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Rochelle, Rochelle Chunnel Sack Lunch (Aren't you wondering how they got into the bag? ... Were they shrunk, or is it just a really big bag?)

Wrestler of the year: Edge or Finlay Edge: The best heel there's been in years. He busted his ass all year long and had multiple good-great PPV matches (vs. Foley at WM, vs. Cena vs. HHH at Backlash, vs. Funk & Dreamer at ONS, vs. RVD at Vengeance, vs. Cena at Unforgiven). His big con for the year, which isn't his fault to begin with, would be that he got screwed during his first title run, and he's been jobbing to DX every week for the past month and half. Finlay: He would probably be the guy who had the most consistantly good matches from week to week. He brought some of the best out of Batista and Lashley, with included a really entertaining TV feud with Lashley in Feb-March that resulted in awesome pull apart brawls. He had awesome matches with Benoit on PPV and TV, and had a really good match with Mysterio on TV shortly before WM. Tag-team/Stable of the year: London & Kendrick There is no one else. It just sucks that they're apparently being split up soon. Just another idiotic move this year by WWE, but who's keeping track anymore? Match of the year: Angle vs. Taker from NWO I'd have trouble coming up with 10 candidates. This is one of the best matches ever for both guys. I've watched it a bunch of times since February, and it's held up each time. The last five minutes were tremendous with all kinds of awesome counters. My only gripe is the "disputed" finish. It still looks like a clear Angle win to me, but getting a rematch the week after didn't hurt. The 'pull down the straps' and deadman sit-up back to back was an awesome moment. Best heel: Edge No contest. Booker T was extremely entertaining, particuarly in the first two months or so of the King gimmick, but Edge is just an awesome dick heel. His tearing apart the Summerslam BBQ poster was hilarious. This is the one guy who actually had a good portion of the crowd cheering Cena over Cena's opponent. That's how good of a heel he is. Best face: RVD Most improved wrestler: Carlito Going into the year, he was one of my most hated. After turning face, he suddenly began to have entertaining matches on a consistant basis. Unless I'm forgetting someone, I can't think of any other real improvement. Quote of the year: Probably something JBL said, but I liked this Edge line toward Jeff Hardy: "Didn't you die a couple years ago!?" Markout moment of the year: Edge wins the title at NYR The crowd was ready to riot after Cena managed to win over 5 other guys in the EC, but then Edge comes out, and there's once again hope. From his celebration post-match, along with the crowd going nuts for his win, this was an awesome moment. Honorable mention: NWO, Angle pulls down his straps, and Taker answers back with a zombie sit-up. Funniest moment of the year: THE HAAS OF FIRE Worst moment of the year: Something DX related... take your pick. Worst wrestler of the year: Khali Boogeyman at least had some 'so bad they're entertaining' backstage skits once and a while. Best brand: Smackdown No contest. Yes, all the Eddie stuff was absolute shit and unfortunately dominated a good portion of the main event storylines, but there was some good mid-card stuff all throughout the year, and Finlay, Regal, Booker, London, and Kendrick all actually got decent pushes/development. Having JBL on commentary does lend a few points, too. Worst brand: Raw ECW at least had semi-decent run somewhere between August-November. Raw has become a huge chore to watch. Endless handicap main events during spring-summer featuring HBK, HHH, and the Spirit Squad made you yearn for the days of JBL main events on SD. Vince's ass and other male ass got more air time than half the roster. If you didn't realize it the first hundred times WWE told you, DX is better than everyone else, especially the Spirit Squad, Edge, Orton, and the McMahons. Meanwhile, Carlito's hot face run is cut off for no reason at all, and he's paired with Trish and Torrie, if only to get him on TV. It doesn't help that Shelton, my favorite, disappeared for weeks at a time on occasion. It's sad that up until this WGTT reunion, the momma storyline is all he was actually given this year. Best PPV: WM 22, closely followed by Judgment Day. Worst PPV: Cyber Sunday (haven't seen D2D, but I'm sure it'd win. Biggest disappointment: The entire Royal Rumble PPV Saying anything about ECW here would be laughable, because anyone who had much hope for it was just asking to be crushed by disappointment. About the Rumble though, we knew the undercard wouldn't be that good, but the Rumble match actually had intrigue over the winner for the first time in many years. Not to mention the line-up of wrestlers was loaded. The match itself was very average and focused on Eddie and Rey, who's iron man performance sucked in comparison to the previous year. Plus, the Rumble match happening mid-way through the show let a horrible Angle-Henry match close the show, if only to allow a rediculous Taker super zombie power stunt happen. Having JBL-Boogeyman and Ashley-Mickie matches doesn't help.

Ha, after the fifth dungeon, I already have all four bottles. The fifth dungeon was... interesting. Now, regarding the weapon... (just in case) Don't know where everyone else is with heart containers, but I just got into the second row.

Just beat the Desert Temple (can't remember the exact name), and yeah, that had to be one of the more fun boss battles. Now that the story's really picked up, I can see this game ending up being considered better than OOT.

The ending isn't that shitty, but I always thought Die Hard: With a Vengeance's was pretty underwhelming and anti-climatic.

I didn't see Raw, but this is one thing I'm actually thrilled about. I'm at the point where I realize Shelton isn't going to get anything much bigger than jobbing to Carlito in IC contender matches, so they might as well team him up with Haas, who's been wasted with Vis, to add a decent team to the tag division.

WWE.com says Raw's main event tonight is DX & Hardy Boyz vs. Edge, Orton, & MNM in a regular eight-man tag. Now, when WWE said that MNM was one night only, they apparently meant three nights only... unless the one night was for ECW.

Here's my prediction, complete with Lashley heel turn, since that seems so definite. Entry: 1. RVD 2. CM Punk 3. Test 4. Sabu 5. Big Show 6. Lashley Elimination 1. Sabu: Big Show eliminates him almost immediately upon entering. 2. Test: eliminated by Punk 3. Big Show: eliminated mid-way through by an RVD splash off the top of the chamber. 4. Punk: Lashley gets to pin him clean 5. RVD: RVD is about to hit a big move, like a Five-Star or something, but Heyman's security come in and attack, allowing Lashley to recover and hit a spear, dominator, or whatever for the win. Afterwards, the heel turn is revealed, as Lashley and Heyman celebrate. The only other option I can see is Punk winning, after Lashley is eliminated mid-way through interference from Heyman's security (this would be without a heel turn of course). Everyone else seems like they have zero chance of winning.

Out of curiousity, does anyone else have this happen to them? I start playing, fresh from turning the system on, and anytime I pick up a rupee for the first time that sitting, I get the message that pauses gameplay to tell me how much it's worth. Every sitting, for each rupee. How many hearts does everyone have so far? I'm about to enter the Lakebed Temple with six. I feel like I should have more.

Mero was about to face Duane Gill, and made the promise before the match began that he would leave the WWF if he lost... he lost after interference from the JOB Squad. He did have one last match at the Capital Carnage UK-only PPV. JR said that he was just fulfilling contract obligations.

Maybe it was mentioned in the Survivor Series thread, but the HBK-Knox thing makes it funnier. When Knox was making his entrance, JR says, "For those of us who watch ECW, Mike Knox..." blah blah blah. The way he said it made it seem like he figures that no one watches.

Stephanie losing that I Quit match to Vince at No Mercy 2003 and having to leave lasted MUCH longer than probably what anyone thought it would. I may be wrong, but I think the first time we saw her after that was when she returned to the Raw Homecoming as a heel and then a couple of appearances in the McMahon-HBK feud earlier this year.

Weird, I thought Unforgiven was one of the better PPVs this year, closely behind WM.

Good things about the PPV: ... I thought hearing the fans chant for Punk through HHH's mic intro was entertaining. That's about it. Nothing was flat out horrible, but the booking for the big matches was.

About Tazz & Joey not being ringside, I figure one or both will just come out and sit at either the Raw or SD table. It would've been pointless to give them their own table.

I think Team Cena vs. Team Show will be the opener, only because they ususally like to start with big multi-man matches, and 2003 had one of the 'main events' start the show, too.

In Steel Cage Challenge, they had everyone's entrance music playing during the wrestler select screen... I always liked how they gave the music-less IRS the sound of a typewriter in place of a theme. But yeah, a really bad game. I used to love Super Wrestlemania for SNES back in the day. I used to rent it at least once a month. A couple years ago, I found it at a Gamestop for $3 or something... the years haven't been good to it. I may be wrong, but I think it's the same case as in Steel Cage Challenge where everyone has the same moveset.

I've just entered the Forest Temple, but I'm probably not going to get around to playing it until about Saturday.

My picks: - Batista wins the title in the final match on the show - Punk survives, eliminating Orton last, along with Nitro before - Cena, RVD, & Lashley survive, eliminating Finlay last - The entire Legends team survives when Kenny leaves Johnny alone to take the losing fall - Kennedy beats Taker - Benoit beats Chavo - Mickie beats Lita I actually think it'll be one of the better PPVs of the year, as the two 10-man elimination tags should be pretty good. They managed to make 2003's Team Angle vs. Team Lesnar decent, so I have faith they'll be decent. I'm planning on ordering.

Okay, so I obviously need to catch a fish to get the cat, but is anyone else having trouble with it? I occasionally get a bite from the fish, but nothing ever happens and it swims away before I can pull/reel it in.

I tried Wii Sports first to feel out the controls. It's a little awkward at first when choosing your settings, but it's easy to get used to. I tried all the games except Golf. They're all okay, with bowling being my favorite. Batting in baseball is fun, but there's unfortunately no base running. I'll be starting Zelda first thing in the morning.

Hooray! Just got back from Gamestop with the system and Zelda. Little disappointed that Wii Sports didn't get its own DVD case, but rather a slip case, but whatever. I knew it the system was small, but I wasn't expecting it to be this tiny.

I have every superstar challenge done but one: beat Taker & Kane as the Mexicools in an elimination tag. Since they reverse just about every grapple, I'm reduced to constantly try and knock out the ref and then striking with a weapon. Of course, Psicosis always gets eliminated within about a minute, so he's hardly any help.

I could see the rare occasion of a guy not getting into I or II, but yeah, I think III and IV are ultimate guy movies... especially IV.

I did a preorder at FYE last June, but they didn't even get a single system in. As of yesterday, they have no idea when to expect any.