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No way! I contend the best referee of all time was Mark Curtis with WCW. The guy would get so involved with the match that he would actually flail his arms right as the wrestlers performed their move. You could always tell he was there ... and I never complained. He actually seemed like he enjoyed what he did.

I agree. How anybody can not take Bob Ryder's news on WWE with a grain of salt is beyond me. He is a competitor and has an agenda. I never read the Edge article, but I always get a kick out of the ratings reports when they consistently include the "this isn't good for WWE" or "this can only be seen as a negative for Vince." Sure, 3.0's don't look too good in comparison to ratings of the past, but leave the opinions up to Vince ... or the readers.

I'd love to see a Rock-Cena feud, but odds are it will be Orton-Rock.

I was with you up until Bischoff. The story RAW has been running with is that Bischoff has ALWAYS had it out for JR. It dates back to their WCW days when Bischoff fired JR. Granted, the writers haven't really been harping on this point all that much, but it's still there. One can not really expect the fans to cheer for a smarmy asshole who seemingly has no legitimate reason for his crusade to get rid of JR. Thus, purely by association, Coach and Al Snow are heels.

I assume that was sarcasm. There's a difference between a grown man attacking another grown man from behind and an (over)grown man giving a belly-to-belly suplex to a 115 pound defenseless female. That's not to say I agree with them portraying male on female violence. I think it screams lack of creativity on the writers' part. They've gone to that well WAY too much recently.

I noticed this too. But is it really that surprising? For years, the heel announcer on RAW (well at least Jerry Lawler, I don't remember Heyman) has strayed from the norm and took the babyface position in a couple of scenarios: 1) If a woman is being attacked by a man. 2) If someone is verbally attacking the United States. These are the only 2 situations where I noticed Coach and Al Snow playing a face. I'm positive the line of thinking is if the heel announcer on RAW is disagreeing with you, then you're way out of line. Thus, it's supposed to make the wrestler(s) in question a super heel. Of course, it doesn't always work out this way for one reason or another, but all I'm saying is I can see the WWE's point of view.

The thing that bugged me about the entire feud is the way JR carried himself. In every scene he was involved in, I don't think JR cracked a smile once. Instead, we saw JR with this angry (almost indifferent) look that, to me, just furthered my opinion that he's a crotchety, old, and out of touch announcer. I practically felt sympathetic for Coach. Unlike most, I'm not quick to call for JR and King's termination. They've been very loyal and worked too many years in this company for that. However, from a business point of view, I think it's time to make a permanent change.

Just out of curiosity, what site is that?

Can I just say how much I fucking LOVE "Hey Ya?" Because I do.

Hell yeah he would be in there. No question in my mind.

I'm not sure we're even supposed to remember Batista as a member of Evolution. As for the show, I'm only looking forward to The Rock.

This story is so fake.

This is where I chime in. I have not seen the match, and probably never will, but I appreciate the effort as well. In an era of wrestling dominated by 3-5 minute matches and 20 minute interview sessions, it took BALLS to put this match on free TV. At the risk of stating the obvious there really was no telling how the audience would react to a 60 minute iron man match on a two hour show. If the ratings were good, then maybe the WWE will take that ball and run with it, but if not, then back to the drawing board. No harm done. To quote Scott Keith, "thumbs WAY up." I hope they produce something fresh like this on consistent basis.

The thing I find funny, however, is most people (not just here, but all across the internet) fail to mention the biggest benefit in using Kazaa to get your music... it's FREE. We can use all the tried and true excuses in the world to justify what we're doing, but let's not kid ourselves. It's free and, up until a few months ago, there was no way legal action would be taken directly to the individual. Is it any wonder why this took off like it did?

I can't say I disagree. Those that do take advantage of the subscription services and pay for their mp3s should be given the opportunity to download, store, and transfer that file as they choose. But how do you go about doing that, yet still prevent that file from being shared with millions of people - that aren't paying a dime - on the internet?

Mark Henry will always have a special place in my heart after his Sexual Chocolate days.

I agree that the music currently being marketed isn't that great, and prices are still pretty steep, but look at it from the RIAA's point of view: If there are still cheaper (read: free), viable options, such as Kazaa, to access music, will consumers still go out and acquire records legally? My personal opinion is the CD's can be $9 or $99, but if it's still available for free on the internet, I'm more inclined to pirate my music. That's why there's a "red scare," and they are well within their legal rights to do so.

I see this argument listed time and time again everytime this issue is discussed and I wonder what else do music fans want? I look around and it sure looks (to me, at least) like the recording industry is trying to embrace the digital medium. For example, fee-based music services such as itunes and pressplay are much more prevelant now than they were a year ago. Many artists are also providing legal, full-length previews of tracks on upcoming albums, and in some cases full-length previews of albums themselves. To add to that, some labels are slashing retail prices of albums and many are still adding incentives such as bonus DVD's to get you to pay for that album. Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's almost criminal of the record industry to expect you to pay upwards of 20 bucks for a CD only for you to get home and enjoy 2 or 3 tracks, but I think credit needs to be given where credit is due. The record industry is listening to the consumers demands, so I think if anybody has any other suggestions on what else could be done to get you to walk down to your local stores and buy an album or two, then you might as well speak now.

There's no way they could successfully turn Heyman face. He's an overweight bald man with a fake pony tail hanging out of the back of his hat. How can you cheer that?

I was wondering the same thing myself. I don't see it happening at this point.

"Right thing?" Do you mean they did the right thing by having JR come out to Lawler's music so as not to piss off the Alabama fans who just had their team beat by JR's Oklahoma Sooners?

Hey, I've been wondering... Did Spike leave the arena under his own power or was he stretchered out?

I think the WWE should see this face turn out. It's definitely coming, it's just a matter of when and how. At some point, and I wish this happened last night, somebody has to deliberately attack Stone Cold, knowing full well the consequences (i.e. Austin kicking their ass), yet doesn't seem to care. I say let this person be Jericho. I have to wonder how the fans would react to that. It would be so unexpected and downright BADASS that, with some tweaking of Austin's character in the weeks leading up to it and proper selling on the announcers' part, it's very possible the fans could cheer Jericho on. Call it wishful thinking, but I'd like to see this happen.

I think this is a great idea. It's fresh.

I love this argument. As if Justin is supposed to conform to some sort of warped view of how white people and black people are supposed to act. If that's his biggest fault, I think he's doing just fine.