The Tino Standard

I don't believe it... JR just used one of the WWE's forbidden words to describe the ECW pay per view. You NEVER hear the word "violent" on a WWE program.

For those of you with questions about the format of the draft, here's what's been announced thus far: For the next four Raw shows (starting tonight) and the next four SmackDowns, the lottery will take place with one pick unveiled each night. On the fourth week of each show, TWO picks will be announced. This means that a total of 10 wrestlers (5 from Raw, 5 from SD) will be drafted. Also during the lottery month, the GMs are free to trade wrestlers between shows.

Just got back from seeing it. I was definitely skeptical going in (and I still think the original was better), but this ended up being pretty entertaining, tho somewhat flawed. The comedy stuff was more 'hit' than 'miss' for me, and sweet Jesus, couldn't they have found some excuse to get Courteney Cox's cleavage more screen time after the first 15 minutes? Seriously, where was she hiding those on Friends for the last 10 years? On the other hand, the dramatic aspects (Caretaker getting killed, Crewe almost getting shot) came off as WAY forced, given the tone of the rest of the film. All in all, not a total disaster, but not exactly a home run either. Thumbs in the middle, slightly leaning up.

Because they knew how to work the crowd better than just about anybody in the business, especially Hogan. There is an art to getting a crowd involved and rallying them behind you without making them feel like you're weakly pandering to them. There's a lot more to wrestling than being a technical marvel. If that was the only skill worth anything, Lance Storm would be a multiple-time world champion by now.

Well, apparently, Hermie has no plans of working in Stamford, Conn. ever again.

I'm pretty sure Christian started on Smackdown, but was one of the first people to jump over to Raw. There was a group who all jumped at the same time, right around when Jericho crossed over, IIRC.

Yeah, but I bet she's an absolute freak in the sack. By the way, what's the deal with the ring on his left hand? That finger is reserved for one thing.

Bingo. Of the people in here who've seen it and actually liked it, I'm curious to know how many saw the original. The reviews coming from just about anybody who has seen the original that I've read have torn this to shreds. I loved the original, so I'm more than a little hesitant to see the remake.

Associated Press style dictates that in situations where a singular ends in an S (such as Big Vis), you do NOT add another S after the apostrophe. Hence, going by AP style, the way it was originally presented (sans extra S) is correct.

The WWE Title changed hands in 9/03, but the World Title has never changed hands on free TV. The World Heavyweight title was vacated after the Triple Threat match last December... Of course, the belt went right back to you-know-wHHHo three weeks later, but I guess, technically, the title came off the champ.

This season was absolutely fantastic and the final two hours had me on the edge of my seat. I haven't walked away from the season finale of a show saying "Wow" in a really long time. All sorts of ways you can go with season 5, and they didn't pigeon-hole themselves into only one scenario (Jack breaks out of a Chinese prison). The recap of the last four seasons to get us primed for Day 5 worked on every level. What a great show.

2 more episodes to go. Show next week, then the season finale the week after.

Oh my god, that clip ruled the school. Mike McGuirk doing the ring announcing... Brooklyn Brawler before he was the Brawler and of course, Gorilla and the Brain... Gorilla: The condition of Strike Force remains to be seen... Brain: Who cares? And they cap it off with Sean Mooney in the Events Center!

So in big matches over the last two years now, the score reads: Benoit 3, HHH 1. I have no idea why, but for some reason, as much as HHH has gone out of his way to bury Jericho over the years, he's done the exact opposite for Benoit. Sure, he beat him back in March, but that was such an overbooked clusterfrick, you can't even take it seriously.

Great finish to Benoit-HHH. Batista taunting HHH was such a dickish move, then he capped it off by pulling back the ropes JUST enough for HHH not to reach. HHH tapping out = Thumbs up from me.

Yeah, this trailer gives away one thing: THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE FUCKING AWESOME.

If we were discussing legitimate professional athletics, of course Batista would only have a few more years at the top. But this is pro wrestling - the world where Ric Flair can wrestle a PPV main event at the age of 55. When you're talking about a guy as huge as Batista, not to mention a guy with a simple moveset that won't become limited with age, there's no reason to think he'll be going away any time soon.

I think JR just fucked up, not realizing that Edge was going through a sequence of Benoit moves. The light went on for JR when Edge locked in the crossface.

I once tried an Irish whip, which I was planning to use to set up a back body drop, but for some reason, it didn't pan out. Still can't figure out where I went wrong with that one.

Summer of '91, Undertaker had jumped the Ultimate Warrior during Paul Bearer's "Funeral Parlor" segment on Superstars and locked him in a casket. Warrior wanted revenge, so Jake the Snake came to him, offering to teach the Warrior "the secrets of the Undertaker" or something like that. They then ran a series of vignettes over the following few weeks with Jake making the Warrior do ridiculous stuff (one of the things was getting locked in a casket again, IIRC). The final challenge had Jake taking Warrior to some cryptic building or something. But as it turned out, the Undertaker was THERE and UT and Jake proceeded to beat the crap out of the Warrior, leaving him locked in a room with a bunch of "poisonous" snakes. As Jake locked the door, he looked at the Warrior and said, "Never trust a snake." And there's your heel turn. Warrior, of course, flaked out and left the company (I think this was around the time of the first round of rumors about "Warrior is dead... His heart exploded from an overdose of steroids" started). So, to follow, Jake and Undertaker formed an alliance, with Undertaker being Jake's henchman. They crashed Savage's wedding after SummerSlam, triggering that feud, which carried to the blow-off match at This Tuesday in Texas (nice little side story THAT turned out to be). Jake and UT stayed aligned in Spring 1992, and Jake still had issues with Savage. On one of the last editions of "The Main Event," Jake waited behind the curtain, knowing that Savage and Elizabeth were on their way back from the ring, and Jake was about to maim whomever came through first. Just as he was about to swing (and it would've been Elizabeth taking the shot), a hand reached in from off camera to grab the chair - it was the Undertaker. That led to his face turn and subsequent feud with Jake, which culminated at WrestleMania.

The people's elbow got the pin a lot. Rock's title win over HHH at Backlash 2000, his win over Hogan at WM18. The question I've always asked is "How the hell does the people's elbow get the pin when it's a fucking elbowdrop?" Because it is his special move, and he's perfected it so much that he knows the exact angle and velocity to use when delivering it, thus creating maximum impact good enough to secure a pinfall. Maybe it just looks like a plain old elbow drop to your untrained eye, but The Rock has that fucker PERFECTED for maximum effectiveness. How about when Eugene has used it for a finisher? He's special He's a wrestling idiot savant. Think Rain Main in wrestling boots and an inside-out jacket.

Nice to see Raw put over Smackdown.

The people's elbow got the pin a lot. Rock's title win over HHH at Backlash 2000, his win over Hogan at WM18. The question I've always asked is "How the hell does the people's elbow get the pin when it's a fucking elbowdrop?" Because it is his special move, and he's perfected it so much that he knows the exact angle and velocity to use when delivering it, thus creating maximum impact good enough to secure a pinfall. Maybe it just looks like a plain old elbow drop to your untrained eye, but The Rock has that fucker PERFECTED for maximum effectiveness.

When I first read the subject line, I thought it said "Jack Bauer is a wrestling priest in Mexico." Given some of the other stuff he's pulled off on 24, I said, "Why not?"

Two things... 1. Looking at that poster again, is it possible that it's a fake? That doesn't look like anything more than what the average Joe Schmoe could do with PhotoShop. 2. Something to add to Triple H's list of accomplishments: "Can't draw."