DrVenkman PhD

The Philly house show thing is very interesting. I thought, with the exception of ONS, that the revival wasn't taking place until September. Now we're hearing Sabu may be on Raw as early as this Monday (although probably will just be there for a backstage contract signing) and house shows and TV specials are happening in June.

I look forward to more "S_D posts new topics in the WWE fodler, they get merged into "Comments", UTSU and S_D argue about it" posts.

With The Coach still in Europe with the other RAW Superstars, Joey Styles will be doing play-by-play on WWE.com HEAT this week while Todd Grisham slides over to do color commentary. Styles made the following comments when asked about his participation on WWE.com HEAT. "I am very excited about my first online broadcast. From the moment I discovered the world wide web, I felt that the Internet would be the most influential medium of our time, more so than the telephone or even television. In the not so distant future, we will all have the ability to watch full-screen, television quality streaming video online and I am chomping at the bit to participate in any and all projects with WWE.com. "I will be much less restrained on WWE.com's HEAT than I am on television's Monday Night RAW. WWE.com fans will hear more of the old Joey Styles, the Extreme Announcer. With my luck, my sarcasm will get me banned from WWE.com," joked Styles. "Grish (Todd Grisham) is one of the funniest people I have ever met, and doing color commentary rather than play-by-play should give Todd more opportunity to showcase his strange sense of humor. The fact that I am a perfect straight man in that I pitch softballs to my color men and enjoy self-deprecating humor should have The Grishman salivating like The King during a WWE Divas Bra and Panties Match."

Back in 2004 I requested a Vengeance 2003 proof of purcahse and also received the hand written address. Whoever wrote it spelled my name and Canada wrong ("Cadana" or something similar).

Most of WM22 takes up disc 1, the last hour of the show takes up disc 2 along with extras and SNME (remember, that's like 80 minutes after commercials are gone), and disc 3 is the HoF. That seems reasonable. Oh, I received an e-mail from Amazon the other day saying my pre-order price dropped from $25 to $19.xx, so that was nice. Edit: Was just verifying this line-up over on Silvervision... can someone from the UK tell me why "Mick Foley getting stitches" is called a "Hottie video". Where I come from, that word usage makes no sense for that situation.

This was to be my answer and opinion as well. I'm sure you could pick out an awesome 5 minutes out of long matches or segments, but Owen and Waltman crammed so much good stuff into that 4 minute match. Incredible.

Tip of the Hat: - The Montreal Canadiens: I was greatly pleased with the ass kicking they gave to Carolina on Saturday night, and while I felt they had an ok chance to advnace to round 2, that win gave me great confidence in them. My confidence in them continued last night as they were up 3-0 at the end of the first, but I became quite discouraged in them when it became 4-3 for the Hurricanes. They were all set for a wag of the finger for giving up such a lead. However, with an amazing bounce back to make it 5-4 and an exciting 2nd OT victory, I was no longer angry that they gave up the lead. To be honest, I was a bit upset that the game even needed to go into OT, but the fact is they are the 7th seeded team. They aren't "supposed" to win. This is the first time Carolina lost back to back home games since November. If Montreal could score 3 goals in a row, statistically Carolina could do the same. Yes, it's not great that Montreal turned a 3-0 lead into a 6-5 OT win, but in the end they won the game. That was a really exciting 1st OT period to watch, too. I don't think they will win the Cup or anything, but I would like to see them advance, and then anything can happen, I guess. - The booking of the 3 way feud going into Backlash: I know some people are upset at the even-steven booking of the feud, but I think it's been a good build with some excellent promos. On paper, Backlash has a few matches that could be good, but generally looks weak. However, this feud has me really interested in seeing the show regardless of what is on the undercard, and that's what a main event is supposed to do. Part of that may be the interesting crowd dynamic between the three of them and the fact that WWE is always changing their mind on who will be the champ. - Youtube: The more you search for obscure stuff, the better that site becomes. - SmackDown!: Not long ago I was always reading the spoilers, and it was really hit or miss on whether I decided to tape / download the show (I work while it's on) and watch it. These days, I love the show. I really love JBL's character these days (I was starting to come around in early 2005), and the US title is a great fit. - Kingdom Hearts II: Beat the game Sunday night, and that is one hell of a final boss battle. Wag of the Finger: - Matt Hardy vs Booker T: It was a good match and I enjoyed that it made booth men look good, but my problem is that it went 20 minutes. From where I stand, as a King of the Ring 1st round match, that means both men lost for going over the 15 minute time limit. - The Colorado Avalanche: Stop copying Montreal. Yeah, I know you guys are originally the Quebec team, and based on a current pattern, you will probably aquire Cristobal Huet in 2016 when he demands to be traded, but get your own routine! The "being a 7th seed team that blows a 3-0 lead but won back the game in OT" angle was taken last night, Avs. However, I will give you guys credit for winning early in first OT and getting Raw on the air, only about 10 minutes after it's scheduled start time of 12am. - Sunday's episode of "The Simpsons": With the exception of the episode where the 3rd act was Hamlet, ending with Homer thinking the story was "Ghostbusters", complete with the music, I hate those "let's tell stories and put Simpsons characters in them". Sometimes there are a few funny jokes, but overall it's a waste of an episode and a waste of time. This isn't coming from someone who stopped watching the show in 1999, either, this is from someone who still watches loyally, knowing there is still some good in the show. - Diet Coke: I just don't like it. Diet Pepsi is good, Diet Dr. Pepper is good, Diet 7-Up is tremendous... why must Diet Coke taste so smooth and bland? I know some people love it, but I just can't get behind it. Diet Vanilla Black Cherry is ok, though. - People who don't get, like the last line of the Board Rules say, this is just an f'n message board. Who cares who our "leader" is. Am I guilty of joining some of this drama in the past? Probably (that should cover my ass if someone digs something up and calls me a hypocrite). Will I get caught up in the future? Perhaps, I'm only human (more CMA). But it's important to remember this isn't real life - though I guess the people that post really exist and we are discussing real issues... ok, that's not a good example... point being... hmmm. It's just a freakin message board, people. Post, reply, read, move on. Don't like someone? Complain about it in your blog. I also don't think we need 28 threads about Leena in HD, but that's another issue.

This is either the worst idea ever, or the best, with seemingly no middle ground. We shall see how it pans out. I have to wonder if WWE will use the storyline THQ came up with in SmackDown vs Raw 2006 where RVD wins the WWE title and converts it to ECW.

Internet Heat has tax tips from IRS and 123 Kid vs. Razor Ramon ($10,000 challenge). Velocity has King of the Ring stuff.

I nominate admin.

Why are people assuming the May 1st Raw is having that main event televised? How many years now has the local advertising been saying what the dark match main event will be?

Is there a solid release date yet?

Jimmy Hart won't shut up if you ask him a question (and I mean that in a nice way - great guy).

From the Itatly tour - guess they forgot the US title?

Fast forward to today and Edge is a former WWE champion, Rey is the World champion, and Christian is the NWA champion. Good call.

Tip of the hat: - The Colber Report (as usual) is causing me to crack up with laughter nightly. Monday's episode was really good, and that knock knock joke about the San Fransisco Earthquake of 1906 (it killed 3,000 people) was just so bizarre, especially the crowd reaction, but I loved it. The rant about tax and dimes and more hilarious comments about bears has made this a good week for the show, and I hope tonight's episode caps it off well. - WWE Fantasy. People on TSM are joining the league, and there seems to be more buzz than usual (although that doesn't mean much, really). The thing about WWE Fantasy is you end up loving Masterlock challenges or hoping Big Show has and wins a match. - Charlies Haas, welcome back. Hope you get to work a full program with Shelton in the future. - Kingdom Hearts II has become a game I've just been enjoying more so as I progress. Most of the bosses are fun to fight (although Jafar was kind of weak, though the carpet was neat). I think I'm almost done, and look forward to solving my game tape. A lot of people on GameFAQs are talking about how they couldn't beat a boss named Xaldin, but I'm not sure what the big deal was. Annoying, yes, but just keep using your Cure magic and you'll live. Wag of the finger: - Last night's South Park episode. That was not even worth the 10 minutes or so it took to download from mininova. Just so awful and terrible, and it seems most people on the TV/Movies forum agree.

Terrible. I don't know why they would give a character whose existence is based on an episode where everyone says how terrible he is another solo push. Adding in Oprah and her talking orifices only made things worse.

Am I to understand that FFX-2 was not only the first FF specific sequel, but the first game to hint that a seperate FF game (VII) is linked to the universe canon?

"Knock knock! Who's there? The 1906 San Fransico Earthquake. The 1906 San Fransico Earthquake who? The 1906 San Fransico Earthquake killed 3,000 people. Too soon?" Gold... solid gold. God bless you, Stephen Colbert.

WWE.com annoucned sometime ago that Austin vs McMahon became a Mr. McMahon DVD... I think. I know I read it somewhere prior to today.

A few years ago at a birthday party, people kept buying me drnks with that stuff and red bull. I enjoyed it, but I don't drink much, if at all. I just let people buy me whatever drink they felt the need to.

I saw it when I checked. People have TNA based names and stuff like that, so your name should be fine. Also, I just found out today that this season, you people are dealing with the 2005-2006 Stablewars Play-Per-View Champion... the REAL World's champion. You're going down, Ortonsault! And if I do poorly, it's because I'll be away the week of May 22nd and my team will be carelessly thrown together.

Follow the insturctions. I think you have to search for the league name, then use the password to join. There is a button that says "Create/Join Leage" on the right.

May 22nd is the date the season begins, but you can sign up now. http://www.wwe.com/play/fantasy/ The league has been created: League: TheSmartMarks Password: TSM Can Ortonsault do it again? Or will he be defeated in this seasons grueling FOURTEEN WEEK session? The new prices of the roster are also available (RVD is now $4 Million, Spirit Squad $2.5 each instead of 1.5, a lot of jobbers are down to just $1). This is not really a surprise, but One Night Stand is not being scored.