Corey_Lazarus

"Men are dumb, women are smart!" I think of that line from Chapelle's Show every time I hear Dr. Phil mentioned. I saw one episode, where some ex-military father was driving his 15 and 17 year old daughter's nuts by being overly strict, and Phil chewed him out for it, saying the kids were afraid of him. I'm like "well...he's ex-military...admits he was brought up in a 'traditional' family environment where the father made the rules...and his kids are brats...yeah, I can see him being strict about telling them they can't go out with their friends at 1:30 in the morning." Fuck Dr. Phil. If you need to find somebody to tell you how to help yourself, you're fucking hopeless.

We see titty for a full 30 seconds in Dawn.

I think the proper term would be "Best of the Carry-Job's," since all but one of those matches (Hardy/Brown) were big carry jobs by Jarrett's opponent(s). Aside from the Deadly Draw, which was decent-at-best. See, TNA would be wiser to show the stuff between when the DVDs came out in mid-'03 and now than just from January until now. Between August '03 and March '04, there were still some damn fine matches (Ultimate X 2, the first X-Cup, Super X Tourney, the Abyss/Styles feud...and that's about it).

Well, that's good. It's actually a very good idea, considering a PPV later in the month would be less likely to get good buys, since late X-Mas shopping would drain the fans' pockets. Of course. DDP's infinitely more over than Jarrett, and would put people over while also putting on good matches. Sure, he's not a good "on-the-fly" worker, but given an opponent that would be good with carrying him during "on-the-fly" sections of the match, and would also be open-minded about choreographing most of the match beforehand? Solid bouts galore. At least one promotion is smart enough to bring in one of WCW's main eventers that DOESN'T completely suck. As they've been for the better part of the past six months. They should really find out how long the deal is for, considering it's likely that they'll be booted if they aren't bringing in enough people. Which says CHANGE THE WAY THE SHOW WORKS. Don't just put two squash matches, a meaningless tag match, and a meaningless X-Division bout on there. Try your best to get a good primetime timeslot, preferably on Wednesday so you won't be head-to-head with any SUPERB cable show, and do your damnedest to extend the show another hour. But, before all that can occur, you need to DRAW FANS IN. Meaning: no booking the show around Jeff Jarrett and his opponent that nobody cares for (this killed WCW), no misusing the roster members the fans DO care for (Styles, Truth, Kash, Raven, Sabin, XXX, AMW, Abyss, and even Shark Boy to an extent), and making the show mean more than Xplosion. They won't bring in Jim Mitchell (although I do hear that he's doing good with his insurance company, or whatever it is, in Florida), but they'll bring in Jeff Hardy, Johnny Fairplay, and keep all of Team Canada (aside from Devine and Williams, who may be the only worthwhile parts of the team, moreso Devine than Williams)...rrrrriiiiiight...

I need the new Shadows Fall album, dammit! Alas, no money...

And then, in Tekken 3, the original King is retired, and a new King is masked. He is trained by Armor King, and the two become close friends, and so it troubles King when Armor King is found to have cancer (or something similar, right?). Yeah. I'll watch the movie as long as King is given some good time, and it's not all about Kazuya.

I'll be watching it. Is there a specific time to watch it all, or can you download it any time on the 26th? ...what? I enjoy watching yardtards kill each other for my amusement.

I think the reason a lot of us don't believe it when TNA reports of Impact! say the match is good is because in the past, whenever they have, the matches haven't been good. I'll be the first to admit that matches always seem better than they are when they're live, but saying a 5 minute spotfest with the current crop of X-Division workers is good when the match is seen and it isn't makes a lot of us jaded.

Evidence? The only thing I've ever heard with any sort of actual credit to it was Russo's interview, and I've never heard of Russo being a liar as to what was and wasn't his idea (remember, he took full credit for Arquette's WCW World title reign, and will justify any angle he's done in the WWF). Jerry Jarrett is a Memphis booker, no? Memphis booking has had off-the-wall ideas before, and Jerry Jarrett COULD have been trying to get TNA across as "edgy" and "hip" to younger fans (many of who WWE lost in mid-to-late 2001) by doing these angles. I wouldn't put it beyond him, especially considering some of the decisions he's given the "OK" to (Bruce as Miss TNA, anyone).

For some reason, I could see Lance Storm being suited for King. I dunno why, but something about the way King moves always made me think of Lance Storm.

I think stiffness has its place in that it can help the suspension of disbelief. Things like LowKi's kicks and Benoit's chops I can understand, since it's obvious both men have solid control over what they're doing (Jerry Lynn said he would rather take a kick from LowKi than one from Tajiri, because LowKi controlled his kicks better). But stiffing for the sake of stiffing? That's bullshit and should be punished by either management or the other wrestlers. Wasn't there a case of one wrestler, probably a jobber, trying to stiff a JTTS in WWF once? And then the JTTS roughed him up pretty bad, but kept the match going? I'm not thinking of the Saturn/Belle situation, but I think Regal was a part of this. He got roughed up because the jobber was trying to get himself over, so he unleashed some vicious chops and locked on his submission holds tighter.

Wow. I guess my word has more value here than I previously thought, since Vyce feels vindicated by what I said. Either that, or I'm tired and/or under the influence of something.

He's off guarding the bighouse in the sky now. RIP Bossman, your angles were memorable. Bad, but certainly memorable. "Big Show! You're a big nasty bastard, and your momma says so!" - Bossman

...**buys a gun**...

Mercedes Martinez is good. Stiff, hard-hitting, strong style women's wrestling action.

I can't stand Memphis style booking, simply because it's TOO simple. With today's society, nobody is a hero or a villain anymore, it's all just shades of gray. I do like the "shades of gray" approach to wrestling booking that Heyman and Russo pioneered, and feel a blend of shades of gray and Memphis might make a good product. Unfortunately, Memphis booking makes all of the heels the same, all of the faces the same, and almost all of the matches your typical punch/kick fest that so many people hated the WWF for in the late 90's, so I don't see how it'd be a good idea to bring it back at all.

Actually, Jerry Jarrett was behind that. Russo said it himself that after he saw the midget beating off in the trash can (keep in mind he was still with the WWF for his brief tenure in 2002 at the time), he went "oh God, the fans are going to think this is my fault." There's an interview with Russo saying that somewhere. Also, let us not forget the horror of THE HIRING OF DUTCH MANTEL. All Jerry and Jeff's fault right there, and nothing Russo has done has been that bad to a company. Even WCW bounced back from Arquette being champion.

No, the man who reported the spoilers had to leave before any other matches could take place. He even said that there was an AJ Styles match still to come. And Xplosion is better since it seems it doesn't have squash matches on it, whereas Impact - TNA's current flagship show - is filled with them.

Thank you for that beautiful description Martha Lazarus. Eat my corn-filled fecal matter, Jew.

I'm currently in charge of food preperations at Franklin Pizza & Deli, and am starting work at the Bob's Stores franchise (a retail franchise specializing in casual attire for various demographics; the "official" store of the Boston Red Sox, and soon to be the "official" store of the New England Patriots) opening in my town when they open as an inventory control specialist. This means that I'll be waking up at 5 every morning, unloading a truck, registering everything on the truck, and placing it in its proper place.

Nothing wrong with that. Jamiroquai were awesome, and it's a pity they're only remembered for "Virtual Insanity" (even though they have plenty of better songs, "Deeper Underground" especially). Also, I'll throw in Lost Prophets into the mix. I shouldn't like them at all, but I find it hard to not love them.

C) Eat somewhere else. I'd go to another conveniece mart and hope they have PowerBars and SoBe and maybe some subs.

I find it funny that it was Jerry Jarrett that wrote almost all of the early months' episodes, which featured such shit as Puppet the Midget Killer beating off in a trashcan, the Dupp Cup, Glenn Gilberti's PPV talk show segment, and a barage of matches ending with run-in's and non-finishes, and yet he has the gaul to insult Russo, who at least did stupid shit that was successful on a national level. Also, Russo never started a wrestling company just to hype his kid.

So, once again, it sounds as if the better card is for the SYNDICATED show, and not for the NATIONALLY BROADCASTED show. ...the fuck is JJ smoking?

Balls to double posting! Rejoice in Amy's sexiness.