Mecha Mummy

Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Heenan Gorilla Monsoon vs. Vincent J. McMahon

Hulk Hogan vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper Mr. Perfect vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs. Sgt. Slaughter Harley Race vs. Dusty Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel vs. Gorilla Monsoon Pedro Morales vs. Pat Patterson Vincent J. McMahon vs. Bobo Brazil Fred Blassie vs. Verne Gagne

They booed a little, but... yeah. The only way this can NOT be terrible booking is if they build up to Punk turning on the New Breed because dear god that was anticlimactic.

Because this feud certainly wasn't one-sided enough aside from the Wrestlemania match.

"Plus Punk is very... original!" Good one, Joey.

I love Stevie and all but couldn't Punk have been booked against someone he hasn't beaten like five times now?

Jack Bauer. Vic's a badass also but Jack just has too many moments of "wait, what the FUCK"-levels of badassery for Vic to compare.

Hulk Hogan vs. Eddie Guerrero Tito Santana vs. Roddy Piper Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Mr. Perfect Greg Valentine vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart Andre the Giant vs. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Sgt. Slaughter vs. Superstar Billy Graham Harley Race vs. Jimmy Snuka Magnificent Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mr. Fuji Gorilla Monsoon vs. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd Pedro Morales vs. Mean Gene Okerlund Afa vs. Pat Patterson "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers vs. Vincent J. McMahon Bobo Brazil vs. Argentina Rocca Fred Blassie vs. The Sheik Killer Kowalski vs. Verne Gagne

NORTH VS WEST (1) Jack Bauer - 24 vs (1) Tony Soprano - The Sopranos SOUTH VS EAST (1) Vic Mackie - The Shield vs (1) Angelus - Buffy/Angel Just to be iconoclastic.

Given the presences of Jim Ross and William "The Refrigerator" Perry, just to name two people not known so much for wrestling itself, I would certainly hope for the former. Bracket One (b. 1949-) Hulk Hogan (bye) Eddie Guerrero vs. Paul Orndorff Junkyard Dog vs. Tito Santana "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Sensational Sherri Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Jim Ross Mr. Perfect vs. Jesse Ventura Greg Valentine vs. Bob Orton Jr. Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. William "The Refrigerator" Perry Bracket Two (b. 1943-49) Andre the Giant (bye) The Iron Sheik vs. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Sgt. Slaughter vs. Tony Atlas Superstar Billy Graham vs. Jimmy Hart Harley Race vs. Johnny Valient Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Nikolai Volkoff Magnificent Muraco vs. Big John Studd Dusty Rhodes vs. Johnny Rodz Bracket Three (b. 1934-42) Nick Bockwinkel (bye) Mr. Fuji vs. Blackjack Lanza Gorilla Monsoon vs. Jimmy Valient "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd vs. Blackjack Mulligan Pedro Morales vs. Sika Ivan Putski vs. Mean Gene Okerlund George "The Animal" Steele vs. Afa Pat Patterson vs. Pete Rose Bracket Four (b. 1911-33) Buddy Rogers (bye) Vince J. McMahon vs. Chief Jay Strongbow Bobo Brazil vs. Capt. Lou Albano Argentina Rocca vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna Classy Fred Blassie vs. Arnold Skaaland The Sheik vs. The Grand Wizard Killer Kowalski vs. The Fabulous Moolah Verne Gagne vs. James Dudley

NORTHERN DIVISON FINALISTS (1) Jack Bauer - 24 vs (2) Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell - Prison Break SOUTHERN DIVISION FINALISTS (1) Vic Mackie - The Shield vs (2) Simon Adebisi-Oz EASTERN DIVISION FINALISTS (1) Angelus - Buffy/Angel vs (5) Andy Sipowicz-NYPD Blue vs (10) Dr. Gregory House - House M.D. WESTERN DIVISION FINALISTS (1) Tony Soprano-The Sopranos vs (2) Ryan O'Reily - Oz vs (10) Macgyver - Macgyver

Pontiac - 2 Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage Atlantic City- 3 Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair Toronto - 2 Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart New York City - 1 Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage Houston - 6 Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho Seattle - 10 Christian vs. Chris Jericho Chicago - 2 Chris Benoit vs. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels Anaheim - 3 Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle

NORTHERN DIVISION (1) Jack Bauer - 24 vs (12) The Incredible Hulk (6) Faith - Buffy vs (2) T-Bag - Prison Break SOUTHERN DIVISION (1) Vic Mackie - The Sheild vs (4) B.A. Baracus - A-Team (3) Sawyer- Lost vs (2) Simon Adebisi-Oz EASTERN DIVISION (1) Angelus - Buffy/Angel vs (5) Andy Sipowicz-NYPD Blue (3) Omar Little - The Wire vs (10) Dr. Gregory House - House M.D. WESTERN DIVISION (1) Tony Sorpano-The Sopranos vs (5) James T Kirk - Star Trek (11) Duncan MacCloud-Highlander vs (10) Macgyver - Macgyver vs (2) Ryan O'Reily - Oz

Pontiac Region 12 Brainbusters vs. Strike Force 2 Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage Atlantic City Region 1 Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage 2 Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels Toronto Region 1 Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan 2 Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart New York City Region 1 Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage 6 Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper Houston Region 1 Steve Austin vs. The Rock 6 Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho Seattle Region 12 Shane McMahon vs. X-Pac 10 Christian vs. Chris Jericho Chicago Region 1 Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 2 Chris Benoit vs. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels Anaheim Region 1 The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan 3 Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle

ROUND 2 (1) Jack Bauer - 24 vs (8) Jayne Cobb - Firefly (12) The Incredible Hulk vs (4) Vern Schilinger- Oz (6) Faith - Buffy vs (11) Escobar- Nip/Tuck vs (3) Joe Rogan - Inside the UFC/Fear Factor (7) Roland "Wee-Bay" Brice - The Wire vs (2) T-Bag - Prison Break SOUTHERN DIVISION (1) Vic Mackie - The Sheild vs (8) Al Bundy-Married with Children (5) Lucius Vorenus - Rome vs (4) B.A. Baracus - A-Team (11) Commander Worf - Star Trek TNG vs (3) Sawyer- Lost (7) The Beast - Angel vs (2) Simon Adebisi-Oz EASTERN DIVISION (1) Angelus - Buffy/Angel vs (8) Aaron Pierce - 24 (5) Andy Sipowicz-NYPD Blue vs (4) Titus Pullo - Rome Abstain. (11) Big Dan Dority- Deadwood vs (3) Omar Little - The Wire (10) Dr. Gregory House - House M.D. vs (2) Al Swearengen - Deadwood WESTERN DIVISION (1) Tony Soprano-The Sopranos vs (9) Hank Scorpio - The Simpsons (5) James T Kirk - Star Trek vs (4) Spike - Buffy/Angel (11) Duncan MacCloud-Highlander vs (3) Shane Vendrell - The Shield (10) Macgyver - Macgyver vs (2) Ryan O'Reily - Oz

Pontiac Region 9, 12, 3 2 Atlantic City Region 1, 4, 3 2 Toronto Region 1, 13, 14, 2 New York City Region 1, 5, 3, 2 Houston Region 8, 4, 6, 7 Seattle Region 1, 12, 6, 10 Chicago Region 1, 4, 6, 2 Anaheim Region 1, 5, 3, 2

The sad thing is Mencia kind of did the bit better than Cosby. But then again, given twenty years to revise someone else's joke you damn well better improve on it. Really? I think Cosby did a much better job than Mencia. ALl he did was say "That bitch never played catch with you" and i guess that could make it seem funnier, but really, Cosby's was better. Mm, well. I guess my problem with Cosby's is that it feels a bit disjointed until he pulled it together at the end with the punchline, whereas with Mencia it's a bit more... clear, I suppose. Like, Cosby's is a bit funnier from start to finish, but Mencia's builds up to the final line really effectively (and I actually found the scream of exasperation to be funnier than the "catch" line). Not that it really matters if it was Cosby's joke to begin with, but.

NORTHERN DIVISION (1) Jack Bauer - 24 vs (16) Robert McCall - The Equalizer (8) Jayne Cobb - Firefly vs (9) Brother Mouzone - The Wire (5) Sylar - Heroes vs (12) The Incredible Hulk (4) Vern Schilinger- Oz vs (13) Lincoln Burrows - Prison Break Abstain. (6) Faith - Buffy vs (11) Escobar- Nip/Tuck (3) Malcolm Rynolds - Firefly vs (14) Joe Rogan - Fear Factor/Inside the UFC (7) Roland "Wee-Bay" Brice - The Wire vs (10) Farik - Sleeper Cell (2) T-Bag - Prison Break vs (15) Admiral William Adama, BSG Abstain. SOUTHERN DIVISION (1) Vic Mackie - The Sheild vs (16) Keith Mars - Veronica Mars (8) Al Bundy-Married with Children vs (9) Cordell Walker - Walker Texas Ranger (5) Lucius Vorenus - Rome vs (12) Michael Knight - Knight Rider Abstain. (4) B.A. Baracus - A-Team vs (13) Bob Fucking Barker - The Price is Right (6) Dexter Morganr-Dexter vs (11) Commander Worf - Star Trek TNG (3) Sawyer- Lost vs (14) Jack Malone - Without a Trace (7) The Beast - Angel vs (10) Holtz - Angel (2) Simon Adebisi-Oz vs (15) Jethro Gibbs - NCIS Abstain. EASTERN DIVISION (1) Angelus - Buffy/Angel vs (16) Sam Beckett - Quantem Leap (8) Aaron Pierce - 24 vs (9) George Hearst- Deadwood (5) Andy Sipowicz-NYPD Blue vs (12) Tommy Gavin - Rescue Me Abstain. (4) Titus Pullo - Rome vs (13) Margos Dezerian - The Shield (6) John Locke - LOST vs (11) Big Dan Dority- Deadwood (3) Omar Little - The Wire vs (14) Nikita - La Femme Nikita (7) Antwan Mitchell - The Shield vs (10) Dr. Gregory House - House M.D. (2) Al Swearengen - Deadwood vs (15) Richie Apreal - The Soprano' WESTERN DIVISION (1) Tony Sorpano-The Sopranos vs (16) Ryan Atwood - The OC (8) Buffy Summers - Buffy vs (9) Hank Scorpio - The Simpsons (5) James T Kirk - Star Trek vs (12) Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemanski - The Shield (4) Spike - Buffy/Angel vs (13) Rupert Giles-Buffy (6) Illyria - Angel vs (11) Duncan MacCloud-Highlander (3) Shane Vendrell - The Shield vs (14) Johnny Drama - Entourage/Viking Quest Man, Lem would so kick Shane's ass in a fight. Unless Shane becomes really badass in season five and onward and I just haven't seen it yet. (7) Marlo Stansfield - The Wire vs (10) Macgyver - Macgyver (2) Ryan O'Reily - Oz vs (15) Captain Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: DS9 Abstain.

The sad thing is Mencia kind of did the bit better than Cosby. But then again, given twenty years to revise someone else's joke you damn well better improve on it.

Pontiac Region 1 9 12 13 6 14 7 2 Atlantic City Region 1 8 12 4 11 3 10 2 Toronto Region 1 8 12 13 6 3 10 2 New York City Region 1 9 5 4 6 3 7 2 1996-2006 Tournament Houston Region 1 8 12 4 6 14 7 2 Seattle Region 1 8 12 13 6 3 10 2 Chicago Region 1 8 5 4 6 14 7 2 Anaheim Region 1 8 5 13 6 3 7 2

I prefer Bebop over Champloo, mostly because I'm not so fond of Champloo's really bizarre fillers (the graffiti episode, for one) whereas Bebop's fillers were always really, really good. Which isn't to take anything away from Champloo, of course, because as a whole it's pretty fantastic.

On the same night as the same time as ANOTHER wrestling show, which was just an amazingly stupid decision given how limited an audience there is for wrestling right now. WSX was really sort of doomed from the start.

Open the Brave Gate is supposed to have a weight limit and it's more of a lowercard title. Of course, Austin Aries exceeds that weight limit but nobody really cares about the Brave Gate anyway, so.

As far as Ranma 1/2 goes, I think the first three seasons are very strong. However, after they introduced Ukyo they really didn't have much left to do aside from the occasional insert of one of the storyarcs of any importance (the Hiryuu Shoten Ha arc, the Shi Shi Hokodan arc, the stuff with Pantyhose Taro, and so on), so it all just because "oh hey let's see if we can turn this into a martial art." And sometimes that worked (Copycat Ken) and sometimes not so much (the calligraphy guy, not to mention the fact that they gave that stupid tea ceremony character additional episodes).

The opening scene was probably the highlight of the entire thing for me. My only complaint is that I would have liked to have heard what Sai and/or Yamato sounds like, and the Kyuubi stuff didn't feel quite right and they could have done with a better transition into the opening theme. But the animation, wow. So good. As for the episode itself, I was baffled at their spending so much time with filler stuff like the keywords, but there was some amusing comedy in it here and there (almost entirely Tsunade-related, in fact, as the scene with her training Sakura was funny in a "wait how does that make ANY sense" way), but I mostly liked it. Deidara's voice is very good, though I didn't even catch his speech pattern until I watched the scene with Akatsuki walking through the desert a second time because they play it down so much that you have to actively listen for it at the end of his sentences. EDIT: I also have to say that the shot of Akatsuki in the opening video is quite possibly the coolest they have ever looked and I get the impression that I'm going to be incredibly impatient to see how they handle Hidan and Kakuzu in the anime. Especially Hidan because he comes off as a character who will be incredibly fun to watch fight when animated.