DrVenkman PhD

Coming off of a failed attempt to steal your idea, I could use an updated "shooting".

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A rare voice of sanity on the internet and with Mr. Rapp gone, one of the few people I go on IRC to have a conversaion with. Yeah, there are other people who are fine to talk with, but you're generally the person I actively go "!lastspoke" for. Our wrestling fandom differs - greatly - but I credit you for at least getting me to watch SOME puro stuff (and causing me to vote Destiny 2005 as show of the year in the Observer awards). Sadly, not familiar enough with him to make a good comment. I enjoyed his match at the ROH show I attended in December (Steelcage Warfare) and other things I've watched are real good too. I think he could do well on a bigger stage in TNA if given the chance. Almost always in a match worth watching, even if it's more highspot sizzle than technical steak. You either love him for being entertaining in the ring or hate him for being a "spot monkey". Bottom line - he tends to entertain me, so I'm cool with him. A really funny guy and great wrestler. Met him at the September 2005 BCW show (he had a good match with Chris Sabin on that show too). I can never tell this story to sound funny, but someone asked him about the $10 t-shirts he was selling, causing him to go into a totally deadpan (but hilarious) discussion about the differences between a t-shirt and 8x10 photo, as per the signs behind him advertising the $10 photos (not t-shirts). The Perfect one. It's a shame that the wrestling lifestyle can kill such gifted peopleso young (kids, don't do drugs). I marked out big time when I found out he was replacing Nash at a WCW house show in a match against Bret Hart. His 2002 return to the WWE at the Royal Rumble was great and it's a shame things didn't go better for him after that. Not familiar enough with his body of work (I've seen maybe... one match? A steel cage match against Sammartino, I think). Someday, with the help of the internet, I may get better aqauinted with his work.

I just received season 4 of NewsRadio in the mail on Friday. Good times. I was watching the episode where Bill is a genie in a jeans commercial before I came to work - excellent stuff. Bill having Cadbury, his manly man (or is it gentleman's gentleman?) butler was really awesome too. I don't think any NewsRadio fan will ever forget his yelling "YES" and "I DID!" at Dave when being question about his hair dying antics over the sandwich machine. Lisa / Maura is cute. I find it interesting that her and Dave seem to be the only two people in the office that actually try to work, yet are quite opposite in personality. Of note, my favourite flavour of donut is plain. A comedic talent the world lost too soon. I remember him from such shows as The Simpsons, SNL, and NewsRadio. I also recall him being a report in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, and I've heard something about Hartman originally having something to do with Paul Ruben's Pee-Wee character. An interesting character that I have no problems with. Sure, you have a tendancy on the forum to come off like Lyle the effeminite heterosexual, but it's all good. I'm sure things like "High School Musical" really are not awful if you give it a chance rather than call it gay right away. You also tend to talk about all your celebrity run-ins. Really, who does that in this day and age? That reminds me, did I tell you guys about the multiple times I've spoken with Late Show regular Rupert Jee in NYC? Or the time I talked to Petey Williams when I was taking the garbage out in our housing complex? On a more serious note, you enjoy NewsRadio and that's ok in my book. You don't seem to be super harsh on judging wrestling matches either, and sometimes I think the internet needs people like that. One of my favourites as a kid, and it wasn't really until 1999 when he made his (unfortunatley) failed Fed return that I realized he may not have been all I thought he was growing up. When I started watching wrestling in 1991 and didn't understand the timeline of Coliseum videos I would rent, I always wanted Bulldog to beat Mr. Perfect for the IC title. I was happy when he finally got it in 1992, but wasn't exactly sad he lost it a month later to HBK as by that time I wanted Shawn to be champ. Hot, says I. Seems like a nice person in the MySpace community. I enjoy her work on The Office. There are so many great characters on The Office that it would be a lie to call Stanley "the best" (Dwight), but he's up there. The situations they writers put his character in are excellent - drawing the "black" card, being Michael's "secret weapon" in basketball and then sucking. Oh, and that time he brought his daughter to work and bitched out Ryan? Awesome stuff.

It's unfortunate that what will probably be his last big TV appearance will be looking like crap and falling down on live TV. I quite enjoyed his feud with Sting when I was a kid in 1992 - Vader really seemed unstoppable. The latest work of his in WCW I can recall is feuding with Ray Traylor which resulted in some surprisingly good matches (Spring Stampede 94 is one I recall as being stiff). I never saw his feud with Hogan outside of a Baywatch episode. Misued by the Fed due to politics, he became pretty worthless by 1998 and was cut loose. I've heard good things about his runs in Japan but have not seen nay of it. Sting was the guy that, growing up, I liked and thought was good if and when I watched WCW, but didn't really rally behind him because he wasn't a part of my precious WWF. To be honest, I can't think of any standout "awesome" Sting matches after 1992 (previous to that, early matches with Flair, the FCA match with Foley at Beach Blast, and of course the Vader feud) but he was always over and could work a good match. Often threw an ugly dropkick, and that's about the only issue I have with him (and to be honest, I don't have a problem with his dropkicks, but apparently his version of them are frowned upon at a certain wrestling school in my city). I always thought Bret was great, and the 1997 Canada vs. US angle was a great time to be a wrestling fan from Canada. A good technical wrestler that had me cheering for the heels in early 90s (the Blondes, of course), he managed to turn his post-injuries dumbed down brawling moveset and become the most over draw of the 90s. I know this may not sit well with you, GQ, but I really enjoyed Austin's 2001 work when he became "technical" again, although I have found that I don't think of highly as HHH vs Austin from NWO 2001 as I did 5.5 years ago. Awesome. He's another guy that got over on limited moves combined with high charisma, but unlike Hogan, could have a match that was actually good for the in ring work with the right opponent. A funny guy, too. I like him more than most people on the internet. He sounds like a jackass politically, and sometimes I read something in the Observer that makes me want to punch him, but I honestly believe that he has SOME grasp on the industry and I don't believe he'd be the worst guy to run the WWE (when he retires, of course) when Vince or Shane can't.

Not the greatest of all time and while the problems that Angle-marks (like me) overlook has been well documented by you, in an environment over overpushed and undertalented bodybuilders or hosses, Kurt Angle is usually guaranteed to have one of, if not the, match of the night inside a WWE ring. I really enjoyed his work when I was growing up, even when he was the "bad guy" and as an 11 year old I was supposed to be cheering for his opponents, not him. When he went into retirement in 1998 and I had some more knowledge of his backstage antics, I had different opinions on him. In one of those sad things about the WWE, even in HBK's current state, he's probably more likely than most people currently pushed to have important matches to have a match be I'm liking what I've seen so far. Heard all the rumblings about him in 2004, had no clue who he was and often became confused with a character from a N64 WCW game (Boxer Joe?). Since debuting in TNA I have watched some of his ROH stuff and have been quite impressed. Samoa Joe is one of those guys that threatens to one day cause me to just give up on my beloved WWE. Quite possibly the greatest sports entertainer of all time. Is hardly a passable wrestler, but with his unmatched charisma (and good timing, and a push from Vince) was able to make the WWF explode. Love him or hate him, it cannot be denied that few people, if any, have been able to make so much money out of so little talent. And yes, he was one of my favourites as a kid. A mere parody of himself these days but entertaining all the same. I had barely heard of him when I first saw him in the WWF but have since watched the "trilogy" with Steamboat (among other things) and he certainly could work a very good match in the day, though nothing stands out as extremely "exciting" or "flashy", just hard work.

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Cameo appearance while on hiatus! Here's a big list to get things going: DrVenkman Rudo HTQ wildpegasus Ric Flair Samoa Joe Jeff Jarrett Triple H Harvey's toasted buffalo chicken sandwich Street Fighter: The Movie Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Chun-Li Cammy

I was all set to pick JBL for my team today, but Fantasy caught on and removed him from the roster (as per the commentator rule). I have a 10 man team this week (and I bet you can guess who five of them are), so hopefully I get back in the top 5 in our league.

Didn't get around to talking about my trip or posting any pictures, but does any of that matter? I posted some Nintendo World museum pix in the VG folder (Comments thta don't warrant a thread) so that was good. I have a Flickr account as suggested by someone at work, so my masterpieces will all go there eventually. I guess I should say that when I was away, I bought a Dunder Mifflin / "World's Greatest Boss" mug from the NBC store. The Colbert Report taping was interesting, with the warm-up guy being pretty funny. He ragged on us for saying we were from Canada, good times. It was te 99th episode and the last one before they went on a two week hiatus. They showed "The Difference Makers" and while that was on, Colbert had broken character at the desk and was cracking up at those crazy Mexican hating Texans. Anyway, due to a temporary supervisor exchange, I will be relocated for the next month. I'll have a net connection and all that, but it won't be me own dedicated connection so it's good to consider me postless for the next little bit. I am looking forward to the ECW show tomorrow and hope the subsequent show revival is good. I'll probably go to the SmackDown / ECW show in Detroit at the end of July. That crazy mySpace... I don't know how many of you are familiar with Sugar from YTV in Canada (cute, looks young but was born in 1980, high pitched voice, lent it to some anime) but she's pretty cute, and damn I found some nice pix on her mySpace page. It's weird knowing she's a kids TV host. I approve of the rule HTQ set about pasting newsletters, etc. word for word. Ok, maybe it's because I get the WON in the mail (and usually a day or two AFTER it gets transcribed here, at that), but I always felt that it's awesome for subscribers to share news with the board, but to copy word for word what Meltz says is not cool. Damn, I hope I am able to keep up to date on my WWE Fantasy roster for the next month. I want to place 1st (or at least top 3) in the TSM league, but one of our league members is a top 5er in the overall standings. This is a tough season with ECW involved. Edit: Oh yeah, I got new glasses. People at work call them "Stylish" and say they look good. I like that. Behave, everyone. I will be back. Ortonsault, C.M. Punk, Sugar, Pam / Jenna, Ryan / BJ, and the rest: Thanks for the add.

WWE Fears Alex Shelley is the current #1 team. I know you love Shelley. Props for the MySp add. It was noted and referenced in my blog (along with 'Sault and such).

Unfortunately, Captain N wasn't a video game character. He was a cartoon character on one of Nintendo's Saturday Morning adtoons. A good classic character to bring back would be the Bionic Commando, from the game of the same name. I am well aware of that, but that doesn't make it an impossible / terrible idea. With that, you do bring up the question of who exaclty owns the rights to the character. I'm assuming whatever studio (DiC?) made the show.

I'm assuming that Meltzer, based on what I've heard about his ties with Heyman and such, is giving pre-show analysis on the Tanaka match because it really is happening, not just because a t-shirt says it is. That being said, I'm not going into the show tomorrow thinking it is 100% for sure happening.

I just noticed that post point correction, I Hate Wrestling is #5 overall with MHA now in 12th. Bottom line, America: Our league has a Top 5er.

I believe he was a member of the Lumpy Indians before.

Angle named greatest shoot wrestler of all time June 10, 2006 USA Wrestling has named Kurt Angle the greatest shoot wrestler of all time. “I’m truly humbled by this honor,” Angle told ECW.com. “I believe hard work and dedication helped this dream come true.” Kurt Angle is currently busy preparing for his One Night Stand match against Randy Orton Sunday night on pay-per-view. ECW.com will have more on this story later in the weekend.

Or is it?!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Captain N.

I see they announced their error in only giving Big Show specialty match win points for the battle royal. Not sure if that helps me with the extra points, or hurts me by giving everyone else more points. As I expected, I dropped down after SmackDown (damn you Finlay!) but here's hoping I get back into the top 5 after the PPV. I bet Leena loves the name of the current overall first place team... I find it more than a bit coincidental that with the top team being named "WWE Fears Alex Shelley", the top 10 ranking ticker on WWE.com's frontpage is gone. But maybe it's only there at the beginning of the week?

The fact that we are discussing how the ECW show (although I guess it was a WWE show), the PPV, the future Tuesday shows being scored, and the fact that the website that above quote came from also has several more saying ECW will be scored SHOULD clue you in to the fact that's an answer to an old question (it's also their auto-response to questions about ECW scoring, but that may have been fixed since I didn't get one about the battle royal scoring), but since it didn't, here goes: That's an old question. When Season 7 started, they had no intention of scoring One Night Stand. When ECW was announced as a full revival, they said they would not be scoring it. Based on fan response, they changed their mind (it was announced towards the end of week 2, effective week 3, which is this week). Bottom line, America: One Night Stand and ECW in general = socreable.

I sent a question to the Fantasy board asking why only Big Show received win points for the BR. By the way the rules were announced, "Team ECW" should have ALL received points, similar to an elimination tag match.

From the Torch website: "Sandman and Balls Mahoney followed WWE dress code. Sandman was said to look especially dapper" Just found that amusing to picture.

I'm not holding my breath on a great show tonight (I still remember SNME... matches were fine, and the angles were ok, but overall it seemed like a lot of commercials and wasted time), but I'm looking forward to it enough that I switched my afternoon shift to a day shift with the intention of going to a friend's to watch this tonight.

"No direct copying and pasting of any copyrighted material. This includes newsletters, audio updates, shoot interviews or anything else. Paraphrasing is fine, but absolutely no copying and pasting." That's a good rule, in my opinion. It goes with my beliefs on the whole newsletter business (as a subscriber, anyway... I'd probably be let down if I wasn't). I'm hoping your sabatical after closing the WON thread after it was derailed and the addition of this rule aren't totally linked in some crazy (lawsuit crazy) way.