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Kendrick vs. Kofi should be entertaining at least.

Here's hoping they let MVP look real good against Orton tonight.

Raw just got ballin'... Good to see MVP playing with the big guns.

You know... I am rather glad they allow Orton to be a true heel and not a tweener that plays up to the crowd when he does get a face reaction.

All Hail King Orton!

Festus in a repackaged gimmick could be a possibility. Although, I'd like to see them team Knox and Festus up as a monster-type tag-team.

Because it's the biggest show of the year and you have to create the feel good moment. If any show is designed to cater to the ultimate of casual fans, it's Wrestlemania.

Ted Dibiase Jr. would be my first choice. I also think Jack Swagger will be a major player eventually.

Just off the top of my head - John Tatum Eddie Gilbert (They were married) Road Warrior Hawk (Not sure about this, but for some reason I'm thinking she did)

If Punk faces Cena in Chicago, the crowd will really turn on Cena, especially if he beats Punk. Chicago is one of those towns where the fans just seem to let Cena have it more so than usual.

Thanks to Brock.

If you read the Q/A portion of the site, you'll find some very supportive comments in regards to UFC and MMA in general based on the fact they operate with the basic principles pro-wrestling used to have.

Yeah, that used to happen in St. Louis... not sure if other cities did it as well.

Jeff Jarrett. Ehhh... I stand by my original claim. Attribute it to the fact that I have never bought Jarret as a legit headliner if you want, but his run on top of WCW came as that promotion was all but in the grave... and as for TNA... well... hard to not be on top when you have a major stake in the company.

That is a good point, but in my limited knowledge of that situation, I'm guessing the overall point was to try and get Boogeyman over as a legit-scary character. If you have your own talent in the audience, plant or no plant, laughing... what message does that send? It's a fine line in this debate, but I can see where Cornette would have been pissed at Santino (Granted, I think slapping him went over the line, but I can understand the frustration).

Rude is probably on that second tier of talent... very good, but just below the term of "All-Time Great". He is, however, probably the biggest example of someone who had far more success in WCW as compared to his tenure in the WWE.

Because its fuckin' Andre! Agreed. Hell, the freaking Hall of Fame was created just so they could have some type of special honor for Andre.

You do know Vince Russo works for TNA, right? Are you trying to compare Russos experience in the industry with that of Hollywood writers? You might not like the guy, but to try and deny over 15 years of experience in the industry is absolutely ludicrous and flat out childish. Russo himself has admitted that he has tried and failed to get movie and TV projects that he has written made. He is a self admitted Hollywood wannabe. He admitted this after he helped tank WCW with some of the worst writing ever seen, and before he came back to TNA. And denying Vince Russo's "experience" in wrestling is "childish?" Russo could write crash-TV all well and good (Granted, when he had someone like McMahon looking over his shoulder and shooting down the multitude of crap before allowing the good ideas to pass), but when it came to the part of the show where, you know, actual wrestling had to happen... he was lost. He could cover himself up in the WWE, again, because McMahon and company were there to handle things. In WCW, it was painfully obvious he didn't know jack about the wrestling portion of the show. Cornette brings up this very point in the article (And he's made this comment numerous times, especially on his shoot interviews). But yeah... I agree with pretty much everything Cornette said in this, especially the part about things being so cookie-cutter. In today's wrestling world, a Dick Murdoch or Dusty Rhodes or numerous other stars of the past wouldn't have a prayer of succeeding because they don't fit the standard look. The point about everything being scripted and written out is also key because the talent, with the exception of the "old-timers" (Examples being Shawn Michaels, Jericho, or basically anyone who broke in during the late 80's/early 90's), doesn't have a sense of improv anymore. If they are running a segment, and it's bombing... they can't get themselves out of it because they have to go by the script. Wrestling crowds are fickle and different every night. Again, Cornette said it best: When he was with the Midnight Express, Dennis Condrey would look at the crowd and say, "Well... they want to laugh tonight" so the Express would work as comic heels and do spots that would get the crowd laughing. Some nights, he'd be like, "They want major heat tonight" - so they'd go out and all but kill Ricky Morton to get the crowd worked up into a frenzy. Talent today can't do that because they are handcuffed. It's that way in the WWE and TNA. The writers don't allow any leeway for the talent to take it upon themselves to generate heat because they are too concerned about getting their own ideas and concepts over. The business has shifted this way, and unfortunately, it's not going back any time soon. It's a shame Cornette has to resort to working for TNA with Russo as the booker because he does have the mind for what pro-wrestling should be. Granted, he does have the failure of SMW on his head, but I would definitely watch a Cornette booked promotion if I had the chance.

Austin made more simply based on the fact he had more opportunity to do so - number of PPV's and such.

May's PPV is in Chicago. I think Punk cashing in MITB for the home town crowd advantage would be a solid story to tell. Punk vs Cena in Chicago would be pretty damn good. Punk would lose, but it could still be a good story. And the crowd heat would be good as Chicago is usually a town that craps on Cena regardless the opponent. If Punk is the opponent, it could get very interesting.

Undertaker is main eventing the debut of Superstars... just liked he did with the debut of Heat.

Wrestling and work-rate wise, Smackdown has definitely gotten a lot better.

Nice sting on Dreamer: "If Tommy Dreamer is a legend, so is the Brooklyn Brawler."

Well there goes a major reason I watch Raw.

Big Show mad! Big Show smash!