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Simple because Rey is a "little" guy and we all know how Vince feels about the cruiserweights.

As has been stated many times your lower card guys can make just as much if not more on the indys like ROH and TNA. Cause I doubt they're making that much money in the WWE. Just ask guys like Raven, Spanky, and D-Lo about it.

::Thinks about the cute girls he went to school with in 6th grade:: Well that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Uh...never mind.

I swear to god when Liefeld draws Cable he looks like he's pushing 90 and he's losing his hair.

Here are some more pics http://www.angelfire.com/home/nikkinova/xforce.htm Good lord for awhile I thought I was looking at Youngblood drawings.

This one is kinda different. This happened in '98-99 one of my friends was a really big WWF mark and he hated WCW mainly cause it was the "cool" thing to hate. When I asked him why he'd give some dumb BS, half ass excuses but, of course, he never really watched WCW. So, I tired to show him that WCW does have great wrestling. So, one Monday night on the hour before RAW started there was a tag match with Benoit and Dean and I forget who they were facing. Anyways, I called my friend and told him to turn into TNT to watch the match. My friend was freaking out that Benoit and Dean these "little guys" as he likes to call them were using "big guy" moves like powerbombs, slams, and piledrivers. And was mad at them for doing it and yelling for them to stop using them. No joke. Yeah he was into the big guys and thought "little guys" like the Hardy Boys and Xitan sucked cause they were "little" it had nothing to do with their skill just there size. I so wanted to hit him.

Ric Flair Speaks On Best Feuds, Divas, Backlash, & More Recap of Ric Flair interview.... Credit: Carl Walsh, PowerWrestling.Com Recap of Ric Flair on Sky Sports News: The presenters introduced Ric Flair and they asked him about his career longevity, Flair said he had been in the business for 30 years and he did that by avoiding major injuries in the finals years. He has been lucky to avoid them. The presenters bought up the plane crash. Flair said that it was in 1975 in Wilmington, North Carolina and paralyzed Johnny Valentine, said he broke his back in 3 places. How have you seen the sport change over the years? It’s changed drastically, the marketing and that we are on Sky and on cable TV, Footage of Evolution was then shown. Flair said that we don’t wear headgear, we are visible and get a chance to talk and that’s what makes the business unique. They then asked Flair some e-mail questions: Is it better now there is more showmanship in the sport? It’s definitely better now, he said he like the money he makes now and one of the reasons he has been successful is that he adapted through the years. Says a lot of sports have taken things from WWE like nicknames and cheerleaders etc. The Nature Boy name came from Buddy Rogers, he stole it from him and a promoter in the 70’s said it would be a good handle for him. They asked him about his image, and he said he didn’t know what to say but said that you guys (the presenters) are cosmetically perfect, Georgie, the female presenter, said she is embarrassed now. Flair said that a lady called Olivia Walker who has now passed away designed many of them. There is a girl in the WWE who designs them now and he has given many away for charity. The robes are as much a part of his image than the blonde hair. He said his hair used to be as long as Triple H, the guys who have longevity have come to the table with a unique look. What title has meant the most to you? Winning the championship for the first time in 81 and winning it back in 1983, proved that he was around to stay and not just a flash in the pan. Said it’s harder to push himself at his age, but the guys know how to push his buttons and make him work harder. What are his most memorable feuds? Flair said his feuds with Ricky Steamboat and Dusty Rhodes will be remembered forever. Also Savage, Race and Hogan matches were mentioned and are very popular with the fans. What size are your feet? Flair said they are size 13; he gives a Whoooooo for the person who emailed him asking for it. Ric Flair showed the presenter how to do a figure four, and actually did it on the presenter! He said to lie down on your back and Flair locked it in and the presenter tapped. Pretty funny. They shook hands. The presenter said Flair is too good for him. What’s left to accomplish in wrestling? Nothing, I’ve been winding down for 10 years! He enjoys the PR stuff. Flair said he doesn’t know how much is in the tank but it’s a challenge for him to still do it, he trains everyday. What’s your opinion of the females in the WWE? The girls are a big part of the show and some are so feminine but they go out there ad wrestle like guys. How did you come up with the strut? He said he started doing it one day and can’t pinpoint when he started doing it. Where is wrestling going in your opinion? Wrestling has been in a bit of a valley but its coming back full force and attendance will continue to grow, said WrestleMania was a huge success, and said they are doing huge business wherever they go. Backlash is this Sunday, how do you prepare? He said he is flying back to Edmonton on Saturday night and will train on Sunday morning. He said Shelton Benjamin can be a huge star in the business but Flair said he isn’t ready to climb the big mountain yet. What would you do if you were not a wrestler? Flair said he would probably be a movie star, he said he got an offer a few years ago but turned it down because back then he had to work everyday with the business. Said Triple H is making his own movie and he is happy with the Rock’s success. Presenters said it has been a pleasure and Flair said likewise. Good segment, very light hearted, seemed as if the presenters had done a little bit of homework on the WWE, which was nice to see.

It also says that they will have plays of what happen played with music. You know like Heat first did when they first moved to MTV.

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13882,00.html

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1383 http://homevideo.universalstudios.com/deta...p?childId=34844 What can I say as a huge Knight Rider fan I can't wait for this to come out.

Yeah it was reported that Steph that Nidia had and fatass. And Steph came up with the Molly is a fatass storyline. Even Molly admitted it. And yes Molly has a nice big ass but, the storyline made it seem that Molly ass was fat (the bad kind) and that she is a porker that needs to lose weight.

Because Hasselhoff is so awesome and everyone knows it.

I still think Steph voice is like that is because of all the damn screaming she did as a heel in 2000. Cause her voice would sound like that after yelling for a long time.

Brand new ep tonight and it looks good. "Lionel makes a deal with Dr. Virgil Swann (Christopher Reeve), hoping to uncover the secrets behind the Indian cave drawings."

Oh I'm not mad they're not showing it. Just seeing how much the FCC and the rest of the US have over reacted to a boob showing for 3 seconds.

so that means..... FERTIG~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! Well at least they are starting to give the new wrestlers gimmicks, outfits, etc instead of just throwing them out there with nothing as cept plan white wrestler #14 or plain hoss #78.

Does anyone know if it will be printed in trade paperback? I'd love to pick it up.

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=11695 PUTTING THE CAT OUT: WILDCATS CANCELLED As was mentioned in the article about Stormwatch: Team Achilles, the post Coup D’Etat Wildstorm Universe is an unstable place. Unfortunately, this means both within the fictional world as well as in the real. Wildcats 3.0 writer Joe Casey has informed Newsarama that the series has been cancelled. Shortly after he learned of the book’s cancellation, Casey spoke with Newsarama about his run and the series end. Newsarama: First off, the specifics. What’s the last issue, and what reasons were given to you? Joe Casey: Issue #24 [August] is the final issue. The reasons were completely financial. I hate it when I see people trying to spin things in their favor just to pump themselves up. Let’s just be honest here… in this particular case, it was low sales that did us in. NRAMA: But the series got a boost from Coup D’Etat right? Was the decision made after the Coup boost trailed off? JC: I honestly couldn’t say what the timing was in regards to Coup. I just got the call last week so I’m still kind of reeling from the news. But I knew the writing was on the wall when I heard they weren’t doing any more Wildcats 3.0 trade paperback collections - well, aside from some weird Cyberforce crossover tpb, I guess. As far as those are concerned, what’s out there now is all there is and -- as far as I’ve been told -- all there ever will be. NRAMA: Where is that in regards to your storyline? JC: Unfortunately, there’s not much closure for the long term plans Dustin [Ngyuen] and I had for the book. Hell, Dustin doesn’t even get to come back like he’d planned all along. Issue #24 is the final chapter of the “Coda War One” storyline and it was already written when the plug was pulled. I was actually writing issue #25 when I got the call, so when you read #24, it certainly feels like issue #25 is coming after it. But now that won’t be the case. NRAMA: I got the sense that post-Coup, the WSU was more cohesive, with each title playing a particular, integral role in the larger picture. That wasn’t the case? JC: I’m not sure if our current readers were actively clamoring for a more cohesive Wildstorm Universe. Quite obviously, I could be wrong about that. But my sense of things was that our readers enjoyed the books for what they were without having to explain how they all tied together. The Coup series was an event meant to throw a brighter spotlight on books we were all excited about, more than anything else. NRAMA: Under your writing, Wildcats was different than anything out there in the market – it was challenging, mature, cerebral, and made some demands on the reader. In short, it’s hard to find a book like that out there today. Personally speaking, what kind of message do the low sales and cancellation send to you as a creator, and to say, industry-watchers? JC: I hesitate to say… mainly because I don’t want -- myself or anyone else -- to give up on the kind of work that I personally enjoy in comic books. I’ve been more like a “cult writer” in the mainstream for most of my career and it’s been a relatively comfortable place to be. I hate playing it safe, and I don’t want other creators playing it safe either. Guys like Chaykin and Miller and Moore showed me that you can make demands on the reader in the mainstream and it can pay off, because they essentially created a new mainstream. Maybe Wildcats was a “book out of time”. Either we were ahead of the curve or too far behind it. I don’t really know. I just know I loved it. We all busted our ass on a work-for-hire book as though we owned it, not DC. Part of me takes pride in that kind of commitment. Part of me wonders if I was a chump to care so much… NRAMA: Editorially, were you still getting support throughout the run, even though the book wasn’t seeing stellar numbers? JC: Well, there’s two types of “editorial support”. There’s the kind we got from Ben Abernathy, who consistently went above and beyond the call of duty each and every issue. If there’s an unsung hero of this series, it’s Ben. Then there’s the larger version of “support” coming from New York. Obviously I wish we’d had more of that. Frankly, I’m not sure if there was a lot of enthusiasm from DC corporate about Wildstorm attempting a Mature Readers superhero line in the first place. NRAMA: Speaking of the support though, wasn’t there any kind of Hail Mary that would come in? A return to costumes, Jim Lee covers, more punchin’ & ‘splosions and people getting kicked in the head? JC: That’s what the whole “Coda War One” story was supposed to be! A big, sprawling action epic before we headed into what was to be the final act of our run. Plus, we were confident that Dustin might bring back some attention with issue #25, coming fresh off his run on Batman. I guess we’ll never know if that would’ve helped… NRAMA: Well Sinatra, tell me about your regrets, if you have a few… JC: Like I said, the entire “final act” of Version 3.0 -- as Dustin and I had planned it -- would’ve lasted from issue #25 until around issue #40. The aftermath of the mission to Greece, seeing how Jack Marlowe and the Halo Corporation were going to deal with the world energy crisis and the world’s reaction to that, a controversial Presidential election and its ramifications, the return of the real Ladytron, the “Junior Wildcats”, the last Coda, and really just playing out all the various character threads that began all the way back in issue #1… all of that cool stuff will never see print. NRAMA: Do you think Wildcats 3.0 would have done better if it was told in larger chunks, given the density of the story you and Dustin were telling? JC: I don’t know… the density was actually what I liked about doing the series. That and the characters themselves. Actually, I’m insanely proud of how we depicted this cast of characters, the time we took to explore their personalities, the unpredictability of their actions, etc. so I don’t know if I’d want to do it any differently. I basically wrote the series I’d always wanted to read. Maybe if the book hadn’t been called Wildcats… but, again, I liked the brand identity of that name. It certainly tied into some of the themes of the series. But Scott Dunbier told me he was faced with a similar situation a few years ago, when he morphed StormWatch - which was selling for shit, despite critical raves - into The Authority. Maybe we should’ve taken a page from that playbook, but hindsight’s always 20/20… NRAMA: Personally, how do you work this over and deal with it in order to pitch again another day? It seems almost that, since the series ended, you one could end up with a “They didn’t like it when I tried something dense and a little off, so let’s try something about a guy who hits people. A lot.” – or – are you more philosophical about it – “It pushed the envelope a little more, so next time, someone can walk on the path I carved out and push some more…”? JC: It’s still a bit of a raw nerve for me, since I had so much invested in this series from a creative point of view, but I have to say that I’d still rather take chances and reach for the brass ring rather than play it safe. The real challenge for future, similar series that aren’t standard fare is how to market them and reach the readerships that can sustain them. So, yeah… at the end of the day I’d prefer to push the envelope and fall on my face rather than just jump on the latest bandwagon and have an easier ride. I’ve worked like a dog for eight years to get to the point where I could take more chances creatively and I don’t really want to stop now. NRAMA: DC just signed a deal to publish Humanoids’ books. What you were doing with Wildcats always struck me as more European in its approach. There seems to be some irony there – that on one hand, DC is embracing Humanoids, and work of that ilk, but can’t make it work on their own… JC: If there’s any irony in this situation, I can’t enjoy it yet. NRAMA: So where do you go from here? Frantic pitching, or do you already have some ins in other offices and editors? JC: Well, at Wildstorm, I’ve still got The Intimates launching in October, a series that’s certainly different from Wildcats in form and function. Out of all of my industry pals, I’m probably closest to the guys who work at Wildstorm. I think I’ve done my best work for them, so hopefully there’ll always be more stuff to do for as long as Wildstorm lasts… If you’re asking from a financial point of view… this isn’t about money. Sure, I have to earn a living like everyone else but I try not to get “frantic” about anything if I can help it. I write comic books most of all out of love and if you’re going to have a lasting career in this business, you’re inevitably going to take your share of lumps. This is just one more, although I’ll admit it’s a particularly painful one… but that’s for reasons more sentimental than anything else. We had a story to tell and we were still in the middle of telling it when the rug got yanked away. That’s never fun. NRAMA: Any last thoughts you want to get out there for the series’ readers? JC: Well, for the readers that have stuck with us, I’m really sorry it went down like this. It’s certainly not the way we wanted it to happen. Okay, so there weren’t enough readers to keep the series going… but I’m damn grateful for the ones we did have. They really seemed to get what the book was all about and they enjoyed it for what it was, not for what it wasn’t - shout out to the various Delphi forums and the Millarworld forum folks, in particular. For me, I really loved this book, thanks mainly to the artistic collaborations that go all the way back to dragging current Eisner nominee Sean Phillips into Wildstorm for Wildcats Vol. 2 up until now with Dustin, Richard Friend, Francisco Ruiz Velasco, Pascal Ferry and Duncan Rouleau. Not to mention colorist Randy Mayor and the brilliant Rian Hughes as our cover designer. It’s consistently been the greatest experience of my professional life so far, much more so than I ever thought I’d have in this business. But beyond the behind-the-scenes stuff… it was the characters, too. I’ve lived with these particular characters for the past four years. It’s definitely tough when you’re so attached to something to see it go away. But this was DC’s call to make and they’ve made it.

You as much I didn't like the whole Test, Steiner, Stacy angle. They could have used that to make a face very over. They could have had an underdog face fight for her rights and try to free and finally wins. Say what you will about it but, as long as they dragged it out they should have given the angle a decent ending like that instead of Foley saying you're free Stacy.

Why not? It's not as if they're doing anything useful with Stacy these days. And don't forget HBK is married to one. I forget her name.

You mean he started as Ghost Rider?????? Yes, yes he did. Johnny just rid himself of the demon. In a few weeks he's going to find out that he can shoot hellfire thru a shotgun and that the current Ghost Rider is his long lost brother. Anyways, you know what's funny. When he came on with that name I almost had a feeling that they would have him pretend that he's Ghost Rider and have him a wearing a Ghost Rider outfit with an awful looking flaming skull.

Yeah that was funny and what even funnier was when the guy was speaking I was like "What in the fuck did he just say" before Vic yelled that out.

Well Leslie and Zack did kinda had a thing going on. And maybe Leslie really cared about Zack more then what she let on and didn't want to see him get married. But, whatever.

Ok here's the question. With the tag divisons on both brands being real shitty I thought I'd ask the question what was the last angle, as far as the tag belts go, that you cared about and made you care about the belts? Or the last time you cared about the belts in general cause of the team holding them, etc. It kind be for either brand. For me it's was during the Booker T, Goldust storyline. I thought it was great. Booker and Goldust finally gel into a great team and become the best of friends and go after the tag belts. They keep getting so close to winning them but, keep falling short which makes Goldie feel like he is the weak link and Booker trying to tell him he's not. Finally they beat Jericho and Xitan for the belts in a 4-way at Armageddon 2002 in a good match. Of course, it should have been just those two teams in the match anyways. Then on the last RAW of '02 they have a match with Vitamin C and before the match they do a mini angle with Jericho telling Goldust that he's still the weak link. So, they have one of hell of a match on RAW with Goldust pinning Jericho to win the match to prove he's not a weak link and finish off the angle. So, the Booker and Goldie have the belts and are very over so what do the WWE? A few weeks later have them job the belts to the boring and VERY unover team of Storm and Regal. Real nice. Then it just goes to shit from there as we all know. But, that was the last time I really ever cared about the RAW tag belts.

Here's a question. Whatever happened to Zack's mutant power to freeze and unfreeze time by yell in time out and time in? He mainly used it in the first season and stopped doing it for the rest of the shows run. Cept for the ep in senior year ep were they had the video yearbook. And what else did Zack do with this power besides talk to the TV folks. Did you use it to rob banks or undress hot cheerleaders?