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I'm not apt to believe people who have obvious axes to grind...........The truth is likely in the middle but for someone who hasn't set foot in a locker room or ring in a decade to try to shed light on what's happening right now to me is really stupid. Just like Terri Runnells all these people that haven't been relevant in 10 years think they have something to add now. C'mon Mecca. Haven't been relevant? Relevant to who? Just because these wrestlers haven't been in the spotlight recently, doesn't mean they're not relevant. Guys like Mero, Blackman, et al have been in the business a lot longer than Matt Hardy and Ken Kennedy. (and don't give me some shit about how it's changed sooo much either) And of course they have something to add now! Are you a total nitwit? When were they supposed to add it? When the industry was getting NO mainstream press at all? Yeah, then they're surely be offered interviews on primetime, right? Holy fuck some people here really have no idea do they? Good "prop myself up as smarter than you" type of post.........I give it about a 9. In all reality no one really knows, you don't know, I don't know.....There's really no need to start flipping out on Kennedy or Hardy or myself for saying something opposite of you. You are acting like Mero and the like know exactly what they are talking about when in reality you don't know if that's true or not either..... So like I said good sensational post there but not much to it.........you've been watching to much cable news. Great way to skirt the issue with a non-response, btw. I give it a 2.5. I'm sure you follow around the WWE and get into the locker room so you know exactly what is going on also........Amuses me for a poster on a board to be like "I know you don't" to something that no one really knows about other than the guys who are there. Look - I'm not going to get into a back and forth with you on this, buddy. Listen to yourself and re-read what I posted the first time. I'm not saying I'm right and you're wrong or that the anti-wwe is right and the pro-wwe is wrong.. what I'm saying is, is that it's stupid for anyone (you included) to call these people like Mero, etc. not relevant to wrestling just because they haven't been on national tv in a while.. and it's stupid to blast them for coming out now when there's an opportunity.. because they couldn't come out before where there was no interest in covering what wrestlers have to say on any given subject. Are you getting it yet? Or to you want to come back with some more replies that have nothing to do with what I'm saying and that I won't bother responding to..... And while I'm on this, I haven't heard Mero BLAME this on the WWE once. It's usually the show that spins it to sound that way. He's saying that Vince - because he owns the biggest show in town - has an opportunity to stand up and change the business for the betterment of the talent. I don't see him harping on the WWE. Or their testing. He even says that he can't really comment on the wellness policy. His comments are about his friends dying and that something needs to change in this business. But yet he's a goof according to Kennedy....

I'm not apt to believe people who have obvious axes to grind...........The truth is likely in the middle but for someone who hasn't set foot in a locker room or ring in a decade to try to shed light on what's happening right now to me is really stupid. Just like Terri Runnells all these people that haven't been relevant in 10 years think they have something to add now. C'mon Mecca. Haven't been relevant? Relevant to who? Just because these wrestlers haven't been in the spotlight recently, doesn't mean they're not relevant. Guys like Mero, Blackman, et al have been in the business a lot longer than Matt Hardy and Ken Kennedy. (and don't give me some shit about how it's changed sooo much either) And of course they have something to add now! Are you a total nitwit? When were they supposed to add it? When the industry was getting NO mainstream press at all? Yeah, then they're surely be offered interviews on primetime, right? Holy fuck some people here really have no idea do they? Good "prop myself up as smarter than you" type of post.........I give it about a 9. In all reality no one really knows, you don't know, I don't know.....There's really no need to start flipping out on Kennedy or Hardy or myself for saying something opposite of you. You are acting like Mero and the like know exactly what they are talking about when in reality you don't know if that's true or not either..... So like I said good sensational post there but not much to it.........you've been watching to much cable news. Great way to skirt the issue with a non-response, btw. I give it a 2.5.

So I was watching Hard Knocks tonight - the main feature. That was filmed in 2004? I have to say that Benoit sure aged a hell of a lot in those 2-3 years. If you had seen the new biopics that WWE.com had taken of him right after he was drafted to ECW you'd know what I mean. I can't find them now, obviously, but he looked fucking grizzled and haggard all to hell, whereas he looks pretty young and fresh in the 2004 DVD feature. Just something I'm throwing out there...

I'm not apt to believe people who have obvious axes to grind...........The truth is likely in the middle but for someone who hasn't set foot in a locker room or ring in a decade to try to shed light on what's happening right now to me is really stupid. Just like Terri Runnells all these people that haven't been relevant in 10 years think they have something to add now. C'mon Mecca. Haven't been relevant? Relevant to who? Just because these wrestlers haven't been in the spotlight recently, doesn't mean they're not relevant. Guys like Mero, Blackman, et al have been in the business a lot longer than Matt Hardy and Ken Kennedy. (and don't give me some shit about how it's changed sooo much either) And of course they have something to add now! Are you a total nitwit? When were they supposed to add it? When the industry was getting NO mainstream press at all? Yeah, then they're surely be offered interviews on primetime, right? Holy fuck some people here really have no idea do they?

By "his list" he means guys he's personally wrestled with who are dead.

Well, it certainly does blend...

Not my problem. Shouldn't be my problem. Shouldn't effect whether or not I get to enjoy something in it's original form. I'm from the school of thought that a parent should be actively parenting their children and what they consume via the media, and if they can't do that then why the hell should the rest of us have to suffer? What's next? Editing down R-Rated DVDs to PG-13 because kids MIGHT see them? Give me a break..

I agree with Downhome on this. Kennedy does come off as a bit of a douche in this posting. I get a serious 14 year old internet girl vibe from him - "OMG YOU HAVEN'T WRESTLED IN WWE FOR FIVE YEARS SO SHUT UP, KTHX!"

Very true. I believe "e-tards" is a very good descriptor.

I know I shouldn't laugh, but I get a kick at the way Grace acts like even a midcard wrestler is very famous. "You all know Johnny Grunge. Very famous wrestler." I mean, probably famous to us on this board yes, but the genpub? Doubt it. Anyway, they say that Grunge also had an enlarged heart. This is from HGH or steroids? Grunge was on HGH & Steroids? Dude.. I'm not saying it's not true.. but he wasn't exactly in shape for any of his career. Was he just taking the 'roids and not working out? Wierd..

Exactly Massito. Exactly.

He's right up there with Mero and Debra for media-whoring. YEAH! God forbid he speak out and show up on these programs when he's invited to. I mean, he's only a legend in the business and has had tons of experience with the entire steroid subject. Yeah, but he's media-whoring and pushing his own agenda like Mero and Debra? Give me a break dude.

Alright maybe there is no need for something in between AO & M, but you can't deny that there's a stigma attached to the AO rating that suggests it's porngraphy. I can't think of any other reason why retailers wouldn't stock it and companies in turn wouldn't license it. Why not just revise M to 18+ - because really, this one year difference between two ratings is PURE bullshit - and just get rid of AO unless something IS pornographic - of course they could just use X for that like everyone else, then.

I wonder how long it takes them to rename Cross Face chicken wings. I mean, sure it's obvious they're referencing Backlunds move.. but the other Crossface has been in the media a lot these days and there's no doubt got to be some kind of marketing faux pas with using that naming for a menu item, heh.

The content descriptors are vague and the average consumer isn't familiar enough with the ESRBs tendencies enough to know what they mean. Like I said, the ESRB needs to take steps to clarify these ratings, and renaming the AO rating - or introducing another level before that - would be a good start.

Whatever. These kids will have to learn one way or another that talking shit about people in direct authority over you does not fly when it's in a public forum. If I were to go on MySpace and publically post about how much I hate my boss and how he's a fucking asshole and someone reported it back to him - I'd fully expect to be reprimanded for it, or at least called out on it.

Well, I think it's a two way street. Obviously the companies and retailers but also the ESRB needs to clarify that the AO rating is NOT xxx porn - which is what a lot of ignorant people (ie: mainly consumers) associate the wording "adults only" with - which is probably why the companies won't license it and why the reatilers won't sell it.. Nevermind the fact that the entire rating system is flawed and out-dated anyway and could use a complete overhaul... The AO rating either needs a new name, or there needs to be another level between M & AO that is reserved for this type of scenario.

From Gamespot.

He could be.. but it's generally accepted that he's alien/from another dimension. I think the "sea" notion comes into play because he's really a giant octopus with a "human" like body and wings, and in the story Call of Cthulhu a lot the encounter takes place in the ocean. Cthuhu is also said to be entombed in R'lyeh which is at the bottom of the Pacific. I should also note that I will be happy even if this monster is inspired by Cthulhu. Sure it'll be fucking awesome if they say it's him, etc. but if it's not, and it's something Lovecraftian in it's own right, I'll still be cool with it.

That's funny, at a glance when I saw the pics of Viscera on WWE.com, I thought that somehow WWE'd convinced Abby to come in and do something with them. All the guy needs are some curly toed boots and he'd be set.

I'm hoping there's an option to turn off and on the gimmicky controls. Though since it'll be graphically similar, I might just opt for the PS2 version (pending 480p/widescreen support of course). Either way the Sandman entrance - hell even his inclusion in the game - has me as a guaranteed buyer already.

We have something similar in a Death Pool at our workplace. Ie: how long it takes someone to get canned or quit. They draft rosters and throw in $20 each. I'm sure a shitton of people would get in hot water if they were found out.

I've seen a video of some Wii mechanics for this game.. where you get the opponent in the corner for a 10-punch and you have to do the motion with the remote. I love my Wii, but I'm not too sure how well it's controller gimmick will transfer to a wrestling game. Should be interesting, to say the least.

Nah, I think they're just drawing a loose connection in that. Ie: the song chosen, and the cover of the album, these might just be after the fact hints at what the monster could be. If not, then possibly just where they got the "project cloverfield" name from. For the most part the only thing that really interested me was where they mention that you can see something between the two girls faces on the site.. it does look like something, but it could also just be their hair..

Man, that's really pathetic...