Lil' Bitch

For those who don't know, Kanyon is Mortis, an old gimmick (an awesome one too) he used in WCW that was inspired by Scorpion from Mortal Kombat since he was just there to be Glacier's rival. It was claimed that Mortis was a former kickboxer in the gimmick. He had elaborate entrance to which he came to a Phantom of the Opera-like theme. Mortis used to be managed by James Vandenberg and was partners with Wrath (Bryan Clarke a.k.a. Adam Bomb) for awhile. Kanyon hasn't been Mortis since 1998 after he lost a match on Thunder (I forgot to who) to which if he won, he would join Raven's flock. Having lost, Mortis was rewarded with an Evenflow on a ramp backstage and was off TV for awhile before coming back as Kanyon to start a long angled feud with Raven that eventually became a friendship. Now, that he has returned as such, things could get interesting on SD soon...I'm guessing WWE just figured he needed a gimmick. Hopefully, this will get him over and maybe Kanyon will go back to playing mind games with people. I also wonder if they're gonna bust a Mr. America with Kanyon now...

Anybody know what the original plans for the Shockmaster were before the infamous fall?

Well, don't let me stop you from eating their best sandwich, damn.

Check out what I found: Credit: An ad from the official Freddy Vs. Jason movie magazine Looks like Anchor Bay / Dimension Films wants their guy to have dibs on Friday night's victor!

EDIT: The same could be said for Chris Jericho

Ah, memories of 2001.

I heard Chavo was coming back in September

Well said, AS.

I hope Theodore Long gets better.

It would be a must buy if ALL the WMs were on DVD. Just imagine what the extras might be like? I'd get it whatever the cost maybe.

Forgotten Classic: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart WWF Intercontinental Championship - Wrestlemania VIII - April 5, 1992 - Indianapolis, Indiana Backstory: In January of 1992, Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart was coming to the end of his WWF contract, and not wanting to have the title on Bret while they worked out a new deal (this sound familiar to some of you?), Hart dropped the title to The Mountie (Jacques Rougeau, Jr.) at a house show in Springfield, Massachusetts on January 17th. Using the excuse that Bret, after wrestling with a high fever in his title loss, needed time off, Rowdy Roddy Piper challenged the Mountie at the Royal Rumble on the 19th, winning the gold. This set up a natural match between Piper and Hart, and it was signed for April 5, 1992 at Wrestlemania in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Hoosier Dome. That is, it would seem natural today. Remember, this is 1992 WWF, where babyfaces rarely wrestled each other. In fact, there had not been a face vs. face title match since two years earlier, when Ultimate Warrior faced Hulk Hogan. In the weeks leading to the match, WWF made the surprising decision to not turn either wrestler into more of a crowd favorite. They would face off during interviews, with both getting their shots in at the other, but neither crossing the line into becoming a heel. Piper would talk about being invited into the Hart home for lunch, then toss in a shot that Bret's mother only put one slice of baloney on the sandwiches. Bret would say that Roddy Piper looked good with the title belt, but then remind everyone that Piper never beat him for the title. In one memorable interview, Bret turned to leave, and Piper held the belt as if to bash Bret over the head. Bret turned and Piper smiled at him and said "I could have had you", once again showing that neither man was going to take a shortcut to beat the other. Finally, during a pre-match interview, the sparks began to fly. Piper went to playfully pinch Hart on the cheek, and Bret told him to "keep his hands to himself". Bret tried to recreate Piper's "I could have had you moment", but Piper was ready for it, and shrugged Hart away. The battle of "good guys" now had a new element: Which one would lose their cool first? Pre-Match: Bret Hart came to the ring first, while Bobby Heenan, on color commentary, referred to the match as being a "streetfighter" vs. the "excellence of execution". Piper, looking very focused, walked to the ring, only occasionally reaching out to slap five with fans. Hart gave his trademark glasses to a fan at ringside. Gorilla Monsoon, doing play-by-play, predicted that the bout would be more of a "knockout, drag down" affair than a scientific encounter. Match: The bell rang, but Piper took his time taking off his T- shirt and kilt. The referee called them into the center of the ring, and Piper and Hart went nose to nose, neither saying anything. They circled the ring, and locked up. Piper turned it into an armdrag, and sent Hart to the mat. Hart circled Piper, but seemed tentative to lockup again. They did, and this time Hart armdragged Piper to the mat. Piper backed up to a corner. They locked up again, and Piper tripped Hart to the mat. Piper went for a waistlock as Hart tried to move out of it, but Piper stayed on the ride. Hart got his feet under him, and Piper held the waistlock. Hart dropped down, and flung Piper off his waist and through the ropes to the floor. Piper, aggravated, rushed back into the ring and got in Hart's face. Hart shoved Piper, and Piper spit his gum at Hart. The tempers were starting to flare. Piper called for a test of strength, and Hart agreed. After staying with the knucklelock for a moment, Piper stepped over one arm to break the hold, then twisted the other. Hart reversed with an armtwist of his own, and put the pressure on the arm. Hart hit the arm twice, an Piper tried to chop his way out of the armwringer. Hart maintained the hold. Piper took Bret to the corner, rammed him facefirst into the top turnbuckle, and continued to chop, but Hart would not let go of the arm. Hart rode Piper to the mat with the armwringer, then turned it into a hammerlock. Piper got to his knees, and Hart went into an armbar. Piper managed to whip out of it. Hart rebounded off the ropes and Piper missed a clothesline. Hart hit a dropkick, but clutched his shoulder as he landed on the mat. Piper got to his feet, but Hart was still down on the mat. The referee told Piper to back off, and he did. Hart then reached up and grabbed Piper in a small package for the first two count of the bout. Piper and Hart sprung to their feet, and Piper slapped Hart for the trick he had just pulled. Bret shoved Piper, and Piper grabbed Hart in a sideheadlock after a short right hand. Bret reversed the hold, and Piper shoved Hart to the ropes. Hart came back with a flying cross bodyblock, and Piper caught Bret, but Roddy stumbled backwards towards the ropes. They both flipped over the top and landed on the floor. Piper went back into the ring first, then held the ropes open and invited Hart back in. Hart warily entered, and there was no double-cross, getting applause from the fans. Piper pointed at Hart's untied bootlace, and when Bret and the referee bent over to fix it, Piper clipped Hart with an uppercut. Hart was laid out on the mat, and as he got up, Roddy attacked, hitting punches and stomping Hart on the back of the head. Piper lifted Hart off the mat, and Bret was bleeding from the head. Piper hit another right, then rammed Hart into the top turnbuckle. Piper grabbed a side headlock and delivered another right. Piper hit a running bulldog from the corner and scored a two count. Piper argued with the referee briefly about the count, then went back to Hart. Piper bit Hart on the head, then whipped him hard into the opposite corner. Piper slapped Hart, and executed a kneelift for a two count. Piper punched the wound again, and went for a backdrop, but Hart countered with a sunsetflip for a two count. Piper hit a series of jabs, knocking Hart to the mat for a two count. Piper lifted Hart again, and fired off another shot. He and Hart exchanged punches, then Hart bounced off the ropes and hit a flying forearm, sending Piper to the floor. Piper ran back into the ring, and he and Hart clotheslined each other. Both men were down, and although Piper's head was resting on Hart's side (and all four shoulders were down) no pinfall count was made. The referee began a ten count, but Piper was getting up at six. Piper went to the top rope, but Hart, playing possum, sprung up and ran to the corner. Hart hit Piper in the midsection, then held him by his hair and pulled him so that Piper was stretched out from the corner, with his feet hooked over the top rope. Hart drove Piper face first into the mat. Hart hit a reverse atomic drop and a vertical suplex for a two count. Hart delivered a side Russian legsweep for another two count. Hart delivered a side backbreaker and grabbed Piper's legs for the Sharpshooter. Piper kept grabbing Hart's foot so that he could not step over his legs and apply the hold, so Hart instead drove an elbow into Piper's head. Hart went to the second rope and went for another elbow, but Piper got his foot up to catch Hart in the face. Piper and Hart, on their knees, exchanged punches. They worked their way up to their feet, continuing to throw punches. Hart hit a headbutt and grabbed a side headlock. Piper shoved off Hart, who slammed into the referee, knocking him down. Piper then hit Hart with a clothesline, knocking him to the floor. Piper followed Hart to the floor, and rammed Hart face first into the ring steps. Piper tossed Hart into the ring, then grabbed the ring bell and followed. Piper stood over Hart, poised to hit Hart with the bell. Hart grabbed at Piper's foot, but Roddy kicked him away. Hart was on his knees in front of Roddy, but Piper hesitated, and didn't swing the bell. Piper looked at the crowd, who was starting to boo his action. Piper raised the bell again, then decided against it and tossed the bell to the floor. The fans cheered the move. Piper hit Hart with a right hand. Hart took a swing, but Piper ducked, and then clamped on a sleeperhold. Hart, near the corner, jumped up and kicked off the turnbuckles, sending himself and Piper backwards to the mat. Hart flipped over, and with Piper still holding the sleeper, Hart was cradled above his upper body. Piper's shoulders were on the mat, and the referee counted three. Bret Hart was the new Intercontinental Champion. Post-Match: Hart was bloody on the mat, while Piper sprung up, realizing he had just been pinned. Piper took the Intercontinental Title belt, and placed it over Hart's shoulder, then picked him up off the mat. Piper secured the belt around Hart's waist, and the two embraced. Piper and Hart then walked away from the ring together. Aftermath: Roddy Piper would leave the WWF for another sabbatical from wrestling. He would make a surprise appearance at Summerslam that year, then would make appearances at Wrestlemania X and XI as a special referee. He would come back for another brief run in early 1996, then in October of 1996 would show up in WCW to renew his classic feud with Hulk Hogan. ... Bret Hart had a busy year, losing the Intercontinental Title to Davey Boy Smith at Wembley Stadium, but bouncing back to win his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Ric Flair via submission on his way to becoming "the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be". Credit: Buck Woodward

To name a few: Kevin Nash ending Goldberg's streak. (Yes, Nash is trash, but Goldberg was overrated garbage and I literally jumped out of my seat when the 1-2-3 count was made) Chris Jericho winning the Undisputed Championship and ENDING Austin's reign as WWE Champion.

Don't get me wrong, I love Mortis too. EDIT: SD is in need of some heel right now anyway. I wonder if he stills come out to the ol' Mortis theme?

I was refering to Kanyon being kept off SD and jobbing all the time though.

I fear for anybody that gets locked in a cage with Goldberg...

Its embarrasing how Kanyon has been treated since returning to the ring. For God's sake, the man almost DIED and still had love for the business.

You know I did have some interest in the whole Tibetan monk angle and that he was on a quest to find "The One". That was before he jobbed to Rhyno though...

Did he ever explain in any way? I'm figured SOMEBODY had to ask him that question since he gets interviewed so much by Hollywood folks.

Who betta than Mortis? Mortis = The NEW MVP

Overrated films = Citizen Kane & Titanic

Only 6 matches?

I thought Jason X was hilarous due to the cheesy acting and predictability of it all.

I was never able to read it, but i heard it was a good story, but please spoil it for me, who was the one to finally defeat Thanos and remove him off the Gauntlet / gems?

Did Angela and Tiffany ever fight and if so, what issue?

Subway because nothing can touch their foot-long meatball sandwich.