EL DANDY~!

We need an appluase smiley already. Dames, take your head out of your ass already...or else EQ is GONNA GET YA...oh man...this is so great, EQ. I'm totally loving it. Must. Be. CLASSIC~!

Heyman's booking prowess would not be good for ROH, because they are all about wrestling, and while Heyman likes that, as well, he wants to work in some storylines to go with it. Now, if he went to TNA...it's his perfect fit. And I think Vince is only keeping him around so that what he fears doesn't happen to him: More competition.

A TRUE forgotten classic: I think it was Clash XVI, but it could have been XIV...anyways, it was supposed to be The Enforcers, Zybysko and Anderson vs. The Texas Boys, Windham and Dustin Rhodes. Windham got his hand broken by Zybysko weeks before, so Rhodes had to go and get a replacement: RICKY STEAMBOAT. This match is probably the most forgotten classic tag match of the 90s, and it's a crying shame, because Steamboat changes his last name to Morton and the Enforcers cheat like HELL to try and win. It's just a helluva match, seeing heel tactics that are just classic and whompass in nature. Rhodes does what he does best, and that's be the hot tag man, and boy HOWDY does he ever whoop ass. Steamer skins the cat and hits the bodypress for the win. Somebody needs to get that match so I can see it again. Just southern tag brilliance...

Kandori vs. Hokuto is the greatest joshi match ever, period. No other match touches it. HOWEVER...when comparing it to the greatest puro or lucha or US matches...that's comparing apples to oranges, right there...

Gary Coleman MUST...and I repeat, MUST have a lieutenant governor named Willis...or else I don't vote.

Dandy bleeds for the cause... This feud rules already... AND I'M IN IT!!! YES! Wait til I return to writing next week...then all you motherfuckers are next. Love, Jay and Silent Bob

Wait for MY will and testament... Class A hos for all...cuz I'm a P.I.M.P...or something like that...

^hails from Uganda ^^needs to share the royalties...

What would really be funny is if Kawada gets screwed again, like he did in the last TC tourney in 2000, when Tenryu beat him for the belts. He NEEDS to win here, so he can draw some people in. Also, at this point, I think the TC MUST be defended elsewhere to gain it's credibility back, because at this point, not too many people care anymore.

Poor DEAN...he's no more... DAMN THE CRASH~! But Jaromir Jagr does own...until 2001, that is...

I'm sorry, but this game I played four straight days for in an arcade I saw and I'm in love. This game is the shit. I go the Fatal Fury route...but my GOD, Rugal is a fucking ASSHOLE. I mean SERIOUSLY. Somebody please tell me...and by somebody, I mean the REAL fighting game players on the boards (hehehe) to tell me if and how they fucking beat him...because I just got...ARRRGH, so pissed off at it. But besides this, this game owns. There's one military guy who does a better Shining Wizard than Mutoh in the game, and it's fucking called the Shining Wizard, too.

Fuck it...I'm gonna make my own team. Absolutely insane what you can do...but first...I'll whoop ass with the Redskins for a season...

Benoit/Billy Gunn from 2000...Billy gets gassed and Benoit makes him tap...just so fun to watch Billy get exposed. Then, the next night on RAW, he tops it by almost dropping Benoit on his head with a press slam... And I'm sorry, but I can't help but love those X-Division multi-man matches. The ones that aren't the 4-man from week 2 or the 6-man from week 12. Just fun to watch all the spots...

And if I may say so, Mr. Mann, that was a great piece of internet literary work, not unlike some of my works over there, but I think it's weird how people throw out the big ***** out there a lot. There aren't too many great matches now, and probably won't be for a while... Great article...and now...my list From Japan Jumbo/Tenryu-6/5/89 Jumbo/Misawa-6/8/90, with the rematch coming very close...methinks in Sep of the same year Misawa/Kawada-6/3/94 Kawada/Taue vs. Misawa/Kobashi-6/9/95 Same pairing-10/15/95 Kawada/Taue vs. Misawa/Akiyama-12/6/96 Kobashi/Misawa-1/20/97 The lone joshi match I've watched is Kandori/Hokuto...and it's ***** even without knowing the story. Absolutely harrowing. Also, Wolvie...no love for Sasuke/Benoit? I mean...it's not even in your "Just Close" list... From the US Steamboat/Savage-WM 3 All three Flair/Steamboat's in 89 Rey/Eddie-HH 97 Benoit/Angle-RR 2003 Benoit/Angle vs. Rey/Edge-No Mercy 2002 There are many that come close...but too many to list.

Let's face it once and for all: Vince McMahon sells entertainment, not wrestling. He's not interested in the wrestling, he's interested in making money off the wrestlers act. Ten years ago, when wrestling mattered, WCW put their best WRESTLERS first, as opposed to their best entertainers. Ted Turner=Vince McMahon, in the fact that they both like entertainment over wrestling. Heyman and some others are all about the wrestling, while others are Vince stooges who are all about the DRAWMUH. The fact that Eddie, or Benoit, or Dragon, or even Rey, for that matter, have gotten any kind of significant push recently should not be surprising. It's guys like Vinnie Mac and Turner and Russo who totally destroy the sport and turn it into spectacle. That is why I choose not to watch most of the PPVs, because I can't handle all the entertainment when I'd rather be watching the wrestling. A wrestler can be entertaining and fun to watch (like Hardy or Eddie), but an entertainer isn't necessarily have to be a good wrestler (like 95% of the WWE roster). I'm certain that somewhere down the line, somebody is gonna step up and say, "I don't wanna be part of this circus act," and most will follow suit and make another organization that people can enjoy, but I just don't see anything in the immediate future that's gonna make me want to watch more. And if any blame is to be put to this, send it to the sorce: Vince McMahon, for not caring a fuck less about the actual sport that many fans have grown to enjoy, while he'd rather make drama and stupid skits.

^Needs to give Choko the belt...now...or forever be regretting not doing so...

The five way Golden Cage is SICK. Just well booked and all that good stuff. I like El Numero Uno 2001, and then I've heard great things about Toryumon Comes to Japan, and El Numero 2003, so go ahead and pick those up.

^has weird thoughts about Alan Cummings...although he did rule ass in X2... <just a weird thought...

two tuff skyrockets up my personal top 10 with Holy Diver. As does Hellspawn with Queen: Night at the Opera. Jimmy Buffett-Changes in Latitudes Green Day-Dookie Flogging Molly-Drunken Lullabies Reel Big Fish-Cheer Up Dr. Dre-The Chronic 2001/The Chronic NWA-Straight Outta Compton DMX-Flesh of my Flesh, Blood of my Blood 2Pac-Greatest Hits Just some off the top of my head...

When NOAH was created, it tried to push the new stars. Akiyama and Co. were doing good for themselves. Misawa, Kobashi, and Taue were all shells of their former selves, blah blah blah. So somebody PLEASE tell me how these two turned back the time machines to 97 All Japan and put out my Japanese match of the year for 2003? Kobashi has the coolest robe ever. It's probably the greatest non Ric Flair/Greg Valentine robe I've ever seen. Misawa has his usual windbreaker. This match was gonna be different from the get go. After the gymnastics display in the beginning, Kobashi gets DRILLED with a Backdrop Driver...only 4 minutes in. At that point, I'm fucking drooling at this aspect that two guys, over the hill, in their 40s, are gonna put on a match with THIS kinda pace. Well, after Misawa cut himself hardway when he missed an elbow off the apron, I was in for the long haul. Kobashi then went half nelson crazy. Suplex after suplex, including one on the floor. Misawa went suplex crazy. German, Tiger, Tiger '85. Kobashi hit a backdrop driver and then a Tequila Sunrise. So now, this is starting to look A LOT like 1/20/97. Then...Misawa gives Kobashi the bump of the year...the Tiger Suplex off the ramp. And it's the greatest camera angle ever, as you can see Kobashi land SQUARE on the back of his neck. Then the ending, which might be one of the coolest endings I've seen in a while. They hit simultaneously with an elbow and a lariat, and then when they try again, Kobashi ducks the elbow and still hits him with the lariat. Great visual. Misawa then comes back with the Emerald Frosion, and it only gets 2. At that point, we all know what he's looking for to finish...the Tiger Driver '91. He tries like five times, but Kobashi powers out. Kobashi then comes back and hits a brainbuster (which I'm guessing is the substitute here for the Orange Crush), and then... he does something weird. He hits the Burning Hammer...but doesn't do the Avalanche part. That might answer the question about it being necessary for the avalanche to be a part of the Burning Hammer. Of course, that gets the victory and the belt. Remember two years when people were touting Mutoh/Tenryu as MOTY back in 2001? This surpasses it in every way imaginable. I don't think I've ever heard the crowd more fired up in a NOAH event before in my life. These two were able to reach back and pull out everything they had to put out one more classic. ****3/4 because it's not better than the 1/20/97 match, but my god, this was an absolutely superb superb match.

Mullet or no mullet...Tenzan is still a badass.

ED, do what you gotta fuckin do, and make it something big, so I can come back the next week and make it bigger than big, so that the PPV is fucking balls to the wall and such...

^loves the fact that < is back from vacation...for like one day

Holy shit...good call on the RVD carrying UT in the Hardcore title match. UT basically just let RVD hit him with everything he had while he played the Sandman "old bastard" selling down to a "T", and then he just hit RVD with bomb after bomb until he hit the BIG bomb. That might be the only match I remember with RVD carrying the match, but that does stand out. And Shalashaska, give it up already. This whole "I'm being an asshole" gimmick is getting kind of lame, and I, for one, don't really appreciate it. You're turning into the Jubuki of the entire forum. The reason RVD does the same goddamn thing over and over for the last two years is because he hasn't exactly been given the green light to go out there and do whatever he's wanted to do. You can pin that on 95% of the wrestlers in WWE right now. There are very few, and I mean VERY few wrestlers who are out there and able to do moves outside of what they've done for most of their careers. Benoit: Chops and kicks, Lariat/Elbow, Snap Suplex, Backdrop, Germans, Headbutt, Crossface-And yes, I know he has the powerbomb back. He's only been able to do it to Guerrero, so I'm not counting it yet. Angle: Punches and kicks, Belly to Belly, Backdrop, Snap Suplex, Germans, Angle Lock/Angle Slam (interchangable) Jericho: Chops, Dropkick, Backdrop, Flying Forearm, Lionsault, Walls of Jericho So can somebody please tell me why RVD's moveset of Kicks, Legdrops, Standing Moonsault, Rolling Thunder, Monkey Flip, Springboard Bodypress, Split-Legged Moonsault, and the Five-Star to finish isn't similar to any of the other movesets that I've mentioned?

^knows that some actual good conversation goes on in this thread <king of the thread, BY GAWD