King Cucaracha

I'm sure Jericho is on the list. The sets they've put out are for the 'workrate' guys like Benoit, Eddie, Rey who like you said have footage from other companies but have also had a decent amount of top quality matches. Plus, at least Jericho might have an interesting back-story in his DVD...more so than RVD. A HHH 2 disk would be nice. But I can't see him agreeing to any of his WCW run getting on the DVD and that leaves the scratch logo years. Ditto on the last point for Angle. Whatever happened to the Horseman DVD. They could find TONS of interesting matches and in theory, they'd be from different eras. Maybe add some WWF Brainbuster matches.

For me personally, it was New Blood Rising. I saw little glimmers of hope still (what can I say, I'm an optimist). But the way they completely botched the Lance Storm/Mike Awesome match made me give up all hope. It wasn't a major factor in the company's downfall, but it was the point that I personally though 'you know what, Storm is now buried, and he was one of the last big hopes'. There were times before like early 2000. NBR was the last one though. As for the Point Of No Return for the company itself, I still believe there would have always been a way back had Vince not bought the company. At the time, RVD was the hottest free agent going. He was imminent and I still think that with RVD, they may have had a base to pull back. Plus, there were obviously good ideas floating around.

Daniels as World Champ makes me smile. And at least they got a decentish crowd. Looks like another video on the list.

I think besides the 'gentle giant'stuff to get his face run going, a lot of it has to do with size. When Show has someone like Joy next to him, he looks taller than he usually does. The last interview he did, they had Joy next to him and had the camera angle altered so it was pointing up at Show. So, it's all about image.

I'm not saying they should have been sued...far from it. But they went to a stranger's house, knocked on their door and then didn't respond when the woman called out. Now, if someone came to your house and did that, you wouldn't automatically assume it was kids dropping off cookies. And you can't completely blame the woman for thinking the worst, especially if she had problems with neighbours before. Still, taking them to court is pretty ridiculous.

Show in Godzilla. Or as King Kong with Torrie.

Me thinks Tawren has never watched half time Super Bowl commercials. Half the time you don't even know what product is being shilled. They're made to get people talking. See, that's the point I was trying to make.

Then why does it end with "WrestleMania 21" and the date of the show? Why not just do the spoof. IT'S A COMMERCIAL FOR WRESTLEMANIA. Of course it is being made to make you want to buy the show. That's what a commercial is. It's a spoof, based on the fact that it's Wrestlemania in Hollywood. If they just did the spoof, people would wonder what the hell was going on. It's no more or less of a 'commercial' than the HOF announcement, or having the banner hanging from the ceiling. They do something...then they shill Mania. Yeah! If they can't come up with something better and one that relates to pro wrestling, they have to do lame movie spoofs! They have to make wrestling look unfunny and even more fake! That's the best they can do! And YOU HAVE TO LIKE IT! omg they're exposing the business! It's a commercial for Wrestlemania, in 2005...not Starrcade 85. What do you suggest then, more Wrestlemania recalls? It's Wrestlemania in Hollywood. That's what they've been shilling ever since they announced the sight. Wrestlemania going Hollywood. I'm not sure exactly what you're expecting from the commercials, seeing as again, there's no card...except to shill the Hollywood aspect again. Because THAT'S ALL THEY'VE CONFIRMED! Oh, they could remind us that Benoit won the title last year. Or that Hogan slammed Andre at WM 3. They could do the same flashback style video they always do. Something that people would just glaze over watching because they've seen it all before. Aren't the point of commercials to grab the viewers attention? To stand out? If it isn't focused on buyrates, why are they even doing commercials? Why not just not do it? They're not selling the PPV on these commercials. They're not going to affect the buyrate. There's still 2 months to go. These are EARLY commercials to create interest, not to sell the show. That's the point you're missing. If they are going for memorability, why not do HHH flying through space with a laser show behind him as big dragons jump up and down and hot chicks get naked and masturbate each other on top of giant seizure robots? That's memorable, dammit, so it has to be great! Because it has nothing to do with Wrestlemania or Hollywood. Why I'm giving a serious answer to such a childish responce I don't know.

Anyone with floor plans, hit me up. I've never been in a mall, period, so without floor plans it's going to be a rather vague Mall Brawl from moi. Incredibly vague.

I don't know WHAT you mean!

Nice to see Tawren COMPLETELY missing the point. The commercials are just like the Summerslam olympic ones. Or every Rumble one for the past few years. Fun. You know, what entertainment programs are supposed to be. You're not supposed to think 'wow, there's re-enacting the civil war in a wrestling ring, I want to buy the show'. What are they supposed to do with the commercials exactly? Sell it on an un-confirmed Batista/HHH match? Or the un-confirmed Smackdown match? Unconfirmed HBK/Angle? The uncompleted HOF line-up? "Wrestlemania 21...The Rock might be there, so buy buy buy!" It's supposed to be something fun. To laugh at. And to play off the Hollywood theme. Not everything has to be completely focused on profits and workrate and buyrates, contrary to popular belief. And besides...what's more memorable, an advert with Big Show talking in a Cage, or an advert with HHH as Braveheart riding a donkey?

Well, Zed is officially the best booker ever.

That'd be awesome. He can't talk more jibberish than Long does. Holla Holla Holla to ma shiz fizzle, playa!

No comment on Rodez, two women straddling bananas and my hastily arranged and not entirely thought through at all character development?

Rock's turn at Survivor Series. It was perfectly done and it made a lot of sense in hindsight, in terms of what happened during the night...yet, I still didn't see it coming.

I call Daniels going over too. C'MON BABY!! Also, technically, I think Jacobs is in transition. The match he had with Claudio in Highland's a good example. He didn't really play the heel during the match, but then he got into it with that fan post match. So, I don't think Jacobs has fully turned yet. Anyway, looks a good card. Hopefully the turnout is too. Is Priest a regular now? He looked good last time I saw him and he's got a good gimmick

Sitdown interview with Leon Rodez, by order of Bill Watts. Is Rodez still a suitable X Champion? Does he have an OAOAST future? Has he done the porn? The answers will be given on the HD!

One of the Smackdowns had 8 in the ring, didn't it?

Judgement --> Judgement Slam --> Jamie Drazon?

Oh, I'm not the only one then. Ditto on Lacey, Trish (duh) Becky and blonde Molly too. Can't believe she hasn't been mentioned yet.

That'll never happen again. Our markers are too lazy/drunk to even give feedback, let alone re-write matches. HI-YO~! I'll be taking those belts, thank you. There'll be a bill on your desk in the morning. - TMF

Date: January 30th Location: MCI Center, Washington D.C Time: During SWF Clusterfuck With the Clusterfuck finished, the Sacred vs. Mak Francis main-event is currently about to get underway, with Mak just about to make his entrance. And whilst the fans in the arena await The Franchise, backstage, the newly crowned Clusterfuck champion Landon Maddix is just now reaching his locker room, Megan Skye helping him back. The beaming smile on Maddix's face cannot be missed as he limps wearily through the hallways, Megan beside him, also beaming. No words need to be exchanged between the two, both knowing exactly how much the victory means, as Maddix reaches the Martial Law dressing room and walks triumphantly through the door... ...to be confronted by raving Alan Clark, who is having to be held back by an also exhausted Todd Cortez. "What the HELL is this!?!" snaps Maddix as Cortez and Megan group together and shove Alan back onto a couch and stand between the two men. "So much for coming back to congratulations or celebrations. Nooo, I have to come back to Alan Clark and his mad rantings!" "Bite me!" "And what the hell have I done to deserve this?" Maddix again snaps, slamming the door behind him, with the cameraman following him just able to get inside in time. "What have you done to deserve this!?! What have you done to fuckin' deserve this!?! I'll tell you what!" screams Clark, Cortez continuing to stand in his way. "You ELIMINATED me from the damn Clusterfuck, THAT'S what!! All that talk of going in as a team, it was BULLSHIT! I should have known you'd screw me over!" "Calm down man." pleads Cortez. "Calm down? Of course YOU'D say that, YOU weren't eliminated by your so called team-mate!" "No, I wasn't. But I was eliminated because of what went down, so don't think I don't know how angry you are!" And with that, Cortez turns his head to Landon, his triumph already a distant memory as now all three of his Martial Law allies. "What?" "We're waiting for an explanation." "Huh" "...on why you didn't follow the plan, Landon." "Yeah, why did you eliminate me, as if I don't know already." "Woah, woah...wait a minute Alan. I didn't eliminate you...I eliminated Bloodshed." sneers Maddix, as if talking to a a naughty five year old, which Clark doesn't seem to appreciate. "As far as I remember, you got eliminated by Sean Davis. A Revolution Zero member. And, you know what, besides that, I think it's YOU who owes US an explanation. You can talk about the plan all you want. You entering the Clusterfuck twice wasn't in the plan. Infact, you seemed to neglect to mention that, didn't you Alan?" All of a sudden, Clark is stoney silent, as Cortez (who is caught in the middle of all this bickering yet again) turns to Clark, looking for an explanation from him. But Alan doesn't get the chance... "Why would you enter twice if you weren't planning to win, huh? You didn't give a damn about Martial Law. You're just pissed because your Clusterfuck performance was a flop for the second damn year in a row!" "Wha..." "Hell, by the time Todd got out, you'd already screwed up the plan yourself. And then, you come out for a second try. Because you...wanted...to win, at ANY cost." "I did it to give us a better chance." "A likely story." sneers Maddix. "You didn't see Todd dusting off that stupid 'Ghost' costume and making two entrances. You didn't see me picking up a cheap gold mask, gold body suit and entering as a Conquistador or some crap. We stuck to the plan. If we planned two entrances, we'd have had the COURTESY to let YOU know about it. Then again, I guess I'm being hard on you. After all, I don't know what it's like to a have multiple personality dis-order like you." Angrily, Clark stands up and tries to go after Maddix, but again Cortez stops him. But, with no sign of let up... "ALRIGHT DAMN IT, THAT'S ENOUGH!!!" Clark and Maddix finally stop bickering, as Cortez resorts to yelling at the two, before fatigue sets in and he decides it best to sit down. "What are we fighting for exactly? We should be celebrating. We went out there and did exactly what we set out to do. Win the Clusterfuck. We did that. Toxxic is so screwed up, he can't even beat Dace Night anymore. Spike is probably cussing out Davis as we speak. And Sacred's still got to get past Mak Francis tonight. Martial Law is stronger than ever, Revolution Zero is WEAKER than ever! Tonight should be a night of celebration. Now, the way I see it, you're both in the wrong." Maddix doesn't seem to agree, but keeps quiet. "Alan, you should have told us what you were planning man. It took us off our game. Could have cost both me AND Landon. And Landon, you should have thought of what was best. Cla...I mean, Bloodshe...whatever. He asked us if we were okay. Which is reason enough to trust him." "Oh, come on Todd." sighs Landon. "You can't trust ANYONE in the Clusterfuck." "Evidently." sneers Clark, to a sigh from Cortez. "Guys, please. What's done is done. Martial Law are going to From The Fire, which was what we set out to secure. By whatever means neccessary, right?" Clark and Maddix nod. "Exactly. The end justifies the means. So, no harm done, right?" Clark and Maddix nod. "Right. Now...shake hands." Clark and Maddix laugh. "Guys, seriously. Shake hands so we're all clear, there's no hard feelings and we're all behind the one cause...Landon going to From The Fire and winning back the World Championship." Hearing that, Maddix perks up a little and is suddenly more than happy to shake Clark's hand. But still, Clark doesn't seem to happy at the thought of shaking hands with the man who ruined his Clusterfuck dream. "Alan..." "Yeah, come on Alan, shake the champ's hand." encourages Landon slyly. Alan's mouth tilts at the sides a bit, but he holds back whatever insult he was about to throw... ...and shakes Maddix's hand. "There we go." sighs Cortez. "NOW, we can celebrate!" "Not quite, we don't have the champagne. But, we can wait a little longer." Maddix turns, opening the door. "Besides, if I'm going to From The Fire...and considering we don't have a monitor in this glorified broom closet...I need to go find a monitor and watch the main event. I'll bring the bubbly on the way back." "Yeah, see ya man." smiles Cortez as Maddix leaves the room, Cortez secretly breathing a sigh of relief. "I'm gonna take a shower in that case." Clark now speaks up. "Wash HIS handprints off of me!" "Handprints?" "It was a metaphor." Alan calls back as he walks off, leaving Cortez relieved to be alone with the uncontroversial Megan. ... "And THAT is why I never wanna have kids." chuckles Cortez as he lies back on the sofa, ice-pack going back on his forehead. As his eyes shut and he takes himself somewhere calm, a silence falls over the room, Megan trying to keep herself occupied as she grabs Maddix's title belt collection and a tin of polish. "Good job out there tonight." "Who, me?" mumbles Cortez as he opens his eyes, to see a nod from Megan. "Of course. I mean, you were out there from number seven until almost the end...if it wasn't for you, Landon might not have even won tonight." "Well, I dunno about that, but...thanks Megan." Cortez goes back to relaxing on the couch, as Megan smiles away to herself while getting on with polishing the ICTV Championship. But her eyes aren't on the belt. They, are on Cortez. "Don't mention it."

I didn't pop for it because I've seen it in the indies like 100 times from guys like Walters, Josh Abercrombie, Roderick Strong. You know, guys who can work. But I'm glad Maven's finally got a decent finisher and he's getting over with his mic work. Of course, it doesn't mean anything, because the bookers don't even rate him enough to give him a proper match (see New Years Revolution), but he still has a neat finisher.

Does the Clusterfuck Champion, i.e me, get to choose the stipulation again this year? If so, I'd better start thinking, because I need someway of evening the odds against Sacred.

Spike summed up my thoughts. Actually, kinda. Johnny had the courtesy to PM me and say his comments were no knock on me and I'm glad he did, otherwise you just know I'd be ranting right now. He has a point. Then again, Sacred's World Title winning match was over limit. But, he does have a point. But, that's why I nearly no-showed. Because the word limit was always going to cause problems for someone, be it the person writes over limit and wins and/or the person who has trouble with the limit, does his best, and finds out someone over limit won. I was never pro-limit myself, as ya'll know. I do kinda feel bad for winning because I did go over limit. And I don't blame Johnny for being miffed. I'm sure he won't be the only one either. Then again... w00t~! Clusterfuck Champ, muthafuckers~!