DrVenkman PhD

The Dicks were so big their release warranted two threads!

Somebody beat me to yelling "MARRRRIO WHERE ARE YOU" so I have nothing to add. http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_co...cial.asp?ID=248

I noticed a lot of people had a Raw heavy (or an evenly split mix of both brands) roster this week, which jumped some people up in the league rankings. Y'all forget there is a SmackDown PPV this week?

It was funny seeing a piece talking about people going to the Power Plant to be the future of WCW.

It has funny factual errors. It's an amusing thing to watch, with soon to be anti-wrestling crusader Steve Allen doing voice over (this was aired in late 97 or early 98).

"The Norfolk Scope was completely sold out, I saw the seats filled to the very top of the arena. The crowd was very live all night long. Tazz and Cole came out to a nice pop and then a Hall of Fame themed video played. Pyros went off and out came Rey Mysterio for the first match. Rey Mysterio defeated Sylvan with a 619, followed by a pin. Lots of Eddie chants. As soon as the match ended, Randy Orton appeared at the top of the ramp in street clothes. He stated, "Rey, you are lucky you gave me a concussion last week or I'd come to the ring and beat your a$%." He then said that despite his comments about Guerrero last week, at least Eddie main-evented WrestleMania. "You Rey Mysterio, are no Eddie Guerrero," came next with the usual blather of "you'll never main event WM ..." Backstage, Rey meets up with Kurt Angle who reminds Rey about all the people who said he could never make it in the WWE, could never win the Rumble, etc. Kurt demands that Rey never say never and that "it would be my honor to face you in the main event at WM." Mark Henry then appears and declares he will be taking out both Kurt and the Undertaker in tonight's main event handicap match. Suddenly, Daivari shows up and hustles Mark Henry off. Orlando Jordan is in the ring and declaring that "there isn't anyone in that locker room I can't beat" while the crowd screams about his tapping out. Who then shows up but the Boogeyman. The smoke and fire was impressive and he proceeds to squash Jordan like a bug in less than one minute. It takes longer for the crew to clean up the worms in the ring and on the ramp then the entire match. But, the people love the Boogeyman, especially all the kids around me. Next, footage from the "No Way Out" press conference runs on the Titantron. Then we see Nunzio, Big Vito, Funaki, the Mexicools, Paul London, and Brian Kendrick backstage in a huddle. Gregory Helms breaks through the group acting arrogant and saying something I could not quite make out. Helms proceeds to the ring and we have a cruiserweight championship match against Scotty 2 Hotty. Helms wins and declares he will do the same to every cruiserweight backstage. Then, Helms begins a beat down on Scotty - which brings the entire group we saw backstage running to the ring. They proceed to beat down Helms and then each hits him with a big move, ending with Scotty giving him the Worm - another crowd pleaser. The video package on the Undertaker plays and then we go backstage once again where Helms is being iced by a trainer. Theodore Long enters and tells Helms he will be meeting each and every one of the cruiserweights at No Way Out in a championship match. Next up is Crystal, who is ready to interview Pirate Paul Burchill. Before they get started, Mr. Kennedy interrupts and begins mocking Pirate Paul's persona. That goes on until Paul pulls out his pirate sword and puts it up to Kennedy's neck, leading to a lot of apologetic backsliding. Out comes Booker T and Sharmell, who head to the announcers table and settle in for our next match, which puts JBL and Finlay (w/ Jillian Hall) against Chris Benoit and Bobby Lashley. There is a very cool spot where Benoit goes out of the ring and ends up caught in the ring apron while Finley pounds him. This is a good brawling match that the crowd was into and ends with JBL pinning Benoit. Simon Dean and the Gyminis come out and berate the crowd about their weight. This is interrupted by the entrance of Matt Hardy, who gets an enormous pop from the crowd, second only to Mysterio's at the beginning of the show. Hardy pins Dean after a Twist of Fate. A video package airs on Kurt Angle and then the Raw Rebound, which spoils the show for everyone in the arena who planned to watch it Thursday night. I was surprised no announcement was ever made that Raw was going to air on Thursday. We then cut backstage where we see Matt Hardy and Melina. Matt tells her he accepts her offer to take on MNM and will do so at No Way Out with a partner that is yet to be selected. Finally, the main event which is a 3 on 2 match with MNM and Mark Henry taking on Angle and Undertaker. Undertaker gets the biggest pop of the night and the match begins. The competitive rivalry between Angle and Undertaker is played up throughout the match and then Mercury taps out to the ankle lock "

I wonder who Matt's partner will be! Couldn't be his house show parter and former MNM rival Animal, could it? Wonder where Kash was. Also, didn't they do this exact same concept (CW open, champion says he is unbeatable) with Kid Kash exaclty one PPV ago?

http://www.youtube.com/?v=OQtL0b3xICA http://www.youtube.com/?v=03Mg0NFJU30

Figure this should go here and not it's own thread since it's not confirmed by anyone: "Thanks to Candice for sending along the following information. We'd like to stress that this is unconfirmed information at this point, so keep that in mind. Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology DVD set will be coming out on 4/4/06. It's apparently going to be a four-disc set in a specially packaged box with the first 500 copies containing a hand-signed print. Dates below are listed in European style (Day/Month/Year). DISC 1: NWA Southeastern Championship Wrestling, 5/5/79: Terry "The Hulk" Boulder vs. Andre the Giant (arm wrestling match) WWE, 13/11/79: Hulk Hogan vs. Harry Valdez (WWE debut, Championship Wrestling) WWE, 17/12/79: "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan vs. Ted DiBiase (Madison Square Garden debut) WWE, 9/8/80: "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (Showdown At Shea) AWA, 18/4/82: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hulk Hogan (AWA World Championship) AWA, 24/4/83: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hulk Hogan (AWA World Championship, Super Sunday) NJPW, 2/6/83: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki (IWGP Championship tournament finals) DISC 2: WWE, 23/1/84: Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship) WWE, 31/3/85: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper & "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (WrestleMania) WWE, 7/4/86: Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (steel cage match, WrestleMania 2) WWE, 3/1/87: Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (steel cage match, Saturday Night's Main Event) WWE, 29/3/87: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (WrestleMania III) WWE, 29/8/88: The Mega-Powers vs. The Mega-Bucks (SummerSlam) WWE, 2/4/89: "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, WrestleMania V) WWE, 1/4/90: Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania VI) DISC 3: WWE, 27/8/90: Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake (SummerSlam) WWE, 24/3/91: Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, WrestleMania VII) WWE, 3/12/91: Undertaker vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, Tuesday In Texas) WCW, 17/7/94: Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan (WCW Championship, Bash At the Beach) WCW, 23/10/94: Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (WCW Championship - steel cage retirement match, Halloween Havoc) WCW, 15/9/96: Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, & nWo Sting vs. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, & Sting ("War Games:The Match Beyond", Fall Brawl) WCW, 29/12/97: Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting (WCW Championship - Starrcade) DISC 4: WWE, 11/3/02: Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, & Kevin Nash vs. The Rock & Stone Cold Steve Austin (RAW) WWE, 17/3/02: Hollywood Hogan vs. The Rock (WrestleMania X8) WWE, 21/4/02: Triple H vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, Backlash) WWE, 4/7/02: Billy & Chuck vs. Hulk Hogan & Edge (World Tag Team Championship, SmackDown!) WWE, 30/3/03: Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. McMahon (streetfight, WrestleMania XIX) WWE, 21/8/05: Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam) "

Is Candice drunk?

Ashley vs Torrie Wilson! Can America really afford to wait three days for this match?

Benjamin gets the IC title back next week!

Sounds like it might at least be a good match. Yeah and in theory they can avoid having RVD job so soon, but I had momentarily tricked myself into thinking WWE decided HHH/Big Show was enough of a feud for a big WM22 match and would give RVD the title match slot.

Boo! = McMahon announced HHH and Big Show BOTH won the match since no one lost. Triple threat next week.

Boo! Woah Mama Benjamin is already back!

That was a surprisingly fun match. Shawn lost his smile!

As a person that uses the internet I was obviously aware that this show existed and even saw bits of some episodes. However, a friend at work got me to start watching full episodes and I love what I've watched (Manos, Puma Man, and the movie). I have a bad habit of randomly singing "Pu ma man, he flies like a moron".

Yes. I find myself constantly referencing at work and have also made a point to not pronounce the t on the word "report" anymore. Discuss.

That was line of the night.

Hey, that is good news. She is a good worker from what I've seen of her, and her style fits WWE's perfectly (I don't mean that in a negative way at all either). I know what you mean and agree completely. She's very similar to a Trish in that she can hit highspots and has some basic mat skills as well, but its't so great that she would be "ruined" by having to work a WWE style. They might have to make her get bigger breasts, though (I'm not saying _I_ agree with that, but that's how things work in the E).

I was happy to read in the very last line of the Observer that Shantelle Taylor was signed to a developmental deal.

The Fox affiliate here (and by here, I mean across the river in another country) stopped showing it around 2000/2001 (dropped it from its after midnight syndicated comedy block, along with NewsRadio) and we don't get FX in Canada, so this is the first time in years the show has been on in my area. Sometimes a channel called CFMT (now OMNI 1) shows it, but it hasn't since the late 90s (maybe another early 00s run).

"Antonio Inoki met with Saddam Hussein for the release of prisoners from Iraq before the Gulf War. As is the traditional gift for a visiting head-of-state, Saddam gave Inoki a pair of golden swords". Is Simon following in his father's (in-law? I seem to recall hearing Simon took the Inoki name when he married someone instead of vice-versa) footsteps and coming to negotiate the release of prisoners of the WWE?

Link was still there for me. All it said was "more details to follow". I suspect this is about Yukes or something.

WWE 24/7 Online features an eclectic mix of matches in February, uncovering several hidden gems that few have seen before. Matches from the England-only pay-per-view Rebellion and the Australia-only pay-per-view Global Warning are now available for all to see. Also, check out one of Hulk Hogan’s earliest matches from the AWA, Goldberg’s debut in WCW and one of The Rock’s earliest RAW matches. Don’t miss all of this and much more this month on WWE 24/7 Online. WWE Raw - Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Bastion Booger January 10, 1994 | Approx. run time: 4 mins. Bam Bam Bigelow was one of the most agile big men in WWE history. Bastion Booger was…well…one of the grossest big men in WWE history. Who would come out on top of this hard-hitting contest? WCW Starrcade - Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes November 22, 1984 | Approx. run time: 18 mins. Ric Flair has had several legendary rivalries over the years, but few can match up to his rivalry with Dusty Rhodes. It was the limousine riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing son of a gun against The American Dream. This was just the second Starrcade ever, and boxing great Joe Frazier was a special referee. Could Dusty overcome Flair for the title? WCW - War Games Match July 23, 1989 | Approx. run time: 26 mins. Watch The Road Warriors, The Midnight Express and Steve Williams take on The Samoan Swat Team, Road Warrior Hawk and The Freebirds in a War Games Match WWE RAW - Howard Finkel vs. Harvey Whippleman -Tuxedo Match January 9, 1995 | Approx. run time: 4 mins. This will certainly go down as one of the most unique matches in RAW history. Howard Finkel is known for announcing the competitors in each match, but in this one, he becomes a competitor. Howard was having a hard time with manager Harvey Whippleman at the time, so they decided to solve things like men…in a Tuxedo Match. WWE RAW - King Kong Bundy vs. Mabel January 30, 1995 | Approx. run time: 6 mins. Where’s the beef? In the ring on RAW, of course. The walking condominium King Kong Bundy takes on Mabel, who is now known as Viscera. It’s the irresistible force vs. the immovable object. Who would come out on top of this battle of behemoths? WWE RAW - Rocky Maivia vs. The British Bulldog January 13, 1997 | Approx. run time: 11 mins. Check out one of The Rock’s early matches on RAW. Just a couple of months after his debut, a red-hot Rock took on the late, great British Bulldog. Could The Rock keep riding his momentum or would the veteran put him in his place? WWE SmackDown - Rock & Hogan vs. Storm & Christian July 25, 2002 | Approx. run time: 11 mins. The Rock and Hulk Hogan have had some classic confrontations, but on this edition of SmackDown they were partners, taking on the World Tag Team Champions. Lance Storm & Christian looked like they were about to lose their newly-won tag titles, but then Brock Lesnar made his presence felt. Find out why Lesnar interjected himself into this one. WWE Global Warning in Australia – The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar August 10, 2002 | Approx. run time: 21 mins. This rare match was never seen in the United States. Now is your chance to see this rare classic from Australia. With three huge names like The Rock, Triple H and Brock Lesnar involved, anyone could come out on top. Would the Rock Bottom, the Pedigree, or the F-5 reign supreme in this Triple Threat Match? WCW Nitro - Goldberg vs. Hugh Morrus September 22, 1997 | Approx. run time: 4 mins. Goldberg had one of the most impressive winning streaks in WCW history. It seemed like no one could stop him. This was the match that got the streak started. He took on Hugh Morrus in this historic match. Check out how the streak was started. WCW Starrcade - Bret Hart vs. Goldberg December 19, 1999 | Approx. run time: 13 mins. This Goldberg match is another historic one, but for much different reasons than his debut. Bret Hart was defending his WCW Championship at Starrcade against “The Man.” But this one will be remembered most for the kick heard ‘round the world. This is the match that resulted in the early retirement of Bret Hart. Thanks to a brutal kick to the head, the Hit Man was forced to retire due to complications from concussions that were a result of the kick. Don’t miss one of Bret Hart’s final matches. WWE WrestleMania XV - Bart Gunn vs. Butterbean March 18, 1999 | Approx. run time: 6 mins. This was the infamous ending to the Brawl 4 All contest. The Brawl 4 All was a boxing competition among WWE Superstars. Bart Gunn shocked everyone by knocking out opponent after opponent and winning the contest. He tried to take another step farther by facing Butterbean at WrestleMania XV. Butterbean, however, had other things on his mind. WWE Rebellion - Billy Kidman & Torrie Wilson vs. John Cena & Dawn Marie October 26, 2002 | Approx. run time: 8 mins. WWE 24/7 Online has uncovered another hidden jewel. This rare Mixed Tag Team Match took place on an England-exclusive pay-per-view. Could the unlikely pairing of John Cena and Dawn Marie defeat Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson? WWE RAW - Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Keibler October 11, 2004 | Approx. run time: 6 mins. Stacy Keibler had a rare shot at Trish’s Women’s Championship during RAW, which was originating from Manchester, England. Trish was victorious, but after the match Molly Holly, Nidia, Gail Kim and Victoria all got involved. Don’t miss how this wild one panned out. WWE Superstars - Honky Tonk Man music video November 7, 1987 | Approx. run time: 2 mins. Love him or hate him, The Honky Tonk Man knew how to entertain a crowd. Honky Tonk Man was known as an Elvis impersonator, but he also had his very own music video. This one has to be seen to be believed. WWE RAW - Stacy Keibler vs. Terri Runnels - Lingerie Pillow Fight September 2, 2002 | Approx. run time: 5 mins. This one is not for the faint of heart. Stacy Keibler takes on Terri Runnels in one of the hottest Lingerie Pillow Fights in WWE history. You also can’t miss the post-match antics that see one of the Divas get tarred and feathered. WWE - Booker T & RVD vs. Batista & Ric Flair February 16, 2004 | Approx. run time: 11 mins. Booker T is known as one of the best tag team competitors of all time and has won championship gold with multiple partners. This time he was teaming with Rob Van Dam and the exciting duo took it to the members of Evolution for the World Tag Team Championship. WWE No Way Out - Chavo Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio February 15, 2004 | Approx. run time: 21 mins. Chavo Guerrero and Rey Mysterio will go down as two of the greatest Cruiserweight Champions of all time. Chavo is known for having a more grounded style for the Cruiserweight division, and Rey takes to the air more often. Which Superstar’s style would lead to a win? AWA Super Sunday - Nick Bockwinkle vs. Hulk Hogan April 24, 1983 | Approx. run time: 19 mins. Before Hulkamania was born, the Hulkster was competing in the AWA. He took on the legendary Nick Bockwinkle in this AWA classic. Don’t miss this rare Hogan match from early on in the Hall of Famer’s career. WWE In Your House - Razor Ramon vs. 1-2-3 Kid February 18, 1996 | Approx. run time: 17 mins. Razor Ramon and the 1-2-3 Kid were the best of friends, but they were also the worst of enemies at times. These two would later go on to become members of the nWo, but they squared off in a rare Crybaby Match at In Your House. The loser was forced to wear a diaper. Would the Bad guy be the Bad Baby, or would the Kid be sucking on a bottle? WWE No Way Out - Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero February 15, 2004 | Approx. run time: 36 mins. This was Eddie Guerrero’s crowning achievement. Eddie was overpowered the entire match, but Latino Heat’s heart and desire would not be denied. 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