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Waitaminute... did he have the seizure during the UK PPV, or hear about his mom at the PPV? Because I thought it was the former.

They lost me at "Bradshaw".

Could be. When did she die? It must have been after his Bell's Palsy seizure, right?

That's it in a nutshell. Tease the chokeslam, but finish with the Overcast. It's the only credible finisher he has left. And if he's only gonna be tagging with Rosey, then the double stack splash and samoan drop/neckbreaker combo are fine finishers.

Kinda sorta unrelated: I wish JR would stop calling it a tiger bomb, because it's just a sitting powerbomb. A tiger bomb is what Jamie Noble does. Not that I'm surprised that JR's addled brain can't wrap around concepts like the actual names of finishers. To the glue factory with you!

Oh man. I do agree that he was looking kinda portly last night. That's what an all-inclusive honeymoon will do to you. Believe me, I know.

Nice choice. I can still remember when he opened for Juliana Hatfield at the Trade Winds in NJ. (Must have been 93 or 94). He had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hands with that powerful voice of his. Godlike.

If you saw the PPV last night, you would have noticed HHH cowering from Kane whenever he tried to double cross him, or whenever he did the Zombie situp. That's about the extent of it. He probably uses Method acting by picturing Stephanie threatening him with a de-push. Or a strap-on.

Especially with Bloated H taking the lead. You're gonna need a lotta lube just to get Hefty Hefty Hippo outta there.

His finisher could always be that suicidal twisting fall off the ropes that didn't even graze his opponent and almost killed him at the PPV last night. "You fucked up! You fucked up!"

I'm not one given to hyperbole or overstatement (yeah, right), but this was probably one of the worst things they could have done with the belts. As much as people say that the championships don't matter, they're still used as a focal point for the majority of the matches (or at least they should be). Evolution has had the lion's share of exposure with or without HHH in an attempt to get Vince's dreamboys over -- Orton especially, since it's obvious he doesn't have what it takes to get over on his own. But at least with the belts on other guys, there was room to put more wrestlers into the mix, give them something to feud over, y'know, the kind of stuff that a wrestling promotion is supposed to do. Now, with Evolution holding all the gold, that's where all the attention goes. Forget the Dudleys vs. the Vanilla Studs... no one's gonna give a shit about them anymore. Forget RVD... he's damaged goods without the credibility of a belt. Forget all the other "contenders" for the belts, whoever they were, because it's obvious that they're not good enough to get put on TV properly, so they're obviously not good enough to challenge for the belts. Don't even get me started on how they threw Molly to the wolves by having her out on the PPV in an unannounced match. That shit made my blood boil. How do we as an audience contend with the main heel faction holding all the belts, when there's not one wrestler out there who has been held up to their standard enough to topple the regime? Oh, I forgot... Evolution is gonna split up so that they can feud with each other, once again keeping the spotlight on them and shunting the rest of the grunts scurrying into the shadows like roaches. Did they learn nothing from the Clique crap from '95? Or the nWo collapse? Stupid humans.

You, named after a comic strip character, not being serious? Wha wha WHAH?!?

This scenario smacks of the "York Foundation", and that didn't exactly set the world on fire. Sure it's a gimmick that would suit a Heat featured player, but something like that will never garner Main Event heat.

Tajiri. None of them have the personality or the presentation that he has, except for maybe Rey. Face or heel, he gets nice reactions from the crowds. Great skills to boot. And who cares if he's got the "Muta" mist thing going. Crazy Japanese wrestlers have been doing that since the 70s.

Hot dog, we have a weiner!!! As for Evo putting the beats on Orton to turn him face, that would just get Flair and Co. the biggest face pop. Orton's only strength is his "competent" wrestling skills. He's not flashy, but he can be somewhat carried. And that's a problem when you're a heel, who traditionally controls the flow of a match. His offense is boring, and he doesn't know how to play to the crowd other than holding up his arms as if to say "Notice me, please." And forget his mic skills. He's so soft-spoken that it borders on annoying. And you can tell he's still not comfortable giving promos. That last one he did with Flair and Batista was terrible… he stumbled twice on his words, and was thoroughly unconvincing, unlike Batista, who actually sounded like he really wanted to pound RVD into a fine mist. Don't even get me started on Orton's stint at the announcer's booth on whatever RAW that was. Ugh. So what do you do with a cocky but boring wrestler who can't talk? Give him a hot valet with a mirror, and don't let him talk for himself. I like the idea of throwing opponents through the mirror. That would work nicely.

Oh TAG~!

Eddie would more than likely take out Haas. My perpetual rule of thumb: in a fight, never bet on the white guy. I think you mean "Never bet on the Euromutt American". Eddie's white too. He is?!?!?!? Pardon my disbelief, but I've never seen a picture of his parents, and can only go on the perpetuated "myth" of his Hispanic/Mexican/whatever origins.

If that's the trend, I'm sure this tagline is sure to follow: WW_… Urge to Kill Rising… Rising…

I agree with Spiffy. Too many people stick around past their due date, and it ruins what could have been legendary status. Watterson should keep his legacy intact and stay gone. Not that I'm upset about Berkeley Breathed being back in the fold. Man, I loved Bloom County, and am very excited about Opus, who was my favourite character.

Thank god I never watched wCw during the Hogan era. I probably would have shot my TV if I had seen Vader get dissed like that. The days of "Hulking Up" should have been long gone by then, given the quality of talent that was running around at the time.

Now that was a genius moment.

If all it takes is $10 to injure Orton and Batista, shit, where do I send the cheque?

No. The entire card is a house show for the RAW brand.

So A-Train steps in for the dearly departed Nathan Jones as Morgan's brother-in-arms. And now Holly's job is on the line. Great. They rid us of one useless lump and replace him with another more useless, more belligerent lump. Montgomery Burns: "Oh Ziggy, will you ever win?"

Que como what?