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But he did.

Wow, ECW not only gets a spoiler thread but an ON-GOING spoilers thread this week? Teddy Long has already shown to be inept with contracts (see: Kelly Kelly going to Raw) so it fits his character. Like others have said, all it really means if they didn't feel like wasting Matt's explanation on ECW. I was going to say ArmDrag Fan, as the former Canadian Dragon, possibly dated this thread as the 30th because that's when it airs in Canada, but I'll change it.

The 1995 Superstars match... does that involve Lawler hopping around on one foot on the floor?

I also enjoyed that publication, but got a bit annoyed when they'd run a negative review for Perfect Dark under the guise of "look at us, we have the balls to say this game sucks" then give a glowing review to Turok Rage Wars in the same issue.* *Dramatization - may not have happened.

MVP is the man in Detroit. We made sure to yell "BALLIN!" at the elbow drop, just like Mania 23.

Maybe it turns out Jeff was drunk in November and fell down the hotel stairs on his own, the hit and run was an accident, and no one tampered with the fireworks (it just looked that way due to some crew incompetence). Probably not. And because I'm my own biggest shill, my Rumble photos: http://flickr.com/photos/sgray21/sets/72157613011325162/ I was happy with how this one turned out (though out of focus) because at the time I thought I was just going to get a ref obstructed Conchairto shot.

He may be a treacherous heel, but he still loves America.

Alvarez pointed out that if they don't book it right, Matt's turn will be one of those TNA-like angles where if you sit back and look at the timeline, nothing makes sense (already noting if the jealousy aspect is supposed to date back to Survivor Series, why was Matt jealous when he was ECW champion and Jeff was nothing, and why didn't he just job to Kozlov so Jeff wouldn't have made it to Armageddon?) but I really am interested in what they do with it. It's kind of like the Shawn Michaels angle - it's weak on paper with many logic holes, but they do an awesome job working with it and it's really very interesting.

On the topic of HD and Family Guy, when Seth was a guest on Letterman a few months ago they showed a clip that was 16:9 with no apparent stretching (and normally if they don't have 16:9 clips, they put a border up anyway). I thought that was odd.

bob_barron was post #666. It all comes together. Anyway, I'm just going to copy my live notes from the F4W feedback: There were no tarped areas (except production) and every seat looked filled (or at the very least, purchased, possibly for the purpose of re-selling, with no one showing up). The dark match was Paul Burchill losing to Jimmy Wang Yang via the moonsault. People seemed into Jimmy, either because the were or he was the first guy out of the gate. The usual WWE corporate video aired though the message from George W. Bush was added in since the last time I saw it. Some of the most heat of the night right there (though Obama got a good pop). After the PPV intro, nothing happened until Matt's entrance. I don't know what was happening on TV, but since I don't recall seeing the usual announcer banter welcoming viewers to the show, I'll assume that was going on. There was another odd arena moment where the "Rumble Stats" video package cut out in the middle, everyone booed, then Justin Roberts announced the rules. Did this happen on TV? I often find this hard to judge because it varies by section, but these were chants I thought were very loud: 1. RVD (pop of the night). 2. Santino (at one point during the Women's Title Match, he motion over the the people cheering him to be quiet, almost out of character, like "I'm a heel, guys", but then a few minutes later encouraged it). 3. "We Want Christian" in the opening seconds of Edge/Jeff. It seemed to start from the upperdeck, but as soon as I could hear it on the floor I joined in, then most of the floor section I was in seemed to be doing it to. 4. Jim Duggan - this guy seemed over to a frightening degree live. Kids, old people - you name it. I don't know if that came across on TV, but his elimination seemed to get the second most amount of boos (RVD's elimination getting the most). 5. Orton winning the Rumble. Even the kids who aren't into cheering the heels were going banana over this one.

The kid in front of me gave me the weirdest look for cheering JBL. I tried to explain to him that I wanted to see Shawn Michaels in the Rumble.

What is the fate of Royal Rumble Winner Randy Orton? And what title will he choose to go after!?

WWE.com was kind enough to do Rumble stats. http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/participants09/

Exactly. It's a movie from 1994 about two teens who get lost in their own imaginary world before plotting to kill their parents, which is what last night's episode was about. Minus the killing. It's also based on a true story.

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.