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Theme?

I don't need the Coors Light... Fuck it, I don't even need the light switch; she's not ugly, just old(er).

Curses... foiled again...

That's outstanding. I'm guessing that's right about in time for November sweeps?

Life intrigues me; I'll probably give it the initial run, at least. I'm not feeling Journeyman at all. High Definition may not be that broad's friend, but she looks alright enough in standard; and since I have a near pathological refusal to "upgrade" to HD, that's good enough for me.

Living With Fran, that was it. Thanks.

Having picked up the "free" DVD rental from Blockbuster, I just finished watching the pilot episode; I have to say, it definitely looks interesting... I'm trying to figure out where I've seen Captain Awesome before... Do any of the other networks do that new shows "sampler" thing? I thought that was actually a really good idea... I mean, I don't know what y'all's TV watching habits are, but I never would have even heard of this show otherwise...

I had two managers abandon me in my keeper league last year, and I'm looking for people who might be interested in replacing them. Send me a PM if you want more information. EDIT - I got the two guys I need. Thanks.

Damn... Miz left with the hoes... that cat got three hoes, and still left with the hoes... now that's a heel for yo' ass... I was cracking up on Punk spittin' game at one of the hoes on the way out, too: "you know, I'm the ECW Champion..." Hah!

Hrmm... last time Bruner was booked against the number one contender, it didn't have a happy ending. I'm setting my sights on turning that around this time.

I think he's saying that he Janus'd his match... And since a marker hasn't been posted, he just left it with the head booker.

I thought I heard JR and King say during Unforgiven last night that they couldn't remember ever seeing a Diva as physically dominant as Beth Phoenix. Seeing as how Chyna is fairly prominently featured in this month's Monday Night Wars on 24/7, it struck me as being particularly off-putting.

Game 5 will be on the Deuce today at 4:30. Deanna Nolan and Cheryl Ford are both doubtful. EDIT - And Ripper, the only reason you were "talking to yourself" is because I didn't think to come into an NBA thread to look for WNBA discussion; I don't read every thread every day, after all...

Egad!

I have trouble thinking of music that came out in the '90s as "old school," but whatever: A handful of my favorite songs from the nineties: Portrait - Here We Go Again. I listened to this song so much, that my sister still has it as her ringtone for whenever I call her. Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance Kris Kross - Warm it Up Egad!

EDIT - never mind, hadn't gotten there yet...

My shoot-from-the-hip comment after reading the opening segment: If the mystery person is Ejiro, I'm going to be super-pissed!

I thought that Who was a WCW creation?

You'll be disappointed, I assure you; I'm not that creative... I basically was just watching some old WWF from the late-80s, particularly lots of Greg Valentine matches from after he became associated with Jimmy Hart, and I thought to myself "why the hell do I have WC taking the damned things off?" So, I decided, "what the hell, let him have his shin guards." But, now that you mention it, I should probably have some sort of backlash... I'll try to think of something.

He actually said that? Was he a presenter, or something?

Eh, this point of view makes much more sense to me than what Czech is saying, even if I don't agree: I don't consider myself to be much of an armchair GM, and I don't particularly suffer any delusions that I could operate a basketball team. Having said that, I don't happen to think that general managers (at least, not basketball general managers) have any special qualifications that other people don't have. I mean, it's not brain surgery; it doesn't require genius. It's not like there's a special school that you have to go to to be a GM. I'll admit that I don't follow any sport but basketball enough to know how complicated those jobs are, but most GMs in basketball got their jobs either because they were an ex-player, and used that to get their foot in the door, or know people that know people. I don't think that there are five GMs in the NBA that have proven an ability to do anything that couldn't be duplicated by a knowledgeable fan that was given a bottomless checkbook to work with, or even a soft salary cap. I mean, hell, they let Isaiah Thomas be a GM twice after he literally ran the CBA out of business, and both of the teams he ran were gawd-awful. I'm sure even alfdogg could do that... I consider myself a basketball junkie, so the notion of not merely just having One True Team™, but also going so far as not watching other teams play unless its a game of "national interest" is an anathema to me. Correct me if I'm wrong, Czech, but my interpretation of your comments is that nobody should ever watch a game between Atlanta and Minnesota, unless they're either a Hawks fan or a Timberwolves fan, since that's not a game likely to be a "national interest" game any time soon... ... And I don't understand that line of thinking on any level. On any given night during NBA season, there's between five and ten games... and, if my DVR had enough tuners, I'd watch every single one of them; in fact, I ordered a second DVR just so that I could double the number of games I get to watch this season. I have my One True Team™ (Kings), one team that I like and happens to be much closer geographically (Bobcats), and one Team I Hate™ (Lakers). But, that doesn't mean that I only pay attention to them: I haven't been shelling out three bills a year since 2002 to just watch the Kings and Bobcats... I'd watch basketball 365 days a year, if it were on: I watch the NBA, I watch the WNBA, I watch men's and women's college, I watch International basketball on NBA TV... I'm kind of looking forward to four years from now when my son starts high school, so that people stop giving me weird looks when I go to to watch the high school teams play. As far as fantasy leagues go, I'm watching the games anyway, so fuck it. Besides, I've always been something of a nerd, so I like the number-crunching aspect of it. Plus, I like the fellowship: I pretty much only participate in fantasy leagues against people I know, so I like the banter that goes on. As far as this goes, I have a very simple, two-step method for avoiding this type of conflict: 1 - I never put players that I don't like, or from the Team I Hate™, on my fantasy team, regardless of talent level. Ever. I'll never have Kobe on my fantasy team, I don't care if he is the best player in the world, or anyone else wearing a Lakers uniform. Since the Lakers are the only Team I Hate™, and the only team in the entire league that I actually feel passionately about besides the One True Team™ (in that I want them to lose 82 games a year), then I never find myself put in the position where I'm rooting for a player to do well on a team that I don't want to win, because there are only two teams in the league that I actually "care" whether they win or lose. 2 - I try to avoid having more than one player on the same team whenever practical, so whenever I have a player on my fantasy team that has a game scheduled against the One True Team™, I just keep him out of my lineup. That way, there is no conflict; I don't have to worry about hoping that Chris Bosh drops 30 and 15 against the Kings, but yet we somehow win, anyway. Problem solved.

Earlier today … Aaaaand I still don’t talk about my own stuff... Toxxic promo … Toxxic comes out with the Stables title (and I’m still scratching my head over that one) and his half of the tag titles, and basically calls the entire roster a bunch of pussies for not accepting his WarGames challenge (although there is, in fact, a third possible reason, I assure you)… I have to say that I liked the whole “What’s your number” chant; it’s so pop culture, and I could actually believe today’s fans chanting something like that within the context of the promo… Anyway, not happy about knowing that either Clark or Johnny will definitely be defending the WHC at Genesis, he decides to throw his hat in the ring, and apparently declare himself the Number One Contender. And, judging by this weeks’ show, it appears that the SWF’s Championship Committee has, indeed, allowed Toxxic to call his own shot (I guess that’s because Toxxic = Ratings). Quality promo, which is to be expected from Toxxic… but, if you’re really disappointed in having knocked everybody around already, I can be talked into Toxxic versus Bruner on the next show. The Fabulous Jakey versus Jay Hawke Double no-show, apparently… Backstage promo: The Commish’s office. That Flesher sure knows how to kick a man when he’s down, don’t he? Interesting commentary with the way you give false hopes about another stable; for a moment, I thought we were going to get a bait-and-switch after that previous promo, and end up with WarGames after all, but it’s not to be… Taamo is right in the middle of telling Raynor how bad his life sucks, when in pops Maddix. And, of course, since Flesher is the president of Landon’s fan club, he’s just tickled pink to see him. Maddix volunteers to be Raynor’s problem partner, which angers Tom so much that he decides to book them in a match on the spot… … Leading to an unscheduled match between Raynor/Maddix and… Slaughterhouse Five? Somebody needs to make sure that WC gets a copy of the new official S.O.P, as it appears that they’ve added a bit about “Raynor must be attacked before the start of his match” since WC’s been on sick leave… As I read Landon taking a beating, it occurs to me that, when I first joined the fed, we had a lot of characters that were ostensibly defined by their stats: for example, we had strong guys that overpowered their opponents to win, or mat technicians/shooters/strikers that would out-wrestle/fight their opponents, or speedsters/high-fliers that would out-quick their opponents, and maybe one or two characters like King and Edwin, who weren’t particularly strong, or quick, or great wrestlers or anything, but were resilient and resourceful, and somehow found ways to win… Fast forward to five years later, and it seems like practically all the significant characters are like that sometimes… Or perhaps I just have a jaundiced eye about such matters… Anyway, back to the match, the action is fluid, even if I am disappointed about Raynor kicking out of the high-low without help; hell, the lariat alone probably should have merited a run-in… Very nice inverted Atomic Drop/DDT spot, and have I mentioned lately how much I HATE having a DDT as a transition move? Were Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton ever a team? I wonder because that’s the closest equivalent off the top of my head to the union of Maddix and Raynor… Anyway, Acid Rayne gets the win, and sets the as-yet-nameless team up for a big match for the next Storm against the Winston Churchill Experience… But, will the WCE go into next week as the World Tag Team Champions? Let’s find out, as… The Winston Churchill Experience challenge Revolution Zero for the World Tag Team Titles … I’ll admit that I missed a few shows, so I’m not sure whether there’s a story behind the off-cue pyro, but it’s kind of funny… I love the “paper hammer” line, too… By the way, when did we start permitting all the uncensored cursing? Isn’t Storm supposed to be on network TV? Anyway, the match begins, and I think it’s interesting the way R-0 seems to want to write Jimmy as the Dhalsim of the SWF, with the arms and legs… The “tag match” had me shaking my head; it was well-written, and definitely original, but it wasn’t my bag, I guess… Thankfully (for me, anyway), the shtick gives way to some actual wrestling, and the meat of the match is solid, if unspectacular… I’m guessing that WCE no-showed, since this doesn’t look like it’s in the same time zone of Toxxic’s better stuff, and, while it’s good enough, I can’t imagine that it would have beaten a good match. Johnny Dangerous challenges Alan Clark for the Heavyweight Championship … It’s a little humorous to read the juxtaposition of Johnny’s match gassing Clark up after Toxxic spent all show long burying him… I like the brutality of two guys that have had heat for a long time just having a flat-out slugfest; somebody may be inclined to recount but, as near as I can tell, there were only three successfully-applied “traditional” wrestling holds in the whole match, and that included two Germans… I normally don’t like the WWE-esque punch/kick style of matches, but when you’ve got two guys with a history like Clark and Johnny have, it makes more sense than to have them trading signature moves for 5000 words… More back-and-forth, until Johnny hits the Lambeau Leap Spinal Explosion for the win, and his third Heavyweight Title. I like the fact that he was able to win a title match with a non-finisher that wasn’t a rollup, since we almost never see that around here (or on TV, either, for that matter), but I have to say that this match seems like the previous title match, where this isn’t anywhere near Johnny’s best work, which would seem to suggest that Clark no-showed, too. Overall, I’d probably be frustrated if I were part of CC with all the no-shows (hell, I’m frustrated now, so I can only imagine how they feel), but what made the show was solid; my “promo” was probably the weakest contribution to the whole show.

Allegedly, Neilsen. Only allegedly...

Wrestlescale - Results You are a fierce wrestling traditionalist. You cringe when you hear the words 'sports-entertainment' are mentioned and you mantain the fact that the wrestling matches are what sell tickets and keep the business going. Most similar booker: Ole Anderson Most similar promotion: MACW 70/80s Score! Old school... Now, I've got to get my hands on some MACW...

MVP has a "VIP Lounge" on Smackdown that's practically an exact ripoff of the House of Marvelous.