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Flair would always put over the talent- he would make them look like a million bucks whenever he wrestled them. Considering how over Foley got under Flair's book- I don't see what he's complaining about.

SNL Review- Andy Roddick/Dave Matthews Sports Report- Leafs- I think that the 7-1 drubbing gave them a good kick in the teeth as they have not lost since. I was actually at tonight’s game against Edmonton and they played with a lot of fire. The defence has really stepped up and it’s good to Eddie actually getting some help. They go on a long road trip now and I hope they don’t falter. Canucks- They have just been unstoppable recently and still have yet to lose at home. Dan Cloutier has also really stepped up and may be blossoming into the quality goaltender that the Canucks need him to be. It’s also good to see the Sedins finally showing off their potential and Jason King is blossoming into a great player. The 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils- They’re off to a solid unspectacular start but I’m digging the 6 game unbeaten steak. Beating Ottawa again always makes me happy. The offence really needs to step up though. A defencemen should not be your top points getter. New Orleans Saints- These guys love to tease me. But that’s the life of being a Saints fan. I still can’t believe they beat Tampa so maybe there is life left to this team. So of course after the biggest win of the season- they get a bye week to capitalise on the momentum. New Jersey Nets- They’re off to an okay start but this is without Kenyon Martin- who I believe is the heart and soul that drives the New Jersey team. I hope he comes back soon so this Nets team can start kicking some ass again. Mailbag!!!!!! [email protected] writes- Bob, just read your review on the smarkboard (and of course SNL.com) and it was solid as always. Now I've read you reviews for about 3 years now and I don't agree with a lot of the things you say, but I really enjoy reading your work. I think you once said (or maybe you were quoting Lorne on this one) that people will always think the cast they grew up on will forever be the best. To me, NOTHING will top SNL from Sept. 91 -May 95, NOTHING. Hell, I e-mailed you once defending the 94-95 season and I will say to the end of eternity that season was not really that bad and had several shining moments. I grew up on Sandler, Farley, Hartman, Rock, Myers, Carvey, Spade, Norm, Schneider, etc and I knew in Sept. 95 when the overhaul happened that SNL would never be the same for me. The show had changed and not for the better in my opinion. I used to feel a rush when the show was about to start during those years and now I don't get that rush. The only time I got that feeling was when Farley hosted in Oct. 97 and when Sandler did the cold opening last November. I'm including this because I want to rant about females on SNL. You claim that SNL is no longer a boys club, using Tina's rise to power as your primary example. Now during 91-95, there was absolutely no question that the show was a boys club, NO QUESTION. The show was dominated by the male cast members and female members were reduced to playing small roles and rarely got any of the great punchlines or overall good material. I remember Julia Sweeney on that E Special on SNL told a story that she had written this sketch that she was very proud of and thought was very funny and it got cut because Sandler thought of a new song right before the show. She knew she was going to leave the second she found out her sketch was cut. My point is that SNL was a boys club and I still believe SNL is a boys club. Bob, since Shannon, Gasteyer, Oteri left the show they have practically fallen off the radar screen. Yes, I know that Molly has had several supporting roles and that Oteri had a sitcom deal and did a few guest spots on Curb Your Enthusiasm and a small role in Scary Movie, but they really did not capitalize on the success they had on SNL. Gasteyer, as you know, will costar in Mean Girls, the script Tina wrote, and has made several guest appearances, including on Frasier. Now these women dominated SNL from about 96-2000, DOMINATED and yet they don't get the major roles. Horatio Sanz, who got much less airtime than those 3 during their time on the show together, got lead or semi-lead roles in Boat Trip and TomCats and I'm sure will have roles lined up. Will Ferrell is probably going to be the next 20 Million Dollar Comedic Lead and you know Jimmy is going to get film roles, you know it. Tracy Morgan is getting his own sitcom and I bet will land a few film roles. After their careers on SNL are over, do you think Maya is going to be a huge star? Dratch? I love her to death, but Amy? They will end up like Oteri, Sweeney, Curtain, Newman, Duke, Hooks, Jackson, Shannon, Hutzel, Walls, Dunn, the list goes on and on. SNL is still a boys club and will always be one. What did Rob Schneider do to separate himself from the females cast members, nothing really, but he gets leads in films. SNL is a forum to create male comedic stars, it always has been and always will be. Murray, Belushi, Chase, Akroyd, Murphy,Carvey, Sandler, Hartman, Farley, Spade, Myers all got that big push while the their female costars couldn't find work. Tina might be working hard to shatter this glass ceiling and her movie got the green-light, but I'm worried this will be the only chance she gets. To come full circle, SNL might not be the same for me anymore, but there is one commonality, it is still a boys club. Just needed to rant and I would LOVE to hear from you, because I know you are going to disagree. Well there’s no rule that says you have to write short letters. First off- thanks for the kind words. The cast from 91-95 is really not all that great. I place it below the 95-97 and 86-90 casts which were filled with talent from top to bottom. The 91-95 cast well had Janeane Garafalo. The 94-95 cast was bad- I’ve seen the reruns and aside from Norm- they have nothing. I can understand not liking a new cast- change is hard to deal with. Do I feel the same rush that I did in 1996 when SNL would come on? No- but I still look forward to most SNLs when they come on since I look forward to seeing my favourites in action. SNL was a boys club from 91-95- there is no denying that. But then again look at the females they had on the show. They all sucked. Molly hasn’t fallen off the radar. She gets a lot of movie roles and is always in the news. Ana Gasteyer is concentrating on her stage work. Cheri had a sitcom deal with CBS that did not pan out. Horatio got 2 lead roles and they both flopped tremendously. He won’t get another one. Jimmy needs that movie he’s shooting with Queen Latifah to do really well. Don’t knock Jane Curtin’s post-SNL career. She was on two long running critically acclaimed shows and I’m sure she made a lot of money off both of them. Nora Dunn is in tons of movie roles- so she’s doing fine. What did Rob Schneider do? Befriend Adam Sandler. It’s not SNL’s fault they all got film careers- you could blame Hollywood as a whole for being sexist. SNL isn’t a boys club today. Tina gets more press then anyone and is all over the place- she’s a woman. Maya Rudolph gets more airtime then almost anyone- woman. And the other two females both get a lot of good airtime. SNL used to be a boys club but Tina has done a ton to erase that stereotype. Greg Haledjian writes- Hey, this is Greg Haledjian, old reviewer from last season when everyone elses reviews were good and I'd just like to say you are doing a really good job this year. For some reason everyone likes making there reviews short and boring, I used to do the old format of long reviews and those were the ones people liked in my opinion. So, if you decided to stop the long reviews and go to short ones, defiently go back to it. Also, I agree on Horatio Sanz. He's been the biggest dissapointment over the last 6 years. I think everyone was waiting for a Farley type person, but instead we got Rob Schneider, which yeah, you can probably assume what I mean by that. Alright, gotta run, but great reviews, keep them going man. Later- Greg Haledjian Once again- thank you for the kind words. I make my reviews nice and long because my reviews are really the only place I can vent about stuff. I know some people do find it annoying but I’ve tried writing shorter stuff and it just doesn’t work. I didn’t really have any expectations for Horatio so I wouldn’t call him a disappointment. A waste of time? Yes. Chad Ruffner writes- Hi Bob, You said In a previous SNL Review that you hated the entire 1998-1999 Season of SNL. Care to elaborate as to why? I know some that regard that Season as one of SNL's best. The Bill/Monica Stuff practically wrote Itself. Just curious. Later, Chad Just because it had easy stuff to make fun of doesn’t mean it was any good. John Goodman was on way too much and got less funny each time. They did have some really good shows like Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Ray Romano and others but look at the garbage they put out. That season was just so depressing to watch. Even the Best Of was really bad. Wanna be in the mailbag???? Email me at [email protected] A Minute with Stan Hooper A Minute with Stan Hooper: How good a show can be when they try to be funny… Last week I found Stan Hooper to be a great new show. It didn’t have a lot of laugh out loud scenes but it did its job. A show like A Minute with Stan Hooper needs to establish all its characters while at the same time making the show funny enough. It’s a tough task but given the talent involved- they can and have done it. Aside from Ryan- most of the characters are pretty well established now- and now the show can bring the funny and it brought it in spades tonight. It’s amazing watching Norm’s transformation here. The first episode he seemed a bit unsure on how to play Stan- now he knows. And instead of being the straight man who watches the action and comments- Norm was funny as well tonight. The comment about women voting was classic Norm. Fear not Norm fans- while our hero from Dirty Work has changed- Norm has shown signs that he’s not completely done away with and it’s for the better. The stupidity of Waterford Falls is a bit disconcerting at first but Norm is using them to their full comic extent. While the women not being allowed to vote story was a bit absurd- it did provide for a lot of great and humorous lines. While I’d like to see the people of Waterford Falls be given a little more credit- in the end I don’t care- as long as its funny. The first scene was great. As long as it doesn’t wear thing I’d love for them to do a segment like that every week. It’s an easy way to open up the show with a laugh and it gets the viewer sucked in and laughing. Now for my complaints on the show: Max Wright looked awful tonight- I guess someone’s been snorting a bit too much. He was given one scene to showcase his stuff and he failed. Norm and Max didn’t have the chemistry that they had on Norm- and I think that’s because he played such a pussy here tonight. At least Max stood up to Norm on ‘Norm’. Reagan Dale Neis has got to go. The show has enough stupid small towners- she’s not really needed. Her relationship with Ryan isn’t necessary. Ryan already has two storylines on the show: Her character just holds Ryan back from two potential storylines. I also would’ve liked to have seen the Ryan lives with Stan relationship explored a bit more but they only have 22 minutes. Other stuff: I was right about Norm not overusing the butler. He was only on for a couple seconds and was really funny. I hope this trend continues. The show was just hilarious tonight. The stuff with the Communist was hilarious- in fact I LOVED the whole debate. Norm has a great interaction with the people of Waterford Falls. He plays the straight man to perfection. If tonight is an indication- I’m really looking forward to seeing more of the Stan v. small town storylines. Kudos to Fred Willard, Daniel Peterson and Garrett Dillahunt. Dillahunt had a lot more material to work with and I’m starting to enjoy him. Willard and Peterson were great as always. It doesn’t look like Penelope Ann Miller is going to be very funny. I don’t mind it since there are many other people who are there just to be funny. She’s not. This episode was MUCH better then the first one- which was no slouch itself. I hope the week by week trend of the show getting funnier continues- cause we could be in for a real treat. Cold Opening Cast- Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler Thoughts- A nice way to start the show. I especially enjoyed the See You Next Tuesday joke- that got a really big laugh out of me. Making it two minutes though? You could’ve milked this skit for a little while longer and it could’ve been a lot funnier. Rachel did a really good Barbara Walters impression and I enjoyed Amy’s Martha Stewart. But this skit didn’t have anytime to get going and was ended way too abruptly. **1/2 Monologue Cast- John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Finnese Mitchell, Tina Fey, Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Dratch Thoughts- John McEnroe!!! YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! I think it’s quite sad that random black guy who looks like Dean Edwards but isn’t gets more screen time then Kenan Thompson- a guy with tons of sketch comedy experience. Finesse Mitchell is such an awful singer. He makes Tina Fey sound like she can almost carry a tune. I don’t know why but I really enjoyed this. Tina looked really hot and she’s quite the good dancer as are the other SNL women. This was a fun monologue that got the crowd into it and was a very nice way to start the show. *** Cryogenics Cast- Chris Parnell, Poehler, Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Jeff Richards Thoughts- It took them way too long to get the joke of the skit. Amy’s lactose intolerant line was pretty funny and there were a couple chuckles to be had but for the most part the humour fell flat. And it took them too long to make the Ted Williams joke. *3/4 Man in the Box Cast- Roddick, Jimmy Fallon Thoughts- I believe they aired this skit during the Eric McCormack show and I believe it sucked. While I do acknowledge that Jimmy is very talented in that he can do all those different voices at once- that doesn’t really make it funny. And Andy Roddick is just bad- he sucks at playing himself. His girlfriend obviously told him all she knew about acting. This skit had maybe one or two funny lines but Jimmy’s wacky voices just didn’t click. ½* Tennis Hall of Fame Cast- McEnroe, Roddick, Darrell Hammond, Thompson, Mitchell, Fred Armisen Thoughts- Kenan and Finesse looked absolutely hilarious as the Williams sisters and were the sole highlight. Darrell’s impression of the tennis commentator did nothing for me since as SNL didn’t figure out- NO ONE CARES ABOUT TENNIS Fred’s impression of Billie Jean King was okay but the tennis match was just too predictable. Also- Billie Jean King v. Bobby Riggs was not the first Battle of the Sexes. Riggs also faced off against Margaret Smith Court in the match no one remembers. Why does no one remember it? Because Riggs won. Aside from the Williams sisters this skit had nothing. ¾* Governess Cast- Roddick, Dratch, Poehler, Parnell Thoughts- And the parade of crap just keeps on rolling. Nice to see Roddick playing someone other then himself- even though he sucked. I don’t even understand what the point of this was. To show us Rachel can sing? It was hard to understand most of what Rachel was saying but I’m going to assume it was not funny. Mary Poppins came out like 40 years ago so if you’re gonna spoof something- at least try and be recent about it. This was just pointless drek. DUD Parnell and McEnroe Cast- McEnroe, Parnell Thoughts- Hey- a funny skit. I almost forgot SNL did these. McEnroe and Parnell really worked well together and McEnroe’s lines about Roddick sucking were funny because they were really true. I also marked out for McEnroe saying ‘You cannot be serious’. This was a fun skit with good lines and it made me laugh. It was also a nice change of pace from Andy Roddick. ***1/2 Hall and Oates Cast- Roddick, Forte, Armisen Thoughts- When Will and Fred team up and are unable to bring the funny then you know this show is in trouble. Nice to see Andy Roddick not playing himself. The premise of the skit just wasn’t very funny to begin with. Forte and Armisen tried to make it work but they couldn’t rise above the material that was written for them. *1/2 Mr. Williams Cast- Roddick, Thompson Thoughts- Kenan tried- I’ll give him that. Andy Roddick once again finds new ways to show how horrible an actor he is. Why did SNL even let him host anyway? No one cares about tennis to begin with. People care even less about men’s tennis. Get LeBron James or something- at least people have heard and care about him. Kenan was really funny here while Andy was dead weight. **1/4 Dave Matthews Thoughts- No they still haven’t changed the train sign. This wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either. How do I know? I flipped over to Canucks v. Wild- but flipped back rather then stay and watch for a few minutes. Good to see the guy from Phish earning a second paycheque. Was he the accused child molester? This was decent unspectacular stuff. ** Weekend Update Cast- Fey, Fallon, Forte, Sanz Thoughts- I said everything I wanted to say last week about the fat tub of goo. But it’s Lorne’s show. And if he enjoys unprofessionalism and ruined Updates then more power to him. Horatio wasn’t as bad as he was last week. But his appearances still was awful and was an insult to the viewers and aspiring cast members of Saturday Night Live. The jokes were a step below last weeks jokes- Even though I enjoyed the jabs at Dennis Kuchnich and George Bush. I guess Jimmy learned the hard way that nobody watches David Letterman. It was also great to see Will Forte back at the Update desk as Tim Calhoun was once again hilarious and it was good to see Tim back. With the upcoming presidential election I hope they use him again. Update was really good but my hatred of Horatio’s antics are making it hard for me to give them high ratings. Please leave him off Update next week. PLEASE. ***3/4 Tennis Talk Cast- Roddick, Forte, Rudolph, Meyers Thoughts- I don’t think Andre Agassi had hair when he married Brooke Shields. I know he shaved his head in 94-95 which is around the same time he married Brooke. The Andres was cute with Will Forte’s being the funniest. Scott Joplin may be one of the most annoying recurring characters that Maya has created- and that says a lot. This had a cute premise but not a very funny execution. *1/4 Merv the Perv Cast- Roddick, Poehler, Dratch, Parnell, Rudolph Thoughts- Maybe it’s because everything else has been pretty bad tonight or Chris Parnell was so out of the top- but this actually had me laughing. Merv the Perv’s intro he got was also very funny. The dirty jokes and double entendres that Merv spat out were quite funny on occasion. The cheesiness and Andy Roddick did drag this down a bit. It was post 12:30 and we’ve had nothing but crap so I’ll be generous. **1/2 Dave Matthews Thoughts- This wasn’t too bad. I like Dave Matthews better with the Phish guy then I do when he is with his usual band. **1/4 Jock Talk Cast- McEnroe, Roddick, Richards, Meyers Thoughts- John McEnroe was in 4 skits tonight. Kenan Thompson has been in two skits in the last two episodes. There’s something wrong with that. I like McEnroe and all but what’s the point of having him on the show to begin with? Why not spend time crafting skits around actual cast members and featured players who need the exposure rather then a retired tennis player who no one cares about. It just bothers me seeing funny people wasted on a comedy show. And Kenan is funny. This skit was just bad. Not even Seth Meyers could make this funny. And that’s really bad. I really don’t see why they still bother giving Jeff characters when he’s obviously not talented at doing them. Plus Darrell seems to be having a bad start to his impressions- so let Jeff have some fun out there and see what happens. Anything is better then this garbage. DUD Action 13 Cast- Roddick, Forte, Rudolph Thoughts- Is it just me or does everytime SNL spoofs a news broadcast (aside from WU) it ends up not being very funny? At first I was laughing but then the loud music just became annoying. It would’ve been funnier had other stuff gone wrong with the news broadcast rather then just the music not cutting off. Just my 2 Canadian Cents. * Bottom Line- Avg. skit was *.78 making this show not even close to thumbs in the middle territory. Andy Roddick was just awful here and dragged down skits with his horrible acting. I really wish SNL would stop booking athletes- they just aren’t very funny and the novelty wears thin very quickly. Thank God Alec Baldwin is coming back next week. He could give the show the shot in the arm that it needs. But when the hardest part of writing a review is finding different ways to say ‘that sucked’- then you know you’ve got an awful show. Thumbs Down

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I was there as well Funk- I had a great time. I still watch Rock's promo from time to time. Classic stuff

As a wrestler. But he doesn't sound like a great human being

I am- TNA should not hire him because a) He sucks b) Is an unprofessional shit c) He won't draw d) He's a waste of $

Is the gauntlet one match or a bunch of different matches? Cause that could eat up time

Because Luger was one of those people who never wanted to put over the young guys. And because he Liz. And no- I don't like Austin either. On Low Ki-Daniels not getting enough time: There are 5 matches scheduled plus a gauntlet. That's a lot of stuff to squeeze into a 2 hr show. Don't you think? The main reminds me of the time they did Jarrett/Raven v. Douglas/Gilberti- and that was just awful.

Well what TV exec is going to give them a deal based on the fact they HAD Luger. The fact that they're using him once makes them nuts. Yes. There's a difference between KNOWING and BUYING. So they'll buy one show, notice it sucks and won't buy again. What a great business model/ If the main event is a disaster it will overshadow Low Ki v. Daniels. And I doubt they'll get enough time anyway. You know what would get Daniels and Sabin over? Putting them in the main event.

There's a difference between 'knowing' who Lex Luger is and paying money to want to see him wrestle. Luger's never really drawn a dime. I would not buy a show with that piece of shit on it. No TV executives really care about Lex Luger. At least Hogan is a name. Luger was super over at the beginning of his career but it's 2003 now. Mabel was pushed to the moon in 1995- does that make him a draw? That was 8 years ago. 6 years ago. They probably know of a lot of wrestlers. Doesn't mean they'll buy the show

Well there's an off chance a wrestler may see you but it's pointless and distracting otherwise. At least on TV you and your sign may get on TV.

One more gripe- Can Toronto PLEASE have a Smackdown!? I know they had one in July but that's when I'm in New York. I want to see Paul London

I also saw some Shane O Mac signs- that didn't make me very happy. The cage match was the blue bars kind- I wanted a real steel cage!

But it's a house show LOTC- it's pointless to bring a sign. Someone had a sign that said 'Let's Go Brock Lesner'- made me laugh

February 9th is a live RAW. Tickets were $28 but I was able to easily move down into the more expensive seats. And Dreamer jobbing pissed me off as well. It's a house show- just put the face over

Yea- and the Dudleyz and Rob bringing a kid into the ring was a real classy thing to do

Well at other WWE shows I've never seen them doing it. And this show they walked around the ring slapping hands, hugging and signing autographs for the fans. I've never seen that before

Yes- Goldberg limped the whole entire match. He didn't even do the spear

House Show results for 11.7.03 The crowd wasn’t too big tonight- I was able to move up 14 rows. A lot of sections were tarped off. Evolution came out first. Ric Flair cut a promo saying that Goldberg was at home and there was no one there to beat so they were going home. This brought out Goldberg and Booker T and we segued into…. Randy Orton/Batista v. Booker T/Goldberg Booker T played the face-in-peril and made the hot tag to Goldberg who cleaned house. Goldberg jackhammered Orton for the win. Goldberg was limping the whole time. After the match Booker T did a spinarooni. Tommy Dreamer v. Kevin Fertig (w/Travis Tomko) The unknowns are OVW guys and they’re hosses. Tomko distracted the ref after Dreamer hit the DDT. Dreamer went after him and quickly fell prey to Fertig’s move (I forgot) for the win. Val Venis/Lance Storm v. Jindrak/Cade The match started out face v. face but then Cade blew out his knee. They did the whole routine and it took forever- I guess they wanted to really convince people Cade was hurt. Of course Cade kicked Venis in the face as he was being carried out. The match was a really good tag match and was given some time. Storm looked very good. Storm and Venis won after a superkick and a Money Shot. After the match they made each section cheer to determine who got the towel. They ended up giving to a woman. Hurricane v. Rene Dupree This was a comedy match at first. Hurricane mocked Rene’s FRENCH HOP OF DEATH and Rene kept riling up the crowd. Hurricane even did a plancha to the outside. Dupree won by holding the tights. Maven v. Travis Tomko (w/Fertig) This was bad. No one knew who Tomko was and he didn’t do anything more then a chinlock. The crowd chanted boring and just booed everything the two guys. Dreamer came out and nailed Fertig with a Singapore cane and Maven ended up getting the win. Trish Stratus/Lita v. Gail Kim/Molly Holly Stacy Kiebler was the special guest ring announcer and Victoria was the ref. Trish got the big hometown pop. Victoria clotheslined Lita as she went for Poetry in Motion. Molly then hit the Molly Go Round on Trish but Stacy pulled Victoria out at 2. The faces then cleaned house and Trish hit Molly with the Stratusfaction for the win. After the match Victoria ran in with a chair but the faces moved and it bounced off the ropes and hit her in the face. Trish then draped the Canadian flag over Molly. RVD/Dudley Boyz v. Chris Jericho/Christian/Mark Henry (w/Teddy Long) Howard Finkel said that Steve Austin had decided to let the fans pick the match. The fans were already chanted for tables before he read the choices. The choices were 1) No-DQ 2) Falls Count Anywhere or 3) Tables match. The tables match was the unanimous choice. Teddy Long and Chris Jericho both did some mic work. Jericho said: If you fans are stupid enough to think I’m going through a table then you’re stupid enough to think the Leafs are going to win the Stanley Cup! The match was the longest and best match of the night. They did a bunch of comedy spots mixed in with tag team formula until the match broke down into a pier-6 brawl. Jericho was left alone with the Dudleyz and he got 3Ded for the Dudleyz win. After the match the Dudleyz and RVD stayed out there for a while having fun with the crowd. They brought in a little boy and gave him a piece of the table and posed for a photo with him. They signed autographs and slapped hands with everyone in reach. D-Von pointed to the sky while he was heading to the back. Intermission time. Kane v. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match This was real short and real bad. Shane hit a DDT on a chair and then went to climb out. Kane did the zombie situp and tried to pull him back in but he only got a piece of Shane’s jersey and Shane escaped for the win. It was a fun show even though the wrestling wasn’t all that great. A lot of the wrestlers made sure to slap hands with the fans after their match- it’s good to see them trying to interact more. What the Dudleyz and RVD did was a really cool thing to do and made them the biggest faces of the night. Return date is February 9th.

Just a reminder: Norm Macdonald will be on Carson Daly at 1:30 am tonight/early morning. He will also be on Letterman on Monday

It's already been shown to you by people WHO WERE THERE that it was just 5 people out of 500. Again your generalising and stereotyping- Most, if not all, ROH fans go to have a fun time and see some good wrestling. They don't go just to chant. Well Mexico is very kayfabe. Philly is not. Sounds like perfect fans to me

The CMAs DID do their best ratings in 7 years and every show was down because of it. Country music is very popular.

And Lex Luger will not make them any money. Lex Luger really isn't a big name that the casual fan would know. Sting is a stretch. Hogan, Piper, Savage and maybe Bret are the three biggest non-wrestling names still out there.

Are MLW's videos selling at all? They sound like pretty good shows that should sell like other indies do

Why Luger is bad for TNA: The IWC is TNA's main audience for the most part. Lex Luger is one of the more hated wrestlers. So they're not gonna want to see him. Marks don't care about Luger either since he hasn't been on TV in two years. They probably most know him as the guy who killed Liz. They're not gonna care to see him. No TV executives no who Lex Luger is. He's not Hulk Hogan, Savage, Piper or even Naitch. He's just some guy who got a few runs at the top and did nothing with any of them