King Cucaracha

Wrong and semi-wrong. Melina's okay looking, Jillian looks like some sort of cyborg with implants with those eyes of hers. Neither of them are decent wrestlers, unless you go by the WWE women's standards, i.e low standards. Download some porn, it'll be cheaper.

Well, I wasn't going to do anything this week, but I guess now I will.

Yep you're quite right- the Orient Express was at Royal Rumble 92, but they faced the New Hart Foundation instead- my mistake! That was a pretty decent match too. I agree with '92

It's not just a WWE thing. I've watched NOAH with family around and been morbidly embarrassed by it by one reason or another ("How is someone who looks that old supposed to pick someone up like that?" "Why do they keep screaming?" "Can somebody shut that announcer guy up, where's the bloody mute button?" "A clothesline!?! All that for a clothesline!?!")

Ah, fond memories. Samba used to be a 30 goal a season player without fail every season on that game. So, the right team won the Champions League, although it was looking a little hairy for a while. Would have been a travesty if Arsenal had won 1-0, with a goal from Sol Campbell of all people, after the abortion of a decision the ref made to kill the game off.

Meh. Another Rey vs. Big Guy match that'll make JBL look a goof for selling half the moves he takes. Lashley/Booker? I'm on the fence, it could be good but I'm not huge fans of either. A lot of potential for a good match, this is the one I'm most looking forward to on the entire card. You'd have to pay me to watch it, not the other way around. See above. Great, on paper. No brainer, great match. Pass. And I'm pretty sure it's Box Office over here, meaning no order from me. Two matches I'm interested in and I have both taped from Velocitys in the past couple of months. "Thumbs in the middle pointing down".

The words Science and Fiction around Vince McMahon scare me. A lot. And any 'cool points' ECW potentially had have now evaporated at the prospect of people hyping 'wrestling on the science fiction channel'. "Man, if you wanna watch something really cool, put it on the Science Fiction Channel!" That's hardcore, that's hardcore.

From the three that I have, Zombies Shouldn't Run is a very good show.

Bring in Scott Hall and X-Pac as the "Old Age Outlaws" and let hilarity ensue.

Wrestling in general is a niché market. It's at it's very core flamboyant and OTT. Most non-wrestling watching fans when they think of wrestling think of Hogan and the stereotypical 'muscular guys in oil and pink spandex' and think of it as 'kids stuff'. That's not going to change, no matter how many boom periods the business goes through. I remember the times when virtually everyone at school would not just talk about wrestling, but would get involved in 24/7 style hardcore battle royals. Looking back, was it cool? Not really. No. The people with that opinion aren't going to care enough to let someone try and change it. The best way to go about it is to not care that they don't care.

I don't get the big deal about Estrada. So, he has three names and an accent. Big whoop. What the hell else does he actually offer to the table, because I certainly haven't seen it. Does absolutely nothing for me and neither does Umaga, which makes this PIMPMAGA~! phase around here all the more irritating. HAHAHAHAH

My bet is they'll drag it out because of the draw, but just between USA and Canada.

I'll try to update the Tour Schedule soon unless someone beats me to it. Feel free to beat me to it, anyone, if you wish. Two shows until School's Out, so make it a good'n people.

The Body Shop w/Christian Wright Leon Rodez vs. Gunner Sharps Guest Commentator: Crystal

Group A: Germany and Poland Group B: Sweden and England Group C: Argentina and my pick for surprise of the comeptiton, Ivory Coast. Even if Drogba sucks. Group D: Mexico and Portugal Group E: Italy and Czech Rep Group F: Brazil and assuming they acclimatise, Japan Group G: France and Korea Group H: Ukraine and Spain

I'm surprised the U.S aren't taking Freddy Adu. Funny that the reason, I think, was that he's thought to be too young and yet England are taking Theo Walcott with no real reasoning except politics.

I can't be the only one who doesn't want RVD as World Champion, surely? He's been okay since coming back but not spectacular, he can't cut a promo to save his life and it's the same damn thing over and over again with him. What's the difference between 2002 RVD and 2006 RVD? If they freshen up RVD's act then maybe, maybe, I could see him as World Champion. As it is does it really matter? How is RVD as Champion going to improve things? I don't see it. They dropped the ball in 01/02 by not giving him the strap. Now, who cares?

My insane contribution to the show is up. What it has to do with anything I really don't know, but it's there.

I love Flair's speech from the last Nitro, because it's so crazy and there never seemed to be a huge reaction from the live crowd, but he was so commited to it. I did laugh my ass off at that part though. How he named Bagwell in the middle of all these influencial figures in WCW and the NWA's history baffles me, it was so out of place. Foley's "It's Not Worth It Anymore" promo in '98 the week after the Tag Title Cage Match is pretty underrated. Also, Cornette's "Age In The Cage".

That match proved Russo was misguided. It was the booking of Storm vs. Awesome that proved he was incompetent. It was such a booking balls-up it defied belief.

England have the same sort of run in the World Cup and the Euro Championships every year. Scrape through the first two group matches, then in either the final group game or the second round they get a comfortable win (Holland in 96, Denmark in 2002, Croatia in 2004) which builds everyone's over-confidence again. Then, either the Quarters or the Semis, we play well but snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (Germany in 96, Argentina in 98, Portugal in 2004) and blame it on bad luck, a referee or a penalty shootout.

Taken seriously? He beat Booker with a fluke rollup which nobody in the crowd cared about, then dropped to Velocity. That's an on-screen shelf life of a couple of weeks.

Booking aside, Uncensored '99 wasn't that bad. Kidman/Mikey was a very good match, Rey/Nash was fun, Hak/Bam Bam/Raven was so over the top that it was entertaining, Benoit and Malenko vs. Windham and Perfect was pretty good, Booker/Steiner was okay, Saturn/Jericho was passable. Not a great show, but it doesn't make the top 10 of worst WCW PPVs, let alone worst of all time. Fall Brawl '98 was pretty atrocious and New Blood Rising was one of the worst booked shows in history. Infact, any WCW PPV from 2000 could be considered.

1 problem, Rey Mysterio. Also, what's with all the re-signings all of a sudden? It's not like they ever did anything with Akio in the first place, they dropped Haas because they had 'no plans for him'...they fired Hardy for a reason, which I guess has been forgotten if they're trying to re-sign him. You have to give it to Haas though. He has been tearing it up in the ring since he came back. Oh don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Haas I'm just completely unenthusiastic about the prospect of WWE cleaning out the indies to fill out the roster and get this "ECW" bullshit over, then doing nothing of note with anybody I enjoy watching.

So sort of old school SNME then?