Art Sandusky

Booker T was rocking a Black and Mild on the helicopter. Awesome. You know, this really really was a great thing for them to do. This is the feel-good show of the year.

They should have chanted "Corn Pops" at Big Show. I'm making it my life goal to have that chanted at any Big Show appearance. JBL's mic work was masterful. "We own this place now, can't we build a bar?" I love shoot comments that aren't supposed to be shoot comments.

Count-out > Heidenreich pin/submission.

Well DUH. Yeah, let's bring the troops down by having heels win. Great idea.

I hear Japanese people are bionic and bleed ambrosia.

Didn't they get attacked? Yes, during breakfast, a day or two before another base was attacked during lunch. If it were somehow pulled off in secret it'd be great, but WWE made a big deal for a month plus about coming over, advertising and even taking out a whole page in the New York Times to promote the visit (by the time it ran in the paper they were back home, but just to give you an idea of how high-profile this was). I can honestly say that if I were in the position of a worker asked to go to Iraq for the show, I would really have to think about it for a while. Maybe RVD's wife didn't want him to go, anyone think of that? Awesome that WWE.com and the weekend shows will show every single solider's holiday greeting that was recorded, even if it didn't appear on Smackdown.

I don't blame RVD one bit. Yeah, kind of a dick move, but even the soldiers themselves called where WWE came the gutter of Iraq where no one from home wants to visit. Unlike the Olympics, there really was an extremely high risk of some serious shit happening to everyone on the trip.

I'm glad they're all so enthusiastic about coming back, since they'll be back for the next two Christmases at least, according to the current (and unrealistic) exit plan.

They really need to go old-school with these. Make it like a WWII show or something. Trot out Saddam and Zarqawi and bin Laden lookalikes and have the entire locker room gang up on them.

So al-Zarqawi shows up to challenge Angle and is gunned down in a half-second.

Man, that Undertaker entrance loses everything it has going for it when there's no arena to darken and it's too warm to wear the coat and hat.

Does it really matter? Jesus. At least they went. Let them have the troops tell their stories and shit. People here bitch about Foley not being in a match and what kind of shirts are being given the soliders, but I'm the one that's nitpicking when I talk about the friggin' reason they're having a show in Iraq in the first place.

People are re-enlisting yes, but don't make it seem like a common ocurrence. They're going a little over the top with the sugarcoating. Understandable since it's a holiday show and stuff, but still.

Summer of 1999 had some pretty awful everyone shows. I only wish WCW were still around in its 1997-2001 form just so I could laugh my ass off every week at the terrible, nonsensical shows. Insider references, wrestlers just appearing for no reason (Scott Hall at the mental institution comes to mind immediately), wanton political shit happening right in the middle of the ring, oh man. Total anarchy, I'd love it today. I didn't know nearly enough about or watch as much wrestling back then to appreciate it.

How did I forget Bertil Olsson? Fuck.

(mine'll be pretty WWF/WWE-biased, since that's the only promotion I've ever really watched hardcore as well as listing face/heel alignment initially) 1. Jake Roberts (heel), 1989-1992. How no one else has this guy down is appalling. Keep him around for promos alone if for nothing else. 2. Hulk Hogan (face), 1984-1988. Before he gets too bald and loses the title the first time. Nuclear pops, big box office, and intense, silly promos. 3. Rob Van Dam (face), 2001-2002. Biggest stand-out on the roster and still motivated enough to put on good matches with the WWF/WWE style cutting down on the stalling and super-contrived spots. 4. Chris Benoit (heel), 2000-present. I'd pick his Japan days, but I like him with short hair better. 5. Bret Hart (face), 1991-1994. Someone finally superceded Hogan for me as a young fan. Not hampered by dumb feuds and politics just yet either. 6. Shawn Michaels (heel), 1992-1997. Not much bad stuff before he hurts his back, although I prefer his younger IC days while he was still sort of under the radar and hadn't become a political animal. 7. Ric Flair (heel), 1988-1992. I hear this guy's pretty good. 8. The Rock (face), 2000. Rock hits on all cylinders for one year without relying on catchphrases too too much and before he leaves for Hollywood. Match quality improves greatly as well. 9. Ted DiBiase (heel) 1987-1991. Everything up to the Money Inc. days was, fittingly, gold. 10. Steve Austin (face) 1997-1998. I've never seen anyone get these kinds of reactions from a crowd AND while putting on good matches ever. Absolutely amazing. 11. Andre the Giant (face) 1970s-1980s. Gotta have a big guy, and there were none more beloved. 12. Ricky Steamboat (face) 1986-1989. He's supposed to be pretty good too. Maybe I'll book a match with him and that Flair guy. 13. Randy Savage (heel) 1986-1991. Heel only because I like watching him on offense and the Macho King persona rocked. 14. AJ Styles (heel) 2001-present. Cocky dickhead who can fly and deliver sick-ass moves of all kinds. 15. Roddy Piper (face) 1982-1992. Sheer force of personality and manic promos where you can't tell if he's joking around or wants to beat the shit out of the other guy. 16. Sting (face) 1988-1996. WCW's Hulk Hogan for so many years, a no-brainer. 17. Mick Foley (as Cactus Jack, heel) 1990-2000. Talks a mean game, has the know-how to put on a great match with anyone on the roster. 18. Ultimate Warrior (???) present day. I need someone to keep me laughing. 19. Rick Rude (heel) 1988-1990. SO could have been a WWF champion, I tells ya. 20. Goldberg (face) 1997-1998. You need a fuck-off animalistic guy who'll just dismantle any opponent without wasting a moment and not say a word doing it. The intensity radiates from the television screen. Heel/Face ratio is 9:10, since I have no idea what to call Warrior.

I care.

Took you long enough to notice him being back. Harumph, some friend.

Man, Czech was bitter. I know it was already said, but boy did it merit a second mention. I like you, GreatWhiteNope. I didn't mean it when I said you'd die this year. Let's be buds. We can watch Sliders and talk about how it was crap in the last couple of years.

WORST SERIOUS THREAD OF THE YEAR: INXS's thread on having sex while knowingly having an STD and not telling the girl. WORST "FUNNY" THREAD OF THE YEAR: Most of Rant's threads that'd start with a picture or something. Some were funny, but for the most part, oof. SLIMIEST POSTER OF THE YEAR: IDrinkRatsMilk, I mean, imagine all the fluids he's had on him. WIMPIEST POSTER OF THE YEAR: MikeSC BIGGEST NERD POSTER OF THE YEAR: AndrewTS ANGLESAULT AWARD: MOST ANNOYING POSTER OF THE YEAR: -iB- BIGGEST "TRIES TO BE COOL" POSTER OF THE YEAR: UseTheSledgehammerUh MOST RETARDED POSTER OF THE YEAR: Hunger4Unger BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR: Spiny Norman (sorry man, but you kinda lost your mustard after the Gang Wars) MOST EVIL POSTER OF THE YEAR: Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye, no real reason. MOST PATHETIC POSTER: Trivia247 BIGGEST BOARD IDIOT OF THE YEAR: -iB- POSTER YOU WOULD LEAST LIKE TO MEET IN REAL LIFE: Vern Gagne. We'd talk about 70s TV and then brawl. MOST HATED POSTER OF THE YEAR: -iB- WORST POSTER OF THE YEAR: The Czech Republic/Slovakia BANNED POSTER OF THE YEAR: Anglesault (ONLY BECAUSE HE HAD IT COMING MOST NOT BECAUSE I LIKE HIM OKAY) MOST INFLUENTIAL POSTER OF THE YEAR: Incandenza BEST SERIOUS THREAD OF THE YEAR: The catch-all question threads about WCW, ECW, and WWF/WWE in General Wrestling. BEST FUNNY THREAD OF THE YEAR: Subliminal Animal's thread challenging MikeSC. POSTER YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET IN REAL LIFE: Incandenza/Kinetic BIGGEST EXPERT POSTER: MUSIC: Edwin MacPhisto BIGGEST EXPERT POSTER: MOVIES & TV: WrestlingDeacon or Starvenger BIGGEST EXPERT POSTER: WRESTLING: Loss BIGGEST EXPERT POSTER: STREET SMARTS/GENERAL: Agent of Oblivion BIGGEST EXPERT POSTER: SPORTS: Alkeiper (not in the original list of awards, but the Sports folder deserves some recognition) BIGGEST EXPERT POSTER: CURRENT EVENTS & WORLD NEWS: MikeSC ("expert" should be written accordingly on the award) MOST EASY TO TALK TO/FRIENDLIEST POSTER OF THE YEAR: Loss COOLEST POSTER OF THE YEAR: IDrinkRatsMilk MOST IMPROVED POSTER OF THE YEAR: Mole SMARTEST POSTER OF THE YEAR: godthedog (DR TOM IS TEH DUMBEST LOL2004.9) MOST INTIMIDATING POSTER OF THE YEAR: Sassqcuatch MOST FUNNY POSTER OF THE YEAR: Subliminal Animal BEST FLAMER OF THE YEAR: Subliminal Animal POSTER'S CHOICE: FAVORITE POSTER OF THE YEAR: Agent of Oblivion WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT YOU?: BOARD MVP: Agent of Oblivion RENAISSANCE POSTER AWARD: BEST ALL-AROUNDER: Kotzenjunge (I had to put myself in here eventually plus I fit the bill so nyah) BEST POSTER OF THE YEAR: Subliminal Animal.

The spoilers were reported last year at the normal time, strange that these haven't this year.

I've never delivered a Stunner on a naked man before.

Let me have my moment.

You called me all man once.

Awesome.