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This might sound horrible, but I'm serious here. Which Samoan wrestlers are not related? Thanks Scroby.

Ugh, I thought it started at 8 est and not 7. Oh well, what have I missed so far?

MVP is really starting to improve and become a solid performer. I just wish that they'd change his look, that horrible outfit.

Didn't this guy used to be in TNA? EDIT: Thanks DrVenkman!

Just as I said I was going to do, I did go to the screening and Q&A in Atlanta, GA this past Wednesday night. It was, without a doubt, my favorite event that I've ever attended in my life. The theater was packed, and I'm pretty sure that they had to turn people away. I got there very early, and stood in line (I was about six back or so from the front) for a few hours. Little did I know that I actually had a priority pass and didn't have to stand in line, but hey, what are ya gonna do? Anyway, the theater was totally packed, so I'd say there were about 350 to 450 rabid Pegg, Frost, and Wright fans in all, depending on how many the theater actually holds. The movie received numerous standing ovations and extended periods of applause once the movie was over. During the movie, everyone was laughing, clapping, and everything else. So much so that we all missed a few follow up jokes quite a few times, so I'm going to be sure to go watch the movie once it's released wide. The main bit that got the loudest pop was when: After the movie was over and the credits started to roll, you could just tell that everyone in the theater was blown away by what they had just watched. The Q&A then started with Pegg, Frost, and Wright and it lasted around one hour. All three of them told great stories, talked about their careers, and just had fun with the fans as they interacted with us all. It turns out that Wednesday was actually Nick Frost's birthday as well, so we all sang happy birthday to him twice as he was given a birthday cake. After all of that was over, anyone who wanted to meet the three guys and get autographs and pictures could do so. I got all three of them to sign my Spaced box set as well as my R2 version of Shaun of the Dead. If any of you live near where a screening will be taking place, go to it! I drove about two hours or so to get to the theater in Atlanta, and waited outside for around three or four hours, and it was more than worth it. As for the movie itself, my opinion is more than likely skewed because of everything that took place, but I liked it just as much as Shaun of the Dead, and it gets my highest recommendation. Even if you can't watch a screening of Hot Fuzz, then at least go watch it when it opens wide.

The Trump/Vince/Austin match is the featured headline on Yahoo right now.

Call me crazy, but I say put RVD and Burke in another match together.

Shit, that was an awesome corner elbow. When did I start liking Elijah Burke anyway?

Son of a bitch, this is one hell of a match, and just perfect for the last RAW before WM. That was a fantastic ending also, just perfect. This one match got me even more excited about the PPV.

Edge/Taker doesn't need a pointless streak gimmick. It sells itself. Edge vs. Taker Streak vs. Streak Wrestlemania Edge is finally the guy to beat Taker at WM. That, to me, is money in the bank itself. You can't tell me that all of that wouldn't make people even that much more interested in the match, because it sure as hell would. Both for people here, and the casual fans as well. I'm enjoying hearing the pops of each of these guys right now. Especially for CM Punk right now, holy crap.

How horrible will it be if Edge doesn't win the MITB match, and they count that against his streak, ending it before he has a chance to go one on one with Taker at WM, streak vs. streak?

EDIT, UPDATE: From PWInsider: Oh boy... From PWInsider:

Canadian Destroyer213, how long did the Q&A and everything after the movie actually last?

I'm going to try to go to a screening of next week, complete with a Q&A as well. Thanks for posting your review and thoughts, sounds great.

He was clearly mocked because he was so much smaller. They made direct mention to it many times. If anything they should have not mentioned it at all, or brought him back in with a slightly altered gimmick, something, anything but flat out mocking the fact that he's now back, and a lot smaller physically. Once he started getting bigger once again, they stopped mocking him and allowed him to go back to where he was before.

From PWInsider.com audio: -WWE was aware that this was coming, so it wasn't a shock. -Shortly before the story broke, Vince's mood totally changed and was obvious. It wasn't so much "mad" as it was "concern". -When Kurt Angle was named a couple of weeks ago, guys in WWE were like "eh, serves him right, he was a jerk when he was leaving here" so when the guys in WWE were named, it shook some of them up. -Many in WWE are starting to wonder if the wellness policy will return to being how it was before, where a number of guys were more openly suspended and the such. -It looks bad for these guys, especially for Randy Orton (8!), since they have multiple drugs they are linked to, and there's no reason for that unless you are indeed abusing them, even if you have legal prescriptions for everything. -Vince McMahon looks horrible in all of this, mainly when you look back at what he said to Randy Orton on that one RAW show when he was mocking him about being so skinny and small, and said that he needs to go back to the gym. -If nothing else comes from all of this, they are in the very least now painted with the "oh, he's the guy named in the steroids thing" from here on out. WWE could have a problem with even more fans going along with the steroid chants and that sort of thing, and they do not want that.

From PWInsider:

I understand why they did it, and I accept that. Heck, I don't even really hate Cena like I once did, almost to the point where I can get behind him every now and then. It's just...the STFU, the move just looks weak no matter who he does it to. I have no problem with him having a submission, but come on. That move has always looked weak, no matter if he's doing it to Benoit or someone else. When a guy like Benoit taps to it, someone always built up about being all about submissions, it just makes them look that much worse.

JBL would make one hell of a GM.

Sucking. That's his style.

They should be fighting over spilling coffee on one another's naked bodies. LOL, I get the concept of her character being mad that she's more talented but they get more recoginition because they got naked but she just goes "you got naked and it really pisses me off" it sounded pretty dumb. Oh I agree with you 100%. Pretty much any women's feud that isn't Trish/Mickie in the past good many years sucks. This deal with Ashley not only sucks, but it flat out pisses me off. The stupid bitch, I hate her.

They should be fighting over spilling coffee on one another's naked bodies.

Flair just got Bulldogged!!!

Is there a chance in hell that the fans would ever cheer Orton over Edge, no matter which one is the face? I can't see it.

Who didn't expect Rey to be on something? The only one that shocks me even a little is Helms, but even with him I'm not that amazed. There are very few wrestlers out there right now that would totally shock me if I found out they were juicing. And yeah, this isn't some sort of groundbreaking news or anything, but it still hurts to have it be made public in an ongoing investigation. Now watch Vince come out on RAW tonight screaming about how he's Vince McMahon damnit, and then go on and on about how he took on the federal government and won.