Bored

So with Coach wearing the Texas jersey tonight this mean JR vs. Coach is a preview of the Red River Shootout? JR is winning in a squash then.

Because someone will complain to me about the lack of a Mountain West Conference thread or something. And yes I do.

Was I the only one after the opening "match" tonight and the Al Snow heel turn that thought to themself, "gee great I guess this leads to Snow/Lawler at Unforgiven...oh well at least its better than doing Coach/JR"? God damn now even when you think they've come up with a stupid idea and credit them for not doing an even stupider idea, they go ahead and do the stupider one!

How long until a Sun Belt Conference thread? Yes one thread would be nice. I'd be tempted to a Pac-10 thread though now...I mean USC did blow out the co-Big 10 champs in their last game last year and did blow out the SEC favorites on their homefield this year. Just saying. Ya ya I know Ohio St. beat Washington but trust me UW will finish 4th at the best in the Pac-10.

Well it was Hogan so he got to be in the main event no matter what. After the match did feature the return of Lex Luger to WCW which was notable at the time. The only old recap I can find to the first show is off something called the "Ring Report" on the RSPW message boards: "in the main event THAT HH GUY had an easy time with BIG BUBBA ROGERS, got the pin with the legdrop of doom, and then -- as usual -- KEVIN SULLIVAN, KAMALA, THE SHARK, & ZODIAC crashed the ring. That's when LEX LUGER made the save. Typically, the two cleared the ring then ran into each other and almost came to blows. Sting & Randy Savage came in and separated them. After a commercial they came back with Sting, Savage, HH & Luger in the ring with Gene Okerlund. Luger and HH trash talked and Luger said that he was "tired of playing around with kids" and that he "traveled the same roads as (HH) did" and that he wanted HH in the ring for the title. HH said okay -- and the match was signed for next week"

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Was this when HHH went full heel, split from DX, and we had the feud going on for the rights of DX? And Chyna's singles push vs. the men...ugh. Yet, Jericho still was able to carry her. *Remembers fondly Jericho smashing her thumb with a hammer* Well the naming rights part of it was solved a couple of months earlier when Road Dogg & X-Pac beat HHH & Gunn for rights to D-X. Gunn at this point is couple of weeks from reforming the New Age Outlaws and then about six or seven weeks from D-X just simply being reunited again. CRZ recap to the match: THAT SLUT CHYNA v. KING ASS to determine the #1 Contender for the Intercontinental Championship - it's like Chyna just LIVES to give up her title shots, as she puts he title shot on the line. Let Us Take You Back Two Weeks to Raw as Chyna giggles and signs a contract before Gunn can. Last week on THIS show, Chyna hit Gunn in a tender area, and a few days ago she walloped him with a gee-tar which may or may not have actually have been met for Jeff Jarrett. Speaking of JEDOUBLEF JADOUBLEREDOUBLET, he, DE-BRA and MISS KITTY make THEIR way down to the ringside. It's the World Entrance Federation at it's very finest as both women are greased up nicely. Jarrett takes a headset and tries to be "old school" but ends up being "boring." Hey! They're shoving! Hey! Chyna just mooned Ass! Hey! Ass just shoved Chyna with his boot! Hey! There's a spear from Chyna! And Ass is forced to sell it! Suddenly, Gunn says, "nah" and shrugs her off. He tries to put some verbal offense on her, but she goes back to forearms and elbows - suplex attempt? Nuts to that! Ass takes CHYNA into a suplex - but she manges to shrug THAT off, backflips for no apparent reason, then hits a DDT for 2. Off the ropes we go, Ass reverses and hits a back elbow. Stomp, stomp, "we want puppies" chant. Whip out of the corner, Gunn spins her around and Chyna FLIES over the top rope to the floor. Chyna holds her elbow and tricks Gunn into being sympathetic and holding off. Then she levels him and runs him into the STEEL steps. Now relieving the timekeeper of his chair and running Gunn's head into it. Chyna takes Gunn back into the ring and follows. Chyna shoves Gunn into referee "Blind" Jim Korderas, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and falls to the floor. NOW Gunn hits the Fame'Asser, but since the ref's out, there's plenty of time for TRIPLE H to sneak in and Pedigree Mr. Ass, then roust Korderas to count the pinfall for Chyna. (3:27) Check that replay and notice that they've wisely moved the SmackDown! logo away from the "UPN" logo corner.

September 2, 1999 Chyna def. Mr. Ass X-Pac def. Chris Jericho by DQ Triple H def. Gillberg; WWF Title Match The Rock NC Mankind Ken Shamrock def. Val Venis Tag Team Royal Rumble results in a no contest; Edge & Christian and Acolytes final teams The Rock & Mankind def. Triple H & Shane McMahon; Tag Title Match August 31, 2000 Road Dogg def. Bull Buchanan The Hardy Boyz & Lita def. Edge & Christian & Jacqueline Al Snow def. Perry Saturn to win the European Title The Undertaker def. Chris Benoit by DQ Chris Jericho def. Tazz Kaientai def. The Dudley Boyz Val Venis def. Rikishi Kurt Angle def. Eddie Guerrero September 4, 2001 The Hardy Boyz def. Raven & Justin Credible The Undertaker NC Steven Richards Test def. Billy Gunn The Big Show def. The Hurricane by DQ; Euro Title Match Booker T, Rhyno, & The Dudley Boyz def. The Rock, Chris Jericho, & A.P.A. Rob Van Dam def. Steve Austin September 5, 2002 Rey Mysterio def. Billy Jamie Noble def. Shannon Moore; CW Title Match Brock Lesnar def. Randy Orton Mark Henry def. Tajiri Batista def. Reverend D-Von Hardcore Holly def. Matt Hardy Crash def. The Hurricane The Undertaker, Edge, & Rikishi def. Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, & Eddie Guerrero

Yes...yes it was...CRZ recap: When we come back, Austin and Debra visit the Alliance once again. "I've been humiliated and embarrassed for the last time by Kurt Angle! You saw it again, didn't ya? Huh? You saw it on the TV. Me beggin' - cryin' for you, for you, you! You see me fall into the swimmin' pool again, courtesy of Kurt Angle? Hey, you see that? I saw it, and it makes me sick! I cain't wait...that's it, I cain't wait for Unforgiven, I have gotta whip somebody's ass, I have gotta whip somebody's ass tonight, 'cause I cannot wait for Unforgiven? Is it gonna be you? Should I whip your ass, huh? Should I whip yours? Should I whip yours, huh? Should I whip every one of your asses, huh? Who wants a piece o' me? Look at me, who wants some - who wants some o' me? That's fine, if you can't decide, I'LL decide. I said I'll decide, that's right. First (beep) walks through that door, I am gonna take to MY ring, and I am going to whip HIS ass. Come through the door, somebody..." Everybody cheers this on, since they're on the good side of the door. *snip* Still waiting for someone to come through the door. "That's right, the next man that walks through the door..." I was kinda hoping it would be Shane. Austin tells them to shut up. "If a (beep) won't walk through that door - I ain't gonna wait around like the rest of you...I don't wait. I said I don't wait! (beep) go through that door, I'll go find a man myself, I don't.." Austin opens the door and finds Rob van Dam walking in. "Hey Steve, what's up? How ya doin'?" "Your little buddies in the Alliance got something to tell you." "Okay!" "Debra..." "Hey Debra!" "Heh!" "Later.....what's that about?" Everybody else: "Oooooooh." *snip* Back in the dressing room, Austin paces...and Debra watches. There's a knock at the door. "Come in!" It's van Dam. "You wanted to see me?" "Yeah I wanted to see ya! Your buddies in the Alliance told you what was going on, didn't they?" "Yeah, they--" "YEAH when you stepped through that door you were the man - you ARE the man. I can't WAIT for Unforgiven - no I can't. Tonight, your name is Kurt Angle. Thank you." "Okay, Stone Cold. But I'm not Kurt Angle - I'm Points - To - Self." Off he goes. Austin spikes his belt. "You hear that (beep)? He's Kurt Angle! He's Kurt Angle! He's Kurt Angle!" Austin rubs his head

CRZ recap: JERRY LAWLER and CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO v. TAZZZZZZZZZZZ and ? - "Real American" plays...could it be? Well, of course it isn't Hogan...*I* was trying to figure out how many titles Patterson had won...but all was revealed - well, THAT was probably a poor choice of words as MOSTLY NEKKID MIDE-I-E-I-ON comes out in tiny black trunks and strikes a Hogan-esque pose. Everyone is a big distracted by this, with the exception of two people - Lawler, who rolls up Tazz in a schoolboy; and referee "Blind" Chad Patton who quickly makes the count before the opening bell rings - 1, 2, 3 - and I think that just MIGHT be some sort of a record. (0:03 - rounding up) Jericho and Lawler enjoy some big-time yuks while Tazz makes various "curses! drat!" melodramatical pantomimes. If only he had a mustache to twirl... Geez, even VAMPIRO doesn't job as fast as Tazz - you have to wonder who he's pissed off to NEVER get a decisive beatdown on Lawler.

Ah, the start of the funniest Euro Title reign EVER. CRZ recap: WWF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: PERRY (with Terri) v. AL SNOW (with Head) - Champ enters first because that's how they do it in Europe. Tonight, SmackDown! is brought to you by RC Edge cola, Honda, and "Divas: Postcard from the Caribbean." Is this a blowoff match? Cool! Saturn pounds on Snow as he parts the ropes, and we're underway. Head to the buckle, right, right, right, right, into the opposite corner, Saturn reverses it back to the first corner, press and slam. Front fact - vertical suplex. Saturn goes outside for a quick rendezvous with Terri - allowing the Snowman enough time to come over the top with a pescado onto Saturn! Snow stomping away on the outside - right, into the barricade (and almost into Jim Dotson) - scoop...and a slam, out on the floor. Going for the moonsault off the barricade, but Terri shoves off before he can do it. Snow walks back with a look for Terri - back over the barricade and towrads Terri....Saturn nails him with a kick from behind. Rammed shoulder first into the STEEL steps. Undertaker/Benoit is NEXT! Back in the ring, Saturn with a Northern Lights suplex onto the arm, wrenching that same arm, Snow punches back, but Saturn is still holding the left arm and he works it some more. Arm wringer, chicken wing takeover (well...maybe not), and holding the armbar. Snow isn't sure how to get out of this. Saturn kicks the elbow - then shoves the shoulder right into the corner. Snow with a kick, Saturn kicks back, Snow kicks, Saturn mauls him with a forearm. Still in the corner, but now Saturn takes him out - by golly, is that a chicken wing? Saturn threatens to break his arm. Maybe that's more of a half nelson...anyway, referee "Blind" Teddy Long asks Snow if he wants to give up, but Snow won't do it. Here's a look at Terri's nipples. Snow tries to elbow out with his "good" (right) elbow - there's three elbows, Saturn pulls the hair, but Snow ducks the clothesline. Snow with a right, right, right, right, into the ropes, back elbow, left-handed clothesline but Snow clutches his hurt arm after the move. Snow with a scoop slam - STILL trying to shake off the pain in his left arm, climbing to the top...but Saturn slips in under him as he's on the second rope - powerbomb coming up...NO! Snow drops and slowly rolls it into a slo-mo 'rana, Saturn helpfully bopping his head on the way down - Snow hooking BOTH legs - 2! Saturn rolls it forward for 2. Snow kicks out and drives the shoulders down for 2, Saturn kicks out and puts the legs over the shoudlers for 2, Snow rolls forward for 1, Saturn seesaws back for 1 - they finally both get up and Saturn clotheslines Snow down HARD. Into the ropes, but Snow slides to a stop, gets up...and runs into a superkick attempt. BUT he shoves it aside and catches him in a uranage into a sitout powerbomb! Why cover? Snow says that's it and goes up for the moonsault - WOW! It hits. But Terri is up on the apron and holding onto Head. Snow gets up and walks over. He takes Head from Terri and grabs the back of HER head - is he gonna kiss her? No, he's gonna SHOVE HER OFF THE APRON TO THE FLOOR! Go, Snow! Long-distance thong shot, by the way. Anyway, Snow has Head and he's ready to use it. Cover, leg hooked - 1, 2...Long decides to stop counting and see Head in the ring instead. Oh MAN Teddy Long is one LAME ref. "What's this?" Umm, that's Head - you've never seen her before? Long asks if he used it. While they have a meeting of the minds, Saturn sneaks up from behind, hits a Tiger suplex and holds on for the bridge - 1, 2, NO!! Long tosses Head to the corner. Lawler: "A little Head never hurt anybody!" Terri throws Head BACK in, to Saturn, who swings and misses, Snow with a right, right, right, into the ropes, reversed, drop toehold by Saturn, going for the Rings of Saturn but Snow throws back his left elbow to Saturn's face in an attempt to keep him from locking it on - Saturn DOES break the hold, and Snow moves into ...the Dragon sleeper! Tony Schiavone: "That's his move!" Saturn TAPS!!! Holy shit! Titles don't change hands on SmackDown! but nonetheless...ladies and gentlemen, we have a new European champion. (5:25) Snow remembers to keep Long from raising his hurt left arm. Snow just rocked our world, y'all.

Holy shit! CRZ recap: ROB VAN DAM (with Unforgiven is brought to you by Clearasil!) v. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN in a nontitle match - Austin foregoes the corner pose in favour of giving van Dam a bum's rush - right, right, right, right, right, right, van Dam trying the gutshot but no effect - Austni with a knee, knee, knee, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp. Austin points to himself! Austin with a knee on the back of van Dam's neck. van Dam put against a second turnbuckle - knee in the back - again - again - Austin cranking back on the neck with his knee in the back. "RVD" chant - it must CRUSH Herb Kunze to hear his fellow countrymen chanting about their veneral diseases! Stomp, stomp, stomp. Austin to his knees - blatant choke - referee "Blind" Nick Patrick having little success getting Austin to follow the rules. Austin picks him up - going for the Stunner prelude gutshot but van Dam catches the boot, steps over and hits a spinning heel kick to Austin's face! Austin comes in - van Dam ducks, right, kick, right, kick, elbow, elbow, elbow, kick, kick, elbow, Austin to the eyes. Knee in the back and van Dam runs into the turnbuckle. Austin with a knife-edge chop, chop, chop, right hand, into the opposite corner, van Dam gets the elbow up. van Dam vaults to the top...Austin shoves him OVER the corner into the barricade! "Holy shit!" chant. Give it a Clearasil Replay as Austin follows out, grabs the hair, and runs van Dam into the apron. Chop. Another hairpull - van Dam put over the barricade into the crowd - Austin follows. van Dam fires back - right, kick, right, overhead kick, right, spinning overhead kick that puts Austin back over the barricade! Kick by van Dam, head to the commentary table, knee, Austin rolled back in. van Dam follows - and Austin goes back outside. van Dam back out - Austin with a big-time clothesline. van Dam's head hits the ringpost. Austin points to himself again - Austin RULES - van Dam's head meets the STEEL steps. Austin stands on the neck. "Austin sux" chant. van Dam rolled back in, Austin follows, leg is hooked, 1, 2, van Dam kicks out. Austin puts van Dam on top - van Dam trying to pound on Austin's back - Austin to the eyes - chop, open-handed slap, right, climbing up, SUPERPLEX!! 1, 2, van Dam kicks out! Austin gives Patrick a quick "What?" and goes back to work. van Dam with a gutshot, right, left, right, right, right, right, into the opposite corner, but Austin hangs onto the ropes and the dropkick goes nowhere. Austin to the second rope for the...no, changed his mind and climbs back down - stomp. van Dam put on the second rope...for the big illegal choke. Austin rolls outside and pulls van Dam over the bottom rope. Austin pulls him outside - they walk to the ramp - going for a suplex but it's blocked - blocked again - van Dam with a suplex ONTO THE RAMP! van Dam swings, Austni ducks...Austin crotches him on the barricade - clothesline in the back. van Dam rolled back in - Austin after him - pulled into a short clothesline - leg is hooked - 1, 2, van Dam kicks out! Knee in the back, Austin hits the chinlock. "RVD!" van Dam fights back to his feet...elbow, elbow, elbow, uppercut, Austin with a right, right, van Dam right, Austin, van Dam, van Dam, van Dam, off the ropes but Austin tries the KICK again, van Dam shoves him off - dropkick!! van Dam off the ropes - superfluous cartwheel, backflip press MEETS THE KNEES....Austin rolls out...and grabs a chair. Don't tell me van Dam won't job to AUSTIN...Austin ready with the chair - van Dam with the spin kick into the chair - ohhhhh no the van Daminator! Crowd goes nuts. van Dam vaults to the top...Austin sweeps a foot to crotch him on top. Austin to the second rope - van Dam fighting the attempt - right, right, right, elbow, elbow, elbow shoves Austin out of the corner - Fivestar frog splash MISSES!!! Austin stands at the ready - KICK WHAM STUNNER - 1, but Austin unhooks the leg - rolls him over - ohhhh he wants the anklelock! But suddenly Angle's music plays, and his pyro goes off...Austin drops everything and looks to the entryway...van Dam up from behind with a schoolboy - 1, 2, 3! (10:08) Of course, they play ANGLE'S music...hey KURT ANGLE is out with another big smile for Austin...oh but we're desperately out of time - credits are up GOODBYE!

This was stolen off the Wiener Board which stolen off the A1 Message Boards from somebody who got the Wrestling Observer Newsletter this week: - Goldberg to win title at Unforgiven - Orton to face Michaels at Unforgiven - HHH to regain title at Survivor Series - At about that time, HHH turns face, since he gets mostly cheers anyway (yeah, being booked as Superman does that) - Face HHH aligned with face Flair - HHH feuds with Randy Orton to pull him up to that level - Orton the leader of a new young heel stable (foreshadowed with the talk of cockiness on Maven's part Monday night on commentary, as Maven is a leading candidate for the new group) - Orton's push patterned after the Rock's (third generation similarities, plus Rock broke out after telling Faarooq to "know your role" in NOD and it will be similar between Orton and HHH)"

Don't you know? Back-up running backs win championships!

After all his name is GAY Bower. LOL2003

1998 – no show September 2, 1999 Diamond Dallas Page def. Al Green Shane Douglas def. Dave Taylor Kaz Hayashi def. El Dandy Kidman def. Lenny by DQ; CW Title Match Harlem Heat def. Disorderly Conduct Goldberg def. The Cat Perry Saturn def. Sid Vicious by DQ September 6, 2000 Kwee Wee def. Lt. Loco 3 Count def. Kronic by count out in a handicap match The Franchise def. Crowbar Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera def. The Harris Brothers; Tag Title Match Sting def. Vampiro in a No Holds Barred Match Goldberg def. Lance Storm & Elix Skipper in a handicap match

Recap by CRZ (www.slashwrestling.com): COLD BEER (already in the ring) v. LANCE STORM & ELIX SKIPPER - "Before we come down and kick your ass, Bill - everybody rise for the playing of the Canadian national anthem!" Goldberg visibly yawns as the first man to talk over the anthem is Stevie Ray - SHAME! "Tony! Sit down! For once!" Goldberg lets it go (:18) before saying "Cut that crap! Cut it! You guys wanna step up to the plate...be my guest." Where's Gunns? What the heck am I supposed to watch now? The wrestling? Hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha... Storm and Skipper have a brief discussion about who will enter first. Then they BOTH enter. Storm shoves Skipper towards Goldberg...and he leaves the ring. Now Storm is out as well. The debate...continues. "USA!" Storm shoves Skipper INTO Goldberg. He tries a right. Skipper ducks a clothesline and runs to the corner - leaping up to the top rope, backflip, landing on his feet - and speared. He points to Storm...who walks away. But GENERAL RECTION is waiting a the top of the ramp - yes, friends, *General Rection* is in the overrun. Pound, pound, Storm thrown in - Goldberg with a pumphandle overhead toss and release. Here's a spear for you. Remember when Storm had three titles? That's the guy getting jackhammered there. 1, 2, 3. (1:36)

Recap by KJP on the RSPW message boards...actually the match is hardly recapped but an important comment by JR is: Mankind (w/Paul Bearer) vs. Alex "The Pug" Porteau The match itself is short and uninteresting, but the real interest is in the overdub commentary by Ross and Kelly. First, J. R. mentions that the Undertaker went to the hospital over the week to take care of "lingering injuries", but that he will be ready and back on Monday to take on "the undefeated" Salvatore Sincere. Kelly asks if that was Ross' big news, and Ross replies in the negative. Ross says no, the big news is, and here I quote: "'Big Daddy Cool' Diesel and 'The Bad Guy' Razor Ramon are on their way back to the World Wrestling Federation, I have that on very good authority, from some very reliable sources." Kelly very badly underacts to this news, and acts Ross to repeat it so that he can get the reaction right. Ross obliges, but Kelly just isn't up to it. For my part, my skepticism is running pretty high after what they tried pulling over on us with Yokozuna on the last show. Still, if this pans out, and knowing what is going on over in that other federation, J. R. might not have been so far off with his claim of "biggest story of (his) career" claim. Porteau gets no offense at all, and soon succumbs to the magic Mandible Claw.

I think your thinking of something else but hey I could be wrong too...CRZ (www.slashwrestling.com) recap: TRIPLE H (world champion - Greenwich, Connecticut - 272 pounds) and CHRIS JERICHO (Winnipeg, Manitoba - 227 pounds) v. ROB VAN DAM (intercontinental champion - Battle Creek, Michigan - 235 pounds) and RIC FLAIR (Charlotte, North Carolina - 234 pounds) referee: EARL HEBNER We come back in mid-entrance but it STILL feels like it takes forever...van Dam spies H on the apron, but not Jericho behind him and here we go. Brief doubleteam until Flair comes out (Flair gets no entrance, hmmm hmm hmm) and trips up H - chop in the corner, right, right, right, meanwhile van Dam has turned it around on Jericho and is kicking away. H tossed out - Jericho put in the ropes - double back body drop. Flair to his corner as van Dam continues with the kicks. Forearm, into the ropes, Jericho ducks, van Dam leapfrog but Jericho's hooked the ropes - but Jericho runs into a kick. Hiptoss by van Dam, monkey flip out of the corner, backflip press gets van Dam 2. Elbow, elbow, into the ropes, Jericho slides under, leaps over the leg sweep, and launches an enzuigiri that finds the mark - 1, 2, van Dam's out. Right by Jericho, climbs into the choke. "RVD" chant. Jericho ignores HYMEN - Hebner - and moves back in on van Dam - into the opposite corner, van Dam up and onto the apron - shoulder through the ropes - back in and over with a guillotine. Tag to Flair! Chop! Chop! Right, left, right, left, right, left, right, chop, into the ropes is reversed and H throws up an elbow - then Jericho clotheslines Flair down. Tag to Triple H - stands over Flair for eight right hands. Flair dares him to come on - H right, right, Flair backhand chop, H right, Flair chop, H right, Flair chop, H knee - head to Jericho's elbow, tag. Jericho with a blatant choke on the second rope. Words for Hebner - and back to the choke. Wants the Boss Man straddle but Flair's outta there and Jericho throats himself on the miss. Everybody wants a tag, but the crowd is more interested in van Dam getting it. Tag to H - HOT TAG TO VAN DAM! Duck, kick, kick, kick is caught, enzuigiri is missed but the mule kick is not - dropkick - Jericho in, Jericho out, kick for H, into the opposite corner is reversed but van Dam gets the elbow up - vaults to the top - flying kick! Off the ropes, but Jericho trips him up...and when van Dam turns back to Jericho, he pops him through the ropes with a chair! That should be it - H with the cover as Jericho and Flair brawl - 1, 2, NO! Jericho shoves Flair into the barricade - H throws van Dam out to Jericho - Hebner busy trying to keep Flair from bringing himself OR the chair back into the ring - while outside, Jericho is working over van Dam's jaw by dropping it on the barricade. van Dam thrown back in and H covers - 1, 2, no. "RVD" chant. Elbow to the back of the neck - tag to Jericho. Jericho with a suplex. "C'mon baby" gets 1. van Dam to the body - left, right, left, right, left, into the corner, shoulder, shoulder, superfluous backflip, Jericho leaps over the next shoulder and manages a rollup - 1, no into the Walls of Jericho! Flair is in to break it up with a chop tout suite. Jericho shoves Flair to the floor, then tags in Triple H. Again Flair tries to get into the action and Hebner manages to hold him back. H drops the elbow. Flair swipes at H but misses from the apron. H with a facelock - van Dam tries to inch to his corner, but H lets go to pop him one - Flair doesn't go down, though - right hand, right, right, comes in - chop, chop for Jericho, chop, clotheslines Jericho out - H takes HIM out from behind. Back to van Dam but he's rested - backhand - again, again - forearm in the back by H. Into the ropes, van Dam back to back up and over, kick caught, but van Dam hits the stepover heel kick - off the ropes with Rolling Thunder - 1, 2, no! van Dam tries to build on the momentum but H is right back up with the gutshot - going for the Pedigree but van Dam backdrops out of the attempt! Spinning roundhouse kick! van Dam vaulting up - but Jericho shoves him off the top and into the ropes on his way back to the mat! FLAIR back in - Jericho ducks, chops, they trade blows and Flair ends up outside. Jericho with a Lionsault on van Dam! H covers - 1, 2, Hebner does his stupid foot shuffle which gives away a no count EVERY time - arrrrrrgh. On the outside, Flair ties up Jericho in a figure four - Jericho taps a lot since it doesn't count. Inside the ring, H has his belt - but van Dam kicks the belt into H's face! van Dam vaulting up - Fivestar frog splash! Cover - 1, 2, 3!! (9:37) Take a replay - when we come back, van Dam is posing with BOTH belts. Credits are up and we're out.

As a Pac-10 fan it was a beautiful thing seeing the conference favorite in USC just destroy SEC favorite Auburn on their homefield. Yes Auburn was probably overrated but hey some people thought USC might be overrated too. Oh and Oregon's and Illinois' new uniforms need to be burned.

Obviously this won't all end up being 100% true but the one good thing about this is that at least HHH won't be going to Smackdown and staying the hell away from the Kurt Angle and the REAL World Title.

With an eight team tie you'd have the added problem of a three way tie for the N.L. Central title. But that is incredibly unlikely and I think at "best" there could be a three way tie for the Wild Card.

Well of course if the man had some asemblance of a personality then yes people would like him more but it really wouldn't change much. The whole contraction debacle and the way he extorts cities into building new stadiums is enough to make any man holding the job a bad commisioner and bad for baseball whether they have a personality or not.

Well for a BCS bowl yes but since it was a non-conference loss they can still get a "name" bowl game. One thing about scheduling is that it is done about three years in advance and don't know how good or bad Northern Illinois was then. I'm sure NIU wasn't as good as they are now otherwise Maryland probably would have scheduled it as a home game.