DrVenkman PhD

I think his intros for some of the last episodes were pre-records - Conan was giving Joel a lot of praise but he was never shown on camera, making me think he just wasn't there.

Google does not acknowledge Ethan Destiny.

Yeah that was my take on him not going to LA.

I enjoyed both Hot Rod and Semi-Pro, thanks largely to Will. But I have what the mainstream would call "poor taste" in films. It will also be socially acceptable to consider Alia Shawkat attractive now, so that's a plus for the movie.

I thought this thread of was a parody of Spaceman "Roho" Ross (or maybe it was Sabre). I guess I was wrong.

Cheech, Saviour of TSM.

The Mania build drew another 4.1 number for Raw, so that's good.

Fun fact: That interview was set up by Bryan Alvarez when CBS called him for suggestions (they wanted Jake Roberts, but Chico informed them he's a bit of a liar).

Confirmation of what? That was announced last week.

Going by wikipedia, I share a birthday with Chris Benoit, Nancy "Woman" Daus, Judge Reinhold and Mr. T!

I'm one of them (well I don't get angry) and I should have known better. I'm glad that Coliseum Video tag match (Flair/Michaels vs. Savage/Bret) is on the DVD. That's one of those wacky "Jim Ross calls a match where Bret Hart is the IC champ / a 1992 Flair match" deals that should never exist but Coliseum Video makes it happen.

Oh, sorry. I only saw the image of the DVD cover. Ah, I see what the problem was - I saw someone's comment about deluxe edition Mania DVDs and assumed it was old, but it was a reply. My mistake.

If you've never seen the listed Savage vs. Michaels match, don't get excited about seeing some lost gem. It's generic heel Michaels offense vs. Selling an injured knee Randy Savage.

I wonder if Jericho/Steamboat was originally planned to use a DDT on the floor but was switched up to use the set. Probably not, but I'll pretend that's the case.

I assume in North America it would be released day and date with the Rumble DVD (which is today). A quick search of Amazon and Best Buy makes it seem that isn't the case though.

Agreed. I think I'll check Conan out a lot in the beginning, and then do a lot of back and forth Thank goodness for living in the DVR age. Even if I couldn't record two programs at once, there's always the west coast time shifted channels.

On SmackDown they were a bit more pronounced with "undefeated in singles competition" for ol Vlad. But yeah, Raw seemed to drop that key aspect.

The name of this facility, you ask? "Friendship Village". F4W Newsletter also states that "Gagne at one point in the past had put Gutmann in some variation of a choke hold or sleeper, but hadn't done any serious damage".

I don't know if that was just a bad crowd or they had micing problems (at various points, notably during the Steamboat/Jericho segment, there were audible 'clicks' or 'audio jumps' - the best terms I can come up with - that seemed to indicate someone in the truck was trying to tinker with the crowd volume) but they seemed like a 'meh' bunch. I'm going to have to disagree with Gary Floyd's opinion on the Jericho bits because like last week's segment with Piper, his bit with Steamboat was fantastic. It's great how they can work in seemingly trivial bits of wrestling lore (Steamboat never working as a heel) and play off of that. Props to the crew for using Steamboat's often edited off DVD and 24/7 WCW theme in the HOF piece, too. Did anyone else catch Lawler's subtle depressed comment about never wrestling at WrestleMania? It was either during the MITB Qualifier or Shawn vs. JBL since Mania was discussed, which I think further lends credence to the idea he might be one of Jericho's Legend Gauntlet opponents. I am looking forward to Kozlov vs. HBK next week. What a test that will be for Shawn.

It was taken care of, don't worry about it. I also missed the fun. Anyway, for those of you like me who are so deep into you rasslin fandom that seeing you laugh to yourself when you see something like "Vote Jeff Hardy for Sheriff" or a restaurant named "Morrison's", there's a group on facebook called "Photos from Stuff in the real world that reminds us of wrestling".

Sounds like someone got a low score.

He sure is. I told him last week to stop infringing on Spaceman Spiff's name. I think I'll just throw him out.

It is 1200 points. A quick read over of the above article will alert you to the new lower cost for Gold members.

On SmackDown, an emotional, rage-filled WWE Champion Triple H explained that Randy Orton crossed the line when he delivered an RKO to The Game's wife, Stephanie McMahon. Now, the Cerebral Assassin returns to Raw. JBL and Shawn Michaels also compete in a #1 Contenders Match to determine who will challenge The Undertaker for his WrestleMania Streak Championship at WrestleMania 25.

See that K-Tic? The runner up in the 2008 WPOTY gets it... and the 2009 POTY winner doesn't? We're living in crazy times.