DrVenkman PhD

Tell that to Rosey.

Wikipedia lists Kane's entry as being WWE confirmed, but that could be from commentary. I also don't see it on WWE.com. It's weird that Raw only has 8 slots for the match (and that 8 is counting Chris Jericho and Kane) and Santino managed to sneak in the final Raw slot. Guess we'll get some random mystery guys again.

I forgot to mention I really liked the Beth/Melina angle too. They have a good history of making their beatdowns look great on TV.

- I enjoyed how two of the storylines on the show (Jericho being fired and a bad ref call) seemed like shoots on real life things going on in WWE. Who doesn't love that!? - Seriously though, if Jericho isn't rehired by Vince next week, I hope we get a Rumble appearance by WWE newcomer and masked sensation El Corazón de León. - The Austin video was good stuff and I marked for Cult of Personality. - I'm glad Ted is back in The Legacy. I was never fond of all this talk of him maybe being a face against the faction - why would this happen? Maybe it's because in my mind I looked at Cody and Ted as recent tag team champions and I thought Orton already made it clear he was only trying to kick sense into Ted (and the Manu/Cody/Ted group as a whole) back when he first did it, but perhaps that was just interpretation on my part. I remember being puzzled that Cody lasted 30 minutes in last year's Rumble (and that Taker had to sell a dropkick from him), but he's come a long way in a year. - Shawn / Cena was good and the superkicks were great, but I always have and always will view the Mania 23 as the best match they've had. This is pure bias based solely on the fact I was there live and found it to be an amazing experience.

You guys should just shout movie and TV titles like Canadian Destroyer. Who needs this italics nonsense?!

They're current policy of adding 1 library title and 2 WiiWare titles instead of randomizing what 2-3 types of games are put up is quite frustrating. Microsoft is currently annoying me with the same thing (1 specific XBLA game or library title and then "Community Games" that use NXE avatars).

Scroby has my support on this one. It's a friggin message board thread about a PPV that isn't happening for a little under two weeks. Participants listed in the first post will be based on when The Scrobster sees a TV show or reads about it on WWE.com and has a chance to edit it. You can all feel free to chime in with "so and so said on commentary that such and such is in the Rumble" and he'll get to it when he can. If you're that impatient and I confirmed it, I can always edit his post. But seriously, just take it down a notch.

I seem to recall the internet community being pretty happy with BATB 2000 (rare for a WCW show at the time), but that could have been the hype of it all. Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

I can't say I didn't spend part of the episode thinking "didn't we explore this concept on Seinfeld?", but it was good.

I've told this story before but a claim Joe Legend made to some wrestling students was WWE thought trademarking "Rhino" would be a problem due to the Marvel character so they were going to call him 'Mary'. Rhino called is buddy Joe in a panic, so Mr. Legend suggested they go with 'Rhyno' ala 'Chyna'.

Works fine for me, I suffered through the whole thing. Perhaps I wasn't paying attention (but I'm chalking this up to being Russo's WCW), but why were people being eliminated by going through the middle ropes? Savage just left for no reason (I guess because he wasn't an official participant, as if people like Medusa and Molly 'Mona' Holly were) but Hogan goes out through the middle and that's an elimination. Speaking of Mona, I liked how Tony kept misidentifying either Madusa or Aysa as Mona, then when she actually came in, says "I guess she heard me!". As I was typing that, I remembered that WW3 rules were just exiting the ring, so I guess that means all WCW battle royals are contested under WWE Diva rules? I figured it was just old guys not wanting to take bumps.

Did Cole not get JR's memo about "The Throwback"? I kept waiting for him to call it that, and all three times (two attempts and one execution) it was referred to as "Going for the win" (once) or "the victory", which gave me an idea of what to call a finisher if I were ever to be a wrestler. That will never happen, so I'll just name a move that in SVR 09 someday.

Well it only had 20 men, but yes, it was 35 minutes vs. 95's 38:41 minutes.

Tony has a winner of a line during the Battle Royal: "Everything logical you can think about in WCW over the past few years, throw it out the window!" If you pay attention very early on, you'll note a fan gets into the battle royal. Scott Steiner leaves the ring to beat the crap out of him.

Someone sounds pretty fucking bitter in their vote...

I completely forgot about that exchange. Made me laugh.

The Road to the Rumble continues as HBK takes on John Cena. Randy Orton also faces The Man they Call Kane.

I think I'll change my name to my short lived "Venkman-X" persona if I end up in a future round with Vitamin X. Just to confuse the voters and claim votes for "VX" are for me.

Unofficial "Halftime" (25 votes... make that 26 votes, if my tally is right) Count: Venkman: 16 Slayer: 10 Kinetic: 14 Edwin: 12 KOAB: 12 Agent: 14 VX: 19 Treble: 6 A vote cast for Edwin in a round he's not in: 1 VX, as I predicted in my ballot, is the one currently running away with it while Kinetic only leads by one (which is now two). Me/Slayer and KOAB/Agent are pretty close right now too. Anything can happen by Tuesday! Edit: As I typed this information up, BL voted. Edit 2: Re-counted the ballots, I was right the first time when I called Me/Slayer 11-11 with my vote. Not sure whose vote I missed, but I assure you all this is all very close.

Black Lushus?

If my 2009 run ends here, I'll be fine with that. 2007 was the final four, 2008 was the Elite Eight, and when I saw brackets saying I was probably facing Inc, I just assumed I had to settle for Sweet Sixteen this year. Just being the #1 seed - and as my understanding, the OVERALL #1 seed - shows I've gone from TSM poster no one really knows to TSM poster no one but the wrestling folders really knows, but some people outside of that kind of do too. This match-up with Slayer is a rematch from the first POTY I was in. I ended up in that tourney ("Poster of the Year IV") because NYU saw me reading it and decided to give me a random nomination. First round results: DrVenkman 12 Slayer 35 So far I have 11 votes, so I'm HOPING I can do better than 12-35, but if I have to lose, this is as good a place as any. I'd like to win though. Keep those votes coming.

Me: If my math is right, this vote makes it 11-11. Kinetic: People were calling him a lock to win, but it's not even a lock he'll make it past this round. Things are getting competitive! He has my support though. KOAB: I'm not a fan of his drunken and/or high ramblings, but KOAB is more than that. I don't know if he's much more than that, but I can appreciate whatever it is that he brings to the table, such as our bit (I think it was a bit...) where he always accused me of being a closet racist. VX: For a guy that almost destroyed TSM, Leo sure is doing well in a tournament honouring Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence for 2008 (I'm kidding, VX). Seriously though, while everyone keeps saying that this is Kinetic's to win, VX has been the one racking up the votes and destroying his challengers. Edit: My math is either wrong or I just missed a vote when counting up everything for a stats report. This made it 11-10 by my current math. Edit 2: No, I was right the first time.

Sometimes this double life gets out of hand, but if you see trouble coming, I'm your man.

If you use your head you'll always win, just like the Edison Twins.