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I kind of am liking this segment, well up until Bischoff calls an official? Fuckin lame

And uninteresting to boot. Foley-McMahon it is not...

Somewhat late comment about it, but I thought Edge did a much better job on his promo tonight versus Hardy's mess last week. Not sure if that is in terms of talent overall from each (I've NEVER seen a promo cut like that from Edge before and inversily Hardy has done way better promos than last week) or if both last week and this week's Hardy/Edge promos were scripted or not. Could be WWE's way how they want this going and are trying to turn Hardy?! Just watch, he'll be gone already out of WWE by November. Lita looked pretty uncomfy being there.

Also the WON reported in the issue I got today that WWE is making them dub over the DVD Wal Mart releases of Kip James and Matt Bentley's "former names". They must be taking notice.

Regarding the Wal-Mart DVDs, they are going to be priced at $30 for all 3 - a HELL of a deal. I saw that on TNA's website the other day. So any nitpicking about what ppvs they should have done in the 3 pak, IMO, is needless bitching when you consider how affortable these are.

Traditionally, I think it may be one of a handful of top wrestling cities, but that probably doesnt hold up anymore these days. We are talking more 30-40 years ago. I have no idea what you are even talking about with the attendance record from Mania III broken, no WWE show ever has cracked that mark, be it 73,000 or 93,000.

I disagree, while he has been "lost in the shuffle" he still has that "uh oh" factor that HHH gave him when he put over Benoit as someone to be scared of. I find it great for instance when the mystery partner is revealed to be Benoit and the wrestler and/or SD commentators go "uh oh" like Cole or Tazz did a couple of weeks ago when Benoit was revealed to be Guerrero's opponent. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You obviously have missed the US title match v. Jordan at the last ppv. That hurt his value immensily overall to the brand. He's now just another midcard talent that they try to say is a viable headliner, but they dont treat him as such.

IMO cities like Charlotte, St Louis, Atlanta, etc - no offense but they arent "stand out" to deserve a Mania. If Mania is going to be at a "regular" arena it has to hold some past nostalgic value, like a MSG or the arena in Chi-town, otherwise having it in only major markets or, at best, a pretty substantial stadium or something (EX: Safeco Field for Mania XIX) just makes more sense. I'd LOVE it if they had a Mania, or even SummerSlam, at the Metrodome here in Minneapolis for what its worth.

I certainly would too. Good to hear the dome is still around too.

Yes. Hence that's why it would be hosted at Ford Field. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For nostalgia sake, it would have been fun to see it at the Silverdome, but I think if they even paper a huge chunk of the dome and make an entrance take up alot of extra room to not have to fill, there is no way they would have even come close to selling out that place anyway.

Sounds like a good idea, plus isnt the Silverdome gone anyway? I thought I saw something that they tore it down earlier this year.

They didnt promote it at all on Impact this week (yet another solid week of such, BTW) so there isnt going to be much time to promote it viably but I totally dig the idea of the voting online thing, I'd have at least 5 guys and on there, and yeah, I'd say have the other 4 be in 4 way elimination match on the ppv or at the very least, the pre-show. My picks - and they should, as a rule, have all of the guys not be a TNA regular and/or especially a person that was already eliminated in the X Cup tourney. LA Park - lucha representative NJPW representative, Tiger Mask would be ideal Nigel McGuiness - british wrestling rep Jack Evans or Teddy Hart maybe - canadian representatives American Dragon

Bret is on the WON live radio show tonight in about an hour just as an FYI

I'm not going to see it because it looks like yet another Hollywood brain fart. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, that too....

Of course I'm not seeing Four Brothers just because this is a HUGE shill for it tonite

Really good match, I cant believe I am saying this but I have to give Hoger a ton of credit, that was a close fight

...and as soon as I said that, Hoger takes him down and what a fight against that kimura. GREAT FIGHT

This is actually a pretty fantastic fight here, I didnt expect Hoger to go this long but its just a matter of time, Bonnar has this

Motherfucker, I thought Hoger was going to win there

The way they are slow pacing this show, I doubt they will air the dark matches. These are the matches that are/were dark Josh Neer vs. Drew Fickett Alex Karalexis vs. Kenny Florian - this is really the only match that might air, hopefully so Keith Rockel vs. Mike Swick

Jesus, Sam Hoger is the ultimate smarmy heel - I want to see that match with Southworth, they didnt show that on Unleashed yet have they? Anyway I hope Sam takes a whoopin....

Agreed

Pretty controversial finish there, Quarry would have won anyways.

Cmon get the next match on NOW. Josh looked ok but a pretty basic win, felt like a complete one sided bout akin to a squash match or something, I expected more out of Spratt. Jesus christ they are fucking up here production wise going back and forth out of commercials.