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Its the truth. Vince and HHH have killed any importance of titles in the E, and Jeff Jarrett is killing whatever importance the NWA title has in TNA

3 dollars in 76 is worth about 10 dollars today

he's right about Bruno and Pedro, though.

Who would have thought it? They don;t have the grueling schedule the E has, and you make more?? damn....

if he's making double what he made in the E, he ain;t *never* goin back

this is a great interview.

Like that was news? 85-90% of the roster is getting screwed... just to varying degrees

::grins:: Raven is shooting pretty damn straight tonight.

::just cracks up:: Ahem. only if the owner of the Cavs will not dedicate money to making the team better (through trades and signing their good (cough) draft picks), can they be considered the Clippers East.

even a brand new NES system was damn tempramental with games.... thank god for emulation these days.... <--- Baseball Stars Mark

::smirks:: I feel bad, but I cannot help laughing as Ehlo collapsed to the deck as if he'd been shot after Jordan hit the jumper... Be glad he retired, as he has made the Cavs his personal bitches since hitting that shot.. Mind you I'm not a Jordan mark, but it DOES amuse me, just like how all the people up here in Detroit are pissing and moaning that the Red Wings got beat down.... Note that it will probably be my turn to bitch if the Magic get beat by the Pistons.

Thanks again, man... if I can do you a favor, let me know.

NOOO!! Not another Torrie/Dawn fued! NOOOO!! Not a whole series of sloppy Torrie/Nidia matches. NOOOOOO!! Don't make Molly have to switch rosters just to wrestle TORRIE! Although, the idiot marks would boo her of course. Anyway, she's a face now anyway and they've already done the same angle with the RTC. Hopefully, after this angle is done Sable is gone. Who ever said these feuds would be centered on wrestling? Do you really think Sable-Torrie is going to end in a match? Well, it will, but it will be a Pillowfight/Gravy Bowl/Chocolate Pudding-type thing. and RIGHT THERE folks, youhave your first ever Women's Three Stages of Hell match. Coming to a SD PPV near you!!

Which reminds me... how *do* you go about attaching pics?

::composes himself after laughing his ass off:: God, I just hope and pray they don't do something this stupid.... You know, I think I am starting to be grateful that I work nights....

But that might *gasp* LEGITIMIZE the title!! Surely you don't want THAT, do you???! ::slips out of sarcasm mode:: God knows no one else in power in the WWE wants that.

That's awesome, Parka... I owe you one. I'll mess around and attach it once I get home from work.

Can you do one for me, Parka? I want one of Low-Ki, one with his martial arts pose, one of him kicking the hell out of someone, and one of him delivering the Ki-Crusher '99.

That's weird, Sakura... one of the walkthroughs I have said that she comes back in the japanese version... oh well... there goes that theory.... I do find it a touch difficult to believe that the english version is better than the japanese version, but I will take your word for it.

141. "Mommy, why didn't they just use a Phoenix Down on Aeris?" Don't expect battle mechanics to carry over into the "real world." Unless of course, you have the Americanized version of the game where she doesn;t return, and in the Japanese version she returns...

how can you say that ESB does not stand on its own? While ANH did a great job is setting the table, ESB came along when everyone was feeling oh so good and kicked them right in the crotch. I remember being horrified at the age of 11 seeing the Rebellion defeated at Hoth, to only have that horror redoubled when Vader sliced off Luke's hand. to letting out a breath I didn't know I had been holding when Artoo fixed the Falcon;s hyperdrive and they got away by the skin of their teeth. I am a fan, not a "real fan" as was alluded to earlier. I think out of the three original movies, ESB told the best story out of them. That's just my opinion. Talikg to a stick???? no wonder I felt like a lot of the acting was wooden, even though you had great actors in the roles.... Also, I think that the overall, formal backdrop setting of the Republic made the characters seem stiff... I think Liam Neeson did a good job as Qui-Gon, a Jedi whose methods don't always find favor with the Jedi Order. And let's face it: who the HELL isn't whiny as a teen with angst like Anakin was? I know I was.

Being a huge Iron Maiden mark since 1985, I'll handle this one. In terms of metal hardness and heaviness, its apples and oranges. At the time, I loved both bands for different reasons. Maiden's playing was a lot more melodic (thanks to the radically different yet complimentary playing styles of Dave Murray and Adrian Smith), but no less heavy than Metallica's in its own way. Metallica on the other hand was starting to explore a little more musically, getting more melodic themselves, but staying close to their blistering style while doing it. I point to the song "Fade to Black" as the perfect example. Metallica in the Lightning/Puppets days were constantly in the top five metal bands in terms of popularity, arguably #1. When Lightning came out, they were brought out into the spotlight, the dismay of so-called metal "purists" who wanted to keep them underground and keep them pigeonholed into "playing 1000 miles an hour the whole time" as Cliff was quoted in the classic "Cliff 'Em All" video. Maiden's sucess was also peaking from 1982 to (I believe) 1986, due to not only the eternally classic albums "Number of the Beast", "Piece of Mind", "Powerslave", and "Somewhere in Time", but also their worldwide established popularity. As a Maiden fan, I do say that things were never the same after Somewhere in Time, although their popularity never waned in Europe, Asia, and other countries around the world, they started to lose popularity here in the States, because of the fickle nature of music popularity here (which has only gotten worse and worse as time has gone on). That's why Maiden can still play to 100,000 people anywhere in the world, but can't get more than 10,000 here in the States, which is a shame. But anyway, in my mind, you really can;t compare Maiden and Metallica back in those days, because they were equals.

Exactly. And after they got their contract hammered out and they are pretty much set for the rest of their lives, they just could not maintain that angry, "Fuck you" attitude that the band had for their first three albums. Megadeth was harder and faster than they were and even Mustaine couldn't maintain that level once he got married, had kids, got clean and got his money. Few bands can maintain that level with increasing popularity and success. It was only a matter of time. That being said though, I always thought that the radical change of Load and Reload was a big mistake on their part, and the attitude of Hetfield was "we'll make them like it!".... prick.... hell Hetfield and Lars are such control freaks that Newsted finally got tired of being held down and joined Voivod. Good for him, he was too talented to not be allowed to be more creative on bass. I will buy St. Anger when I have proof positive that its a return to their older days, if not older ways.

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Excellent point, Breetai. The belt became a joke when Bischoff gave it to HHH, whether as an angle or because of HHH's politicking backstage is irrelevant. He did not win this title from anyone, it was literally HANDED to him. I'm starting to agree with the others in that the Smackdown title is the only one of consequence anymore. It's not like anyone on the Raw staff has done anything to make it legit anymore.