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I dunno what to do then. Sorry.

Wooo, didn't know they actually call it the CZW Arena, thought it was the fans, but now that I look on the site they have CZW Arena all over it. That's ridiculous. H8 Club/IWS guys is an interesting pairing, but I dunno about it. Surprising that Kaos is getting the Ironman title shot so early, especially after losing at COD. Sonjay/Shelley looks good, but other than that...the thought of Chris Cash in the same ring as Super Dragon is disturbing, except if it happens hopefully Dragon just beats the living shit out of him. CZW has done a lot better.

LOW KI vs. ELAX – JAPW (4/20/01; Bayonne, NJ) PRE-MATCH: Elax comes out first. You may remember him as a Special K member in ROH for a short while. Here he has a similar gimmick, pretending to be all drugged up or something. Also, he repeatedly switches between this creepy, psychotic laugh (as if he’s Dr. Frankenstein or something) and baby-like whining. Weird combination, if I may say so myself, but it’s certainly funny. Ki is already in the ring. The ring announcer introduces each competitor before Ki cuts a promo, telling Elax that what he’s about to do “isn’t personal…this is business.” THE MATCH: Ki makes the mistake of turning his back and Elax takes out his legs from behind, which is a good strategy when one considers Ki’s kick-oriented offense. Elax focuses on Ki’s left leg (all the while doing that evil laugh) for a couple minutes before lifting him to his feet and beating on him in the corner, even going so far as to try to pull the left leg out of its socket. However, Ki, hops to his feet and drills Elax with an enziguri (which clearly doesn’t connect, but Elax puts forth a good, forward-flip selljob, so I can’t complain), before going to work with some STIFF chops and knee strikes, all the while continuing to sell his leg injury. His attempt at the Tidal Wave (cartwheel roundhouse kick in the corner) is warded off, but he eventually regains control and delivers the Triple Strike kick series. Elax looks to be out cold (and considering that final kick, I don’t blame him one bit), but escapes at 2. Ki scrambles Elax’s brain (or what he has left of one, at least) with seven stiff headbutts before trying a Superplex, but Elax pushes him off and Elax hits a cool Diving Tornado DDT-style Facebuster. Elax actually starts CRYING when he only gets a 2 count, but eventually gains his composure and tries a suplex, which is countered into a really creative/complicated pinning combo for a 2 count. Elax beats Ki to his feet and works on the left leg for a few seconds before dropping him with a DDT. Elax takes 10 seconds just to position Ki’s body correctly, but sort of makes up for it with a nice-looking Moonsault off of the middle buckle (he landed on Ki’s already-injured legs, which was a nice touch), before setting up for his finishing move (“I hope it works,” the kid yells). Ki, though, powers him into the ropes and – over the next minute – lets loose with a bunch of strikes, including some particularly stiff headbutts, forearms, and chops. Elax gets Irish whipped into the ropes and baseball slides through Ki’s legs, only to turn around right into a MEGA forearm, and it’s “lights out” for the future-Special K raver. The referee calls for the bell and Ki picks up the Knockout win. Other officials come in and carry Elax backstage, as Ki stands victorious in the ring. WINNER: Low Ki, via Knockout (7:03) POST-MATCH RAMBLE: I’ve never seen Elax before, not even in ROH, and he was impressive. His actual workrate isn’t tremendous, but his persona is very entertaining and – even more importantly – original. I was also really surprised at how over Ki was – the fans were chanting “Low Ki!” for about ¼ of the match, and this was a year before TNA and ROH were around. And one more thing – Elax played the T.K.O. gimmick really well, not moving one iota, from what I could see. Elax’s acting talent was really impressive throughout this match. MATCH ANALYSIS: Solid work from both guys, in that they incorporated several differing styles – Ki’s stiffness and Elax’s comedy and high-flying – into a sufficiently-developed match. They could’ve actually used more technical sequences, but I guess Elax’s blindside attack prevented that because they didn’t get off to a standard grappling start. Actually, on second thought, there was some submission work by Elax in the opening minutes, so they fitted in a bit of the technical style sufficiently enough. I guess the story here (and it’s notable that they even fit in a story with only seven minutes allotted) would be Ki taking Elax for granted and finding out the hard way that his hyper, off-the-wall persona translated into an unorthodox, relentlessly aggressive attack. Elax’s strategy of focusing on Ki’s left leg was interesting – even though he played a psycho, his assault on the leg was quite methodical. What’s even better, though, is that this plan of attack proved to be a good base for this match because when Ki regained the advantage, he actually had a legitimate reason (that being a thirst for revenge) to stiff his opponent, whereas usually people just accept that physically aggressive nature to be an attribute of his character (and that’s not a bad thing; I’m just pointing out that here, Ki’s moveset actually developed a psychology of its own, in a way). The one thing that could’ve been improved were the counter sequences because a lot of times, the advantage switched off of a simple gut kick punch, rather than any Irish whip sequence or reversal of an attempted move. Also, I would’ve preferred there be a decisive finish, but since Ki already had sold for Elax a ton and – at this time – JAPW was trying to build Ki up as a force to be reckoned with, it’s understandable that they went to the Knockout finish. Overall, this was a relatively basic match, but it was effective because Elax came off as a credible competitor (thanks in large part to Ki’s unselfish willingness to sell the leg attack) against someone who JAPW booker Fat Frank Iadevia could’ve just as easily had squash him in a minute. That’s actually what I expected, going in, so it was a pleasant surprise that even though he didn’t take it easy on his opponent, stiffness-wise, (in fact, two different times Ki lifted Elax’s shirt over his head so that there wouldn’t be a shirt to protect his chest from the chops) Ki gave Elax quite a surprising amount of offensive openings. *1/4. RECOMMENDATION: Nothing way out of the ordinary here, but still worth taking a look at if you can get a hold of it without shelling out too much money. Low Ki fans who are looking for the ultra-competitive stiff-fest (like his ROH Glory By Honor 1 match vs. Samoa Joe) will be disappointed, but those who just seek some hard-hitting ass-kicking by the Brooklyn native will dig this. Cruiserweight Open for the WWE Cruiserweight Title – WWE WrestleMania XX PARTICIPANTS: Chavo Guerrero Jr. © (w/ his father, Chavo “Classic” Guerrero Sr.), Nunzio (formerly Little Guido), Jamie Noble, Akio (formerly Jimmy Yang), Tajiri, Funaki, Shannon Moore, Ultimo Dragon, Billy Kidman, and Rey Mysterio (Jr.) THE RULES: Two wrestlers start the match and all of the other participants surround the ring until a pinfall, submission, count out, or DQ (the signal of an elimination) happens. At that point, the next superstar (the order was determined by a random drawing…or so they say) will enter the ring and will combat the wrestler who advanced from the last round. The match will continue until there is one cruiserweight left standing. He will be awarded (or, if it’s Chavo, retain) the Cruiserweight Title. PRE-MATCH: All of the participants make their entrances, with champ Chavo Jr. coming out first and Rey Mysterio being the last. Charles “Lil’ ’Naitch” Robinson is officiating this contest. THE MATCH: I’m going to rate each round individually and then I’ll take the average of each round to determine the overall rating. ROUND 1 (Shannon Moore vs. Ultimo Dragon): A standard technical exchange start things off, with waistlocks and armringers being exchanged. Ultimo shows off early with a roll-through, a kip-up, and two quick pinfall attempts off of a leg sweep and a backslide, but Moore beats him to his feet and takes control, but several moments later, his Mooregasm (Flying Corkscrew Somersault Body Attack) attempt is dodged and he receives a spinkick to the chest and an Ultimo DDT (3/4 Bulldog Facelock into a Backflipping Inverted DDT), as Ultimo advances. (about 1:20 in length) *1/2. Ridiculous. ROUND 2 (Ultimo Dragon vs. Jamie Noble): Noble blindsides Ultimo and gets a 2 count off of a lariat, but Ultimo ends up coming back with another series of stiff kicks for his own near fall. Ultimo lands on his feet when Noble rolls out of the way of his Moonsault and throws another spinkick to the chest, but his Ultimo DDT is countered into a Snap Neckbreaker, after which Noble applies a Grounded Bodyscissors/Front Facelock combo for the submission victory. (1:00) 1/4* This must be some kind of bad joke… ROUND 3 (Jamie Noble vs. Funaki): Funaki enters right away with a Flying Crossbody Block, but Noble rolls through for the quick pin. (let’s just say the single-digit seconds) The worst part is how Michael Cole tries to play off this horrible booking so innocently. A rating isn’t applicable here, since it was so short. ROUND 4 (Jamie Noble vs. Nunzio): Nunzio has second thoughts about blindsiding Noble and tries to make up with his storyline cousin, only to receive a couple of strikes. They go through some waistlock reversals before Nunzio takes Noble down into a victory roll for a 2 count. A sweet Japanese Dropkick (to the face) from the middle turnbuckle follows from Nunzio, but a few moments later, Noble uses a leverage move to send Nunzio flying out to ringside onto his bare back. Noble follows with a huge Flying Somersault Plancha before yanking Nunzio off of the apron as he tries to re-enter the ring, sending him face-first onto the cold, hard, concrete floor (sweet bump). Noble rolls back into the ring and actually lets Robinson count Nunzio out. (about 1:50) *3/4. Considering the lame finish, this really should be only ½*, but I’m bumping it up a notch because Nunzio took some sick bumps. ROUND 5 (Jamie Noble vs. Billy Kidman): Kidman runs in and attacks Noble, but within a minute, Nunzio gets involved and gives his cousin a taste of his own medicine by dropping him face-first on the floor. Next, Kidman takes out both guys with a decent-looking Shooting Star Plancha, but it’s clear that he’s got nothing over A.J. Styles. After a 2 count back in the ring, Noble reverses Kidman’s Powerbomb into a Standing Bodyscissors/Front Facelock combo. Kidman breaks the hold up by ramming Noble into the corner and then proceeds to toss him high over into the air with a sweet Release Northern Lights Suplex. A climbing enziguri sets up for the Shooting Star Press and when Noble meets Kidman up top, it’s time for a Super B.K. Bomb (Sitout Spinebuster), and Noble is out. (about 1:50 again) ¼*. Borderline ½*, but I gave the benefit of the doubt to the previous match, so this isn’t getting any leeway. ROUND 6 (Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio): Kidman turns around right into a Springboard High Lou Thesz Press, but in a nice sequence, climbs right back up to his feet and catches Rey with a big dropkick for a deuce as he comes off the ropes. Actually, that right there was shades of A.J. Styles’ dropdown/dropkick combo. Mysterio finds an opening by dropkicking his former-Filthy Animals partner out to ringside, but Chavo Jr. climbs up onto the apron and distracts the referee, while Akio attacks Mysterio. That allows Kidman to re-enter and deliver a Rydeen-style Spinebuster (B.K. Bomb variation, I guess) for another near fall, as Rey actually kicks out! Then, both guys meet up top and Rey finishes Kidman off with a non-seesaw-style Code Red (Sunset Flip Sitdown Powerbomb). (1:20) ½*. ROUND 7 (Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri): Mysterio absorbs two stiff kicks and Tajiri dodges an attempted Quebrada before locking in the Tarantula. However, Mysterio scouts his Handspring/Backspring Elbow combo by dropkicking his opponent’s back before hitting the 619. After Mysterio’s springboard West Coast Pop attempt is dodged, Akio climbs up onto the apron and holds him for Tajiri to spit the green mist at, but Mysterio ducks and Tajiri sprays Akio. A victory roll by Mysterio keeps Tajiri down for the 3 count. (1:05) ¼*. ROUND 8 (Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr.): Akio is now temporarily blinded and therefore unable to compete, so we skip right to the final round, with the defending champ, Chavo. However, before that match can start, Tajiri cheapshots Rey with a big kick to the side of the head, behind Robinson’s back. Chavo hustles into the ring and obtains a 2 count before beating on Rey for a bit, before Rey comes back with a sweet Springboard Huracanrana (sans a ‘rana pin combo, however). When Chavo Sr. climbs up onto the apron, Rey dropkicks him back down to ringside and then proceeds to catapult off of Charles Robinson’s back for a Somersault Plancha onto the Mexican legend! Rey tries to re-enter the ring with a catapult sunset flip, but Chavo holds his shoulders down and grabs his father’s hands for assisted leverage (without Robinson seeing, mind you), which is enough to get the 1-2-3 and retain the Cruiserweight Title. (about 1:30) ¼* for Rey’s Springboard Huracanrana and Somersault Plancha. WINNER and STILL WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Chavo Guerrero Jr. (w/ his father, Chavo “Classic” Guerrero Sr.) (total time from starting bell to closing bell – 10:31) Chavo immediately rolls out of the ring and celebrates with his father, while Rey is left fuming in the ring. POST-MATCH RAMBLE: The only thing that really struck me outside of any spots was the bumps that Chavo Sr. took during his son’s match with Mysterio. Otherwise, this was a crapfest from a booking sense. MATCH ANALYSIS: While this match got a slightly improved as time progressed, it still exemplified the horrid booking that has plagued the Cruiserweight division ever since Dean Malenko retired and Essa Rios was released in 2001. The fact that not ONE match lasting over a mere 2:00 prevented any degree of believability or any actual story from developing. The only things that saved it from being a complete and utter travesty were Noble’s three-match string, Nunzio’s bump-taking, the Guerreros’ entertainment value, and a couple of random athletic spots. Everything was so rushed here, which is surprising because WWE usually has no problem leaving someone on the sidelines and just not using them when they have nothing for them to do (see Stevie Richards, Mark Jindrak, Mizark Hizenry, Scotty 2 Hotty, etc.). Here, they made the mistake of actually trying to fit too many guys on a card and ended up cramming them all into one train-wreck of a match. There’s not really anything else uniquely insightful to say about this match – when there are nine different top-notch cruiserweights going at it in various combinations, there’s bound to be a couple of creative sequences and spots. These gems in a puddle of mud were what got this match a *, not any sort of consistency or psychology. Otherwise, it was pretty much crap. Not including the Noble/Funaki match, the ratings average out to 2/5*. By the way, the best match of the series was Jamie Noble vs. Nunzio at a stunning (and generously-awarded) ¾*. RECOMMENDED: Unless you’re absolutely obsessed with the WWE cruiserweight division (in which case my recommendation is that you schedule an appointment with your local brain surgeon), this is definitely “fast forward” material.

I assume you mean Pogo the Clown? He doesn't really wrestle anymore, and he has a little bit of heat with Kevin Kleinrock, so SCCW wouldn't be a possibility for him. He's doing some light work with Mike Modest and Donovan Morgan in terms of helping train Pro Wrestling Iron guys, but he's not really concerned with wrestling all that much.

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Ya, I know. Actually, now that I think about it, it's not very surprising they paired him up with Rebel, since they've worked together a few times in CCW.

Aries winning is a shocker. About Devon Moore - he's a talented kid. Works in CCW and a couple other PA feds. Very, very athletic lightweight. Interesting that they matched him up vs. Rebel.

Thanks a ton, GreatWhite and Deon.

One can play a VCD without any special type of player, right? All that's necessary is something like Windows Media Player and a VCD would play fine on a computer, right?

Ya, besides that, I mean, it would work fine, right?

I can play a file no problem in VLC, but when I try to play it in Windows Media Player, it won't work and says there's an error downloading codecs. I need to use some of these files in Windows Movie Maker, but Windows Movie Maker doesn't accept the files that can only be played in VLC and not in Windows Media Player. How can I make it so that Windows Movie Maker will also accept VLC files...actually, I guess the better question would be how can I change it so that these files that will at this point only play in VLC also play in Windows Media Player? All of the files I have this problem with are really tiny, too - none more than 1,000 KB and most much less. Thanks very much in advance to whoever helps. BTW, I have the KLite Codec Pack and that doesn't seem to change anything.

Man, you really are an asshole. Dude, according to those there, it was one of the worst matches ever. He "tore the house down" because people probably wanted to destroy the building after seeing such an atrocity of a "match."

Is there anything I can do to make WMM accept OGM videos?

Thursday, December 23, 2004 2 COLD SCORPIO vs. SCOTTY FLAMINGO (a.k.a. RAVEN) (WCW Clash of the Champions XXII � 1/13/93; Mecca Arena � Milwaukee, Wisconsin) PRE-MATCH: Scorpio enters the ring, where he does a little bit of jukin� and jivin�, before SCOTTY FLAMINGO~! enters. The ring announcer even gets his groove on a bit�classic! I think it�s safe to assume that Scorpio is playing the face here. Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura are on commentary. This match actually aired live on TBS, rather than on Pay-Per-View, like the later �Clash of the Champions� events. THE MATCH: A �Scotty Sucks!� chant surfaces before they even tieup. Scotty attacks with an armringer and a wristlock, only for Scorpio to roll through, do a cartwheel (with one arm wristlocked, mind you), and escape via his own armringer, followed by a hiptoss. After a standoff, the two lock up again and Scotty attains a headlock, from which position he shoves Scorpio into the ropes. They do the commonplace dropdown/leapfrog sequence, only with a Scorpio cartwheel over Scotty�s body (hey, get it? Scotty�s body�Scotty the Body�I�m so creative�) substituted in for the leapfrog. They end up somewhat botching a Handspring Back Elbow by Scorpio, and then following up with an uncoordinated (which you usually don�t see from Scorpio) leaping kick to the chest that sends Scotty out to ringside. There, Scorpio catches his opponent with an Apron-Dive Forearm Attack, before rolling him back into the squared circle. Scorpio�s advantage comes to an end, as Scotty takes control and knocks Scorpio out to the concrete with a swank running dropkick (which gets great air), followed up by a Running Pescada (which you usually don�t see Scotty do). Back in the ring, Scorpio surprises Scotty with an inside cradle for a own near fall, only to get beaten back to his feet and suplexed for a 2 count. Scotty�s rear chinlock is ultimately escaped and Scorpio starts unloading with a hiptoss (off of an Irish whip), a dropkick, a bodyslam, and a Flying 180� Corkscrew Splash for another deuce. Scotty dodges a corner charge and obtains a pair of near falls off of a schoolboy and a lariat, but moments later ends up falling victim to a superkick, tipup leg drop, and a Flying 450� Splash for the Scorpio victory. WINNER: 2 Cold Scorpio, via pinfall (4:11) Replays of Scorpio�s Corkscrew Splash and 450� are aired as the future-ECW TV Champion celebrates his win. POST-MATCH RAMBLE: I�m ashamed to say it, but this is not only my first time seeing Scorpio in WCW, but my first pre-Raven match of Scotty Levy�s, so it was an interesting experience. MATCH ANALYSIS: Nothing special here, but certainly pretty solid for the minimal time allotted. Some of the first minute was awkward, but they improved after that, for the most part. The only thing that really differentiated this match from your usual four-minute contest was the two near falls that came out of nowhere � Scorpio�s inside cradle and Scotty�s schoolboy. Other than that, this was a very basic match, but it did deliver, considering that purpose. �*. And by the way, Scorpio�s dancing skills are absolute MONEY. Sonjay Dutt has nothing over this guy (actually, when Scorpio was announced for ROH Testing the Limit, I really wanted him to work Sonjay and was disappointed when he was put in a four corners match). THE LAST WORD: JIM ROSS: �He defines high-risk offense, takes a lot of chances, Jess.� JESSE VENTURA: �And not only that, he can dance.� - the commentators, about 2 Cold Scorpio Friday, December 24, 2004 BJ WHITMER & RAY GORDY (w/ Jim Fannin) vs. HOMICIDE & CHRIS HERO (IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatches Tournament 2004 � Night 2) PRE-MATCH: Homicide and Whitmer are no strangers, having had a pair of great matches in 2003 � one at ROH Main Event Spectacles and the other actually at the previous year�s IWA-MS KOTDM Tournament. Whitmer & Gordy (who is actually the son of the late, great Terry Gordy, and started gaining favor in his own right for his work in NWA Wildside and his 2003 Best 2/3 Falls Match in the NAWA vs. AJ Styles) are first to enter, followed by the dream team of Homicide & Hero. Whitmer & Gordy�s introductions get big-time boos, while (as expected) �The Notorious 187� and �The Pure Wrestling Paragon� (I made that up myself�how do you like it?). Tommy Thompson is the referee here. I�ve talked to him online a few times � very nice guy. He told me a classic story about refereeing the Necro Butcher vs. Abdullah the Butcher match, and how he pissed himself when � in an unplanned incident � Abby grabbed him and signaled as if he was going to stab him with a fork, only to change his mind at the last minute. Anyway, though� THE MATCH: All four competitors start off with a slugfest (Homicide on Whitmer and Hero on Gordy), before things settle down to Homicide vs. Whitmer. An armdrag exchange leads to Whitmer dropkicking Homicide out to ringside and connecting with a Suicide Dive through the ropes. That cues Hero and Gordy to come in and trade a bunch of chops before moving on to a roperun sequence, which is capped off by a dropkick and leaping forearm smash from Hero. At that point, Homicide and Whitmer re-enter and block each other�s Exploder Suplex, before Homicide catches Whitmer with a Belly-to-Belly Overhead Suplex. They start trading a bunch of moves after that, as Whitmer nails a leaping knee smash to the face, Homicide counters a back body drop into a dropkick while in midair, Whitmer nails an Overhead Exploder, and Homicide connects with a Roaring Forearm. Finally, Hero and Gordy tag back in and exchange forearms, before Gordy gets in his only offense for awhile � a suplex, following which, Hero relentlessly attacks Gordy�s left arm with (what could best be called) a Wristlock-style Wristbreaker, a series of forearms and slaps, a Hammerlock Backbreaker, a Hammerlock Powerslam/Suplex combo, and a double-stomp (all onto that same arm). Following a 2 count by Hero, Homicide tags in and gets near falls off of his snapmare/stiff kick to the back sequence and a Swinging Hangman�s Neckbreaker. Team Fannin isolates Homicide for the next few minutes, weakening him with a rolling surfboard stretch from Whitmer (Hero breaks it up) and a Snap Suplex rolled directly into a Grounded Front Facelock from Gordy (Hero breaks this up, too). �The Notorious 187� easily absorbs a Gordy DDT and his own move, a snapmare followed by some stiff kicks to the back, before unleashing his own version of the snapmare and kicks (and you can damn bet that Gordy is fazed by it). However, Homicide very soon runs into a lariat from Gordy and is back to where he was a few minutes ago, with Team Fannin making quick tags to keep each other fresh. Whitmer�s offense over the next few minutes consists of a nice rolling suplex into a bridging northern lights suplex, some arrogant taunting while beating Homicide up in the corner), three bootscrapes in the corner, and a Super Belly-to-Belly Overhead Suplex, while Gordy employs a Tiger Suplex (off of a well-performed reversal sequence), a drop toehold, running snap elbow drop, a bodyslam, and an innovative Bodyslam lift into Inverted DDT. Unfortunately, the camera is positioned so that one can clearly see Whitmer�s foot going nowhere near Homicide�s face on the bootscrapes. Whitmer�s Super Belly-to-Belly is broken up by a Hero double-leg stomp to Whitmer�s back, and that�s apparently all that�s necessary to reinvigorate Homicide � he no sells a nasty German Suplex (he appears to land on his head) and running dropkicks Whitmer out of the ring, setting up for the�RUNNING SOMERSAULT TOP�~! (taking out a row of chairs in the process)! Back in the ring, Homicide avoids a Gordy Missile Dropkick and floors him with a stiff lariat, finally allowing Hero to tag in. Gordy gets chopped and forearmed away at before receiving a series of Hero moves � a Running Perpendicular Somersault Neckbreaker (like April Hunter does), a Double-Arm Choke Overhead Suplex (2 count), and a Cravate-style Iconoclasm (for another deuce). Hero, however, can�t bust out his main move, the Cravate Suplex, as Gordy blocks it and delivers a Fisherman�s Suplex for a 2 count. Some confusing brawling between both teams results in the faces rolling through sunset flip attempts and applying their signature submissions (the Hangman�s Clutch by Hero and the STF by Homicide), in stereo. Jim Fannin takes the opportunity to distract Hero & Homicide, allowing Gordy and Whitmer to sneak up from behind and German Suplex each of their opponents (Hero�s bump looks fine, but Homicide does a lazy, really pussy-ish bump for Gordy�s German). Hero takes a running enziguri from Gordy and Whitmer follows with a shining wizard, only to fall victim to Homicide�s own shining wizard. Gordy finally drops Homicide with the Tiger Driver (the �Notorious 187� had blocked his first attempt earlier) for a deuce, before the heels execute a really sweet double-team move. Whitmer lifts Homicide onto his shoulder for a spinebuster and Gordy stands right behind his partner, applying a front facelock on Homicide. Whitmer then tosses Homicide up into the air and over his shoulder, rotating him 90� for Gordy to catch with a big Rotating Implant DDT. After getting a 2 count from that spot, Team Fannin look for a Double-Team Brainbuster, but Hero saves his partner and hits Whitmer with the Cravate Suplex, while Homicide recovers and spikes Gordy with the COP KILLA~! for the victory! WINNERS: Chris Hero & Homicide (via pinfall) Post-match, Whitmer is furious and wants more of Homicide & Hero, but eventually Jim Fannin convinces him to let bygones be bygones (the fans respond by chanting, �Chicken-sh*t!�). Whitmer and Fannin help Gordy backstage, as we cut out. MATCH ANALYSIS: A decent showing by all four guys, but hardly what I expected. Gordy and Hero were definitely the MVPs here. Don�t get me wrong � Whitmer and Homicide worked hard, but it was Gordy and Hero who were responsible for the parts of the match with any story. Whitmer and especially Homicide just weren�t as good as they usually are. They really started wasted a bunch of their high-impact moves within a matter of seconds (Whitmer�s Exploder and leaping knee and Homicide�s dropkick and roaring forearm). They should�ve conserved those moves for later in the match, when they could�ve been used to generate some drama. Hero and especially Gordy, on the other hand, worked surprisingly well here. I especially dug their exchanges of strikes, all of which looked absolutely brutal. Hero�s strengths could sometimes be seen when he wasn�t even the legal competitor in the ring. His repeated saves for Homicide from Team Fannin�s submissions and pinfall attempts really built up his eventually return into the match, after Homicide hit the top�. That was sorely needed, considering that Homicide�s tag there lacked any drama because his comeback had already started (with the running dropkick, top�, and lariat). Homicide�s tag to Hero should�ve been where the tide really turned � a face nails a move out of desperation and both competitors rally to their respective corners. Unfortunately, the really bland story in this match prevented much drama from developing. There�s only so much that two guys can do to help someone whose performance lacks any inspiration. Here, Homicide really made it difficult for Hero or Gordy to produce a credible showing for their partners, their opponents, and � to a smaller extent � even theirselves. Furthermore, Homicide�s selljob for Gordy�s German suplex towards the end was absolutely atrocious. I�m usually not a big fan of Hero because of his excessive showiness when it comes to his matwork, but here the targeting of Gordy�s left arm was done very intelligently, although it wasn�t without its problems. Hero�s strategy would�ve been much smarter if he had spread out the offense a little more and not delivered the strikes, backbreaker, and powerslam/suplex right after one another, although I don�t think it�s worth complaining too much. I don�t claim to be a master of judging psychology, but when I see someone employ a strategy such as that, it shows that these guys (well, Hero and Gordy, at least) are trying to convey some semblance of consistency (if one guy�s body part has been hurt, focusing on it would be the next best step for that guy�s opponent). This, however, was one of the few examples of psychology in the match. If I had to pick any general criticism I have, it�d be that the lack of chain wrestling and reversal sequences. Each participant got an opportunity to throw out his own flurry of offense without much attempt by the opponent to fight away. As good as both guys looked (and they did work really well), this was especially evident when Hero let loose with a bunch of high-impact moves on Gordy, all in about a minute and without very much transitioning in between. When guys like Hero, Gordy, Whitmer, and � to a smaller degree � Homicide are in a match, one expects the matwork to be more competitive than it was here. This was a pretty basic tag team match, overall. While it was provided with an adequate time to develop, it didn�t use that time very well and never generated much, story-wise. The innovative maneuvers (the suplex variations and Team Fannin�s DDT double-team) saved it from being bad, as did the Hero vs. Gordy psychology and the stiff strikes between those two (their sequences were definitely the high point of the match). *3/4. RECOMMENDATION: As good as Hero looked here, I definitely wouldn�t recommend this to fans of his work; this was NOT the flashy, highly-advanced technician Chris Hero that you people are used to; he was a lot more conservative in his matwork here. Similarly, avid Homicide fans and Whitmer fans are also likely to walk way relatively disappointed from this match because neither guy worked the aggressive, stiff style that he�s accustomed to. Those who would enjoy this match are fans of Ray Gordy and fans of tag team matches with a little bit of every style (a category that I presume a lot of the IWA-MS audience falls under), although there definitely are much better IWA-MS showings for the latter category of fans. Also, if you�re a fan of death matches, definitely purchase this entire event because it features plenty of violence, in addition to some great wrestling by Whitmer, Hero, Arik Cannon, CM Punk, Matt Sydal, and Delirious.

Thanks a ton. I'm gonna actually ask one more question that maybe someone can help me with. Why is it that with some Windows Media Player files, you can't skip ahead, even though they're completely downloaded? Is there a way to change it so that you can skip ahead - a program or something, maybe? Thanks for the help.

I did a search of this forum and was surprised that nothing came up about this - is there a program for download anywhere that one can use to save streaming media to their hard drive?

Wait, so he was actually gonna try to confront New Jack after getting his ass beat? Did he ever meet Jack again, do you know?

I don't see...where are the videos?

Anyone know what Mustafa's up to right now? Last time I saw him he was in XPW in 2000, and I think he moved to the UK and worked some shows there, but I haven't heard've him since around mid-2000.

Several weeks ago, I posted about an NWA Wildside/WWE relationship that was in the talks ( http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...hl=nwa+wildside ). Here's a follow up, courtesy of Larry Goodman's recent NWA Wildside TV taping report: "The latest on a possible WWE development deal with Wildside is this: Both Bill Behrens and Jody Hamilton were at Armegeddon. It appears that any WWE operation in Atlanta will involve both. Specifics of the arrangement have not been decided and discussions are ongoing. The logical scenario would have Hamilton running the training facility, as he did with Power Plant, and Behrens handling the lives shows/TV, ala the Danny Davis/Jim Cornette arrangement in OVW..." Also, Wildside wrestler Biohazard is booked on WWE shows from 12/27-12/30, and Altar Boy Luke worked as an extra on SmackDown! in New Orleans a few weeks ago.

Do you have a My Shared Folder on your desktop? If so, it should be in there...

He was in NJ on Friday, for FUSION Pro Wrestling. Then he and indy manager Eric Simms hung out in NJ for all of Saturday and then flew out of NJ Sunday morning. He moved out of Florida a few months ago, I know that much. Hope that helped. New Jack is a character.

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Kane doing a Flying Huracanrana D'Lo Brown doing a Catapult Corner Corkscrew Somersault Senton (John Kronus' move, but he captaulted from the apron and did it picture perfectly) at Over the Edge '99 The first time I saw the SAT do the Spanish Fly (vs. The Backseat Boyz in the PWF)

Shannon Moore, Shane Helms, Matt Hardy, and several others worked for Wildside's precursor, NCW, back in '99, but none of them have worked for Wildside.