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Put everyone in a room and roll a grenade in.

I think little things could help the business. I'm far from a marketing genius, but give more to the fans. Make the fans feel like their important and you appreciate them/us. Have contest where people can log online or call up over the phone. Give away a years worth of Raw maganize's to the winners. Free PPV's. Win front row seats to shows in your area. Win meet and greet's with the wrestlers before the show. They could even plug these type of things during the TV shows or run adds during the commercials. Alot of bands have fan clubs. You pay $30-$40 a year and you get free stuff and deals. WWE could do the same. Become a member and get tickets to the shows cheaper, among other things. Yeah, I like getting free shit, but this stuff does help and gets people interested. It's little things they should be doing for their fans.

Lower the price for PPV's.

I don't have a favorite bassist. Too many different styles I like. My favorite all around drummer is Charlie Benante. (Anthrax)

Sad part is Vince McMahon is one of the biggest draws.

WWE has released their latest batch of PPV buyrates at their corporate website. WWE No Mercy, headlined by Vince McMahon vs. Stephanie McMahon, did roughly 200,000 buys. The WWE October PPV last year did roughly 300,000 buys. The WWE October PPV in 2001 did roughly 325,000 buys. The second WWE Smackdown only PPV dropped 100,000 buys from the first. The first WWE RAW only PPV did 325,000 buys, but the second RAW only PPV dropped to 260,000 buys. WWE Summerslam in August did roughly 375,000 buys, way down from the roughly 500,000 buys that last year's Summerslam (headlined by The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title) did. Summerslam in 2001 did roughly 550,000 buys. Just for reference, the WWE InVasion PPV in July of 2001 did roughly 775,000 buys and WrestleMania in March of 2002 did 850,000 buys. It has been pretty much down hill since then. Here is a look at all the PPV buyrates for this year compared to last: January '03 - Royal Rumble: 500,000 buys ('02: 675,000 buys) February '03 - No Way Out: 450,000 buys ('02: 550,000 buys) March '03 - WrestleMania: 550,000 buys ('02: 850,000 buys) April '03 - Backlash: 375,000 buys ('02: 400,000 buys) May '03 - Judgment Day: 275,000 buys ('02: 375,000 buys) June '03 - Bad Blood RAW-only: 325,000 buys ('02: 325,000 buys) July '03 - Vengeance SD-only: 300,000 buys ('02: 375,000 buys) August '03 - Summerslam: 375,000 buys ('02: 500,000 buys) September '03 - Unforgiven RAW-only: 260,000 buys ('02: 300,000 buys) October '03 - No Mercy SD-only: 200,000 buys ('02: 300,000 buys) Credit: 411

I wish Urulan(sp?) would get hit by a truck. I hated her on her season and I hate her now. Her and Alton are the biggest "cover up" relationship to hide someones gayness since Gwen and the guy from Bush.

Someone put a curse on Linkin Park, please! I bet guys from Good Charlotte start leaving soon as well. They will get sick of Benji and Joel getting all the fame. Matter of fact, a few weeks back I saw them on TRL and this girl won tickets to their show. She runs up on stage, hugs the two brothers and totally ignored the other 2/3 guys in the band. The other guys just looked at each other. I almost felt bad for them. But, then I laughed.

I think Little Johnny is going to be his son. Get it? John and his son, little Johnny. I'd rather have that. More reality to a character. Wrestler needs job so he can support his kid. Fans could get behind that. ..... Fuck it. Probably is a sock puppet.

Early last month, Evanescence headed for Lisbon, Portugal, with spirits soaring. They were stoked about their successful European tour and excited to shoot a video for "My Immortal" in Barcelona on October 10. About two weeks later the bubble burst. On the morning of an October 24 show in Berlin, guitarist and songwriter Ben Moody packed up his gear in a huff and flew home, the band's manager said without giving a reason for the departure. Moody co-founded the band with singer Amy Lee in the late '90s. Shortly after Moody split, Lee told the British magazine Rock Sound, "You don't do that to your band. You wouldn't do that to your friends or your family. You don't do that to anyone." Moody's future with Evanescence is unclear, their manager said, and the band has continued its tour with second guitarist John LeCompt handling all six-string duties. It wasn't the first time this year Moody had problems in Deutschland. In June the group canceled a string of German shows because the guitarist fell ill. Lee first spoke about Moody's departure at a concert last week in Manchester, England. "Ben flew home, but we didn't want to let it cancel the tour again," she said, according to Rock Sound. Evanescence's European tour runs through November 10 in London. The band will launch a North American tour on November 19 in Mexico City. Dates run through December 14 in Mississauga, Ontario. Three weeks later, the band will begin a tour of New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Credit: MTV.com

Very few guys and matches (for me anyway) have this thing which stands out from the rest. Emotion. Ric Flair, Bret Hart and Chris Benoit today are the only guys who's emotions in the ring came out through their work for me. They made me care. Sometimes you have to stop thinking about what makes a good match. Stop trying to come up with points and stars and run off the emotion of the match. Matches that have pulled me into the match and forget everything else. Flair Vs Steamboat Clash 6 Bret Vs Perfect Summerslam 91 Bret Vs Austin Survivor Series 96 Benoit Vs Angle RR03 Just to name a few.

I'll never forget when my old probation officer walked into mine and my old roommates appartment and saw the bong sitting in the window. That was fun talking my way out of. Also, how does or why would a guy become anorexic/bulemic? I can understand if you drink too much at times so you make yourself throw up so the room stops spinning. But, you also made a habit of throwing up your food?

It's funny how Raw only has HBK Vs Henry for tonight announced but this is up already at WWE.com for Smackdown Thursday.

Actually, Kevin Nash went up to Benoit in WCW and told him he wasn't good enough to be a main eventer and Benoit's jaw hit the floor and that fuckin' tooth popped right out.

Hopefully that match will be the 10:00pm match and they book a hot 6 or 8 man tag for the main event.

Stone Cold Steve Austin Interview WWE.com recently caught up with Stone Cold Steve Austin to talk about his just-released autobiography, "The Stone Cold Truth," and more. WWE.com: You’ve been spending quite a bit of time at WWE headquarters in Stamford lately. Can you talk about why? Austin: The other day I was in the studio doing a recording for the new WWE album coming out. I went in there and raised hell and attempted to sing, and I will leave the results up to the listeners if they purchase the CD. We’re working on some new T-shirt ideas. I’ve always prided myself in being real hands-on with my merchandise. I’ve got some new stuff coming out that’s really bold. Really good stuff. Hopefully, that’ll fly good. WWE.com: How was "The Sharon Osbourne Show"? Austin: I really looked forward to doing that show. Growing up, I was a huge Ozzy fan, and I was at a Ozzy-Motley Crue concert in Houston when a guy behind me threw up all over me, and I’m also good friends with Zakk Wylde, who’s been Ozzy’s lead guitarist since Zakk was 18 or 19. I was just at his house two weeks ago getting drunk with DDP. WWE.com: How’s DDP doing? Austin: He’s doing great, man. Positive as ever, and in good shape. He’s trying to do some stuff with acting. I haven’t seen the guy in the long time, so it was great to hang out. He’s a good dude. WWE.com: He’s not a quiet man. Austin: Not a quiet guy. I was up in L.A. doing some meetings and a couple of TV shows. I also did "The Bronx Bunny Show" (a show that airs in the U.K.), which was great. I told DDP I was going to go see Zakk. I asked DDP to go with me. He goes, "Who’s Zakk Wylde?" I said, "Dude, he plays lead guitar for Ozzy Osbourne. He’s got his own band called Black Label Society. He’s Einstein on a guitar." I said, "Dallas, I’ll put it like this: He’s basically a rock ‘n’ roll version of you. He’s probably the only guy you’ll ever meet who will say the f-word more times that you and me combined." Zakk lives 45 minutes outside of L.A., somewhere out in the woods. We got lost, and finally we called him and he came down to meet us. And by the time he’s stepped out of the truck, he’s said the f-word seven times and handed each of us a beer. Dallas looks at me and says, "We haven’t even been here five seconds and he’s said the f-word seven times!" I said, "I told you!" WWE.com: What’s coming up with StoneCold.com? I understand you’re going to take a more hands-on approach with that site. Austin: Yeah. It’s under construction right now. They sent me a prototype, and I thought it was still too corporate looking -- not rough enough and a little too busy. It’s just basically a communication bridge between me and the fans. Since I’ve been here, I’ve had a hell of a run, a lot of success and a lot of fun. Going out there on RAW and doing the stuff that I do, that’s fine. But when you’re not in the ring anymore and able to compete, you kind of lose touch with them; you’re unable to relate to them on that level. Since I’m basically doing the co-GM thing, I wanted to use my Web site as a hands-on deal where I’ll be fielding questions every week, or basically telling about what I did throughout the week, kind of like a diary type of thing. It’s just a way to stay in touch with people, let them know what’s going on inside my head, what I think about life in general and what’s going on around me. WWE.com: So you got a computer now. Austin: Yeah, I got a computer now, and the thing about it is, it was down for a long time. People were sending me e-mails -- well, the office was; it’s not like I get a whole lot of e-mails -- and they would ask me, "How come you didn’t answer my e-mail?" And I’d say, "Well, I can’t. My computer’s broken." So I got the computer guy to come out there, and he messed with thing for about five minutes. I’m thinking, "My computer’s busted. I’m going to have to get a new one." Turns out I didn’t have my modem plugged in. I pretty much looked like an idiot. I called this expert up to my house, and all he did was plug in the modem. But anyway, I’m back up and running. WWE.com: How was "Hollywood Squares"? Austin: That was brutal. They were asking me about various things that I don’t know a damn thing about, so I was completely out of my element. If you ask me about wrestling, beer drinking, hell raising, deer hunting or anything like that, I’m your guy. But the questions that I got asked ... I was just trying not to look like a jackass. Also, I’m in this little box. Being Stone Cold Steve Austin -- the abrasive, in-your-face guy on RAW -- doesn’t really transfer to being in a little square on "Hollywood Squares." It’s a fine and dandy show and all that stuff, but it really wasn’t any place for Stone Cold Steve Austin to be. WWE.com: Were there any other celebrities there that you got a chance to meet? Austin: Well, Donna Summer was there. She was nice. She was cool. I was sitting next to a kid named Joey McIntyre. He was really cool. Mario Lopez was there. Mario’s a big wrestling fan. (Executive producer) Henry Winkler pulled me aside and said, "How you doing?" I said, "I’m dying over here." He said, "No, you’re doing great." Everybody on that show was really nice and really friendly. Henry Winkler was tremendous. But it was just a case of being a square peg in a round hole. WWE.com: You have the most aggressive book tour in recent memory. You’re doing more book signings that anybody’s ever done. Is that something you’re ready for? You’re going to be a busy guy for the next few months. Austin: Yeah, just because I want the book to do well. Everybody has been happy with the book. It’s kind of like if you’re in a rock ‘n’ roll or country band, and you put a CD out. You go on tour to promote it. I’m doing what I can on my end. Until basically mid-December, I’m going to be pretty much full tilt, making the rounds, pushing the book -- stuff on TVs, talk shows and stuff like that. I want the thing to be a success. I kind of set Mick Foley as being a goal of mine because I know his book sold a lot of books and was a great book. So if I can sell as many or more than Mick Foley, I’ll consider it a success. Whether it does or not, it’s "The Stone Cold Truth" and that’s pretty much the bottom line. Hopefully, it does well. Credit: WWE.com

Time off could be a great & bad thing. Some guys you know would continue to take care of themselves. Work out, rehab, put on weight or take some off and just heel up old nagging injuries. See; Benoit, Jericho, Eddie, Angle, etc. Others would come back out of shape, way over weight and even more addictive to alcohol and drugs then before since they had all the free time at home. See; Big Show, Bradshaw, Austin and even Stephanie McMahon.

I agree. But, I don't think Storm should be making it sound like some guys do it just for the sake of doing it on TV.

Storm Comment Board Not sure how I feel about the mourning comment, but Nathan Jones was good.

Bon Jovi for sure. But doesn't bands like Def Leppard and Poison have to go out with like 4 or 5 other bands on the bill to sell out arenas?

As if the steroid thing isn't bad enough. I was watching the morning news and they said some stores around the country are banning "Stackers" because the body supliment (sp?) has been linked to some heart attacks and other health problems.

True, but I have the internet now and reading all the news from backstage during a new steroid trial would be fun. Besides, the product sucks and it's been a slow "news" week. We need some people to get caught & fired so the law suits, gossip and shit talking will begin. This fuckin' company is going to entertain me one way or another!

I wouldn't let those fucks cut my hair and change my style just so I could fit into "pop culture." I like my jeans and t-shirts, damnit! ::Spits & tries to puff chest out to look like more a man::

Owen Hart really was a good guy.