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Several people have kicked out of the Walk-Off, but only in huge matches on PPV.

Its cool WC. I wondered why there was no mention of it during the HOLT stuff, but figured maybe they saw me come out to cut a promo and decided it was a good time for a bathroom break.

In a way, I'm kind of sad that ELM got a bigger pop than I did.

To add to the already mentioned Lord of the Rings and Starship Troopers, I add the following... - Dune by Frank Herbert. - The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov - Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - The Chronicles of Amber (especially the first 5 books, more particuarly, Nine Princes in Amber) by Roger Zelazny - The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist.

I'm not sure about most overrated, but I know one match that is never mentioned that I loved. TLC IV: The Lost TLC Match. E&C, Hardys, Dudleys and Jericho & Benoit. Amazing match that never gets mentioned in any converstaion.

18. No, I'm still older than you. And not only did I never leave (I've just kept a low profile to help sell the "I've been away" thing), I'm back.

Yeah, I'm hoping I can get back into the groove of things quickly, and Duran seems like a good opponent to work with for me. We'll see. ::crosses fingers:: And i just realized that Z lists the cards backwards. How do you like that? 2.5 years off the active roster, and I come back in a main event! I think I'll enjoy the view while I have it.

-- Retired --

The promo that was missed has been added at the end of the excellent #1 Contender's match. I uh... just happened to have a copy. Please read it. Show comments later when I have a chance to review a little closer, but on first glance: Way to go Toxxic!

About the Eddie / Angle comedy stuff. Here's my take on why I think it works. Eddie knows that at SS he gets the chance to kick the hell out of Kurt, so why not humiliate him as much as possible before that? It makes sense to me. Besides, if Eddie gets handcuffed and beaten one more time, I'm going to be ill. It has happened far too much this year. And yes, I think twice is far too much.

I would like to point out that i already have one match in.

But Spiff, here's the thing. Sure graphics have changed and yeah, it might be Hayden in place of Sebastian and Greedo shoots first and, I'll agree, Jar-Jar is a little annoying. But to me none of this blunts the impact of the story or the rise, fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. Personally, until he changes something that changes the essential story of the 6 movies, then I really could care less. Should the original versions be preserved? Well, sure. That's history. Does it cheese me off to the extent that I had to think about buying the trilogy? Heck no.

Thank you BL. Sometimes I feel like I am the only person left who still loves the Star Wars series.

Updated with the shows leading to... The big show... the one we work for all year... GENESIS V

I'm starting to get into it actually. I've been thinking about picking up a TPB or something at GenCon to give it a shot. On a related note, anyone else here go to Gen Con?

I hate to be the one to cast a shadow on this thread, but as much as I would like to see a QL movie, if the only source on this is an entry on the notoriously unreliable IMDB, I'll have to call "shenanigans".

I and my PPV buddies have already said that come October, we are going to need to decide which PPV to order. All quality issues aside, it's just too damned expensive to buy 2 PPV's a month at $35 a pop. Now, putting the quality issue aside again and looking at this from a pure "what I can afford" perspective, I would be cooler with this if they lowered the price of the "split" PPV's to like $20 or $25. Heck, still charge the $35 or even $40 for SummerSlam, Survivor Series and the Rumble (and the $50 or whatever for Mania) but give us loyalists a break on the other 8 months if they go for the full 20 PPV's a year plan. Now, thinking about quality again, I'd say keep it like it is. The Big 4, SD gets 4 and Raw gets 4.

If DVD Recorders work anything like my VCR (and I am guessing they almost have to) it is simplicity itself to record from the DVR. In my case, i just start watching whatever it is I want to tape and hit the record button. Now, I know for a fact that there are ports on my DVR that are currently unused, one of which is a firewire port and another is a USB port. I am hoping that at some point in the future these will be enabled.

I just want to apologize. Normally, I have a reason, or at the least a good excuse for not turning in matches. Not this time. I flat-out forgot I needed to mark matches last night. So, huge apologies to everyone in the Fed.

... I'll play. And I'll delete the league I had set up. They are effectively the same with the exception of the draft.

Must've meant a lot coming from him. ::chuckle:: well, it meant enough that she still talks about it. She also changed the words to his old song, based on Edge & Christian's version: "Chris Benoit is here and he's really nice. Chris Benoit is here and he's really friendly..."

I've got a couple of meets and one big complaint. When HWA was still a WWE developmental territory, we got to see lots of current and future superstars and say hello. All of them were pretty cool about it. We got autographs from Ekmo & Kimo (Rosie & Jamal), Tommy Dreamer, Mike Awesome and Steven Richards one afternoon and stood around and chatted with "Surfer" Cody Hawk for a while after the show. Very, very cool. While Chris Benoit was out injured, he made an appearance at an HWA show. He was incredibly nice, signed everything, took pictures, played with all of the little kids who were nervous to meet him and told a friend of mine that she has a nice smile. Class act all the way and I went from being a fan of Benoit's to a huge mark for the guy. Now for the grousing: Last show we went to was Raw (the one where Kane "injured" HBK). All week we were talking about going outside after the show and trying to talk to some of the wrestlers. So the show ends, we hang out for a second or two (until rude security guy #1 made us leave even though there were about 50 people still getting Joe Schmoe's autograph) then headed out back to where we knew the wrestlers come out and where they park. Rude security guys # 2 - #15 were standing by to hustle everyone along. For that matter, I stopped to tie my shoe and got yelled at. I was wondering if this is a new WWE policy or just the Yellow Shirts at the Nutter Center being jerks?

Thread started 8-12-2003 (post Ground Zero) After the board crash it was decided that a new stats thread should be started so people can edit their stats and we can keep the thread relatively clean. Any retiree stats should go into the "Archived Stats Thread" which will be up by the time you read this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kliq 4 Life --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarkBoards Name: Grand Slam AIM: Mulkiathe Wrestlers Name: "Grand Slam" Mark Stevens Nickname: The Heavy Hitter, Slammer Height: 6'6 Weight: 286 lbs. Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska Age: 35 Face/Heel: Mega-Face Stable: Midnight Carnival (Once a Carnie, always a Carnie.) Tag Partner (optional): None Ring Escort: None Weapon(s): Baseball Bat (or two), occasionally even the Spark Model Hardcore Special Bat (a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and able to be set on fire). Quotes: "And that, my friends, is a damn promise." "I don't start feuds... I end them." "Step up to the plate Junior, and find out why they call me the Heavy Hitter!" Looks: Red hair cut pretty short and a little spikey on top, blue eyes, close-cropped red goatee, fair skin. He is built well, actually getting a little bigger across the chest and in his arms since he retired because of increased time to just work out. Street Clothes: Wears jeans (black or blue), gym shoes, a Grand Slam t-shirt (Either the classic grey with MVP on the front in faded blue, the semi-classic "Step Up to the Plate" in Black or the newer "Property of the Bases Loaded Training Center" on the front), a baseball cap (different MLB teams, SWF logo or the Midnight Carnival logo) and a varsity jacket (Black suede with grey sleeves) with his last name on the back over the number 25 and a small "MVP" on the left chest. Ring attire: Black calf high boots with shin guards (similar to Jericho), Black tights with either a red or blue abstract design on the legs, a black and gray suede varsity jacket with "Grand Slam" on the back (which he removes before the start of the match) and red or blue (depending on the tights) wristbands. In matches he will be wearing a heavy knee brace on his left knee (the remnant of a nasty injury in both the JL and, recently, the SWF) and an elbow pad on his right arm (a little ligament damagefrom his baseball career). Ring Entrance: Music: "Go Home" - Blessid Union of Souls The lights go out... several seconds of hushed silence cause the crowd to become restless... they are clapping, talking, shouting, waving signs, waiting for whatever is about to happen... ::Crack!!!:: The crowd, simply put, explodes! The crack of a bat and the roar of the crowd announce Grand Slam!! It quickly fades into the opening drumline of "Go Home" by Blessid Union of Souls. The SmarkTron lights up with baseball highlights mixed with big spots from Grand Slam's matches while flashing the words "Grand Slam", "Mark Stevens" and "The Heavy Hitter". The various multicolored lights flash in time with the rhythmic drumbeats until the drums roll fast and the lead singer yells out "Go Home", then the arena is flooded with bright white light!! Red and white pyro explodes at the top of the entrance ramp!! When the smoke clears and everyone can see again, "Grand Slam" Mark Stevens is standing underneath the SmarkTron!!! The crowd erupts in even more cheers for the Heavy Hitter!!! Funyon: ::Makes announcement:: As Funyon makes his announcement, Grand Slam runs back and forth on the stage, waving his arms, pumping his fists, anything to fire up the crowd! The Heavy Hitter walks down the ramp slowly, savoring every moment of cheers and pointing at various fans, slapping hands and keeping them screaming! Tonight, as the camera zooms in, he is wearing a (Fill in either the local MLB team or an SWF) baseball cap!! When the crowd sees this, they cheer even louder, nearly drowning out his music!! Grand Slam steps into the ring between the ropes and heads to a corner. He then climbs to the second turnbuckle, looks at the crowd, then pumps his right fist into the air several times, firing the crowd up even more and causing a flurry of flashbulbs to pop, illuminating the ring like a strobe-light!! Before dropping back to the mat, Grand Slam flings his cap out to the crowd, giving some lucky fan a unique souvenir from the SWF!!! Tag/Stable Entrance: The arena lights fade into blackness as a soft female voice whispers, “Midnight Carnival.” The IGNTron flashes blazing white in time with the opening beats of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Love Rollercoaster” as the Carnival’s anthem pumps through the arena, revealing with each flash thin black lettering that reads “Step Right Up.” As the guitar part drops in, three blue laser lights trace the arena, all stemming from the same point in the middle of the entrance ramp. As the words “rollercoaster of love” echo through the arena for the first time, the laser lights flare out into a blue haze across the entrance ramp as the members of the Midnight Carnival step out from behind the curtain. As the refrain arrives for the first time, the arena plunges back into darkness just as purple strobe lights tear through the house and the blue laser lights spiral wildly, illuminating the members of the Midnight Carnival in funky, staccato bursts. The IGNTron video plays, flashing half-second clips of classic maneuvers from the Carnival’s members. They make their way to the ring, and get down to the business at hand. Stats: Strength: 6 (Has been working out heavily since he retired to stay in shape) Speed: 3 (His knee is healed and his cane is history. His mobility isn't what it once was though, and it was never great.) Vitality: 4 (He has been in the ring rehabbing his knee over the past few weeks, so he is getting his wind back.) Charisma: 7 (Loved by fans everywhere. So over with the crowd it is frightening.) Style: Grand Slam is a natural talent in the ring. He can pound you with big time power moves or wrestle a more catch-as-catch can technical style. He is a move encyclopedia, a talent enhanced by his time calling matches from the announce table. In general he prefers to put people away with the Walk-Off (which he can pull out at a moment's notice) but the Seventh Inning Stretch is a proven and reliable submission finisher. Out of his signature moves, the Grand Slam, Moonsault and Figure Four are near finisher quality, but he only rarely gets wins with them. To be honest, the Moonsault should be under rare moves, but it is a signature spot, just not one he uses that often. The biggest mistake an opponent could make is to take him lightly in a "garbage match" though. When he's angry, the Heavy Hitter can brawl and "be hardcore" with the best of them. Signature moves: The "Grand Slam" - a face-first Full Nelson Slam The "Double Play" - I hit the full nelson sit-out atomic drop, then maintain full nelson as I stand up and hit the "Grand Slam" Full Nelson Sit-out Atomic Drop (Bubba Bomb) The Figure Four Leglock Falling Neckbreaker Sidewalk Slam Snap Suplex Belly-to-Belly Suplex Moonsault (top rope) (looks like Bill DeMott's - very straight body position) DDT Spinebuster (old fasioned Arn Anderson spin 'em around and deliver the spinebuster) German Suplex Knife-edge chops Un-common moves: Flying Cross-Body Sharpshooter Big Boot Running DDT (like the one Taker does) Northern Lights Suplex "Super" kick (similar to but not nearly as cool as HBK's finisher) Russian Leg Sweep Facebuster Stalling Vertical Suplex Superplex (off top rope) Rare moves: Flying Elbow (top rope) Chokeslam Powerbomb Inverted DDT Leg Drop Tilt-a-Whirl Powerslam Underhook Leg Trap (Neck submission) Stalling Brainbuster Jawbreaker Back Mounted Chinlock (Camel Clutch) Finishers: The Walk Off - A Pedigree, signaled by waving my right arm over my head in the baseball signal for "Home Run" One of the most feared and respected finishers in the SWF, this is one of those "everyone sells this" finishers. The Seventh Inning Stretch - A Standing Octopus Stretch, signaled by holding both arms over my head, my left hand showing four fingers and my right showing three. I don't use this often but I can get people to tap with it. I'll set it up by working the ribs and abdomen (obviously). Heavily edited 12-18-2003

This "owning your own home" crap is for the freakin' birds. I've had nothing but trouble with mine and my wife and I are nearly broke just trying to keep up with it. Add in the fact that I am a lazy bastard at heart and don't like the idea of having to use up all of my free time just to do upkeep on this stupid thing. I think I liked it better when we were renting. Sure, it was just money down a bottomless pit and the place was kind of a dump, but I didn't have sewage in the basement and I didn't have to mow the grass and if a window cracked or the plumbing got all f'd up, it wasn't my damn problem.

OK, was there an alternate PPV that you guys saw that I didn't? Because I am firm in the opinion that the Hell in a Cell match rocked. I can't understand why people would dislike it. Maybe because they stayed in the cage? I remember the Undertaker / Brock HiaC that everyone (but me & about three other people) hated never left the cage.