DrVenkman PhD

Man title unifications mess things up... The World Title, which for arguments sake we'll say starts in September 2002, unified with the IC title, which itself was unified with the US, European, and Hardcore titles. Then the IC title becomes unmerged with the World title, but should in theory still posess the powers of the other belts... unless they are in the World title... which has no lineage of them... and there is now a US title too... oy vey.

So I finally got to experience the "Farewell, My Love" mission everyone had so much trouble with last month... yeah, I'm pretty much having a bitch of a time with it too. The thing is I usually spin my car out of control no more than 35 seconds into the race, get pissed, and blow up my car to start over. One time I was doing really good, but it was only my 2nd time through the whole track (due to the mentioned impaticne with crappy driving early on) and I forgot where a checkpoint was, assumed it was on a dirt road like most were, headed up a hill and towards the light, found out the hard way it was on the lower road as my car sailed into the river. I was pissed.

My thoughts exactly

Kinda weird to hear Josh give this jobber (Celantro or what have you) a backstory about being a protoge of HBK who wrestled for Zero One.

Josh Mathews and WWE's newest announcer, Steve Romero, will be calling the shots in an action-packed Velocity this week. Hardcore Holly & Charlie Haas will be in tag team action and Paul London will face off against Shannon Moore in singles competition. Plus, a complete SmackDown! recap, including Dan Puder's victory in the $1,000,000 Tough Enough. Also, what's up with JBL and Kurt Angle? And if you missed the John Cena-Jesus Street Fight at Armageddon, we'll replay the bloody match for you. Don't miss Velocity this Saturday at 11/10 p.m. CT on Spike TV.

According to WWE.com's preview, the Jay Youngblood (birth name Steve Romero) is replacing DeMott tonight despite the notable handicap of being dead. Actually it's some Kansas City guy they just hired, also named Steve Romero.

Alright. I already have $7.3 million from betting on the ponies so side missions to make money aren't of interest to me at the moment (although I did do one "Stop the Courier" mission when Caeser called, just to see what it was all about).

Two questions: I finished up Los Santos and found myself out in the countryside. I thought maybe I was allowed into San Fierro now so I took a plane there, but apparently I was only allowed in the back country area because the 4 star warning still came up. Funny thing about that, when my plane crashed, I spawned at a SF Hospital and proceeded to tour the entire city without problem. Should that have been possible? 2nd, although I'll find out for myself soon enough, are the Trucker missions optional or story? I found the mandatory one with Catilina that opens them up a pain in the ass (the tanker kept coming off anytime I slightly missed a turn or used the breaks) so if the missions from there are similar, I'll pass for now.

I skipped Judgment Day and GAB... I'm going back and forth on Unforgiven because though I recall liking the show when I watched it, the huge amount of negative feedback has mentally made me think I hated it. No Mercy I probably will get as I there were four matches I enjoyed-to-really enjoyed on that show (tag title, CW title, London vs Kidman, Rico/Haas vs Dudleyz). The main event was really awful but that's what power buttons on DVD players are for. Taboo Tuesday is one of those things where I didn't have a chance to see it on PPV but the results sounded good enough to check out on DVD (although there was a lot of negativity there for that one... I'm just interested in HBK/HHH, the IC title match, and Flair/Orton, which seemed to be reviewed positively). Survivor Series will be a pick-up, Armageddon will be a pass. I only picked up the 2003 edition to get my fancy 2003 box - the crappy PPVs from this year have no such incentive so hopefully I find a stand alone version of the tag title match on Kazaa someday.

You skipped GAB, right?

"So with that, he opened a briefcase and pulled out the old WCW Championship and gave it to Triple H, naming him the first World Heavyweight Champion. Since that time, greats such as Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit have staked claim to the prestigious championship." To me, that statement says it has the entire lineage (not withstanding their hyperbole over calling things prestigious) but putting it all up would take too much time and effort, so they just started it from 2002. It is a confusing history, after all.

The whole world seems to be gushing over Arrested Development, but I just can't get into it. I tried watching it once for a bit and there was seemingly more annoying inner monolgue than dialogue which got on my nerves fast. But hey, I never got what the fuss over CYE was either but once I decided to watch a full episode I loved it.

Most of the web comics friends never shut up about while wearing t-shirts from the comics website. I'm a nerd, they're all nerds, but maybe I'm not nerd enough to understand why everyday on penny-arcade is the funniest thing ever (I admit the odd time I've checked it out there has been something really funny, but usually I'm left scratching my head). Same goes for Something Positive, Sexy Losers, and so on.

Anyone know why the name "Steve Austin" doesn't appear in this thing? It just says Stone Cold (and only Stone Cold) for every instance he's mentioned.

Also, that trademark notice has been appearing on most of the DVDs this year. One would assume that the move NAME is being trademarked.

I didn't even know about that "plastic surgery" angle. I always thought it was just an evil twin in the storyline. That's crazy.

1. I believe Ron Simmons vs. Rick Rude for the WCW title was the original advertised main event for Starrcade 92. Frankly I don't even remember what it ended up being, but I'm pretty sure it got changed. 4. Ron Simmons vs Cactus Jack was the WCW Title match at Halloween Havoc 92.

True story or fake myth: Men on a Mission only won the tag titles because Mabel legit knocked out Pierre by splashing him and they knew they could give the belts back to the Quebeccers 2 days later (it was part of a UK Tour).

I liked it when Cat kept calling him DDP.

Did WCW ever have negotiations to bring Hennig or Warrior in in 1994? I seem to recall a lot of name dropping leading up to a Clash match between Hogan/Flair, where Flair promised both the Ultimate Surprise and the PErfect Surprise... then it ended up being a masked Double A (I think), who in the storyline ended up being Brutus. That was weak.

"Rather, he was forced to vacate it after defeating Hollywood Hogan for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania VI." That just looks so damn weird.

Anyone know where the "Wrestler was promised a title in his contract" rumours originated? I remember in late 98 / early 99, there was a rumour making rounds that Gangrel (of all people) was promised a title run, persumably of any kind. The group of us who watched the 99 Rumble all assumed Gangrel was winning the European title, but it was not to be.

In a change of Holiday tradition (which started in 2000 when I saw the movie for the first time, believe it or not), I saw the movie on CBC (Sunday) instead of CityTV this year. "Jolliest bunch of assholes" is a great line.

Unless I'm mistaken Angle and Rey returned from knee injuries with artho surgery in 1-2 months.

Don't forget, this IS HHH here... who's to say Randy won't be the one to go into Mania with the belt while HHH wins the Rumble? HHH winning the belt on PPV then defending it sucessfully at the Rumble 3 weeks later against someone totally random who is nothing more than a filler match before the Mania PPV helps no one but HHH (I know, I know... this IS HHH here). I'd think someone (Jericho) will get a cp of coffee run with the belt before losing it to HHH at the Rumble. Randy will then win the Rumble. Also, keep this in mind: THey're doing the Batista turn the right way. While Randy has now gotten himself over as a face (where he wasn't really that over when he was the face champion), I wouldn't be surprised to see Randy walk out of Raw PPV with the title only to drop it to HHH at the Rumble or a big February Raw while Batista wins the Rumble and faces HHH at WM.