alfdogg

good cuz that scrub grossman needs all the preparation he can get!!~

Skills Challenge participants: Dwyane Wade Kobe Bryant LeBron James Steve Nash Jesus. How about getting some actual point guards in this thing, besides Nash. EDIT: Nash's participation also surprised me, as I just read an interview a few days ago that Nash didn't want to do it last year, but apparently it's in the new CBA that the All-Star Saturday event winners have to defend their titles.

The Indianapolis Colts have never won a championship. A few thoughts on the game, and apologies in advance if anyone is offended. Anyone who thinks that the Colts will blow the Bears out, or that this is an unwinnable game for the Bears, is a moron. I expect the Colts to win, but I'm still plenty nervous about it. If anything, if the game is a blowout, I could see it being a Chicago blowout before an Indy blowout. As was mentioned, if these two met at the time when both were undefeated, the Bears would have eaten the Colts for lunch. I don't see why that can't happen now, which is why I'm still nervous about the game. Besides, and I've maintained this throughout the entire playoffs, most people who predict the Colts to dominate a game just do it so that, in their mind, they have more justification to rip them apart when they don't come through.

Haven't really been following, as I usually don't until the tourney, but it's nice to see that college hoops seems to be on the rise in Indy again, with 3 teams in the top 25 last I checked (Butler, ND, and the Hoosiers).

The Celtics have now emerged as a frontrunner to land Pau Gasol, offering Al Jefferson and "several draft picks."

Sun, Jan. 28 Phoenix @ Cleveland, 1:00 ABC New York @ Milwaukee, 3:30 San Antonio @ LA Lakers, 3:30 ABC Washington @ Boston, 6:00 Indiana @ Detroit, 6:30 ESPN LA Clippers @ Seattle, 10:00 Mon, Jan. 29 Orlando @ Atlanta, 7:00 Sacramento @ Memphis, 8:00 Portland @ NO/OK, 8:00 Phoenix @ Minnesota, 8:00 Philadelphia @ Houston, 8:30 Charlotte @ Denver, 9:00 New Jersey @ Utah, 9:00 Tue, Jan. 30 Detroit @ Washington, 7:00 Golden State @ Cleveland, 7:00 Boston @ Indiana, 7:00 LA Lakers @ New York, 7:30 Milwaukee @ Miami, 7:30 Seattle @ Dallas, 8:30 Wed, Jan. 31 Washington @ Toronto, 7:00 New York @ Charlotte, 7:00 Golden State @ Atlanta, 7:00 Milwaukee @ Orlando, 7:00 LA Lakers @ Boston, 7:30 Detroit @ New Jersey, 7:30 Dallas @ Memphis, 8:00 Philadelphia @ NO/OK, 8:00 Seattle @ Houston, 8:30 Sacramento @ Minnesota, 9:00 San Antonio @ Utah, 9:00 ESPN Denver @ Portland, 10:00 Chicago @ LA Clippers, 10:30 Thu, Feb. 1 Cleveland @ Miami, 8:00 TNT Phoenix @ San Antonio, 10:30 TNT Fri, Feb. 2 Golden State @ Philadelphia, 7:00 LA Lakers @ Indiana, 7:00 LA Clippers @ Boston, 7:30 Toronto @ Atlanta, 7:30 Charlotte @ Cleveland, 7:30 New Jersey @ Orlando, 8:00 ESPN Milwaukee @ Detroit, 8:00 Minnesota @ NO/OK, 8:00 Portland @ Denver, 9:00 Chicago @ Seattle, 10:30 ESPN Sat, Feb. 3 LA Lakers @ Washington, 7:00 Golden State @ Charlotte, 7:00 New York @ Orlando, 7:00 Indiana @ Memphis, 8:00 Miami @ Milwaukee, 8:30 NO/OK @ Houston, 8:30 Minnesota @ Dallas, 8:30 Utah @ Phoenix, 9:00 Denver @ Sacramento, 10:00 Chicago @ Portland, 10:00

All yours, PK. Zack/KC/EWC, if you want, you guys can skim through it and just either let me know if I need to change something, or just fix it yourself or whatever.

A man is heard screaming, which leads in to [i]Speak to Me/Breathe[/i] by Pink Floyd. COLE Oh my God... "The Manitoba Mammoth" Deon Black walks through the curtains and down to the ring. COACH Something tells me the "mass of bodies" is about to be thinned out a bit! COLE And what if this man goes on to face Drek Stone, Coach? COACH I don't know, but at this point, that might just be what happens! Brock Ausstin stands in mid-ring waiting on the Mammoth. COLE And Brock Ausstin wants the first crack at him! COACH That guy's crazy! Black climbs onto the apron, then over the top into the ring, and Brock fires off a few rights, but Black floors him with a big headbutt! Meanwhile, Jay Richards has PRL locked in the CROSS-FACE CHICKEN WING~!, but Black gives him a big chop between the shoulder blades, causing the break! COLE And what a shot to Jay Richards! Black delivers a big right to Richards, then grabs him and pitches him to the floor! COLE And Jay Richards can hit the showers! Faqu attacks from behind, but Black knocks him to the mat with a right hand right to the mush! COACH That's got to be like getting hit in the face with a bowling ball! Black tosses Faqu into a corner, and hammers away with blows to the midsection and side of the head. He backs up, and crushes him with an AVALANCHE~!, then grabs him by the head, and tosses him to the floor! COLE And another casualty at the hands of this monster, this time it's the HI-YAH champion Faqu! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15th elimination: Jay Richards time in ring: 18:33 eliminated: Charlie Moss eliminated by: Deon Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 16th elimination: Faqu time in ring: 24:52 eliminated: The Mad Cappa eliminated by: Deon Black Left in ring: Alfdogg, Colombian Heat, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Bohemoth, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Brock Ausstin, Johnny Jax, Deon Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black poses as the crowd boos, then Bo hits him with a clothesline, which staggers him. He hits him with a second. COLE And now Bohemoth trying to chop down the big tree! Bo hits a third clothesline, but no success. Heat flies off the top rope at Black, but gets caught! COLE And Heat is caught! Fly comes off the other side as Black turns around, and he gets caught as well! COLE And Fly gets caught! He's holding two guys right now, amazing! TK is the next to go up top, as Brock gets on all fours behind Black. TK hits a MISSILE DROPKICK~! into the back of Fly, and Black topples over Brock and down to the mat! Brock hops on top of Heat and Fly, followed by PRL, TK, Landon, Jax, and Bo! COLE It's a dogpile on the Mammoth, as we're ready for another one! 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! The buzzer sounds, but no one comes out. COACH What's the deal here? COLE We don't have an entrant here...I'm being told now that this is Jamie O'Hara's turn to enter, and he won't be able to go as a result of that HEINOUS attack by Drek Stone! COACH Well, that's what he gets fo... Coach is cut off by [i]Getting Away With Murder,[/i] and an ERUPTION from the crowd. COLE OH MY! COACH ...no way! Zack Malibu slowly pulls himself to the ring, as the crowd is going ballistic! Landon Maddix is SHOCKED standing in the ring. COACH Is he actually going to take part in this match? COLE It appears that way, Coach! COACH And I thought Brock was crazy! What is this guy's problem??? Zack pulls himself under the bottom rope, and Landon pounces immediately, stomping away. Zack pulls himself to his feet, and begins delivering right hands, enciting another explosion from the crowd! COACH I can't believe this! Zack backs into the ropes, and floors Landon with a flying clothesline! He gets up slowly, then grabs an approaching Colombian Heat and tosses him to the floor! COLE And Zack eliminates Colombian Heat! This is a courageous performance we're seeing here, folks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17th elimination: Colombian Heat time in ring: 42:58 eliminated: none eliminated by: Zack Malibu Left in ring: Alfdogg, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Bohemoth, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Brock Ausstin, Johnny Jax, Deon Black, Zack Malibu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deon Black comes from behind Zack. COLE Oh, no. Black grabs Zack around the throat, but Zack delivers a KICK TO THE BALLS~! COLE But Zack escapes! Bo and Brock come at Black with a double clothesline, which only starts Black over the ropes! COACH Oh, they could have him here! Fly, PRL, TK, Jax, and Zack all lend a hand, as they push Black OVER THE TOP AND TO THE FLOOR~! COACH THEY GOT HIM! COLE Deon Black has been eliminated! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18th elimination: Deon Black time in ring: 3:18 eliminated: Faqu, Jay Richards eliminated by: Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Bohemoth, Thunderkid, Brock Ausstin, Johnny Jax, Zack Malibu Left in ring: Alfdogg, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Bohemoth, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Brock Ausstin, Johnny Jax, Zack Malibu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COLE It took seven men to get it done, but he is out! Landon jumps Zack from behind, and stomps away, as the crowd chants LET'S GO ZACK! LET'S GO ZACK! LET'S GO ZACK! LET'S GO ZACK! COLE And the chants ringing from the hometown crowd for Zack Malibu! Jax comes from behind and attacks Landon, hitting him with crushing forearms. COLE Johnny Jax coming over to Zack's aid! Jax hits a dropkick, sending Landon back into the ropes. Jax charges, but Landon ducks, and Jax goes flying over the top to the floor! COACH Not for long, there he goes! COLE And Johnny Jax eliminated, as we're ready for another one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 19th elimination: Johnny Jax time in ring: 5:47 eliminated: Deon Black (co) eliminated by: Landon Maddix left in ring: Alfdogg, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Bohemoth, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Brock Ausstin, Zack Malibu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! [i]Stars and Stripes Forever[/i] hits, and Quentin Benjamin runs to the ring. COLE And a good luck of the draw for the other half of America's Team, Quentin Benjamin! Benjamin slides into the ring, and goes after Alf. COLE So, nine men in the ring now, and two to go! Eleven men are currently eligible for a shot at Drek Stone at AngleMania VI! Benjamin delivers a suplex to Alf, as Fly and PRL tangle in a corner. Landon continues to stomp on Zack, while TK and Brock slug it out. Bo is gaining his wind sitting in a corner. COACH Who haven't we seen yet, Cole? COLE Well, as I look at the list, we've still yet to see the other half of Black T, T-Bod, Tony Brannigan... COACH And who else? COLE And the former X-champion, Reject, has yet to appear as well! COACH Two men who could easily come out here and win this thing late! Benjamin moves over to work on Zack, as Bo goes after Alf. COLE And yes, Alfdogg still in there, as we pass the 53-minute mark of this match, he's been through it all tonight! COACH And what a main event that would be at AngleMania if he pulls it off tonight! Benjamin and Landon pick up Zack, and attempt to dump him, as the crowd screams! COLE But a man with just as big of a hill to climb is Zack Malibu, who is in big trouble right now! They force him over the top rope, but Zack scoots back in under the bottom. Benjamin then goes over and assists Brock, who is being stomped by TK. PRL puts a foot on Zack's throat, as Bo hammers Landon from behind, and Alf stomps away on Spanish Fly. COACH And there's another guy who's been out there a while! COLE Another courageous performance, as Fly has been out there over 40 minutes! Bo whips Landon into the ropes and gives him a powerslam, as the count begins: 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! He's Simply Ravishing! OWW~! COLE And it's Tony Brannigan, the other half of Black T! COACH Dan Black got #2, and Tony gets #29! Talk about getting the breaks! COLE So that means that the final entrant will be Reject, who tries to bounce back from losing the X-title earlier tonight! Tony climbs into the ring, and assists Bo in working over Landon Maddix. COACH You want to pick me a winner, Cole? COLE Well, I think you've got to like Tony's chances at this point, Coach! Reject will be the last entrant, but Reject also had the match earlier tonight with Jamie O'Hara! COACH I'm still gonna go with him, though! I think it's Reject's time to rise here in the OAOAST, and it starts tonight! And Drek Stone vs Reject would be a tremendous main event! As much as I love Alf and PRL, those guys have been out there a long, long time! COLE Well, if you recall last year's Rumble, Reject lasted over 50 minutes in that one! He won't need that endurance tonight, as he'll be the final entrant in the Lethal Rumble match! PRL lifts Zack up over the top rope! COLE And Zack in trouble once again! The crowd is panicking, but Tony hammers PRL from behind, allowing Zack to scoot back in again! Tony is then attacked by Alf from behind. Alf attempts an Irish whip, but Tony reverses. Tony drops down, then attempts a clothesline, which Alf ducks, and then both men clothesline each other! COLE And Alf and Tony both down! With everyone else paired off in corners or down on the mat, Brock and Bo see this as a good time to face off again, as the crowd cheers. COLE And these two look headed for another face-off! This time, it's Bo who throws the first punch, as the two trade blows! Brock gets the better of the exchange, then attempts an Irish whip, but Bo reverses, then catches Brock with a foot to the gut, and sets up a powerbomb! However, Brock counters with a backdrop, then scoops Bo up onto his shoulders! COLE Could be F-STUNNER-5 time! Brock carries Bo over to the ropes, but Bo hangs on and slides over the back, then attempts to dump Brock as the count begins. COLE And Reject will enter the match in ten seconds! 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! [i]Renagade[/i] hits, and the crowd boos as Reject walks through the curtains with a smile on his face, and jogs towards the ring. COLE Reject looking awfully confident, and why not, he got the #30 draw in the Lethal Rumble match! Reject stops when he gets to the apron, then sneaks in as Bo and Brock are still tangled on the ropes, and DUMPS BOTH TO THE FLOOR~! COLE And opportunity knocks, and Reject answers, Brock and Bo both gone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th elimination: Bohemoth time in ring: 22:22 eliminated: John "Rock Hard" Brickston, Deon Black (co) eliminated by: Reject ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21st elimination: Brock Ausstin time in ring: 12:22 eliminated: Felix Strutter, Todd Cortez, Deon Black (co) eliminated by: Reject ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin attacks Reject from behind, then hits him with a SUPERKICK~! Reject rolls back to the ropes, and Benjamin goes for another SUPERKICK~!, but this time Reject ducks, and Benjamin crotches himself on the top rope! Reject gets to his feet, and sends Benjamin to the floor with a high roundhouse! COLE And Reject on fire in there, as we're down to eight men! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 22nd elimination: Quentin Benjamin time in ring: 4:49 eliminated: none eliminated by: Reject Left in ring: Alfdogg, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Zack Malibu, Tony Brannigan, Reject ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The eight remaining men back off to the sides of the ring, as the crowd starts to cheer. For the most part, everyone stands off by themselves (shades of grey, 81tch), while Tony stands in front of Zack, who leans on the ropes on his knees. COLE And it's come to this! Tony and Zack, the faces of this company! Zack brutalized earlier tonight by Bruce Blank, (camera pans over) and that man, Landon Maddix! The camera pans over to Alfdogg. COLE This match has gone over 57 minutes, and that man has been out there for every second of it! He's going to be sore in the morning, but will he be able to ease the pain by saying he won this match, and now has a shot at becoming the first three-time OAOAST World champion? Pan to Spanish Fly. COLE Or could it be this big-time underdog, who has lasted nearly 50 minutes in his own right? Could Spanish Fly challenge Drek Stone at AngleMania VI? The bodies start to move around the ring, as the camera now focuses on PRL. COLE Or Tha Puerto Rican, who is so obsessed with the fact that he has never held the World championship? Does his vindication come tonight? Back to a wide shot. COLE And then you've got the two former tag partners, the two former Deadly Alliance running buddies, looking for the ultimate in singles glory, and HERE WE GO! TK and Reject, the just-mentioned former partners, tangle, while PRL and Tony go at each other. Alf stomps away at Zack in another corner, while Fly and Landon zoom around the ring trying to land blows. Landon manages to hit a spinning wheel kick! COLE And a nice kick by Landon right there! Landon charges Fly, but Fly catches him with a drop toe-hold, sending him into the ropes! The crowd gets to their feet, as Fly shouts out "6-1-9!" then runs to the ropes, and drills Landon, knocking him to the center of the ring! Fly celebrates, but walks right into PRL, who drills him with the CORPORATE NIGHTMARE~!!!!!11111 COACH YEAH!!! COLE The Corporate Nightmare, and Fly is out like a light! Reject has his hands on his knees behind a cocky PRL, then spins him around and drops him with the EULOGY~!!!!!11111 COLE EULOGY~! PRL is out of it! Reject does the arms outstretched pose, drawing boos, then Tony spins him around and delivers a foot to the gut. He sends Reject into the ropes, and gives him the OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE~!!!!!11111 Meanwhile, Alf scales the top rope. COLE Alf going for it all here... Alf sizes up Landon, and drills him with the FIVE-STAR ALF SPLASH~!!!!!11111 Alf flips over on impact onto his back. He then lays on the mat for a couple seconds, before KIPPING UP~! and taunting the crowd, to boos. COACH Look at Alf! He's been there around an hour, and he's... As Alf holds his arms out, Zack levels him with SCHOOL'S OUT~!!!!!11111 The crowd goes BERZERK~! Tony goes at it with TK, then whips him into the ropes, and TK comes back, and the two hit heads! COLE And look at the carnage in the ring! BUZZ~!!! COLE What? [i]Black Sweat[/i] by Prince hits, and MISTER WARRIOR runs down the aisle, arms in the air the whole way. COACH What the hell is this goofball doing out here? WARRIOR runs all the way around the ring, then rolls in and hits TK with a clothesline! He bounces off the ropes, and hits Reject with a clothesline! WARRIOR repeats this on Tony, Alf, Zack, Landon, Fly and PRL, then flips over the top rope, landing on his feet on the floor and running to the back, all as [i]Black Sweat[/i] continues to play! COLE ...um... COACH Yeah, that's pretty much my response! After a few seconds, everyone starts to stir. Alf gets to his feet first, and clotheslines TK to the floor! COLE And we're down to seven now, Thunderkid eliminated! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 23rd elimination: Thunderkid time in ring: 22:37 eliminated: Vitamin X, Deon Black (co) eliminated by: Alfdogg Left in ring: Alfdogg, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Zack Malibu, Tony Brannigan, Reject ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRL and Fly do battle, as Landon chokes Tony with his foot. Alf approaches Zack, but stops on the way to pat Reject on the back. COACH What do we got here? Reject looks up at Alf, then gets to his feet and gets in his face. Alf raises his hands, as if to say "easy!", then talks Reject into doubling up on Zack. COACH Oh, I LIKE this! COLE Could we be seeing an alliance forming here between Alf and Reject? Reject eventually nods, and the two stomp away at Zack in the corner. The crowd chants once again. LET'S GO ZACK! LET'S GO ZACK! LET'S GO ZACK! LET'S GO ZACK! Alf and Reject cease stomping to taunt the crowd, who showers both with boos. The two then lift Zack in the corner. COLE And Zack in trouble once again! Zack miraculously fights back! COLE But look at the fight, the courage, in Zack Malibu! Zack trades right hands off on both, until Alf gets a thumb to the eye. Alf and Reject then set up Zack, and execute a double back suplex! Both men stop to pose once again, as Reject raises his hands in the air...then quickly turns around, places them on Alf, and TOSSES HIM OUT~!!! COACH WHOA! COLE Alf is GONE! A double-cross by Reject! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24th elimination: Alfdogg time in ring: 61:06 eliminated: James Riggs, Kenji Kawada (co), Christian Wright (co), Thunderkid eliminated by: Reject ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reject looks down on Alf, with his hands on his hips. Alf looks up at him, shocked, then stands on his feet as Reject shrugs his shoulders. Reject then waves goodbye to Alf...as Fly dropkicks him from behind, sending him TO THE FLOOR~! COACH NO! COLE And now Reject eliminated, and Alf letting him know about it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 25th elimination: Reject time in ring: 6:26 eliminated: Bohemoth, Brock Ausstin, Quentin Benjamin, Alfdogg eliminated by: Spanish Fly Left in ring: Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Landon Maddix, Zack Malibu, Tony Brannigan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alf points and laughs at Reject as he walks back to the back. Reject throws a fit on the floor. COLE Down to five remaining, and Spanish Fly is one of them! Can you believe it? COACH I can't believe it, but I actually think Fly has a chance! Fly stares down PRL, as the crowd cheers. PRL goes for a clothesline, but Fly ducks, and starts delivering right hands! Fly goes to the ropes, and dives into PRL with his legs hooking around PRL's waist, then pushes himself up, and delivers an armdrag to PRL! COLE And he's got PRL going here! Fly charges PRL, who ducks and backdrops him over the top, but Fly lands on the apron! Fly leans through the ropes and shoulderblocks PRL, then springs to the top for a HURRICANRANA~!, but PRL catches him and carries him to the ropes. He tries to dump him, but Fly holds on and 'rana's him over, as PRL BARELY holds on, with one hand grabbing the middle rope and one grabbing the top. Fly thinks he secured the elimination, but PRL swings his legs around and drags himself back in. He then flattens Fly with a clothesline! COLE And Fly thought he had eliminated PRL, but he thought wrong! Fly gets back up by the ropes, and PRL clotheslines him over to the floor! COLE And Spanish Fly, after a REMARKABLE showing, has been eliminated by Tha Puerto Rican! The crowd boos loudly as PRL celebrates, then, as Fly gets up, the crowd gives him a standing ovation. Even T-Bod, warm-hearted SOB he is, gives Fly a little applause as he passes to the entrance. COLE And listen to the crowd in Providence respond to the Spanish Fly! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 26th elimination: Spanish Fly time in ring: 51:28 eliminated: Deon Black (co), Reject eliminated by: Tha Puerto Rican [b]FINAL FOUR: Tha Puerto Rican, Landon Maddix, Zack Malibu, Tony Brannigan[/b] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[i]God of Thunder[/i] hits, and the crowd gets to its feet as Thunderkid walks through the curtains, then runs to the ring. COLE And here comes the Heartland champion! TK slides into the ring, and starts hammering away on Alf! COLE And right after his former mentor! TK then floors Strutter with a clothesline! Then one for Cortez! He gives PRL a foot to the gut, then lifts him overhead for a PRESS SLAM~! COACH Oh, no! COLE And look at the power of Thunderkid! TK tosses PRL right on top of Jay Richards! TK is PUMPED, but Faqu decks him from behind as Heat and Fly hit Bo with a double dropkick! Jay Richards assists Faqu in stomping away at TK, while Alf applies a foot to Bo's throat, as Strutter stomps away at him. Fly and Heat go back over to PRL, and again attempt elimination! COLE And will PRL finally go out here? Alf stays on Bo, kicking away in the corner, while Strutter attacks Heat from behind. PRL slides back into the ring, and thumbs Fly in the eye. COACH Still safe! Cortez grabs Faqu from behind, and executes a back suplex! He then chokes away on the mat, while Faqu reaches back up to attempt a choke of his own. Jay Richards goes for a slam on TK, but TK slips behind the back and delivers a belly-to-belly! COLE And a nice suplex by Thunderkid! Strutter gives Heat a foot to the gut, and drops him with a DDT! COACH Well, we've got ten guys in the ring, Cole, I think that's the most we've had! COLE And we've still got four of the first eight entrants, including Alfdogg, who started this match out as the #1 entrant! Alf picks up Jay Richards, who gives him a low blow, and attempts elimination! COACH He may not last much longer, he's in big trouble here! Alf slides back in under the bottom as the count begins... 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! Ch-CHING~! Come and take your Vitamin X! COACH All right! Here comes some help for PR! COLE It's "Prince Vitamin", the 22nd entrant! X jogs to the ring with a big smirk on his face, then rolls into the ring. As X starts doing the Shane O'Mac, Thunderkid, who was about to set up PRL for elimination, spots him from behind. He drops PRL, then stands behind X with his hands on his hips. He looks out to the crowd, before grabbing X by the head and pitching him over the top rope! COACH Oh, NO! COLE And back to the courtyard for Prince Vitamin! That could be record time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12th elimination: Vitamin X time in ring: 0:10 eliminated: none eliminated by: Thunderkid Left in ring: Alfdogg, Felix Strutter, Colombian Heat, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Faqu, Jay Richards, Bohemoth, Todd Cortez, Thunderkid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ X is dumbfounded on the outside, as the referees usher him to the back. He is taunted by several fans on his way back. Meanwhile, in the ring, Felix Strutter sets up Spanish Fly, and executes a Falcon Arrow! COACH I'll tell you, Cole, how about Felix Strutter? This guy was a virtual unknown just a few months ago, he came in #5, he's been in there well over half an hour! COLE Definitely a coming-out party of sorts for Felix Strutter, whose partner, Ken Pantera, suffered a very serious knee injury in the first round of the Anderson Cup tournament, and underwent successful surgery just about a week ago! We certainly wish him a speedy recovery, and his partner certainly making the most of his singles opportunities! Strutter then assists Alf as the two of them try to dump Bo over the top! COLE And the 24/7 champ hanging on for dear life in there, as Alf and Strutter have him on the ropes! Bo manages to get back to the mat, then grabs Alf and Strutter and rams their heads together! COLE But he comes out of it nicely, with a double noggin-knocker! PRL comes from behind Bo, and gouges his eyes. Jay Richards joins PRL in the assault, as TK and Heat work over Todd Cortez in another corner. COLE Todd Cortez, one of the "Wildcards" who came in last year, in trouble right now, dealing with TK and Colombian Heat, as we're ready for #23! 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! REACH OUT AND TOUCH FAITH! COLE (disgusted) Oh, no. Landon Maddix walks through the curtains, as the crowd gives him a standing BOO-vation. (lol, see what I did there?) COLE And here comes the man who attempted to end Zack Malibu's storied career in the OAOAST earlier tonight! Landon walks halfway down the aisle, then jogs the rest of the way and rolls into the ring. He attacks TK from behind, and delivers forearms, then executes a snap suplex. He then backs into the corner, and executes a neck snap as TK sits up! COLE And looking good in there so far, Landon Maddix! Cortez hits Heat with a low blow, then gets to his feet. COLE And the former Martial Law teammates looking to take control of the Lethal Rumble match, and I shudder to think if one of these two came out with the win here tonight! As Landon hammers away on Spanish Fly, Cortez applies the HOOK UP~! to Colombian Heat! COLE And Cortez has the Hook-Up! COACH And that's not Master P and AJ Johnson in there! As Cortez has the hold applied, Landon comes from behind, and delivers a kick between Heat's legs! The crowd audibly groans. COACH And I don't think Heat's gonna be having any hook-ups for a WHILE! Alf chokes away at Faqu in a corner, as Cortez picks TK up off the mat. Cortez measures, and goes for a right hand, but TK blocks, and starts firing off rights on Cortez! COLE But TK's not going to go for this! Landon knees TK in the back from behind, then hooks him for Cortez. Cortez backs into the ropes...but TK escapes Landon's grip, and Cortez decks Landon with a clothesline! COLE Uh-oh! Cortez looks at Landon for a second, then goes after Faqu. Landon gets to his feet and spins Cortez around, then gives him a shove! Cortez shoves back, then the two begin exchanging rights! COLE And the two former partners going at it, and listen to the fans! Bohemoth breaks up the slugfest with a big double clothesline, as the count begins... 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! [i]Punishment[/i] by BIOHAZARD hits, and the crowd erupts as Brock Ausstin walks through the curtains. COLE And you talk about a favorite to win this thing... COACH I think business just picked up, as a certain BBQ-loving former colleague would say! Brock does his dance in the entryway, then walks down the aisle. He jumps on the apron, as Landon and Cortez look on at him. When he steps in, Cortez throws Landon to the wolves, and Brock floors him with a clothesline! Brock mows down anything that comes at him, as he levels Richards, Strutter, Heat, Faqu, and PRL with clotheslines and forearm shots! COLE Brock Ausstin a MACHINE in there! Brock then is attacked from behind by Cortez, who jumps on the back of Brock and tries to choke him out. Brock walks around the ring trying to shake him off, then gets a hold of him and slams him forward to the mat, before taking him right over the top to the floor with a BELLY-TO-BELLY~! COLE So long, Cortez! Brock then grabs Felix Strutter by the throat. COACH Oh no, not Felix! Brock scoops Strutter on his shoulders, and sends him out on top of Cortez with an F-STUNNER-5~!!!!!11111 COLE Yes, Felix! Brock Ausstin on FIRE~! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 13th elimination: Todd Cortez time in ring: 8:52 eliminated: none eliminated by: Brock Ausstin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 14th elimination: Felix Strutter time in ring: 39:02 eliminated: Kenji Kawada (co), Christian Wright (co) eliminated by: Brock Ausstin Left in ring: Alfdogg, Colombian Heat, Spanish Fly, Tha Puerto Rican, Faqu, Jay Richards, Bohemoth, Thunderkid, Landon Maddix, Brock Ausstin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brock is FIRED UP, as Bohemoth stands behind him. Brock turns around, and spots him. The ring almost comes to a standstill. COLE And look who awaits him now! COACH I like this! Brock walks closer to Bo, then steps in his face as the two take a flashbulb shower. Bo shoves Brock off, then Brock shoves back, and throws a right as Bo comes back! The two trade rights as the crowd goes crazy! COLE And Brock and Bo hammering it out, a true heavyweight fight! Listen to the fans! The two tangle up in a corner, as Faqu stomps on Landon Maddix in another corner. Meanwhile, Alf drives a knee into Bo's back from behind, then kicks away at Brock in the corner. Brock turns it around, however, and pounds away on Alf! COLE A historic rivalry re-kindled, as it's Brock with the advantage, as we're ready for our 25th entrant! 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!! [i]Make Her Say[/i] hits, and Johnny Jax runs to the ring. COLE And it's the other half of the GPX, Johnny Jax! Jax slides in the ring, as Brock has Alf on the ropes! COLE And Alf could finally go! Jax goes over wisely and helps out on Alf, but Richards jumps Jax from behind. Bo reaches over to give a hand on Alf as well, as Heat goes underneath the ropes to pull. Alf is over the ropes with his back facing the floor, but frees a hand, and quickly pokes Heat, Bo, and Brock in the eyes, then falls between the top and middle ropes back in. COACH Is this guy amazing or what? COLE Coming up on 47 minutes now for last year's Rumble winner! Jax stomps away on Landon Maddix, while PRL takes Brock down from behind. Heat and Fly double-team Jay Richards, as Alf executes a T-BONE SUPLEX~!! on TK! Faqu hammers him from behind, then delivers a CHOP~! Crowd: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! And another, which sends Alf to the mat! Crowd: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! Faqu backs up, then falls forward with a headbutt! Jay Richards comes up from behind Faqu, and stomps on his toes, then delivers a dropkick! COACH Now, Faqu's been in there over 20 minutes, why hasn't anyone else thought to do that? Brock is hammering PRL on the mat, until Richards delivers a sliding dropkick to him! COLE Nice dropkick by Richards, and again, two former S.H.I. mates going at it! Richards stomps away on Brock, and PRL joins him, but then PRL thumbs Richards in the eye! COLE Can't trust anyone in this match! PRL attempts a piledriver, but Richards counters with a backdrop! Richards then clotheslines PRL, and slides underneath the bottom rope to the apron. Richards springs over, attempting a hurricanrana, but PRL catches him with a powerbomb! COLE Great counter by PRL, and we're ready for another man in this mass of bodies! 10!!! 9!!! 8!!! 7!!! 6!!! 5!!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!! BUZZ~!!!

Well thankfully the fans don't or we'd be in trouble. Yao Ming would be MVP every year if that was true. Grant Hill would have been the MVP in his rookie season.

1. Which team looks like the best bet to win the East? Detroit 2. Which team looks like the best bet to win the West? Dallas or Phoenix. Yeah, I'm chickening out on this one. 3. Which team looks like the best bet to win the NBA title? See 2. 4. Which dark horse has a legitimate shot at surprising us and winning it all? Houston or the Lakers, I suppose. It just depends on what qualifies for you as a darkhorse. 5. Who's been the best rookie this season? Brandon Roy 6. Who's the MVP so far? Kobe Bryant 7. Fact or fiction -- the Phoenix Suns are the greatest offense you've ever seen. Fiction 8. Fact or fiction -- the Toronto Raptors will hold on to their lead and win the Atlantic. Fiction 9. Which will happen first -- the Knicks will win 50 games in a season, the Celtics will win 50 games in a season or the Lakers will win an NBA title? Lakers will win a title 10. As we sit at the midpoint of the regular season, which story line or situation interests you most? I'd say just the Eastern conference as a whole. I picked Detroit to win above, but it's really wide open. There's about six or seven teams that I wouldn't be surprised if they did make the Finals.

Yeah, this should go over well.

Well, that game far exceeded my expectations. Cuttino Mobley ends up winning it with a 3 with 0.6 left, but the Nets almost converted on a lob play right at the end. Tough loss for the Nets, they fought really hard to come back in the second half.

If Carter was still in Toronto, that play would have put him out for two months.

Updating my reserves. East: G: Jason Kidd G: Richard Hamilton F: Caron Butler F: Jermaine O'Neal C: Dwight Howard WC: Ben Gordon WC: Vince Carter West: G: Steve Nash G: Allen Iverson F: Dirk Nowitzki F: Carlos Boozer C: Amare Stoudemire WC: Shawn Marion WC: Josh Howard WC: Deron Williams Three WC's in the West because of Yao's injury, of course.

Re: Rumble I'll probably write up to the final four and then turn it over to you, like last year, if that's OK.

Larry Brown made over $1.2 million for each Knick win last season. That's awesome.

Yao won't be ready to go when the game rolls around, so my guess is that Amare Stoudemire will get his start. Who would have guessed at the beginning of the season that he would be the Suns player to start in the All-Star game? Unless they move Duncan to center and start Dirk.

EDIT That was a little harsh of me. Bosh deserves to be there, but he shouldn't be starting ahead of O'Neal, and my mind can't be changed on that.

[i]Fix Up, Look Sharp[/i] plays, and Jamie O'Hara walks to the ring, getting a tremendous ovation. COLE And the X-title on the line at AnglePalooza, coming up next! Let's go to Michael Buffer! BUFFER [i]The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the OAOAST X-division championship! Introducing first, the challenger! He hails from Birmingham, England, and weighs in at 170 pounds...here is "THE BIRMINGHAM BAD BOY" JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!![/i] COLE And Jamie O'Hara made this challenge just this past Thursday on HeldDOWN, Coach! COACH A very unwise move, considering that he's also got to go through the Lethal Rumble match after getting beat here! O'Hara waits in the ring, as [i]Renagade[/i] hits and Reject comes down the aisle, to the boos of the crowd. BUFFER [i]His opponent, hailing from the Bronx, and weighing in at 235 pounds...he is the OAOAST X-division champion...RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREJECT!!!!![/i] Reject steps into the ring, and poses on the buckles, drawing more boos. He then hands his belt to the referee, who calls for the bell. *DING DING DING* Reject and O'Hara circle the ring, and tie up. Both men jockey for position, then break. COLE Should be a tremendous, fast-paced matchup here! They tie up again, this time with Reject executing an armdrag! Reject celebrates his feat, as the crowd boos. O'Hara gets back to his feet, and ties up once again. Both men go around in circles with the tieup, with Reject able to back O'Hara into a corner. Reject slowly releases the hold...then slaps O'Hara across the face! COACH Oh, here we go! O'Hara comes out at Reject, who grabs O'Hara in a side headlock. O'Hara shoves Reject off into a corner, but Reject grabs the ropes and jumps backwards, thinking O'Hara is going to run underneath. But instead, O'Hara stands behind, and when Reject turns around, returns the earlier slap! COLE Uh-oh! Reject holds his face, then charges, but gets caught in a drop toehold! Reject quickly gets to his feet, to be slapped again by O'Hara! This time Reject backs into his corner, as O'Hara waves him on. COLE And it's getting heated here early on! Reject slides to the outside to buy some time, as the crowd boos. Reject trash talks with some fans, then steps back into the ring. Reject and O'Hara tie up, and Reject backs O'Hara into the ropes. He backs off, and delivers a CHOP~! Crowd: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! And another! Crowd: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! Reject then whips O'Hara into the ropes, and attempts a hiptoss, but O'Hara spins through, and hooks him, delivering a snap suplex! COLE And a terrific counter by Jamie O'Hara! O'Hara hits Reject with a dropkick! Reject gets to his feet, and takes another dropkick, sending him over the top to the floor! COLE And O'Hara with the clear advantage! O'Hara runs to the corner, and springs himself over the top rope onto Reject! COACH Whoa! COLE Springboard bodypress to the outside onto Reject! O'Hara hammers Reject on the floor, then picks him up and delivers a European uppercut, followed by a kick to the side of the hip. He then tosses Reject back inside, and wrings his arm. He delivers a kick to the midsection, and wrings the arm once again. He delivers another kick, but Reject is able to use his free arm to push his head back, and back him into a corner. Reject gets free, and delivers a CHOP~! Crowd: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! COACH Geez! Reject whips O'Hara across, and O'Hara jumps to the second buckle, and fakes Reject out. Reject drops down, and O'Hara climbs to the top, and hits Reject with a flying bodypress! 1... 2... Kickout! O'Hara picks Reject up, and delivers a bulldog out of the corner! Cover... 1... 2... Kickout! A snap suplex follows, and O'Hara goes to the top rope. COLE And Jamie O'Hara looking for the early finish here! O'Hara attempts the 450 KNEEDROP~!!!...but Reject rolls out of the way! COLE Nobody home, and now both men hurting! Reject slowly gets to his feet, and shakes the cobwebs off. He then hammers on the back of O'Hara. COACH And O'Hara, I think he may have hurt a knee on that one, Reject may not have noticed! O'Hara gets to his feet, amidst the pounding, and Reject grabs his leg and trips him to the mat. COLE Yes he did! Reject hooks a FIGURE-FOUR~! COLE Submission hold applied! Will O'Hara give up? COACH He may want to here, if he wants to be in good shape for the Rumble later! O'Hara struggles, screaming out in pain. He valiantly reaches for the ropes. COACH Reject knows everything in there, how could I underestimate him? O'Hara makes one last big reach, and grabs the bottom rope! The referee forces Reject to break the hold. Reject does, then grabs O'Hara in the corner again, and delivers a CHOP~! Crowd: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! COACH And those chops of Reject are really being laid in tonight! Reject whips O'Hara across, but O'Hara gets out of the way of Reject's charge, then rolls him up! 1... 2... Kickout! Reject goes for a spin kick, but O'Hara ducks, then gives Reject a kick to the midsection. He goes for a whip, but Reject reverses. O'Hara comes out, and executes a CRUCIFIX~! 1... 2... Kickout! O'Hara hops to the second rope, looking to deliver OH, SNAP~! COLE Could be that Blockbuster of his! COACH Oh, SNAP~! O'Hara comes off, but Reject ducks and avoids the move...then grabs O'Hara, and delivers the EULOGY~!!!!!11111 COLE He got it! The Eulogy from Reject! Cover... 1... 2... O'Hara gets a foot on the rope... 3!!! COACH He got him! COLE Wait a minute, O'Hara's foot was on the rope! The referee hands Reject the belt, as O'Hara complains to the referee from the mat. BUFFER [i]The winner of the match, and STILL OAOAST X-division champion...[/i] Buffer is cut off, as another referee slides into the ring, and supports O'Hara's argument, explaining to the official referee that O'Hara's foot was on the bottom rope. The referees then confer with Buffer. BUFFER [i]Ladies and gentlemen, the second official has informed me that Jamie O'Hara did get his foot on the rope during the count![/i] *crowd cheers* BUFFER [i]Therefore, this match for the X-title will CONTINUE~![/i] *crowd cheers* Reject is highly upset, complaining to the referees. He attacks O'Hara from behind, as the match resumes. COLE So the match continues! COACH That's not right! Reject got the pinfall! The referee raised his hand! Reject stomps away at O'Hara on the mat, then picks him up. He carries him over to a corner, and attempts to ram his head into a buckle...but O'Hara blocks! COLE And Jamie O'Hara not done yet! O'Hara blocks a second time, then rams Reject's head into the buckle! Then continues, as the crowd counts along! 1!!! 2!!! 3!!! 4!!! 5!!! 6!!! 7!!! 8!!! 9!!! 10!!! Reject slumps in the corner, as O'Hara turns him around, then climbs to the second buckle, and the crowd counts again as he lays in punches! 1!!! 2!!! 3!!! 4!!! 5!!! 6!!! 7!!! 8!!! 9!!! 10!!! O'Hara calls out to the crowd, which cheers him on in response. He then sets up an Irish whip, but Reject blocks, then brings him back into the same corner, where the referee stands, as the two collide! COLE Oh, and down goes the referee! All three men are down, in fact, as the crowd chants for Jamie. COLE And you hear the chants of "Jamie" going through the Dunkin' Donuts Center! Reject rolls over, and gets to his knees. He leans on the ropes for a few seconds, then pulls himself up. He picks up O'Hara, and executes a fisherman's buster! COACH And Reject's setting him up now! If that idiot referee comes around, we can put this one to bed with no controversy! Reject next drags O'Hara over to the ropes, backs to the other side, and hits him with the ROLLING THUNDER~! Reject gets to his feet and plays to the crowd, drawing boos. COLE And things looking very good for Reject, but he's got to save some for the Rumble, as well! Reject slams O'Hara in the middle of the ring, then goes to the top rope. COACH This is it, right here! Reject comes off with the MACHO MAN ELBOW~! He covers, but still no referee, so he counts a fall himself. COACH See? That's twice he's pinned Jamie O'Hara tonight! COLE That doesn't count! Reject slides out of the ring, and grabs the X-title belt. COLE And now Reject with the X-title belt, so much for winning without controversy! COACH Hey, when it comes down to it, you gotta win any way you can! Reject slides in, and waits for O'Hara to get up. However, the referee is getting up as well, sees Reject with the belt, and tries to grab it from him! COLE And now the referee is back... O'Hara gets to his feet, and tackles Reject from behind, right into the referee! He then grabs the belt off the mat, and clocks Reject! COACH OH NO! COLE And Reject is out of it! O'Hara covers, as the other referee comes back out to the ring... 1... 2... Reject puts a foot on the rope... 3!!! *DING DING DING* COLE And we've got a NEW champion! COACH You can't be serious, Cole! Reject's foot was on the rope, just like O'Hara's was! BUFFER [i]The winner of the match...and NEW OAOAST X-division champion...JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!![/i] COACH This is ridiculous, Cole! COLE Jamie O'Hara has just won his first singles title in the OAOAST! Reject is going crazy in the ring, as O'Hara makes his way to the back, cradling the belt in his arms as tears well up in his eyes. COLE An emotional moment for Jamie O'Hara, he is the NEW X-division champion! Back to the ring, Reject is still explaining to both referees that his foot was on the ropes. COLE And a tough break for Reject, as he was able to get his foot on the rope, like Jamie O'Hara did earlier in the match, however, the referees didn't spot it in this case! I'm sure we'll be hearing more on this issue, but as it currently stands, Reject is no longer the X-champion, that honor now belongs to Jamie O'Hara! Let's go to...

The camera cuts to the Lethal Rumble tumbler room. Vitamin X walks into the room, where "After Hours" Felix Strutter is already at. The crowd boos. VITAMIN X All right! I'm here! Now we can get things going! X stands next to Felix. Strutter just looks at him and sneers. VX Nice to meet you too! You're Canadian, right? Shouldn't you be cutting some trees or making maple syrup instead of being here at Anglepalooza? HA! HA! STRUTTER Yeah, let's go. I got a nice, little red-haired honey waiting for some After Hour delight. VX All right, let's do this! STRUTTER (holds his hand out) Say, where is your woman, anyway? (smiles) Vitamin X steps over to get in Strutter's face, with a half-smirk. VX I hope that was a joke. WATTS Just draw the numbers, please. VX turns the tumbler around and around for a few seconds. He has a smirk on his face the entire time. VX stops turning the tumbler. VX (to Felix) Now watch this! X opens the little opening and puts his left hand inside. He pulls out a plastic ball. X opens the plastic ball, and then pulls out the piece of paper inside of it. He unfolds the piece of paper and reads it. X smiles. VX HA HA! YES! BOO-YAH~! Today is a good day for me! X turns his attention to Strutter. VX Good luck, FELIX! Heh, Felix. Seriously, THAT'S your name!? Really? I mean, I know that Canadians are ass backwards compared to Americans, but man, I didn't know you guys had such lame names too! Well, who knows, maybe you'll become OAOAST World Heavyweight Champion at AngleMania VI! Just think, OAOAST World Heavyweight Champion...FELIX Strutter! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Keep dreaming, bud! See you in the Lethal Rumble Match! X slaps Felix's right shoulder. STRUTTER Yeah, I'll see you there, "Prince Vitamin". Make fun of my name, but at least my father wasn't named after a breakfast cereal. VX (In Strutter's face again) You take that back! WATTS Draw the number, Felix! Felix draws his number, and sighs. STRUTTER (deep breath) Looks like I'm in for a long night...in [i]and[/i] out of the ring, haha! Strutter walks away as VX looks on angrily.

Back to the Rookie/Sophomore game for a minute: Wow. I didn't realize until I was just looking through numbers what a deep draft class 2005 has ended up being. There's going to be a lot of Sophs having solid seasons left off that team. Chris Paul David Lee Deron Williams Andrew Bogut Raymond Felton Sean May Monta Ellis Jarrett Jack Ryan Gomes Danny Granger Andrew Bynum Hakim Warrick Luther Head Channing Frye Marvin Williams That's the top 15 ordered by efficiency ranking, not including Charlie Villanueva since he'll probably still be out due to injury. And they usually only take 9 to a team for this game.

This will be the first number-drawing segment, presuming there are more than this one. Cut backstage, where Bill Watts stands at the tumbler. WATTS We ready to get this thing started? (to someone off-camera) All right, then. Come on in, boys! Reject walks onto the screen from the left side, and Alfdogg from the right. The two exchange looks at each other, as the crowd boos. ALF With all due respect, Mr. Watts, I only see one "boy" standing here. (looks at Reject) REJECT (laughs) Well, it's no problem. Come the Rumble, I'll make a man out of you soon enough. *crowd buzzes* WATTS OK, you two have been chosen as the first two to choose your numbers. Good luck! ALF You first. You can have your draw of any number...but it won't matter in the end. Reject picks his ball out, and opens it, taking a look at his number. He cracks a big smile. REJECT Oh, I think it does matter. ALF Well, we'll see. Meanwhile, let me show you how a man does it. Alf reaches into the tumbler and grabs a ball, then opens it and grabs the paper. ALF You ready? Reject nods, while still smiling. ALF (opens the paper) Read it, and weep! Reject nods sarcastically, as Alf turns and looks at his number. Alf's jaw drops, shocked, as the crowd cheers. REJECT (laughing) Believe me, Alf...I'm weeping inside. *crowd cheers* REJECT (slaps Alf on the back) Good luck! Alf crumbles up his number, then watches Reject leave the room. Alf starts to say something to Watts, but stops, and simply leaves the room in a huff.

[i]Renagade[/i] hits, and the arena fills with boos as Reject makes his way out, followed by the Burrough Boys...who are all carrying violins. Reject is adorned in a pinstriped Yankees jersey. COLE And Reject not endearing himself to the fans here in Boston! COACH Hey, he's just supporting his hometown Bronx Bombers! Reject walks around the ring and grabs a microphone, then steps into the ring. The Burrough Boys all grab chairs and take them into the ring. COLE And what's with the violins? COACH Maybe we're gonna get a little musical number here! COLE Now THIS I gotta see. The Burrough Boys set their chairs in each corner of the ring, as the music dies down. REJECT You know, as I came in tonight, wearing my beloved pinstripes... *crowd boos* REJECT Someone stopped me, and informed me that I shouldn't be so disrespectful. He told me that it was a slap in the face wearing these pinstripes right here, in front of Red Sox nation. So I thought about it, and I said "you know what? He's right." *crowd gives a mixed reaction, sensing something is going on.* REJECT I shouldn't be wearing this jersey here in this building. So right now, I'm going to take it off. *crowd cheers* Reject sets the mic on the mat, then turns his back to the TV camera as he unbuttons his jersey. He lets part of the jersey slip off his back...far enough to reveal a blue jersey, with "MANNING" in white letters. The crowd immediately boos their asses off. COLE Oh, for God's sake. Reject takes the jersey the rest of the way off, revealing, of course, the jersey of Peyton Manning. COACH That's AWESOME! Get 'em, Reject! COLE Why don't you SHOW SOME RESPECT for the New Englanders! REJECT Because you see, the Lethal Rumble match is coming up, and I need good mojo leading into this Sunday! Because this Sunday, I head out there with 29 other guys, for a shot at the main event at AngleMania. And those guys are gonna feel like 29 Reche Caldwells, because they'll be seeing THEIR opportunities slip RIGHT THROUGH THEIR FINGERS. *crowd boos* COLE And Reject really piling it on here! REJECT But before all that, I've decided to come out here and cheer you Bostonians up! COLE Yeah, you've done a real bang-up job so far! REJECT You see, my boys have been practicing their violin skills, and we thought we'd play you a little tune, just to ease the pain. So let's tune up the band, boys! The Burrough Boys start playing their violins (horribly, of course), then Waldo grabs the mic from Reject. WALDO They didn't even give me a pick for this thing! LUTHER You don't play it wit' a pick, stupid! Luther slaps Waldo in the back of his head, and Waldo swipes at Luther while trying to keep his hat on. As they go back to their chairs though... "OOOOOOOOIIIIIIII!" The bad boi beatz (or something) of Dizzee Rascal interrupt the recital, as JAMIE O'HARA swaggers out with a fourty ounce of beer and a microphone in each hand. Reject folds his arms and shakes his head, while The Burrough Boys look pissed that their practise has been for nothing. O'HARA OI! "OI!" shouts back the crowd. COACH Oh God, please don't let that get over. O'HARA Listen, I don't know nothin' 'bout no Yankee Football... Some of the crowd boo, others more understanding about the cultural ignorance. O'HARA ...but wot I does know is dat this shit is straight whack yo! Confused, Reject asks his more street-wise allies what the hell was just said. O'HARA Ya'll out here, tryin'a make big boy noise wit' ya big boy toys? It ain't happenin'. It ain't goin' down like that! Alls you wankers just be pissin' everybody off. So, I suggest ya'll quit witcha New York Bitch-phony Orchesta crap before mah drunk arse steps down this aisle an' shoves them instruments where the sun don't shine! "YYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!" Reject doesn't need to spend three weeks on a council estate in West London to understand what was said that time though, pointing a finger up the ramp at Jamie and warning him to watch his mouth. Jamie just takes a swig of his beer. O'HARA Just so ya'll know, that Lethal Rumble is gonna be all about the J-OH! An' ain't no so-called 'champ' gonna stop me from throwin' down and throwin' out! REJECT Hang on a minute here. First off, for the sake of soccer's ... *sniggers* ... credibility, I sure hope David Beckham was educated privately. Because if this is what public education in England produces, it's no wonder that's the most popular sport amongst your kind. O'HARA OI! "OI!" COACH Aw damn it. O'HARA Wot you sayin' about mah boi Becks? Ya'll don't know Becks, don't be 'atin'! You better shut that big arse gob o'yours before I go straight soccer 'ooligan on your Yank arses! REJECT Woah woah, calm down there, 'G'. What's your problem exactly, besides your obvious speech impediment and an addiction to crack meth. O'HARA Right now, you are mate! If you wanna come out 'ere an' wave ya dick around, actin' the 'ard nut, how's about you try it with The Birmingham Bad Boy!? How's about you put that bling 'round ya waist on the line on Sunday night? Wot!? Wot!? Reject wipes the smirk from his face. REJECT Wait... so, you're challenging me to a match at AnglePalooza? For my X-Division Title? O'HARA Yeh. Why, ain't you got no balls? "OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Another smirk threatens to creep over Reject's face. But the scowl keeps it at bay. REJECT If you really want to surrender your shot in the Rumble by challenging me, who am I to say no? You're ON! O'Hara opens up his arms and encourages Reject to 'bring it on' right now, but Reject just smiles. REJECT I'll see you at AnglePalooza. And hey, if there's anything left of you, maybe I'll see you in the Rumble too. O'HARA Not if I see ya first, prick! And with that "Fix Up, Look Sharp" hits again and O'Hara leaves, chugging down some more of his 40oz. Reject looks stunned more than anything, The Burrough Boys talking amongst themselves as Reject looks down at the X-Division Title. COLE Another big match made for AnglePalooza! Jamie O'Hara versus Reject, for the OAOAST X-Division Title. Should be a dandy! COACH A dandy? We really need to find that thesaurus.

If the And1 guys were good enough to pose a threat to a team of NBA players, they'd probably already be in the NBA in the first place, like Alston. I doubt they could even hang with an above average college team.