King Cucaracha

1) Ric Flair- Heel. The ultimate heel. 2) Shawn Michaels- Undecided. His ring work is mroe suited to being the face, his character is pretty similar both ways. 3) Bob Backlund- Heel. More successful as a face, but less...bland. 4) Roddy Piper- Heel. His run with Hogan speaks for itself. 5) Jake Roberts- Heel. Made such a great, sneaky heel. His mic work was suited entirely to being a heel. 6) Mick Foley- Face. Cut his best promos as a heel, but just so entertaining as a heel. 7) Bret Hart- Heel. The anti-USA stuff was the first time he stood out for me as a capable promo guy. 8) Lex Luger- Undecided. More successful as a face, probably a bit more entertaining as a heel 9) The Rock- Face. Seriously, Corporate Rock was pure gold...but his face run was so much more successful and for the most part entertaining. 10) Undertaker- Face. Heel Booger Red never did it for me. 11) Randy Savage- Undecided. About equal. 12) Big Show/Giant- Heel. Never been a big, face Show fan.

The Bossman/Hogan Steel Cage from the Saturday Night's Main Event video is of course very good. Also has Busters/Rockers on it, which goes to a DCO but is still decent.

Seeing as we're used to a comedic announce team, Josh Matthews should be in it. Then, someone else...and we should have an OAOAST legend/veteran to replace Caboose, to stick with the 3 man format we have.

Smarks- "Jericho'll probably be dumped in the midcard at Mania in some pointless, forgettable match. What crap." -RAW- Smarks- "Wow, a 6-man Ladder Match that's only being made to tempt us to order. What crappy booking." It's pretty lazy booking but then again, what's the alternative? Benoit/Jericho vs. Hassan/Daivari? Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams again? Benjamin vs. Snitsky again? Something thrown together for E&C? Hell, I bet the guys in it are thankful they're getting something high-profile and could care less about the build.

I'm undecided ATM. His 2/3 Falls Match with Jimmy Jacobs at Rumble In Rensselaer was stellar stuff, but the only other time I've seen him was at Anything Goes 2K5 with Josh Abercrombie, which was a pretty sloppy and forgettable match. If you go by the Jacobs match though, certainly.

They showed this in the UK yesterday and after not having watched TNA for months, I must say I was impressed too. Is $24.95 really that much? Maybe it's just the exchange rate, but it doesn't seem an overly expensive price. I know you add shipping on to that, but it's no more expensive than buying a WWE DVD from Silvervision or an IWA:MS or CZW DVD from SMV. Certainly not extortionate.

Results- Taken from IWA:MS's board Valparaiso 2/25 SHANE STORM def. CHANDLER McCLURE w/JIM FANNIN with "That Japanese Move" (Shining Wizard) BRAD BRADLEY def. EDDIE VENOM with a Lariat. JOSH ABERCROMBIE def. SAL THOMASELLI with a Phoenix Splash to earn a shot at the NWA Indiana State Title the next night. MICKIE KNUCKLES def. the debuting ANN THRAXX with the Shining Kawada Kick of Doom. ERIC PRIEST w/ SILAS YOUNG def. DANNY DANIELS in a non title match with a backslide, assisted by Young. SILAS YOUNG def. SUPERSTAR STEVE with the Finley Kip up into the Triple Lindy (Finley Roll followed by a headstand in the corner into an arabian press) CK3 w/JADE def. the returning EMIL SITOCI with the illegal use of a black glove, thrown to him by JADE. After the match IAN ROTTEN challenged "Old School" CK3 to a match on March 18th. CK3 said He'd have to "Check his Schedule" TRIK DAVIS def. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI with a schoolboy into a folding press IAN ROTTEN def. MIKE WALLACE with a Liger Dropkick in the corner followed by a "B-Boy" Face Lift. TREVOR RHODES def. ARIK CANNON with a Russian legsweep into modified rings of saturn stretch. BRANDON THOMASELLI def. VITO THOMASELLI with an Air Raid Crash off the top rope to retain the NWA Indiana State Title. After the match, SAL THOMASELLI ran out and they hit Brandon with the "Victim of Circumstance" (Swinging Pendulum of Pain followed by a Double Foot Stomp). Ian Rotten, Trik Davis, Arik Cannon, and Emil Sitoci all ran out and made the save. Return to Valpo is on March 18th. Looks like Cannon reaggravated his collarbone injury in his match with Trevor. Ian announced a 3-way with Evans, Generico and someone for Midlo but I can't remember. Commentary was done by Joey Eastman and Jim Fannin most of the night. Shot on IWA Hardcam. Bloomington, 2/26 SILAS YOUNG def. EMIL SITOCI with the Finley Kip up into the Triple Lindy (Finley Roll followed by a headstand in the corner into an arabian press) CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI def. SHANE STORM with the Swiss Money Bomb (Cross Armed Powerbomb) Before the 3rd match, JIM FANNIN (who was doing triple duty, Commentating, Ring Announcing and Managing) called CHANDLER McCLURE to the ring. Fannin said that his original plan had fallen through but he got Chandler the "best partner money could buy" TREVOR RHODES. VITO and SAL THOMASELLI (THE IRON SAINTS) def. MIKE WALLACE and INDIANA KIDD with the "Victim of Circumstance" (Swinging Pendulum of Pain followed by a Double Foot Stomp) on KIDD. SUPERSTAR STEVE def. HILLBILLY JED with a Top Rope Flying Headbutt. IAN ROTTEN and TRIK DAVIS def. CHANDLER McCLURE and TREVOR RHODES when Trik rolled up McCLURE with a schoolboy into a folding press. After the match, Fannin kept telling Chandler to learn how to cheat and if he wants to be in the Fannin Family, then he has to cheat more. BRANDON THOMASELLI and JOSH ABERCROMBIE went to a no contest when the IRON SAINTS ran out. Brandon got on the mic and said that since Josh pinned Sal last night and He pinned Vito, they already have 2 up on the IRON SAINTS. He challenged them to a tag match and they accepted. VITO and SAL THOMASELLI (THE IRON SAINTS) def. BRANDON THOMASELLI and JOSH ABERCROMBIE with the "Victim of Circumstance" (Swinging Pendulum of Pain followed by a Double Foot Stomp) on ABERCROMBIE after they knocked Brandon to the floor. At the Next Bloomington show, The Iron Saints vs. Josh Abercrombie and Brandon Thomaselli in a match, which they can prepare for. Commentary for most of the night was done by Jim Fannin, Chandler McClure then Bryce Remsburg and Mickie Knuckles Apparantly, B-Boy's flight from Philly was cancelled which is why he missed the show, while Kingston wasn't on the show due to a family emergency.

Why did you choose that name for your character? I think my exact thought was 'If I'm gonna do this SJL thing, I need a name that'll stand out. Landon came from some American soccer player who I saw playing and thought 'Wow, what a wierd name'. No idea about Maddix. Call it inspiration. Why do they look the way they do? Me likey Brian Kendrick. Why is their character the way it is, and is this different from how you originally envisaged them? A lot of it is to do with the Disciple stuff I did in the JL with Todd Royal. If it wasn't for that storyline, I'd probably have stayed with the tired 'cruiserweight face in peril' for a lot longer. But that kinda shaped Maddix into someone who wanted to win, rather than enjoyed winning. And obviously, I wouldn't be the C2W face I am now if my heel run flopped. Which luckily, it didn't. If I hadn't gotten the rub off of Flesher at Genesis, then I doubt I'd be going for World Titles right now. If there was one thing you would want your character remembered for, what would it be? Being the best ICTV Champion ever, duh! Also, being the guy to end Toxxic's long-ass World Title reign and the whole 'carrying the SJL on my back for the last 2 months of it's existance.' Or...near enough. EDIT: Plus winning the 'Fuck obviously

Yeah, my stuff might be a couple of hours...something came up, but you will get something. Even if it's a little late.

The goal of a traditional wrestling match is to entertain. If you want your wrestling to look real, watch UWF-I or U-Style. There has to be a line though. I don't demand that every wrestler's offense looks as authentic as say Samoa Joe's, or that everyone works strong style. But at the same time, I don't want to be watching a WWE Title match and have somebody sitting next to me saying 'He's not even touching him...' every time RVD throws a forearm or a punch.

I think he beat Mysterio clean too. Aside from that though, no. Anyway, I'm one of the bigger JBL fans on the board, but I think they need to freshen things up and at the same time, give the fans what they want at Mania. Which is Cena winning. The whole point of how they manage JBL's 'push' is to make people crave the show JBL finally loses. And right now, there's no better time than Mania and person than Cena. So I say Cena.

Revenge Of Taker's the show with Mankind's head-first table bump. I remember marking out huge when I first saw that.

Golden Vampire!?! What's that now, Golden Vampire XV?

I'll read your stuff when you reply to my PM, buddy. Also, NYU and Hoff should write a Drunken Deathmatch if we do the deathmatch tourney again this year. Only, instead of writing the characters as drunk, they should just write it drunk. That'd be the biggest trainwreck in OAOAST history. In a good way.

And instead of running as far away from the monster as possible or setting a trap to begin with, Scooby and Shaggy will dress up to fool the monster. Which never works. The amount of 'monsters' they go after, you wonder why they're even scared anymore. Surely they'd just think 'Oh, another monster, let's just set up a trap for them like we always do...only this time, we won't wait until the end of the episode to do it.' Also, the running through the corridors gag.

Ditto on Summerslam 98. The only thing not worth viewing on the entire show is Kaientai/Oddities. Probably the most consistent show of 1998, although it wasn't as 'spectacular' as Mania. The Great American Bash 2004 wasn't as bad as many make out, so I guess that's underrated. EDIT: Uncensored 99 is pretty fun too. Not a great PPV by any means, but aside from Hogan/Flair and the NWO B&W match (which is so bad it's almost good) it's decent enough.

The one thing that bothers me with RVD is the fact his offense doesn't look authentic enough for the main event style. If he's playing the face in a main event environment, at some point he's going to need to learn how to punch somebody. At the moment, he has Chyna-esque forearms and his kicks, which aren't exactly Tajiri-esque. He needs a moveset overhaul actually. That's the problem with his matches when somebody works on his knee. His entire offense revolves around flying about, so more often than not he either forgets to sell his knee or simply doesn't bother. Other than that, obviously he's viable.

^^^ Your Zero Hour main eventers ladies and gentlemen.

Benjamin, Regal and Haas all use safe Exploder variations. Show did use the F-5 for a couple of matches. And I think Nakano's move is the Stunt Rider Stretch.

The picture above must be pretty old. He was a lot more muscular last I saw of him (which admitedly was 2 years ago, but still) than in that picture. There's worse muscular wrestlers out there, but he's nothing 'special'.

Okay, first real feedback I've given for some time, so here it goes. - Of course, it's so much easier when you have an awesome match opening the show. - Cornette's one of my favourite wrestling personalities...like, ever, so it's always cool seeing him on the show. Very heated little promo to hype the 6 Man Tag which suddenly seems so much more important. Never heard Corny quite so foul mouthed, but it's all good here. It was also nice to see Ned and Simon stepping out from Cornette's shadow in their promo. That took me completely off guard and now, I have Pepsi on my screen. Ned could be a great character solo-wise judging from this. - Sexual tension with Axel and Crystal. Aww. Almost wretch-worthy. And Theodore Long!! HOLLA HOLLA HOLLA!! Man, that was totally out of nowhere, but great. - Nice to see another side to The Dude. - TPR with a heated little hype promo. Very nice, if ya smell what I'm cookin'. - Main event in the middle of the show? How odd. As for the giving away of my match, no problemo...just assume that Triple C heard before Rodez did. Yeah. That'll do. I smell another love-in here. Nice little tag match with Crystal making a good face in peril. Ending seemed a little abrupt, until you realise Axel's the #1 Contender and should be running through people like that. And, more love-in-ing. Jeez, get a room. - Yay for me again. - I know SOMEBODY on this board who felt THAT lowblow. HI-YO~! Uhm, anyway, again Ned proves to be a great little character, for fun, and we get the fun that is Jivin' JR. Bah gawd. - Love Doctors do stuff. Nice to see the hype continuing. - Speaking of which...using Arn Anderson makes a simple little hype segment that bit more special. Showing how much all this means to Zero Hour by having them cut out the funny business was a very smart touch. - I have no idea who Cabrera is, but seeing (presumably) geeky people getting destroyed. - Hoff's stuff was a unique way of hyping the Zero Hour match. It was like the ultimate in cheap face heat seeking, yet it didn't make him seem desperate for it. Well, too desperate. I mean, come on. A kitten!?! At least when Axel's cuddling up to Crystal, you think 'Well, at least he's getting some pussy, that makes him a man'. But for Hoff, it's more 'Well, he's holding a pussy...he should get out more. - Odd little DoC stuff. But Michael Cole kicking robot BUTT? BAM baby, that's what I like! - Drek is such a bad-ass character that he works as World Champion. You don't get the sense of a stereotypical Italian mafia guy...but at the same time, you kinda remember he's a gangster esque tough guy. Because he sounds like one. - Ooh, more stuff from me. - And the main event with the Dude selflessly jobbing himself out is very nice, as is the return of Calvin Whatshisname. It's a little cheesy, but you know...in a good way. Like the whole 70's Dude gimmick, which is a lot of fun.

I was gonna say, is a PPV without Zack Malibu possible? OAOAST World Title Drek Stone © vs. Hoff WINNER: Drek goes into AngleMania as champ. I can't see a face v. face main event to be honest. Plus, Drek needs the victory in the main event that he hasn't had the past two PPVs. Although Hoff and NYU have done a good job of making it hard to predict. Anderson Cup Black T vs. The Global Party Xchange WINNERS: Black T. Again, can't see face vs. face at Mania. Axel vs. The Mad Cappa WINNER: Axel to go in strong at Mania. The Puerto Rican vs. Panther WINNER: Methinks TPR wins with some schenanigans or sculdugery of some sort to set up the gimmick match rematch at Mania OAOAST X Division Title Leon Rodez© vs. Chris Stevens WINNER: I guess I shouldn't say. Calvin Szechstein vs. The 70s Dude WINNER: Booking says The Dude, but instincts says Cal takes the win. HI-YAH Tag Titles The Love Doctors © vs. Hell's Hitmen WINNERS: I dunno...guess at The Hitmen. 6 Person Tag Saints & Jim Cornette vs. New New Midnight Express and Holly-Wood WINNERS: Saints and Corny, again to set up for Mania...probably split into a tag match and an intergender managers match.

Try against JBL. The powerbomb is probably the easiest finisher to counter...you just might need to change his CFH, until you've done the challenge, incase he goes for that a lot. Then again, I did it by countering the Taker Chokeslam with Scotty, so luck is probably a big part of it.

Awesome. I need to pick up some of the older OVW shows methinks, from the sounds of this thread. Especially with The Bashams, if only to see what potential's currently being wasted.

Well, the Snow/Mankind match was part of the Survivor Series tournament...so, it wasn't so much of a feud as a side-story. Technically, they would have wrestled, Socko or not.