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Dude, IT WAS A SEASON FINALE. They arent coming back til "sometime in 2007" - if it was a hiatus for a few months, I'd agree with you that what they did last night wasn't that bad but we're talking AT LEAST 6 months, if not more. Thats actually MORE than a regular season on broadcast television. There should have been a cliffhanger last night and there wasnt. Really no excuse for that kind of slow and plotting type of programming, ESPECIALLY from a show such as this. And especially since this is, well, nearing the end. Calm before the storm should have happened well before this. Instead last night felt the farthest thing from a finale of any sort and more like adding new and dare I say uninteresting layers into the fold, such as Chris fucking the girl Tony wants. Big f'n deal. That should have been saved for the next season at the very worst. There should have been some strong attack at the end of this show, even during Tony's family gathering. But we didnt get anything but happy go lucky family fun. Thats not what this show is about. Not even close. I just honestly dont have much, if any, hope for what Chase has planned for the last 8 episodes. I was frankly pretty dissapointed with what they did this "season" other than the first episode where Junior shot Tony. Otherwise it was slow, roller coaster development (up and down), and generally seemed like a great amount of filler. Characters and storylines were inconsistent, underdeveloped, uninteresting and the Vito storyline bridged more heat between the families, but did anyone really enjoy that shit?! I personally did not. Now I can see where things are leading, essentially one huge blowup between many different people/factions, but its just that they have done it so "eh" I could care less to see where it all goes. Plus add the fact we have to wait a fuckload of time to get there, and we had to wait a fuckload of time to just get what crappy "half-season" we got here, and consider me very let down.

I think Miz could work as some sort of "host" for the show, but he has GOT to stop that fucking hoorah shit. That really gets extremely annoying and unless they are going to try to turn him heel from this, I can't imagine anyone in creative actually entertained by him spouting that tagline after damn near every sentence. Miz has the energy and even somewhat of the charisma to get over, but they better be careful about how they try to portray him, as it could easily backfire. Anyway I really liked the show last night. The crowd was responding well to things too, which shows that they are doing alot of things right on this show right now to me. Lashley is getting over finally and Angle really went out with a bang via a hell of a match with Rey that put Angle over excellent in his more badassish persona than he even had before. I'm really interested in Angle working ECW. I dunno if it is because they are kind of hotshotting things right or not, but I liked that the show didnt seem so formula produced, meaning it seemed a bit more unpredictable from a straight production standpoint.

Fuck yeah, I'm there. Did you go the house show they did back in 2000 there? Definately was a fun show to be at. Will no doubt be going to the LaCrosse show and the Minneapolis show too.

I'd say if she's not talking to you anyway via email or phone, who the fuck cares? Let him have the number, it's obvious it's someone fuckin around with you and its not who they say they are, so isnt it worth trying to get some answers? Instead you are just going to keep being self loathing towards yourself and the situation, probably thinking you scared her off, etc.

Since Nitro pretty much has jobber written all over him after jobbing to Cena immediately, they probably want to consider moving Melina and Nitro over to ECW, and then when Mercury "recovers" move him there too and try re-pairing them up. I can just tell from Raw that Nitro and Melina alone just isn't going to fly, long term. And having Nitro flounder on Raw until Mercury returns is just going to be a negative, so why not move him over to ECW to feud with whoever? My first guess was the fake Kane was Terkay, since they just signed him out of nowhere and they had to have a reason to do so. He has that type of hair that was sported there too, assuming that wasnt a wig he was wearing. Test is so jacked up these days, there was no way that was him, same with Snitsky. I'm pretty much in the sentiment most have here about Vince right now. He can work if he isn't overexposed, but everytime he comes back on air, it seems like that is the case. Next weeks show is so predictable with the Vince-HHH stuff it doesnt even make me remotely interested to tune-in. That opening segment was so fucking boring to say the least. And why cant Coach just be a fucking manager to whomever and leave it at that? His ass kissing "assistant" role didnt work the first time w/ Bischoff, it wont work here. Pissed me a bit off to see them throw the GM deal aside --- its like, why even announce it if you are going to just bait and switch? Well, I guess I just answered my own question there. The ECW stuff should have been huge news tonight but the way they went about it, it just seemed real flat. I think alot of it just has to do with teh crowd responses, which are confusing at best. I dont get how this seemed to work in WWE storylines/programming last year, and this year its just "eh" from a live crowd perspective since the angles they are pulling this year to build to the show seem stronger than last. They are going to need some good damn explanation in storyline mode for bringing Angle over to ECW after he was one of the heels against them last year, though. Regardless, I still think its a great idea to have Angle in ECW though, its just too bad Daniel Puter is basically blackballed from WWE as Heyman could probably book an Angle/Puter feud tremendously.

If they are going to give Kash and Noble a new tag team gimmick, the least they could do is put a match on Smackdown against Gymini or London/Kendrick for the tag belts. It baffles me that they just started this out of nowhere. Actually that team might be a cool thing to bring into the ECW brand, Pitbulls 2006. I would assume both of those guys will be sent there anyway. Biggest non surprise in quite some time that Masters is on the juice (and get rid of him while we're at it) and with Mercury, I could see them maybe moving him to ECW possibly. Oh and I am thinking Dusty Rhodes for GM and that Shantelle chick is cute as fuck

The only thing that needs to happen in this situation is Marvin needs to call this chick up and see what her deal is. If they can have some good conversation over the phone, maybe its worth meeting up with. But my gut says this chick is bullshitting this whole story just because she is scared to meet him.

Poseidon is a good date movie - lovey dovey shit in it too, but then again so does MI3. Either one is a good date movie. Bottom line, you got your chance now full out - just be chill and see what happens. If she starts dropping body language hints when you two hang out, dude - you better fucking go for it because if you dont, there is your chance you had to maybe get into a relationship and you might not have it again if the first time is a letdown for her or she just generally sees its not going to go anywhere because of your lack of taking control of the situation. She seems from these messages genuinly interested in you and considering all the shit you've been throwing her way with the back and forth behaviour, consider yourself very lucky you still have this chance. Make the most of it, period!

Not sure if its been reported otherwise, but I just found out today that SR is going to be in 3-D at IMAX locations. Rock f'n on

I checked it out over the weekend, of course had to get massively baked for this one, and taking into account this wasnt going to be a well thought out production, I went into it looking for some fun gore/kills and campiness and I pretty much got it. Otherwise there is no way you can even come close to liking this one, has to be taken with a similar mindset that one would have while watching a Troma movie or something. So bad and campy that its borderline entertaining at times. Also, another positive was that the special effects werent too bad overall and they did seem to spend a good amount on them. I still wouldnt bother going to see this in the theater though - easy DVD pickup though for campy horror fans if you ask me.

So has this actually been a good ppv to anyone who's watching it? It sounded weak on paper and surprised to hear the results are somewhat good.

Well I'll be damned, Jarrett jobs to Joe completely clean.

Copied this from the DVD message board.....According to Scherer on PWInsider..This september the WWE is bringing ECW back as a full-time promotion. Contracts being sent out, 3 year deals (well one year deals with rollover clauses). No details on what form it will be, or anything about tv yet. Heyman and Dreamer getting the book, which can only be good news as long as the McMahons keep their hands off it. ---If this true, wow - pretty stunned. Hopefully some other sources start reporting this.

It doesnt matter if they are turning a profit finally or not, this company needs some serious motivation, whatever it takes, to get their asses in gear and start putting on a top to bottom kick ass product. The workrate is there, and I think it basically lies with management overall (or a lack thereof) and the booking is too basic and it never gets characters or feuds over. Their identity is non-existant and if they don't do something now, I fear when ECW comes back into the fold, this company is going to have some serious troubles. Cornette needs to be involved in the writing intially to see what he can bring to the table. The current booking committee is spinning their wheels basically if you ask me. Can you tell the product is boring me?

Ugh, what happened to Smackdown being a pretty damn entertaining show? Once again the spoilers are showing a complete dissapointment in the results, and now we're going a full month at least like this. Definate downturn in the SD product right after that first SD after Mania, which was a very good show. Rey has to beat Bradshaw now or the whole point to give him the belt (to get him over) is completely lost. They'd just have to send him back down to CW division if he jobs out now at the ppv. Losing to two big men in non-title matches relatively convincingly and more importantly, CLEAN - should justify a rub at the big show. Bottom line - Bradshaw can handle a loss (since he shouldnt even be in the main event position in the first place, for one thing) but Rey most certainly cant at this point. They should then consider Rey v. Booker at GAB, and THEN give Booker the belt, leading to Booker/Batista at SummerSlam.

They tied in season one and two flawlessly tonight - this must have been the plan of action from the beginning of the series, or at least it was done so slickly and smartly in its execution, its irrelevant anyway as it was just plain damn good TV. It was just one HOLY SHIT after another for that last half of the finale tonight. And I really thought they killed off you know who, but not - MAJOR swerve. Speculation what that cliffhanger was all about? Has to do with death would be my guess...major payoff to find his killer? Definate thumbs way up for this entire season, and definately in agreement in one of the best season finales I've ever seen from any show before. I honestly did not see the killer as him, came out of total left field but it all made complete sense, tied up EVERYTHING damn near.

Well so far they are 2 for 3 on the Thurs deal - the first show was GREAT, one after that IMO was not very good at all, but then last weeks definately delivered. Everyone has good points about why this Thurs slot might work, but I think there is still a large issue in that they start so damn late at the night that even a solid TUF lead-in makes people slowly tune out casually the later it gets. I dont care how great the show could be, I think it still might happen just because it gets so f'n late and its a weeknight, so thats a given that people need to crash at a decent time to get up for work the next day, etc. Its REALLY hard to get used to generating a weekly fanbase to a product when its so damn late like that too. TUF on Spike as Raw as the lead-in was a bit different because you had 3 to 4 million watching the end of Raw, whereas TUF doesnt even have half of that nearin the end of their Thurs show to support the TNA following it. With that said it really bugs me Spike has a fucking highlight UFC show on before TUF which can really and should be aired after TUF instead, as that show is on constantly all week long and it always generates about the same rating constantly (heard always about .4 or .5 on it). If they want to keep the UFC audience, then have that AFTER TUF and TNA could be a nice early lead-in to TUF, because the wrestling before UFC combo worked before with Raw better than the opposite way. I dunno, I could be wrong and having a 8c/9p TNA slot wouldnt still put a dent in the ratings, but I would tend to think it very much would. More people are flicking through channels around that time versus 10c/11p.

Speaking of Xplosion, they should just have THIS show replace it, as I dont even watch the damn show anymore (I have it on my dish from Sun Sports) because its so pointless. Its moreless Impact material with Borash yapping his gums w/ guest host in between segments. And then the one exclusive match a week - which can stay, but the rest needs to be more original content for that show like it is here. Just a thought.

Cmon, both of them aren't just doing crotch chops and then having a staredown on the last Raw just for the fuck of it. They are clearly going to this direction, or at best/worst (depending how you look at it) they are strongly teasing it to test the waters of HHH turning face, which seems apparent. Also, the running idea, if they reform a DX alliance, is that HHH and HBK will be the leaders of the group, but they will have 2-3 others joining up to get a rub from being with them, such as Orton and Batista got a rub from Evolution - which some may argue with, but the fact of the matter was they were elevated from the connection, bottom line. With that said, I dont mind a DX reunion if done in this manner. And I am enjoying WWE about 70 percent of the time. Apparently that is a crime around this neck of the woods these days! But Raw has a feeling of very strong unpredictability, which is what this product does need right now. And on Smackdown we normally at least had the workrate there, but the last 3 or so weeks has seen that product take a strong turn for the worse, IMO.

PPV was $20 I think, not that bad but could have and should have been cheaper. I did stop watching the show entirely, though, during the Midnight Express match and have just been so busy lately havent had time to watch the rest of that one and the really lame sounding main event. Probably be best if I just NEVER watched the rest of this so I'd still think of the show in a positive light!

For anyone who wants a decent attempt at 80s nostalgia, check out this Legends reunion ppv they got playing right now. Heavy emphasis on this show being a NWA/WCW tribute of sorts. Havent watched all of this yet, but so far its been really bad matches w/ Duggan, Disco Inferno, etc, but the presentation is really good w/ Cornette and Lance Russell doing commentary. Just a fun show with not so much the emphasis on the workrate, but just pure entertainment factor. They also do video packages in between matches showcasing certain 80's territories' footage, such as Memphis (although what they shown was pretty recent actually), Championship Wrestling of Florida, WWC (old mid 80s footage), etc. I think its on digital cable ppv pretty much most of the entire month of May. Here is the card I just found at www.605thereunion.com. THE CARD Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Nikolai Volkoff w/Iron Sheik Rick Steiner vs. Mr. Jones Disco Inferno vs. Koko B. Ware Greg Valentine w/Jimmy Hart vs. Superfly Jimmy Snuka Kamala w/Friday vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts Vampiro vs. Eddie Colon w/Carlos Colon Dory Funk, Jr. & Mike Graham w/Bruno Sammartino vs. Tully Blanchard & David Flair w/J.J. Dillon Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette vs. The Armstrongs w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner vs. Buff Bagwell Announcers: Lance Russell, James E. Cornette, Ron Niemi & Cory Maclin The return of former Nitro Girls Spice, Chae, Fyre & Chiquita Referees: Dave, Earl & Brian Hebner Ring Announcer: David Penzer

Sounds horrible on paper, SD was on a good streak of decent shows for awhile, but the last 2-3 weeks have kind of struggled.

They pretty much singlehandedly hit a home run with that Styles promo if you ask me. It was very close to reality, and close enough where I think it was so well done because Styles pretty much was speaking from the truth. I am shocked they actually went through with it because it exposes WWE to a degree, but it really IS necessary to do this to start up the ECW brand, and in the right way - the same way the whole brand was established anyway, as a competitor to "the others" and under a renegade like theme. So far to start the ECW tie-in, they are on a very VERY good track if you ask me. I expect the ONS show much more top notch than last year if that promo last night is any indication, in terms of the build for it. Other than that, the show pretty much blew. The HBK/HHH interaction shows that I wouldnt be surprised to see a DX reunion in a few weeks time maybe.

They need to advertise themselves more - I know its been said over and over but they need a strong marketing team (which the WWE clearly has) to compliment the product. Til then, who knows - they may never get to where they want to be without it.

Page and Kanyon have a really solid match on here as well, *** 3/4 for sure. Announcers did some good work talking up this as some sort of huge grudge match of sorts.