Corey_Lazarus

No, I mean in the WWE folder. Last I checked, it was tied at 42 or 43 a piece.

Well, my band's playing Club Raw (right next to the Palladium) on January 21st for PhilanthropyFest (I think that's the name), but as far as big shows...I dunno. I was going to go to Rock and Shock this past October, the second night of it with GWAR and Zombie Apocalypse and God Forbid, but my buddy Crawford's band Inheritance was set to play their final gig in Bellingham so I promised him I'd be there. Right after tickets were sold out, I get the word that his band cancelled and they just split without a farewell show. It was fucking lame seeing as how I worship ZA. I might go to Nile/Hypocrisy/Soilent Green on Feb. 4, but the last Nile album I wasn't that fond of (I can't even remember the name of it), and outside of a handful of songs I don't care for Hypocrisy or Soilent Green too much. In Flames/Trivium (AMAZING LIVE, like I said)/Devil Driver (teh suxorz) on Feb. 18th is probably the best bet I've got. My local crew loves In Flames, my bandmates love Trivium, and we all hate Devil Driver so we'll be there to bring the fingers and drunken tomfoolery. Oh shit...Friday, March 10th of 2006... Bleeding Through Every Time I Die Between The Buried And Me Haste The Day ...fuck BTBAM and HTD...BLEEDING FUCKIN' THROUGH...I'm there. And oh, deliciousness abounds on April 8 as Morbid Angel/Behemoth/Krisiun (heehee, stoner death) is downstairs.

Oh, of fucking course. All of the killer thrash and speed albums that came out from 1985 to 1989 is a who's-who and what's-what of metal. Speak English Or Die, Reign In Blood, Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?, Master of Puppets...damn. And I agree with Agent: Bolt Thrower is fuckin' awesome.

So it's retarded to have a name/phrase for a common sound amongst different bands? Sorry, but you wouldn't recommend Oasis to somebody who said they liked The Haunted, you'd want to recommend a band with a similar style. And say you didn't know many of those bands, instead of listing off a few bands you do know, you could just easily say "oh, check out some more death metal bands." Your argument against grouping similar-sounding bands under one banner is flawed.

What are you basing that on? From the sounds of the movie, that's exactly what he did. Guess ya missed the "based on actual events" line...that is assuming it actually IS based on actual events, and not just in the TCM way.

...it's a backyard fed...

It's actually tied. I expected it to be rather close with Angle taking the lead, but not tied.

I've got feelings on all of 'em: they suck.

Peak for death metal, yes. The mid-90's saw more and more death metal bands come about, and with the Gothenburg scene coming alive in the late 80's and reaching its peak in the mid-90's, it makes sense that the years with the highest amount of very good/great death metal albums are between 1993 and 1998. And I'd say no Sepultura after '86 because they became much more of a "hardcore" band following that. I love Chaos AD, but it didn't seem nearly as brutal as the early stuff. I'm a little shocked at the lack of Suffocation, particularly their latest which was a breath of fresh air for death metal, but since you did say nothing overly brutal (though they're not too brutal), I dig. Loving the Morbid Angel love here, though I don't think I saw Domination listed.

I dislike Ebert. That said, he's a good critic in that he usually does give good reason as to why he rates a film as high/low as he does.

What match was it where he painted half his body black and was doing disco dancing as he got the shit kicked out of him? Bad News Brown? I loved that match.

Eddie Kingston says hello. I reiterate: Every single Puerto Rican wrestler I've ever seen has sucked balls save for one, and that one is a woman wrestler who is over because of how STIFF she is. Now...why I actually retyped all of that instead of copying and pasting it is beyond me.

Coheed & Cambria are an emo band. A good emo band with excellent music that has a nice dash of complexity with their catchy hooks, but a good part of their sound is derived from emo. ...and tell the fucking singer to remember that he has testicles.

So Time's saying that Bono did more than any other human being on the planet to help others...well, I guess that a rockstar can do more than politicians, charity organizations, etc. Fuck U2.

You're all missing my point. I'm saying that at some point on the evolutionary ladder, there had to have been one neanderthal that was fully developed into homosapien that was male (Adam), and one that was female (Eve). I'm not saying "fuck evolution," because I believe in it fully, but to say that Evolution and Genesis can't co-exist is just admitting you don't know how to compromise. Again, please note I did not say that we started off with man and woman. I said we evolved into man and woman, but somewhere in time there was only fully-evolved man (Adam), and one fully-evolved (woman), and the rest came along eventually. That's how I rationalize it, anyway. Oh, and from which year of science would you like my grade to be? Freshman Oceanography was a C+, sophomore Biology was an A-, and junior Chemistry was an A.

Well, considering North America and Japan are THE places to wrestle, I had a good shot. Hrmmm...where you know what is chain and technical wrestling...forearms > punches...wristlocks don't look like shit...only place I can think of would be the UK, but you don't speak English, so that's out. Perhaps Germany? Not France, because nobody from France can do anything but tap out...not Japan, because if you were from Japan you'd actually know that psychology varies between styles... I give up. Speak English or die.

I don't even think I went to 10 shows...so I'll do it by bands. 10. Contagion - Ashland Fish & Game - November '05 They opened up for my band's first show, and got the place riled up something good. Nice, nice death metal. 09. Opeth - Worcester Palladium - November '05 I'm not a big Opeth fan, honestly, but they put on a good show. Mikael Akerfeldt is hilarious, too. 08. Nevermore - Worcester Palladium - November '05 Openers for Opeth. Second time I've seen them live (and also the second time I've seen them opening for Opeth), and the show would have been much better if Warrell's voice hadn't gone out halfway through the set, and if they played more than one song that was released before Enemies of Reality and This Godless Endeavour ("The River Dragon Has Come" is the only song from Dead Heart and earlier that they played, and Dead Heart is their best album, with "River Dragon..." being one of the worse songs of the album). 07. Incendium - Ashland Fish & Game - November '05 Another opener for TDR. Perhaps our best friends, as it comes to other bands. An entire set of cover songs, since most of their originals are just riffs ripped off of Contagion tunes, but they did good. Got a Wall of Death going, which I was extremely impressed by. 06. Amon Amarth - Worcester Palladium - December '05 MURDEROUS. That's all I can really say. 05. The Deepest Remorse - Ashland Fish & Game - November '05 Our first show, and we headlined it since we put it together. I had nerves so I stood in place for most of the set, and the sound quality was shit because the kid working the sound board didn't know what the fuck he was doing, so it was a kinda boring show. Still a memorable experience, though. 04. Children of Bodom - Worcester Palladium - December '05 Not a fan of Bodom, really. I can listen to them, and I think they all have a lot of talent, and "Bodom After Midnight" is a great tune, but something about them just doesn't impress me too much. Great show, though. 03. Icaria - Ludlow Rampage - December '05 (last night, actually) Good friends of ours (as in TDR's). Met us at the Palladium earlier this month, loved us, and invited us up to their show last night to play. They fucking tore shit up, and I moshed with one of the vocalist's (yes, dual vocalists in a melodic death metal/hardcore band) dad. 02. Trivium - Worcester Palladium - December '05 Openers for Bodom, much like Amon Amarth. If you haven't Trivium live, and you enjoy their music in the least bit, go see them live ASAP. Both guitarists were wailing away on Dimebag Specials, and they covered "Walk" in memory of Dime. Closed with "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" and then "Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr," and I moshed my fucking ass off. Awesome live, even if the singer/guitarist looks like he belongs in an emo band and not a good metal band. 01. The Deepest Remorse - Ludlow Rampage - December '05 (last night) Most fun I've had at any concert this year (though I didn't go to many concerts this year, truthfully). We opened the whole show, and we were also the only band to have a moshpit for each of our songs (which was incredibly surprising to us, since the guys in Icaria told us that the Ludlow crowds were shitty and just stood around). Afterwards, we went to this kid Sheldon's house (a friend of Icaria's), pounded quite a few Steel Reserves, smoked butts, and then passed out. Great fucking experience.

Nope. Almost all Massholes call themselves Massholes. Well, those that use even the slightest bit of foul language, anyway. And Connecticunts don't call themselves that. I've just never met a single one that wasn't a complete cunt, hence "Connecticunt." And yes, Hatebreed's home location does have an impact on their music. I can't take them seriously when I know they grew up in a wealthy area. It would be the equivalent of a Kennedy saying they had a hardknock life.

1. I didn't say AJ Styles sold better than ALL of WWE. I said he sold better, and had a better sense of psychology, than HALF of WWE (ie. their "homegrown" guys). 2. To say there is no psychology in the X-Division is to not know what psychology is. Plain and simple. If you knew what psychology was, and how it varies between the different styles of wrestling there are (punch/kick, hardcore, aerial, Strong-Style, technical, etc.), then you wouldn't be bringing it up so flagrantly. 3. If you're a pro wrestler...then what territory do you work? What's your ring name? Judging from the fact that you said you didn't speak English too good, and the way you type, I'm going to guess you're Hispanic in origin. Likely, you're from Puerto Rico. Well, guess what? Every single Puerto Rican wrestler I've ever seen has sucked balls save for one, and that one is a woman wrestler who is over because of how STIFF she is.

It's easy to rationalize the Theory of Evolution with Genesis. 1. At some point, there had to have been one fully-developed (physically) man and woman on the planet, and only one of each. They're Adam and Eve. 2. Figuratively, their mutation spawns the race of human beings we are now. 3. It's never said how long, EXACTLY, each day is in the first week. It doesn't say if the days were 24 hours long, so they could have been 25 hours long...or a few million years long...

My Chemical Romance. I don't think there's a song by them that I don't like in some way, shape, or form. And also, I've been digging the band Terror. Generic Hatebreed-ish hardcore, but it doesn't have that "hey, we're really from a rich town in a rich state, but we're HARDCORE" feel that Hatebreed does. Fucking Connecticunts...

Dookie is the only Green Day album I've ever cared for. Maybe it's because it was one of the first punk albums my sister owned, and thus one of the first punk albums I ever listened to. Maybe it was because the band was still young and didn't care about writing award-winning songs, but cared about getting drunk and getting laid. Maybe it's because "When I Come Around," "Basketcase," and "Longview" still hold up and sound full of energy. But one thing's for sure: American Idiot is on the same level of St. Anger, perhaps even lower (since St. Anger at least has some decent riffs), and gets more praise than songs by punk bands that have more energy, more emotion, and better hooks. And yes, the White Stripes suck. Get the fuck over it.

I'd have Cena bring back the boots that resemble old-school Adidas tracks. Those were pretty clever.

Though TFP has been outed as likely being a PBP, or just being that dense (personally, I think he just may be Banky using a wrestling fan gimmick) and stupid, I'll still reply. Why? Because I've got some points to make (some are re-echoing of mine and others points, and some are new), and I feel like talking wrestling tonight before I go out with my girl. The "goal" in pro wrestling is to make the people interact in the match, the crowd is a kind of the "tag team partner" of the faces. Each time they are cheering the face who is down under the heel work, the face fight back , the heel cut off again so the crowd will cheer again and louder, if the face is a good seller, people will cheer louder! And then the come back! People have cheered so loud that the face comes back and the crowd is just like it had won the match itself. The matches have to stand on storylines and feuds to make the people scream more and more. That is the drama basis. Sorry but the fan who is looking a match without this basis won't be loud as much as he would in a drama basis match. That's why the x division will not make 30000 people stand up or sit down... And the lucha libre in Mexico has a drama basis...sorry. Really? The goal in pro wrestling is to make people interested in the match? Wow, no shit. Now which match is more interesting: Chris Masters vs. Carlito, or AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels? More fans will be in complete awe of Styles and Daniels than they will be for Carlito and Masters. And no, it's not just about making the fans want the faces to win: it's about making the fans want to see more of the product enough for whatever reason (compelling storylines, great promo's, T&A, ultraviolence, an excellent in-ring product, highspots, etc.) to fork over some of their money for it. And no, the matches do NOT have to stand on storylines and feuds to make people scream loud. Not if the workers are that good. I've seen better live reactions in local indies (FYI, I'm from the American Northeast, and the fans up here, for the most part, are jaded and pretty damn smarky) to a new match between a rookie and an undercard heel than I've seen in the culmination to long-standing feuds. FYI, the match I'm using as an example is the first Joe Chece/Johnny Idol match from earlier this year (I want to say either March or April) in NECW, which got a better reaction than any other match on the card. But, of course, you'll doubt this, because no match could ever have such good work in it that the fans go berserk for it without a running storyline attached to it. </sarcasm> When I say real, I mean that it must be close fom reality, it is more real to see a guy down after ten punches and 3 slams than a guy still flipping after 25 slams,25 kicks and 40 minutes of match, and that's why people will never be louder for x division than for wwe. Depends on your perspective. Which match were people louder for (throughout): TLC II or 'Taker/Hogan from (IIRC) Judgment Day '02? The former was just a bunch of highspots loosely tied together with weak brawling, and the latter was a battle between two of the industry's biggest stars ever (one of the handful of times they'd wrestled, too). I'm not even going to answer my own question, because that should answer itself. Also, if fans see a wrestler take a shitload of punishment and get back up only to do something insane off of the top rope, then wouldn't that be a better credit to the wrestlers than a few punches and a slam? Hell, you just talked about stressing drama, so which is more dramatic: Wrestler A and Wrestler B trading weak right hands and a few slams here and there for 20 minutes, or Wrestler A and Wrestler B hitting each other with every move they know for 20 minutes only to keep bouncing back? That's what makes pro wrestling interesting, even mysterio vs big show, in reality, mysterio would be killed by big show and everybody believes that... ...hold on. How do we KNOW this? I've seen my friend Kyle, no bigger than 5'6" and maybe 120 lbs. soaking wet after Thanksgiving, beat down my friend Wes, about 6'5" and prolly close to 250 lbs. after taking a huge dump, and my friend Adam, only an inch taller than Kyle and maybe a few pounds heavier, is one of the toughest people I know. So yeah...I guess somebody that's huge easily beating somebody small is realistic to you...if you've never been in an actual fight. I didn't know that the 5'7" Amazing Red was the same size as the 5'11" Christopher Daniels!!! And yes, the crowd is just waiting for the moves...and the building up of the highspots (notice how the X-Division workers that are constantly praised are the ones who start off with smaller spots first and use their biggest spots to end the match)...just like how the WWE crowd waits for the 619 and the West Coast Pop and the 'rana in a Mysterio match and doesn't care for much of anything else, and how the fans always yelled "WHAT?!" during Austin's promo's after the InVasion botch. Do you use drugs? Not really. I've toked up a handful of times in my life, kick back a few brews now and then, and chainsmoke, but other than that? Hardest I'll go is an Advil (except for the few times I've taken percs), but nothing that really fucks with my head, or my understanding of wrestling. Then you REALLY don't know what the hell psychology is. There's more to psychology than acting tired or just holding a body part after having it worked on for a few minutes. It's about your offense and how it's paced (the big stars of the X-Division pace it so that their offense flows, whereas the ones that don't are the ones jobbing constantly that nobody really cares about). It's about judging the crowd and timing every move just right to elicit the best crowd response possible. To say that there's no psychology in the X-Division because the workers get back up after big moves (and no, they don't just JUMP RIGHT BACK UP, at least no more than Shawn Michaels does) is, basically, an admission of ignorance. Hahahahaha...no. And how is he one of the worst you've seen in the X-Division? Hrmmm...he focuses his offense on his opponent's upper body, which is where his finish (Styles Clash) focuses on...when he hits a HUGE SPOT or takes a BIG BUMP, he either gasps for breath or yells in pain while holding whatever body part he used to make impact...so, again: how is he one of the worst when he has better selling than half of the WWE roster? What the hell is that sentence??!! Are you kidding me? If everybody here believes that, I clearly see now why you disagree with me and why you love X Division! Selling is one of the most important thing in pro wrestling!!It makes pro wrestling "real" and make x division fake. It is the basis of a good face character... Amazing... Well, I think you've already been owned on this point... When you get 15 slams on you back + some submission moves, you can not do 450° or those kind of big flashy moves...It doesn't make any sense... Really? Because wrestlers have broken bones mid-match and kept on working through it. It's called putting the workers over by being a testament to their strength and/or pain tolerance to take a big spot onto their back and then fly high. Yes, I think it's something that needs to be done less, and that the X-Division could use a big wopping dose of classic psychology (the only kind of psychology idiots like you are aware of, apparently), but I'm not going to nag on about how Sonjay Dutt just hit the Phoenix Splash after he'd had his leg worked on for a few minutes...regardless of the fact that he limps up to the top rope...holds his leg in pain...and jumps off with only one leg... You should ask steve austin if getting a "head bump" is good for your carreer... I should. He probably would say no...unless it added to the drama of a match. He did not take a "head bump" in the sense that I'm talking about. I'm talking about protected head bumps. He was the victim of a botched move. That's fucking ridiculous. Are you telling me that I should be able to go up to somebody, slam them, and then they'll be down for the count after one move? Sorry, that's why the rest of the match is there: to wear down the person so that the finisher works. The finisher is NOT the move that should end the match at any given time (unless it's one of those classy "last resort" finishes that are becoming more popular in the States, much to my delight), it's the move that the worker feels most comfortable using to put his opponent away after he feels that he's worked them over enough. Only if the person it's locked on doesn't tap right away...and only if you think the Sharpshooter, Boston Crab, Texas Cloverleaf, etc. affects THE KNEE and not the QUADRICEPS and LOWER BACK. And people say that the Pedigree spells the end because HHH is smart enough to build up to it after doing the Flair-style of work: wear down the opponent overall so that the one move ends the match. I said it would be a nice touch if HHH were to work over an opponent's arm extensively so that there's no possible way they'd have enough strength to break free of the Butterfly hold (double-underhook) that starts the Pedigree off. Jamie Noble was a master at doing that to set up the TigerBomb. No shit. It should also culminate the body of work done thus far in the match. I am in this business and I have learned from guys who got 12 years experience in the ring and worked all over the world so I defenitly know more than guys who have just watch shows and dvds...sorry man! Just like how Randy Orton knows more about psychology than Dave Meltzer...right?

He'd be out like Repo Man. I still say Tony the Tiger would rule all. At the very least he'd be the Diesel of the bunch and regulate for 8-7 people, then get ganged up on by everybody else to be eliminated.