Bored

Yes but then you could have Droz run in...um welll um you know what I mean...for the save.

Please please please please have Gowen beat Cole with his fake leg next week.

Yes the tag match is the main event but everything else is in the right order.

Yes Gowan/Cole at No Mercy!

There's another reason why Bonds walks so much. Umpires will NEVER call borderline strikes against him. There were two pitches in that at bat right over the middle at the knees including "ball" four.

Here is YOUR college football national television schedule for this week. All times are Pacific and ABC regional games are marked with an asterisk. Tonight Houston at East Carolina, 4:30 PM, ESPN2 Thursday West Virginia at #2 Miami, 4:30 PM, ESPN Friday #19 Oregon at Utah, 7:00 PM, ESPN2 Saturday #16 Kansas State at #13 Texas, 12:30 PM, ABC* #9 Michigan at #23 Iowa, 12:30 PM, ABC* #10 USC at Arizona State, 12:30 PM, ABC* Clemson at Maryland, 12:30 PM, ABC* Alabama at #11 Georgia, 12:30 PM, CBS Illinois at #22 Purdue, 1:30 PM, ESPN #18 Washington at UCLA, 3:30 PM, FSN #1 Oklahoma at Iowa State, 4:00 PM, TBS #7 Tennessee at Auburn, 4:45 PM, ESPN Texas A&M at Texas Tech, 7:00 PM, FSN Edit: The Minnesota/Northwestern game won't be carried by ESPN because of the baseball playoffs so that means no early games tommorrow.

Well by that description the man who will take out Goldberg is: Berlyn

Okay nevermind I said I was mildly interested in where it goes before they set up Goldberg/Henry for next week.

Bottom of the barrel? Oh come on now. You can't possibly think this is worse than the Katie Vick angle. Besides...I'm mildly interested to see where this goes.

Well I'm sure he eats a lot of Mexican. *rim shot*

Good job Al...could you post the full results?

I think I heard Gaston is a complete asshole and no one wants to play for him but I could be wrong.

Here's the new Unofficial BCS Top 25 and Bottom 10. The usual disclaimer: source of these rankings is collegebcs.com. They are unofficial because only four of the seven computer ratings are availabe at this point. Official rankings come out October 20th. 1. Oklahoma 3.44 2. Ohio State 6.45 3. Miami 7.07 4. Tennessee 11.27 5. Florida State 12.53 6. Arkansas 13.78 7. Virginia Tech 18.61 8. LSU 19.80 9. Nebraska 22.54 10. Georgia 29.85 11. Michigan 32.08 12. Washington State 32.57 13. Northern Illinois 32.68 14. USC 35.18 15. Minnesota 36.19 16. Oregon 39.00 17. Iowa 40.41 18. Texas 44.39 19. TCU 44.93 20. Purdue 46.21 21. Washington 47.66 22. Air Force 49.25 23. Pittsburgh 49.30 24. Kansas State 50.01 25. Michigan State 51.36 Bottom 10 117. LA-Monroe 122.65 116. Army 122.23 115. Buffalo 121.94 114. Eastern Michigan 120.35 113. SMU 119.72 112. UTEP 118.28 111. Rice 116.38 110. Idaho 115.72 109. LA-Lafayette 114.60 108. Vanderbilt 113.57

CRZ recap: EDGE (you think you know him, but really you don't) v. DARREN "DROZ" DROZDOV v. MARVY MARC MERO v. JEDOUBLEF JADOUBLEREDOULBET v. GANGREL v. D'LO BROWN in a Four Corners Elimination #1 European Contender's Match - five men in the ring coming out of the ad break, we see Edge's walk through the crowd (why's he gotta wanna be Diamond Dallas Page). Edge immediately goes for Gangrel, so they start. Whip, reverse, Gangrel puts his head down, kneelift, powerslam, 1, 2, kickout. Whip, reverse, Edge tries a crossbody block but Gangrel ducks. Gangrel with a dragonscrew legwhip. Side Russian leg sweep. He tells D'Lo to get out of the way so he can try a second rope leg drop, which misses. Is that La Majistral? 1, 2, 3, Gangrel is out. D'Lo comes in and quiets the "D'Lo sucks" chants with a big kick and a legdrop. You better recognise! Whip, Edge with the go-behind, kick to the gut, and the DDT! Edge tags Droz, who hits a flying clothesline from a three point stance. Big powerslam after a whip. Dropkick. Man, Droz is lookin' good! D'Lo desperately tags Jarrett, so Droz suplexes him into the ring. Flying elbow from Droz following a whip. Here's another whip. Jarrett catches him and does a Side Russian faceslam (I just made that up.) Jarrett with that famous dropkick. "Oh, how 'bout it, D'Lo?" Whip, reverse, Droz with the sleeper, Jarrett powers out but Droz hits him hard, then clotheslines him out of the ring. They're both out. You can hear the ref's lightning fast count so you know they're both going to be counted out, and sure enough, he hits 10. Edge and Mero are in and Mero is in control. Whip into the corner. Samoan drop by Mero, then he pulls up his boxing trunks for no apparent reason. As Mero climbs to the top for the Marvelosity, Brown shakes the ropes and crotches Mero. Edge climbs the ropes and hits the huracanrana. As he covers, Brown climbs and frog splashes - but Edge moves away and Mero takes the brunt. Brown showboats and Edge dropkicks him in the back. Brown is out of the ring and Mero is covered for 3. Edge with a cross body over the top rope to the floor! Back in the ring, Gangrel is back with that unknown guy, which distracts Edge - Brown hits the Sky-Hi and gets the pinfall to win the match (5:11). Good match - we all KNEW Brown was going to win (after all, he got those nice "EUROPEAN CHAMPION" tights just yesterday) but it was a good fast match with lots of action and it just might set up some more matches between Jarrett and Droz, plus it moves along Gangrel and Edge (not that I have ANY idea whether I'll even like that or not, oh well).

I've obviously lost my mind for proving that I lost but here I go: My picks (from the Week Four Prediction Thread): St. Louis Rams (won) Cleveland Browns (lost) Jacksonville Jaguars (lost) Washington Redskins (won) Buffalo Bills (lost) San Francisco 49ers (lost) Pittsburgh Steelers - LOCK (lost) Kansas City Chiefs (won) Oakland Raiders (won) Carolina Panthers (won) New York Jets (lost) Denver Broncos (won) Indianapolis Colts (won) Green Bay Packers AlwaysPissedOff's picks: St. Louis (won) Cleveland (lost) Jacksonville[LOCK] (lost) Washington (won) Philadelphia (won) Minnesota (won) Pittsburgh (lost) Kansas City (won) San Diego (lost) Carolina (won) Dallas (won) Denver (won) Indianapolis (won) Green Bay He's up 9-7...I think you got our picks reversed. Edit: Oh nevermind.

I was confused for a second and then I realized your talking about the Coaches' Poll and should know to never read that crap. I remember when CNN was the sponsor of it so no one paid attention to it but now that ESPN has it it shoved down everyone's throat. Hey at least they figured out how to rank Arkansas higher than Texas. Only took them three weeks.

Shouldn't people who didn't submit their picks forfeit the game? I should probably shut the hell up but...I didn't win.

Oh what the hell...recap of everything just mentioned by CRZ: VINCENT K. is out again and once again with all the Usual Suspects - this is apparently the big belt presentation ceremony. The case containing the WWF Title Belt is back out, along with the red carpeting in the ring. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment we have been awaiting! We are about to present the most coveted prize in the whole game to a worthy WWF Superstar. This ceremony is a solemn one, to be conducted with dignity and respect. As these dignitaries stand before you tonight, it is indeed our honor and our privilige to bestow the World Wrestling Federation title to the worthy superstar. With that in mind, let me firstly introduce to you, THE PHENOM, THE UNDERTAKER!" And out he comes. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you...KANE!" And out *he* comes. Since I haven't mentioned it yet, let me note that the ramp appears to be gone for good. Oh yeah, somewhere in here we made the switch to the War Zone. Anything else? Oh yeah, I have a screaming headache. "There's no question, Undertaker, that both you and Kane deserve to be the WWF Champion. The two of you, singlehandedly (pun?) covered Stone Cold Steve Austin for the Championship. The two of you, who have had tremendous battles between the two of you - " we cut backstage where STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN is driving a Zamboni of all things. Through a fence, somebody must be swearing because we're muted - no the sound is OUT. The second audio kicks in as Austin drives into the ring (actually MOVING the entire ring). This Zamboni is brought to you by Miller Lite. Austin with a flying clothesline from the Zamboni, over the cops, to McMahon! Punches aplenty until the cops get him and slap on the cuffs. McMahon manages to lunge at Austin once but the police separate Austin and McMahon. Kane and Undertaker have wisely exited the ring while this is going on. Austin tries to kick down the podium with the belt, but a cop catches it in time. Apparently, Austin took out some cables with the Zamboni - nice cover, folks. Austin has a smile on his face as the cops escort him out. The second audio channel has the seven second delay removed, which makes it out of sync with the video. Austin says something but I miss it. It's something about Vince. Austin is put in the car "ok, ok, I've done this before." Vince is screaming assorted obscenities and yelling "YOU GO TO JAIL!" repeatedly. Vince does another bird, not as funny as last night's, but still amusing. Vince tells the cops to let him go, 'cause it's go time, but the cops are too smart for that. Vince appears to be limping. Let's take a break! *snip* "Before we were so rudely interrupted, I was about to present the WWF Championship; however, if you recall, the deal was, Undertaker and Kane, you would get the title shot as long as you kept Stone Cold Steve Austin away from me." McMahon is shaking. "But three times - three times in less than a week - Austin has brutally attacked me! So let me say this: You didn't live up to your end of the deal - I'm not gonna LIVE UP TO MIIINE. [undertaker has "whachoo talkin'bout Willis" look] You're gonna have to fight for it! On our next pay-per-view, October 18, you two are gonna battle it out for the WWF Championship! Whether you like it or not! And by the way, since you can't seem to keep Stone Cold out of your business and mine, good, I'm gonna put him in it! Austin is gonna be the guest referee! And Stone Cold, Austin I just hope that somewhere your cellmate is telling you all this right abotu now, because I'm gonna be there to watch him suffer the indignity of having to count one of you two monsters to the WWF Championship. However, so that everyone here in this arena is not cheated, so that everyone at home watching RAW gets their money's worth, then in this ring tonight, you will see Undertaker and Kane in a handicap tag team match against three individuals: Ken Shamrock, Mankind, and the Rock. [How long's Undertaker had a pierced eyebrow?] And maybe, just maybe, you can get it right. I'd like to wish you the best of luck, you know why? Because I think the two of you are gonna need it, becuase as far as I'm concerned, it's like dealing with the handicapped, one's physical (looking at Kane) and one's mental (looking at Undertaker). Good luck to you both." Undertaker grabs McMahon. "You need to watch your ass, because the next time you get out of line with either one of us, *you're* gonna be the one handicapped, and that I will promise." Undertaker turns his back, and Vince flips a double bird, but Undertaker turns and sees it. The punches in bunches follows, as the crowd roars. Then Kane joins in with kicks. Double stomps! Undertaker drops an elbow on the knee. Now there's a legbar, while Kane runs outside the ring to fend off the Musketeers, who are trying to come to their boss' aid. Ross is screaming that Vince's knee might be destroyed, his leg broken. But it's NOT OVER. They drag McMahon to the STEEL steps, hold the knee across the steps, Undertaker takes the top of the steps and SLAMS it down on the bottom of the steps. McMahon sells this like a 16 ton weight has hit his shin. Damn, that's some good stuff. Patterson does some loud overacting as we go to an ad break. *snip* Michael King Cole interviews MANKIND. "Well, two things became very apparent after Break Down. #1, Mankind swings a mighty chair, and you can just ask Ken Shamrock about that, and #2 in the 100+ years of professional wrestling's existence, last night's People's Elbow was the worst move I've ever seen. But I'm not about to let the fact that I did a Mark McGwire impression with Ken Shamrock's head, OR the fact that I split the People's Eyebrow worse than Bill and Hillary Clinton's marriage Inauguration Day January 2001 stand in the way of tonight's match with Undertaker and Kane. I'm looking for our friendship and mutual respect to more than overcome Kane and Undertaker's prowess and geometric knowledge and it will be A Nice Day!" We see the Fun Brothers walking, and that match is NEXT! KING KEN SHAMROCK & MANKIND & THE ROCK v. UNDERTAKER & KANE in a Handicap match - Ken "is receiving a less than warm welcome," sayeth Ross, nudge nudge, you HATE Shamrock now, you HATE Shamrock...oh sorry, got mesmerized for a sec there. Mankind enters and immediately Shamrock is pummeling him. Can't quickly ID Mankind's T-shirt this week (it's not the Dude Love one, anyway). By the time Shamrock has punched Mankind out of the ring, the Rock's music starts up and the crowd just MIGHT be near their loudest of the night. After posing in the corner, HE rushes Shamrock and now THEY'RE at it. Mankind is now back in and Shamrock is being doubleteamed. A second ref is in but they're not stopping. Undertaker's music starts and the Fun Brothers come out together. Fluroescent posters look COOL in black light on my TV, don't they? Just before they enter the ring, Shamrock is hitting Mankind and the Rock turns to hit Shamrock, so Undertaker and Kane pretty much have no problem getting the upper hand on their feuding opponents. After Mankind and Shamrock brawl a bit on the outside, Mankind points to the center of the ring and it appears that a temporary truce may have been established. Meantime, Undertaker is doing his tightrope bit with the Rock. The Rock meets Kane's boot and there's a tag. Kane kicks the exposed ribs. Choke in the corner. Uppercut. Whip into the corner, Rocky puts up an elbow as Kane rushes him. The Rock with a flurry culminating in a clothesline. Kick, tag to Mankind. Mankind has his way until Kane remembers that he's Kane and overpowers Mankind. To the friendly corner with the head, tag to Undertaker. Doubleteam. Punch to the head. Whip into the ropes, duck, tag to Shamrock, eyepoke by Undertaker. Shamrock punches Undertaker, which staggers him long enough for Shamrock to turn his attention to Mankind. The Rock comes in, gives Undertaker a shot, then hits a lariat on Shamrock. Undertaker covers for 2 but Shamrock kicks out. Weird kick by 'taker for 2. Armdrag, tag to Kane. Kick to the ribs. Shamrock whipped into the ropes, lariat coming out, cover for 2. Right hand by Kane. Shamrock tries to come back but Kane's shots pack a bigger punch. Shamrock with a dropkick but Kane doesn't go anywhere. Shamrock with the 'rana and it works! Desperation tag to Mankind, who wails away and clotheslines Kane - both men out of the ring. Mankind with a somersault from the apron to the floor! But Undertaker attacks from behind. Mankind meets the STEEL steps. Referee "Blind" Earl Hebner comes out to try to restore order, but thinks better of it and runs away. Undertaker continues working on Mankind from the outside while Kane works on him from the inside. Kane with a hairpull and a boot to the head. Back up - bodyslam by Kane. Kane climbs the ropes and hits the goofy flying clothesline - Ross calls him "the big red missile" which is also goofy. 1, 2, no. Tag to Undertaker. Pound on the back by both men. Head to the turnbuckle. Choke. Haymaker. Undertaker with a kick to the gut and another right. Whip into the opposite corner but Mankind puts up an elbow as Undertaker comes in. Flurry by Mankind, Undertaker ducks a clothesline and hits one of his own. 1, 2, kickout. Headbutt by Undertaker and Mankind falls out of the ring, where Kane is waiting. Whip into the steps, and Mankind goes over the steps. Undertaker grabs a cable and chokes Mankind, hangman style. Meanwhile, Kane's got a chair. Anybody else thinking Rock and Shamrock might want to DO something here? Chairshot on Mankind. Everybody's back in. 1, 2, foot on the rope. Tag to Kane, stomping continues. Chop to the throat. Whip into the ropes, Kane puts his head down and Mankind hits a swinging neckbreaker. Mankind crawls to his corner but there's been a zombie sit up and Mankind doesn't make it. While Shamrock distracts Hebner, Undertaker does the illegal switch. Whip into the ropes, duck, kick to the gut, double underhook DDT by Mankind and both men are down. Mankind up at 6. Tag to Undertaker, tag to the Rock! He's a house afire! DDT! 1, 2, no. Bodyslam by the Rock - don't tell me it's time for the People's Elbow - it hits! 1, 2, Kane interferes. Shamrock is in and on Kane while the Rock continues on the Undertaker. Mankind is in. Shamrock clotheslines Kane out of the ring and he's out as well. The Rock takes Undertaker to the corner and tags Mankind. Punch - Undertaker meets the Rock's knee - tag to Shamrock, punching away but he runs into the big boot - as Undertaker tries to run over him, Shamrock catches the leg and puts on the anklelock but Kane interferes. It's all broken down now. Rock and Undertaker left in the ring, while Shamrock and the Rock doubleteam Kane - Rock hits the Rock Bottom! 1, 2, 3!!!!! (12:51) Rocky has now pinned the Undertaker AND Kane on separate occasions - well shoot, I guess he IS the #1 Contender. As Kane and Undertaker have a difference of opinion about how they lost that match, we fade out.

Recap by CRZ: THE NARCISSIST (with Liz) & (THIS IS) STING v. YOU KNOW WHO & THE MAN - As Liz and the Total Package pose in the ring, I am forced to wonder what Buff Bagwell thinks about those pull-apart pants. You know, we hardly have the TIME for four separate entrances here, but don't let's stop 'em. We turn the hour just before Flair hits the ring. I can't believe Hogan hasn't bothered to custom-up a red'n'yellow knee brace instead of that black one he's wearing. Hogan rushes the ring and a Pier Four Brawl is on - if only the camera were cathing it! Hogan and Sting pair off and Luger and Flair as well. Hogan run into the barricade - they're on their way to the commentary table - Hogan blocks and Sting hits it. Now Flair has Package outside the ring. Referee "Blind" Nick Patrick tries to get it back into the ring - Flair and Sting in - tag to Hogan. Tony shills an *exclusive* interview Mike Tenay had with Bret Hart following tonight's match to air on THUNDER! - this is like the first time they've bothered to shill for that show in .... well, a good long time. Sting finally gets the upperhand as he prevents Flair from making a top-rope manoeuvre and bealing him across the ring. Tag in to the Total Package, who is all over Flair. Off the ropes, big powerslam. Big forearm drop, again, again, again, big elbowdrop, again, Hogan in to protest, so referee "Blind" Nick Patrick gets distracted getting Hogan back to the apron while Sting and Package doubleteam on Flair. Ten Punch Count Along gets to four before Flair tries to take him out with an atomic drop - but Sting is unharmed. Clothesline. There's a whip into the corner - FLAIR FLIP! except he hits the cameraman and fails to flip. Flair chopping and Sting acting like they don't hurt. Rear chinlock from Sting and a "Hogan" chant - real or fake? - rings out through the Arena. Off the ropes, Sting ducks and hits a clothesline. Tag to the Package. Flair chops, again, and one more, but Luger goes to the eyes. Flair with a vertical suplex and both men are down. Flair wants to tag but Luger holds the ankle as Sting tags in. Gorilla press slam. Splash off the ropes finds - the knees! Hogan banging on the turnbuckle - HOT TAG! Right to Sting, right to Luger, right to Sting, right to Luger, right to Sting, right to Luger, double noggin knocker. Luger from behind with a big double sledge. Double whip, Hogan ducks, double clothesline to take both men down. MY HERO! DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE is out as Elizabeth argues with Patrick. Attempted Diamond Cutter on Flair is shrugged off. Package, blinded, has his trick knee act up and there's a big Torture Rack, but it's not on Flair, it's on Page! Meanwhile, there's a block and three big punches from Hogan on Sting - big boot - legdrop of doom - 1, 2, 3. (6:06) Cue the trash! Good night!

Recap by Scott Keith: Norman Smiley v. Adrian Byrd. And we take a giant step back from there, as Smiley squashes Byrd. Of note: The Big Wiggle is now allowed back on WCW TV, and he makes good use of it. Smiley hooks the Norman Conquest for the submission after fending off a couple of minutes of jobber offense. Nothing terrible here, and Smiley is a personal fave of mine. *

Yes because offense wins championships. Wait is that how it goes? Oh well I'm actually quite enjoying people and the media over looking the A's this year. I mean jeez the Red Sox say "Cowboy up!" so you got pick them...errr um well that was Jeff Brantley's reason. Thing to remember going into Game 1....Tim Hudson's best start of the year came in August, matched up up against Pedro Martinez in Oakland. He tossed a shut out giving up just two infield hits. The A's wore out Pedro and had him out of there after five innings.

"It's their year" is getting pretty tired when people come up for reasons for the Red Sox to win it all. Their pitching isn't good enough, period.

Yes Vicious/Adams was a CLASSIC! CRZ recap...for the Hart/Benoit match of course: CHRIS BENOIT v. BRET HART in a nontitle match - Benoit, as is usually lately, comes out to the Revolution's theme, wearing a T-shirt that says "Owen Hart: Forever Young" and includes a picture and signature. Hart comes out dressed normally. All right, one more possibly offensive statement and then I'll call this straight - are they doing this for Owen...or Bret? Feeling out process to start. Here's a lockup, to a side headlock from Benoit, Hart takes his shoudlers to the mat for 1. Benoit maintaining the headlock - Hart counters with a top wristlock. There's a gobehind, holding onto the hammerlock, Bret reverses into one of his own. Benoit escapes that but Hart puts on a side headlock. Off the ropes, Hart knocks him down, up and over, leapfrog, Benoit in position for a monkey flip, Hart holds the ropes and Benoit pops up. Handshake. Test of strength coming up - the knuckle lock is on and they BUTT shoudlers. Hart pushing Benoit to the mat - but Benoit is back up. Gutshot from Benoit, crossing the arms and going behind - stepping on the back of the knee to take him down - STILL holding the knucklelock, with a knee between the shoulderblades. Hart stands up - Benoit breaks it, spins him around and works the hammerlock. Now he's got both arms back and putting his head between the shoulderblades. Hart sturggles, but turns it around, and now HE'S pulling back on both arms. Benoit to the corner - referee Mickey J. calls for the break. Benoit backflips and hits a mule kick on his way up. Gutshot, snapmare, into an armbar. Hart stands up and manages a side Russian legsweep. Forearm to the head, snapmare, into a rear chinlock. Benoit back up - elbowing out - elbow to the mush, off the ropes, but Hart drives a knee into the gut. Standing legdrop from Hart. Right hand into the gut - European uppercut from Hart, and another. Head BUTT - right hand. Kick from Benoit - and there's a knife-edge chop. Hart with a DDT. Hart on the second turnbuckle - there's the forearm. 1, 2, no. Benoit rolls to the ropes and J. tells Hart to back off. Benoit taken off the ropes - Benoit wraps himself around Hart's knee and rolls Hart through - into a Boston crab! Hart grabs the bottom rope. No, Nash and Hall aren't watching this match - good, they probably couldn't be bothered to keep from mugging if they WERE there. Hart taken into the ropes and there's a big back body drop for 1. Benoit with a backbreaker for 2. We're going to take an AD BREAK? Give ME a break. Benoit hits a right hand to take Hart outside the ring...where I bet he stays until we come back. When we come back, Benoit's coming off the ropes with an elbowdrop for 2. Again he's off the ropes, but Hart ducks the elbowdrop. Headbutt to the lower abdomen between the legs for Hart. Vertical suplex. 1, 2, no. Hart to the rear chinlock. Backbreaker for Hart. Hart stomping on him - there's a kick to the back. Stomp, kick, kick, Benoit goes outside. Hart follows, and Benoit is driven into the corner of the apron. Everybody back in. Stomping on the abdomen between the legs again. Right hand to the head. European uppercut. Off the ropes, tiltawhirl but Benoit follows through - got Bret in position for a 5.9 2.8 Tombstone piledriver! 1, 2, Hart rolls up a shoulder. J. puts on a count as both men are down - Benoit up at 6 - Northern Lights suplex gets 2. Benoit picks up Bret, right hand, headbutt, stomp, into the ropes, driving a knee in the gut and Hart flips. 1, 2, no. Benoit drives Hart's head into the top turnbuckle. Tomahawk chop, knife-edge chop, into the ropes, dropkick finds only air as Hart holds on. Elbowdrop from Hart. Elbow to the heart. Hart picking him up - there's a belly-to-back suplex for 2. Right hand from Hart, European uppercut, right, right, Benoit goes down. Hart pulls him back up - right hand, charging off the ropes, Benoit ducks and Hart hits 'em HARD - probably supposed to go outside but snapping back INside instead. Hart drags himself to the outside - but Benoit's gonna fly - TOPE SUICIDA through the ropes! Both men are out - hey, how about another ad break? WCW Mayhem ad When we come back, Hart is standing over Benoit, who is on the apron. There's a clubbing forearm across the chest. Suplexing him back in - Benoit counters and rolls up Bret for 2 - Hart rolls backward for another 2 count. Headbutt from Hart. Standing on the neck. European uppercut is caught, hooked, and there's a Benoit backslide for 2. Hart headbutting the small of the back as Benoit has trouble standing back up. Again, Hart strikes. Setting him up for a vertical suplex, but Benoit turns into an inside cradle for 2. Hart quickly back on him, focusing his attack on one body part. Here's a swinging neckbreaker, but only 2. Benoit up in the corner - hard whip into the opposite corner, atomic drop. Hart sets him up on the top turnbuckle - but Benoit hits Hart in the side of the head - and hits many headbutts to prevent Hart. Benoit positions himself on top - but Hart hits pretty high on the thigh to take him back to the turnbuckle - and here is the SUPERPLEX!! J. puts on a count - Hart stirs at 7 and Benoit's still down. Sharpshooter? No, Benoit grabs the arm and attempts to put on the Crippler crossface! Hart looks for the rope - Benoit pulls him away from the ropes. Hart reaches - and does grab the top rope. The hold is broken. Benoit with a snap suplex - holding on - there's two - a third snap suplex - and Benoit's thumb crosses his throat. Crowd is BOOING. Benoit to the top turnbuckle - swandive headbutt executed to perfection! Slow to cover - but he manages to do so - 1, 2, NO! Benoit up and Hart still not. Hairpull to bring him up - there's a belly-to-back suplex from Benoit. Benoit again gets up - lightning elbowdrop. Crowd chants "let's go Bret" and Benoit looks around to feed it. Off the ropes, Bret holds on for the reversal and hits a back elbow. Hart slowly picks up Benoit - PILEDRIVER! Hart covers Benoit - but he's too close to the ropes and the leg crosses the bottom rope. In the corner, right hand from Hart. Hard into the corner, sternum first. Trying for a backdrop, but Benoit flips up and over - knife-edge chop! Chop! Chop! Forearm to the head. Whip into the corner, Hart puts up a boot. Benoit ducks the clothesline, full nelson from Benoit - German suplex - no release - a second German suplex - going for three but Hart blocks it - elbows behind him, Benoit hits the back of Hart's head and he falls. Hart swings, Benoit ducks. Front chancery from Hart, pounding away on the back and Benoit goes down. Going for the suplex - Benoit again grabs the arm but Hart blocks the crossface attempt with a leg lace - Benoit goes to the armbar instead - Hart takes him down but Benoit won't let go of the arm. Hart has the leg - now trying for a Sharpshooter attempt - got him! Benoit won't give up - but he's got nowhere to go! Benoit gives up! (27:34) Hart gazes skyward and the commentators are uncharacteristically silent - and appropriately so - for at this moment, no words are necessary. Hart and Benoit embrace in the ring. Standing ovation from the fans as Bret gives one more high sign to the heavens.

Who booked this crap? Recap by JHawk (from here!): One fall: Lance Storm vs. Randy Orton Orton is the third third generation superstar on the roster, asshole. Orton, Rocky, and CHAVO! AND unlike Rocky, the second generation wasn't married into the family. Shit, he's on the fucking roster and you won't acknowledge him.! Anyway, every so often we cut to Christian nodding when Storm is in trouble. Storm, of course, is pissed about the losing streak and he takes it out on Orton in the corner. Nice looking armbar by Storm that actually looks painful. Orton comes back with some elbows, and there's a frog flying bodypress for a near fall. That is impressive, I must say. Storm goes for the Maple Leaf, but Orton counters into an inside cradle for 2. They botch a cradle sequence, and Orton gets the "pin" at 2:39 even though Storm's shoulder was up and the move was crap. Christian steals JR's hat and gets the stick. "I don't know who should feel more stupid. You for dropping the ball again, or me for dressing like a local yokel and wearing this stupid hat!" Storm charges Orton but gets backdropped out of the ring, so Christian then wants to show how easily he can defeat Orton, so we've got... Impromptu match: Randy Orton vs. Christian And Christian has the early advantage over the "weary" Orton and gets an early near fall. "USA" chants as Christian punches Orton repeatedly. Storm is still at ringside watching Orton get peppered by Christian. Orton gains the advantage by floating over Christian and backdropping him, and gets in a huge powerslam for 2. Christian regaining the advantage. "Christian sucks" chants as Orton drapes Christian's neck over the top rope, and he goes for that frog bodypress again, but Christian rolls out of the way. Christian taunts Storm, which allows Orton to regain his composure, botch one Play of the Day, and then hit a second one correctly for the pin at 2:50. And the crowd doesn't care. Orton gives JR his hat back. How polite.

AL MVP 1. Carlos Delgado 2. Manny Ramirez 3. Jorge Posada 4. Alex Rodriguez 5. Magglio Ordonez 6. Carlos Beltran 7. Miguel Tejada 8. Bret Boone 9. Vernon Wells 10. Nomar Garciaparra NL MVP 1. Albert Pujols 2. Barry Bonds 3. Gary Sheffield 4. Jim Thome 5. Eric Gagne 6. Todd Helton 7. Jeff Bagwell 8. Mike Lowell 9. Sammy Sosa 10. Andruw Jones AL Cy Young 1. Esteban Loaiza 2. Roy Halladay 3. Keith Foulke NL Cy Young 1. Eric Gagne 2. Mark Prior 3. John Smoltz AL Rookie of the Year 1. Angel Berroa 2. Jody Gerut 3. Rocco Baldelli NL Rookie of the Year 1. Brandon Webb 2. Scott Podsednik 3. Dontrelle Willis AL Manager of the Year 1. Tony Pena 2. Ron Gardenhire 3. Carlos Tosca NL Manager of the Year 1. Jack McKeon 2. Dusty Baker 3. Bobby Cox