DrVenkman PhD

Damn.. even if I wanted to go to the bar to watch this weeks offering, they gave up their court battle (fatal car accident being blamed on them) and have closed down. Damn.

Personally, I was upset he came back as Kevin Nash as I was looking forward to Diesel... even though they're the same person.

Hey Tim, unrelated to the thread, but I like your new El Dandy format over on 411, especially your random match review. You don't see things like that in many columns *cough*SHADESOFGRYAMATHCOFTHEDAY*cough you know? In all seriousness, I think it's neat that the two last hired Smarks both write columns that feature a match review. More to the nature of the thread, I noticed the bar I go to for WWE PPV's shows TNA on Wednesday's now, but the Dusty Rhodes ladder match, Bart Gunn, a possible Viscera appearance, and Harris Brothers vs. New Jack and Sandman is keeping me far away from checking it out this week.

Jericho and Goldberg got into a fight which ended with both rolling on the floor throwing loose, non connecting punches.

But of course knowing 1wrestling, it won't be anything big: "Also, we are working on a story about something that may have happened at Raw last night. If we can corroborate it, we will report it later" Also in the news post, WrestleMania XX is apparently on March 14th, which Scherer mentions is rather early even though a year ago no one cared that the show was on the 17th.

Well my attempts to be first with the news by coming with a 1w style headline (ie hinting what it is instead of saying what it is in the topic) appears to be a flop as BoboBrazi's second thread is more popular. Well played, Bobo. While you were not first, I ended up being last.

Thanks Downhome. I was in a rush to be the first to break the news to the forums, and as a result didn't take the time to quote the news. Bobo did and his post wasn't first!

Bah, the only that matters is ME... My Enjoyment.

Isn't that countdown for Chris Hyatte?

I don't think Marty vs Shawn at the Rumble is that great, especially compared to the alleged ***** 1993 MOTY from Raw (which sadly, I've never seen) that isn't even on his list. Maybe he made a mix up, or maybe as a Canadian like me he's never seen it.

In theory, having the biggest roster around is good on paper, but in all my time with SYM I can't say I've ever used Chuck, Billy, Mark Henry, Rikishi, or Torrie Wilson more than once or ever, so maybe trimming the fat (no pun intended with 2 of the names in there) wouldn't be a bad idea. As someone already said, the CAW features in No Mercy were great. You had entrance attire and 3 other slots for different outfits, and that is needed in future games. I also think, just like WCW Revenge up to No Mercy, a wrestlers attire should be allowed to be edited. It's kind of silly that people have to post HBK CAw Forumlas when he's already in the game, but he doesn't wear wrestling tights in the game so what can you do. Also, when I was playing Pride, I noticed the fake CAW music didn't, you know, sound liek cheesy fake video game music. The "Original Themes" really need to sound better. Also, space providing, they should throw in themes for the hell of it. "Real American" was a nice touch in SYM, but where was the dX music? I think maybe replacing "Original Theme" with classic, no longer used WWE or WCW theme music would be a good idea.

I don't have a Raw recap anywhere, but a new Shades of Gray should be up Thursday with some Raw thoughts, and the "Match of the Day" review might be from a 1998 Raw! Good recap, JHawk. Going to read Bob's now.

Booyah

East Jennifer Connelly South Sarah Michelle Gellar Midwest Kirsten Dunst Southeast Alyssa Milano West Jennifer Love Hewitt (Screw Canadian pride for now) Northeast Salma Hayek Southwest (aka "The Diva Bracket") Stacy Kiebler (Screw Canadian pride for now Part 2) North Natalie Portman (Lose already, J-Lo! You ain't all that!)

God bless wrestlers with a sense of humour.

They probably never will transfer Rock/HHH Ironman to DVD due to that logo crap. Although, and I could be wrong, I believe if they only release it in the US they don't have to blur them. You just know one of the extra Desert Heat matches is the one where Trish was thrown off the stage into the mud pool.

As for your other questions, I think he'd have some good 20 minute X-Division spotfests, but he won't carry the promotion to new heights. ECW is dead, after all. He'll probably increase buyrates though.

I hate to beat a dead horse here, but again, I must point out I HIGHLY doubt Willie the Worker would sign these "Sincerely, Rob Van Dam". These are anonymous e-mails (to the best of my knowledge) that Scherer took a gamble on posting because Meltzer, before figuring it was legit, refused to post an anonymous letter.

If Scots thinks I'm bitter, fine... Anyway, about Goldust and his lack of merchandise... see, nowhere did the column say he does GOOD sales. It said he's sold more merchandise than Albert has made money... that could mean one $25 shirt. RVD has his own website... if he wanted to bitch and complain, he could have (and should have) done it there. Management might have said "what the hell?" but he wouldn't be breaching his contract (and he could have been a bit more vague as well).

Ok, I've had this DVD for over a year and a 1/2 so I don't knwo why I'm just asking now, but does anybody else (specifically in Canada) need to wait several (and I mean several) minutes for the damn thing to load? I don't know if it's the DVD in general, the Koch Canadian release, the fact I'm playing it on a PS2, or I just have a defective copy, but it just takes so long to load. Anyone else?

Since they never released a Best of Raw 3 DVD (or a Vol. 4 at all), you get the impression "Action!" was supposed to start a new "1/2 Year in Review" series of DVDs (Coach's segments make me think that anyway). However, I don't think it sold well and no big push was made behind selling it to begin with.

RVD having the opportunity to do 20 minute spot fest matches in the X-Division sounds HUGE on paper.... but he didn't exactly put enough money in ECW's bank to make them not die. However, you could argue that a lot of the casual fans who just found out about him from WWE would carry over to TNA if he was ever released and went there.

Mero lost the retirement match to Gillberg right?

Ok... so I either have a defective copy or the Canadian release is fucked. Oh well. Vengeance (2001) also works like shit on my PS2 but seems to be mostly OK on my friends Xbox (only tried the one match it screws up on on the Xbox). I got a replacement copy and it still doesn't work right... maybe my DVD drive is going on my PS2.

If anyone should be hostile, it's me. When I was a Smarks rookie, he put down my column and made sure to point out I was a "low point in the history of the Smarks".. way to elevate new writers. But I'm not. I know it's his "thing" to be a jackass, so I let it go. I personally just think there is no way to prove who it is because the guy who sent the columns to Scherer most likely did not sign a real name.