CanadianChris

Good luck with that. Looking at the slate, I may just flip a coin this week.

Do we really need a "Weekend At Bernie's" remake, though?

Ric Flair was playing the MEGA baby face, while Vader was the role of the absolute beast monster, which can not be destroyed. Something like Kane, just with more talent and more effective. Vader was the World Champ, and was booked to destroy everyone he got in the ring with. They booked him as an unstopable force, blah blah blah. Then you have Ric Flair, the legend, and this was his last chance at trying to get the title back. If he lost this match, his career would be over forever, and that would be it for the Nature Boy. Yes, it was the career of the hometown boy Ric Flair on the line along with the World Title that Vader was holding on the line as well. The event took place in Charlotte, NC so they were right in the heart of Flair Country. They followed Flair from his home all the way to the arena with a camera with Mean Gene by his side, talking to him about the night, and talking to him about his career and everything. They showed Flair's family, showed them crying (even a young Reid and David), and they just made the match seem so damn important. In the match, they made it look like Ric Flair had truly met his match, they made it look like he could never overcome all of these odds, what with Vader being the monster that he is, and Harley Race, the VERY man that Ric Flair defeated just ten years earlier at the very same event for the same title that he was trying to reclaim once again, being in Vader's corner. The match was a hell of a beating, and Flair took it. They made Vader look, once again, like the monster that everyone had seen before. When Vader hit Flair, it looked like he was REALLY trying to hurt him. It was just so intense and the emotion in the air being in Flair's home town, it was just so powerful. I could feel it, and I don't see how any other Pro. Wrestling fan couldn't help but to feel it also. Just when it looked as if Ric Flair had finally been taken out of the game, the bloodied Ric Flair came out of nowhere with a roll-up and defeated the monster, prooving to everyone that he was still the man in town, that he was a living legend, and that he was the NEW World Heavyweight Champion of the world. Then after the match they all celebrated in the back, with his family and even Ricky Steamboat coming by to say congrats. That is how you make a Pro. Wrestling match mean something, that is how you build a story, and that is what I miss in this sport that I love so fucking much. It was the first Pro. Wrestling match that I truly felt an emotional bond with, and I'll never forget how I felt at that time. It was one of those rare, truly special moments in any event or sport. I've only felt as I did while I watched that match just a handfull fo times. So yeah, to me at least, it's one of the best matches overall of all time, one of the most important Pro. Wrestling matches of all time, and some of the best damn storytelling both in and out of the ring, yes, of all time. I'm still amazed that they were able to pull it off, given that Flair was supposed to be teaming with Sting against the Nasty Boys in the midcard, while Vader was supposed to face Sid Vicious in a "Master of the Powerbomb" match. Imagine how much THAT card would have sucked.

136, which I already know to be wrong. Everyone I know who's taken this test said they scored well below what their actual IQ is.

Well, everyone got on the show, anyway. I don't think they've figured out how to use ANYONE.

...the hell???

House show filler!!! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE come watch us!!!

No DQ in a ladder match...but what about a table match, JR? Get him off my TV.

YES!!! Hogans DVD > Any other DVD either released or imagined You can't be serious. It was a good DVD, but most of those matches sucked.

Wow, they remembered. I can't believe it.

I have officially stopped trying to figure this show out.

Do people actually buy that HBK shirt?

Wow, where the hell is everybody?

Dem house shows be dangerous.

Is it someone's goal to make every segment make as little sense as possible???

FOCK THIS

No Lilian?

YES!!!!!!! Jericho rules.

Correction...there are FIVE too many people in this segment.

There are three too many people in this segment.

I love the word "ricockulous."

Reading the two prior posts...this post makes no sense.

Not revisionist thinking at all. It's been generally accepted that UT/Mankind was a special event, but was a pretty bad match. Heck, it was barely a match at all. Five minutes of action and fifteen minutes of stalling doesn't make for a good match no matter what they do in those five minutes. I voted for HHH/Cactus...easily the best on the list, and my favourite ever (with UT/Shawn close behind).

Wouldn't have mattered. I took the Patriots.

Well, since people seem to think that five weeks before the season is a good time to start discussing the NBA, let's talk about a league that actually starts sometime soon. Last we saw, in the least-desired outcome since forever, the New Jersey Devils were walking off with the Stanley Cup, to party with their fan(s?) and Joe Piscopo in the Meadowlands parking lot. There's been a lot of activity since then, though: - Dominik Hasek returned to the Detroit Red Wings, putting them in the (un)enviable position of having TWO starting goaltenders. Of course, we all saw how well Curtis Joseph took it when he was benched for Marty Brodeur in the Olympics. - Seeing an opportunity with a labour stoppage looming, Colorado went out and plucked Paul Kariya from the Western Conference champion Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Teemu Selanne from the San Jose Sharks -- each signing one-year deals for a mere $6.5 million TOTAL. Colorado undoubtedly has the most explosive offence in the league...but with Patrick Roy following his son's junior career, who's going to stop the pucks? Will it matter? - The Philadelphia Flyers, still searching for the answer to the goaltending woes that have plagued them ever since Ron Hextall left, opted to sign former Bruins goalie Jeff Hackett. Hackett could be the answer...of course, he could be another playoff bust. Robert Esche waits in the wings. - Joe Nieuwendyk signed with Toronto, wanting to become the first player ever to win Cups with four different teams (Flames, Stars, Devils so far). Um...then why did he sign with Toronto?? - The Tampa Bay Lightning were simultaneously cursed by THREE different teams, after signing restricted free agent Brad Richards to a ridiculously overpriced deal. The Senators, Wild and Oilers, each with restricted free agents of their own comparable to Richards, all saw their FAs hold out after being offered significantly lower deals. - Speaking of the Ottawa Senators, they were finally rescued from bankruptcy, being purchased by Toronto pharmaceutical billionaire Eugene Melnyk. You'd never know it by their negotiations with star winger Martin Havlat (one of the aforementioned free agents), though...other than that, everyone returns. This team could finally have the mental toughness needed to hoist the Cup, after coming two minutes and one goal short in the conference final last year. - The New York Rangers were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. So, with all that (and much more), what's going to happen this season? My predictions (playoff seedings in parentheses): Atlantic 1. (2) Philadelphia - Hopefully, another playoff flop will finally get Bob Clarke canned. 2. (4) New Jersey - The champs stand pat. Which means another year of 1-0 and 2-1 snoozers. 3. (8) NY Islanders - Could be a little better...or a LOT worse. 4. NY Rangers - Chaos continues to reign in MSG. 5. Pittsburgh - 1 superduperstar and 19 scrubs means another last-place finish. Northeast 1. (1) Ottawa - Does this team remind anyone else of the early 80s Oilers? This could be their time at last. 2. (5) Toronto - Offense seels tickets, but defence wins championships. The drought continues. 3. (6) Boston - Felix Potvin is NOT the answer. 4. Montreal - Too many distractions, not enough talent. 5. Buffalo - Was it really only four years ago that this team was in the Cup final? Southeast 1. (3) Tampa Bay - Not enough to make some serious playoff noise, but enough to win this division. 2. (7)Atlanta - A full year of Bob Hartley pays dividends. 3. Carolina - Will bounce back big time from last year. 4. Florida - This team will be very good...next year. 5. Washington. The Jagr trade was perhaps the worst thing to ever happen to this franchise. Central 1. (1) Detroit - This may be the greatest group of blueliners ever assembled. 2. (5) St. Louis - Can this team EVER stay healthy? If so, they may go places. 3. Columbus - Lots of free agents on this team. If they can build chemistry, they could be better. 4. Nashville - I have heard of two players on this team...and they're both former Senators (York, Johanssen). 5. Chicago - Still waiting for Bill Wirtz to croak. The brief glimmer of hope is gone. Northeast 1. (2) Colorado - For all the big names this team has, one name stands out most...starting G David Aebischer. 2. (4) Vancouver - This may be Cloutier's last chance. This team could reach the Stanley Cup final. 3. (8) Calgary - Hard to say what this team will do. Defence is much improved. 4. Minnesota - No Gaborik? No playoffs. 5. Edmonton - This team has lost just too many players...and no Mike Comrie doesn't help. Pacific 1. (3) Dallas - Turco did the smart thing and signed. With one year of playoff experience, watch him carefully. 2. (6) Los Angeles - Cechmanek is the key. With lowered expectations in sports-apathetic LA, could be brilliant. 3. (7) Anaheim - Conn Smythe winner Giguere will continue to shoulder the load. 4. San Jose - Sharks start over from scratch after last year's flameout. 5. Phoenix - Burke will keep them from being worst in the league, but not by much. President's Cup winner - Ottawa Senators West final - Detroit over Vancouver East final - Ottawa over New Jersey Stanley Cup final - Ottawa over Detroit