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Not that I would reveal it here or anything but the spoiler of what character dies at the end may now be floating around the Internet. Obviously it isn't confirmed at this point though.

I'm not sitting next to Alf.

The Mets officially have me tearing my hair out at this point. Swept by the Dodgers?!

Bottom line, questionable conclusion and all, at least I can go to sleep tonight knowing MEADOW CAN'T PARK A CAR FOR SHIT

What?! He was scared about going to trial! That's not what they were going for. If I interpreted it correctly, they wanted the viewer to get a sense of what Tony's life now feels like. He has to watch over his shoulder constantly. There is always that slight feeling of doom in the pit of his stomach. Always around him, there could be that mobster trying to finally kill him or the FBI agent waiting to swoop in and make the arrest. There is never a safe moment -- there will always be a sense of worrying. You could see this on Tony's face as he continued to snap his head up towards the door every time he heard the clink of the bell. His family might be oblivious to the danger but he's not. David Chase wanted viewers to feel the doom that Tony feels. I get that. But it's an F on execution. Closure would be letting the viewer realize that feeling but then revealing it was only a false alarm...or maybe it wasn't and Tony finally gets what he has worried about his entire adult life. To do what David Chase did tonight made sure not to provide any closure whatsoever.

Hawk, the fact that there was no blood is not the point. There was no closure. There is no reason for ending a series finale on a cliffhanger. It's not brilliant. It's not ingenious. It's lazy writing. Chase couldn't come up with a satisfying ending on his own -- should I kill Tony or should I not omg i dunno -- so he suddenly "left it to the viewer" to make the decision on their own. I say it again: lazy writing. Oh and to have viewers think that their cable suddenly went out is a cheesy device as well.

OH I GET IT DAVID CHASE IS BRILLIANT BECAUSE THE WHOLE EPISODE HE HAD US THINKING SOMETHING WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN WHEN REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED WAS MEADOW SUCCESSFULLY PARELLEL PARKED HE IS SO BRILLIANT

Six Feet Under managed to do it. Look, it's not that this episode didn't fulfill expectations. It was going to be very difficult to do that. It's the idea that it didn't even come close. They blew it all -- the Bobby/Sil whackings, the final meeting between Tony and Melfi -- last week in an amazing episode. They basically had nothing left for their last episode which is a shame.

Besides Phil Leotardo's death and the interaction between Paulie and the cat, that was a completely unsatisfying and disappointing finale. Not to mention the ending. Unbelievable. I sure hope Meadow finally parked the car correctly after all that buildup!

A-Rod has really earned himself a reputation as perhaps the dirtiest player in baseball today and it's a shame because someone with his skills shouldn't need to resort to stuff like this. When your own manager can't even support your actions -- Joe Torre said after the game "I don't know what to feel for it" -- there's a problem there.

Lashley vs. McMahon -- again. Cena vs. Khali -- again. Edge vs. Batista -- again. Melina vs. Candace...in a pudding match. And the possibility of RVD vs. Snitsky. Er....no. No it won't.

That's not common knowledge. I doubt most fans would understand exactly why RVD received a concussion from landing on his face. For the angle to make sense, he needed to land on the top of his head. Now....should it have been an RKO that caused him to do this? No, probably not. It's an unrealistic sell. But is it his fault that it was booked this way? Of course not. For this angle, he sold the RKO the only way he could. To give it the normal sell on his face would have made the angle afterwards rather confusing. He did what he could with the angle he was given.

Hey guys, wasn't the point of the move that it was supposed to give RVD a concussion? You know, since Orton's whole gimmick now is he likes to give people concussions. How would Van Dam get a concussion from landing on his jaw like a normal RKO sell?

Czech, has a part of you already started to miss Dusty Baker managing the Cubs? I can't even begin to describe the type of entertainment that man brought to Chicago.

Mr S -fancy L type thing that probably represents a pound but I don't know how to type the symbol on the computer - im Citrus seems like a very bitter guy. I think it's the green font that's doing it.

No, no, no. I did not touch the ending. I added the entrances last night and when I did so, there wasn't even an ending to the match. In fact, your post ended at this exact point with the double clothesline, so I have no idea what's going on.

Okay, I threw in some Zack/Drek stuff at the end of the show. So there you go.

We return from commercial to find Zack Malibu standing in the ring with a microphone in his hand, leaning against the ropes and staring at the entranceway. COLE For those of you just coming back, Zack came out to the ring and demanded Drek Stone show his face tonight! COACH It’s a good thing we joined this thing already in progress. It means a lot less writing. COLE …a lot less what? COACH Er….huh? Luckily, Coach’s breaking-of-the-fourth-wall doesn’t last long though as the initial beating drums in the theme song of the World Heavyweight Champion begins to blare over the loudspeakers. Woke Up This Morning Got Yourself A Gun Mama Always Said You’d Be The Chosen One With a beaming smile, and dressed rather casually tonight in a blue polo shirt and black khakis, Drek Stone steps to the top of the entranceway with the Heavyweight Title draped over his right shoulder and a microphone in his left hand. Raising his arms out to the crowd wanting to hear a hero’s welcome, he is resoundingly booed instead. With a shrug, Drek smiles as he signals for the music to be cut off. He then begins to make his way down to the ring. DREK Zack, can you feel it? Drek climbs up to the ring apron and steps right into the ring. DREK We’re only three days away! Once he gets in the ring, Zack takes a step forward, wanting to get closer to the man he so truly despises. Drek though, as cocky as he may be, isn’t stupid. He casually takes a step back, realizing it would be foolish to get too close to a man who may still be distraught over the assault on his mentor Anglesault. ZACK Believe me Drek. I’m more excited than you are. I’ve waited eighteen months for this. Eighteen months until the time when I could FINALLY get my hands on you in that ring. DREK YOU’VE been waiting?! Are you kidding?! Zack, I’ve played this scenario out in my mind for more than a year now. You might think that you’re the one who has something to fight for. The one that needs to go out there and brawl for glory and revenge and all that. Well, let me tell you something, Malibu. You don’t want it as bad as I do! I NEED to defeat you at AngleMania – more than I’ve ever needed to do something before! Zack simply stares daggers into his AngleMania opponent as Drek Stone continues speaking. DREK You know, there’s so much I feel I need to say to you right now, but I don’t know exactly how to express it. Zack, I hate you more than you can ever know. Who are YOU to dare insult me the way you have for so long?! YOU! The guy who wreaked havoc on the OAOAST with his Thrillogy stable! YOU! The guy who pretends he’s friends with Sly Sommers when it was already revealed that you tried holding him back long ago! YOU! The guy who masterminded the Civil War between the Originals and the New Blood that almost killed this federation! Zack mouths the words “Watch it” as Drek stares at him with an amused grin. DREK Watch it?! Watch what?! You’re going to look down on my accomplishments and say that I haven’t been loyal to this place?! Well then, what the hell can we consider you?! The most selfish man in the business! The guy that feels the need to PUT ME DOWN for a decision that I made MYSELF! A decision that nobody else had a right to discuss – especially you! Do you want to know why I left the OAOAST so many months ago, Zack?! I needed to get away from you! I needed to get away from your miserable shrewish attitude! I knew how you talked about me! I ALWAYS knew! I knew that you would complain to Hoff and to Axel and to Stephen Popick and to everybody else that I didn’t care about the New Blood or the OAOAST. But meanwhile, that wasn’t just an interest in the sport of professional wrestling that was driving such comments, was it? It was something more! It had to do with the fact that you were jealous of me! And that jealousy was going to EAT YOU UP INSIDE unless you found a way to chase me away! ZACK Jealous of you?! Are you out of your Italian mind?! DREK Oh, I know perfectly well how you felt! I rose through these ranks in a way that you were not able to match! I beat you at AngleSlam – yes folks, did you forget about that? I beat Zack Malibu CLEANLY at AngleSlam 2005. Humiliated the guy. And then boom. I was gone right after. Why do you think that is?! It’s because I couldn’t deal with THIS ASSHOLE anymore. I couldn’t deal with the sniping comments and the mind games and all that. You are NOT the nice guy you portray yourself to be, Zack. I’ve said it for the longest time and I’m saying it one more time tonight! You are the worst kind of human being – you are a FAKE! A FAKE that figures the only way he can improve his popularity back to the days of yesteryear is to build up a villain that the fans and the wrestlers can hate and then convince them that he chased that person away for THEIR OWN INTERESTS! But it wasn’t in their own interests, was it? You slimy son of a bitch. It was in YOUR interests! You CAPITALIZED on my decision to leave and used it in a way to make yourself look better. Well Zack, this isn’t 2005 anymore. This isn’t the past! As Drek continues to rant, he only appears to be getting angrier as the seconds tick by. DREK Your time has passed! Your time of playing the politics card and winning people over to your side with LIES! Your time of trying to fool the fans one more time into thinking you have that last good title reign in you! Your time of being the fun loving and happy-go-lucky Zack Malibu! It’s ALL OVER! Because Drek Stone – a man you have never beaten. A man with skills the likes you have never seen before. A man that you should not even be in the same ring against – is here. And Drek Stone is staying. I couldn’t give a damn about this title belt. I’ve made that perfectly clear before. With a flippant attitude, Drek merely takes the title belt that was propped around his shoulder and chucks it directly over the top rope onto the arena floor. DREK The thing could burn in a fire and I wouldn’t share a single tear. No, I’m not fighting you over pride for that title. I’m fighting you simply because our time has come. It’s time we settle this damn thing. You turned everybody against me once eighteen months ago. And you turned everybody against me AGAIN this March. Well, now it’s time that I win the people back to my side. With a showstopping performance at AngleMania VI in the biggest Main Event that the OAOAST has ever seen – AngleMania VI: Etched in Stone – I’m going to finally end this rivalry between you and I. And once I do, once I shut that mouth of yours and end those jealous, nasty comments once and for all…. It seems Zack has finally had enough as he interrupts Drek Stone’s promo with a growl. ZACK I GET THE POINT! We all get the point! We all know what you’re trying to say! And Drek, you can keep lying to yourself! You can continue to tell yourself that you were a saint. That you weren’t merely using this federation as a vehicle to improve your own life! That you weren’t using the OAOAST as an audition for movies and appearances on late-night talk shows! You can tell yourself that I’m the devil and I’m the guy that has made you the hated person you are today. You can lie and try to convince yourself that I’m running on my last legs and I wouldn’t be where I was today if I didn’t learn to lie and cheat others to improve my own standing! Go ahead. Convince yourself of all that. Spread the propaganda to anybody that will listen. But I know the truth. Everybody in this arena knows the truth. And deep down…YOU know the truth. That I have been right…and that I have always BEEN right…about everything I’ve ever said about you! The fans roar as Drek silently jaws at his challenger from across the ring. ZACK But you know what, there’s no need for me to repeat everything I’ve ever said about you. There’s no need for me to point out to everybody once again that you don’t give a damn about this federation. That you walked out on it at a point when it needed you THE MOST because you just “didn’t have enough time for it anymore.” Drek, there’s no need for me to point out to anybody that you have had that Heavyweight Title for seven months – SEVEN MONTHS – and you’ve only made three title defenses! That’s pathetic! You’re NO CHAMPION! Even in your own mind, how could you possibly be considered a champion?! You duck title defenses! You cut videotaped promos instead of coming out to the ring. Do you realize this is your first LIVE appearance in a HeldDown ring since last November?! And YOU are going to have the audacity – you are going to have the BALLS – to come out here and pretend as if everything I’ve ever said is a lie?! We both know it’s all true. And I am TIRED of seeing you make a mockery of everything I built, everything Anglesault built, everything Tony Brannigan and Dan Black and Stephen Popick and Leon Rodez and Hoff and Tha Puerto Rican and Alfdogg and CWM…. The cheers of the fans escalate with every passing name that Zack rattles off. ZACK Because you do not have the heart for this business that ANY of these men do! They would NEVER have taken some of the actions you have in the past three years here! Just look at what you did to that title a few minutes ago. You took it and just tossed it over the rope. And you call yourself a CHAMPION?! Well, not for long. Because in three days, at AngleMania VI, the time of reckoning is coming. You’re not going to have this federation to kick around as your own personal toy. Drek, it’s my destiny to take that title away from you at AngleMania VI. It’s my destiny to defeat everything you stand for – all the lies and the cheating and the mockery and the indifference – and put these demons behind me. This thing has been brewing for a long, long time. Well, it’s finally going to explode at AngleMania. Etched in Stone. Are you ready for it? With a cocky smile, Drek nods his head as he locks eyes with his undoubtedly most hated enemy. DREK More ready than I ever have for anything before. ZACK So I guess I’ll see you at AngleMania VI then. As Zack turns to begin exiting out of the ring, Drek can’t help himself from saying one more comment. DREK It’s a shame Anglesault won’t be there though. “OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Midway through climbing through the ropes, Zack stops and snaps his head to look at the champion. Drek flicks his eyebrows at his challenger with amusement as Zack steps back into the ring and stomps directly towards the Italian Stallion. With that, he fires a HARD right hand to the temple of the champion, knocking him right down to his ass! COLE OH MY GOD! I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN! Once Drek hits the mat, Zack immediately climbs on top of him and begins pounding Drek Stone with a NASTY, VICIOUS series of punches to the champion’s face. Ringside security, who were already standing by, immediately swarm into the ring to try to pull the two combatants apart. COACH It was only a matter of time I guess, wasn’t it?! As five burly security guards rush in and grab Zack by both arms, trying to pull him away from his bloodthirsty assault against the champ. With his arms pinned to the side though, he’s easy pickings for Drek to pick himself up and strike Zack Malibu with a humiliating bitchslap right across the challenger’s cheek! DREK Take THAT, you little bitch! ZACK I’LL KILL YOU, I SWEAR I WILL! Zack tries breaking through the grip of the guards but, much like a few weeks ago, there are just too many there to actually do it. To his credit, Drek is good at taking care of such a predicament. Instead of slapping Zack this time though, Drek simply steps back and hits his challenger with a HARD fist against Malibu’s right temple, buckling his enemy’s knees. More security guards rush in this time to restrain Drek Stone. The ring is now a sea of blue shirts with at least ten sentinels struggling hard to keep the men apart. COLE This is pandemonium! Folks, we’re running out of time! But please, you do NOT want to miss AngleMania VI: Etched in Stone! Drek Stone vs. Zack Malibu for the OAOAST Heavyweight Title! And as you saw tonight, this thing couldn’t get any more personal! COACH You couldn’t be more right about that! As the majority of the guards focus on restraining Drek this time, Zack takes advantage of their distraction and actually breaks through their grip! With that, he goes charging forward and tackles the champion down to the mat! The two exchange a MAJOR series of mutual punches against one another as the guards yell for more reinforcements to get down to the ring! COLE This is crazy! AngleMania VI! This Sunday! You don’t want to miss such a historic event…believe me! Good night ladies and gentlemen! The last shot we see is of Drek Stone and Zack Malibu continuing to slam one another with blows to the face and the temples as we…. Fade to Black.

a standard size bedroom filled with $1,000,000,000 bills stacked to the ceiling

a standard sized bedroom filled with $1,000,000 bills stacked to the ceiling roflmao :-P.

I'm voting for Czech. Go Clique A.

DrVenkman -- like I said before, I will always be voting for him. Always. It's kinda become my thing. Al

pardon miasma: did you vote yet pardon miasma: vote for Inc pardon miasma: and VX pardon miasma: and me So I vote for Inc. And VX. And Czech. And DrVenkman too because I'll vote for him until the day I die.

I think all of us in this this thread though can agree that it would be horrible to live Coffey's life. Seriously now, Coffey. It's only Val Venis.

MATCHUPS: Elite Snobs/Boardum/Pit bracket: #1 Incandenza vs. #9 Ravenbomb #12 Chave vs. #4 Banky #14 Black Lushus vs. #6 Kotz #10 kkktookmybabyaway vs. #2 AgentOfOblivion TSM Vets/Shit Folders bracket: #1 Slayer vs. #8 bob_barron....The only reason I voted in this tourney. Ughhh. #5 CWM vs. #4 Leena #3 Czech vs. #11 Smues #7 FrigidSoul vs. #15 Special K Sports Folder bracket: #1 alkeiper vs. #8 CanadianGuitarist #12 The Max vs. #4 Ripper #3 Kingofthe909 vs. #11 TheManInBlak #7 Vitamin X vs. #2 LordOfTheCurry The Awesomely Mediocre and/or Unknown bracket: #16 Muggy Bogues vs. #9 DrVenkman...Venkman is forever my supporter, so I'm helping him out. #12 AndrewTS vs. #4 redbaron51 #3 CanadianChris vs. #6 Hawk52 #7 HuntersTornQuad vs. #2 gary floyd