The Amazing Rando

They have video of weapons possessions (Pillman), Sexual Assault (Bischoff, for one), Confessed Hit and Run (Rikishi), Kidnapping (numerous), theft (again, numerous)...and much more. Who cares about a little B&E?

Edge is there. Lita too.

He should cut it into Wrestlecrap: The Book in the middle of the Diva Search segment. It's not a run-in, it's a promo-in.

I don't see Jericho ever wrestling again, and I don't see Benoit going anywhere other than WWE since he doesn't have much time left in-ring wise anyway.

Give him time.

Parachuting. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *THUD*

- Losing only three times in a span of about 500 games on NBA JAM: TE - The first time I beat MK3 as Sub Zero and marking out at the ending. - Taking close to a year to beat FF7 (with some long breaks between playing stints) and being so glad it was finally over. As an offshoot, I got stuck bad in the Wall Market early on, i think before you climb the wall up that mansion or whatever. The part where you had to exit the Market (sort of) to the far right...I couldn't figure that shit out for DAYS.

That...really fucking sucks.

Kahran, I wasn't specifically referencing Orton there. It was more of a generalized statement. Frogg, I wasn't saying you said they should be given spots. I was simply lamenting the fact that I would rather have people earn there places than be simply dropped/shoved into them. It is very rare that Vince allows people that earn their spot to keep it. He did it for Batista, probably because of Orton's total failure. He did it for the Rock and for Austin, he's done it for a few others too. There are a few successes in his uber-pushes, like Brock, but even Brock felt really forced until after he had the title for a few months. Some people didn't even consider him a "success" until his stretcher match with Big Show (for whatever reason). The ones in the top spots really do not seem to enjoy other people underneath them coming up and getting over on their own accord. There egos seem to drown out the simple fact that if the company is more successful as a whole, then it is easy to assertain that those in the top spots will also be successful. But no, egos get in the way, and that's when the problems start.

My point still stands. I don't want to look at one person and know that someone else should be there but isn't for whatever reason.

They shouldn't have been GIVEN spots... they should have been built up into their own spots. Vince shouldn't have said "Oh shit, so-and-so is gone, what are we going to do now?!" He should have said "Okay, so-and-so is gone, what do i have available that might work and provide something FRESH." I don't want to look at Batista and say "oh, that's Brock" and I definitely don't want to look at Rey and say "oh, that's Eddy". I want to look at Batista and say "That's Batista. He deserves to be there." NOT "That's Batista, he's lucky Brock isn't here"

Batista is an incredibly hollow character. "I am a monster that will kick your ass" is EXACTLY what two-dimensional is. Almost (almost) every single wrestler in WWE is nothing more than a two-dimensional being. It's a name and a gimmick and that's it. Very little of them have any real motivation, and even if they do, it is incredibly shoddy and is hardly consistent. You can say that HHH, Foley, Heyman (to a point), Vince (again, to a point), and CM Punk are some of the only ones with real motivation and a good (established or beginnings to a) three dimensional character. HHH has always been after the title, pretty much consistently. When he ISN'T, it is usually because of something presenting itself as a distraction. Foley has been a three-dimensional character ever since his interviews with JR way back when. The only difference between now and then is that then the three faces were seen as almost split personalities, whereas now they are simply characters he played that somehow made him into "The Hardcore Legend" that he is today. Heyman has created a third dimension inside himself, especially recently, with turning his back on his own "family" and the people that made him. Remember, he did the same thing with Brock (for the Big Show no less) after he "brought in Brock". Vince's third dimension lives in his megalomaniacal mentality as someone that wants everyone to live under his thumb and basically be slaves to him, and when he can't get that, he does everything in his power to destroy them. It is more than just "evil boss". Eric Bischoff was the evil boss. Eric also let others manipulate him (like the nWo/Hogan and HHH/Evolution) while Vince has always been seen as the one really in charge. Vince is not only the Greater Power...he IS the Greater Power. Period. That is a bit of a third dimension. CM Punk is beginning to show himself as someone who is more than just a "rookie" with an attitude. He wants competition and he thrives on it, and is building something out of it. He isn't just going out and wrestling for nothing. He is one of the few guys on any of the rosters that does not need a storyline to have a story. He doesn't need a specific antagonist (or protagonist) as he has his own self to push his own self to higher limits. Hell, looking at that small list, every other person there needs someone gonig against them for their characters to work. That doesn't mean they are two dimensional, but it would be much better if a larger portion of the roster could show more direction and focus. Whether it be on a championship, or a particular special victory of a certain opponent, something. That needs to be portrayed as something that is desired more than just as a win. There have been few guys that have gotten one of those big wins and used it as a stepping stone to greater things. There aren't many matches like that left that help people do that. The KOTR was doing that towards the end (with the title shot stip) and now the MITB is doing it, and has helped two out of the two winners. So good show for it so far. I might even make ammends and say that Edge is beginning to enter that 3-D realm, his egotistical and narcissist lust staying incredibly consistent, and even when he does have the title, it's not enough. No matter how many times he yells that he doesn't care about what the people think, you can sort of see that he secretly wants to be accepted for finally achieving his dreams regardless of how exactly he did it. Unless a wrestler is near perfect workrate wise, it takes a little kick into that third dimension, more than charisma...more than fan support...more than even the entire heel or face dynamic....you need something else there to pull a match to truly memorable levels. It would be very hard to find a match where two mediocre two-dimensional wrestlers pulled out a four-star affair. Even the Nastys/Cactus/Maxx Payne (or whatever tag that was) from WCW that was a **** (or *****) match, while it might have had mediocre *wrestlers* it did had very very good hardcore-type brawlers that could work that style of match and make it memorable. So I guess you have to take in the style of the match and the wrestlers into consideration too. I can't exactly see Randy Orton and John Cena going into a crazy three or four month feud culminating in an I Quit Match and having it being memorable for any good reasons. It doesn't fit their styles. Well, to be fair, that isn't much AT ALL that fits their styles...but that's a whole 'nother tangant. I'm done.

But Rock, Lesnar, and to a slightly lesser extent Austin really don't want a thing to do with Vince and WWE right now. Rock is happy where he is, and is making good enough money to live without having to go back to Vince. Lesnar is apparently MMA training and will probably at least wait a good eight months before he decides he's a failure at it (if he even fails at all) and Austin and Hogan both enjoy their creative control and I doubt either would relinquish it enough to have a match, not withstanding the fact that both men are SEVERELY broken down. At least with Hogan in the ring with a younger guy (or at least one that isn't as broken down), the opponent can sell and bump around for him and give the fans at least a somewhat better match than Austin could, regardless of how good a wrestler Austin was even 4 years ago. What *would* sell the show is if WWE's creative/writing/booking team(s) can figure out how to create much more compelling television in the vein of an actual prime-time drama. As it stands now, it's a rarity, and while I don't think it should be like every other show on TV, the fact that it is a LIVE event with so many characters involved multiple times a week should be enough of a differentiating factor to focus on creating some compelling characters that have some decent continuity, logic, and make people want to continue to tune in and talk to other fans about what is going on. Right now everything is just so cookie cutter, bland, and borderline uninteresting, when just a few months ago at least there was a CHANCE at turning the tide what with the "revolution" of ECW, the possibility of dX coming back and maybe just maybe putting some young-ins over, and guys like Finlay and Booker T getting second chances on Smackdown. Like so many other times in the history of the company, there is a great deal of potential, but they seem absolutely lost on how to utilize it.

That really needs to catch on.

Night At The Musuem will get some dough cause it's partially a Stiller/Wilson comedy. And because Robin Williams has two speeds: walk and kill. I'm going through Apple's trailers site and digging the docu Wordplay, Hollywoodland (with Ben Affleck as George Reeves and Bob Hoskins as a movie executive) looks awesome, and the next Disney/PIXAR project Ratatouille will probably fair pretty well.

No Joke.... http://movies.go.com/filmography/film?person_id=341643. Mr. Noodlemantra is listed on several movie sites.

Yes, NOES was Johnny Depp's first film role. He also appeared in "Freddy's Dead" on a television. Apparently he was listed in the credits as "Oprah Noodlemantra" according to the IMDB.

RVD botches his first big move back on tv and then attacks everybody~!

"I hope I never get hit...in the REEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAR again...."

Nashville.

I got it in my eye. FUCK.

I dont know what Stephanies squashed bulldog has to do with ECW.. Lucy's head writer.

I knew that was coming the second I hit the repLy button.

Crackers In His Soup! HE'S HARDCORE! HE'S HARDCORE!! ...playing the part of the crackers...the Osmonds.