regal, Burchill, & MNM vs. Animal, Heidenreich, Psicosis & Super Crazy   *** These are rare matches. It was a good ending...only thing that hurt the match? Mexicools are Heels and placed in the face side...   Christian vs. JBL vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Booker T w/Sharmell   ** 3/4 stars. Nothing too specal. I hope for a good match for the title...   Nunzio w/Vito vs. Bobby Lashley   WWE's Beta Male wins in the SQUASH.   Randy Orton w/Cowboy Bob Orton vs. Eddie Guerrero   No Match. It started out well, but the interverance...   Now TNA Impact:   Monty Brown vs. Mikey Batts & Jerrelle Clark   (it seems by the next PPV Brown gets the strap)   Matt Bently w/ Traci vs. David Young w/ Simon Diamond   Rhino vs. Sabu   Christopher Daniels vs. Shark Boy   Christopher Daniels vs. Sonjay Dutt   Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles (No Contest)   The WWE Catfight continues:     This is nuts.   Lets move to the other intersting WWE news: A MIDGET DIVISION!     UGH...   TNA news:     UGH why start a war where there not even that big yet?   Better news tho:          
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Raw Leaves Spike...

Next Week Its Monday Night Raw, Friday Night Smackdown, and Saturday Impact   Match Results:   Trish Stratus © (w/Ashley) vs. Victoria (w/Nails on a Chalkboard)   Ok bumps...but ...it was a DQ match.   Big Show vs. Snitsky (Street Fight)   Its a real sink folks...   Shelton Benjamin vs. Kerwin White (w/Caddy)...   There just intentonaly giving bad matches now...   Cade and Murdoch vs. Val Venis and Viscera (non-title)   ARGH! Come ON VINCE what is up with this?   Eugene vs. Rob Conway   A match...finally. but one star.   Carlito and Chris Masters vs. Shawn Michaels and John Cena (Tables match)   ????   So in the Puro News:       Oh oh...     So that it for now...      
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Friday Night Smackdown Match Results

Non-title Match scheduled for one fall: Chris Benoit (WWE United States Champion) vs. Christian   ITS the RAW RETREAD!   Chris Benoit (WWE United States Champion) and Booker T vs. Christian and Orlando Jordan Much better match than the one done on RAW...** stars.   Eddie has turned into Happy Jack from Xialoin Showdown...OMG. Is this one of the Ideas from The Nick writer...   One fall for the WWE Tag Team Championship: LOD 2K5© vs. MNM (w Melina)   What name are we going to give Hiedenrich? Road Warrior Mantis? (Hey, that kinda...works...(please WWE- if you use this name, i must book the next match between these two and pay me cash money for it)   John Bradshaw Layfield vs. vs. Rey Misterio Jr...   Good match...JBL in his first losing streak. **   One fall with a 20-minute time limit: Ken Kennedy.........Kennedy vs. Bio-Hazard   He is getting over. Over big- the match is nothing to be proud about: DUD   Non-Title Champion vs. Champion Match scheduled for one fall: Batista (World Heavyweight Champion) vs. Nunzio (WWE Cruiserweight Champion w Vito)   Easy match. * star.   Randy Orton vs. The Undertaker   The match was good for what it was. Good use of a old storyline trick. Didnt work for Orton. *** stars.   Smackdown won this week...barely.   Vince Reminds me too much of Inoki...       Hey, thought you might be interested in a brief recap of the WWE Stockholder meeting which is posted below:   I went to the WWE stockholder meeting today in Stamford, CT. Vince said some interesting stuff, mostly about hollywood and other media outlets. He talked about the cruiserweights and that they need to establish personalities so the fans like them, not risk their lives. He said he only allows the pros to do the hi-flying, not the guy who thinks he knows how. He addressed the tag team problem and said it is on the mend. Vince mentioned they will be going to 15 pay per views per YEAR. Gross.   A fan asked Vince if Shane or Steph will take over when he retires and Vince said something very VERY interesting,   "Just because you have the last name McMahon does not mean you will take over the company. Same goes for if your last name is Leveque." Oooh, so, Triple H may be taking over after all someday. Vince said you must EARN the opportunity to work for this company, you have to prove that you want it. Vince said he pities his children because he makes them work EXTRA hard, at which point Linda did an RVD move, pointing to herself and said, "and me!"   A fan questioned Vince about new talents coming to the WWE. He said there are plenty in the developmental school, but one already on Smackdown has a VERY bright future, and that man is Ken Kennedy....KENNEDY.   When asked about UFC and the new Monday Night Wars, he laughed and said Spike is hallucinating. He thought UFC had a good thing going, but that it will get slaughtered to compete w/ the WWF. Vince said the owner of Spike is throwing UFC against RAW because he is spiteful that they switched back to USA. When I asked him privately about TNA, he said, "let them do what they want. I don't view them as a threat."   Yes, there will be ANOTHER Diva Search next year...boooring.   Somebody asked him about his workout to which he responded,   "I'm leg pressing 1000 pounds now, which my doctor advises against, but whatever." I piped in that he beats me in the leg press by 400 pounds, he checked out my legs and said, "good work."   Linda McMahon drives a BEAUTIFUL Mercedes SL500 - burgundy.   After autographs and pictures, we were given a tour of the television studio (where the meeting was held). We saw where Smackdown is edited, where Jim Johnston records the music, and the WWE/ECW/WCW/NWA library which is absolutely AMAZING. It was a sight to see 70,000 hours worth of tape cassettes.   All in all, the day was amazing. Vince looked to be in great shape, was VERY nice to all of the fans, took his time to answer, chat and sign autographs. Same went for Linda, although she left quickly after the meeting whereas Vince stayed, chatting.   Vince seemed to be in a great mood and the reason being...? Check below, this was just issued by WWE:   Press Release Source: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.   World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Declares Quarterly Dividend Thursday September 15, 4:57 pm ET   STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2005--World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE�) announced that its board of directors today declared the Company's regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share on all Class A and Class B common stock. The record date for the dividend will be September 30, 2005, and the payment date will be October 11, 2005.   DAMN, no wonder hes happy.   Intresting News from the NWA front:     Jeff Jarrett defeated Raven to capture the NWA championship tonight at the Border City Wrestling event in Windsor, Ontario Canada after the interference of America's Most Wanted, who completed their much expected heel turn.   The match was billed as the first NWA championship bout in 47 years. TNA had 5 cameras at the event filming the title change and will be putting footage online on TNAWrestling.com.   This might be a screwy move, but its a shrewd one.     Madam Carter's interview...       In a business filled with individuals bent on self-promotion, Dixie Carter is an aberration. As the president of TNA Wrestling Inc., Carter is one of the most influential names in the wrestling business, running the second-largest wrestling promotion in the United States. But she is virtually unknown outside the executive offices of TNA in Nashville. She avoids the spotlight altogether and prefers to keep the focus on the TNA wrestlers. What is known, however, is that TNA probably would not exist today if not for the involvement of Carter and her ties to principal investor Panda Energy International, a Dallas-based company that owns and operates low-cost power plants.   Carter and her marketing firm got involved with professional wrestling back in 2002 when she signed on with TNA founders Jeff and Jerry Jarrett. Carter had previously represented music acts and a few other athletes, but she was impressed by the business plan the Jarretts put in front of her and was eager to help promote and market the upstart wrestling company. But her role in TNA became much more crucial when it looked like the Jarretts were about to lose their financing. Carter secured the investment of her father’s company and helped TNA land national television outlets, first with Fox Sports Net and now with Spike TV.   With TNA on the verge of relaunching Impact on a new network—on the old cable home of WWE, no less—Carter agreed to a rare interview to discuss the future of TNA, her role behind the scenes, her thoughts on WWE, and her opinion of the storylines and in-ring product of TNA.   “Because I knew so little about Dixie as a person and, like most people, didn’t know the level of her day-to-day role in TNA operations, I really wasn’t sure what to expect,” reported Senior Writer Dan Murphy. “The moment she came on the phone line, she spoke passionately and enthusiastically about the TNA product, and she didn’t try to avoid any of my questions. She struck me as extremely intelligent, very caring, and genuinely excited about the future of TNA.”   DAN MURPHY: Let’s start with a little background. How did the relationship between TNA and Panda Energy get started?   DIXIE CARTER: That kind of happened a good bit after my involvement started with the company. I got a phone call from the president of Monterey Peninsula Talent. They are a major booking company, booking rock bands and country bands and things such as that. And he suggested that I get together with this group that they had been talking to, TNA Wrestling, because they were looking for a company to handle marketing, promotion, and publicity for them. I said, yeah, I’d be interested. At the time, my main focus was music. I had represented record labels, a lot of music artists, and some NFL athletes. I had the women’s professional billiards tour on ESPN, just a variety of sports and entertainment clients. So I took the meeting, and from the very first meeting, I was blown away by the vision Jeff Jarrett and the crew came in and laid out for me. I had interest and pitched the business and got it.   An interesting sidebar story—talk about what a small world it is. When I graduated from college, I moved into my first apartment in Las Colinas in Dallas. I saw this blond-headed guy in the parking lot. He came up to me and said hello and said to me, “So what do you do?” I told him I worked for an advertising and marketing firm in Dallas and said, “So what do you do?” He said he was a professional wrestler. I was like, “Yeah, right, sure you are.” He had the blond locks, the whole thing. And he said, “My name’s Jeff Jarrett.” My mother’s maiden name is Jarrett, so that always stuck with me. We used to live next door to each other in Dallas. Literally, our apartments touched. At our first meeting, I asked him if he ever lived in Las Colinas. It’s just funny how those sorts of things happen.   MURPHY: When exactly did you personally first get involved?   CARTER: I began working with him way in advance of the first show. I was very, very impressed by the whole organization, the concept of the weekly pay-per-views, and a lot of things the company had going for them. It was very easy to see the potential of what a wrestling company such as this could become. A couple months into it, Jeff came to me and said we were in a situation where we lost our funding. He was confident he would find something, but didn’t know how long it would take. So I started thinking about it. My parents have a company called The Panda Group out of Dallas. It’s absolutely not into entertainment, but I know my dad to be the biggest entrepreneur out of all the business leaders and CEOs and presidents and chairmen I’ve worked with of Fortune 500 companies. He’s one of the most creative, out-of-the-box-thinking guys. I took this to him and said, “Look, in this industry, there’s only one competitor with a $900-plus-million market cap. There’s room for two. A few years ago, there were two, and these were the kinds of numbers they were doing. With a company such as yours to manage and oversee the financial aspect of it, I think this could potentially be a home run for you.” He said let’s do it.   MURPHY: You touched on some of the financial aspects of doing business. According to reports that I’ve read—and those were all based on estimates, so forgive me if I’m not entirely accurate—TNA operated at a pretty sizeable loss the first year, which is to be expected of any startup company. There were also losses the second year, but there was marked improvement and a better bottom line. Is Panda willing to sustain ongoing losses as long as they see improvement, or is TNA in a position where it needs to stand on its own to survive?   CARTER: I think we’re at that point. People have been writing our epitaph from the very first week, even before that. You know that. You’ve read them, and I’ve read them and followed them through the years. I think the one thing that Panda and Bob Carter realize is that to start up a company, you’re not going to turn a profit in the first month, the first year. It’s not a strong likelihood that that will happen in any industry, much less wrestling. From the very beginning, we have had a very specific strategic plan in place, and we have met each of our milestones along the way and have continued to grow this at the pace at which we envisioned. We are there as a company. We are there to take this to a completely different level. I’m very proud that we have taken this company, as a three-year old company—in September we will be seen in 118 countries worldwide. In weeks we will have our toys from Marvel, which is one of the top toy makers in the world, in Wal-Marts and Best Buys around the country. We have a home video distribution deal with a street date of October 4 or 5. We’re within weeks of signing a video game deal.   MURPHY: It sounds like there’s a real convergence of things going on all at the same time.   CARTER: It is a very, very exciting time for this company. We don’t have a large staff. I feel like each person works the job of 10 people. I feel like we’re hungry, we’re aggressive in going after this, we have a “will-not-be-defeated” attitude. It’s seen in the office staff. It’s seen in the talent. When I look at our guys in the ring taping television shows that will only be seen internationally like we’re doing this summer, before we start on Spike, and I see the effort they’re putting forth, it blows my mind. Some guys would be holding back and saying, “I don’t want to get hurt” or, “I don’t want to do this.” They’re putting it on the line every time they are in the ring, and they are making a statement that they will be taken seriously. They know that the sum of their performances will equal the greatness that we can achieve.   MURPHY: Dixie, you tend to keep a low profile in this wrestling world where the name of the game is getting yourself over and vying for attention. People know you are there, but the average TNA fan couldn’t pick you out of a lineup. What is your actual day-to-day involvement with the operations? How much input do you have on the actual in-ring product?   CARTER: I’m involved in every aspect of the company. As far as me keeping a low profile, there are two schools of thought. One is to come to work and do a great job and let your results speak for themselves. The other is to involve yourself in a storyline and try to get yourself over and make certain elements revolve around you. That’s just not the type of personality I have.   MURPHY: Which kinds of brings me to Vince Russo, who as creative director did involve himself as a major player in storylines, beginning in WCW and into TNA? What are your thoughts on that style and Russo himself?   CARTER: I think Vince Russo is a creative genius. I adore him as a person. I have sat in rooms with him and just seen creative brilliance. But Vince Russo would have loved to have been behind the scenes and not on the air. He was so good on the air that we were insistent that he be out there. MURPHY: Do you see WWE as the competition that you have to stay abreast of, or are you more concerned with staying focused entirely on the progress of TNA?   CARTER: I think we absolutely need to stay focused on ourselves and what we are going to do different. If I had to put one word to our product, it would be innovative. From day one, that’s been this company’s philosophy—and it started with Jeff, who had success in the other wrestling organizations. Here’s a guy who, when WCW went away, said there’s an opportunity in this industry, and I’m going to step out of my comfort zone as a wrestler and attempt to do something about it. I just have tremendous respect for people who are willing to step out on a ledge and take a risk for an unlimited return, and that’s what he did. Our philosophy as a company has been to be innovative. If it’s been done before, then we need to be able to do it better than it’s ever been done, or we have to come up with something completely new. Have we done that for three years? No. But I will say this company has never been in a better position on a day-to-day basis through our creative product to the business side of this company.   MURPHY: What was it like negotiating with Spike TV? Were they initially receptive to bringing in a wrestling company other than WWE? Did you really have to sell yourselves? Was their mentality that this was an opportunity to reach a different audience, or did you encounter a perception that you were a step down from WWE programming?   CARTER: I think they were very open to a meeting. I don’t think that signing additional or new wrestling product to their network was a goal for them. But when they took the meeting and saw the product, I think everybody’s eyebrows raised. They saw a lot of potential. They saw the product as innovative and different. They saw it as an opportunity to work with a company that is very aggressive and motivated and excited to work with them as a partner to grow a franchise together. That’s what caused them to make the decision. MURPHY: You mentioned that Spike TV saw real potential with TNA. What do you think your main competitive advantages are over WWE?   CARTER: I would say that our wrestlers and the wrestling that they do, I would put that up against anybody in the world, not just WWE. There is great wrestling all over this world. I think we are a blend of some of those styles from around the world—the Japanese mat style, Lucha Libre. The X division in particular reflects that. Some of our wrestlers have been to the big game and have seen it and experienced it, but they are experiencing it through completely different glasses now. I think it will be so much sweeter for them the second time around, based on talking to them and knowing them. And then we have the guys who have never been to the dance before who deserve to have that national platform and who are doing things that have never been seen in wrestling, ever.   MURPHY: A.J. Styles, for example, never fails to impress. He’s always coming up with something incredible to watch.   CARTER: Always! You look at a guy like Abyss. A guy of that size doing the things he does. Lance Hoyt. These are guys who aren’t household names now, but they will be. Monty Brown—the charisma, the talent. These people deserve to be seen. To me, there is absolutely no way you can watch these shows and not be impressed by this group. The innovation, the six-sided ring, the X division, the six sides of steel, Ultimate X. We have attempted to take wrestling to a different level from the innovative side of it. When it comes down to it, it’s all about our locker room, and those are the guys who make this company special.   MURPHY: You are replacing WWE on Spike, only in a different time slot and day. Do you feel a pressure to have a product that resembles WWE, or is this an opportunity to be completely different?   CARTER: We don’t see us as replacing WWE. To me, no one can replace the WWE product. They are who they are, and we are who we are. I think with Spike, they are looking at this as a completely different product that has tremendous upsides and are very interested in helping us grow our franchise. I don’t see those comparisons, and I think Spike would feel the same way.   MURPHY: What sort of ratings will you be looking at internally for the show to be considered a success?   CARTER:There’s not a specific rating. I think we will have success from the very beginning. My gut tells me that. I think it will grow from a ratings standpoint. The one thing that this company has been missing is mass exposure. We have a great product, we have great talent, we have unique elements to our show. The only thing we have been missing is the opportunity for the mass audience to find us. Universal Studios (where TNA tapes Impact) is a unique opportunity for us. If you’re in any kind of entertainment, touring is the most expensive element to try to grow the product. The trucking and the insurance, and just to drop lights and to hang them is just a ridiculous amount of money. We have 15 million people a year coming to us. What better opportunity to have this large sound stage and an amazing marketing partner such as Universal Orlando, and have the people coming to us.   MURPHY: I was going to ask you about touring, but you raised another point I’d like to address. With Universal Orlando, you do have all those people coming in, but they’re not necessarily wrestling fans. Because at least some of these people at your shows aren’t wrestling fans, they might not react the way you want—being too quiet during TV tapings, or not understanding the various storylines, and so forth. Do you find it to be a challenge to educate those people, or an opportunity to tap into a new audience?   CARTER: It’s a huge opportunity. Think about it. When you walk through those doors and you look to your right, there’s a huge billboard of ours up there. If you’re a wrestling fan or not, you’re going to look up there and see there’s a production here called TNA Wrestling. When you walk in and you see a brochure distributed with our logo telling you what time the show is and talking about some of our stars—those people, whether they come to the show or not, they will be touched by our product.   MURPHY: Building brand awareness.   CARTER: Absolutely. Our biggest concern right now is with Spike. We’ve never been on television in Orlando. What’s going to happen with a successful Spike show, because we’re so limited with the number of seats we have? The business plan we’ve had all along does include touring, but when we do it, it will be the right time, the right market for us, and the right way. And it will make sense for our company.   MURPHY: Back when TNA began, it was a racier product. Gradually things have toned down a little. But you have those initials, TNA, which could have more than one meaning. Have those initials been an obstacle in meeting with potential advertisers and TV outlets, and if so, have you considered rebranding?   CARTER:I don’t think it’s been an obstacle. It is, and always has been since day one, what we’re all about, and that’s Total Nonstop Action. When you watch our pay-per-views, we’re going to go until they’re about to shut off our satellite feed. And we’ll give you more wrestling in a shorter period of time than you’ll see anywhere else. If wrestling’s not your deal, then we may not be the product for you. But if you truly love wrestling, we are all about Total Nonstop Action.   MURPHY: The six-sided ring was a huge innovation, especially in the X division, where it gave guys new areas to perch from and opened up the game a bit more. Now that you have done that, do you feel that has had the effect you were looking for? Have you given any thought to bringing back the traditional square ring and maybe using the six-sided ring just for X division or other specialty matches?   CARTER:Absolutely not. I think it’s everything and more than we ever hoped it would be. That was Jeff Jarrett’s idea. I’ll never forget it. Driving down the road, we had just left Fox Sports, and he says, “Let me throw something out at you. What would you think if we went to a six-sided ring?” I’m always the one that would say, “That’s crazy, over-the-top thinking.” And I went, “Ah! But what would the traditionalists think?” He talked for about two minutes, and I was completely on board. I’ve got to tell you, when you’re flipping through the channels, that ring automatically distinguishes us. It’s something different. And through the graphics we have, the Fox Box, the ticker—you’re going to continue to see things different with our programming because we’re always going to try to do things different.   MURPHY: Earlier, you mentioned that TNA has several guys on the roster who have worked for WWE and WCW. Some of those veterans have helped your organization tremendously, like Sting, whose involvement really helped TNA build credibility early on. Others, like Randy Savage for example, were flops that didn’t work out. What are the advantages to bringing in a wrestler who made a name elsewhere as opposed to the potential risk of being seen as a company for guys fans see as has-beens or guys who couldn’t cut it in WWE?   CARTER: Let me give you an example. Kevin Nash. Top of his game. Big name. Movie star now. Do you run a risk of bringing him into your locker room and disrupting it? Yes, but with Kevin, and the people that we have brought in and have stayed with us, those people who have had success in the past have come in and, in my opinion, have worked harder than they ever had before. The match Jeff and Kevin had back at Against All Odds, you could not have asked for Kevin Nash to perform any better. He was brilliant. He is impressed with guys on our roster, and he sees it as his opportunity to use his star power to help get those guys over. It takes a very confident, successful person such as Kevin and the others who have come in and done that—Sting, DDP—and not only shine on the level they’re capable of shining, but also to make the other guys look great. They have done nothing but contribute to our locker room and our program.   I think it also goes to the quality of guys we have on our roster. They’re not coming in and being greeted with egos. They’re greeted by our guys, who are fans. We have a roster full of wonderful men and women. It’s what I’m most proud of with our company.   MURPHY: This is probably the most sensitive question I have, and it’s about Jeff Jarrett. He was obviously a driving force in putting together TNA, along with his father, Jerry. But there is the criticism—and it seems to be growing—of people who see Jarrett as a guy who had success in a very down period in WCW and mid-card success in the WWF. They see him as being a career mid-card guy and not the man to carry a promotion, especially one that is trying to establish itself as young and innovative. How do you respond to the people who say Jarrett is not the guy who should be carrying the ball for TNA?   CARTER: I think, if you look at Jeff Jarrett’s performances day in and day out, he is at the pinnacle of his career. From his promo work to his in-ring skill, he can take a wrestler who is not that great, and he can make a match shine. He has tremendous capabilities, and I think people are selling him short. Maybe they think it’s because this is his company, so that’s what’s happening. I think Jeff is in the position he’s in because, honestly, of having some star power from the past, but also from being great in the ring, great on the mike, and having the ability to stir it up big time as a heel. He’s in a good place for our company. Are there other people around him? Absolutely. There’s a group of people kind of leading the company right now, but I think Jeff is there for a reason. And he’s not putting himself in that position. There’s a crew of people who we have entrusted to make decisions. Jeff’s biggest problem is his inability to want to push himself. When Dusty Rhodes came in and was doing some writing for us, Dusty pushed Jeff harder than he had ever been pushed before. I think between our creative staff and our account relations staff, we have the best team that we have ever had in place. Everybody is in agreement on our talent, and that includes Jeff. And I’m going to respect and support that 100 percent.   MURPHY: Jarrett is in a very difficult position because people do know he is involved behind the scenes, but he’s also a proven performer and can deliver in the ring and on the mike. It’s just that he has been on the national scene for so long now that he gets criticized for being stale. But he’s made it this far because he is a proven commodity.   CARTER: Absolutely. If Jeff was crappy in the ring and we had to work with him, if he didn’t hold his own and do what he does, then he wouldn’t be in the position he’s in. He’s in that position—pretty much as our top heel—because that’s the emotion he draws. I wouldn’t want to be him for anything in the world. Jeff looks at it like a challenge. I’m sure at times it’s not easy for him. You look at Jeff, and if he can use his star power and abilities to make someone else look good, he will be the very first person to stand up and do that. You can’t ask for more from a talent or a leader in this company.   MURPHY: On to Monty Brown. A lot of people had him pegged as being TNA’s big homegrown breakout star, possibly being for TNA what Goldberg was for WCW. Even with his unexpected heel turn, do you think he still has what it takes to be the guy in TNA?   CARTER: All I can say is everything you just said about Monty Brown I agree with, and would take it one step further. He has amazing potential, and so much natural charisma and talent and will be a superstar. Like everything else, his time and the right way will come, and I think he’s going to blow the doors off the popularity of wrestling as we know it. I think he’ll cross barriers. To give you an example, we put him on The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Monty’s not Brett Favre or Terrell Owens or something like that. He’s been to a couple Super Bowls and was an amazing linebacker with a storied football career. Here’s a guy who, when he’s at a Super Bowl and all the guys are hanging out at the fancy parties, he’s driving 100 miles to sit with 50 people and watch a wrestling show. To know that about him made me love him that much more. This has been his dream. He went out there, and everyone from the executive producers to the head of the Fox Sports Network said, “Oh my God! That guy wasn’t on camera for 10 seconds and I’ve never seen the crowd whipped into that kind of frenzy.” They didn’t know who the hell he was! He looked so amazing and just knows how to work it. He is a great guy and deserves so much success, and I can’t wait until he gets it.   MURPHY: TNA has loosened its restrictions on allowing talent to work for Ring of Honor, and even went so far as to bring in Austin Aries for the Sacrifice pay-per-view. Do you look at promotions like ROH as competition? Or might you look into building a working arrangement with ROH for co-promotional opportunities? Is it just a matter of keeping an eye on them for potential new talent?   CARTER: I don’t think we would necessarily work with them or look at them as competition. They fill an exciting niche in that part of the country and have been a breeding ground for some really amazing talent. Samoa Joe, who we just signed, I think is going to be a big star. You talk about someone at that size with the match he had against A.J. last month. He’s going to turn a lot of heads. It’s great for wrestlers to have that outlet, to be able to perform on that level to cultivate their skills. It’s a great place for us and WWE and everybody to look and say, “Hey, there’s some great talent there.” We allow our talent to work independents. The reason why they couldn’t was for a very specific reason that we as a company felt strongly about. Other than that, we’ve had absolutely no problems.   MURPHY: How sensitive is TNA management—and you specifically—to criticism of the company on the Internet? The nature of the beast is that you’re always going to have critics in wrestling. Do you take those potential criticisms into account when you plan storylines, or do you just book things your own way and let the discontents have their say?   CARTER: There will always be discontents, especially in wrestling. It is the most unusual animal, where there is a fraction of fans out there who are so involved in the product and storylines that everyone feels they could do it better. So you’ll never be able to appease everyone. What we have to do is look at our successes. We have set very realistic goals that we need to achieve and we have continued to achieve those. We’ll let ratings and PPV buys be our barometer. If those are working in the way that we want to see them happen, then we will continue on. If it doesn’t, we’ll look to make changes. I would love for everybody to do nothing but to talk great about TNA, and honestly, I feel like that’s going to happen once people get to see our product in a greater capacity. It’s not going to be for everyone. If you don’t really love wrestling, and the storylines and talking in the ring for extended periods of time is what excites you, then we might not be the product for you. That’s why you have chocolate and vanilla ice cream, Coke and Pepsi, and WWE and TNA.   MURPHY: Dixie, I just have two more questions, and I would like to thank you once again for being so candid. TNA decided to hold a Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament. How did this tournament come about?   CARTER: It was the creative staff. Chris isn’t somebody that we just want to see fade away. He was such an inspiration to our guys and had been very successful in the business. He had personal challenges and professional challenges that he had overcome, and you talk about a leader in the locker room, somebody who was so grateful to be given an opportunity and came in every day with a smile on his face. He would infuse enthusiasm to all those who sat next to him at lunch, or were in line getting food, or strapping on their boots next to him. I had the unfortunate circumstance of meeting his family at his funeral. You could tell why the guy was such a quality guy, because he has an amazing family. We just released the Lockdown DVD. I called his father and said, “I need to ask you a question. Do you want us to remove that match where he broke his leg from the Lockdown DVD?” I couldn’t even get it out before he said, “Absolutely not. Chris would not have wanted that whatsoever. He would have wanted it in there.” And I said, “But it shows the break several times.” To us that night, it was just a break. When that happened, I jumped back. It was so sweet because B.G. James was holding his hand on one side, and B.G.’s knuckles, the tips of his fingers, were white. He was holding my hand on the other, and he was in so much pain and was so aware of the two hands he was holding. He kept apologizing and apologizing. And I said, “Are you crazy? This means nothing. You’ll go on. This is just a temporary setback.”   But he had had bad experiences before in WCW and the WWF. It was so heartbreaking. His father said he was so happy to be a part of TNA. He said it was something so special and thank you for the opportunity, and please leave that in there. I know he would have wanted it because he was so proud to be a part of TNA. We did some bonus footage of Chris in the DVD, and we’re donating a good part of the proceeds to his foundation. His dad just called me and said he and his brother would like to be at the next pay-per-view to see the culmination of the tournament. The loss of one of your members is tragic. At the last PPV, there was someone in the front and center holding up a banner about Chris. I love it when I see that, and I know he is smiling down from heaven.   MURPHY: The wrestling business has always been a male-dominated industry. How difficult has it been for you, a woman without a wrestling background, to interact with the wrestlers? Do people think you have never done this and really don’t know what they do, or have the guys been willing to work with you?   CARTER: I’m very fortunate to have complete respect from the talent and staff. I’m sure there are times some people feel like, She does not know wrestling … what is she talking about? But again, I’m just trying to bring a different thought pattern to a company that we’re trying to grow. I’ve been in the entertainment business all my life. And while wrestling is a different animal, I think I know what I bring to the table and I know how to spot the brilliance in other people. People like Scott D’Amore. You put them in a creative position. You don’t see me in there writing the show. I’m not on camera. I’m doing what I know I do best to allow those other people to fill out the rest of the company. I think it’s different when people see a female. I mean, I went to a private girls prep school in Dallas. People look at me now and say, “You’re doing what?”   MURPHY: You’re hanging out with guys like Abyss.   CARTER: Yeah! I had a baby girl almost seven months ago. Abyss was in the hospital, and she fit in the palm of his hand. Here is this special guy who cancelled a wrestling date to come here because he truly in his heart cares about me and this child, and that’s what makes our talent so special. It’s a family.   MURPHY: You ought to keep that under wraps. You’re going to ruin Abyss’ monster persona.   CARTER: He was not a monster that day, that’s for sure!     (Jarret...I am king of her mountian all night long...)   On to Indy News:   Bryan Danielson defeated James Gibson to win the ROH title tonight in Lake Grove, NY...   1) LOW-KI d. JAY LETHAL   2) AUSTIN ARIES d. AZRIEAL   3) NIGEL MCGUINNESS d. RODERICK STRONG to retain the ROH Pure title   4) COLT CABANA d. HOMICIDE via disqualification   There was a brawl with THE ROTTWEILERS, SAMOA JOE and JAY LETHAL   5) JAY LETHAL d. LOW-KI with a top rope dragon suplex   6) SAMOA JOE d. ADAM PEARCE, BJ WHITMER AND RICKY REYES in a Four Corner Survival   7) AJ STYLES d. JIMMY RAVE to win the rights to the Styles Clash     America's DDT- PWG Presents:   "After School Special" Takes Places On October 1! By Silverback, PWG Staff Writer   Jane's Place, CA – After a weekend that many fans are calling the best in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's (http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com) history, many fans were wondering what the PWG management would do to follow up an event as incredible as the "Battle of Los Angeles." To be quite honest, we here at PWG didn't know how we'd follow it up, either. PWG Commissioner SoCal Valerie Wyndham hasn't been back to work, and has reportedly developed a fear of feet, since being super kicked by Joey Ryan, leaving Assistant Commissioner Dino Winwood to pick up the slack. On top of taking care of SoCal Val's duties, Dino has tasks of his own to perform, including watering the office plants, feeding the parking meters (underground parking is part of the PWG 5-Year Plan,) and replacing copier toner, making him a very busy man. Despite being overburdened, Dino has the copier working at 100% capacity, and is ready to publish the lineup of PWG's next live event, "After School Special," taking place on Saturday, October 1 at the Hollywood-Los Feliz JCC!   We should note that Dino actually made a Xerox of the lineup, written by hand on a cocktail napkin, which he then scanned in, retouched in Photoshop, printed as a .pdf, rescanned it, then emailed to the rest of the PWG staff. This seems to indicate that Mr. Winwood is either not that busy, and is creating extra work for himself, or is just creating extra work for himself.   After the proverbial smoke had cleared and the "Battle of Los Angeles" had concluded, Chris Bosh stood atop the field of 16 as the winner, and wasted no time letting everyone know that his sights were set even higher. Tossing aside his trophy like it was nothing but an inexpensive hunk of plastic and metal, instead of the ever-lasting reminder of great physical achievement that it really is, Bosh demanded a shot at "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen, and the PWG Championship. Steen, who was defeated early in the tournament by AJ Styles, was excited by the prospect of facing the man who had defeated Styles to win the tournament, so the match was set. Dino then took the rest of the day off and went to the beach.   After Dino returned from the beach, he found a message waiting from Super Dragon Office, requesting another shot at Kevin Steen, in any type of match, be it for the title or not. After crunching the numbers, Dino saw that due to Dragon's recent win/loss record, there was no way he could give him a shot at the PWG Championship. However, due to the absence of a clear number one contender in the Tag Team Division, Dragon's overall win/loss record, and a deep seated fear of Super Dragon, Dino would allow Dragon to challenge 2 Skinny Black Guys (El Generico & Human Tornado) for the PWG Tag Team Championship with a partner of his choosing. Super Dragon Office sent word back to PWG that this was acceptable, and with both title matches out of the way, Dino went back to the beach.   From the beach, Dino sent word that "After School Special" will also feature:   - The Super Grudge Match between Scorpio Sky and Scott Lost! After making his long awaited return to PWG at the Battle of Los Angeles, Scorpio Sky made it clear that he would make Scott Lost pay for stealing Sky's mask!   - Chris Hero vs. Joey Ryan! Still insisting that he is the best technical wrestler in the world today, Joey Ryan demanded that PWG provide him with an opponent so he could continue building his reputation. Now Joey got his wish, and his work cut out for him, as he faces Chris Hero!   - TJ Perkins vs. Alex Shelley! Injury kept TJ Perkins out Battle of Los Angeles, and cost him a chance to prove himself to PWG and its fans. Now he's looking to make up for it, but this time, Alex Shelley is standing in his way!   Plus Disco Machine, Excalibur, Quicksilver, Phoenix Star, Zokre, Davey Richards, Hook Bomberry, Top Gun Talwar, Ronin & More!     Now to Puro News:     Bob Sapp vs. Jun Akiyama was announced for the 10/2 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show. Tokyo Sports (via Kakuto Log) reports that other matches on the Yoyogi show include The Great Muta vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Jamal vs. Don Frye, & Kohei Suwama vs. Minoru Suzuki. Suzuki will take the place of Gen'ichiro Tenryu, who asked W-1 not to be booked on the 10/2 Yoyogi show. The promotion is also trying to book Akebono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa or Akebono vs. Kenta Kobashi for the show as well.   Misawa wonders why Noah cant get respect with the press (but it dont matter much because the people love the company)   A press briefing was held on Friday with Takeshi Rikio & Mitsuharu Misawa as a heat-up for their 9/18 Nippon Budokan match. Rikio said that he thinks he will able to overcome Misawa's experience, and he appealed for a generation change at the top of NOAH. Misawa emphasized his mental toughness and talked about the GHC belt being the symbol of NOAH. Misawa gave a "no comment" when asked about negotiations with WRESTLE-1 to bring him in to face Akebono on 10/2 in Yoyogi. He didn't directly address rumors of a match between himself and Tatsumi Fujinami for NJ's 10/8 Tokyo Dome show. I bet Misawa was thrilled to be fielding questions from the press on everything outside of the Nippon Budokan show he is trying to promote.     Matches so far for the 10/8 New Japan Tokyo Dome show: (Pretty Much, WWE Vs New Japan)     IWGP Title Match: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masa Chono vs. Brock Lesnar (in 3-way dogfight rules, winner beats both opponents) IWGP Jr. & NWA Jr. Double Title Match: Tiger Mask IV vs. Black Tiger Team Japan vs. Ex-WWE: Yuji Nagata vs. Matt Morgan Team Japan vs. Ex-WWE: Kendo Ka Shin & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Charlie Haas & Mark Jindrak     NOAH ran their September 18th rally (2nd GREAT VOYAGE) in Tokyo at Nippon Budokan, claiming 16,500 paid. Results:   1. Tamon Honda defeated Kentaro Shiga in 11 minutes, 47 seconds with a choke sleeper.   2. Kishin Kawabata & Mitsuo MOmota defeated Haruka Eigen & Jun Izumida in 8 minutes, 9 seconds when Kawabata used an inside cradle on Eigen for the win.   3. Masao Inoue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Mushiking Joker defeated Mushiking Terry, Eddie Edwards, & Scorpio in 14 minutes, 25 seconds when Inoue used a Torture Rack on Edwards for the win.   4. Takashi Sugiura, Shiro Koshinaka, & Akitoshi Saito defeated Go Shiozaki, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Makoto Hashi in 16 minutes, 44 seconds when Saito used the death sickle on Shiozaki for the win.   5. Takeshi Morishima defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru in 13 minutes, 50 seconds with a back-drop.   6. Minoru Suzuki defeated Mohammed Yone in 17 minutes, 31 seconds with a standing achilles submission hold for the tap-out.   7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Match: KENTA and SUWA went to a no-contest in 1'34 due to a weapon attack. The match was re-stared and KENTA won in 16 minutes, 46 seconds with the busaiku knee strike finisher. After the match, Katsuyori Shibata appeared in a suit & neck-tie. KENTA challenged him to a match.   8. Akira Taue & Kenta Kobashi defeated Gen'ichiro Tenryu & Jun Akiyama in 19 minutes, 2 seconds when Taue used an avalanche-style nodowa-otoshi (chokeslam) on Akiyama for the win.   9. GHC Heavyweight Title Match: Takeshi Rikio defeated Mitsuharu Misawa in 22 minutes, 10 seconds with the Muso for the win.   Coming soon- a review of FIRE PRO! All that and a bag of chips so far...   And we will see you on Tuseday:    
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Three Words to say about this week so far

OHMYGOD!   I have nothing to say but that. I am serious.   Vince must had too many drinks Holloween Night.   The next day, he makes the smartest desision in the history of the busness. Getting the last great known Announcer, and my Favorite of the Bunch, Joey Styles to do Play By Play.   He WAS THE KING of the PPV. I am sorry. The way he covered Flair/HHH was near masterpeace. He made that Match (along with Flairs unbeliveble ablity to still be master and commander of the Ring at age 60) into a near **** star match. Ross should be proud at the fact that Vince finally made the right choice.   As for most of the PPV... UGH. All the faces won (which its a better trend- let the heros be heros) and the Fans want a more (TNA/ROH) workrate out of the Champ Cena because there starting to hate his guts...   This is after Christan quits, Torrie gets fired, Austin didnt want to Job to Coach...   And looking at the TNA Clash of Champions coming up on Thursday- We do have a competer in our mist...they Just Need Dan The Dragon/Or Eddie Gargulio and TNA would be set for a real Monday Night/Friday Night/Saturday Night wars.   The only issue is, where does New Japan fit in to the wars? Does Simon Inoki and Dixie Carter use Brock Lesnar as a wedge to get TNA and New Japan to american audeances and have McMahan quaking in his boots? Or Vince Uses the upcoming ROH/TNA war as a true WWE/TNA/ROH/UFC/NEW Japan/NOAH free for all for the future of the buisness?   This is becoming the most intresting time in a long while. I would not be suprised if there will become new Stables wars (because thats the only reason why WCW stayed as long as it did, the NWO/Four Horseman/WCW wars) Didnt Liger stated he was willing to make his CTU unit global? and if ROH is on the Noah side of things...   Damn I am just thinking too much into things... Match Results!   (No Smackdown Results Until Saturday- only Taboo Tusday results and Impact Results)   Rey Rey & Matt Hardy vs Masters & Snitsky   They are protecting Edge for now... Surivor Series the game really starts...   Eugene & Snuka vs Conway & Tomko   Superfly does it again...   Mankind vs Carlito   ** stars.   Kane & Show vs Cade & Murdoch   Batista vs Coach   They protected him Big Time. And at least he gets paid...   Battle Royal (Womans Title) The Mickie James Storyline is going to work, and might be the only good storyline on RAW...but can the work rate match up when it comes to SurviorSer?   Flair vs HHH   Flair continues to amaze me after all these years. When he was younger, he could not be stopped. 60 years young and the man can still pull out *** and 3/4 star matches and it pisses me off...   Cena vs Michaels vs Angle   ...that your 25 year old champion cant. It makes no sence to me. UGH, and he used to be much better in OVW.   Now Impact:   Abyss w/ James Mitchell vs. Lance Hoyt   Jerrelle Clark vs. Christopher Daniels   Alex Shelley & Roderick Strong vs. Sonjay Dutt & X Division Champion AJ Styles   NWA World Tag Team Champions America's Most Wanted (James Storm & Chris Harris) w/ Gail Kim vs. 3 Live Kru (BG James & Ron Killings) w/ Konnan   Now Puro News:   Antonio Inoki returned to the United States from Tokyo. Inoki said that he supported the current restructuring that is happening in the company and that Choshu would continue causing ripples from his changes. Inoki said that he was determined to change and that he had an iron will.   Razor Ramon HG had a public training session with Shinjiro Ohtani & Taichi Ishikari (playing the role of professional jobber) today. This was to promote the Hustle Mania show on 11/3 at Yokohama Arena. The fun doesn't end there - check out HG's new face mask and Hustle posing. The greatest part about all these skits is that HG (Sumitani) is actually a very good amateur wrestler and was Tanahashi's rival in Osaka in college.   Razor said that he had to slow down on his pelvic thrusts in order to give his hip-swiveling a tune-up so that he would be back to good shape. At the public workout, Ishikari made fun of HG which prompted HG to beat him up. HG gave Ishikari a high-angle dropkick and then put him in a modified cobra twist, which HG is calling the "comaratwist." It's a cobra twist with pelvic thrusting action. Razor gave Ishikari a Tombstone Pile Driver and decided to call this move the "69 Driver." Razor also showed off his devastating "Hard Gay Triangle Lock" submission hold. To finish off his comments, HG stated that when he applies his new and exciting moves on Yinling the Erotic Terrorist, he will imagine that he is putting the holds on Kawada and get excited/aroused.   After losing the tag titles today to Chono & Tenzan, is the Nakamura/Tanahashi tag team about to break-up?   Junji Hirata (Black Strong Machine) criticized Riki Choshu for being at the Hustle show, stating that if Choshu was really a boss, he would have been at the Kobe show to oversee the two title matches on the card. Osamu Nishimura said that Riki Choshu has come back to New Japan to turn the company from a democracy into a communist state.   The promotion's marketing plan for their 1/4 Tokyo Dome show is starting to go into effect. According to Nikkan Sports, the promotion in touting that they will try to break the Guiness Book of World Records for the amount of shows consecutively (on the 1/4 date) at the Tokyo Dome. The promotion has ran the Tokyo Dome on every January 4th date since 1992. (From Puroesu Power)     From Strong Style Spirit...   More as it comes avlible...
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Smackdown, Impact, 10/8 NJPW and No Mercy!

Match Results for ALL of the Matches, only star rankings for Smackdown however:   Booker T w/Sharmell vs. Orlando Jordan   ** stars...and as you would see later, it didnt help Booker T none...   Sylvan vs. Hardcore Holly   Ken Kennedy should be the WWE MVP- I am not too sure of his work rate (hes c-ranked right now and hasnt got a long 10 min match to show where he is, compared to Orton or Cena, but right now he got a strong charator. (if he is Arn Anderson's Son but I am not sure of it, he shouldnt be floping so much...he should be selling well, not over selling)   Animal & Heidenreich w/Road Warrior Christy vs. William Regal & Paul Burchill   No match... But it looks like Burchill and Regal will get the straps soon.   Randy Orton & Cowboy Bob Orton vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper   Legends Rating: ** stars... Modern day rating DUD.   Eddy Craven vs. Bobby Lashley   Funny...the Domiator was nice though...   Eddie Guerrero, Christian & JBL vs. Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit & Batista   *** stars.     Next up, the impact matches:   Team Canada (Eric Young, A-1 Ralphz & Bobby Roode) w/ Scott D'Amore vs. 3 Live Kru (Konnan, BG James & Ron Killings)     Christopher Daniels vs. Matt Bentley w/ Traci vs. Austin Aries     Abyss w/ James Mitchell vs. Sonny Siaki   America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) vs. Team 3D (Brother Ray & Devon)   DQ...   Next, the NJPW Tokyo Dome Matches...     Now the No Mercy results:   LOD/Christy vs MNM   Simon Dean vs Bobby Lashley   Chris Benoit vs. Booker T vs. Christian vs. Orlando Jordan   Hardcore Holly vs. Mr. Kennedy   JBL vs Mysterio   Taker's bitches vs Taker   Batista vs Eddie Guerrero   Now for the Indy News:       Over in the land of OZ (thats Austrlia)         Now to the Puro News and Its all about LESNAR! (even WWE couldnt advoid it)                     Some of the most eventfull days in the buisness in a long time...   More as it becomes avilable
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Time WARNER- JOO HAVE CROSSED THE LINE!

The Thundercats...are coming back.   BUT not the way you think its coming back!   NOOOOO!   The Faggots at AOL Time Warner wants to do one...thing.   Restart the series.   YOU heard me.   RESTART THE SERIES   FUCK   THESE   MOTHERFUCKERS!   The same faggots, that love them hot and heavy transsexual action, who created great "classics" as the batman and the upcoming Loonatics!   Will give us some action in the form of what was the best there was, the best there is and the best that ever will be!   But this is not going to become the beautifly animated, multi-consptual, multi-fasisted, multi-leveled story arc series I wanted this show to be.   If this show airs, there will be such a falling out-   This is just on the level with the Loonitics issue.   Its going to lead into the greatest disaster the animation industry will ever see or face.   The animation industry I love and hold dear is about to face changes that will become totally unbearable.   And now I know- its going to be the end pretty damn soon of american domance over the animation industry.
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Two MORE WEEKS!

Then its the Return of Monday Night Raw on usa   Torrie Wilson (w/Candace and Victoria) vs. Trish Stratus (w/Ashley)   Dud...   Trevor Murdoch (w/Lance Cade) vs. The Hurricane (w/Rosey)   Ok match- * star   Ric Flair © vs. Carlito (IC Title)   *** stars. 60 years old and can still put it down.   Kurt Angle, Chris Masters, Snitsky and Edge vs. John Cena, Matt Hardy, Shawn Michaels and Big Show   *** stars. Good match. Edge gets owned.   Some Puro News:   Sankei Sports notes that K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa is interested in booking Akira Taue vs. Akebono for the 10/2 WRESTLE-1 show in Yoyogi. Taue is slotted as the next GHC challenger for Takeshi Rikio's belt. That match will happen on 11/5 at Nippon Budokan.     Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akebono & Scorpio was announced for the 10/2 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show.   The wrestlers formerly known as The Dudley Boys make their All Japan debut on 9/30 at Korakuen Hall against Tomoaki Honma & Kohei Suwama.   New Japan bring back the Tiger Mask LOVE to the US:   "The Rise of Tiger" brings a classic character to a whole new world of readers. In collaboration with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Narwain will present the new comic adventures of Tiger Mask, a hero who has dazzled Japanese wrestling fans for decades! Tiger Mask will face his villains both inside the ring and outside, while serving the greater good and bringing justice to the people. The book is written by Gianluca Piredda (already familiar to Narwain fans for his hotly anticipated heist thriller "Free Fall") with art by Marvel mainstay and former CrossGen artist Ron Wagner ("Punisher", "Morbius", "The First").   "The Rise of the Tiger" is a 32-page monthly comic, which also features news with interviews from the world of the NJPW.   The partnership between Narwain, NJPW, and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) expands with the all-new "NWA Magazine." This first magazine ever dedicated to the NWA will feature interviews, news, in-depth articles, comics, a direct lifeline for all the fans of the world's biggest wrestling federation. The NWA is home to top name combatants like Ric Flair, Sting, and gods of the ring like Primo Carnera. As if the magazine wasn't enough, each issue will contain a DVD with a selection of the most exciting NWA matches.   (now I understand why they brought Liger in...my only worry is that Jarret wants to train in Noah...)   So thats it for now...   In two weeks- Monday Night Raw, Friday Night Smackdown and NWA-TNA Saturday Impact.
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This not really a Raw Review...

More like condemation.   Ok, I am not going to state matches here. There is really no reason to. All it has been that Smackdown, even though its the B (read Bush-Leauge) show- doesnt have the owners of the company basicly rampaging all over the Program. At least there are a few workers there, that might start to become stars. It makes no sense when McMahan is trying to get Lucha stars for the RAW based program...   Or maybe it does? Because it seems to me its indictive of the demographic changes that are happening all over the United States(part of it is based on Illegal Immagration, but then again- I am not in the buisness of talking Political issues.)   WWE has there PPV's numbers recounted, and a 4th Quarter Dividened. So now they make two BONEHEADED moves. The first was to take Jim Ross off of RAW. The second was to humilate him on live TV.   I dont even want to talk about the writing on the show. Other than Alexis Larree (who in her OVW days looked like Magumi Toyota, only 15 years younger- and back in 1989-1990 Toyota had appered in anime and her own MANGA) getting the X-Men Ladies look (if you ever read the comics you would understand what I am talking about), John Cena for all of his problems, is writing his own stuff again, and HHH keeping his rants to 10 mins, the rest of the show was off and got off kilter.   Now "The Power Is Back" it seems (wait- doesnt a Power Company own that now?) and they are going to find somebody Younger to replace Jim Ross. That seems intresting (didnt many in the boards wanted JR to go because he was a shell of his former self?) However, many on the IWC- want JR to stay. He might be the best since Solie (and after JR is Styles)- but is it time for new blood? Or Training at least to find new blood?   They had the perfect time to do so back in late 2000, they had time do it in when Chris Benoit won the title (which should have ended the 'tude Era in WWE- but now its nearly 2 years late) So why the delay?   Is it because the WWE screwed the pooch when they realized that Coachman and Cole was lambased by the fans (which the company also fired...how Ironic)   Then came the major changes to the WWE site (started way back with the ECW One Night Stand)   Then the WWE tried to get Mike Goldberg from the UFC- because Goldberg is not stupid, he stayed with UFC (remember- When Jim Ross was taken from the Crocket Era NWA-WCW, he was put in as a color man first and Vince was the Play By Play man)   Now Coachman- (who is not - a pretty man- by any strech, according to my "GF") is saying the IWC has no balls.   Now people are wondering (via this half shoot/half worked storyline) what is going on?   Its simple. The writing is trying to recapure the 'tude era of 1996-200(and when will it end?) and Failing majorly.   Its getting bad when catfights get started over copying of charators.   Its getting bad when the bush league show gets even more bush league (The sandman anyone?)   Its getting worse when midgets get to use illegal moves- and make the show even more bush league.   The intresting thing is about this week, it tells everything we need to hear about RAW, Smackdown and WWE- hell the whole pro game as well.   With all the money they have- and all dividends they will make and can make- there in crisis. TNA (where as Batista is doing the circa 2002 NJPW style half shoot/half work while talking about how AJ Styles sucks in the ring? I love ya Batista- your honest- but PLEASE. AJ has been in a few more **** star programs than you have yet. Your best chance AT one is the IWPG Heavywight Champ. He could have another **** match in Bound By Glory...) despite all there issues, is NOTHING compared to what happend with the WWE, and all the DRAMA, which need more in the ring and compent writers to tell that story- but we have nither. I am not a huge fan of TNA- but if Jarret was a smart man, he needs to remember the Jim Crockett days of NWA-WCW, where Corrnette based his bread and butter on when he was in OVW- and produce that type of product and make it fresh and exiting. If it worked with flair and steamboat- it can work for the Heavy division for TNA- where as the X division needs the NJPW/CMLL/AAA/ROH influance more. I see aspets of that in NOAH's Heavywaight matches. They need to create a system that ROH uses for Title Matches for ALL of there belts (it works somewhat in UFC-but they need to use this more often) Then the writing needs to be competant. Thats all. I can live with ** 1/2 matches once every four matches (which they can do- they have the talent to do so to do ***'s and up)   In a way, This week has been an clearing of the air of things I have kept to myself about The Brand for a while. They have been exposed badly, and if anybody was smart in this business, they will know what NOT to do by learning what the WWE has done this week.         Lets look at what the WWE did this week before, during and after Raw:                   More later...  
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My Radio Show Is online at Itunes

If you have itunes, it should be there-   Just go to podcasting and possibly and maybe... you will see the show- if not go to the search and type in Toon Radio Advance Regen     If you dont have Itunes, this link will get you to the radio show:   http://www.toonradioadvanced.com/Radio/Episode72.m3u   Note, there is a diffrent intro for Itunes (1:49) than the Winamp/Web one (3:38)   Any comments, suggestions?
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Grades for Puroresu---

Ranking Based on Work Rate (JP)   1 NOAH   2 DDT   3 All Japan   4 Michinoku-Pro   5 Zero One Max   6 Husle   7 New Japan   Top Promotions Based on Rank of Wrestlers (JP)   1 All Japan   2 NOAH   3 DDT   4 Zero One Max   5 Michinoku Pro   6 Husle   7 New Japan   Top Promotions based on Strenth of Title:   1 NOAH   2 All Japan   3 Zero One Max   4 Michinoku Pro   5 DDT   6 Husle   7 New Japan   Most Legit Title   1 NOAH   2 All Japan   3 Zero One Max   4 Michinoku Pro   5 DDT   6 Husle   7 New Japan     Well to the grades...   New Japan Pro-Wrestling   Is in a lot of trouble. I have never seen a Japanese promotion mess up so many chances. But is there hope in the next 6 months it improve? I have major doubts.   Grade D -   All-Japan Pro-Wrestling   Not that large as it was in the past, this promotion still does pretty well. I am not sure what the Achibono situation intailes...   Grade C   Pro-Wrestling NOAH   What can I say. WHAT can I say about this promotion? This promotion is fucking amazing. The last 5 years they have been conistanly good. This year no exception.   Grade A+   Hustle (Dream Stage) A WWE-Like promotion Funny and they get people in the seats. They have very funny storylines. YingLing owns you.   Grade B-   ZERO-ONE MAX Wrestling Zero One has not been the same since Hasimoto's departure, and defenily since his death. But the promotion has good days more than bad.   Grade C   Michinoku Pro-Wrestling This promotion will start to make inroads in 2006. However Ofunes retirement hurts the future Sendai Girls promotion as well as Michinoku.   Grade C   DDT Pro-Wrestling Much better than Husle in many ways. Fire Pro has promoted them. And it all has worked into one of the more popluar promotions in Japan.   Grade B -    
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Grading Time...

I want to make this a short as possible, a longer version will becoming soon:   Top Promotions Based on Workrate (US):   1. ROH   2. TNA   3. OVW   4. IWA-Mid South   5. CZW   6. WWE   Top Promotions Based on Rank of Wrestlers (-This how they BOOK every Wrestler to a title, I.e. who should go up the ladder to reach the title)   1. TNA   2. ROH   3. IWA-Mid South   4. WFW   5. OVW   6. CZW   7. WWE   Top Promotions based on Strenth of Title (Thats all Titles)   1. ROH   2. IWA Mid   3. OVW   4. TNA   5. CZW   6. WFW   7. WWE   Most Legit Title (Based on Star Rankings and Defences)   1. ROH   2. OVW   3. TNA   4. CZW   5. WWE   6. IWA   7. WFW     Now to the Grades.   WWE- D-.   Well, how can a company that had things going its way leading up to June...and then have one of the better PPV's ever done, be so...dead?   Its simple...the writers, and the stanation of moves.     ROH- B+.   This is a bit of a Turning Point for ROH. CM Punk has held the title for a long while, and with him gone, who will now take the reigns? The storylines need to get somewhat better.   TNA- B+   Hey, they looked like they were dead. Everybody stated it was all OVER.   And then...TV DEAL.   And then we had most of the matches 3 stars.   This makes me very pleased, and the haters drinking salt.   OVW- C-   Cornette did well, but his anger got the better of him. Now Heyman comes in and the whole world turns heads again. Lord, this promotional Division of the WWE needed a shot in the arm.   I know I should do the other three, but I havent covered them much, so it would not be fair to give a bad review or a weak one. So I will abstain from this.   However, the Grades are not over and it will be the Japanese promotions next on Friday.
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Smackdown, Raw and Impact Reviews!

Raw Returns to USA- Smackdown Tries to Crash The Party-and The Dames Returnes to TSM!   First off, sorry for the late, late reviews, but Man, I have been busy trying to get two shows down and get the rest compleated- note that this weeks episode of my Radio Show- Toon Radio Advance Regen- has a review of Fire Pro R.   So now first off the Smackdown Matches:   John Bradshaw Layfield and Mr. Kennedy.......................Kennedy vs. Rey Misterio Jr. and Hardcore Holly   ** and 1/2 stars. This was not a bad match. You cant do better than this with the talent level they have for this match:   Melina (w/Mercury and Nitro) vs. Christy Hemme...   * 1/2 star.   Bob Orton Jr. vs. The Undertaker * star...   Bobby Lashley vs. Russell Simpson   ** stars...   Christian vs. Booker T (w/Sharmell) vs. Orlando Jordan   Very intresting finish... ** and 3/4 stars...   One fall for the WWE Tag Team Championship: LOD 2K5© vs. Eddy Guerrero and Batista (World Heavyweight Champion)   DQ   Strange week...but Smackdown won this week...   Next- its the Impact Review- Just the matches and who won:   AJ Styles vs. Roderick Strong   “The Alpha Male” Monty Brown vs. Lex Lovett   Chris Sabin vs. Petey Williams vs. Alex Shelley   Rhino vs. Jeff Hardy...DQ   Now RAW's:   (its seems that the Raw-Smackdown Wars start)   Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels (It was a tie)   Edge Vs Matt Hardy   Triple H and Ric Flair Vs Chris Masters and Carlito   Trish, Ashley Vs Victoria, Torrie and Candice   John Cena vs Eric Bischoff   Yipes... the ending however saved the show...   We have matches from the BIGGEST weekend and week in a long time...       More indy News:   The St. Petersburg Times newspaper in Florida reports that Bam Bam Bigelow was injured in a motorcycle acccident. He is currently in the hospital.     Scott C. Bigelow, 44, whose address on the Florida Highway Patrol accident report is in Allenhurst, N.J., was in Oak Hill Hospital on Monday with injuries not considered life-threatening, FHP spokesman Larry Coggins said. But the passenger who was riding on the back of the bike, Janis Remiesiewicz, 41, of Port Richey, was flown to Tampa General Hospital, where on Monday she was listed in critical condition, according to spokeswoman Ellen Fiss.   "He's going to live," Coggins said.   Dave Prazak's new promotion called SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES will have its debut show on 11/6 in Berwyn, Illinois at the Eagles Club. Sara del Ray, Mercedes Martinez, Allison Danger, Beth Phoenix, Lacey, Cheerleader Melissa, Daizee Haze, and Nikki Roxx are on the roster.     Puro News:   Revised 10/8 Tokyo Dome card line-up:   TAKA Michinoku vs. Shuji Kondo for the Jr. Heavyweight Title match was announced for the 10/22 Korakuen Hall show in Tokyo. Kensuke Sasaki & Tomoaki Honma will face Team 3D on the undercard. On the 10/14 Ibaraki show, Sasaki will face D-Lo Brown.   More news on Saturday...
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About my Radio Show---

This weekend, after a near six month Hiatus- The show returns:   There will be 8 segments. It will be the largest pre recorded show I have done. In these segments- there will be a 3 min intro, some comments- news on the second segement. Then we will start with the meat and the bones of this episode, the Reviews. We start with ABC Kids, then 4Kids TV (FoxBox) then The Loontices review, followed by the rest of Kids WB. Each item mentioned is a segment. This is followed by my commentary-other shows you should be looking at, and then final notes.   Heres were you join in. You can send audio shoutouts-to be aired on this show. Yahoo (somewhat thankfully) allows voice messages in there new PC to PC Phone Call version of Yahoo IM. If you dont have or dont want to use it- you can still send Voice shoutouts at this adress [email protected] or [email protected]… The ground rules are, for Yahoo IM Voice Messages, No longer than 30 - 45 seconds. For the E-mail, its 20-25 seconds. All Voice Messages can be in Real Player, Quicktime, AAC, MP3/MP4 or WAVE format for the e-mail. No cursing- keep it clean.   This is what to say on the message-   Hello (or any greeting) this is _ from (the site that your are from or post) and your lisening to Toon Radio Advance Regen hosted by Ronixis (then give your shout out)   The ITUNES version will have a 1 min intro- where as the main site will have the 3 min one. Its will be diffrent as well, because I will be giving a intro of the show, how the show started and such. After this, there is no diffrence between the ITUNES version from the Website version. There will be some harsh langage on both versions, lisener discretion is advised.   And as for the shout outs, the last DAY is the 8th of Sep. The show starts taping all weekend long, is uploaded Sunday Morning- to be ready for Sunday Night- and all weekend- until the ITUNES version is ready. Both versions will be up as long as The ITUNES version stays.   The YahooIM nick to place your messages (Thats Yahoo Messager with Voice ONLY, not 5 or 6) is Pokekec.   If you use Yahoo Messanger WITH VOICE (Not 5, 6, nor Trillan-Unless the Trillan you use is the pay version).   Go to the Phone Icon on the top of Y!Messenger. Once there, click on the table called other contact. Then type in this   pokekec   then press ok. Then it will ring once. If you hear a beep, talk into the mike with the shout out- and then once your done, end the call. The Yahoo Server will hold the message, and it will be played on the show.   The shows that are going to be reviewed (as of this week, no changes are to be annoused yet) are:   Under Kids WB (All of the new Kids WB shows and the returning shows) Naruto Bobo (you know this name) IPGX Zach Bell Gerlaold McBoingBoing   Under 4Kids TV (All of the new shows and the returning ones) Kappa Mikey   Under ABC Kids (all of the new and returning shows) (any new Jetix shows i need to get before wed tell me asap)   Adult Swim and Spike TV NOTE EVANGLION WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. Afro Samurai Samurai Champloo FullMetal Alcalmist The Boondocks Andre3000's show (Dont know the name) David Banners show (dont know the name) Robot Chicken   More details every day until the first taping on Friday. Until then...
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Raw Match reviews:

Big Show vs. Edge (/wLita)   No match...Snitsky buts in and its- Impromptu Tag Madness.   Big Show and Matt Hardy vs. Snitsky and Edge (still w/Lita)   Ok match...* 1/2 stars...   Kerwin White vs. Shelton Benjamin   ... why Benjamin not in OVW?   Womens division picking up a little bit.   Ric Flair vs. Chris Masters   This is why Ric Flair still can do it. ** and 3/4 stars...   Tajiri and Eugene vs. Cade and Murdoch   One star   Kurt Angle and Tyson Tomko vs. John Cena   Well... on to some puro news and the biggest one is, FIRE PRO is OUT BABY! JEAH!!!!!!   Here some other News:             There is more coming soon...so keep it here...
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The Final Episode Of WCW Smackdown!

Friday Night Smackdown Is next week! With PPV like action!   NOTE! Starting In Two Weeks, We will add TNA to the TV reviews. So it Will be, Monday Night Raw, Friday Night Smackdown, NWA-TNA Impact. That would mean updates would come On Tuesday (for TNA), Wed (Raw), Sunday(Smackdown).     Matches:   Heidenreich (WWE Tag Team Champion--w/Road Warrior Animal) vs. Joey Mercury (w/Melina and Nitro)   * star.   WWE United States Title: Orlando Jordan vs. Chris Benoit   When is Orlando Going to OVW? Maybe Heyman can save him...   Christy Hemme vs. Stacy Keibler   No Match...   Booker T (w/Sharmell) vs. Mr. Ken Kennedy   This was...well a good ** match. I didnt like how the used the distraction.   Simon Dean vs. Batista (World Heavyweight Champion)   Funny DUD. But Funny never the less.   Paul Burchill and William Regal vs. Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki   This was an OK match. ** stars.   Randy Orton (w/Bob Orton Jr.) vs. Rey Misterio Jr.   There setting Eddy Guerrero to face Batista? UM NO. *** stars for this match, and Orton should face Batista.   This is somewhat a toss up. But I give the edge to Smackdown.   ALL READY BAD TIMING FOR SMACKDOWNS PREMERE!       Over at TNA:     CM Punk heads to OVW First...     Now To Puro News:           FIRE PRO News!   Not much really, just more info about the contest. 15 days away (or should I say 12 days)   Anyway, lets have prayers go out to all those in NO. Keep them in your prayers.   We will see you next week.    
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Its RAW, featuring Litas Tits!

And is Cena getting out classed again?   Results!   Big Show vs. Steve Madison and Buck Quartermain (handicap match)   Two Tits Sagging...(i.e * star)   Ashley vs. Victoria   That was quick!   Edge (w/Lita) vs. Matt Hardy (Street Fight)   That...looked bad. Not the match. The ending. Eeesh...   Tyson Tomko vs. Rosey (w/The Hurricane)   By Critcal! Two Tits Sagging.   Shawn Michaels vs. Carlito and Chris Masters (Handicap match)   Masters gets the win? One Tit up tick. (** and 3/4 stars.)   Some WWE News:     Man Vince...Stop WHINING.     Damn...   Anyway- In Puro News:       Lets pray for those in New Orleans and hope they are safe...   I will see you on Saturday
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Summerslam 2005 Results and Rankings...

Smackdown Is in Blue RAW is in Red   Orlando Jordan vs. Chris Benoit   25 Seconds. Thats all that needs to be said.   Edge vs. Matt Hardy   This will contine in the RAW PPV   Guerrero vs. Mysterio   Good Ladder Match. Intresting Ending...** and 3/4 stars.   Kurt Angle vs. Eugene   This was smart booking. It looks like that Angle is going after Cena next.   Undertaker vs. Randy Orton   Can he win without Interferance? Please? ** stars.   John Cena vs. Chris Jericho   I am sorry, Cena was out classed and outdueled. Jericho is too damn good to stay in the Fedreation. Where is the Prototypes offence? Cant he get on of Kenta's sisters to help him fight like her Brother? (Since Cena is so LOVED in Japan) Come on, give me some Hashismoto Tokon Spirit Cena! It seems Jericho has it in spades. *** stars, only because Jericho is the best General in the ring since Flair and Austin. He needs to get in some me time, and if his contract goes up, by november he might be in TNA. I dont see nothing here but jobsville for Jericho if he stays.   JBL vs. Batista   ** stars. Expect to see Orton and Batista next Smackdown PPV for the Title. JBL is going for the US Title, or Gurrero- but I rather have it be Mysterio. Hes has won more matches than everybody else in the last sevral months.   Hogan vs. Michaels   If your going by the old school WWF rankings- ***. Now its ** 1/2. Hogan should have done his NJPW moves and i would have given this a easy ****.   As for summerslam... Please get the TNA PPV. I told you that The Brand had to be careful. They were careless and could care less. Cena has Hogan like Charisma, but right now he is becoming extremely shoody with his workrate. Please, I implore Cena, to get some Hashimoto and Kobashi tapes and see how they work... Please learn how to become a long term champion that way. The era of 5 moves of doom does not work anymore. And even if you just have 5 good moves, learn how to pace them. Hashimoto was not the best tech stars, but he had spirit. Charisma is not spirit. Hogan knows this. You should learn that too. At this rate, Batista will become better than Cena via workrate, and Orton will beat them BOTH but he cant take much punishment. And Eugene is better than all of the OVW stars- but he dont have the look, so they make him retarded.   So CM Punk is coming to THIS? UGH.   I think its time to give a grade between the Companies- This week is report card week on this journal. Its been 6 months- and its time to you who is doing well, who should get titles and so on...   Grades start Wed. Keep watching.
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One SMALL Note- Bruno Samartino is on The Radio...

The Big Talker 1210 (Philly Talk Radio Station owned by CBS Infinity) has Bruno Samartino speaking with Morining host Micheal Smerconish. He was on the air for a small while, but I will try and find out what he says about the busness today-   (8:24)- The website for Bruno Samartino, BrunoBrunoBruno.com (did not know that...) Talked about Wrestle Reunion 2 (Its like ECW ONS for the older set)- the Main Event, DDP Vs Larry Zybisko- if Larry won, Bruno will have a small match with him... Bruno is taking calls from older fans about the old NWA Capital days/WWWF early days. Didnt talk about the Buiness today, but it was a promotion for the Vally Forge show. Hes turning 70 years old in a few days.   Most of the lines, were JAMMED durning his interview. If anybody else knows about the rest of the interview, make a comment about it ASAP.
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Summerslam Raw AfterMath

Angle Vs Cena at Unforgiven is conferimed...   Shelton Benjamin vs. Kurt Angle   *** stars. Nice Match...   Matt Hardy vs. Rob Conway   What is this? Lost again? By Critcal?   Big Show vs. Snitsky   By Countout. By Countout...   John Cena © vs. Chris Jericho (WWE Title, loser is fired)   ** 1/2 stars. Hmm... Hmmm.... Somethings UP.   In Puro News:     Are you ready for one of the weirdest booking moves I have ever seen?     HOMICIDE? WTF? Hes talented, but how about Austin Aries? Lance Hoyt? MONTY BROWN even?   But...     Who is he gonna face first? Is he heading to TNA as well? Will he make an Impact in Bound By Glory? I have seen much more intresting things happen, but I see NOTHING but great things if Inoki gets screwed over by Misawa if Noah/TNA joined for a short time. Hey it will give Jarret a reason to take time off to tour with NOAH in order to become better than HHH wrestling wise. I like where this is leading. Very much so indeed.   And Its not only Stacy Kebler and Miss Wilson making inroads in hollywood...     NSFW!                   Quick...call management! Hire Kenzo back!   And thats it for now, Grades are coming!  
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MR.....KENNADY!......KENNADY!

UPN/ECW/WWE angle... and Chris Benoit drinks Foldgers in 25 seconds...makes cash for Proter and Gamble.   First Match:   Randy Orton (w/Bob Orton Jr.) vs. "The Alabama Slamma" Hardcore Holly   All I saw was a intresting match that needs a ** 3/4 star...   Johnny Nitro (w/Melina and Mercury) vs. Heidenreich (WWE Tag Team Champion -- w/Road Warrior Animal)   DQ...this leads into the Tag Team Match between the two teams soon...   Booker T (w/Sharmell) and Christian vs. Psicosis and Super Crazy (w/Juvi)   Whats with this? Backslide for the win? ** stars...   Ken Kennedy vs. Funaki   (Kennedy!......Kennedy) goes over with nice move...** stars.   John Bradshaw Layfield, Orlando Jordan, and Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (WWE United States Champion), Rey Misterio Jr., and Batista (World Heavyweight Champion)   *** stars. Nothing to write home about, but Jordan is unmotivated.   Smackdown won this week easy.   On to news and I posted this on the Boards....     Then, we had a Jericho situation.       Then this was posted.   In Indy news:   (More North American Joshi promotions pop up)     Intresting...Maybe just maybe Dixie Carter and Charlotte Webb could talk maybe get a deal... hey if she can convince Dana White...   Here is something from the Ted Petty Invitational 2005...the rankings for the Tourny:     Now to Puro News, this deals with Josh Barnet...:             Hey, about that new Joshi Game?   It seems it the sequal to a SNES game dealing with Anime-ese charators in a Joshi setting.   SPEAKING OF SEQUELS!   FIRE PRO!!!!! 3 MOTHER***** WEEKS AWAY!   UPDATE!   TNA IS IN! Possibly ROH...maybe some other INDIES.   New gallery shots and more moves.   Hey, now they need to get both games in...I need my crack of beautful ladies that can fight...and wrestling games done right!   We have that last review to get to- and you will see it Sunday.   Until then...            
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Well At least the social worker made sense.

But WCW Smackdown didnt...much   Booker T w/Sharmell vs. Joey Mercury w/Nitro, Melina & Jillian Hall   ** It was just there...   Randy Orton vs. Kamala w/Kim Chee   Shoddy Match (half a star)   Super Crazy & Psicosis w/The Juice vs. Scotty 2 Hotty & William Regal   Good Match but only ** stars...   Much better video from Cena...   Chris Benoit vs. Simon Dean   ** Ok match.   Christian vs. Batista   No Match... JBL comes in and interferes.   This week...its a toss up again.   But good news for OVW fans!     Other Indy News:     Some more Puro News:   On the day that leaks came about the explosive interview Josh Barnett did in Gong Magazine, New Japan President Simon Inoki claimed that the promotion was in super-secret negotations with a top-class wrestler for their 10/8 Tokyo Dome show. Sports Nippon reveals that it's an ex-WWE wrestler.   - Nikkan Sports says NJ is targeting Brock Lesnar - again-however:   The promotion has announced that they are in super-secret negotations with a top-class wrestler for their 10/8 Tokyo Dome show.   That wrestler is none other than....   Spike Dudley?   Next IWGP Champ?   LOL...   More issues over Josh Barnett...           Guess who got a blog... Yinling...yeah...her....see it here:   http://blog.livedoor.jp/yinlingofjoytoy   However, if that is not of your intrests, and you need some life affriming things: Look no further than Momoe Nakanishi...   http://diary.fc2.com/cgi-sys/ed.cgi/momo-p...Y=2005&M=8&D=10   Time to go to fire pro news!   http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9716497-1808267   This is the preview video for Fire Pro Returns!   You can download the video Here...   Some more info:   1) LAND MINE MATCH!!! Special ring with perhaps no ropes on some sides (as was theorized in the "deathmatch thread" on this board).   2) All wrestlers unlockable from the start!   3) 18 feds including free   4) Chairs hidden under the ring and are THROWABLE!   5) Charisma important for high audence grades! Which i guess means audience ranking!! Sweet   6) IN THE NEXT FIRE PRO (!!), there will be comedic mess-up "botch moves"   7) In matchmake mode, you need a certainm amount of poitns to hire wrestlers from other feds   Matchmake will have up to 7 matches: matches are of your choosing in terms of type...   As for new wrestlers in the game...   Amazing Kong Billy Ken Kid Brother Yassini Danshoku Dino Florida Bros. HERO! K-Ness Kohei Sato Kotaro Suzuki Mango Fukuda Masato Yoshino Meiko Satomura MIKAMI NOSAWA Ofune Pineapple Hanai Poison Sawada JULIE Ryuji Ito Seiji Sakaguchi Taiji Ishimori Takashi Sasaki Takeshi Minaminno Tomohiko Hashimoto Tomohiro Ishii Ryuji Itoh Sakimoto Mad Man Pondo 2 Tuff Tony KUDO HERO! Abdullah Kobayashi   There is going to be 327 from the start... we will see if some TNA stars are in as well...   Thats it for this week...        
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Well... Orton dont look too bad.

But WCW Smackdown was Hit and Miss   Matches:   Mercury and Melina (w/Nitro and Jillian Hall) vs. Booker T and Sharmell   Hmm, The men did well, the women did better than most Divas. ** stars.   Legion of Doom 2K5 (WWE Tag Team Champions) vs. Ruffy Silverstein and J.P. Cartman   McDud.   John Bradshaw Layfield (w/Orlando Jordan) vs. Funaki   McSquash...   Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Simon Dean   Mc ** stars.   Summerslam Card: WCW Smackdown Only:   Ladder Match: Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton US Title: Chris Benoit vs. Orlando Jordan World Title No Holds Barred Match: JBL vs. Batista     Randy Orton vs. Chris Benoit   The interferance was small. But I am docking this near 4 star half a point to 3 and 1/2 stars. Better Match then there last outing at summerslam last year.   WCW Smackdown won this week easy. But things could have been better.     So thats why the Mexicools tried to talk some sense into him...     In TNA News...       Some sad news from the CZW front:         Puro News:       There have been some rumors that Misawa has major eye problems. He will go to the doctors and see whats up...it might be the reason he wasnt at full strenth against Kawada. Lets hope he gets better- Rikio is not a main eventer, but he got more hope than New Japan's Champion has.   Now, Fire Pro news, as we are at least- 4 weeks away from the return of the greatest game since maybe Xenogears. Take a look at this...new videos!   http://www.spike.co.jp/fr/gallery2.html   It looks like you can make them hurt harder, fall faster...and the damage points might be higher too.   Oh and to dispell any rumors. There is a contest to get tickets to a DDT event. Get the code, and play the game on www.DDT.tv- to win the tickets. Now...why would they place the start of the contest at the 27th where everybody said the game will be realised the 28th? Please...its the 15th and thats the final date.   And thats it for us, This Sunday is Raw/WCW Smackdown co-production of Summerslam- Fat Joe and Nelly will provide the slutty song, as (can somebody tell me who is the going to play the main theame for Summerslam) will provide the war cry song...   We will see the results. Until Sunday Night Folks.  
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“We’re tongue-in-cheek you ninnies..."

"Leave us alone but pleasepleaseplease give us publicity anyway.”   Here are some of the matches from WCW Smackdown:   The Mexicools vs. Paul London, Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty   Could have been better: 2 stars   Eddie Guerrero vs. Hardcore Holly   I love the Texas Cloverhold. Why dont more people use it? 2 and one half stars...   Booker T vs. Christian   Semi Squash here. 1 star   Batista vs. Orlando Jordan (w/JBL)   2 stars.   Raw won this week easly. Is WCW Smackdown chuggling along to its end on UPN? Stay Tuned.   But the best match was not on Raw or WCW Smackdown- it was on WCW Smackdown sisters show, Velocity:     Nice. Hope to see it on Smackdown soon as the main event...   Lets get into some Puro news-   A new Japanese blog has been started for the new Sendai Girls' Pro-Wrestling promotion. It appears to be unofficial, but a very good resource. http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/sendaigirls     Ring of Honor announced this evening that Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kenta Kobashi will appear for the promotion on Saturday 10/1 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City in his first domestic wrestling appearance that I can ever recall. The appearance was confirmed about two hours ago by ROH officials.   Tickets for the 10/1 event are scheduled to go on sale tomorrow at ROH's return to Manhattan at the same venue.     Some Indy news:       Lets head to the other side of the pond...     You know what time it is!?   FIRE PRO RETURNS TIME!   Aint that right...   Updates- They finally got the Gallery up. We know the date of the relace of the game... Sept 15. More Video Updates. The game gets a CEBO 12 (equlivent to the US E/10-Teen rating) Also, DDT stars (from Pro Wrestle DDT) are playing the game already and will have there remarks over at a magazine Called Pure Sport. We will give you details on how they liked it on the next update (come on, its not that hard to get a Japanese Magazine now?)   But finally and sadly... some news about the burial of Shin'ya Hashmoto:     Links to the Vigil (Video): Windows Media 9/10 56K Media Player 300K and Higher Real Player 56KReal Player 300K and Over   Main Funeral (Video) 56K Windows MediaWindows Media 300K and Over Real Player 56K Real Player 300K and Over   What I am worried about this, and nobody really wants to say it, is that Hashimoto may have been the best pro star of his era period. He knew how to make everybody better around him. He had in his life more charator than most would like to admit.   He was truly Japanese, and not because it was his gimmick. He wasnt...westerised in a sense. Not that it is a bad thing, but I see a dilution in things. Certian things cannot be touched. He was a man of No Gimmicks, a truly beautful, learned and understandbly romatic person. And he stuck to his ways. He respected everybody in the businsess like a brother. Ever notice that most of male childerns charaters from Pikachu and so on, all are based on the model of this man?   And yet, people forgot him as time passed. The hardcore went to more talented men like Misawa and Nagata...as the Japanese causals went to MMA because they wanted a stable force. But the Very Little I saw of Hashimoto, i knew this guy loved this business. And its kills me, that the lack of hope in Puroesu, epecualiy New Japan, could have changed in a instant if he was still alive.   In the United States, most wonder what is Strong Style. Strong Style is not a NOAH based head drop game. Never was. Strong Style was never was Lucharesu. I see strong style, not as Ground and Pound- but a great style, that can produce wonderful match types. The Brand, has used parts and pieses of New Japan Strong Style back in 2002/2004 at Smackdown. You never would have believed me if I said that could have been the time The Brand could have moved away from the showman style. But it might be a bit late for that.   But why did I go to a tangant about that? Its because that Hashimoto lived by Strong Style and became famous and greater that many of his counter parts. You cant say that in the WWE Today with the halfway things Vince has done. Hashimoto if given a chance, would have taken over both Japan and The US because his style would have won over crouds, and his charisma would have won there hearts. Even fans of Austin and Rock have to agree, Hashimoto had IT. He had Champion written in the stars. He had the fighting spirit and strong style was his calling card.   He didnt die because of that style. He died because the buisness backstabbed him, and died of a broken heart. Stress over a tough relationship with his wife, the pressures of headlineing eight 50,000 seat venues, the Zero One project, and his money problems. It can do a lot to a man. Look at the American side of the industry, its much worse.   What else can I say. This man will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace.   (10 Bell Saulte)   See you all Monday.
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