Chazz

I hate assholes who blame everyone else for the bad choices they,(or in this case their family members), make in life. Grow up and take some fucking responsibility.

With Nitro expanding to 3 hours shortly, and the upcoming start up of Thunder, was this the last Clash Of Champions ever?

I was just wondering If anybody here was ever "fortunate" enough to attend a taping of either show? I was curious how an actual fan(s) managed to keep their sanity among the bevy of Barry Horowitz vs The Gambler type matches as well as having to sit with a bunch of tourists. I figured there may be more the one funny story out there.

It was, but Tazz wasn't an announcer at that point.

Didn't Vince learn his lesson about angles involving announers with that moronic J.R./King vs Coach/Al Snow bullshit from Raw years back?

Terrible show. The end put the "perfect" cap on the night for me.

Great Job. Also, I think you should do a list re: the worst picks of all time.(since the merger.) I'd like to see your take on that topic.

Wasn't M.V.P. supposed to face Matt Hardy this week? I thought I heard them say that several times on last week's show.

It seems that everytime they do a reunion special of sorts, there are always some,(mostly the same), cast members who don't show up or offer a pre-taped message of some sort. I'm wondering if these people simply got on with their lives, or if they had something against the way they were portrayed on the show? I.E.-Irene.

I wonder how many NFL Teams since the merger have cut their first round pick their rookie year?

Wow. A Russian Heel in 2008. My prediction is he'll be gone within 3 months.

For those who get overly defensive about the valid criticisms of TNA's creative team, it's worth realizing that TNA's growth in revenue was despite the creative team not because of them, It's great that TNA are slowly starting to grow, and it will hopefully give them the time needed to fully turn things around. But to use this news as some kind of validation of TNA's direction would be absurd. They've started to make the long needed changes, at least with the main events, with the more serious build to Joe and Angle, and hopefully they'll persevere with this direction for as long as it takes to find out whether it will work or not, and then we can give creative some kudos they will have earned. As for the World X-Cup, I would look forward to it more if they handed the booking of it over to someone other than Jarrett, Russo or Mantell, and gave that person the creative freedom required to make the best of use of the talent they will bring in. Wouldn't it stand to reason,though, that business overall would not be on the upswing if people weren't interested or watching the shows to begin with? Is Creative responsible for all of TNA's recent financial success? No. But they deserve some level of credit. You can't just blame them for all the bad things in TNA.

At least this news will shut those up who keep bitching about how TNA's current creative direction isn't working.(Or at least quiet them for a moment.)

I'm very sorry. Best wishes on a speedy recovery.

The NCAA Sweet 16 match ups were on before and after Impact started. I'm guessing that probably had something to do with it.

When did The Tampa Bay Devilrays just become The Tampa Bay Rays?

First one I saw on PPV: Survivor Series '93 First one I saw live: Summerslam '95 in Pittsburgh,PA.

When did they all of a sudden drop her ditzy act? It seemed to have come out of nowhere.

I actually remembered when this show aired, but for all the wrong reasons. Ugh.

I got it off Scott Keith's Blog for Feb. The entry is ironically entitled, "And you thought TNA's buyrates were bad?"

Don't forget The Trevor Murdoch/Mickie James romance on Raw last fall. Although if you blinked, you may have missed it, as I think it lasted for only 2 weeks before they dropped it.

Ratings are good for Impact, and Spike T.V. is happy with it. PPV Buyrates aren't where they should be, but I attribute them to the general state of wrestling the last several years. For example, I've never seen R.O.H., but I've heard very good things about it. I read just last week that their last PPV did 19 TOTAL buys. 19. But hey, Russo must be doing something right; You,(and many others), supposedly hate Russo and The TNA Product, yet continue to watch Impact. I don't think it makes much sense to continue watching a show,(or visiting a folder discussing said show), of a program you can't stand. So the current direction must not be that bad afterall.

Vince Russo didn't kill WCW. They/you expected him to not only restore the half dead patient know as WCW back to life, they/you wanted it back to 100% health? Much like in TNA a year and a half ago, if those in charge at WCW were doing their jobs at the time, then Russo(and Ferrera), wouldn't have been needed, would they? And the boom,(in The WWF/E) probably wouldn't have happened if Russo wasn't at the head of creative. I guess some of you forget that when Nitro started kicking Raw's ass on a consistent basis, Vinnie Mac was still featuring bullshit, 1 dimentional kittie characters,(Doink, T.L. Hopper, The Who, Mantaur,etc.), on their programming. It was only after Russo became head of creative that he convinced McMahon that he was going to have to change direction in the product to make it more exciting and edgier. Russo had the smarts to let people like Stone Cold, The Rock, and HHH, basically be themselves. Vinnie Mac apparently did not. The rest is history. And like I said, The WWE must not have had that great a year in 2007, otherwise Smackdown would be retained by The C.W. and not going to a 4th rate network, and Vinnie Mac wouldn't have to worry about his longest running, highest rated show being lowballed for a new contract because the ratings aren't what he promised USA when they came back there.

I actually thought Russo was overrated as well when he and Ed Ferrera left The WWE in for WCW in 1999. Then I changed my school of thought when it became blantanly obvious that Vince McMahon wasn't The Creative Genius everyone thought he was. He simply surrounded himself with 2 talented writers,(Ferrera and Russo), and then took credit for their success. I really don't care about ratings, ppv buyrates, live attendance, etc. to enjoy a pro wrestling program. But since some of you are apparently enamored with that sort of thing, compare the numbers Russo helped to generate when he was part of The WWE Creative Team from mid-1997-late 1999, to the current WWE product of the last several years. Must not be too good, otherwise why is Smackdown being kicked off a shitty, third rate network,(and being put on an even shittier, 4th rate network), and USA lowballing offers to renew showing Raw? I don't remember any of that taking place during Russo's run. The WWE was expanding with their programming during that time,(Heat, Smackdown), because there was obviously a demand for it, unlike there is now.