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New feature for this week for all my Review topics, I'll post old recaps of the main event or a featured match or a major angle development from each show. Of course recaps for some shows are a pain in the ass to find (especially Thunder recaps) even on Google so sometimes the recap isn't going to be very good. 1998 - couldn't find a recap 1999 - Scott Keith, RSPW message boards Chris Benoit (w/ Malenko's old music) v. DDP. Finally, a match with promise! Benoit hooks the Crossface right off the bat, but DDP makes the ropes. DDP bails and Benoit hits a suicide plancha. Chris vaults into the ring and lands right on DDP's knee. Ouch. Slugfest erupts and they end up in a double KO spot. They fall to the floor and brawl up the aisle as we take a commercial. We come back with DDP in control, although Chris quickly regains it with 10 punches of doom...oops, ballshot. The ex-champ (hahahahahaahah!) dominates with his usual array of punches and stomps. DDP gets the ref to check the time and then chokes Benoit down with his tape. Tilt-a-whirl gets two. Oh, joy, a sleeper. My, but DDP is a useless bag of shit tonight. Benoit makes the comeback and hits the german suplex for two. Another one, no release, for two. A third, but DDP blocks with a ballshot. DDP powerbomb gets two. Diamond Cutter, reversed into a backslide for two. Another attempt, reversed to the Crossface! DDP ta...oh, fuck, it's Bigelow for a bullshit run-in DQ ending. FUCK! Flair, DDP and Bigelow beat down Benoit. Would it have KILLED someone in the uppercard to put Benoit over for once? ***1/4 2000 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com DAVID FLAIR & VIC VENOM (with bat) v. THE MAN & REID FLEIHR (with Beth Fleihr) - one more opportunity for the commentators to decry backyard wrestling. And now for another ironic dichotomy...Hey, look, that's Reid Flair! Father and son start offLockup, side headlock by David, into the ropes, shoulderblock by David, off the ropes, up and over, knife-edge chop by Ric. In the corner, shirt is ripped, chop, chop, chop, into the opposite corner, charging towards Russo, who leaps off the apron to avoid it. Back to David WHOOOOOSH GAB 11 DAYS AWAY right hand, chop, WHOOOOOOOSH, Flair over to grab the house mic. "Russo, I told you, you got none of these - get in the ring! How 'bout it, Boise? I'm so sure of it - I'm - you couldn't beat me ever...you couldn't beat him, pissant! Hey! Three minutes! I'll stand out here for three minutes, or I'll retire tonight - HE'LL wear your little skinny ass out. Twelve years out. Come on! Show me, buddy - woooo!" He throws the mic to Russo. "Three minutes - you stay out? You give me that little (shit)." Tag on both sides. Didn't Russo see what Reid did to Bischoff? Russo with a Shane-O-Mac-esque shuffle - oh, sorry, that wasn't fair of me to compare it to...hell, it's the same Goddam outfit, even! Russo trying a jab and missing - a crotch grab and paintbrush for Ric on the outside. Another paintbrush by Russo - and another. Russo and David share a moment of reserved celebration. Russo turns around and promptly goes down to the patented Reid Flair double leg takedown. Russo takes off his warmup jacket. Russo walks in - single leg takedown for Flair. Russo looks for some advice from David, who whispers in his ear. Russo turns back...and promptly goes down to a spear and double leg takedown. For purposes of our storyline the past 1:08 will count as "three minutes," because now Ric is in the ring and ready to mount Russo and give him some fists - he gets four punches before David comes in to save him - elbow, in the corner, elbow, chop, chop, chop, elbow and Ric goes down. David brings him up - vertical suplex. Chop, chop, chop, David struts...then shows off his biceps. Ric comes back with a chop. Chop, chop, and David goes over the top to the floor. Ric follows. Chop, taking him to the ringpost, but too close to Russo. Flair over to Russo, who has a statue of liberty, which he proceeds to conk over Flair's head. Russo rolls him back in the ring and David drags him over for a stompin'. Reid in to help out his unconscious father - putting his arms around David's waist, but he throws him off. Reid back to the waist - David shoving him off again. A third waistlock attempt - David pulls him off and puts him into the ropes, where Russo stands and pulls on the ankles. Nice bump for Reid! David putting on the figure four while Russo presses him down. Referee "Blind" Charles Robinson decides to count it - 1, 2, 3. (4:42) Russo and Flair jump for joy. Beth in to check on her son as the ring fills with concessions. Russo has THE STICK. "Get up! Get up!" He blocks a slap. "Are you gonna believe me now, or are you gonna listen to me when it's too late, Beth?" Russo and David walk off to moderate showers. Reid starts to try to follow them...and we go to break.

New feature for this week for all my Review topics, I'll post old recaps of the main event or a featured match or a major angle development from each show. Of course recaps for some shows are a pain in the ass to find even on Google so sometimes the recap isn't going to be very good. 1996 - John Petrie, www.otherarena.com Out of the audience comes Razor Ramon. Ramon grabs the mic and asks where Billionaire Ted, The Nacho Man, and Scheme Gene are. He calls Eric Bischoff a Ken doll. The audience was either too stunned to react (unlikely) or most of them simply didn't know who he was (incredibly enough.) I'm opting for the latter. The match never ends, as both wrestlers disappear during Ramon's tirade. Ramon strolls of, never once attracting any security (they're all too busy keeping Randy Savage out of the building apparently.) *recap snip to end of show* Out comes Razor Ramon to the broadcast booth. Ramon says "we're sick of your big mouth." "Who's we?" "You know!" Ramon challenges WCW to bring out their three best wrestlers, because "we're taking over!" Bischoff, doing his best to maintain the illusion of a shoot, tells Ramon he's gone too far. Ramon says "you want a war... you got it!" 1997 - G.P. Ryan, RSPW message boards Back come Hollywood & Eric. Eric & HH natter on when a hole is opened in the ring, and an arm holding a baseball bat shoots out and NWO Sting pops up. Hey, Cobra finally got his hair made up a bit more like Steve's. Way to go! He nods in response to Eric's question of doesn't he know that he'll never be the man Hollywood is. All of a sudden, the camera pans upward and we know who's coming. Eric gets dropped again. HH falls backwards over NWO Sting on his way out. Sting takes some batting practice and drops Sting-bra, in the process showing the ersatz Sting has a mask on instead of makeup, and the "increased resemblance of hair" was indeed a hairpiece. HH calls out the Wolfpack & Chono & Muta & Virg-ent. The rope is re-lowered and Sting returns to the ceiling as the show ends. 1998 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com BOOKER T. v. CHRIS "GOD OF RSPW" BENOIT in Match #1 of a Best-of-7 Series To Determine the #1 Contender to the TV Title - Staredown to start. T pushes Benoit. Staredown continues. Lockup, to the corner, reverse, clean break, no. Benoit with chop (woooo!) T turns it around and pummels Benoit and shouts. Whip into the ropes, out with a back body drop. Big forearm from T and Benoit is on the outside. Tony continues to talk about Sting. Benoit comes back in. Lockup, no, Benoit with a big kick. He stays on him with rights. Whip, reverse, ducks a clothesline. Benoit tries a suplex but Booker rolls for 2. Booker T follows up and Benoit is again on the outside. Commentators ignore Benoit's reigns. Booker T with knees to the guts and a big chop. Whip into the corner, but Benoit puts the feet up. Benoit tries for the armbar, but T counters and takes him down with a kick. Big bodyslam for 2 by T. Shout. Whip, T ducks, eats a kick. Benoit with another kick, and a front suplex lands Booker T on the top rope. T falls to the outside. Benoit back to the stompin', whip, and down with an elbow for 2. Benoit with a kick to the head. Snap suplex for 2. Benoit to the chinlock - he also pins back his right arm with his leg. T. gets up and fights out. Sunset flip for 2. Big chop by Benoit, cover for 2. Benoit with a whip, and a clothesline. 1, 2, no. Benoit to the chinlock again, again holding back the right arm. Fans bring T back to life again, but Benoit trips T. Benoit urges T to get up, but stomps on him before he can. Picking him up, it's chop (woooo!) time. T crumples. Benoit stays on him with deliberate knife-edge chops. Benoit puts a boot between the shoulderblades. Into the corner, Benoit snaps him over and returns to the chinlock. It looks like Booker T taps out to me, but I guess not. Into the corner, T comes back, but Benoit hits a backbreaker for 2. Benoit makes the thumb across the throat signal and climbs to the top. Here comes the lying headbutt - nobody home! Fit Finley, in street clothes and with title, comes out to watch. Booker T has come back with the spinebuster (or as Tony would say, the "sidewalk slam"), whip, pancake, breakdance, oh oh...Benoit ducks the kick, T ducks the clothesline, Benoit ducks the kick - reverse, reverse, axe kick by T! Sidewalk slam ("side sauto") by T - T climbs the ropes and tries the Harlem hangover, but misses! Both men is down. Benoit up at 9, covers for 2. T attempts a clothesline - Benoit catches it and puts on the Crippler Crossface! It's over! (11:44) Finley says something in Irish. Damn, THIS - this is what watching wrestling is all about. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 1999 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com RICK WOOF WOOF v. (THIS IS) STING for the World television championship in a steel cage - Sting with the gutshot and two rights, kicking away now, into the cage. Sting grabs the cage ceiling, and kicks Steiner. Head to the cage agin. Still on him. Stomping on the hands. Rick to the groin to gain control. RIght hands from Steiner, right, Sting goes down, kick, kick, rights to the kidney. Dropping the elbow. Repeated rights, head ground into the mat. Picking him up, Steiner whips, but Sting reverses and hits a dropkick. Steiner's head rubbed into the cage, right hand, Sting off the ropes, SPLASH into the cage wall on Steiner - going to the well one too many times - Steiner ducks and Sting splashes the cage wall without anybody between 'em. Steiner with rights. Now STING taken into the cage wall, boot to the head. Sting's head meets the cyclone fence - elbowdrop. Steiner looking for the pin but Abbott refuses. Abbott could be the next Jim Neidhart! Steiner clamps on a chinlock - Sting gets up and elbows out - Golotta and Abbott applauds the low blow. Sting with a standing dropkick, nicely done. Call to the crowd, who responds in kind. Another standing dropkick and Rick stays down. Sting stands on the neck. Sting off the ropes with a lariat. Stands him up, repeat. Splash attempt meets with the knees. Steiner has him up - Sting goes down - dueling backslide attempts - Sting has him across his back - is this a submission hold? Steiner grabs the rope - Sting breaks and Steiner tries to throw an elbow. Sting is in control - they trade punches. Now Steiner on top with clubbin' blows. Whip into the opposite corner but the followup elbowdrop misses - Sting goes for a Stinger splash but IT misses because Abbott PULLS STEINER OUT OF THE CORNER! Abbott with a shot to the back of Sting's head and he's OUT. Steiner stomps on Sting, then pulls out a roll of tape. While Steiner tapes Sting's wrists to the top rope, Abbott walks out of the ring. Stiner lays into Sting with punches and kicks - Sting kicks back but Steiner's got too much of an advantage. As Abbott walks away - so are they friends or WHAT? - ahhhh, who cares - closing credits. (No contest, under 6 minutes) 2000 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: JEDOUBLEF JADOUBLEREDOUBLET v. THE MAN - Jarrett comes out with a special guest referee - DAVID FLAIR. Flair's in blue trunks and boots. Jarrett tries a sneak attack, Flair elbows, chops, chops, chops, right, chop, right, chop, right, into the corner, back elbow, a few steps in David's direction, and Jarrett comes back with an upperct to the throat. Right, right, right, right, Flair turns it around, but now we look to the entryway where VIC VENOM and R&B SECURITY bring out BETH & REID FLEIHR. Ric spots this and runs up the aisle, meeting Russo and taking him down just off camera - punching away on him but Jarrett is over from behind with rights. Jarrett tosses him to the floor - head to the barricade. We look back to the aisle as Russo and entourage continue where they left off. Jarrett putting a chair to Flair. Crowd chants "Russo sux." Chair to Flair's head - is he blading there? Jarrett puts the edge of the chair on Flair's head. Flair rolled back in the ring - fistdrop, another, and another. Yeah, whoosh that logo out one more time - 13 days - gotcha. Choke on the second rope. We look at Beth instead of the action. Jarrett punching away on the bleeding forehead of Flair. Flair chops back. Right, chop, chop, snapmare, fifteen quick punches, gutshot for David (who was bringing in the Statue of Liberty), grabs the statue and whacks David with it. Jarrett from behind - Flair into the corner - FLAIR FLIP! And he falls out on the floor. Russo stands over him...but does nothing. Oh, THERE'S a bat to the back. Flair rolled back in. Figure four coming up. Of course, there's no ref, so I don't know how well this'll work. CHARLES ROBINSON is out as Flair's shoulders are down - 1....2....NO! Flair starts to fight it - but Russo is up on the apron - takes a right from Flair as Flair is on his way to grabbing the ropes. Jarrett breaks the hold, right, into the ropes, Flair with an inside cradle - 1, 2, no! Right by Jarrett, right, in the corner for a Ten Punch Count Along - Flair stops it at eight, atomic drop, Golota, "Iblockyourpunchyoudon'tblockmine", again, chop, right, chop, right, into the opposite corner is reversed - FLAIR FLIP! Flair runs the apron, ducks a clothesline, hits one of his own - to the top rope - DOUBLE AXEHANDLE!!!!!! Russo on the apron, right hand for Russo! Tony: "Down goes Russo! Down goes Russo! Down goes Russo!" And the thing that I LOVED about this was that Tony was NOT going to let Madden get his smartass crack about Flair's move hitting for the first time since the first Starrcade out...and he was JUST DYING to say it to let everybody know how smart he was. Flair with a bit of a Fargo strut of his own. Knee to the upper thigh...but Jarrett kicks out of the figure four attempt, unfortunately sending Flair into Robinson. The various members of R&B Security get on the apron, but because they attack black ninja style, it's no problem for Flair to punch, chop, and punch them to the floor. Duck, chop, chop, Russo is getting the zebra shirt on the outside, snapmare, running kneedrop, woooo!, Russo in - face rake, chop, going for the figure four but David Flair hands Jarrett the gee-tar - KABONG. Jarrett covers - 1, 2, 3. Ladies and gentlemen, for the second time tonight, we have a new World Heavyweight Champion. (7:44) The ring quickly fills with litter - the R&B Security guys forve Reid to watch what's going on in the ring. Commentators all but okay the throwing of debris in the ring, sheesh. Jarrett, Russo and David Flair hightail it up the ring to avoid the flying garbage. We look back in the ring to see a shirtless Charles Robinson and bleeding Ric Flair - and now the Security folk bring back Beth & Reid to the ring...Ric manages to get up and chase after them - but this show's over.

May 25, 2000 Eddie Guerrero & Chyna def. Edge & Christian by DQ; Tag Title Match Faarooq def. Crash Holly in a hardcore match Hardcore Holly def. Chris Jericho and Val Venis (pinned) in a Triple Threat Match Matt Hardy def. Essa Rios The Dudley Boyz & Too Cool def. T&A, Road Dogg, & X-Pac Kurt Angle def. Chris Benoit by DQ; IC Title Match Bull Buchanan def. Al Snow The Undertaker def. Shane McMahon by DQ May 31, 2001 Kane def. Edge; IC Title Match Hardcore Holly def. Bubba Ray Dudley Chris Jericho def. Kurt Angle Rhyno def. Raven; HC Title Match X-Factor def. The Hardy Boyz & Eddie Guerrero Steve Austin def. Chris Benoit; WWF Title Match May 30, 2002 Rikishi & Rico def. Billy & Chuck; Tag Title Match Christian def. Maven Chris Jericho def. Faarooq The Undertaker def. Randy Orton; WWE Undisputed Title Match Tajiri & Chavo Guerrero def. The Hurricane & Billy Kidman Test def. Triple H Edge def. Kurt Angle in a Steel Cage Match

May 31, 1993 Marty Jannetty def. Bam Bam Bigelow by count out; IC Title Match The Steiner Brothers def. Rich Myers & The Executioner Mr. Hughes def. Bert Centeno Jim Duggan def. Mark Thomas Razor Ramon def. Tony Roy May 30, 1994 Crush NC Tatanka; double count out The 1-2-3 Kid def. George South The Smoking Gunns def. Austin Steele & Reno Riggins Jeff Jarrett def. Chris Hamerick May 29, 1995 Sid def. Mike Khoury Adam Bomb def. Bob Cook Hakushi def. John Snakowski Men on a Mission def. Gary Scott & Aaron Furguson The Undertaker def. Jeff Jarrett; KOTR Qualifier May 27, 1996 Ultimate Warrior NC Goldust; double count out; KOTR Qualifier The Smoking Gunns def. The BodyDonnas Vader def. Ahmed Johnson May 26, 1997 The Legion of Doom def. Brian Pillman & Jim Neidhart by DQ D’Lo Brown def. Bob Holly Jerry Lawler def. Goldust; KOTR Qualifier Rocky Maivia def. Flash Funk Ahmed Johnson def. Vader; KOTR Qualifier Hunter Hearst Helmsley def. Rockabilly Shawn Michaels & Steve Austin def. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith to win the Tag Team Titles May 25, 1998 L.O.D. 2000 & Puke def. The Disciples of Apocalypse Dan Severn def. Owen Hart by DQ Gloga def. Thrasher Vader def. Jeff Jarrett by DQ Taka Michinoku def. Dick Togo; LHW Title Match Faarooq def. Marc Mero The Rock NC Triple H; double count out May 31, 1999 The Big Show def. Mr. Ass by count out Beaver Cleavage def. Christian Jeff Jarrett def. The Godfather to win the Intercontinental Title Vince McMahon def. The Undertaker by DQ Road Dogg def. The Big Bossman by DQ The Acolytes def. Kane & X-Pac to win the Tag Team Titles Val Venis def. Ken Shamrock Triple H def. Mankind in a hardcore match Steve Austin def. The Undertaker by DQ; WWF Title Match May 29, 2000 D’Lo Brown, Perry Saturn, & Terri def. The Godfather, Dean Malenko, & The Kat Eddie Guerrero def. Kurt Angle; European Title Match Too Cool def. Edge & Christian to win the Tag Team Titles Rikishi def. Shane McMahon def. by DQ; KOTR Qualifier T&A & Val Venis def. The Hardy Boyz & Chris Jericho Hardcore Holly def. Chris Benoit by DQ; IC Title Match Bull Buchanan def. Steve Blackman; KOTR Qualifier The Undertaker NC The Rock in a Lumberjack Match May 28, 2001 The Hardy Boyz def. X-Pac & Justin Credible Chris Benoit def. Rhyno Steve Blackman & Trish Stratus def. Perry Saturn & Terri Hardcore Crap Segment: Rhyno def. Chris Jericho to win the title after Jericho beat The Big Show Eddie Guerrero def. Albert The Dudley Boyz def. Hardcore Holly & Crash Steve Austin def. Chris Benoit; WWF Title Match May 27, 2002 Spike Dudley & Trish Stratus def. William Regal & Molly Holly; Euro & Women’s Title Match; Trish pinned Molly Hardcore Crap Segment: Steven Richards def. Terri to win back the title after Terri pinned him Booker T & X-Pac def. The Hardy Boyz Brock Lesnar def. Bubba Ray Dudley The Big Show def. Bradshaw Goldust def. Crash Rob Van Dam def. Eddie Guerrero in a Ladder Match to win the Intercontinental Title

Bleh its Thunder...this week match #2 of the best of seven series between Booker T and Chris Benoit. May 29, 1998 The Barbarian def. Jim Powers Davey Boy Smith & Jim Neidhart def. High Voltage Van Hammer def. Glacier by DQ Booker T def. Chris Benoit Fit Finlay def. Brad Armstrong; TV Title Match Saturn def. Barry Darsow Goldberg def. Barry Horowitz; U.S. Title Match May 27, 1999 Kaz Hayashi def. Lash Leroux Van Hammer def. Prince Iaukea The Cat def. Vampiro Konnan def. Kenny Kaos Evan Karagias def. Lenny Lane Chris Benoit def. Diamond Dallas Page by DQ Buff Bagwell def. Randy Savage by DQ May 31, 2000 Terry Funk NC Chris Candido; HC Title Match Sting def. Horace and Billy Kidman (pinned) in a three-way match Jeff Jarrett def. Shane Douglas; WCW Title Match Shawn Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo def. Kronic by DQ to win the Tag Team Titles David Flair & Vince Russo def. Ric Flair & Reid Flair Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner def. Tank Abbott & Rick Steiner

This week it's the seven year anniversary of Scott Hall's debut in WCW (during the Enos/Doll match). I as a mark at the time, having no clue about internet wrestling sites, just about creamed my pants thinking it was an invasion by the WWF. Ah those were the days. Also this week in '98 the Booker T/Chris Benoit Best of Seven series kicked off. May 27, 1996 Ric Flair & Arn Anderson def. The American Males Mike Enos NC Steve Doll Diamond Dallas Page def. Sgt. Craig Pittman The Giant def. The Shark; WCW Title Match Lex Luger def. Maxx Muscle; TV Title Match Bobby Walker def. Brad Armstrong Steven Regal def. Alex Wright Sting NC Scott Steiner May 26, 1997 Super Calo, Juvetud Guerrera, & Hector Garza def. La Parka, Ciclope, & Damien Psicosis def. Alex Wright Wrath def. Mark Starr Konnan def. Villano IV The Great Muta NC Masahiro Chono The Barbarian def. Jim Powers The Giant def. Jerry Flynn, Johnny Swinger, & Rick Fuller in a handicap match Harlem Heat def. Jeff Jarrett & Steve McMichael May 25, 1998 Fit Finlay def. Mike Enos; TV Title Match Saturn def. Glacier Chris Jericho def. El Dandy Konnan def. La Parka Juventud Guerrera def. Kidman Chavo Guerrero Jr. def. Ultimo Dragon Dean Malenko def. Lenny Lane; CW Title Match Goldberg def. Johnny Attitude; U.S. Title Match Chris Benoit def. Booker T Sting & Lex Luger def. The Giant & n.W.o. Sting May 31, 1999 Kidman def. Hak by DQ Van Hammer def. Evan Karagis Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncum Jr. by DQ David Flair def. Erik Watts The Cat def. Scott Norton Randy Savage def. A Fake Kevin Nash Buff Bagwell def. Bobby Eaton Diamond Dallas Page & Bam Bam Bigelow def. Saturn in handicap match to win the Tag Team Titles Rick Steiner NC Sting; TV Title Match; Special Referee, Tank Abbott May 29, 2000 Lt. Loco def. Disco Inferno G.I. Bro def. Mike Awesome in an Ambulance Match Kevin Nash NC Rick Steiner & Tank Abbott in a handicap match Terry Funk NC Vampiro; Hardcore Title Match Scott Steiner def. Shane Douglas in an Asylum Match for the U.S. Title Billy Kidman def. Sting Jeff Jarrett def. Ric Flair to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title

God I hate network television and their control over sports. They are actually gonna wait until June 4th to have the damn Finals even if the Spurs take the next two in the West and wrap up the series on Tuesday which will be EIGHT days before they will start the Finals. The Nets might as well go on vacation now having to wait 11 days.

Finally Bored enough....in no paticular order (as of right now): The Day I Tried to Live - Soundgarden All I Need - Method Man f/Mary J. Blige Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana Dream On - Aerosmith Hooker with a Penis - Tool Oh fuck it I'm Bored here are some random ones: Just - Radiohead How I could Just Kill a Man - Rage Against the Machine cover Ashes in the Fall - Rage Against the Machine LapDance - N.E.R.D. All Over You - Live Simple Minded - Dragpipe Paul Revere - Beastie Boys Magdalena - A Perfect Circle Blind - Korn Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chilli Peppers Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chilli Peppers Okay I'll stop for now.

In the mid to late 90s I followed hockey pretty well. I definently wasn't a diehard fan but I knew most of the players names and watched fairly frequently but for whatever reason I've lost interest in the last couple of years and have hardly watched any hockey at all this past season. My opinion probably won't amount for much then but IMO the NHL will not and almost can not be taken seriously if their champion is the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. A team named after a shitty Disney movie franchise just has minor league written all over it.

I'm Bored so here's a fun fact: The lowest buyrate for a non-IYH PPV is a tie between King of the Ring '97 and Armageddon '02, both at a 0.5 buyrate. Oh and on topic here is the answer (well pretty much) as to whether they will actually make an explanation for having a Raw only PPV: At the recent PPV convention in New Orleans, WWE had a strong presense. Instead of promoting the upcoming brand specific PPVs, WWE was said to really be pushing for the Road to Wrestlemania XX, in early 2004. Apparently WWE is not making a big deal out of the brand split PPVs, as to not draw attention to the fact that only half the stars will be on these upcoming shows. credit: Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter So there ya go...they'll just try to see if the marks don't notice I guess.

Um actually no. As much as I'd like to badmouth Nash but he didn't headline any of three lowest WWE/WWF PPV buyrates and was already in WCW for two of them.

That was the lowest WWE/F buyrate in 5 years. Bulldog/Diesel is the lowest WWE/F PPV of all time. That would be IYH #4 (0.4) but IYH #5 (0.3), IYH: International Incident (0.37), and IYH: It's Time! (0.35) all drew lower buyrates.

Oh what are you talking about? Undertaker will put him over...after he squashes him he'll raise John Cena's arm! That's the ultimate rub!

Okay before I go into the rant the tag match kicked 20 types of ass even with the DQ finish and the Benot/Hardy was very good as well. But onto the discussion of needing a midcard title on Smackdown since the IC title has been brought back on Raw. Well they already have a midcard champ on SD...its Brock Lesnar! I wouldn't consider myself a fan of Brock's but he is holding what should be THE belt in the WWE so I don't know it'd be nice if they actually had him, you know, be a main eventer on the show. So he has a match tonight and first it plays second fiddle in the segment to a Vince/Mr. America confrontation to hype a fuckin' lie detector test next week. OMG I GOT TO WATCH! So Brock gets to fight a group of midcarders and has to bump like a freak on the outside for Chuck Plaumbo, who hasn't exactly been built as a major threat enough to be able to toss the WWE Champ around like a rag doll. He then has to win by DQ against Johnny Stamboli, who is pretty much a jobber at this point. Then we get the F.B.I. midcard beatdown (oh side note...can Cole come up with anything besides "numbers game"? Jesus fuckin' christ he must have said it 20 times tonight) and the WWE Champion can't overcome it. But wait...here comes a REAL main eventer in The Underatker! So people there you are...YOUR WWE Midcard Champion, Brock Lesnar!

Well I wasn't going bother explaining why I didn't like Kobe Bryant because figured someone else would have the same reason as I do but no one has to this point and it has nothing to do with Kobe Bryant the player. You see in 1995 Kevin Garnett, a poor kid, who isn't exactly the best student in school, decides to skip college and go directly to the pros. This was the end of the world in a lot of people's minds even though in the past high school players like Moses Malone had skipped college in the past but never did it cause a huge influx of high school players going pro. Garnett had every right to go directly to the pros because he did need to support his family and if he had gone to college he would have gone strictly for basketball to use it as a training ground to get him ready for the NBA rather than trying to get an education. Garnett is drafted by the hapless Minnesota Timberwolves but he lives with it even though its his dream to play for the Chicago Bulls. Then we go to 1996 when Kobe Bryant, the son of a pro basketball player, who grew up in a upper-middle class family, and was a very good student decides to skip college and go to the pros. He doesn't get half the criticism Garnett gets even though Bryant isn't in huge need of money and would have been a true student-athlete had he go to school. He has a incredible p.r. machine behind him that gets everyone to hype as the next Michael Jordan rather than criticizing him for go straight to the pros and now making skipping college a trend for talented high school players. Bryant is everything wrong with a high school player skipping college to go to the pros IMO. But it doesn't end there for me. He is drafted by the Charlotte Hornets and Kobe DEMANDS he be traded. He will only play for the three biggest markets the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers. Rather than risk Bryant not signing the Hornets cave into his demands and Bryant gets himself traded to the Lakers and his promptly booked on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno soon after and shows up at his prom with Brandy. I don't give a shit about Kobe Bryant the player as in '96 he showed that is a spoiled brat who will always get his way and I will always hate Kobe Bryant.

Gee I seem to remember quite a few people after Mr. America angle first started saying it sounded funny and it might not suck...hmmm where are these people now? And Kanyon jobs to Funaki...well I guess that officially tells us they won't be pushing him. Might as well just make him a namless jobber at this point. Kinda sad after reading that the thing that sounded the most interesting was Rhyno goring A-Train through the ropes.

Once again proves that then American public loves crap! Last week's Raw was the typical suckfest but it did a decent rating and now we actually a pretty entertaining Raw with a main even that was built very well and the rating drops almost a full point.

Boredom strikes and here is the complete All-Star rosters chosen by me for both leagues as of today. These are not who I think will make the teams as obviously players who don't deserve to make team are voted as starters every year. Remember the rosters have been expanded to 32 this year and followed the rule of one player from each team. Maybe I'll update this list every once in a while up until the actual selections are made. American League C: Jorge Posada, New York; Ramon Hernandez, Oakland 1B: Carols Delgado, Toronto; Mike Sweeney, Kansas City; Rafael Palmeiro, Texas 2B: Alfonso Soriano, New York; Bret Boone; Seattle 3B: Hank Blalock, Texas; Troy Glaus, Anaheim SS: Alex Rodriguez, Texas; Nomar Garciaparra, Boston OF: Carl Everett, Texas; Aubrey Huff, Tampa Bay; Garrett Anderson, Anaheim; Juan Gonzalez, Texas; Vernon Wells, Toronto; Raul Mondesi, New York; Tim Salmon, Anaheim DH: Edgar Martinez, Seattle; Ellis Burks, Cleveland Pitchers: Esteban Loaiza, Chicago; Mike Mussina, New York; Mark Mulder, Oakland; Barry Zito, Oakland; Pedro Martinez, Boston; Roger Clemens, New York; Jason Johnson, Baltimore; Runelvys Hernandez, Kansas City; Nate Cornejo, Detroit; Keith Foulke, Oakland; Ugueth Urbina, Texas; Eddie Guardado, Minnesota National League C: Mike Lieberthal, Philadelphia; Jason Kendall, Pittsburgh 1B: Jeff Bagwell, Houston; Todd Helton, Colorado; Richie Sexson, Milwaukee 2B: Marcus Giles, Atlanta; Jeff Kent, Houston; Jose Vidro, Montreal 3B: Scott Rolen, St. Louis; Aaron Boone, Cincinnati; Mike Lowell, Florida SS: Alex Gonzalez, Florida; Edgar Renteria, St. Louis OF: Gary Sheffield, Atlanta; Preston Wilson, Colorado; Albert Pujols, St. Louis; Barry Bonds, San Francisco; Austin Kearns, Cincinnati; Luis Gonzalez, Arizona; Rondell White, San Diego Pitchers: Mark Prior, Chicago; Woody Williams, St. Louis; Damian Moss, San Francisco; Kerry Wood, Chicago; Kevin Brown, Los Angeles; Kevin Millwood, Philadelphia; Zach Day, Montreal; Tom Glavine, New York; John Smoltz, Atlanta; Eric Gagne, Los Angeles; Tim Worrell, San Francisco; Billy Wagner, Houston

They obviously are having Christian vs. Booker T at Bad Blood and Christian will drop the title there as JR made sure to point out last night that Bad Blood would be in Houston. So it will last about a month and he'll be down the card after that and Booker will feud with Jericho. Trust me they won't be putting the IC title on Goldberg as it would help no one.

Also like to add that Mayne doesn't even have enough at-bats to have a qualifying batting average at this point so he can't be considered to have a serious shot at making the all-start team at this point. Even taking that into consideration, and even though I'm an A's fan so I'm biased, Ramon Hernandez is having a better year to this point. One thing also is the rosters were expanded to 32 this year so its possible they could choose two back-up catchers and catcher is a very weak position in the A.L. right now.

From an old CRZ recap: "Irwin R. Schyster vs. Gary Sabaugh - Joe tells me that Sabaugh is the Italion Stallion. I can believe it, Rocky didn't win in the first movie either. Writeoff, no penalty." So there ya go.

Yes it was an NBA playoff situation so the show was only one hour. The previous week they had just two matches and less than 5 minutes of wrestling time. This week it was three matches with a little over 8 minutes of wrestling time.

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Giambi? GIAMBI? That fat fuck is hitting barely over .200.

Well apparantly the Piper/Hogan and HHH/Nash matches were even worse than expected.