DrVenkman PhD

The first PS2 SD! game was delayed 2-3 times, but for short periods (I believe they said October and it eventually came out in late November). I believe Shut Your Mouth had a similar 2 week delay. HCTP, as far as I can remember, was pretty much on time. It may have had an announced date that got pushed back a week or so (well in advance), but I don't remember any upsetting delay over that game.

Again, these are being done from memory... "If you think I'm going to sell that abortion of a move, you've got another thing coming" - Mick Foley speaking about the People's Elbow at Breakdown. "Michael Cole, last night some of Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets we're revealed to me..." *Al Snow is throwing punches while saying "stomp the foot"* - Mick and Al having a pre-match interview the night after NBC's special on wrestling secrets aired.

In regards to the above quote about Ross thinking Heyman should be in the GBR, Heyman's reply "What would I do, bring a cell phone in there?" was pretty good too. From Backlash 2002, at the beginning of RVD vs Eddie, discussing which man has the better frog splash. King: JR, tell me, who was the first man you saw do a frog splash here in the WWF? JR: Well King that would be D`Lo Brown. King: ... ok, then who would the second be? Prior to Backlash 2002, Angle discussing a tag match with his partner Jericho. Angle: If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a big mouthed, blond haired, CANADIAN, who think's he's a rock star. Jericho: ... Angle: Oh, not you Chris. (possibly slightly inaccurate) Lawler discussing Tajiri at Royal Rumble 03 (doen from memory, not exact) King: JR, Tajiri is my favourite announcer over on SmackDown! JR: I think you're confused with Funaki.

11/16 is what I read on Amazon. But EBGames does say 11/2

Edit: Obsolete post!

I assume nikjohns meant the more times I, DrVenkman, replied, the closer to classic this baby would get!

On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being a Mod run in with a lock and 5 being that the thread is building towards a move to Classics (and 2-4 meaning nothing of note), where do you all see this cake discussion heading?

Making a stupid mistake while trying to correct a mistake someone else made.. I hate that. I really should have known that, since Heyman/JR are my favourite modern day broadcasting duo, but it slipped my mind.

I believe Benoit had Angle tap out on the floor, causing some announcer controversy about whether or not a tap-out in a match with no other rules should count if it's not in the ring. Or JR just kept yelling that it didn't count and King agreed since he would have been cheering for Angle, I don't recall totally, but they were outside.

We had the cake people at the local Zehrs grocery store write "Jesus Died For This?" in icing on a friend's cake last year. She thought we said "Tied" originally. Good times. Did the Razor Ramon cake actually taste bad, or was that a "Chef Scott Hall" joke?

That finisher news is a bit odd considering that since returning, everyone has been kicking out of Edge's DDT and the Spear has been the finisher instead of vice-versa.

"That would be like if my parents named me Jew" - Heyman talking about how Christian's parents didn't love him and gave him a poor name. ""In just a few moments, at my leisure, I will call Vince McMahon out on HIS ring, in front of HIS public, on a television show that is owned by HIS grand company....At least that is...until this Sunday at Survivor Series. I know how much you appreciate what Shane, Stephanie and I have done, how Shane Stephanie and I have stood up to the tyranny of Vince McMahon and how this Sunday, the WWF will die. But don't blame me for that...it's not my fault. I am not the one who lifts up my leg...and pees all over the memory of Bruno Sammartino. I am not the one who desecrated the memory of Superstar Billy Graham. And I am not the one who ruined everything that was accomplished by Stone Cold Steve Austin. (The crowd was not taking this well, as the crowd was booing, and A**hole chants were breaking out throughout the promo) You see, at Survivor Series, it means so much more than the personalities that are involved, it's about ending what Vince McMahon has tried to accomplish. I sat there at that desk on Monday and I listened to Mick Foley and I agreed with everything that Mick Foley had to say! That the WWF truly does suck! (Crowd boos) Don't boo me....have you watched the TV show lately? Vince Mcmahon has lost his mind. The man does not have it anymore. He is a has-been, his ideas are (outdated), his concepts are draconian, and Mick Foley was right... because the WWF is imploding from within. Like every great empire the WWF is imploding from within. Vince's loyal employees, like Stone Cold and Mick Foley who want nothing to do with him, like his Children who want him to burn in hell...and I don't blame them. Vince McMahon will see the WWF die this Sunday at Survivor Series, and he has no hope to save his precious company. Vince has the same chances of saving the WWF as he did of realizing his dream of starting his own football league. (At this time, Vince McMahon came out. He walked to the ring with a steeled look on his face. Paul Heyman was on his knees bowing as he walked down the ramp. When Vince got in the ring, he just stood there and continued to listed to Paul.) Heyman continued. I want you to know, that I was down on my knees, as I know you are used to men kissing your ass Vinny. Every time you walk in the back....There is Patterson and Brisco saying, "What a great idea Vince!" (Making kissing sounds at Vince's backside). You like men kissing your ass, don't you Vince. Because that's what you are all about...A Billionaire! The Billionaire, Vince McMahon, the Creator of Sports Entertainment. (Gets up in his face). I have waited SO long to say this to your face....I hate your stinking guts Vince. But it's not just me Vince. It's your children that hate your stinking guts, and at Survivor Series your children are going to do to you, what I have waited so long to see somebody do to you Vince. You are...so help me god....the most vile, disgusting, son of a bitch that I have ever seen in my life. (Vince winces, and the crowd boos louder) You took Hulk Hogan's blood, and you built Titan Towers. You stole Bret Hart's dream, and with that money you built yourself an airplane and put the WWF all over it. You did that, and you KNOW it you son of a bitch! You stole Shawn Michaels smile, took your company public, and made yourself a billionaire. But not a self made billionaire like you like to tell everyone...Oh NO. You made yourself a billionaire through other peoples hard work. Your Father, Vince McMahon went around the country shaking every promoters hand saying, "I will never compete with you." And when your father died...you competed. And with your ruthless, merciless, take no prisoners attitude, you drove everybody out of business...didn't you Vince? You ran all the competition into the ground, and you stole all their ideas...and you made yourself a billionaire out of it. And you know who's ideas you stole the most Vince? you stole MINE!! See I don't give a damn about Don Owen, and Sam Mushnick, and Jim Crockett. I just care about what you did to me and my family. How you stole my dreams and my legacy, and you stole everything that ECW represented. Because while Doink the Clown had green hair and a rubber nose.....Stone Cold Steve Austin was drinking his first beer in ECW DAMN YOU." While Bobby Heenen and Gene Okerland were dancing around and signing "Tutti Fruity", ECW was producing the edgy TV that you named "Attitude". What you got is my ideas, and you stole MY life, MY money, and MY LEGACY!! (Heyman takes off his hat and screams.) SCREW YOU!! SCREW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! And I will tell you something...you own children hate your guts and on Sunday, they will get even with you for everything that you stole from me...for everything that you stole from them. You flaunt your affairs in front of your wife, you flaunt your affairs in Playboy for your children to read...You BASTARD! Look at TAZZ! (pointing to Tazz at the booth). This man was a killer!! He was a machine. He was a "Wrestler"....a real man. But wrestling is a dirty word to you, isn't it Vince? you father built a wrestling company, and you...you had to have "Sports Entertainment" (Still pointing to Tazz). He was a wrestler. He was a great wrestler..he was a MAN. And now, he is a fat, little, obnoxious color commentator. And not even a GOOD one. He is a "Sports entertainer" He is not a wrestler, because you made wrestling a dirty word. What kind of a man are you"? (At this point, Tazz removes his headset and heads into the ring to a big pop.) "What kind of a man takes wrestling, and makes it Sports Entertainment? At Survivor Series, you're going down. You're going down Vince, and I'm going to watch it...and your children are going to stand over your grave Vince...and we are going to laugh. And there is not a damn thing you can do about it.....I'm feeling good about this...." (Tazz has heard enough, and puts the Tazzmission on Heyman, choking him out. Vince grabs the Microphone) -- The Paul Heyman promo prior to Survivor Series 2001.

Owen and Bulldog cutting a serious promo about revenge (Austin had assaulted Bret in an ambulance)... only to have the director yell "AGAIN OWEN" and have them repeat the promo again.

I replaced the O-Zone with the Diamond Cutter

Eugene` was Korrosive anyway.

The Legend models look about 100x better this year (specifically Piper and Snuka). I see DoR doesn't give them proper music, but the fact that the Legends in this game seem to have proper entrances this time bodes well for that.. at the very least, generic music that sounds like their theme (I'm wondering if Jimmy Hart owns the rights to some of the older music, causing money issues THQ doesn't feel like spending on).

"Norma Lee" is what someone who can't hear and for whatever reason hasn't heard of or seen "Dawn Marie" would call her, I assume.

I still eagerly await the day Michaels ends up on SmackDown.

He is the wind beneath our ring.

Check it out It's a bit hard to navigate since the commercials seem to be posted in sets or archives based on when they were posted on the site, not any sort of year or chronological order. I only viewed 2 so far, and they were both awesome. Below is one the Japanese Mario vs DK commercial.. awesome. http://217.153.29.18/~michal/june04/mario_vs_donkey.wmv

Ok, so, what the hell? Last year I didn't realize Kefka had a cult following and totally counted him out of the bracket, thus lost several points for each round he actually advanced. I correct that mistake this year, so what happens? He LOSES. God. Damn. Funny thing is, according to the Contest Statistics, a total of 0% correctly predicted that bracket. Edit: Since been changed to 43%

What I found odd was when I was visiting D.C. and went to Raw, some guy on the floor had a You Screwed Bret sign and kept demanding people start a chant. At this point I yelled down "Get over it!"... but I'm Canadian, and he's persumably American. Very bizarre.

Did anyone get totally fucked over by Bell? I went to the movie theatre (who jacked their price up by $10, which we were unaware of) and between 7 and 8:30 we stared at a blank theatre screen while employees kept blaming Bell ExpressVu. We eventually left with a refund to go to a bar we had heard was showing the PPV, but when we arrived, they too told us they had no signal.

RVD vs. Kenzo.

I believe they had the night off, chief.