Nate

well this should be how it is, they need to try to keep storylines hidden as closely as possible, like Cena's return no one knew about it and it was a huge shock, could be worse, a script for a show could get leaked out like what happened with TNA

I tried watching the replay last night and gave up after 45 minutes, I really try to like TNA, but the promotion is so freaking stupid, for 2-3 months you get a horrid product to where you wanna shoot yourself, then they deliver 2-3 months of awesome shows, if TNA had a consistent show either way for at least 6 months I'd be happy

JBL/Jericho: ends in a no contest and the rematch at No Way Out would be a gimmick match Edge/Mysterio: Edge retains after dubious means MVP/Flair: this one is a bit of a double edged sword, you dont want MVP to lose clean because that would make him look weak since hes the US Champ, and Flair cant keep getting DQ'ed because it makes him look like he cant beat anyone clean, but I'm going with Flair for the win Orton/Hardy: I really want Jeff to win, there's way too much momentum behind him to get short changed, really this feud in itself has the potential to be a feud of the year front runner if they could let this go till Backlash, so I'm gonna say Hardy wins the title Royal Rumble match: see the Royal Rumble Prediction game for my pick does anyone know of a free live stream for the show tonight

44. He's not from Cobb County Georgia

now thats a huge surprise to me, I expect TNA to pick him up as well and they will call him "OUR BIGGEST ACQUISITION IN TNA HISTORY" and he wont make a difference in TNA's ratings

I agree with the premise that it's stupid to have Shinsuke on Xplosion against someone like Skipper... but what have you seen of Tiger Mask 4 that makes him a horrible worker in your eyes? from what I seen in TNA last year and a bit of his NJPW stuff, hes just not very impressive

ok let me get this right, Tiger Mask who is a horrible worker from what I've seen is getting TV love, yet the IWGP Champ Shinskue Nakamura who is going into a high profile match with TNA's top dog Kurt Angle hes relegated to Xplosion and to boot, a 4 corner pole match involving a rat and mouse traps, Jesus H Christ TNA is horrible

damn man thats a huge shock, if his scenes in the Dark Knight were not finished, they may have to go the Brandon Lee route if thats the case RIP all the same

as the title suggests these are the Wrestling Observer's Awards for 2007: Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year): 1. John Cena (437 #1 votes) - 2,459 pts 2. Bryan Danielson (77) - 928 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (42) - 728 4. Shawn Michaels (32) - 579 5. Takeshi Morishima (41) - 565 6. Mistico (6) - 510 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (33) 8. Cibernetico (28) - 290 9. Kurt Angle (7) - 202 10.Edge (16) - 196 Most Outstanding Wrestler 1. Bryan Danielson (434) - 2,646 2. Shawn Michaels (46) - 468 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (62) - 642 4. Naomichi Marufuji 5. Nigel McGuiness 6. Samoa Joe 7. KENTA 8. Takeshi Morishima 9. Edge 10. John Cena Tag Team of the year 1. Mark & Jay briscoe (474) - 2,641 2. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelly (58) - 1,132 3. Kevin Steen & El Generico (0) - 690 4. Giant bernard & Travis Tomko 5. Matt & Jeff Hardy 6. Paul London & Brian Kendrick 7. Lance Cade & trevor Murdoch 8. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Dio 9. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori 10. Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzaki Most Improved 1. MVP (305) - 1,966 2. Claudio Castagnoli (34) - 564 3. Tomko 4. Takeshi Morishima 5. Candice Michelle 6. Jeff Hardy 7. Umaga 8. John Cena 9. Hirooki Goto 10. Batista Best on Interviews 1. John Cena (151) - 1,243 2. Santino Marella (133) - 1,208 3. Edge 4. Quinton jackson 5. Larry Sweeny 6. Christian Cage 7. Frank Shamrock 8. Tito Ortiz 9. Mr. kennedy 10. Ric Flair Best Technical Wrestler 1. Bryan Danielson (529) - 2,928 2. Nigel McGuiness (15) - 784 3. Yuji Nagata 4. Fit Finlay 5. KENTA 6. Kurt Angle 7. Naomichi Marufuji 8. Mike Quackenbush 9. Shawn Michaels 10. Samoa Joe Brusier Brody Best Brawler Award 1. Takeshi Morishima (157) - 1,464 2. Umaga (101) - 1,199 3. Samoa Joe (115) - 1,129 4. Fit Finlay 5. Necro Butcher 6. Togi Makabe 7. John Cena 8. Abyss 9. Undertaker 10. Rhyno Best Flying Wrestler 1. Mistico (162) - 1,394 2. Ricky Marvin 3. Jack Evans 4. AJ Styles 5. Pac 6. Matt Sydal 7. Jeff Hardy 8. Matt Cross 9. Dragon Kid 10. Rey Mysterio jr. Most Overrated 1. Giant Khali (187) - 1,210 2. Mr. Kennedy (80) - 586 3. HHH 4. Bobby Lashley 5. Batista 6. Big Daddy V 7. Randy Orton 8. Kurt Angle 9. Kevin Nash 10. Mistuharu Misawa Most Underrated 1. Shelton Benjamin (98) - 735 2. Jamie Noble 3. Paul London 4. Alex Shelley 5. William Regal 6. Brian Kendrick 7. Matt Hardy 8. Go Shiozaki 9. AJ Styles 10. Christopher Daniels Promotion of the Year 1. UFC (280) - 2,479 2. ROH 3. WWE 4. NOAH 5. AAA 6. CMLL 7. New Japan 8. Dragon Gate 9. Strikeforce 10. TNA Best Weekly TV Show 1. The Ultimate Fighter (390) - 2,463 2. WWE RAW 3. WWE Smackdown 4. AAA 5. CMLL 6. Wrestling Society X 7. NOAH 8. Inside MMA 9 & 10. Bodog Fight Costa Rica & TNA Impact (tie) Worked Match of the Year: 1. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (8/25) (118) - 1,199[/b] 2. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori Vs. Kota Ibushi & Naomichi marufuji (7/15) (131) - 1,108 3. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (6/9) - (146) - 1,061 4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/23) (74) - 809 pts. 5. John Cena Vs. Umaga (1/28) (46) - 458 pts. 6. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (9/15) (28) - 403 pts. 7. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Edge Vs. Randy Orton (4/29) (26) - 280 pts. 8. Cima, Shingo Takagi & Susuma Yokosuka Vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki (No Date given, ROH match?) (45) 267 pts. 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (11/11) (2) - 212 pts. 10. Hiroshi Tanahasi Vs. Yuji Nagata (4/13) - (1) - 196 pts. 11. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (9/15) - 184 pts. 12. Undertaker Vs. Batista (4/1) - 173 pts. 13. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/1) - 167 pts. 14. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs (3/31) - 127 pts. 15. Briscoes Vs. Ricky marvin & Kotaro Suzuki (1/21) - 125 pts. 16. Takeshi Morishima Vs. Claudio Castragnoli (8/10) - 119 pts. 17. Chris Harris Vs. James Storm (5/13) - 96 pts. 18. Briscoes Vs. Claudio Castragnoli & Matt Sydal (5/12) - 88 pts 19. Kurt Angle Vs. Samoa Joe (12/10/06) - 67 pts Best Non-Wrestler 1. Larry Sweeney (382) - 2,269 2. Vince mcMahon (97) - 847 3. Jim Cornette 4. Jim Mitchell 5. William Regal 6. Sharmell 7. Karen Angle 8. Lacey 9. Armando Estrada 10. Generalissimo Takada Best Television Announcer 1. Jim Ross (325) - 2,257 2. JBL (184) - 1,609 3. Joe Rogan 4. Mauro Ranallo 5. Mike Goldberg 6. Dave Prazak 7. Frank Mir 8. Mike Tenay 9. Joey Styles 10. Kenny Bolin Worst Television Announcer 1. Don West (269) - 2,204 2. Micheal Cole (116) - 1,130 3. Johnathan Coachman 4. Todd Grisham 5. Mike Tenay 6. Jerry Lawler 7. Col. Bob Sheridan 8. Joey Styles 9. Taz 10. Leticia Cline Worst Major Wrestling Show 1. WWE/ECW December to Disremember (12/3/06) - 298 pts. 2. TNA Lockdown 3. WWE Unforgiven 4. TNA Hard Justice 5. UFC 78 6. TNA Victory Road 7. TNA Final Resolution 8. WWE Jugement Day Best Wrestling Maneuver 1. KENTA's Go To Sleep - 98 pts. 2. Randy Orton's running soccer kick 3. Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer 4. Bryan Danielson's Cattle Mutilation 5. Matt Sydal's shooting Star press 6. Bryan Danielson's elbows 7. Samoa Joe's muscle buster 8. Takeshi Morishima's backdrop driver 9. CM Punks Go To Sleep 10. Shawn Michaels' superkick Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic 1. TNA Signing Pacman Jones/Making it Rain - 317 pts. 2. Vince mcMahon's death 3. WWE's entire handling of post-benoit re: Steriods 4. Hornswoggle as Vince's illegitament son 5. Giant Khali as World Champion 6. WWE doing Benoit tribute show Worst Television Show 1. TNA Impact - 476 pts 2. WWE/ECW - 122 3. WWE RAW 4. Wrestling Society X 5. WWE Heat 6. IFL Battleground Worst Feud of the Year 1. Kane Vs. Big Daddy V - 204 pts 2. VKM Vs. Christy Hemme - 121 3. Eric Young Vs. Robert Roode 4. Batista Vs. Giant Khali 5. Vince McMahon Vs. Bobby Lashley 6. Layla Vs. Kelly kelly 7. Kane Vs. Giant Khali 8. Cody Rhodes Vs. Bob Holly 9. Abyss Vs. Black Reign 10. WWE Vs. Honesty & John Cena Vs. Giant Khali (TIE) Worst Match of the Year 1. Chris Harris Vs. James Storm (Blindfold match - 4/15) - 149 pts 2. Fake Donald Trump Vs. Fake Rosie O'Donell (1/8) - 119 3. Giant Khali Vs. Kane (4/1) 4. Giant Khali Vs. Horsnwoggle (11/17) 5. Layla Vs. Kelly Kelly (11/27) 6. Monsters Battle Royal Kane Vs. Giant Khali Vs. Mark henry (10/30) 7. Big Daddy V. Vs. Boogyman (9/18) 8. Kane Vs. Mark henry (6/3) 9. Chrsity Hemme Vs. Fat Oily Guy (2/11) 10. Giant Khali Vs. Batista (10/7) Worst Promotion of the year 1. TNA - 520 pts 2. WWE - 42 pts 3. IFL 4. All-Japan 5. AAA 6. IWA Puerto Rico Best Gimmick 1. Santino Marella - 344 pts. 2. Black Machismo Jay Lethal - 52 3. MVP 4. Fetus 5. Takeshi Morishima 6. Matt Classic 7. Delirious 8. King Booker 9. Chris Hero 10. Awesome Kong Worst Gimmick 1. Black Reign - 203 pts 2. Horswoggle McMahon - 88 3. Pacman Jones 4. Big Daddy V 5. Jillian Hall singing 6. VKM 7. Abyss 8. Fat Oiley Guy 9. Boogyman 10. HG & Giant Khali (TIE) Best Box office Draw 1. John Cena (331) - 2,299 2. Chuck Lidell (267) - 2,192 3. Mistico (133) - 1,603 4. Randy Couture 5. Quinton Jackson 6. Tito Ortiz 7. Cibernetico 8. Kid Yamanoto 9. Perro Aguayo jr. 10. HHH Feud of the Year 1. Undertaker Vs. Batista (148) -1,160 2. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (89) - 1,119 3. Briscoes Vs. Steen & El Generico (121) - 1,045 4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels 5. Matt Hardy Vs. MVP 6. Frank Shamrock Vs. Phil Baroni 7. Matt Hughes Vs. Matt Serra 8. Tito Ortiz Vs. Chuck Lidell 9. Gran Apache Vs. Billy Boy 10. Vince McMahon Vs. Donald Trump Most Charismatic 1. John Cena (358) - 2,447 2. Quinton Jacklson (158) - 1,491 3. Cibernetico 4. Randy Couture 5. Shawn Michaels 6. Tito Ortiz 7. Mistico 8. Edge 9. Jeff Hardy 10. Forrest Griffin Rookie of the year 1. Eric Stevens (106) - 756 2. Joe Doering (88) - 752 3. Tim Donst 4. La Sombra 5. Cyber Kong 6. Ted DiBiase Jr. 7. Ted McNailer 8. Lince Dorado 9. Seiya Sanada 10. Bobby Dempsey Best Major Wrestling Show 1. ROH Man Up (188) - 1,296 2. WWE Wrestlemania (133) - 1,138 3. Pride 2nd Coming 4. ROH Driven 5. Pride Otoko Matsuri 6. Strikeforce/EXC Judgement Day 7. WWE Backlash 8. UFC 68 9. UFC 66 10. UFC 76 Best Booker 1. Gabe Sapolsky - 495 pts. 2. Joe Silva - 128 3. Riki Choshu 4. Michael Hayes 5. Dorian Roidan 6. Vince McMahon Promoter of the year 1. Dana White - 412 pts 2. Vince mcMahon - 113 3. Cary Siikin 4. Joachim Roldan 5. Paco Alonso Best Pro Wrestling Book 1. Hitman by Bret Hart - 266 pts 2. A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho - 237 3. Brody Vs. Larry Matysik 4. Hardcore Diaries by Mick Foley 5. NWA by Tim Hornbacker 6. Lucha Loco by Malcom Venville 7. Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels by Oliver/Johnson Best Pro Wrestling DVD 1. Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen - 332 pts 2. History of the AWA - 73 3. The Ladder matches 4. Shawn Michaels: Heartbreak & Triumph 5. The New and Improved DX

I gotta say 2001, 2002 and 2007 are my favorites I can think of right off hand

for the record I copied and pasted this from a different site

what stood out to me was TNA was rated worst promotion, especially over Wrestling Soceity X and WSX and Heat was rated as a better TV show then Impact, I figured TNA had a bad year, but I didnt realize that bad

I gotta say 1999, the whole show minus Rock/Mankind was just bleh, the Rumble match lacked serious star power and it was basically the McMahon/Austin show if I got my Rumbles in the right order

my vote is for Pimp Daddy Al

couple days ago I watched Royal Rumble 1999, the show was very random with Bossman/Road Dogg, Shamrock/Billy Gunn, really outside of the Rock/Mankind I Quit Match and the Rumble match the show was average

1. Who will win the 2008 Royal Rumble? (2 pts.) Batista 2. Who will be the runner-up? (3 pts.) HBK 3. Who will be the iron-man? (5 pts.) Triple H 4. Who will have the shortest time? (5 pts.) Big Daddy V 5. Who will have the most eliminated opponents? (3 pts.) Umaga 6. Who will draw #1 and #2 (3 pts each, 3 bonus for accurately naming both) Triple H and The Miz 7. Who will draw the most successful winning entry of #27? (5 pts.) Batista 8. Who will draw the #30 spot? (5 pts.) Hornswoggle 9. What will be the eventual winning #? (5 pts) 23 10. Will there be any surprise/unannounced entrants? (No point value), If yes, who will they be? (3 pts. each) Yes, Big Show, Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, Colin Delnaey, Chavo Guerrerro 11. Will the endurance record of 62:12 set by Mysterio be broken? (No point value), If so, what will the new record be? (Closest to the supposed new record gets 10 pts). no 12. The final six men eliminated will compete in the second chance Elimination Chamber next month, who will those people be? (3 pts. each, 10 pts bonus for accurately naming all) Kennedy, Big Show, HHH, Umaga, HBK, Carlito 13. How many instances of interference by non-active competitors will we see? (3 pts.) 0 14. How many people will Hornswoggle eliminate? (3 pts.) 1 (with help from Finlay if assited eliminations count) 15. Will anyone bleed? (no point value), if so, who? (2 pts) Foley

alot of TNA's booking irratates me these days, needless gimmick matches when they should be used to end feuds, the rise and then burial of young lions (like Kaz and Chris Harris) I could go on all night

strange I dont have USA or CW in HD on mine and I have Comcast

It's been cancelled? yea, Vince never approved the DVD so he had that one and the Sting one axed

much like the WWE prediction for 2008 thread, here are a few I see occuring: TNA will lose quite a few guys, LAX, Dutt, VKM, Harris, Storm as not surprising ones, and TNA will lose valueable guys in Samoa Joe, and in what would be the most surprising loss I see Kurt Angle leaving TNA to attempt an MMA career TNA will go through MANY MANY bookng changes within the first 6 months Jeff Jarrett returns then a couple months later he suddenly announces his retirement thats really all I can think of right now

wait so the courts are actually gonna listen to the dipshits in Texas, I can understand calling Microsoft and giving them hell about the servers being wonky, but to go to the point to file a lawsuit and want reperations for it is just freaking retarded

I thought The Patriot would be the WWE champion after he beat Bret clean

well the Illinois State/Evansville game was alot more competitive then I thought it would be, mainly because the refs made the absolute worst calls on the face of God's green Earth, if the Purple Aces didnt make a shot, a foul was called and more often then not they werent even touched, but ISU wound up winning 74-66

any word on who qualified between Carlito/Santino vs DH Smith and Drew McIntyre

I did manage to pick up the 3rd and 4th volume of the Royal Rumble Anthology, 39 bucks a piece at Wal-Mart