King Cucaracha

I took it. Quality > Qua...err...uhm... WELCOME!

I'm now convinced they'll pull another swerve and have Punk retain. If only to see what sort of reaction they can get, I'm sure they'll do it. Which'd be funny as hell.

There's a story that Maven dissapeared on a RAW, and nobody noticed.

What Is Double Jeopardy? You are correct, sir.

Obviously, I'm talking pre-Attitude. And not including ECW, because everyone broke the rules there and that's just cheating. Hogan's the obvious one. Even as super-face, he would break the rules all the time. Backrakes, eyerakes, hitting people with title belts and steel chairs...for such a nice guy, Hogan sure wasn't very nice. Also, the Killer Bees had the partner switch.

The Main Event - Six Man Tag Team Match Wild and Dangerous and Lil' Buck vs. Martial Law © (Landon Maddix and Todd Cortez) and Ejiro Fasaki © - No comment. Toxxic vs. ??? - I dunno who it is, but I'm not going to bet against Toxxic. Acropolis Now - SWF Hardcore Championship Match Zyon © vs. JJ Johnson vs. Mak Francis - Should be nice and competitive. Mak is Mak though, which means he should steal it. Olympic Wrestling Exhibition (Non-Title) "The Dean of Professional Wrestling" Jay Hawke © vs. Arch Griffon - Wow, I'm glad I'm not writing this one. JH to win. Manson vs. Austin Sly - Sly's good when he shows. Ditto Manson. Manson's obviously been more consistant recently (granted, Sly's been in-active for a while, but my point stands)...but it'll come down to who shows. "The Maniac" Bryan Rodgers vs. Ghost Machine - Say what you will, but I marked out for his debut match. Jumpin' Jack Flash vs. "Big Country" Martin Hunt - Obviously.

Bring back Petey The Penguin!

Snappy. Then again, someone's bound to have called him Juventud Guerrero sooner or later. Hell, half the online reports from shows have someone's name pronounced wrong. BTW, one of the jobbers in the tag match was Nick Berk, not Berg, if it matters.

While he's training with OVW (inevitable), would he still able to work other dates? Didn't Joey Matthews work 3PW while an OVW guy?

In that case...

"Well, well, well." Doing his best Joel Gertner impression, Tom Flesher stands up from his desk with arms folded and looking daggers across his office, his door creaking shut off-screen. The reason for the piercing look, is the arrival of Landon Maddix...The Next Generation, Tag Team Champion skulking into Flesher office like a naughty schoolboy, summoned to the headmaster's office. With his head hung, Maddix stands in front of Flesher, who continues to just stare at his former rival in disgust. "You wanted to see me..." Maddix mumbles, as Flesher unfolds his arms. He then pauses. As if waiting for something. Something which apparantly doesn't come. "What, is that all you've got for me? No shouting? No screaming? No swearing?" Flesher laughs. "And to think, here I was expecting a determined, raging young kid to come storming into my office and cause hell. Talk about your damb squibs. What's the matter, kid? Don't tell me you've blown off all your steam already. Or, did Megan discipline you already?" "I ju..." "Shut the hell up." The calm but very firm demeanour of Tom is still enough for Maddix to avoid eye contact, looking down at his feet as Tom reaches over to his desk and retrieves a small piece of paper. "I don't want to hear any bullshit excuses. You listen to me and you listen good, Maddix. You are getting off very - very lightly with this punishment. If it were up to me, you would be out on your ear. At the very least, I'd be doing what I did to Jenkins and suspending you for a month, minimum. That would be MY punishment. Trouble is, you lucked out. You chose the right time for your little outburst. If your little tirade had occured on Smarkdown, you would be royally screwed. But because Storm is such a 'hardcore', 'no holds barred' show...you got away with it." Maddix looks up, just about containing his relief to a sigh and not a smile. "Somewhat. There's not a whole lot I can do to you, in way of suspension. Rest assured though, you're gonna pay for this in the wallet. Unruly behaviour. Repeated bad language. Disruption of scheduled interview time. And insulting some rather powerful people. Not least, me." "So, what, a fine?" "Yes, a fine. Don't worry about raiding your bank account though Landon...see, rather than ask for money from you, we'll do this a more...'efficient' way. And we'll take the fine out of your 13th Hour winners money." "Okay, I gue..." "Oh, I'm sorry. I meant...'Martial Law's winners money'." Seeing a smile curl onto Flesher's face, Maddix looks quizzical. Tom continues to smile as he reaches back over to his desk and hands Maddix a small brown envelope, motioning for him to open it. Which he does. "Its...empty." "Very astute." sneers Flesher. "So, if Todd wants to know why he's not getting paid for his contribution to the PPV, you'll have the answer for him, won't you. Maybe that'll teach him to keep a closer eye on you." "Look, it's not his fault. If I can just explain...I've been really stressed recently. It's the...well...the whole thing with Megan." "In that case, I'll keep her paycheck too." Maddix scowls and curses under his breath. "Tom...look, I didn't mean it come out like it did. Just to be clear, I meant every word I said about feeling over-looked and being sick to my back teeth of veterans getting preferential treatment over guys like me, who are travelling all over the world for the sake of this company. I didn't, however, mean to go off the deep end like I did. That's...just not me, you know that. It was heat of the moment, I'm feeling real stressed...and, seeing as you've got my punishment out of the way, hopefully we can forget all about this and move on." "Excuse me?" "What?" "Sorry...I thought you said I've got the punishment out of the way and we can move on." "Yea..." "Oh, don't worry Landon. The fine is all the punishment the SWF can give you on the record." Leaning in closer, Flesher snarls as he glares into Maddix's eyes. "But - strictly off the record, of course - I just don't think it'd be right that one measly paycheck taken away from you is all the punishment you're going to get. Kid...if you thought you were going a rough deal before, then you might not enjoy the paths the rest of your SWF career takes. Call it poetic justice. Call it revenge. Call it what you want. But one way or the other, if I so desire, I could make your life even more stressful and even more to your disliking than you already seem to believe it is. Now, you know me, I'm a level-headed, forgiving person..." Maddix rolls his eyes. "...so I can give you a little leeway on this one. See, you're not as 'expendable' as Jenkins. Suspending you would leave me with even more of a headache than your bawling and whining will. Plus, much as I hate to admit it, you're a popular kid, for some reason. Like I say, you got lucky this time. But luck eventually runs out for us all. And eventually, you'll slip up again." Flesher smiles a sick smile. "And the moment you do...I'll be all over your scrawny ass like white on rice. 'Comprendé, Amigo'?" "...yeah, I understand." "Good. Now, I suggest if you want to get anywhere near a singles title belt in your lifetime, you keep that 'Latin temper' of yours in check...and toe the line." Maddix solemnly nods and beings to leave, but is stopped in his tracks by the sound of Flesher clearing his throat behind him. "Oh, and one more thing...you might want to stop by confession before you jump on that plane, Maddix. After all, I don't think saying some of the words you said, in the Vatican no less, will sit well with the bigman upstairs." Smirking, Maddix wipes the hair from his face and winks at Flesher. "I'll see you there." Maddix walks off as Flesher assumes the quip was just another groundless one. After all, it wouldn't be the first Maddix has thrown at The Superior One. But as Flesher sits down and rests his arm over the back of his leather seated chair, something catches Tom's eye. A skimpy thong, presumably (read: hopefully) property of Allison Onita, hanging over the corner of the chair. Picking the undergarment up, Flesher raises his eyebrow slightly. "Yeah...maybe I will."

They'd need to get Warrior to actually present the DVD. That'd be the selling point. Get Warrior in and have him ramble about each match. Gold. What SNME matches could they have on there? He had title defences against Rude, Andrea, Haku, Honky (HV or IC), the Tag Title Match with Savage vs. Money Inc, tag match with Hogan vs. Perfect and Genius, six man tag with LOD vs. Demolition (already mentioned)...any of those any good?

Presuming spoilers don't work, just assume you'll be getting a couple of matches from me for now.

Another ??? man. Somebody's gonna be pissed. Again.

So, when did tan lotion become shit in the good ol' internet rumour mill?

HI-YAH HV TITLE TOURNAMENT FINAL (not exactly) LIVE FROM JAPAN~! Nathan Black w/ Jasper Romero vs. Bohemoth w/Christian Wright.

Pre-emptive comments. Best. PPV. Opening. Ever. BIIIIIG ups to Zyon on one hell of a match and his first title win. Now, just don't disappear and you'll be set. Yay the tag title match. Hawke's match was very good. I'm assuming that was either a co-write or a Toxxic-write on the LMS, because I've read enough Toxxic matches in my time to know. That's not a knock on Spike. Looks like a long one so I'll read that later. Yay for Ejiro's match. Two matches still to come, so this is all the comment you get for now.

Woah, Delirious? Shit, I might just watch this now. Whenever the hell we get it.

For the record, if I ever end up with nothing to do for a month, I am SO doing that OAOAST Diva Search. Anyway, I'll try and comment later on this and that.

Flicking through the channels, and what do I find on Five? Brazil vs. Greece, Confederations Cup. FOOTBALL LIVES~!

If Google posts, will they provide 140,000 similiar posts to choose from?

MAIN EVENT CRUISERWEIGHT EXHIBITION Wildchild v. ??? ~No idea, obviously. Predictions for the ??? guy...Sacred, Drea', Andrew Blackwell...Sacred... GRUDGE MATCH Johnny Dangerous v. Tom Flesher ~Flesher. SINGLES MATCH Steven Brody v. Ced Ordonez ~Brody SINGLES MATCH Ghost Machine v. Martin "Big Country" Hunt ~GM.

Um, who cares? I might just buy the DVD just for JBL's commentary. That should be a hoot.

HE'Z INN0CEN7~!

Well, I decided since I couldn't sleep last night, I'd make an effort to give some comments on some of the 'big' matches, so here goes. Bear in mind, this is all just personal, insomniac opinion Toxx/Spike Toxxic's LMS Match was an entertaining read. Compared to some, Toxxic's writing is a more like a story than a wrestling match. I know he did one of those help topics that are pinned somewhere in Com/Gen and he admitted as much, that use of the english language is as important of his knowledge of wrestling. That all fits well into a LMS standing setting. Did a very good job of building and continuing Spike and Toxxic's recent, slight changes in character. I especially thought the teased Dangerlust was a great touch. Especially if we're leading to a Toxxic face turn. The end seemed a little quick for some reason. I dunno why, but I was expecting more death-spots. Instead, it kinda seemed like Spike had Toxxic beat once, beat twice and then he just beat him. It did Spike a lot of good and Toxxic wasn't too damaged by the ending, despite the fact he was being murderised at the end. Danny/Mak Now, if Toxxic's writing is uber-descriptive and story-like, then the Danny/Mak is some sort of epic. A lot of description and it kinda takes you everywhere, from the action to the crowd, to the wrestlers' inner thoughts, to backstory, to theoretical questions, to metaphorics. A little flowery every now and then maybe. But all the time, you feel like you're reading a real big match. And of course, the action itself is very good. Mak's recent attitude adjustment is handled perfectly. And the parallells between Hogan and Danny are obvious but not OTT. One thing that does bother me about the match and this is just personal opinion...I'm not a big fan of the Batman sound effects. Everyone does it. Including me. For me, personally, it's best when it's kept to a minimum. Johnny writes a lot of sound effect, usually on a seperate line, like *WHAM!*, and I don't mind that. I'm not personally a fan of the Blam! Whap! Ka-boom! Boom! Zort! Mint! stuff for every strike and landing. Again, that's possibly just me. Anyway...love the innovative super near-fall off the Frog Splash and the feet on the ropes, really playing on Mak's insecurities. It seems a little odd that Williams gets stronger and stronger as the match goes on, although it's explained out enough to work. Plus, FIGHTING SPIRIT-UH~! and all that. Saying that, I don't think Danny ever blatantly no-sells anything. Still a very good, top notch match, even if certain traits weren't to my taste. Ejiro/Buck Ah, Ejiro. This is more my style. Hell, I stole most of my style from Ejiro when I was starting out, so that's pretty much a given. For my liking, this one has the right level of description and wordy language. Buck mauling Hardcastle was out of nowhere and we get a chaotic opening, until Eddy Long lays down the LAW~. Hmmmm... Not really sure what to say, except that I really enjoyed this one. There are a few gaps in grammar here and there, if I wanted to be pedantic. I mark for the Liontamer and it was a well-written ending, although I wouldn't have thought of Buck submitting to the Liontamer myself.