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I could be crazy, but I'm thinking we may see a HHH vs. Edge - title unification match or something of that sort at WrestleMania, and then a continuation of the Orton/McMahon angle, with the McMahons getting the one guy they despise more than Orton to take him out . . . Steve Austin. Austin provokes Orton to the point of him giving up his title shot at WM. Probably no chance in hell of this being the scenario, but this has thrown a pretty big wrench into what we "thought" were the obvious WM main events . . . that leaves Cena without an opponent, so maybe HE gets Undertaker?

I just got back from our local Best Buy, I went to purchase Vols. 4-6 of the WWE Legends DVD's . . . . and they already had the Best of Saturday Night's Main Event set out! Sooo, I purchased it. Haven't gotten to watch it yet, but probably will this afternoon. It wasn't due out for a few more weeks, was it?

In defense of the "too many tag matches" argument, if I remember correctly, the original card for this featured 3, not 2, singles matches - Jack vs. Norman, Luger defending the US title vs. Dr. Death, and Flair vs. Sting for the World belt. That's still not enough singles matches, but I'm wagering that possibly the opening tag match wouldn't have been there had plans not been forced to change . . .

Ticketmaster has WrestleMania tickets listed as going on "presale" this coming Thurs. morning at 10am. Is there a password involved, or does anyone have any more information about it? WWE.com says that the presale is only from 6-8PM this coming Friday (Nov. 2), so I don't know . . . . hmmm.

And in an update, Dusty Rhodes has been announced as the first inductee into this year's Hall of Fame. And, afterward, Umaga destroyed him. Way to let Dusty enjoy his moment tonight

I admire your positivity. Yes, the key words in my statement are might and somewhat. Depending on the participants in the match, it could vary anywhere from "complete train wreck" to entertaining "WrestleMania Moment"

According the early spoilers from Portland, the confrontation (of whatever nature it is) at WrestleMania between McMahon and Trump will end with one man having his head shaved. Oh dear.

Well, PWInsider has one spoiler listed already . . . . the stipulation for the Vince vs. Trump showdown at WrestleMania. I don't know what to think, except that it might be somewhat entertaining. Shall I list it here, or is it "off limits"?

Heard rumors that the Hogan Anthology was already out at Wal-Mart two weeks early, so I stopped by this morning to check. Sure enough, it is there, bonus disc and all, priced at $19.96. Pretty good deal for a 4-disc set, even if most of the matches are released on previous DVDs . . . I went ahead and picked it up.

Was just at the official site for the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, looking for possible ticket prices, and saw this "talent listing" for WWE Vengeance. While this has been rumored and apparently seen on a PPV preview on some cable system, this seems to lend even more credence to it: From CharlotteBobcatsArena.com World Wrestling Entertainment’s® (WWE) Vengeance, a live, pay-per-view event Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 7:45 p.m. with tickets on sale Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. Superstars scheduled to appear: THE RETURN OF DE-GENERATION X! - DX IS BACK!!! JOHN CENA TRIPLE H Charlotte’s own…RIC FLAIR SHAWN MICHAELS EDGE THE SPIRIT SQUAD BIG SHOW KANE CARLITO SHELTON BENJAMIN SNITSKY “THE MASTERPIECE” CHRIS MASTERS LITA TRISH STRATUS TORRIE WILSON VICTORIA And many more! Line-up subject to change. Tickets for WWE’s Vengeance go on sale Saturday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m. Ticket prices will be $175.00, $75.00, $50.00, $35.00 and $20.00 (plus applicable convenience fee). *The $175 seat is ONLY the first 5 ringside rows. The ticket holder gets to keep the commemorative collector’s chair. They take it home at the end of the event. Tickets will be available online at CharlotteBobcatsArena.com, or by calling 1-800-495-2295. Tickets also can be purchased in person at Charlotte Bobcats Arena box office and the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center ticket outlet.

So, is the DX DVD gonna be released in stores, or is it just a Shopzone thing or something? I've looked on all the major retailers' websites for it, and there's nothing listed. It's a decent deal to order straight from WWE, but I'd like to pick it up locally and forego shipping if possible . . . same with RAW Homecoming, I haven't seen it listed anywhere yet . . .

Does anyone know if at Wal-Mart if the WM DVD is shrinkwrapped by itself with the Rey DVD? If so, I'll go buy that 2-pack and return the WM DVD to Circuit City, where I bought WM this morning. I don't know if it's true for all Wal-Marts, but ours here near Johnson City, TN have price matched the WM22 DVD to match Circuit City's price of 14.99. When I went to check on it yesterday, it had a special price tag sticking out from the display stating that the price was being matched to 14.99, and a clip from the Circuit City ad on Sunday. Pretty cool deal then, 14.99 and you get the free Rey 619 DVD as well.

PWInsider, er, PWSpywareandpopup has posted an article/news item that lists the PPV's and locations for the WWE PPV's for '06. I hope to goodness this is true, because I'll be attending two, maybe three of these shows (being in northeastern Tennessee, at least three are within reasonable driving distance) From PWInsider: WWE has announced the locations for the remaining pay-per-views in 2006 (except for Survivor Series). Here are the locations: WrestleMania 22 4/2/2006 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena Backlash 4/30/2006 Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena Judgment Day 5/21/2006 Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena ECW One Night Stand 6/11/2006 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom Vengeance 6/25/2006 Greenville, SC - BI-LO Center Great American Bash 7/23/2006 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse SummerSlam 8/27/2006 Boston, MA - TD Bankworth Garden Unforgiven 9/17/2006 Toronto, CAN - Air Canada Center No Mercy 10/8/2006 Raleigh, NC - RBC Center Cyber Sunday 11/5/2006 Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena Survivor Series 11/26/2006 TBD Armageddon 12/17/2006 Richmond, VA - Richmond Coliseum

It also looks like almost all of the PPV's are on the eastern side of the US this year, except for Judgment Day in Phoenix.

LOL, yep, that's one of the three I'm talking about. I live in Johnson City, TN, so Greenville is about 2 1/2 hrs. away. I'm also planning on going to Backlash in Lexington, and possibly Armageddon in Richmond (I have friends there . . )

I'm sure I'll purchase this, because I'm a completist, but I must say the only disc I'm thrilled about is the first one. The other three discs contain some good matches, but nothing that is "unique" or hard to find. Virtually every match on the 2nd-to-4th disc appears to be stuff that's readily available on previous VHS or DVD releases. I was honestly hoping for more stuff like Sat. Night's Main Event title defenses, MSG matches, Hogan matches from WCW Nitro, that sort of thing. Wishful thinking on my part, I'm sure . . .

I picked up the Armageddon '05 DVD at Wal-Mart today, and when I got it home and opened it, I discovered that the bonus disc is actually the Armageddon '03 DVD (I haven't put it in the DVD player yet, but the top of the bonus disc is identical to my '03 disc, I assume its the same thing.) Pretty cool that they're giving away whole PPV's for extra discs, but it was a shitty PPV, so whatever. The price hadn't been raised from previous DVD releases, so it was truly a freebie extra. Can't complain about that . . . .

Eh, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. I had the Legacy collection on VHS, the VQ was crappy, they were all produced in EP format, but the edits weren't there (seems like all the original music was used, etc.). I sold the Legacy set for money to get the new DVD set. It's edited a lot music-wise, but it's also really cool to have all these shows in DVD quality. To me, that makes up for the minor annoyance of music edits. That's just me though, I know the music alone has deterred several people from purchasing the new set. To me, it's not an issue - having the WM's in lasting, pristine DVD video quality is worth a lot to me.

The Nissan Pavillion got rained out here in MD, they did 3 undercard matches, and then they had Undertaker v.s. ??? and lightning hit the lighting rig above the ring. We all thought it was a work at first cause Taker was taking a beating, then the ref through up the "X" sign and Chad Patton thanked everyone for coming out, and that our tickets would be valid for the next time they were in town. Still have not come back this way though. I think they should go to Houstan and play on their field, they have a retractable dome incase of rain. The King dome would be good too... The Seattle Kingdome (if that's what you were referring to) no longer exists - it was imploded a couple of years ago, I think. Was replaced by Safeco Field, home of WM XIX . . . to me, that was one of the coolest venues that a WM has been held in . . .

I daresay that the release of these Roberts/Hart/etc. "comp" DVD's by WWE has nothing to do at all with sticking it to tape traders, as most of these traders will buy the product anyway, as we all want the footage in the very best quality possible. WWE, while pretty much sucking at everything else at the moment, is at least doing one thing right - their DVD's are top-notch and almost always worth purchasing. They're taking advantage of their tape library to a great benefit, and we're just eating up these releases as they come out. Here's hoping we'll get even more quality stuff from them in '06 . . .

Pro wrestling to institute random drug testing Just saw this article up on ESPN.com. With all the "controversy" surrounding that scathing article a few weeks ago by one of their employees, it's kinda interesting to see another article addressing the situation.

Speaking of that, I'm not sure what's up with the whole "back gadget" thing you're talking about, but when I saw Jeff Hardy at the 'Tribute to Starrcade" show in Spartanburg, SC back on 11/19, he had someone following him around videotaping . . . must be workin' on some sort of documentary or something.

Saturday Night's Main Event returns . . . I know it was mentioned on the move to NBC Universal (USA) and also on this morning's conference call, but here is a link I just found on WWE.com . . . .

Today was supposed to be the release date for the Taboo Tuesday '05 DVD, listed as such on WWE.com, and places like Best Buy.com, FYE, etc. I went to Wal-Mart and they didn't have it in - and when searching the major retailer websites, they all say the DVD is on backorder. Has anyone tried to find it or purchase it today, and if so, any success?

Yes, but it's on backorder. If you click on the link for it once you search for it, it says it's already on backorder. No worries, though, I went to FYE in the mall on my lunch break, and they had it.