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I disagree...there hadnt been very much tension between Shawn and Benoit really, just a weird handshake and stuff. Nothing that built to HBK coming out and hitting his superkick. And it was always promoted as HHH-Benoit signing...I never heard any HBK teases, though Ive only been watching Raw the last few weeks and still no Heat/other shows. Yeah...that was a very good heel promo...until he kept going about 5 minutes too long. A heel doing ALL the talking and the face saying nothing is not good wrestling business. I know Hunters a better speaker than Benoit but there is no excuse for Benoit to be COMPLETELY silent while HHH talks for over 10 minutes. If he cuts it off about 3-5 mins earlier and lets Benoit say a sentence or two...I would call it a classic promo, on par with vintage Ric Flair. As it was, it was very good but long.

Has there actually been serious talk out of the WWE about this already? Or just rumors?

And yet we still question the idea of having these three as the Wrestlemania ME? Sounds like the fans want to see this match to me. stupidest thing Ive read today... HBK wasnt scheduled to be involved...just shows up and mooches onto a HHH vs. Benoit contract segment. How does that show the audience is interested in HBK-Benoit-HHH? The crowd seemed to die just a bit as it dragged along, and ratings went down after the contract swerve. You really need to give 'thought' a try there duder If most fans were not interested, there's a strong chance they'd have changed the channel when HBK showed up, thus decreasing the numbers. Instead, they stayed tuned because they wanted to see how HBK would become involved. The ratings went down after the contract swerve becasue the show broke for commercial. If you're trying to disprove my theory, perhaps YOU should more thought into it, "duder". HBK was there for the last few minutes of a 15 minute segment. The ratings dont reflect by the minute or what happened exactly when HBK arrived. All this shows is that a HHH-Benoit contract signing which was heavilly promoted and no mention of HBK had ever been made prior drew a big rating. HBK means nothing to the rating...this isnt really that hard...is it?

thanks for sorting that out. and Orton looks like he has down-syndrome in your sig pic.

I see a pattern, Overrun and Orton don't agree with each other. Orton doesnt seem to agree with much...the audience included.

And yet we still question the idea of having these three as the Wrestlemania ME? Sounds like the fans want to see this match to me. stupidest thing Ive read today... HBK wasnt scheduled to be involved...just shows up and mooches onto a HHH vs. Benoit contract segment. How does that show the audience is interested in HBK-Benoit-HHH? The crowd seemed to die just a bit as it dragged along, and ratings went down after the contract swerve. You really need to give 'thought' a try there duder

a great tag team currently being ripped off by the schweg LA RESISTANCE

Id assume that had something to do with the 'Armstrong' name. None of the boys were ever given a good push, except RoadDogg who didnt use his last name in WWF. Bullet Bob, besides often putting himself over at the expense of his kids in his own promotions, probably pissed off the WCW bookers at some point. My guess anyway.

Garvin got that lameduck reign because noone else wanted it. It was obvious that whoever got the belt than was just a transitional champ so Flair could regain at Starrcade. If my memorys accurate, I dont think Garvin ever defended the title on television.

classic

Audiovent - The Energy

fuck you and your logic bah gawd!...

Definitly a great card...should be more than good enough to help us all forget the farce from earlier this year(2 fights over in less than 2 rounds ). Jirov is just nonstop attack. Mesi has shown a good enough chin so I dont think Jirov can put him away. Jirov has the shakier beard, imo, so Mesi has a shot at a quick knockout. I honestly expect a classic, bloody war with Mesi getting a close decision(fairer than the Barrett fight). Theyll rematch in an HBO main event this spring/summer and Mesi gets the big KO. Thats my prediction but obviously it can go alot differently.

Dustys tights...THE FUCK?!?!

Neil Young/Crazyhorse - Grandpas Interview

I didnt know they had even hit it big yet...theyre still playing my fave tiny local club regularly. Are they pretty popular outside of Wisconsin/Midwest?

ronnie james dio gag reflex

Since the Lennox Lewis thread drew quite a bit of interest and theres apparently a few boxing fans here at TSM...I thought Id provide you with a list of major/good upcoming fights with a brief preview.... Friday, 2/20 ESPN2 Tokunbo Olajide v Larry Marks - USBA 154 Title - Olajide is a solid prospect and possible future world champion. He is rebounding from a shocking 1st round ko loss quite well and this should be his biggest test yet. Marks is a decent former world title challenger who has losses vs. Michael Covington, Cory Spinks, Andrew Lewis, and Agel Hernandez. His biggest career win came over a slightly faded Charles Murray in 2000. -Also on the card is undefeated middleweight Willie Gibbs and the great Bernard Hopkins is in-studio. Friday 2/27 ESPN2 Art Simonyan v Juan Ruiz - USBA S.Bantam Title - Simonyan(13-0-1) is on a big three fight winning streak(tko7 Radford Beasley, tko6 Ablorh Sowah, w12 Carlos Contreras). This could be his last fight before stepping up to the world championship scene. Ruiz is 16-1 Sat 2/28 HBO Erik Morales v Jesus Chavez - WBC S. Featherwt Title - The great Morales moves up in weight and immediately challenges for an ABC title. Morales is coming off a huge 2nd round ko over Guty Espadas and is looking as good as he ever has. The only man to beat Chavez since 1995 is Floyd Mayweather and holds victories over 5 former world champions. The first real big fight of 04 and it shouldnt dissapoint. -Also on the undercard, 2000 olympian Miguel Cotto looks to continue his rampage towards stardom in a major fight against Victoriano Sosa. Cotto is 18-0, Sosa is 37-3. Fri 3/5 ESPN2 Verno Philips v Julio Garcia - Philips is on a 5 fight win streak(including wins over Michael Lerma and Bronco McKart) since losing to Kasim Ouma in '01. Garcia is looking to get back in the title chase after having his own hot streak stopped by a JC Candelo knockout. Very good matchup. -Also Andre Purlette v. Lawrence Cley-Bey in a possibly entertaining, heavyweight crossroads fight. Sat 3/6 Showtime Joel Casamayor v Diego Corrales - WBO S.Feather Title - This is a rematch of one of the best fights of '03. Their fight last Oct ended in a controversial stoppage win for Casamayor when Corrales was bleeding badly from the mouth. Both are at the top of the weight class, theres alot of heat for the rematch, the two seem to really match up well, and its a must-win for both. This should be another fight of the year candidate already, and we already have one with Pemberton-Sheika2. -also, Mark '2 Sharp' Johnson defends his superfly belt against Luis Bolano(38-0) Sat 3/13 HBO Shane Mosely v Winky Wright - Undisputed 154 Title - Huge fight! It will be the first unification of the 154 weightclass. Mosely is on the rebound after going nearly 3 years without a win. Last Sept he defeated Oscar De La Hoya for the second time(apparently all three judges giving it to Shane by 2 points apiece was 'controversy'). Winky Wright hasnt lost since '99(a legit controversial decisions against Fernando Vargas) and has since scored wins over Keith Mullings, Jason Papillion, Bronco McKart, JC Candelo, and Angel Hernandez. -on the undercard its a great heavyweight matchup as the ne great white hope, Joe Mesi meets former cruiser champion Vassily Jirov. This fight has poitential to be yet another FOTY candidate. That makes two on this HBO show Sun 3/14 FOx Sports Really good doubleheader here...no idea how FSN will handle it though(tape delay, one fight on different nights, live, etc). Nate Campbell v Robbie Peden - SFeather Eliminater - Both have looked impressive lately and both desperately want a chance to prove themselves. This is that chance, total must-win fight for both. Winner gets a shot at IBF title. Should be a qualtiy scrap. Kuvanych Toygonbayev v Keith Holmes - Former champ Holmes takes on his toughest challenge since losing his world middleweight belt to Hopkins in early '01. Toygonbayez is 23-1 and hasnt lost a fight since a 6round decion to Kassim Ouma in 2000. Malcolm Tann and Robert Guerrero are both featured on the undercard. Sat 3/27 HBO Jermain Taylor will try to continue his quest to be the best of the 2000 olympian class as he fights the tough WBC regional beltholder Alex Bunema(24-3) Dominic Guinn will try to prove that he is the TOP young heavyweight in the world when he fights the man that barely lost to Joe Mesi last December, the veteran Monte Barrett. Sat 4/3 Showtime Two great matchups from Manchester England Sharmba Mitchell defends his interim junior welter title against longtime Commonwealth champ Eamonn Magee(25-4). Undefeated Ricky Hatton(34-0) with wins over Tackie, Hutchinson, Philips, Rios, Magee, and Pendleton meets possibly his toughest challenge in powerpunching prospect Kelson Pinto(19-0, 17 kos). Belts are on the line. Sat 4/10 HBO Cory Spinks v Zab Judah - World Welterweight Title - Undisputed champ Spinks goes right from his huge win over Mayorga to the ltwelter star Judah. Huge fight, a superstar should truly emerge from this. Spinks is a gifted, tremedous boxer and Judah is a charismatic, talented fighter with a serious punch. Also - Wladimir Klitischko continues his comeback after the Sanders blitz by fighting Lamon Brewster. This should be a massacre. Thurs 4/15 Show Attila Levin(29-1) vs. Jeremy Williams(40-4) in a heavyweight crossroads fight. Winner can stake claim for top 10/15 and bigger fights, loser might want to consider retirement. Sat 5/1 NBC Kermit Cintron v TBA. No idea how this fight will go but expect another great performance from the redhot Cintron. He will probably be a world champ and superstar in the next couple of years. This is also the start of the afternoon NBC boxing series for May. There ya'll go...enjoy... thanks to boxrec.com for records

So ghettoman is gone for 2 days?...I wont miss him...

When did this happen?

20-30 minutes with a clean win for Benoit to end the show would be s/marktastic. We'll end up getting 10 minutes of decent match with another 10 minutes of clusterfuck finish and a killed crowd. Again.

Maybe they can bring out Winger...someone needs to fill the Linkinpark/Crazytown/etc roles on the main stage

Athletes my ass

Theyll probably just keep going alternately. Whoever's turn it is that month will get that ppv...I doubt theyll even touch on the one show having an extra ppv issue.

Benoit - Angle - Eddy