DrVenkman PhD

A game kinda like the Sims except the only objective is to control CronoT and think of something retarded to say on a forum.

Raw 2

1) What is your favorite WM, top to bottom, of all time? I really didn't want to say it but I still think it might just be WMX7... excluding the Chyna/Ivory match, it's all good past the 3rd match, and I don't really take issue with any of first three matches either. 2) What is your least favorite WM of all time? WrestleMania 2. I find it (and the first one) boring, but I also find the 1st one interesting historically. If I were to disregard all Manias from the 80s (due to having no nostalgia from watching wrestling at that time / the style being different), I would go with WM15. 3) What is your favorite WM match? Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - superb wrestling match that I never tire of watching. 4) What is your least favorite WM match? Undertaker vs Giant Gonzalez - subpar "wrestling" match I tire of watching before the bell rings. 5) Name some honorable mentions for favorite match: Benoit vs HBK vs HHH - WMXX - Great match, great moment. Savage vs Flair - WMVIII - Until last year, this was my favourite world title bout, more so than Austin/Rock from 2001. This was the first Mania I watched live with my family at a local tavern and I was a big Macho Man mark. Roddy Piper vs Bret Hart - WMVIII - It's a shame that WM VIII has a weak undercard and a poor Sid vs Hogan main event going on last because it may very well have the two best singles title matches on the same PPV ever (of the era where there were only two singles belts... Eddie/Angle and Benoit/HBK/HHH being on the same show doesn't count). 6) What is your favorite WM venue? Caseser's Palace all the way. Love the outdoors and the whole set-up. Of course MSG is full of history and I intend to see an event there sometime during my life and the big stadiums look great (Safeco Field almost felt outdoors and HBK's pyro was crazy), but in the end I'll always love WM9's set. It should be in a video game. 7) What is your least favorite WM venue? Annaheim Pond - those people did not deserve two WrestleManias in a four year span. The arena has nothing special, neither set was anything important, and the crowd there just seems to suck. Of course, they weren't given a whole lot to make noise over either. I really don't have a venue that sticks out as "least favourite" as the current people's choice (Trump Plaza) was interesting to look at with it's stairs and 5 million security guards for Liz. 8) Going in, which WM card do you think looked the best on paper? Well in my mark years I can't ever recall caring what looked good on paper, but I was really excited about WrestleMania X. I really wanted to see Bret win the title (but I thought Luger would), the ladder match, Owen vs Bret, and most importantly, Savage vs Crush. 9) Going in, which WM card do you think looked worst on paper? Again, from WM VII - WM XIII I never really had a "this looks bad" attitude towards any of the shows and I wasn't watching prior. I guess WM15 was the one that going in I thought looked bad on paper despite still being a mark (hell, I still am, just a bit better taste). 10) What do you think is the most underrated WM of all time? WrestleMania IX - Awesome set, two good bouts to open the show, Mr. Perfect / Bret Hart doing their best to get something out of Luger / Yokozuna, and I get nostalgic for Hogan winning the title... yes, it's the reason the show is almost universally hated, and 12 years later I should really recognize that idea as being awful (and I do), but I marked hard at the time. 11) What do you think is the most overrated WM of all time? This is difficult to answer without sounding like a hypocrite - my answer would be WM III, since people rave about it despite there being only two matches worth watching with a bad Hogan main event and a weak undercard.. but this pretty much describes WM VIII, which I love, and one question earlier I just called WM IX "udnerrated" using the same logic with nostalgic value, which many people do have for WM III. Any WrestleMania people enjoy usually does have a reason for the praise - whether it be for a nawesome match or pure nostalgia. WM III, WM VIII, and WMX are both strongly reviewed and each only have about 2 good (though with the later years, 2 VERY good) matches. A WrestleMania that has none of this (like 15) is not highly rated at all. I remember one time my pal Shinji- and I were discussing a Rantsylvania Rant Crew article on why WrestleMania X sucked that was flawed - it's evidence only really amounted to WrestleMania X only having two good matches and a bad main event, but then brought up how great III and VIII were. Bottom line, the answer is none of them. 12) What is your favorite WM moment? Benoit and Eddie celebrating to close WM XX, Savage beating Flair for the title, Savage and Liz reuniting, Warrior returning at WM VIII, Hogan at WM X8 13) What is your least favorite WM moment? I thought about this for a bit but couldn't come up with a good answer. There are dissapointing things, but nothing really makes me mad... I guess HHH pinning Booker T with a pinfall that was delayed about 20 minutes from the Pedigree to the pinfall really sucked, but this place has enough HHH hate. I'll jsut say my least favourite moment was Ric Flair not unveiling the Liz centerfold. 14) Who would you pick as the top three Wrestlemania performers of all time? 1. Bret Hart 2. Randy Savage 3. Hulk Hogan (obviously not for the workrate) 15) How many of the previous 20 Wrestlemanias have you seen? Twenty 16) What was the most surprising WM moment to you? Hulk Hogan doing the Hulk Up at WM X8 (and the reaction in general) - He was booked as the heel and while, from my experience at Raw the previous Monday, it was obvious he would be cheered, I really did not see that one coming. The Hulk Up was the icing on the cake. 17) Who was your favorite "special guest" at a WM? Pete Rose - even before WWE turned it into a historical contribution by having him re-appear twice and giving him a "celebrity" HoF induction, the very idea of having your invited celebrity guest go out and cut a heel promo and take a tombstone had never been seen before. Good stuff. 18) Which WM have you seen the most times? Probably VIII or X, I watched those a lot when I first got the Mania Collection for Christmas in 1998. Prior to that I watched VIII a whole bunch of times when I borrowed a tape from someone in 1992, then rented it a few more times from the video store. Since my tape collection has grown and I tend to watch shows chronologically instead of randomly, it's pretty much stayed the same for everything else. 19) Which WM commentary team was your favorite? Ventura and Monsoon were great, but Hennan and Gorilla were my favourite - I just loved Hennan, even as the mark kid that was't supposed to. He has some real good lines at WM VII - one I can't quite recall where he talks about the guy sitting behind him during Nasty Boys vs Hart Foundation, Gorilla Monsoon talks about someone in the match doing something (Jimmy Hart?), and Hennan follows with "Who, the guy behind me?". I don't make it sound funny but I crack up every time I hear it. 20) Above all, what do you want to see at WM this year? Good clean fun, a show I enjoy. Something I WANT to add to my DVD collection, not just buy so my WM collection is complete (I'm looking at you, WM15). I expect bad matches but also good matches from Angle/Shawn and the Money in the Bank match. It would also be pretty cool if Hassan winds up the IC champ before Mania only to lose it on PPV to Jannetty, but that's not very likely. I think people might get sick of Marty soon, anyway, but I'll still be happy.

SKeith actually posted a blog update today dealing with the issues brought up here (Borga vs Luger, WMX ending, Mind Games, and Final Four), the timing of which makes me think someone e-mailed him while reading this. So, there you go.

Well that was time poorly wasted. Uh oh, they shipped you games and you'll have them ready to sell immediatley on launch date! Sony sure is retarded!

I believe that is a joke tidbit Mr. Drose was alive and well in 2001 at WMX7

I was on the Metro going back to the hotel after July's Raw in D.C. and a group of people were wondering if Eugene was really retarded or if it was an act. They seemed to feel that since they hired Zach Gowen with one leg, they would let a mentally handicapped guy wrestle. Then they said Zach was awesome. Not really AWFUL or anything since some people are still marks, but I found it dumb.

Interestinly enough, I think I have a picture of Chuck Austin in an issue of "The Wrestler" I found while cleaning the basement last week. It's a year in review (1994) and mentions the settlement. There's also an article "WWF 1985 vs. 1995" where they have a "computer" make a PPV for them. Weird.

Not to be a jerk, but I believe Crash getting messed up Richards' house was the final nail in his own coffin, not his WWE career. I could be mistaken but I believe Crash died in his sleep choking on vomit.

Edge should continue his undefeated Mania streak

I enjoy New Rockers/Owen/Bulldog vs. Godwinns/Furnas and Lafon from 1996 as well as the elimination matches from 1995 and the 91, 93, and 94 openers. Survivor Series always seem to click with me... even in 2003, Team Angle vs Team Lesnar. Not a classic but I enjoyed the booking. Benoit goes over strongly to boot.

I don't know why anyone would have ordered NWO unless they have a group of friends that order every show and split the cost (like myself and co.)... it was a 3 weeks after the Rumble, which is a big PPV, and that was only 3 weeks after New Year's Revolution, which also drew well, and then you have Mania just around the corner. I'm not trying to defend JBL (though I've come around to enjoy him) or the booking / promoting of the show (which was horrible), but there was just no reason to consider ordering this show a wise financial choice.

I watched the 05 Rumble again today... man, you really take for granted the weekly "Eddie" chants until you watch a match with 29 other guys, note that Eddie gets the most boos for being eliminated, followed by a loud "Eddie" chant on his exit from the arena floor. He really should hold the belt again this year.

The Heat before Fully Loaded 99 had the interview though I do't know if that was it's original airing.

Getting back to Angle's Billy Madison angle of completing Grade K - 12 in 2 weeks... or something like that, this is the most intrigued I've been in reading SD! spoilers and then not watching the show in some time. While I hope things get rolling with Angle throwing Jindrak threw a window then winning the tag titles with Big Daddy Reigns, that's probably not what this angle is about... but if that's not what it's about, then I don't know what it's about at all! You also have to figure Eddie and Rey are losing the belts soon unless they just run their match as "the tag champs feel like having a friendly match". That might be best as it wouldn't turn either of them heel.

Will WWE be releasing a double disc "Screwed: The Lita / Edge Story" DVD?

WWE.com said there would be an update on WWE TV about Paul Bearer's condition after being buried in cement, but there never was.

The current issue of EGM has a screenshot of Windwaker looking updated with the graphics of the Zelda game coming out this fall as a bonus disc pre-order. However, it states "Beginning April 1st...". This is their April Fools joke, right? If it's not, it looks pretty cool.

If the Warrior DVD includes him being locked in a casket (the angle I saw on fateful Saturday morning in 1991 that got me into this whole wrestling thing) and vomitting from Papa Shango voodoo, I am sold. DVD quality video of Warrior vomitting and oozing black liquid = sales. I have a feeling this will actually end up being a 1 disc Coliseum budget re-release, though.. but you never know.

The annoying thing about this month (and I knew it would happen when March rolled around) is the best matches are things I already have on VHS and DVD (WrestleMania). The Ready to RUmble match is an interesting one, though... I only saw it through a poor video quality download that I beleive had German announcers dubbed over but it was an entertaining match. Although it's a bit of a stretch, it could also be viewed as WWE promoting the upcoming TNA PPV's main event!

WHO?

The Tazz/Whipwreck match is worth watching to listen to the Heyman/Lawler commentary.

I just read that The Bushwackers caused a ruckus at a November 1991 house show by initiating a "Faggot" chant in a match against the Beverly Brothers. I also read that Bushwacker Luke handled contract negotiations between Vader and theWWF in 1996.

It actually builds to a match, too, in it's own kind of weird way.

Savage-Liz Savage winning the title from Flair Warrior clearing house at the end of WM8 Rock vs Hogan