The Ghost of bps21

I am...but that's not news. One of the things I've liked about Lockdown in the past is that it forces the wrestlers to be a little more creative...since some cage spots will already have been done. As far as I'm concerned...all 3 previous Lockdowns have been fun shows...and I expect this one to be as well.

I'm feeling good about tonight. Could someone interfere in the match? Of course. It would be like them to do it. But I think we're getting out of this one clean. I'm looking forward to the fact that they aren't in Orlando tonight too. The road ppvs always "feel" better and I'm looking forward to the crowd. I wish I'd have taken the drive.

To be fair...that may all be in France since that's where he lives.

I guess I'm not that surprised by Depp. He never seemed to take his fame to seriously...it's the acting that he likes. I've heard he spends a lot of time visiting sick kids dressed as Captain Jack.

Those lists are so backwards from what you'd think. Captain Kirk won't sign for me...but Johnny Depp and Mr. Hollywood George Clooney are all about it. And two questions: 1. Who the hell is asking Julie Andrews for autographs? 2. Where does that cunt get off saying no? Be happy they even recognize you. Jack f'n Nicholson is signing! Who they fuck do you think you are?

Larry Zbysko never came back either!!!

Christophe Daniels has not come back! Anyway...I like that they added that contract signing since it's a great heel move by Angle to put Joe in that position based off of something that Joe said. Does it telegraph a win? Absolutely. Which I think is the point. I think more people will order if their sure Joe's finally winning than if they think he's going to get screwed again. ...of course...he could always get screwed again. Getting fired opens up a whole bunch of new ways for the creative team to mess with his character.

The lack of information really isn't all that surprising. TNA wanted to announce they had a video game deal as soon as they could...but the game isn't going to be getting a ton of video game press while it's in development. It's still a few months away so I'd expect to see the marketing start in a bit. What has me most excited is when Samoa Joe talks about the game (like at his conference call the other day) since he's a big gamer (AJ's talked like this too...and is also a big gamer) and he says the game is turning out exactly how he wanted it when they brought him and AJ in to discuss it at the beginning. He's sure it's going to be something wrestling gamers are going to love...and that has me pumped.

Alright...I'm watching Wrestlemania 3 and I'm up to the midget tag team match. Was there any specific storyline reason that Bundy and Hillbilly Jim were teaming with midgets? Were Bundy and Hillbilly Jim even feuding going in?

Angle made Joe tap clean the first meeting. (Joe's first loss) Joe made Angle tap semiclean the second meeting (Angle hit himself with the chair off the ropes spot IIRC then got choked out...also their best match) Angle beat Joe in a 30 minute Iron Man match when he didn't tap as the time expired. Angle beat Joe to claim all the TNA titles when Karen turned on Joe.

Yeah...GTA is coming out at the perfect time for me as a 360 user. There's a lull afterwards long enough to sit down and get deep into the game. Although...I have a stack of half played games or less that I could get through if I wasn't so lazy.

I don't think she's going to get involved in Angle/Joe. They removed her storyline from any mention in their program. If anything I think they'll ask Angle about it backstage and he'll just blow it off.

hmm...Adam Sandler. Billy Madison is good. Happy Gilmore is less good...but still alright. Wedding Singer is awesome. Big Daddy had a few moments that I liked...it's watchable. Little Nicky is horrible. So is Mr. Deeds. Never saw 8 crazy nights or Anger Management. i actually saw Click and didn't hate it. It wasn't good...it wasn't bad...it was just there.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32767.html New trailer. Also...some internet people got a chance to play with the game over Mania weekend and they seemed to like it pretty well. I can't find the Mike Johnsons stuff from PWInsider but here's the guy from 411: http://www.411mania.com/games/previews/725...ii)-Preview.htm

If there going to pull a heel turn...they should go the full monty and turn everyone but Christian. He's fucked over everyone in the company at some point or another. Maybe not turn everyone...but they should at least abandon him to get his ass kicked.

Ha...I listened to that station all the time in Saints Row. It was terrible...but I didn't like the music and was too lazy to add my custom tracks.

I'll make my predictions: Scott Steiner wins the cuffed in the cage match because he should be kept strong for Sacrifice Roxxi wins the Queen of the Cage Kip James I'll go with Awesome Kong and Saeed. It probably goes the other way...but if you pick Kong to win all the time you'll end up with a pretty good success rate. I'll pick Booker and Sharmell...but I could see Roode winning too. Roode won the last ppv match...Booker won on TV... I don't know...always bet on black. I'll pick Lethal in the Xscape match but could honsestly see almost anyone winning I'm picking Team Tomko because they need the win more I think... unless they close the show with it (which Lethal Lockdown always has) then I'll take Team Cage Joe.

Have they announced any of the music yet? They usually would do that long before now.

oh...sorry I didn't see that you'd posted in between my response.

This is exactly what I said before you decided to make it a pissing contest. So explain to me how he wouldn't understand what tapping out was (which they put over on commentary) but does get the concept of getting his foot on the rope? Why is the commentary telling me one thing when the work in the ring is showing me something different? I don't see how you consider the question "reaching" for something to complain about when I first put over that I liked te character...and then made one comment about something that didn't make much sense. This is the appropriate place to make such a comment isn't it? In the Smackdown thread of the Smackdown I had just watched? I like to do that sometimes... Post about the things that I watch.

My only point was that it's absurd for them to talk about him not understanding how to tap out when he knew enough to use a rope break. It's absolutely retraded to continue questioning in commentary what he understands (which...they do) when he shows to understand pretty much everything. The left hand isn't watching what the right hand is doing.

They didn't tell us he didn't know anything about wrestling? So...they didn't spend the match commentating about whether Festus had any understanding of his situation, opponent...or whether or not he knew that tapping out could have ended the match? That was just my feed then?

Well there's your problem right there. I like Festus. I really hope they don't change his character at all. He's over just like Hornswoggle and Finlay. I think Festus has a lot of potential as a character...I just wish he hadn't used that rope break. ...or that the announcers hadn't continued "telling the story" of him not understanding basic concepts of wrestling when he just used a fairly complex one.

How is that silly when the storyline there getting over is that he doesn't understand anything about wrestling...but has the presence of mind and ring awareness to purposefully break a count by using the rope?

I like Festus. But some aspect of his character has to be changed. They ended it by playing up that he didn't know that tapping out could have ended the match...and a couple of minutes earlier he put his foot on the rope to break up a pin. That was annoying. Quitting is a basic human instinct...wheras getting a foot on the ropes is a rule that would only exist in the wrestling world. I looked to Cole and Coach for answers...and I got none.