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At least you can take comfort in the fact that he won't win it. Unlike last year's similar adventure with Benoit and Orton.

I don't think we'll ever see "The Cell" back on SD. I'd rather he just tell everyone they were his white friends in masks, and then bash everyone for assuming they're terrorists because they hang with an Arab-American. That would kind of get his character back on track. I know I'll be in the minority, but I wouldn't mind if he kept those guys as bodyguards. Maybe not with the terrorist attire, but Hassan's "crusade" would be more believeable if he had some muscle. If he's going to get a title shot at Summer Slam, he needs to look like a threat who can hurt people instead of a whiny bitch that always cries about how he's being discriminated against.

The "terrorist attack" on UT was just a victim of bad timing. From a wrestling storyline perspective, I thought it was great. And at Val being one of the terrorists

The Masterlock Challenge is an easy way to get 28 fantasy points. For that, I want WWE to keep him.

I think all 3 of them have been considerably less annoying since they started working together. I hope they keep this team for Raw. Anyway, on the topic of roster cuts... Is there a method in the cutting? Like do they cut x number of people a day between these hours, or is it all just spontaneous?

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Wasn't Marty in jail for something? Public image might be WWE's reason to get rid of him.

Ha! Well, back on page 4 I said I hope the other Dudleys get released, though I might be the only who wanted them gone. I really don't feel bad about any of the releases, and most of them I'm really happy about. Either they're getting rid of total deadweight or giving workrate guys (Akio, Haas) a chance to shine elsewhere. And if it's to make room for Lesnar, so be it. I'd rather watch a Lesnar match than Dudleys, or Matt Morgan match.

He better go to SD. We need to finish that Benoit/Lesnar feud that got cut off in its prime. A Lesnar/Batista match would a be a nice powerfest. A Lesnar face run would give us good matches with JBL and an interesting twist on his return match with Eddie. Best news I've read in a while.

I think it's fine to speculate. Nine times out of ten, it's pretty obvious what they're building anyway. Surprises: Piper at WM 19 Bischoff as Raw GM in 02 HBK's heel turn this week No one saw those coming.

True, that'd have to be a 4-hour special to work. Don't know who you leave off that list though. Probably means we'll see some gimmick 4-6 man title matches.

I won't rank them now, but a top 10 for me would include the following teams: The Steiner Brothers Road Warriors Arn/Tully The Dudleys Edge/Christian Harlem Heat The Outsiders Rock and Roll Express Midnight Express Rockers

I hope the Dudleys get released. The last time I was remotely interested in either of them was during the Reverend D-Von angle. They're stale and work the same routine whether they're faces or heels. The only thing they have going for them is a ridicuolously large number of title reigns. Get rid of them. I thought Matt went to ROH, but I might be wrong. Still, it's not like a Hardy/Dudley feud in TNA would destroy the WWE fanbase. Might spike buys for one TNA show, but that would ultimately have little or no effect on WWE.

Here's what I'd like to see: (WWE title) John Cena vs. Chris Jericho (World title) Batista vs. Eddie Guerrero (Battle of the Icons) Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (Regular match) JBL vs. Chris Benoit (Brutal Gimmick match) Edge vs. Kane (Edge wins decisively) (Casket match) Undertaker vs. Randy Orton (IC title) CCC vs. RVD (US title) Booker T © vs. Muhammad Hassan (Regular match) Christian vs. Rey Mysterio (Tag titles) MNM vs. Monthly victims (CW title) Juventud © vs. Paul London Sadly, the IC title match and the "legends" match are the only ones likely to really happen, with an outside shot at the WWE title match.

That's too bad. I thought the Cena/Jericho really had potential. I like Edge, but currently he's stuck in the Kane/Lita angle and jobbing too much while Jericho and Cena look to have a heated feud going. Edge should wait. Another problem with this is that it's lose/lose with the MITB situation. Edge pretty much has to win after being "screwed" so many times, but Cena is the most over guy in the company and taking the belt off him would be a mistake this early.

Holly's got seniority. He's safe. Haas, Grenier, Stevie, Dean, and Tomko are iffy. I'd say Haas and Richards are the most likely to survive out of that group. Due to his roster positioning, you'd think Tomko would be in danger, but he's a hoss, so that helps him out. Simon Dean can survive with a new gimmick. If Chav, er... Kerwin White's new gimmick bombs, he should look out as well. If he can somehow manage to get over or get a partner, he'll be safe.

I'm interested in everything except the Regal/Morgan match and the Daivari squash.

Here's some more ridiculous HHH moments. This all CPU vs. CPU that I've witnessed through Survivals and such. I've seen HHH beat Chris Jericho with the following moves: Belly to back suplex Forearm to the lower back Reverse chinlock I also got a cool spot in a BoD vs. HHH/HBK match. UT and Kane each get into special and do their respective finishers at the same time. UT gives Shawn the last ride and Kane tombstones HHH. UT pins Shawn, and HHH does that "try really hard to get up" motion, but Kane leg drops him as UT gets the 3, and neither HHH or Shawn get up after the match.

These two items contradict one another.

Does that really matter? No DQ, street fight, no holds barred, hardcore, and ECW-rules matches are all the same thing in WWE.

IF the Angle DVD comes out... vs. Meat (Survivor Series 99, Debut match) vs. Val Venis (Raw in 99 or 2000, wins Euro title) vs. Chris Jericho (No Way Out 2000, wins IC title) vs. Benoit vs. Jericho (Wrestlemania 2000, loses both titles) vs. The Rock (No Mercy 2000, wins WWF title) Armageddon 6-man HIAC vs. The Rock (No Way Out 2001, loses WWF title) vs. Chris Benoit (WM 17) vs. Shane McMahon (KOTR 2001) vs. Steve Austin (Summer Slam 2001) vs. Steve Austin (Unforgiven 2001, wins WWF title) w/Benoit vs. Edge/Rey (No Mercy 2002) vs. Chris Benoit (RR 03) vs. Brock Lesnar (WM 19) vs. Brock Lesnar (Summer Slam 03) vs. Eddie Guerrero (Summer Slam 04) vs. Shawn Michaels (WM 21) Loads of extra stuff including segments with Edge, Christian, Steve Austin, and his KOTR explanation to Taka.

Why don't you sell HHH for this week then? Get Angle, Benoit, or two midcarders. Anyway, I'm expecting a pretty sports-entertainment-y Raw for the 4th of July. I hope Edge, Kane, and Lita continue their wrestlecrap angle of the year frontrunner. Does anyone think the writers will explain Edge's MITB situation regarding the World title? Or do they just re-write the rules as they go along?

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Christian.

With surprise 5th entrant... David Flair.