DrVenkman PhD

Meltzer's hype for next week's Observer says something about a surprise main event. I suppose HBK vs Benoit could have been that surprise, since it was generally accepted that HHH vs Benoit in a singles bout would be the ME.

It's hard to say now, because there are still pending trades that will be announced at 9pm EST. For all we know, Haas is on his way to Raw as well.

Val was the face. He even got the "You lost be you're a face so let's applaud you as you exit" pop. At the time, obviously, we didn't know Jindrak and Cade were split up, but it was very suspicious that one was on Heat without the other. Equally suspicious when Teddy Long didn't come out with Jaz.

The crowd was really into Flair. They were woo'ing aimlessly since 7pm, and anytime he was in the ring.

For the record, Lance worked the as the heel, regularly cheating towards the end of the match. Matt got the pop when he won. I don't know what Matt's actual fact was, since that's not shown on the Titantron, but the one about Storm was spoken to us on the mic as a Very Special Matt Fact. Perhaps they do this so we know that the one in the chyron is going to be, then cut it out, I don't know.

The Hall of Fame Ceremony is expected to be released as a stand alone DVD. They expect some editing will be done, as the ceremony was salted to be 2 hours but went around 5. Due to the sucess of the Ric Flair DVD, WWE is now planning a Four Horsemen DVD as well.

That one production guy who sounded nothing like anyone else was good.

HEre are the other options he may have meant: Al Snow and Mankind vs New Age Outlaws. Headbangers vs Henry / D`Lo vs. New Age Outlaws. Heavenly Bodies vs. Rock and Roll Express. One of those matches it not like the others...

I was shocked to learn Doug has been in this business for at least 10 years. A retro Observer from 1994 about the steroid trial was posted on ABPW, and in the USWA Results it mentions Doug Basham.

PWI or 1W's Elite/Premium section - I can't remember which one since they both insist on all caps headlines - had "THE REAL REASON RON SIMMONS WAS FIRED" or something similar, so someone who has a subscription might know something... And, apparently, someone at NoDQ.com does. This was mentioned earlier, but just to cut and paste the entire story...

"2 More New DVD's in the works, From PWInsider" That help? And if you absolutely need the original PWI news post, click here.

And here is the answer to the above... "The WWE Hall of Fame Induction was one of the biggest events during WrestleMania weekend as the largest class, ever, was entered into the Hall of Fame, and the first ever celebrity inductee was honored – Pete Rose. Confidential was at the Induction Ceremony and has all of the exciting, emotional and sometimes comical moments of this event."

Yes, in much the same way "The Final Nitro" was an extra on the Flair and MNW DVDs... a segment about it, not the whole thing (that's my interpretation of it, anyway... I don't think a 5 hour event is going to be a DVD extra on something that's already 5 hours).

I've been digging the Resistance for awhile now. 4th row floor seats at a November house show, it was amazing. The section I was in was demanding Dupree did his dance, and Dupree had these great expressions when Conway was being hit in the ring. It's a shame that when they were bad with Sylvain, they were pushed to the moon. When Conway came on board and Dupree improved, they became jobbers. I hope the lottery splits Sylvain away from Conway/Dupree, allowing Sylvain to have his own act with FiFi on another show, but I suspect it will actually give Dupree or Conway the singles run.

You sure do, Steve. You sure do.

I can no longer reschedule or rename my Events. Clicking "Events" gets me "Runtime error: 383 - 'Text' is read only", and then the program shuts down. What do I do to fix this that doesn't require me downloading a new version and converting saved data or even losing saved data? It's not a huge deal.. the only problem will be I'll have multiple events named for the year 2005 and happening throughout the week instead of Sunday.

"See Shannon Moore face Paul London as both prepare for the opportunity of a lifetime at WrestleMania!" Something similar happened last week where, out of context, it appeared the preview was saying London was in the CW Open, but as far as I can tell this sentence implies London is wrestling at WMXX.

I'm calling it now, Lance/Venis vs Test/Hardy is the Heat match. Keep Lance's streak alive!

I had this weird feeling Chavo Sr. was going to come out of the match champion.

I was really impressed with Amazon today. I placed my order for MNW 10 days ago and they said it may take awhile due to it being sold out, but it ended up shipping last week. I ordered the Rumble DVD after a trip the US on Saturday failed to find it, and it shipped on Sunday. Both arrived today, which is an all time quickness record (the Rumble, anyway) in Amazon getting me something. Would have been real great if I didn't work 12 hour midnights and just woken up at 3, having to leave for work again.. right now. I did have time to watch MNW, and that was a fun feature. Some hypocricy (Foley complaining about how one night WCW made Goldberg look inept, the usual talk about WCW not allowing the new guys to break through...) but over all I thought it was well done.

Eddie Guerrero defeated Chyna and Kurt Angle in a three way match to win the Intercontinental Title. I forgot that Angle was involved in the match where Eddie won the belt.

I believe Eddie and Angle also had a short match on Raw way back... maybe even Eddie defending the European title. I'll just check out the WIA... Yep, May 29, 2000. European Champion, Eddie Guerrero, pinned Kurt Angle

Don't forget that write up that former Smarks News Update guy did about making sense out of the Katie Vick angle.

Ok, no one has said it, so I guess I need to. IT'S A FRIGGIN LOCAL AFFILIATE NEWS VAN

Sorry for making an entire thread for what could have just as easily been a PM to Deon Dark, but in case anyone else needed the number and couldn't find it.. "If you have already purchased Vengeance, and are looking for the missing Proof of Purchase, please call (203) 352-8600, extension 1022."