DrVenkman PhD

Very good then. Combined efforts! Listening to Wrestling Observer Radio, it sounds like Kendrick's quick elimination is due to him being in the dog house for "not listening".

I thought I made it first in the Raw thread where I pointed out Cole kept saying "Cena is going for... The Victory!" after word came out about it being renamed the Throwback. If not it's all yours.

I made sure to take a picture of the Titantron when that happened. A lot of my pictures turned out nicely from my seats and I look forward to the daunting task of working on them today.

Come on guys, last night's episode was good - a very timely parody of Heavenly Creatures!

Not a version of SVR I'd recommend anyone buy if they had another system.

I'm going to sleep soon, figured I'd search the net for it tomorrow morning. Thanks though.

There were also 3 guys yelling "YOU'RE NOT LEDGER!" at Jeff. I doubt those made it to air.

I swear to God, Duggan getting eliminated got the second most amount of boos besides RVD.

Sup gang? On TV, were there massive "We Want Christian" and "Santino!" chants and a big pop for Duggan? My section was doing all of this and it made it sound like the whole arena was. This was a blast to be at live.

1. Shawn Michaels 2. Randy Orton 3. Ted DiBiase 4. Santino 5. Triple H 6. Santino and The Honky Tonk Man 7. Kofi Kingston 8. Kozlov 9. 21 10. Bob Orton, Dusty Rhodes, MVP, Shad, JTG, Tommy Dreamer, Honky Tonk Man, Primo, Shawn Michaels 11. No, Ted DiBiase, 1:02:31 12. Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Michaels, HHH, The Undertaker 13. None 14. No, Triple H 15. The Shiek

One of my co-workers is confident Christian is in the Rumble. I told him if anything, he'll just be doing the deal with Edge, but it's not completely impossible. My serious honest to God final 9 predictions: 1. Bob Orton 2. Dusty Rhodes 3. MVP 4. Shad (if not, Umaga) 5. JTG (if not, Kennedy) 6. Dreamer 7. Honky Tonk Man 8. Primo 9. Shawn Michaels - possible winner (it comes out JBL got him a spot after he lost his match with Cena with the intent of Shawn winning then handing over his Mania spot). Also, according to the toll booth plaza camera, traffic is running smoothly.

In all the Rumble hubub, the fact that this show has an undercard I'm looking forward to has gone unmentioned. I like all 4 matches (and the fact they're all title bouts). When JBL vs. Cena was made, I thought "well, it's the Royal Rumble, the title matches don't always matter" ala Holly vs. Lesnar in 2004, but the Michaels angle has me really interested in the deal now. Beth and Melina were delivering good stuff last summer, it's hard to go wrong with Jeff and Edge, and Matt Hardy always works hard (and I'm a Jack Swagger fan). It would have been nice if they gimmicked the ECW title match to give it something else to set it apart, but I've got no beef with 4 wrestling matches either.

"Numerous threatening references to the UN". My friend asked what time to pick me up for the Rumble today, I told him eighty past two. But that's besides the point. This was fun though and I wish I could have been at the second session.

Maybe they're going old school and that's the entire roster.

You know where else there's a discussion about that? Right here on TSM.

I too was wondering about Kennedy. If he's not injured, this seems like the place for him to return to the ring. I am becoming quite hyped about heading over to the States and I keep thinking something will go terribly wrong (I have a fear of tunnel bus delays but my friend has a fear of standing around outside an arena doing nothing, so we're heading over at 6). I have the tickets. I have the camera. I have batteries for the camera. No passport yet, but I got good enough ID until June comes. I'm awake and not taking a nap that goes too long. All those dreams I had where something got fouled up sure mess with you (same thing happened before Mania 23) but I think all systems are go.

I had some comments for other Rumbles but apparently King Kamala didn't think me repeatedly stating "Screw Flanders" was good for the discussion.

I wonder if SVR (for the 360) will have DLC by the time this game comes out.

What about The Unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndertaker?

Wii is not for multi-platform games.

But see, that's ROH and scummy indy guys. Remember, Vince and Hogan saved the wrestling world from smoke filled arenas.

It won a Golden Globe and has Oscar noms, so they want to attach themselves to it for mainstream attention.

Hopefully some Mania seeds are planted based on who eliminates who (ex. Ted eliminates Taker in a shocker - thought I think that match was rumoured for Mania 26, not 25). I wonder if R-Truth will do his crowd entrance? Sandman did in 2007. I'm up at 6am, hyped like crazy about going to this thing but with a fear I'm going to be late due to tunnel bus traffic.

It's also worth noting that he spells "Jerichoholic" in his username (he got it right in the sig...) the same way a certain TSM resident does.

I think Jericho will shock the world and win the Rumble so he can move to SmackDown. Or not.