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Didn't they already do that, or vice versa, when they were in the "69" position during the Trish-Steph stuff? Really? Whoa. I wonder if HHH ever got his win back...

I would mark the fuck out to unprecedented levels if Trish pinned HHH. As a matter of fact, if I ran WWE, that would be my reward to HHH for that hilarious microphone shoot comment.

I think Nash did it last.

OK, now that is a REAL guilty pleasure. I can't see anyone topping that.

This column pretty much nails it. Orton is generic Ohio Valley Talent #429, and their efforts to make us care about him have failed. I like the ideas for giving Orton a character, although if you pitched this in a WWE meeting: Stephanie McMahon: I don't that's a good idea for an angle. No, I don't think that's a very good idea AT ALL. Shane McMahon: Steph's right. Who can relate to that? Could you give me an example of that happening? Now go and book a huge feud where I do a huge bump and make myself look better than half the roster. I will reluctantly do it.

The whole thing just felt desperate to me. I could picture a roundtable of WWE execs talking before the show: "Well, what else are we going to do with the time? Put on quality wrestling?"

I very much doubt Goldberg is winning clean. The match stips making it too easy for HHH to lose without getting pinned, thereby saving his heat and still drop the belt. And make Goldberg look like a total chump in the process.

"Gosh, we've done nothing but dump on RVD, and he's still over. Maybe we should adopt a 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em' attitude. Maybe we should...TEAM HIM UP WITH A COMPLETELY USELESS PARTNER! YEEHAW! Get Nathan Jones on the phone. He's going to Raw! We'll bury you yet, you Sonofabitch!"

No, first it's pull down his tights to laugh at the thong he's wearing, then KICK WHAM PEDIGREE. Or worse, since Kurt is great at elevating performers, he'll be laying down for Randy Orton.

I am disappointed. I was hoping better gossip would come out of this, like on the level of the Plane Ride From Hell. I am very disappointed with WWE. Couldn't Flair have gotten beyond hammered and told HHH he'd have to get 10 times better in order to carry his jock?

I can still use the "OMFG Raven is reforming the FLOCK!!!!!!1" joke can't I?

I'm not going to go into most overrated, just whether or not I think a game was overrated. 25) Neverwinter Nights -Not overrated. Any shortcomings in the game are more than made up for by the toolset. 24) Super Mario Sunshine - Fun game, but I agree it was overrated. 23) Battle Arena Toshinden -I didn't really see anyone who overpraised it. 22) Star Trek: Starfleet Command series -Agree. I can't get behind the fact that it uses the dynamics of 2D combat in space. 21) Morrowind -There was a small segment of dissident voices. Close to overrated, but not quite. 20) Impossible Creatures -I'd have to say yes, slightly. 19) Battlecruiser: 3000AD -Overrated? By who? Derek Smart? There was loads of hype leading up to release, but even before the initial copy shipped there were rumblings of decent. And when the first copies hit shelves, it was BUTCHERED by nearly everyone. 18) American McGee's Alice --Decent enough game for what it was. 17) The Getaway -most of the critiques I've read have been dead on. 16) Mortal Kombat -I think the problem is that this game hasn't aged well. If you see a copy of it now, compared to today's fighters, it looks like a joke. But it was a significant development at the time. 15) Dungeon Siege -Some people did give this game too much hype, though I do like it quite a bit. 14) Dead or Alive 3 -Yeah, slightly. 13) Battletoads -haven't played 12) Unreal II: The Awakening -It's a decent solo shooter. I think those that were disappointed were expecting something else entirely. 11) Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor -most reviews I read of this cut 10) Halo: Combat Evolved -No. However, I think that the PC version will disappoint. 9) Donkey Kong Country -haven't played enough. 8) Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness -who over-rated this? Most reviews and comments I've read say it's mediocre. 7) Final Fantasy VII -I may get majorly flamed for this, but I am not into Eastern style RPGs. So in my view, yes. 6) Blinx: The Time Sweeper -Yes, and I think it suffered for it. It was a fun little game, but the hype machine tried to make it look like something grander.

"I'm not real big on what was; I'm big on what will be, and that's my focus," he said as he resigned Nash, Hogan, and Goldberg.

If both parties were healthy, I would love to see this match. Err...make that "if both parties were healthy and Vince didn't add some stupid sportz entertainment angle, probably involving a McMahon"

I wonder what would happen if Goldberg said "Whoa, you wouldn't believe the amount of roids HHH does."

Am I alone in thinking that the microphone comment about Goldberg was totally out of line? Regardless of what you think of Goldberg, HHH stepped out of character and broke kayfabe by basically saying Goldberg is a bad wrestler. Now, forget whether or not the comment is accurate. It's like getting up there saying "Whoa, we sure put on a shitty show tonight, didn't we? Did you see how fake that table spot looked?" If I ran the company, I'd be furious at anyone who broke the illusion. Too bad this isn't the MSG-era HHH, or he'd be in for six months of merciless jobbing. Incidentally, this isn't just hhhatred talking. I'd still think the same thing if Jericho or one of my other favorites had made the comment. Another gem from the company who encouraged us to chant "boring" at Lance Storm...

That's what Nash gets for that exhausting wrestling schedule. When is he going to learn to slow down a little, take it easy? Why, there were times when he had to amble down to ringside two weeks in a row...

In an ideal world, the qualities you describe would prevent him from getting the strap. In WWE world, only factor matters: management wants him to be the next star. So I can totally see them putting a belt on him just to convince us he's something special.

For me: "I don't let personal relationships interfere with business" -Stephanie McMahon, Smackdown

That reminds me, how come Shane didn't get Tourettes from being electrocuted?

My prediction: HHH leaves Stephanie now that Jennifer Lopez is apparently free. She can do a hell of a lot more for his career. And Hunter can change his name to H-lo.

Just how reliable is this "news" anyway? Who else has reported it?

Seconded. And this whole "Shane will disappear right after" crap DOES NOT make it better. They had something going with Kane. But they've made it clear that Shane can at least hold on against Kane. I don't believe Kane will squash Shane at Unforgiven, so once again a non-wrestler will make RVD and other wrestlers who couldn't stand up to Kane look like pussies. If Shane wins (which I don't think is out of the possibility) and then disappears for another few months, that momentum from Kane's push is wasted, as the guy who gets the heat for beating him is off TV. The feud should have gone like this: "You lit JR on fire!" (Kane no sells everything, squashes Shane) "You gave mom a piledriver!" (Kane no sells everything, squashes Shane) "You shocked my balls!" (Kane no sells everything, squashes Shane) "I-" (Kane no sells everything, squashes Shane) "You-" (Kane no sells everything, squashes Shane) RVD or other hot face wrestler comes to Shane's defense, and after a long hard program, scratches out the win.

A pronoun is a word like "he", where it is only obvious from context what you are talking about. Like: "He won with a powerslam" is meaningless, unless you know I'm talking about Mark Henry. The Coach has a tendency to say "him" or other non-specific words a LOT. I am more amazed that someone at WWE knows what a pronoun is. I wonder if JR will call Snow "Mr. Split Infinitive" or something.

I think the fact that Shane disappears for a few months at a time makes this whole situation worse, not better.