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Lest you forget, Bush's approval ratings skyrocketed above 90% in the weeks following 9/11 and stayed I believe around 70% before the Iraq war. Was it that long ago?

Oh, well that's good that Kerry authorizes attacking AFTER we've been hit. Bush aptly said he will not seek a permission slip to defend America and that's why he won. We need to get the bad guys before they get us again, that should be the lesson of 9/11. Anyway, there's no point in rehashing a Bush/Kerry argument. Kerry lost because of a massive amount of reasons. I'm curious who both parties are looking at in 08. Hopefully we don't see this: http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/6660/2008c.swf

I'm interested in hearing a little more about justcoz's source.... I think his source is actually TNA's publicity minister: There is no need for concern. Abyss is still very much under TNA contract. Truly he shall remain a part of the TNA roster for many years to come. WWE is suffering a great defeat at the hands of TNA, already 500,000 buyrates recorded for Turning Point, truly the greatest PPV in the history of wrestling, Jarrett praise be. There is no truth to the lies spread by the infidel propogandists of Meltzer and Scherer of the departures of Johnny Swinger or others, still loyal members to the TNA revolution army. In fact, notable WWE wrestlers such as Kurt Angle and Triple H have committed suicide at the gates of Universal Studios in a cowardly display of fear. If others do not follow, they will be butchered at the hands of the TNA army and slaughtered by its endless arsenal of cookies and balloons. And merciful Jarrett be willing, TNA shall truly crush their spirit and their ratings in 2005 as TNA attains a great victory over WWE.

Now, now. Let's not judge other cultures. I'm sure our customs and traditions seem just as weird to them, too. This is why they hate us, you know!

Tremendous, time to push a new Latino superstar, I guess. Is Red's knee still fucked? We could have Don West yelling about "HE'S FROM THE BRONX MIKE BUT RED'S REALLY LATINO JUST LIKE ALL OUR GREAT LATINO FANS!" or something to drive the point home. Eh, it's just steroids. It sucks he got caught but at least 80% of wrestlers (at least Im sure) take the stuff and his muscle gain since his WCW days was unquestionable. Ah well, TNA will probably ignore it.

So...did I write that all up for nothing? Anyone else with opinions?

MikeSC was good in the early days but over the last year all he mainly did was post a lot of "what if" editorials with subtitles like "this could be crazy IF it was true" of course he didn't emphasize the "if" like I just did. It reeked of everything he supposedly stood against. But it gave us something to talk about

Ok, I'm confused, how does this work exactly? What does it correct and how?

Ah ok, found and re-read the original thread. What a horrible thread. I even noticed it at the time, and must have blocked it from memory/ignored it. In fact people agreed with me: QUOTE (Slapnuts! @ Nov 22 2004, 08:03 PM) This thread is horrible. QUOTE (Vyce @ Nov 22 2004, 11:41 PM) I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed that. QUOTE (2GOLD @ Nov 23 2004, 03:09 AM) Make it three. Thread makes the Wall Street Journal read like the funny pages.

I thought the lyrics to Bischoff's theme would be funny to post since they seem to fit the opinion of Mike as well (face facts, your opinion don't matter, etc.). I stick to the point that like him or hate him, CE was/is much more interesting when Mike is posting. He fills up the day with several new topics to talk about (now a days it's rare more than maybe 1 new post shows up a day) and his long dissections and arguments are if nothing else entertaining to read and pass the time while hearing many different view points (since many feel strongly to argue their point in counter to his). I'm not aware of exactly what caused him to leave or why he has issue with cerebus (I thought they got along, I must have blinked), and have not problem sticking to my opinion that CE is more fun with Mike moving topics and generating discussions and arguments. Ridicule me for that if you will, and since this is HD, I know you will.

Because that money pays for the old people of today's SS, and if a politician were to even suggest altering that, then the largest voting demographic would not vote for that politician.

Ok, what thread was this?

He was?... Unless there is some feud between cerebus and mike that I am unaware of, I think so: in other words, cerebus is a non-racist, non prejudiced poster who makes the occasional inane comment, and he was being sarcastic in his comparison. At least that's how I took it. It's too bad Mike's not sticking around to clear this up for us, leaving us to sit here and speculate!

He's BACKKKKKKK~!!!!!!! And better than ever, he's got a KNACKKKKK for making things better, Face FACTSSSSS, your opinion don't MATTERRRRRRRR........ Ok, I'll stop! Welcome back Mike. I honestly grew disinterested in this forum in your abscence and hope you stick around. Oh, and I think Mike was COMPLIMENTING Cerebus. Read it again, he was sarcastically saying that Jason was so not biased and impartial that he mistaked him for cerebus...

OK here are the official results: …AND THE WINNER IS! Results For The 2004 TNA Year End Voting Awards! Throughout the month of December, fans voted on TNAwrestling.com for the best of TNA in 2004! We would like to thank all the fans who took part in the online voting and voiced their opinion. Tune into Impact and Xplosion in the coming weeks for acceptance speeches from the TNA superstars! The results are in, and the winners of the voting are as follows: FINISHER OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNER: The Canadian Destroyer (Petey Williams) 2003 winner: The Styles Clash (AJ Styles) TNA BABE OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNER: Traci 2003 winner: Trinity X SUPERSTAR OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNER: AJ Styles 2003 winner: Michael Shane TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNER: America’s Most Wanted 2003 winner: America’s Most Wanted WHO TO WATCH IN 2005 2004 WINNER: Hector Garza 2003 winner: Abyss MEMORABLE MOMENT OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNER: Primetime walks the Six Sides of Steel at Turning Point 2003 winner: Jeff Jarrett attacks Hulk Hogan in Japan MATCH OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNER: Triple X vs. America’s Most Wanted / Six Sides of Steel at Turning Point 2003 winner: The Ultimate X1 MR. TNA 2004 2004 WINNER: AJ Styles 2003 winner: AJ Styles

And I thought the territorial dispute between the Mid-Atlantic Area Orioles of Baltimore and the Washington Nationals of Anacostia was stupid...

OK, I will preface this by saying I only watched UFC and Pride shows in the past year, thus they will be the only shows under consideration (with the exception of Pride 27 and the Bushidos which I didn't watch). I went through the results of the 10 shows I saw, reviewed the stats and decided I'd rank each one 1st to 3rd. Any spelling errors (especially Fedor's last name) I apologise! Fighter of the Year 1. Fedor Emelianenko 2. Antonio Rogdrigo Nogeira 3. Wanderlei Silva Fedor looked as dominant as any fighter could possibly be in 2004. With an impressive PPV record of 4-0-1 he made quick work of Mark Coleman with an armbar at Total Elimination, got dropped on his head and still submitted Kevin Randleman at Critical Countdown, made short work of Ogawa and was looking good against Nogiera at Final Conflict before a fluk cut stopped the fight and absolutely dominated Minatauro for 3 rounds at Shockwave. He appaears unbeatable and as the winner of the Pride GP tournament and undisputed holder of the Pride Heaviweight Championship, he is my pick for fighter of the year. I give Minatauro second, because despite his tough loss to Fedor he had an impressive string of tough wins, all 3 entertaining show stealers with Yokoi, Herring (both by innovative choke) and took the decision against the very tough Sergei Kharotonov. Wanderlei gets 3rd for impressive wins against Yuki Kondo (brutal stomps) at Final Conflict and a classic over Quinton Jackson (brutal knees) at High Octane. He stood toe to toe with the much larger Mark Hunt for 3 rounds at Shockwave, taking shots from one of the hardest hitters in MMA and did not get knocked out and was on top at the end. Even if he lost the decision, he still looked like a winner. Fight of the Year 1. Wanderlei Silva vs. Rampage Jackson (High Octane) 2. Mark Hunt vs. Wanderlei Silva (Shockwave) 3. Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White (UFC 49: Unfinished Business) Silva vs. Jackson was an easy pick for me. It was a truly epic fight and the best MMA match I have ever seen. These 2 pulled everything out, and threw everything at each other making for a nonstop thrilling fight. The visual at the end of Wanderlei's knees, Rampage's blood spurting out before he falls face first into the ropes can't be beat for it's drama! I felt much the same way about Hunt vs. Silva which grabbed me and didn't let me go until the shocking ending. I don't know if I was more impressed with Silva's ability to take Hunt's punishment and still take him down or Hunt for looking so dominant not just in strikes but in submission defense too. This announced Hunt's arrival. Liddell vs. White was just an excellent, thrilling match. Every time Liddell would nail White he was fall down and then re-emerge like the terminator or something. Insane. Great knockout too. Show of the Year 1. Critical Countdown 2. UFC 49: Unfinished Business 3. UFC 47: It’s On! Critical Coutdown to me was the most top to bottom entertaining show. There were 2 huge holy shit moments, first when Rampage powerbombed Arona, and then later when Fador was suplexed on his head by Randleman and he shrugged it off like it was nothing. Herring vs. Minatauro was an exciting back and forth fight, reminicent of their first classic, Kharitonov bloodying Schilt was quite the visual and Hunt put up a good fight in his debut against Yoshida showing some smart MMA instincts and skill. UFC 49 was the suprise show of the year and the best UFC put on in a string of good ones. Lots of sick knockouts and upsets, a technical masterpiece in the prelim a satisfying main event title match and the aforementioned Liddell/White war makes this a top to bottom satisfying card that everyone can enjoy. UFC 47 was a close pick with 46 for 3rd (unfortunately the latter ended on a sour note). Liddell vs. Tito had off the page excitement and a satisfying knockout conclusion. Arlovski pummeled Cabbage (who kept on taking it!) in an entertaining bout and Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler had an all around good, hard hitting fight. Breakout Fighter of the Year 1. Mark Hunt 2. Sergei Kharotonov 3. Frank Mir Mark Hunt has announced his arrival as a player in Pride. His debut match with Yoshida at Critical Countdown was a good predtictor as the thought to be clueless on the ground Hunt proved not to be so clueless but in fact have very good submission defense, popping out of several attempts and good ring awareness, he simply succumed to the veteran in his debut. His second fight with Bobbish at High Octane was more of a standup war and conditioning played a factor but he absorbed a lot of punishment, came back and scored the win over the large man. His 3rd fight, at Shockwave he took on 3 days notice, coming off an injury, against Pride's undefeated phenom Wanderlei Silva and won the decision. Doing things like rolling out and reversing the guard and blocking that Kimura proved Hunt to be more than just a slugger. Not to discount the mammoth shots he not only fired but absorbed from one of the most dangerous in Silva. Kharotonov went from being an unknown to a player with a decisive win over Ninja Rua at Total Elimination. He bloodied Semmy Schilt at Critical Countdown and went toe to toe with Nogiera taking and giving all he had at Final Conflict. ' Frank Mir became a champion. He finished his war with Wes Simms in decisive fashion with a combination knockout at Supernatural and broke Tim Sylvia's arm, a minute and a half in to his match at Payback and won the UFC Heaiweight title. It's too bad he got into the motorcycle accident but I look forward to the young champion's return. Upset of the Year 1. BJ Penn over Matt Hughes (UFC 46: Supernatural) 2. Kevin Randleman over Mirko Cro Crop (Pride: Total Elimination 2004) 3. Rulon Gardner over Yoshida (Pride: Shockwave) Penn was smaller, less known and basically not given a chance. Still new to MMA and not knowing much about either of these 2 I jumped up out of my chair and started yelling and cheering when BJ hooked on that choke and won the Welterweight title. It's a shame contract disputes led to his departure. Randleman's KO shot on Cro Cop was the shot heard around the MMA world. It was emphatic, sudden and decisive and an awesome and unexpected moment for the notorious choker. I was really impressed with Gardner's debut. Yoshida by tapout in the 1st round seemed to be the concensus, yet Gardner stayed with him for 3 rounds, hit some hard shots (from a guy that many questioned if he could hit) and showed good defense against the crafty Yoshida for the the unanimous decision. KO of the Year 1. Kevin Randleman over Cro Crop (Pride: Total Elimination 2004) 2. Chuck Liddell over Tito Ortiz (UFC 47: It’s On!) 3. Wanderlei Silva over Quinton Jackson (Pride: High Octane) I've already mentioned Randleman's knockout and I think everyone can understand why it was my pick. Liddell's knockout barrage over Tito gets second for me for its siginifcance and the momemt. Finally Chuck shut Tito up. Tito got hit, hard, again and again. You could feel it building when Chuck started to trap him and then the fists went flying. An awesome moment. I've also mentioned the Silva/Jackson match but I tought those barrage of knees leading to that visual of Jackson nearly flying out of the ring upon knockout was a great image and a moment of the year. Sub of the Year 1. Frank Mir over Tim Sylvia (UFC 48: Payback) 2. BJ Penn over Matt Hughes (UFC 46: Supernatural) 3. Matt Hughes over Georges St. Pierre (UFC 50: The War of 04) Mir's armbar not only won him the title, it snapped Sylvia's arm in half! That's a submission. Penn's choke on Hughes came suddenly like he saw the opening and just went for it and Hughes couldn't keep up with his quicker and smaller foe. Perfectly excecuted and a great moment. Maybe because I was there live but Hughe's armbar over St. Pierre has to take 3rd. Pierre was in control with ONE second left. Just as the clock is counting down Hughes out of nowhere sweeps him and aplies a picture pefect arm bar for the tapout at the last possible second. An eruption in the arena but a dejected feeling for myself. But it was something and even I had to applaud Matt Hughes for pulling that out. Worst fighter of the year 1. Stephen Leko 2. Giant Silva 3. Tito Ortiz Leko really entetains me. He seems so clueless out there. At Total Elimination, he took what looked like a baby tap from the poorly skilled Ogawa, flopped down and was quickly submitted. It looked so bad many think it was a work. He followed up that performance at Shockwave by taking a DROPKICK from Ikuhisa Minowa, and then getting his leg tied up, grabbing the ropes, having like 3 referees pry his arms off and then having no choice but to tap to the heel hook. That's impressive. Giant Silva I shouln't have to comment on. He's there for freak show, and it appears he's trying but he simply has no skill for MMA (although he did win over that sumo dude with the keylock at Total Elimination). I give Tito Ortiz the last spot for an embarassing year. First he's completely owned by Chuck Liddell at It's On!, pretty much losing his hero status to many fans. Then at War of 04, when Guy Metzger is scratched he is fed an unknown named Patrick Cote who by all rights he should have finished in impressive fashion to raise his stock, and instead, after taking a couple of shots that must have scared him, he just layed on him for 3 rounds instead of doing anything, turning the pro Tito crowd totally against him by the end (the show ended in a chorus of boos) and making it appear to many fans that Cote could have won if it was stood up. Worst fight of the year 1. Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort (UFC 46: Supernatural) 2. Mirko Cro Cop vs. Josh Barnett (Pride: High Octane) 3. Tito Ortiz vs. Patrick Cote (UFC 50: The War of 04) Pretty obvious choice. Not really there fault but for a hyped main event to end in 30 second after an eye scratch, that's a pretty bad fight. Cro Cop vs. Barnett is similar in that a quick, fluke ending finishes what otherwise was a well anticipated fight. I've explained Ortiz vs. Cote above. It left a flat note on an otherwise enjoyable live show. Worst show of the year 1. Pride 27 2. Pride: Final Conflict 3. UFC 48: Payback I really enjoyed in at least some ways all 10 MMA shows between UFC and Pride that I saw this year. The only major Pride show that I did not order was at the beginning of the year, Pride 27, and if it looked bad enough for me not to order, if gets my worst top spot. Final Conflict gets second. Still a decent show, but the main event ended in disappointing fashion and besides Nogeira vs. Khaorotnov I just came away with a flat almost boring feeling for most of the show. UFC 48 was probably UFC's weakest effort in a year of good shows from them. Shamrock/Kimo did not deliver as a main event, the title match went really short and the undercard didn't live up to the others. Biggest fall 1. Tito Ortiz 2. Robbie Lawler 3. Carlos Newton Ortiz went from UFC's goldenboy and huge fan favorite to being embarassed and then booed. His stock has dropped greatly. Robbie Lawler did not have a good year. Supposedly a great striker, he was out boxed and knocked out by submission expert Nick Diaz at It's On! and then submitted quickly with a triange by the older Evan Tanner at War of 04. Carlos Newton fought once on PPV, at UFC 46 against then unknown Renato Charuto Verissmo. Although the fight was set up as the "Return of the Ronin", Newton was dominated most of the fight by the less experienced Charuto and was embarassed enough to post an apology online. Biggest Disappointment (fight) 1. Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort (UFC 46: Supernatural) 2. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera (Pride: Final Conflict) 3. Mirko Cro Cop vs. Josh Barnett (Pride: High Octane) Already covered and pretty self explanatory why the main event ending 30 second on a fluke would be disappointing. Similar reasons again for Fedor vs. Noguiera. Had more time to fight and more action but it was left without a finish. Cro Cop vs. Barnett was an anticipated fight that eneded quickly and bizzarely after nearly no action. Biggest Disappointment (card) 1. Pride: Final Conflict 2. UFC 50: The War of 04 3. UFC 48: Payback I thought Final Conflict looked good going in but it fell flat when I watched it, probably a lot do to the non finish in the main event. I was excited to go to my first UFC when my dad scored comp tickets to War of 04. I had a good time and overall enjoyed the show (besides the obscene amounts of waiting around with nothing to do but listen to blaring rap music between the fights), but the main event definitely left things on a sour note and I was already deflated by St. Pierre's sudden loss. Payback had its moments but too many short matches and filler on the undercard made it a flat show in retrospect. Worst decision 1. Vitor Belfort awarded Light Heavyweight title on fluke cut (UFC 46: Supernatural). 2. Hughes awarded fight over Charuto (UFC 48: Payback) 3. Hunt awarded fight over Silva (Pride: Shockwave) It might not be the same type of decison you were looking for, but it was a judges/ref's decision regardless and I think it was BS that the title changed hands on such a fluke. I understand the reaosning but don't agree with it and think things should be looked at on a case by case basis. Luckily Randy rectified it at Unfinished Business. The first round of this was nuts, with mostly Charuto dominating Hughes, while Hughes just layed and prayed for much of the rest of the match and didn't do much to engage. It was close, and Charuto should have been given the decision based on him doing more, but that's politics. 3. I don't disagree so strongly with the decision as the case can be made that Hunt largely dominated the fight, but I think based on the weight disadvantage being overcome, several takedowns, absorbing the punishment without going down and finishing on top and in control should have been enough to earn Silva a victory. Hunt's star would have risen regardless. "What the fuck?!" 1. Frank Mir breaks Tim Sylvia’s arm, wins heavyweight title. (UFC 48: Payback) 2. Leko takes baby tap from Ogawa, quickly submits (Pride: Total Elimination 2004) 3. Barnett injured, submits in Cro Cop’s guard (Pride: High Octane) When the arm break happened, no one realised it, so when the ref stopped the fight and Sylvia started arguing it was a real WTF just happened moment. The replays made it clear, but even then, Sylvia (and the fans!) didn't agree and it was just a confusing situation. I've already covered the absurdity of Ogawa's win over Leko, the whole thing just looked bizzare and was either a work, or Leko is truly terrible. What did Barnett submit to? I guess just the guard. We know afterwards he injured himself shortly before and knew he was done, but at the time it didn't make much sense. Most anticipated (potential) fight 1. Randy Couture vs. Wanderlei Silva 2. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Hunt 3. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mirko Cro Cop Regardless of Silva's recent defeat, he's still the champ, still undefeated against middle weights while Randy is his UFC phenom equivalent. The thing is, they are similar but so different, one is young, one is old (relatively), one relies on his explosiveness and striking, the other on his wrestling and ground control, one is intimidating and intense, the other is humble and laid back. It would be a dream match. And no one can still answer who would win. Be it in UFC or Pride, in a cage or in a ring, in the US or in Japan I want to see this match. After Hunt's peformance and Fedor's year of dominance, I think a match up between the 2 would be very entertaining. I can't see either getting finished which makes it so damn fun to think about. Fedor vs. Cro Cop is the next big match Pride will schedule. It's not as intriguing to me as vs. Hunt but Cro Cop is still very dangerous and could be a threat to Fedor if he hits him hard enough. "Watch out for" 1. Mark Hunt 2. Sergei Kharotonov 3. Georges St. Pierre I've already explained that Mark Hunt is a star of the future and maybe future World Heaviweight champ. Kharotonov stood his own against some of the best, and will certainly be back for more next year. Although he lost in heartbreaking fashion to Matt Hughes at War of 04, Georges St. Pierre is still seen as a young phenom with the skills to be a champion. He should work his way back up next year and be in line for another shot. 2004 was pretty great, I'm ready for 2005!

This looks like fun, is Pride: Shockwave considered an 04 event, even if it aired in 05?

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That was a nonstop, frantic paced show. They has so many matches to show and so many went to decision that they cut out all the filler like entrances, interviews, etc. which I don't have a problem with. More bang for my buck, literally. Ikuhisa Minowa def. Stefan Leko (1st, leg lock): I think Leko should fight on every show. Really, I'm beginning to get a perverse pleasure at his complete cluelessness and quick losses that I'd like to see him become Pride's comedy jobber. Put him against Giant Silva next. Anyway the dropkick was funny and Minowa just synched on that leglock and when Leko let go of the ropes he knew he was fucked. Choi Mu Base def. Giant Silva (1st, choke): I didn't care for this one, but I guess they want to get over Choi. I think Silva's usefullness has run out, although to his credit he looked to be in better shape and quicker moving and he showed some good defense briefly. Ryan Gracie def. Yoji Anjo (1st, armbar): Ryan sure is an asshole. Best part was when he took a shot at the referee when he was being reset. Didn't care much for this either since Anjoy didn't look like he belonged in there. Ryo Chonan def. Anderson Silva (3rd, leg lock): First good fight of the night. Chonan definitely made a name for himself with this showing as he looked very well rounded. That leglock out of nowhere to finish was awesome. Rulon Gardner def. Hidehiko Yoshida (unanimous dec.): I was really into this one. I didn't think Gardner had much of a chance but he really pulled me in from the second he hit that huge blow that knocked Yoshida down in the 1st. His hits looked good and he showed good defense too avoiding Yoshida's submission attempts. Very impressive debut. Mirko Cro Cop def. Kevin Randleman (1st, choke): Talk about the stupidest finish you could think of, since I wanted a knockout either way in this one. What is wrong with Randleman? He came out strong charging at him but Cro Crop shouldn't be submitting people. Most diappointing match of the night. Dan Henderson def. Yuki Kondo (2-1 decision): A good, evenly matched fight but boring at times as Henderson especially seemed to fatigue and just lay there in spots. I'm sure I'd need to rewatch it again without the heavy load of the rest of the show already absorbed to appreciate it more. Takanori Gomi def. Jens Pulver (3rd, knockout): This was a fun match. These 2 really went at it and it was like a straight boxing match most of the way, nice KO from Gomi. Mark Hunt def. Wanderlei Silva (2-1 decision). OHHHHH MY! Match of the night (and your early match of the year!) This was so exciting, and Hunt made himself tonight. This guy is for real. Silva still looked like a monster too as he absorbed some sick, sick, heavy shots from Hunt and wouldn''t stay down. I was sure he was finished a couple times. Of course what Randy Couture dubbed THE ATOMIC BUTT DROP~! has to be mentioned as a highlight. Hunt rolling out of that kimura and then just switching positions out of nowhere when he was in the guard were phenomenol to watch. I agreed with the announcers in thinking Silva should have been awarded the match given the large weight difference, that Silva absorbed it and still didn't get finished, that he scored several big takedowns and he was on top in control at the end. Still, Hunt was impressive enough to earn the win too. Would he be allowed to fight for the title because of the weight difference? If not bring on Fedor vs. Hunt (after Fedor disposes of Cro Crop, but Im getting ahead of myself now!). The reactions at the end by the 2 fighters from Silva's elation turned to shock, to Hunt's melancholy turned to suprise were priceless. Fedor def. Nogueira (unanimous dec.). This was my second favorite fight of the night, not because it was competitive like the last one, but because I love watching Fedor fight and he just owned the very skilled Nogueira for 3 straight rounds. Mintaur got basically 0 offense in. Every time he tried a submission, Fedor just non chalantly stepped out of it. I'll give Antonio credit though for not getting knocked out by some heavy blows by Fedor. But this was clearly a one sided contest by the Russian Killing Machine. Fedor vs. Cro Crop awaits! Overall I enjoyed the show. There was a lot of fights, which is a good thing since it's 30 bucks, but on the other hand it caused some overkill at time, as it became tedious with basically no breaks to catch your breath. Hunt vs. Silva was amazing, I really liked Gardner vs. Yoshida and Fedor vs. Nog, Gomi vs. Pulver, Henderson vs. Kondo and Silva vs. Chonan were all enjoyable fights too.

I feel so honored to be looked up to around here. Look, I don't even want to bother. Between this thread, the Hitler one and several other's he's made in other folders to insight reactions I am convinced he is a useless troll poster who is overdue for a banning. I'll just sit back and wait for it to happen, and encourgae others to do the same. EDIT: ^^^ posted before I even read all the replies, so it looks like we're all in agreement here.

OK....OUCH! Whoa, he's right.

No. Best of AJ Styles, Best of AMW, Ultimate X, Bloodiest Brawls, Best of The X Division and Best of World Title Matches are the previously released DVDs.

Well in that case, Heil Happymeal! and make sure to Sieg Heil Supersize me! .... We're reaching new lowes.