King Kamala

You know an incident is overspoofed when the local news spoofs it like mine did with the Ashlee Simpson incident. Although I still laughed (Ashlee's backing band featured a bunch of twenty somethings and the middle aged six o clock news anchor on drums dressed somewhat like a gay biker).

Wait 12 Stones? Wasn't their singer the guy who dueted with Evanescence on Bring Me To Life? If so that would be one of the weirdest bills for a tour in a long time. I mean do kids who like bands like 12 Stones even know who Megadeth is? It's probably a good thing 12 Stones dropped out, I don't think they would have made it out alive.... wait a sec.

King Kong Bundy Vs SD Jones: WrestleMania I (This is obvious. Surprised no one mentioned it) Razor Ramon Vs Bob Backland: Wrestlemania IX Demolition Vs The Colossal Connection: Wrestlemania VI (Andre The Giant could barely walk and Haku was hardly a threat. Did Andre even get in the ring during this match?)

I had Virgil and Ric Flair feud for Intercontinental title for a while and Tatanka and Sid feud for the world title. That's all I remember. I used to be a big Virgil fan for some reason, even around 93-94 when he was a JTTS.

I'll go 2-14 beating Buffalo and San Francisco.

How was Mr. T's appearence in WCW explained and what was the setup behind his match at Starrcade 94 with Kevin Sullivan?

Roger Clemens: Boston Randy Johnson: Arizona Roberto Alomar: Hmmm....I'd go with Cleveland. Gary Sheffield: Florida....he won his sole(As of now) World Series there. Mark McGwire: I'd say Oakland, St. Louis has an argument though. Mike Mussina: New York Manny Ramirez: Probably Boston.

I've said this one before, but it never gets old...for me. I had this one a year or two ago. I'm at this indy show in the front row at the local armory which is packed (Maybe 300-400 people). The main event is The Road Warriors (Or LOD whatever floats your boat) Vs two jobbers. The Road Warriors are the heels and they beat the jobber within a minute or so. I'm pissed because the main event is a heel squash with no particular meaning. So I boo and call the Warriors washed up. They hear me and point at me and shout simoultaneously at me "YOU!" Then they chased after me. I was running in the parking lot and the Road Warriors were gaining on me and just as I was looking like I was going to get my ass kicked. A red and yellow convertable pulls up right in front of me and the driver is none other then Hulk Hogan in full Hulk regalia. Hulk shouts " Come on I'll drive you to safety" and then I jump in and we drive off towards my house as the Road Warriors hop on matching motorcycles to give chase. And then the dream ended.

Who was supposed to headline the WCW PPV after Greed? when WCW thought Fusient or whatever the name of that company was, was going to buy them out. All I remember was Goldberg was supposed to return and get his revenge and win the title back somewhere down the road.

I'll go with the worst one I've seen, I would choose Heroes of Wrestling but for some reason that doesn't seem far, prety much you knew when you ordered it would be garbage. Even the worst of big two (or three if you count ECW) have some expectation leading up to their shows. So here's the worst show I've seen. Superbrawl X (2000) The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea pinned Lash LeRoux (5:47) to win the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Title : Pedestrian cruiserweight title match. This match was supposed to save the Cruiserweight title but made it look more like a title belt for curtain jerkers. Brian Knobbs pinned Bam Bam Bigelow (4:44) to win the WCW Hardcore Title: Pedistrian hardcore title match. Had no real point and was nothing more exciting or eventful then something you'd see on Nitro. Three Count beat Norman Smiley (4:06) in a "handicap" match when Moore forced Smiley to submit: Norman Smiley had taped ribs because he was "injured" before the match and the announcers were building him up as a courageous hero. So you'd think they'd at least have Norman pour his heart out in a ten-fifteen minute match and lose valiantly after Three Count cheats. Nope he loses in less then five minutes by submission. The Wall pinned The Demon (3:37): A DUD with no storyline or setup. Just to signify the new unneccessary push( The Wall) defeating the old unnecessary push (The Demon) Tank Abbott beat Big Al (4:34) in a "leather jack on a pole" match: Nuff said. Negative star classic with no point since Big Al arrived two or three weeks before this match and left right after. Also famous for Tank elequently pointing a knife at Big Al and saying "I could fucking kill you right now!" Big T pinned Booker (5:23): One of the company's only remaining young prospects is beaten by an overweight, over the hill WWF exile. Made no sense to me then and no sense to me now. Billy Kidman pinned Vampiro (7:20): A match that was supposed to entertain the internet crowd. It didn't. It was your average Nitro mid card match, extended by a couple minutes. WCW Tag Champs Big Vito & Johnny the Bull beat David Flair & Crowbar (11:22) in a "Sicilian stretcher" match: First match over ten minutes on the card..... and it's the eighth match. Not bad, just a generic stretcher match. Maybe ** but again nothing to get excited about. Ric Flair beat Terry Funk (15:40) in a "Texas death" match: When you're best match on the show is too 50+ year old guys, you know you're going under within a year. A decent match (Not higher then ***), but defnintley two or three minutes too long. I remember a crappy ending but I can't remember what it was exactly. Hulk Hogan pinned Lex Luger (8:10): Stereotypical Hogan 1985 match, except it was 2000 and it was sllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeddddd dooooooowwwnnnnnnn. Sting returned and ended up...doing nothing really of note. # WCW World Champ Sid Vicious beat Scott Hall and Jeff Jarrett (7:40) in a triangle match when he pinned Hall: The main event is a three way where one of the guys has no real reason of being in there (Hall) and it's under ten minutes ironically enough. Also had the return of Roddy Piper, who helped Sid retain the belt. If I remember right Hot Rod never showed up in WCW again after his return that night. The whole show was totally pointless, had few blowoffs and all of the eleven matches except two were under ten minutes. I've never seen anyone really defend this show. So this is why this is my choice for Worst PPV of a ll time

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Was there any feud between Diesel and King Mabel, or was it just presented as Mabel was the mandatory challenger for the belt? What was up with King Kong Bundy's return to the WWF in 95? He seemed like he was going to get a huge push and possibly get a WWF title shot (I think Bret Hart was champion when he arrived) but he ended up just floating around the upper mid card feuding with Undertaker and then disapearing after only a couple months.

I'm pumped to see the first Celtics pre-season game, I'll be switching to it on commercial breaks for the Sawx-Yanks game one. Call me a crazy fanboy, but I think they've got a good a shot as anybody to win the Atlantic Division.....if everything goes right (Raef stays healthy, Payton still has gas left in the tank, Don't rely on Pierce too much).

Here are King Kamala Classics's Playoff Picks (Don't hold me liable, if they suck I predicted the Expos would be .500 this year and thought the D-Backs would finish 2nd in the NL West) ALDS: Yankees over Twins in 4 Red Sox over Angels in 5 NLDS: Braves over Astros in 5 Cardinals over Dodgers in 4 ALCS Yankees over Red Sox in 7 NLCS Cardinals over Braves in 6 World Series Cardinals over Yankees in 5

If I can I'd like to have a moment of silence for the death of several baseball careers Edgar Martinez 1987-2004 Todd Zeile 1989-2004 Youppi 1969-2004

Tonight on HBO, Roy Jones Jr fight for the first time since he was upset by Antonio Tarver. Roy Jones squares off against Glencoffe Johnson. I'm predicting another one of Jones patented boring ass unanimous decisions. Also at an Indian casino in Oklahoma of all places, Riddick Bowe squares off against journeyman of journeyman Marcus Rhodes in a ten round bout. I don't know what to think about this but Bowe's lost 70 pounds in prison. And to top it all off, guess who's fighting on the Bowe-Rhodes. Undercard......Oliver McCall. I think Bowe and McCall should have fought each other. Discuss the fights in here.

On the subject of Riddick Bowe, Bowe's former manager (Think his name is Rock Newman) was on ESPNews yesterday and they showed clips of the Bowe fight. Bowe looked awful, the fight looked like a toughman competition. At first I was impressed with Bowe's victory, knocking a guy down four times in two rounds is pretty impressive, not matter who it is. But Bowe looked out of shape and not ready to fight anybody. Supposidley Bowe now wants to fight Holyfield for a fourth time. Which yields a question, what would be worse Hogan-Warrior II or Bowe-Holyfield IV?

Actually AoO, Oliver McCall has fought 13 fights since the nervous breakdown in the ring against Lewis. And he's won them all, they were all against journeymen but he won them nonetheless (Well he beat Henry Akinwande). I don't think any promoter with any sense would put McCall in a big name fight, maybe Don King would put him in a fight with Andrew Golata and promote it as "The guy who has nervous breakdowns in the ring Vs The guy who like to hit his opponents in the testicles"

Does anybody remember Emory Hales WCW Saturday Night exclusive push? For about 4-6 weeks in early 2000, he squashed a jobber in a minute or two every week. Jimmy Hart was his manager and everytime he came out "Hale Warning" flashed across the screen. Yet they never mentioned Hale on Nitro or Thunder.

Kind off the current topic, but say Garry Sheffield makes the Hall of Fame, what team does he go in under? I'd say Marlins, cause he won his championship there and spent the most seasons there.

I shudder thinking about the Nitro main-evented by Tank Abbott Vs Sid for the WCW World title belt. I remember they hyped the crap out of it for a Nitro main event. Horrible, horrible match (I think Sid won with a craptastic Crippler Crossface, a wink wink to Chris Benoit's then recent departure of WCW, I believe.)

I listed this in the summer shows, but since the show is in late September it fits better in here. Alice Cooper, September 22nd, State Theater, Portland,Maine (The venue is an adult movie theater turned concert venue. Seems like the proper venue to see Alice Cooper in. Fits somewhere between 1500 and 2000 people. Alice comes like every year, which is astonishing since barely anyone plays Portland, but I've never seen him.) Might see some of the nostalgia acts at county fairs and stuff (Blood, Sweat and Tears, Grass Roots). Cause I'm not one to pass up a free concert (Well kind of free).

I only have one official concert planned out this summer. But it's well worth it. Motherfuckin Prince, Musicology Tour, August 18th at the Fleet Center in Boston. Three hours of Prince with no worrying of shitty opening acts (Although I'm a little upset Prince didn't pick the Time to be an opening act). I might also go to a Blue Oyster Cult/UFO double bill in late September at a 2000 seat ball room. The venue itself is terrible(It's like a huge Holiday Inn lounge) but tickets are only $20 and Jason Bonham's glorified Led Zeppelin tribute is opening.

Anyone here think Ichiro will break the most hits in a season record? He's a little under 50 hits away from getting the most hits in a season record. I don't think he will because the Mariners September schedule is pretty brutal with 7 games against Anaheim, 7 against Oakland, and 4 against Boston.

Alice Cooper, September 22nd at the State Theater, Portland, Maine Ben Folds, September 30th, at the Colby College gym, Waterville, Maine. (I'm surprised Ben Folds is playing somewhere up in the boonies. Even thought, it's a college town I've never heard of a national touring band playing there)