Neil-o-Mac

Somebody call my Mullah!

It's kinda like the expansion ports on Nintendo consoles; useless without "future upgrades" that may or may not exist/make it to market. Sometimes those ports are used by engineers to do diagnostics and whatnot as well, I believe.

Can't go without mentioning Kronik's run in WWF in '01. They came in, stank up the ring with 'Taker and Kane, Taker got pissed, they got sacked.

Prediction - Carlito vs. HHH on Monday. HHH wins in a major squash.

The crowd going "TWWWOOOOOOOO!" on nearfalls is one of my personal favourites.

Candace Michelle is on this week's Diggnation, pouring beer on herself, Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose.

You'd also get plenty of mentions of the likes of Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and maybe even Kendo Nagasaki in the UK, I reckon, due to how big the wrestling on World of Sport was back in the 70s/early 80s. Obviously more from folk in their thirties/forties, of course.

Portugese. It's from Brazilian Jiujitsu.

As someone who works for a bookies, I find the idea that someone's offering odds on Wrestlemania hilarious. Some of that stuff is surely stealing money, even at odds-on (Taker, Michaels, Mayweather). Still, looking at the site, MVP could be a value bet in MITB at, if I'm reading this spread stuff right, 7/2?

Part 9's out now. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1804813

It's worth bearing in mind that this interview was done before the Royal Rumble - I have the interview audio from The Sun's Wrestlecast podcast feed and Cena kayfabes about not being able to come back for Wrestlemania in an in-ring capacity. Chances are that at that time, Rock wasn't even on the table for Mania as far as Cena knew. As far as Rock's involvement in the Hall of Fame/Mania, I'm sure we'll see him come out during Mania to put the verbal smackdown on someone like Santino, hit on Lilian Garcia, do his catchphrases, probably do a double People's Elbow with his dad, and get an INSANE pop.

Yeah, J.R. made a comment in a recent blog about how Howard should be in the Hall of Fame much sooner than later. It would be nice if he goes in this year. Nobody does 'And NEEEEWWWWWWW blahblahblah Champion...' like the Fink. Best wrestling ring announcer ever.

I thought he went through Memphis.

Finally. ...The Rock HAS COME BACK to D...V...D! Hey, someone had to do it.

Something popped out to me when I was watching Raw XV again - in one of the history packages, there was a clip of the 'Midget Hardy Boyz' that Edge & Christian trotted out sometime in 2000. I'm pretty sure that the midget Matt was Hornswaggle.

Okay, I lied, that would be awesome.

YES! I can not wait for his entrance, especially if they let him come up from the floor. I wouldn't get my hopes up. If they do, I just hope they don't mix it up with the mechanism for Rey's entrance, causing Gangrel to fly through a hoop of flame like a resurrected Evel Kenevel.

Look at the source code for www.saveus-222.com, then translate the hex key. Damn, they put some work into this. How do you translate the hex key? Edit: n/m got it. Edit 2: The www.saveus-222.com domain's even registered in Stamford, CT. If this whole thing *isn't* Jericho, someone's playing a massive rib.

WWE getting on the viral marketing/alternate-reality-game bandwagon? How relatively cutting edge for them.

Especially if you're getting a strap put on you. nobody does '...aaaand NEEEWWWWWWWW blahblahblah Champion' like the Fink.

So his wife created the "Gimmick" or the name "Stone Cold"? Austin seems dead on except the dress code thing. That is just odd all together. Hey Steve...how bout you put someone over. Acting might not be the one for you, suck it up and see if you can still draw in wrasslin. Foley and Austin's books cover this. Austin came up with the gimmick - he told WWF creative about it and how he wanted to be "cold-blooded" and have aname that sutied this. Apparently they came up with "Chilly McFreeze". Then Austin's wife (the British one before Debra I think - Jenny something?) says one day that her tea had gone "stone cold" and voila. Who was the last person Austin put over anyway? I believe it was the Rock at Wrestlemania 19. The Rock finally won the big one over Austin at a Wrestlemania. Seriously though, CHILLY MCFREEZE? The writers couldn't come up with anything better than CHILLY MC-FUCKING-FREEZE?!?! They also came up with shite like Ice Dagger and Baron Von Chill (or something like that) for what became the Stone Cold gimmick as well. Euuurgh. Not long after that, Austin was looking at new T-shirts that were coming out along with Mick Foley and he said "Hey, how about a Stone Cold shirt?" The merch department's response? "Sorry, Steve, we just don't see a Stone Cold shirt selling." That has to be right up there with the record labels that said the Beatles were just a fad.

A clip show? That fucking sucks. You know WHY it's a clip show though; it's a clip show because there's a good chance the live crowd would think the whole deal is a work like the Vince thing and subsequently shit on it in a pseudo-smarky way. Gah.

This is a horrible development. Yet another great goes before their time. Next time you hear thunder, it might just be Eddie and Chris chopping the shit out of each other. RIP.

Is it just me, or does that look more like Sable on extra roids with facepaint? He looks a little too thin, but I guess they were going for the post-championship reign Warrior look there. To me it looks like they re-tooled a mould for a Christian figure, the face reminded me of our esteemed NWA champ more than Jim Hellwig the first time I saw it.

Maybe the set will morph into a huge Transformer at the end of the night to promote the new film. Prime/Megatron @ Wrestlemania. One shall stand, one shall fall. Optimus via DQ after a botched Hot Rod run-in. Seeing as everyone else is doing it, I might as well pitch in on the fantasy booking. * * * * Pyro, Aretha, etc Chris Benoit vs. MVP - US Title A decent midcard match to start the show is always a good way to kick off Wrestlemania, not too heavy for the crowd to get tired on, but something they can get their teeth into. MVP goes over in about 15 minutes max. New Breed vs. Originals Again, this probably won't be anything *too* amazing, and will probably be a pretty by-the-numbers tag match. Burke pins RVD or Dreamer during a big pier-six melee at the end of the match. MITB Ladder Match We know what roughly to expect here - Sick bumps from the Hardys and probably CM Punk, Edge plays sneaky chickenshit heel before getting punked out by a face-turning Orton, Finlay brings the stiffness, Hornswaggle does a waddle-in from under the ring and eats ladder, Booker acts as glue to keep it all together along with Finlay, and your winner is Misteeeerrr Kennedyyyy! Keenneeddeyyyy. Khali vs. Kane After the inevitable chaos of MITB, the crowd needs a break, and it comes with this match. I've used a time machine to bring back a match report here, so you can all go grab another beer for this one. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. Punch. BAH GAWD KHALI'S GOT THE DAMN HOOK. Hook to the FACE. Hook to the BAH GAWD KNEE. CHOKEBOMB FROM PUNJAB. Pin. Battle of the Billionaires Probably overbooked to buggery, this one. Expect a few run-ins on this one, and probably Austin getting his shit in on everyone. Don't think we'll see any bladejobs here - I'm expecting colour in both World Title matches. Anyway, Umaga puts his hands on Austin, eats a stunner and flops right into Lashley, who pins Umaga with his running powerslam of DOOM. Vince protests, eats a stunner and gets shaved. Then Trump and Lashley get stunners. And Estrada. And Lillian Garcia. And JR and Lawler. Okay, maybe not. Maybe. Ashley vs. Melina Ladies and gentlemen, the second piss break of the evening comes in the form of the women's match. I expect Ashley to go over here, but it's by no means a certainty. Undertaker vs. Batista Don't expect this to be Savage/Steamboat II. Blood, weapons, finishers being kicked out of, ref bumps and Undertaker winning after a couple of Tombstones. Cena vs. HBK I expect this to be based on the normal WWE main-event template, but worked well within that. HBK wins after countering the FU into Sweet Chin Music after about 30 minutes of a surprisingly good match.