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PRISONER~! marks out

Blah blah blah blah....just shutup. http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html

I can't believe Im even considering this but did it detail how long we could keep the bonus content? If its just a week like the regular PPV webcasts than no way since I have hardly any time, but if we can save them to our computer it might be something I consider...

Because he was Jewish, that was easy.

Is Lo Ki busy this week? I'd love to see Aj Styles vs. Hector Garza. Just give them 15-20 minutes and a clean finish and it will rock.

Thoughts~!: First of all what was up with the special effects. Were those things holograms or something? It was pretty wild. Sakuraba def. Schembri via unanimous decision: Decent opener. It was kind of stop and start though as they would start throwing down and then kind of stop and Elvis would just lie on his back with Saku kicking at him. Overall good action that Saku totally controlled. Got to love his crazy jump kicks at the end even if they didn't hit. Jackson def. Arona via KO: POWERBOMB~! Oh my god was that awesome. What an electric finish. How strong is Jackson to just lift the guy up dead weight up to head level and drop him down like that? Arona was actually impressive and I think he had Rampage briefly out when he hit those stiff kicks to the face. Fun match. Kharitonov def. Schilt via TKO: Kharo is gonna be a force. This was just a total all out slugfest and I loved it. Both guys were just trading blows and seeing who could hit harder. Kharo literally beat Schilt's face into a bloody pulp at the end for a decisive win. Ogawa def. Silva via TKO: The Japanese sure do love this guy. Silva is just so outclassed on this show. He hung in there a little based purely on his brute strength but couldn't even do anything to stop Ogawa from just mouting him and beating his face to finish. Yoshida def. Hunt via armbar submission: Well the ending isn't a shock but the length of time Hunt stuck in there was impressive. The guy got out of an early armbar that I thought for sure would finish him by smartly grinding his knee onto Yoshida's head, and then escaped a heel hook too. We really didn't see him throw any big shots though but especially considering how nervous he obviously was, this was an impressive debut and with more training on ground skills could become a player. Nogiuera def. Herring via choke submission: New rule, Quinton Jackson does commentarry for every match he's not in. The guy reminds me of when Stevie Ray was doing Thunder (and I mean that in a good way). The fight itself was the fight of the night. One round of all out explosiveness from both, Herring getting out of some tough submissions and both guys really standing up and throwing hard punches. Nog hooked on that crazy rolling choke again and this time it looked more brutal as Herring was turning blue. Great match with hilariously irrelevant commentary with Rampage talking about Herring tight's being too short ("I think I see one of his nuts hanging out"). I laughed also at this exchange: Rampage: I've never seen him do that choke before Ranallo: He did it last time, at Total Elimination Rampage: Oh, I didn't see that one. Fedor def. Randleman via armbar submission: OK, between his knockout of Cro Crop and his effort on this show I've become a Kevin Randleman fan. The guy must have had so much on his mind with his dad passing and having to fight on Father's Day no less when he basically admitted he couldn't train properly. Nevertheless he stuck it out and OH MY GOD WHAT A HEAD DROP. How is Fedor still alive after that!? He was dropped right on his head and it just proves that Fedor is not human that he basically shrugged off that potentially crippling suplex. Just a real "holy shit" moment, when I didn't think the powerbomb could be topped. Like Quinton Jackson said Randleman was upstaging him "I wanted to be the only token black guy." Oh man another great exchange: Ranallo calls Randleman Jackson Jackson: That's ok, all us black folks look alike Ranallo: Oh, no no no..... Bas Rutten: It's like the Japanese they all look alike too! Jackson: That's right. Fedor got control of the arm and there wasn't much Randleman could do from there. Overall an all around good night, that takes the edge over UFC to win the weekend battle. Fight of the night is Herring/Nog, worst fight of the night was Silva/Ogawa. KO of the night goes to THE RAMPAGE POWERBOMB~! of Arona, while the "holy shit" "spot" of the night is Randleman suplexing Fedor on his head. Nog's rolling choke V.2 gets submission of the night. Ranallo predicts Fedor vs. Nog and Ogawa vs. Kharo and Bas predicts Fedor vs. Ogawa and Kharo vs. Nog but I disagree with both and think we'll see Ogawa vs. Nog and Fedor vs. Kharo.

Thought: Replace Xplosion with syndication of Impact in the same markets Xplosion aired. This adds extra time slots to see the show and will possibly reach certain markets w/o FSN.

Not that anyone cares, but I got in late tonight so Im taping Pride and will likely watch it tommorow at which point I'll have my thoughts...carry on!

Probably an obvious question, but I want to make sure and figured I'd just ask here since I'm not finding much with google. I want to consolidate some tapes I have, most of which have been recorded in stereo; I want to maintain the stereo audio in the recording, the problem (or potential problem) is I have one stereo and one mono VCR to work with. Now, do I need both in and out VCRs to be stereo in order to preserve the audio or is it still possible even if one VCR is mono (and if so, please let me know whether the mono should be the out or in.) Hopefully that made sense. Please help! Thanks!

06.19.04 | BG JAMES TO HOST HD NET SHOW For Immediate Release BG JAMES OF 3LIVE KRU TO HOST “RUMBLES” June 18, 2004 (Nashville, TN) – Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Superstar BG James of 3Live Kry will host “Rumbles”, a half-hour sports comedy show, on HDNet debuting Saturday, June 19 at 9:30 p.m. EDT. “Rumbles” is described by producer Matt Williams as “stupid male humor” which features pro athletes, sports experts, media types and five comedians from the world famous Comedy Store in L.A. providing hilarious, yet ruthless commentaries on pro sports fights from around the world. BG James can also be seen every Wednesday on TNA Wrestling pay-per-view and every Friday on Impact! televised on Fox Sports Net nationwide (check local listings). James is currently a member of 3Live Kru with Konnan and Ron “The Truth” Killings and is one of the most well known wrestling personalities in the past 15 years. Konnan will also be hosting the Latino version of “Rumbles”. (Airdate to be determined) The alternative for the true wrestling fan, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling prides itself on delivering quality, family programming that is clean, innovative, cutting edge and with the high-risk, high-flying athleticism that TNA Wrestling is known for. Available on pay-per-view every Wednesday night at 8pm ET/5pm PT on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV and TVN as well as Viewer’s Choice, Bell ExpressVu and Shaw PPV in Canada. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling “Impact!” Friday’s at 3pm local on Fox Sports Net (check local listings).

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE ALPHA MALE MONTY BROWN When you talk to many of the successful wrestling superstars in this sport, you'll often find their love of wrestling began at an early age. Despite whatever road life took them down, in their mind they were destined to become stars in the ring and did anything it took to accomplish that dream. For the man behind The Alpha Male - Monty Brown - that dream stuck with him since childhood, when he first taped posters of wrestlers like Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff to his wall. Brown would excel at football and go onto play in the NFL, but his heart was always in the wrestling ring. He left the gridiron, stepped into the squared circle for the first time and never looked back. The rest is history. In this exclusive sitdown interview with Monty Brown conducted by TNA referee and TNAwrestling.com correspondent Andrew Thomas, the superstar discusses growing up as a kid, life in the NFL, his first time with TNA in 2002, training with Sabu and Dan Severn and so much more! AT: Where were you born and raised? ALPHA: Saginaw, Michigan AT: What did your parents do for a living? ALPHA: Both of my parents worked for General Motors AT: What kind of kid were you growing up? ALPHA: I love the outdoors. I was very adventurous. I was always that guy egging everyone on to do mischief. But I was a good kid who did well in school. I was always sports oriented and played as many sports as I could. If it had a ball, I played it. AT: Tell us about your college career – where did you attend? ALPHA: I attended the great FSU – the REAL FSU – Ferris State University. It’s in the badlands, Big Rapids, Michigan. I spent some of the best years of my life there playing football where I was an Academic All-American and an AP All-American. I still hold just about every defensive record there. I just had a lot of fun there. We had a great head coach in Jeff Pierce and a great staff. They are all still there today. AT: So tell us how you made it to the NFL ALPHA: Basically, coming from a small school nobody really gave me a shot to make it in the NFL, regardless of my stats and the things I accomplished. I was probably the most decorated player in Division II football, at least on the defensive side of the ball, at that time. But what I had to do – I didn’t get an invitation to the NFL combine, so every week different teams would come to my school and I had to be prepared to do whatever they wanted…run, jump, psychological exams, etc. So every week I would have to be at my best. I was running 4.5’s for these guys and jumping 40-inch verticals, and unbeknownst to me I was generating numbers that – had I been invited to the NFL combine – they would have put me among the top three linebackers in the country. From there, I got with the Buffalo Bills, who had Division II players throughout their history like Andre Reed, Pete Metzelaars, Steve Tasker…a bunch of guys. I played in the NFL like I played in college and they always told me to relax, because it was full go and full speed on every play for me. That’s all I knew. I wasn’t where I was from, but where I was at. AT: How long did you play in the NFL? ALPHA: Five years AT: Do you still talk to any of your former teammates? What do they think of your new career? ALPHA: They love it. There’s a lot of quality wrestling fanatics in the NFL. Don’t let them fool you. I talk to guys from time to time and they think it’s great. Everyone knew this is what I wanted to do from the moment I stepped into a ring. You know, when I was a kid growing up I didn’t have posters of football players on my wall. I had posters of wrestlers on my wall. AT: Like who? ALPHA: I had Nikita Koloff on my wall. I had Dusty Rhodes. I had a bunch of guys on my walls. But there was one wall that was dedicated to Ric Flair. Nothing but Ric Flair posters on that wall. AT: So obviously your love of wrestling as a kid led you to train for it eventually. ALPHA: Like I said, I played sports because there wasn’t any wrestling in junior high or high school for me. I excelled in your traditional sports back then, but I knew that it would one day lead me into wrestling one way or another. Like I said, as I grew up it stuck with me. I can remember the first Super Bowl we went to with Buffalo, all of the guys went out and did their own thing when it came to training, so I went to Main Event Fitness, a gym owned by Sting and Lex Luger at the time. I wanted to go there to see if I could meet any of the wrestlers. So it’s always been in me. AT: So where did you train and who trained you? ALPHA: I trained a little in Chicago, but I did most of my training with Sabu and Dan Severn in Michigan. AT: Compare your usual weekly football schedule to your usual weekly wrestling schedule ALPHA: The weekly NFL schedule wasn’t as flexible as the weekly wrestling schedule. The NFL was a lot more regimented than my wrestling schedule. My wrestling schedule is very tough, but you have more time and leniency to take care of yourself and do the things that need to be done. With football it’s so strict and everyone is watching. You are with a team and a representative of the team, so you’re not as free to say and do what you want to. A lot of your time is scheduled for you. AT: You first appeared in TNA in 2002. Now you’re back and a major player in the World Title scene. Compare the Monty Brown of 2002 to the Alpha Male of 2004. ALPHA: I think the Monty Brown of now is more of who I am. My first time around I was trying to do the things I thought people wanted to see and tried to be the “rah rah” guy. Now, I do what’s natural to me. I do what my instincts tell me to do. I try to be a lot more aggressive….I try to be that crazy linebacker that played at Ferris State. That’s who I am and what’s in me, so I just let it all out now when I’m in that ring. AT: Do you have a family? ALPHA: No, no wife and no kids. But, one day I’ll start a litter with some cubs. I’ll have my Alpha Female and we’ll live happily ever after. AT: What do you do outside TNA for fun and leisure? ALPHA: I enjoy reading and working out. You may not be able to tell, but I like to lift weights from time to time. AT: How many hours a week would you say you spend lifting? ALPHA: When I’m not here, I’m in the gym. I have a personal training and nutrition business and I’m either working with people to train them or I’m training myself. AT: What kind of a diet are you on? What do you eat to stay in shape? ALPHA: I’m on a seafood diet. If I see food it I eat it (laughs). No, really I just eat healthy. I’m not a big dessert guy. AT: What does the future hold for The Alpha Male in TNA? ALPHA: Bright, I hope! I really enjoy the people I work with. I enjoy Jeff and Jerry Jarrett and it’s been a pleasure to be here. I like the way I’ve been able to develop my character and the way they use me in it. I think as far as The Alpha Male goes, the future is limitless. I like to say ‘If you don’t live for something, you’ll die for nothing’ and in my eyes, I live for this. I live for doing what I’m doing right now, because a lot of people said I was crazy to get involved with it in the first place. People would ask “Why are you doing that when you could play football?” You have to do what your heart tells you, and my heart told me I loved professional wrestling. While I’m here I want to help elevate this business and that’s an honor to be able to do. I’m going to do what I can to accomplish that. The Alpha Male is not a gimmick – it’s an image – and I love to live it.

Meltzer's report: UFC 48 round-by-round coverage by Dave Meltzer [email protected] If you're watching, we're looking for your thoughts on tonight's show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle and a best and worst match to [email protected]. Welcome to our coverage of UFC 48 from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The scheduled opener is Evan Tanner vs. Phil Baroni, so they're opening with the grudge match. Tanner won the first round with some takedowns, elbows pinning Baroni against the fence. Baroni got up and they did some stand-up. Baroni hasn't thrown any strong punches while Tanner hit some knees. Tanner looks more tired tho. Well, so much for that. Tanner totally dominated the round. Baroni did nothing and most of it was standing. Baroni just isn't himself. His new training doesn't look to have paid off. Tanner connected with punches and knees from the clinch. Baroni rocked Tanner a few times with punches early in the round but couldn't follow up. He wasn't himself. Tanner smothered Baroni on the fence to ride the time, and eventually took Baroni down and hit punches and elbows in the last minute. 30-27, 29-28, 30-27 unanimous decision for Tanner. Baroni's stock took a major hit. Matt Hughes vs. Renato Verissimo is up next. First round was interesting. Hughes was on top most of the round, but Verissimo run the round with a near armbar and a triangle that Hughes backdoored out of. Hughes has to be spooked by the submission skill. Second round was boring. Hughes had him down almost the entire round and did almost no damage. I call the round even. Fans hated it. Third round was the same. Hughes on top. He did cut Verissimo over the eye with an elbow. I've got it 29-29. Wow, they had is 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 for Hughes, which meant two judges gave Hughes the first round. They felt being on top and nothing happening meant more than I did. Terrible fight. Tim Sylvia vs. Frank Mir for the heavyweight title is up next. Sylvia took Mir down, which was nuts. Mir armbarred him and the ref stopped it. They may re-start this. It visually look like it was broken. Fans are really upset but looking from the ref's position, it looked like a good stoppage. Mir is officially the winner and champion. Dennis Hallman vs. Frank Trigg is up next. This show needs a good fight and I'm not sure these two are the guys for the job. Trigg won late in the first round by punches from the top. Hallman kept going for submissions on the ground. An interesting fight to watch. George St. Pierre vs. Jay Hieron is next. St.Pierre is the real deal. He decked Hieron with crisp punches and was destroying him on the ground with punches and elbows before it was stopped very quickly. It's confirmed that Sylvia suffered a fractured forearm and possible torn tendon as well. Ken Shamrock vs. Kimo is next. The show needs a strong main event. This saved the show as Shamrock knocked him out with a knee to the chin very quickly.

And what's wrong with that? I don't think he's negating anything, just offering an opposing viewpoint. It's not his fault that you're pissed off. YOU have the choice of reacting however you want. He's stating his opinion, if you can't handle it, maybe YOU shouldn't read the thread. Oh, I'm sure that means SO much to him... I'm sure he appreciates your "approval".... Maybe it's YOU who's annoying? Gosh, what is it with you TNA folks anyway? =Slapnuts!

Yeah, they're gonna ban VCRs...ok....

Yes I am, the Pride show looked like the better of the two cards anyway. Damn my cable bill is gonna be huge between UFC, Pride and 3 or 4 weeks of TNA. Just imagine if I didn't go to the sports bar for Badd Blood and actually gave a shit about Great American Bash!

Astro, to FSN, Impact is an infomercial. It's nothing more to them than that. This treatment was something I warned about when the deal was officialized. FSN doesn't care about the show --- only that the checks for the time slot clear. -=Mike Mike, I have a question for you and it may seem loaded, but please answer it honestly and contritely if possible: Do you want TNA to suceed or fail? Lay it on the table, because I think many believe you want TNA to fall on their faces and fail and if this is the case, just come clean so your stance is clear. If you really do want them to suceed then please state that too so you can clarify your percieved negativity as realistic frustration with a product that you want to see suceed but feel are going about it the wrong way. Which is it?

It was on at 4 am last night as usual. I think the 12 midnight thing doesn't go in effect until July. Sorry you were confused.

Well I taped the show last night at 4 am and it did air then, so maybe this a replay. As long as it airs every week at a timeslot that is made known, it will be all good...

Well, I'm still a bigot, apparently. -=Mike Monkey...

Hey, we didn't need a mod. I changed my name to mock him and consistenly posted in every thread he did to be his antithesis which eventually made him so annoyed that he quit the folder and bothered the Japanese guys until he was banned. I'd say that one was effectively dealt with in-house! OMG 2 POSTS IN A ROW! LOL~!!!

Quite honestly, if anybody is polite to me, I'm always polite back. Hell, just to please others, I REGULARLY indicate solutions to their rampant problems. However, to expect people to take a petition seriously is kinda ridiculous. -=Mike Oh I agree. I didn't post my opinion, but as much as I think TNA deserves a primetime slot, an online petition with signatures like "Mr. Asscrack" or whatever is pointless. It's good to have you as the devil's advocate so to speak but sometimes I think the problem is you look for ways to be negative and rain on the parade so to speak when people just want to be optimistic in their support. I will say I've noticed that you've been more diplomatic recently and have shown some praise in the TNA preview and review threads, so hopefully people don't just pre-judge you if you're truly being fair to the product.

Man, why do UFC shows have to be so weird whenever I order them. What a strange night. -Tanner def. Baroni via unanimous decision. This was a fun match because Tanner was just owning Baroni with stiff strikes and hard takedowns. I'm surpised Baroni wasn't knocked out. Baroni spent so much time dancing before his match that he had nothing for the fight. Both looked gassed at various points. Overall a fun, mostly standup beating. -Hughes def. Verissimo via unanimous decision. Ok, the first round was just fucking awesome. I was so pumped for the rest of the right thinking it was gonna steal the show. Charuto was just going crazy trying all they submissions and I was sure he had Hughes tapped when he aplied the triangle and then the armbar, but Hughes is a strong dude to get out of it. They were both rolling on top of each other and countering their every move. Great round, but the next 2 were basically boring. Round 2 was less intense with Charuto more cautious and Hughes throwing only sporadic forearms. Round 3 was just both of them laying on the ground mostly Hughes controlling. It's bullshit that Hughes got a unanimous decision though. First round has to go to Charuto, 3rd to Hughes and the 2nd is more a matter of a opinion. Could have gone either way but it should have been split. -Mir def. Sylvia via TKO to win the Heavyweight Championship. This was pretty shocking. Mir took him down just like he said he would, and had his arm tight, so tight that Sylvia's forearm snapped. When the ref stopped it was kind of weird because no one knew what was going on and Sylvia was adament about being ok and wanting to continue fighting Mir: We'll fight again. Sylvia: It aint over, let's fight now. *marks out* but it was a smart decision when after evaluating the replay and hearing from the doctor that his arm was indeed broken. It's a shame the fans were booing Mir like it was the Belfort thing when there shouldn't have been any controversy. I'd like to see them hook up again. -Trigg def. Hallman via KO. Well this was pretty one sided. I wasn't familiar with these guys but I guess it's the conclusion to the "you kicked me in the balls" "no I didn't, you're just a pussy" feud. Hallman took some strong shots to the face, but it wasn't too classy by Trigg to flip him off after he was knocked out. -St. Pierre def. Hieron via KO. Awesome! St. Pierre is tremendous. His knockout and then rapid fire shots to finish reminded me of old Vitor Belfort matches. This guy is gonna be a star, especially with the spinaroonie action at the end! -Shamrock def. Kimo via KO. Diappointed that this one was so short, since I really wasn't into the match but got myself pumped for Shammy and it was less than 2 minutes of mostly all clinch. That knee to Kimo's chin was brutal though. Ken looked good, hopefully we get him and Tito again so we can see what Shammy has really got. Kind of sad about Kimo though, he was so distraught he refused a post match interview. Overall it was a good but not blowaway show. Nothing to go out of your way to see the replay but it was an entertaining 2 and half hours. Best match goes to Mir/Sylvia, Worst match Shamrock/Kimo (only because it was so short), while best round goes to that balls out 1st round of Verissimo/Hughes. St. Pierre and Shamrock share KO of the night.

Some notes from Jason Powell of PWTorch.com: -One of the main battles Ring of Honor now faces is finding access to promoter licenses in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The company has been paying fees to promoters who have their own licenses, but the Pennsylvania promoter they had been going through backed out after Rob Feinstein started telling anyone who would listen that he was still involved in the company despite management's claims to the contrary. ROH management was forced to scramble to find a new promoter for the upcoming show in Philadelphia. Sources report that Chuck Williams, who wrestles as "The Rockin' Rebel," agreed to provide his license in exchange for a fee and for a spot on the show. One source reports that Williams's demands were specifically for a $5,000 fee and to win a match, although that has not been confirmed. Normally, ROH is able to secure access to a promoter's license for a smaller fee, but the company was said to be scrambling to find one to prevent cancelling the Philly show. The company also appears to be without access to the New York area, as promoter Frank Goodman has said he will no longer use his license for ROH events. However, there is no state regulation in New Jersey, so the company should be able to promote shows there. -ROH officials have been buying new video equipment as a result of Feinstein taking his equipment back. Sources say the company has purchased at least three new cameras, and one source estimated the value of each camera at $4,300. The source also notes that the company had to purchase a new ring, something that can cost as much as $4,000. -Sources are also reporting that Feinstein has been telling friends that he would like to start a new promotion and sell tapese of its events through R.F. VIdeo. However, the source points out that he would likely encounter even more problems than ROH officials are when it comes to obtaining access to a promoter's license in several states. -Observers say Gabe Sapolsky now finds himself in the same situation that his mentor Paul Heyman was in trying to juggle multiple roles behind the scenes. He was strictly in charge of booking until the Feinstein controversy erupted, but he's been forced to take on more responsibilities since then. Meanwhile, Doug Gentry, who recently left the company with Feinstein, was heavily involved with ROH production, so that's just another role someone in the company has to fill.

Wow, 2 nominations, lol. I love promoting TNA and I'm actually one of the 3 people or so who gets along with Mike in the CE folder so I think I could approach him more diplomatically than others. Not that I think a mod is desperately needed or anything but if asked I'd take it...

So, RRR will there be any previews for either show? (not that I'm really on the fence-I'm ordering both...yikes this month's cable bill is gonna be high), but I just enjoy reading them.