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TLC? In Japan? You mean I dusted off my Best Of NOAH video for nothing? Bah. But still, Tag Title shot, eh. Good stuff.

You think they look bad enough? I saw on the Food Network this one place that FRIES them and then serves them to customers. So they fatten em' up even more! Carnivals are havens for foods of this type. Deep fried Oreos also exist. Deep fried Snickers bars aren't unheard of. Deep fried oreos? JESUS CHRIST! THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL US ALL! Some places over here sell deep fried Mars bars, which even I wouldn't touch.

Sabin takes it better than anyone I've seen. In the IWA:MS, he took a Destroyer and it was the most realistic Destroyer I've seen, because he took it pretty much like an normal piledriver in the landing (as opposed to someone like Sonjay Dutt, who landed on his feet one time I saw him take it). As for how 'realistic' it is...you have to suspend your disbelief while watching wrestling, otherwise it'd really suck.

I always use Smartmark Video UK. They've got pretty much all the big indie feds, aside from ROH and they're pretty reliable. Plus, it's the official site for most of the feds they sell for.

He was called 'The Edge' when he debuted. I'm assuming they didn't want to get sued by U2.

It's actually the 'Real World Tag League' if I were precise. All Japan thing. It's being going since '77 and pretty much anyone who was anyone in Japanese wrestling (and Jamal) has been in it. Funks, Bulldogs, Hansen, Misawa... It's 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw...or something similar. Not all that sure on format and stuff but a Tag League'd be a good idea if we ever get stuck for something to do for a month or two.

Raw Anniversary? KOTR 95/96 Tagged Classic? (granted, 96 isn't that bad, but still) Then again, it's only a re-release of an old CHV tape. I'm sure if they did a *legit* IC Title DVD, Crush and Skinner would be lucky to see themselves getting pinned in a video package, let alone get a match on the DVD.

V.good show. Feedback while I still have any sort of energy in my body. Great opening, but I can't believe you (Hoff?) didn't use the exploding head gif that turns up on the board every couple of months. Aside from the fact Carl's black and the head in the gif isn't of course. I'm glad for this new GPX attitude. Writing those chars was always tough, because there's only so many times you can summon the spirit of Patty before going insane. I kinda know where stuff is going, but yeah, I'm liking where it's going too. Odd to see the Tag match jerking the curtain. I'm sure there's a reason though. Oh and Axel's the guest ref. I smell trouble. Axel seems odd to me. I dunno why. I think it's because he's got the old school Taker pic as his picbase, but he's not as 'evil' as you'd expect. He seems more like Batista though, in that he likes to have a little fun with people before destroying them. The match...uh, yeah...again, I find it hard picturing Axel in this kinda role. But it builds up School's Out. Oooh...so this is setting up a different tag match. Makes sense now. 1/4* Building some new relationships with Crystal/GPX. Nice to see it handled sensibly, instead of just 'you're a heel, so are we, let's grab a shake'. PRL sets up his match. I suppose I better move on. Sk8ter Boiz/NNMX, non title of course. I markout for the Shooting Star Double Axehandle. A very nice little match, with the old school style of the NNMX and the flippy flop style of the S8B meshing pretty well. The PPV match (which is where it's leading, I'm sure) should be even better. Rushed ending. You're preaching to the choir here though, believe me, so it's all good. And we get extra build for Dude/Allen for good measure. *3/4 Strong, no nonsense stuff from Otaku. Certain people could learn from that. Ooh, segment from me. Uh...okay, that open challenge is still open until Tuesday. If no-one answers it by then, I'll have to come up with something. Again, a different way of handling the debut angle from Richards, which works real well. Usually, you'd know what was coming next. But the way it's been booked, I wouldn't be surprised to see Jay lose the tryout. Two more from me. Gives me a chance to be a little wackier, if nothing else. Speaking of which, kudos to Zack for letting me use Blonde and Faqu. It'd be a cool gimmick if Blonde became the Zack to Zack's Kelly Clarkson. Or the Mascot to Crystal's...err, Crystal. You now, the whole starstruck deal. HI-YAH Tag Titles! Who's the HI-YAH HV Champ again? Last I remember, it was Axel's, but obviously not anymore. Uh, anyway, the match itself is some entertaining, fast paced stuff. And a serious match. Shows that the Docs aren't just comedy characters. Not that there's anything wrong with comedy characters. Speaking of which, if PFL is coming back, maybe he can bring back Danny Douglas, seeing as I finally know about CHIKARA now. Oh, here come the Frankensteiners for a post-match run-in. What is it with the HI-YAH Tag Division and credibility all of a sudden. We should have a HI-YAH version of the Real World Tag Tournament. *1/2 Nice to see the old guard still don't like each other. The 3 Way Dance should be great. CWM and Static. With a twist, obviously, as we're getting heel Static and face CWM. Almost. Good match going, until we go into the School's Out build brawl. Which is handled very well. GPX get their asses handed to them by the old guard, until they disintegrate and allow GPX to get away. I'm liking it. * as it was cut short. Great build for Dude/Alfdogg next week. Dude/Alf? Next week? *marks*. Tag main event time. By the numbers booking, but the match is damn good as you'd expect. I really need to get over this picbase thing, because I keep imagining The Undertaker getting picked up by Gwen Stefani. An odd thought indeed. A strong match...seems to get a little lost at the finish, with Axel making the hot tag, only to come back in about a minute later. Still very good though. And sensible booking as Crystal pins Axel and thus looks like more of a threat to the belt. Axel/Hoff next week? I'm there. Obviously. **1/2

The Birmingham Bad Boyz vs. Faqu and Blonde Referee: Charles "Lil' Naitch" Robinson

Is this your first actual wrestling training, or have you trained anywhere in Ireland?

Technically, overachieving would be if you got somewhere despite not having the usual 'credentials' to be there. Vis has the size and he was never anything more than the 'big guy'. He got pushed, but he flopped. I wouldn't call that overachieving. Ditto Batista. He has the physique and he's got the cool factor. I wouldn't say him being where he is was over achieving. As long as you have something to justify being where you are, when you reach it, you haven't really 'overachieved'. I'd say Luger overachieved. He got beyond the 'muscle man' tag and had a decent run near the top in WCW and the WWF, despite lacking a lot of in-ring ability and natural charisma. He was more successful than he ever should have been.

Credit- BBC If any of the American posters who can fill me in on Glazer a little more, that'd be great. I don't know anything about Glazer, apart from him making a success of an American Football team. Even so, this does sound pretty bad. Not just because of Glazer. But if fans are turning their back on the club, it's only going to lead downhill. I did think that maybe now we'll find out which of us United fans are legit and which were the gloryhounds every United fan gets accused of being. But it seems like it's the true fans that are being turned away.

'Soccer' (that's such a lame name, btw) before I a) got injured and b) got PVFS. Then again, pretty much everyone over here plays it, seeing as we only have one national sport. Or two, since everyone jumped on the rugby bandwagon.

Yeah, he uses a springboard ace crusher. As for best match, try and find the Mark vs. Jay match...I think it's from Expect The Unexpected. When are The Briscoes back anyway?

Meh. After he got KOed by one punch from Mark Jindrak, he was as good as done, so I kinda saw it coming. There wasn't much chance of rebuilding his reputation after that. BUT...I thought he was tight with Angle backstage? That's the only reason I thought he'd be kept around. Obviously not.

Judges decision...PK defeats Hoff. *awards KingPK with trophy* *trophy-shot*

I'm so going to create a new character called Cody and form a team with Zack. The Suite Team Of Zack And Cody. Our finish could be called Room Service. *has never watched TSLOZAC*

We made it eight pages without a Kelly mention. Congrats guys.

You know, Supes might not actually read this thread, so I'll handle this one for him. *bearhugs Hoff* *holds bearhug until crowd fall asleep* *rinse, repeat*

Agreed. I heard on the net he's got a habit of no-showing though. Please, that wouldn't make Charlie Matthews flinch.

You know what'd make this thread better. Me and Zack discussing the SWF! How'bout that Toxxic then, eh?

This thread reminds me that I've never had a World Title shot, aside from when Zack let me let him squash me. EDIT: Forgetting, of course, Drek's weird Run For The Gold Match. But NYU doesn't count anymore.

I have a friend that does that to me all the time. Having issues with that is completely irratioonal and makes you sound like a lunatic. shit particles aren't going to transfer across the phone line. But if you're on the phone to someone taking a shit, you can hear them taking the shit. I'd assume that was the issue, rather than hygiene.

Oh man, I'm on drugs right now.

Bumping this sucka, after dusting off an old SNME CHV. The end of one of the shows and Vince and Jesse are backstage with Okerlund. (Paraphrased) Vince- "Before we go Gene, any update on the condition of Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan's neck?" Okerlund- "No...but then again, who cares?" Vince- "Good point." Ventura- "HEY! I care!" *Jesse shoves Okerlund and the two look daggers at each other* Vince- "So...from the uncaring Mene Gene...and the very caring Jesse 'The Body'...we'll see you in the new year".