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You're established in the same way Crono was. Not exactly the pinnacle of success there.

Okay, back for Part II. Chicks Over Dicks vs. Christian Wright & Bohemoth -- Man, I loved the entrances here. Something as simple as changing the color of the fonts really added to the glitz of the presentation. Krista drinking tequila before her match? Alcoholic. And the image of Krista posing the corner while Alix is stuffing cookies in her mouth and playing games on her cell phone is just amazingly funny. Okay, onto the match. Wait, before I do that, line of the night: Okay, with that said, I thought the match was great. I really enjoy all of Patty's little quips during the match. It just makes it so easy and entertaining to read. I liked the story of Krista and Alix trying to use every trick in the book -- putting Bohemoth on the phone with Paris Hilton, for one -- knowing it may be the only way they could get the win. Yet, what I like most about Patty's stuff is that he focuses more on catching the true personalities of the characters than going for an overly scientific matchup that ends up being a chore to read. Christian Wright's arrogance was tremendous here, both from his actions and his quotes to the crowd and his opponents. Furthermore, although he wound up taking the final pinfall, Bohemoth looked rather strong as well. I've always been a huge fan of Patty's work, but this match actually made me an even bigger one. Just excellent. Reject vs. Thunderkid -- As the others in this thread have said so far, this match was solid, although unspectacular. There were some really nice spots here though, like the shooting star press onto the arena floor. I did like the quickfire near-falls right at the end. They really gave a sense of urgency that the match could end at any moment. And while the ending was somewhat cheap, it did further Reject's reputation as a cheater that will do anything possible to get the win. Overall, it was definitely a decent effort. Two for the Money -- Although the winner of the match was never really in question, the match itself was enjoyable and fun to read. There were some really good spots, my favorite being Jaime O'Hara swinging from the hanging title belt and bringing Zack off the top of the ladder with a huricarana. The lungblower jamming Faqu's throat into the ladder gets honorable mention, as does Zack's tope into the cameraman. I dug the ending too with all the men dropping out of the match one-by-one, culminating in the massive spear off the ladder. Multiman matches can often be difficult to write, but the rapid pace of this match and the constant action handled that difficulty well to make for a memorable match. Tha Puerto Rican vs. Leon Rodez -- Okay. Before I get into my criticisms, I want to say that I really DID enjoy this match. You could sense the real hostility between Rodez and TPR, particularly with the harsh ways Tha Puerto Rican took apart Rodez's knee throughout the course of the match. There were some really interesting spots here too, specifically the leaping Corporate Elbowdrop and the electric chair drop off the ladder. I was thoroughly entertained with this one and it certainly did have the big-match feel of an AngleMania title match. But now for my criticisms...first off: the length, the length, the length. The match did not need to be this long. That's always been a complaint of mine though, so I'll move to my other criticism. I didn't like the ending. To properly blow off this feud, Leon Rodez should have been able to win this thing by himself to establish that he actually is a deserving champion. This win just looked like a fluke though with so many guys running down to the ring to knock PRL off the ladder when he had the match well-in-hand. And to physically have four people hold him down as Rodez climbed the ladder and grabbed the belt....it made the triumphant face here look weak instead. I do appreciate what you were going for here -- wrap up all of PRL's storylines in the past few months to show PRL is finally facing his revenge -- but I felt you went about it the wrong way. You sacrificed the credibility of Rodez's title win in order to put over PRL's comeuppance, which was just a big mistake in my book. But like I said, with those complaints out of the way, I felt the actual action in this match was handled nicely and, overall, definitely entertaining to read. Now with that out of the way, lunch. I'll hopefully be able to finish this up with Part III later on today. It's really great to see everyone else commenting the PPV though.

Adam's bitter because I schooled him during Gang Wars.

Shit, I was on Team Malibu in Gang Wars, now that I think about it.

It's more likely that he didn't.

Okay, I'll start this one off. If there's one show in the entire year that absolutely everybody involved in the OAOAST should try to leave some kind of feedback, even if it's only a sentence or two on each match, it's AngleMania. So with that being said, I'll try to start off, and I hope to see others follow suit. First off, the obligatory love for the graphics. I thought the slot machine idea for the title matches was excellent, and the glittering words for all the other match graphics looked great. Papa always comes through with giving the Pay-Per-Views a special feeling with these graphics, and this month was no exception. Amazing. The Pre-Show Battle Royal -- Man, truth be told, I didn't know more than half the people in this match. D*LUX? Jade? Dance Dance Dragon?! I've been away for a long time. I was cheering hard for Mister Warrior though, so two thumbs down for his elimination. Besides that, this was actually a really fun opener. Lots of actual action but a good amount of comedy spots as well -- Dragon playing DDR in the middle of the ring sticks out in my mind the most. I give KC huge credit for finding a way to get all these secondary OAOAST characters involved. For spending about ten minutes on the opening for AngleMania V, Adam did a decent job. It can't beat the opening I did for AngleMania IV last year, but it was fine nonetheless. I did like the tension though with Axel commentating the pre-match rundown. Since I left, he's really managed to establish himself as perhaps the top asshole in the OAOAST, and that segment only verified that. It would have been nice to have seen Tony and Jesse comment a little more on the matches and their backstories, but considering the time constraints, it was handled well. The New New Midnight Express vs. The Heavenly Rockers -- This match was SO intense and did such a great job of blowing off this feud that has been brewing for so long. So many things were handled well here. The blood right near the beginning of the match made perfect sense, since this contest was more about pain and suffering than simply getting the win. Synth biting Simon's forehead and licking the blood off his chin was sick. It was great to see Holly also get involved and finally get some revenge on Jim Cornette. Logan proposing to Holly at the end was just the perfect way to cap this thing off too. I do hope this isn't the last we see of NNMX though. Either way, I loved it. Off to class now. I'll be back later on to comment a little more. Really hope to see some others leave feedback too though. The apathy shown thus far for the biggest Pay-Per-View of the year has been a little alarming.

Me.

Well, this is frustrating. People shouldn't put so much on themselves -- two matches and a bunch of character profiles and segments -- if they can't get their primary stuff in on time. I've only been back for a few weeks, and I noticed a trend of one particular person giving themselves so much to write that they wind up not getting any of their stuff in for the show before the deadline. It's not fair to those who DO get their stuff in on time and would like to see a Sunday night show posted ON Sunday night and not somewhere closer to Wednesday morning. And that's all I'll say about the matter.

Meaningless question, but did they do the wrapup music video they do at the end of every WrestleMania? I'm a sucker for those.

So star ratings for the matches then?

Drek Stone/Hoff vs. Black T has been sent.

....yeah, but he and Kane lost to Lance Storm and William Regal in the Heat match at WrestleMania XIX. You know. When Van Dam jobbed to an elbowdrop.

It's great to see Rob Van Dam actually won. I have a feeling this may have been one of the match results Vince abruptly changed yesterday, since all indications pointed to Flair taking this one.

No excuses. Post the show now.

Fuckin Stupid Asshole Hypocritical Christian Shawn. God, why the fuck did he have to put all the attention on himself and ruin Bret's big moment?

Yeah, Bret's speech tonight was vanilla. I mean, it was nice to see him there, but it definitely lacked a sense of closure for his WWE career. To do that, he would really need to participate in a storyline with Vince and Shawn, so I guess it's never going to happen.

Misterio's suit is awful. As if he didn't look strange enough with the mask.

It seems they left the first part of Cena's presentation natural, but once he launched into his NFL announcing, they suddenly played down all the boos and resorted to showing only the cheering portions of the audience. Bizarre.

144. Mik goes to Cornell

6. Blame Hoff 7. Oh man, I'm on drugs right now

I'm indifferent to you. That's better than hate though.

Oh yeah. Drek Stone & Hoff VS. Black T

boo get off the stage

It's Canada. If Vince stopped mentioning the screwjob today, they'll still be chanting this at him and Shawn 20 years from now.

Exactly. It's all very good for Shawn to go on TV and claim he's a changed man, and that he wants to extend an olive branch to Bret but you never actually hear of him actually doing any of this. If he did call Bret probably wouldn't talk to him but until he tries he doesn't know. Fact is Shawn doesn't want to know. He can talk about being a new man now he has Christ in his life but it just doesn't hold any water because he never actually shows he changed. You are painting Michaels in a lose-lose situation. If he DID make a private phone call to Bret, we would never know about it. It would be between the two of them. Bret wouldn't comment on anything that would make Shawn look good since he obviously wants to continue to hate the man and have everyone share his opinion. The ONLY way we would find out about this phone call would be through Michaels. And then guess what? We'd be calling Shawn two-faced and saying the only reason he did this was just to show the public that he wanted to make the effort and that he wasn't sincere, yada yada, once more. How in the hell is Shawn Michaels EVER supposed to look good in this scenario? Bret would never accept his apology at this point, so he would never admit that Shawn has done such a thing. And anything Shawn says is immediately ignored by a lot of you here. So how the hell does Shawn escape from this situation winning some of you back to his side? Is it even possible?