Cuban Linx

Any non-American is automatically an evil foreigner and acts in the most stereotypical ways possible. And if you piss off your boss, no matter who you are you're sent to face a 7 Foot murdering necrophiliac nutsack-electrifying ugly-female impregnating arsonist in red and black bondage gear with magically dissapearing burns, the ability to shoot lightning, project his flashbacks to a national television audience and command fire to appear at any time.

With my wrestling viewing almost exclusive to Indy Feds at the moment, my current top 5 would be: 1. Bryan Danielson 2. Homicide (having just watched the Cide/Dragon match from ROH Reborn Stage One these two are WAY up on my list right now, such a great match and performance from both men) 3. Arik Cannon 4. CM Punk 5. Delirious Just missing out are guys like Matt Sydal, Austin Aries and the Necro Butcher, as well as the entirety of Kaientai DX after recently watching 10/10/96 again.

Four straight nights of sure to be great wrestling, it's hard enough to keep up with all the great shows IWA:MS has been putting out all year, at this rate it'll probably be easier to just hand over my bank account to Ian Rotten with all the shows i'll no doubt be ordering across the upcoming weeks and months.

AFI - Miseria Cantare (The Beginning)

Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Hater Players

Lousy living in Australia with no NBA TV to be seen. Luckily i've seen quite a few of these games at some point in the past, but there's still alot there i want to see and probably never will.

Good times.

Having recently seen their first match i can't wait for Styles/Sydal II, their first match was fantastic and now with a match to build off this one could potentially be even better. With this show and the TPI in a four-day period IWA is really giving us a truckload of great stuff in the coming weeks.

They should give the medals to the Horses.

I'd go with Johan Santana without a second's thought, though if the voting was today i'd fully expect Mark Mulder to win. If Santana keeps posting the numbers he has been over his seven or so game winning streak the award should be his by seasons end.

At the all-star break i went with Scott Rolen, but now and in retrospect i'd have to say Barry Bonds should and almost certianly will win the award. If Adrian Beltre can keep up his ridiculously hot form for most of the remaining games and leads the Dodgers to the playoffs over the Giants i could see him getting a good amount of votes and maybe even sneaking in ahead of Bonds to win it, but really the MVP is Bonds' to lose, unless he goes ice cold or misses significant time through injury it'll be another MVP award to Bonds.

I doubt too many people picked Adrian Beltre to be the leagues first 40-Home run hitter of the season. As good as he was the first half he looks to be continuing his trend of performing stronger after the all-star break, and he's doing all this still troubled by the bone spurs in his ankle.

Well a shooting is about the only thing a Blazers player hasn't gotten in trouble over in the past few seasons, but we're getting closer. The team must have a quota they need to reach each year for the amount of stupid things/situations they get themselves into.

Texas Rangers: Alex Rodriguez Ivan Rodriguez Rafael Palmeiro Juan Gonzalez (though i doubt they miss his underperforming injury-ridden ass right now) On the pitching side of things i guess Esteban Loaiza's probably the best pitcher no longer with them, Texas has never had much in the way of pitching to give up to begin with. I'd do the Portland Trailblazers but they've been covered already, and thinking about them giving up Jermaine O'Neal will likely cause my head to explode.

The official write-up for the show, with the full TPI first round matches included: IWA Mid-South Wrestling, in association with NWA Midwest, returned to the Lincoln Center on Saturday night, August 21st for "An IWA Fairytale: The Hero vs. The Dragon." Here's what went down... Promoter IAN ROTTEN opened the show by announcing the first round pairings for the 24-man 2004 Ted Petty Invitational single elimination technical wrestling tournament, to take place on September 17th & 18th at the Lincoln Center. Chris Hero vs. "Lightning" Mike Quackenbush Jimmy Jacobs vs. Jimmy Rave "Spyder" Nate Webb vs. Hallowicked Nigel McGuinness vs. Double C BJ Whitmer vs. Petey Williams Chris Sabin vs. "Soul Assassin" Rainman Ray Gordy vs. Alex Shelley "Anarchist" Arik Cannon vs. Delirious Todd Sexton vs. Danny Daniels Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe Salvatore Rinauro vs. Matt Sydal Austin Aries vs. CM Punk Additionally, Rotten announced that Brad Bradley & Ryan Boz would defend the IWA World Tag Team Titles in a three-way tag match during TPI weekend, against "The Wildcards" (Eddie Kingston & Black Jack Marciano) and the gigantic NWA Wildside duo of Tank and Iceberg. 1. JC BAILEY def. ICARUS (from Chikara Wrestle Factory in Pennsylvania) with the Bardstown Bam top rope legdrop in the opening contest. 2. TRIK DAVIS def. RYAN BOZ (w/ Jim Fannin) in an No Disqualification bout after a low blow followed by a roll up. Davis called Fannin out to the ring, issuing a challenge to any of his men for a No DQ match, and Boz accepted. Davis tried use of powder to the eyes, as well as trying to suffocate Boz with a plastic bag, before resorting to a low blow to score the three count. After the fall, BJ Whitmer and Danny Daniels hit the ring to join Boz and Fannin in issuing a post-match beating. Daniels soon retreated back to the locker room, wanting nothing to do with Fannin's orders. 3. JIMMY JACOBS wrestled DELIRIOUS to a double pin in their bout for Jacobs' IWA Light Heavyweight Title with a roll up and bridge which saw both wrestlers' shoulders counted down. Referee BRYCE REMSBURG was struck with an inadvertent missile dropkick from Jacobs, and was out of commission as Jacobs hit the Contra Code on Delirious, only for no referee to be there to count. TOMMY THOMPSON soon hit the ring to officiate the remainder of the match, and counted the double pin. A revived Remsburg stated moments later that he, as the official assigned to the match, agreed to go with Thompson's call in his place. The title was immediately declared vacant until a decision could be reached by IWA management in the locker room concerning the situation. 4. MATT SYDAL def. "Spyder" NATE WEBB to retain the NWA Midwest X Division Title after Webb was thrown off the top rope into an unintentional backflip, landed chest first on the canvas, and Sydal followed up with a shooting star press. DAVE PRAZAK then called Jacobs and Delirious back out to the ring and announced that the two wrestlers came to an agreement with IWA management moments earlier in the back, to where both men elected to withdraw from first round competition in the TPI tournament on 9/17 in favor of battling over the IWA Light Heavyweight Title, suspended from the Lincoln Center ceiling in a Ladder Match. Prazak stated that promoter IAN ROTTEN was going to make some phone calls and keep the fans posted as to who might take Jacobs' and Delirious' spots in the first round of the tournament. 5. "American Dragon" BRYAN DANIELSON def. CHRIS HERO via submission after divorce courting the arm of Hero off the top rope, followed by the Cattle Mutilation. Danielson picked Hero's arm as his target for the duration of the bout. After the match, "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON approached the ring and told Dragon to leave him and Hero alone. Cannon reminded Hero that he defeated Danielson on 7/31 in Highland, and now Hero couldn't do the same. Cannon left the ring with the mic, refusing to give it to Hero "so the fans wouldn't have to listen to him whine again about losing." 6. "Scrap Iron" ADAM PEARCE (w/ "The Hustler" Carmine DeSpirito) def. JUSTIN KAGE with a jumping piledriver. DeSpirito unveiled longtime ally Pearce as Kage's mystery opponent in Kage's initial IWA Mid-South appearance, and Pearce had some choice words for Kage as well as the fans of Highland on the mic before the match began. True to form, Pearce used his old school wrestling style, as well as a handful of tights, to gain the victory. IAN ROTTEN welcomed fans back from intermission by announcing that he had arranged by telephone for the replacements to fill the voids left by Jacobs and Delirious pulling out of TPI. He announced that "The Phenomenal" AJ STYLES will take Jacobs' first round position against Jimmy Rave, while SUPER DRAGON would take the place of Delirious in the first round against Arik Cannon. Rotten explained to the crowd that he had cut a deal with Jersey All-Pro Wrestling (which has Super Dragon booked on their 9/18 event), that in the event Super Dragon advances to the second round, IWA will provide Jersey All-Pro Wrestling with his replacement, out of the 12 men eliminated in the first round on 9/17. 7. NIGEL McGUINNESS & CHAD COLLYER def. BJ WHITMER & DANNY DANIELS in tag team action after Whitmer abandoned Daniels during the closing moments of the match, due to the growing tension between the two men. Not only did Whitmer deny Daniels a tag, but struck his now former partner in the head, leading to the victory for the McGuinness/Collyer duo. 8. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON def. "The Notorious 187" HOMICIDE (w/ B-Boy) with a cradle for a quick pinfall victory in a very hard hitting bout. Homicide delivered numerous vicious headbutts during the match, but despite Homicide's brutal repertoire, Cannon's craftiness made the difference when it came down to the pinfall. After the match, after being denied a handshake by Cannon, Homicide went to give Cannon the Cop Killa, only to be saved from it by CHRIS HERO hitting the ring and talking Homicide into returning to the locker room. Hero reminded Cannon that he was the one responsible for plucking Cannon out of Minnesota wrestling obscurity and bringing him to IWA Mid-South, and that he needs to be more of a man about things if he wants to realize his potential. DAVE PRAZAK then brought out reigning NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Champion LACEY for an in-ring interview. Lacey explained to the fans her injury (a torn MCL and dislocated kneecap) which has sidelined her from competition since early July. Prazak reminded her the IWA and NWA Midwest officials have been lenient with the 30 day title defense rule due to her showing in the title tournament. When Lacey speculated that she may need "another four or five months" of recovery time, Prazak informed her that she has roughly one month to prepare, because she will have to defend the title at the TPI weekend against one of her opponents in the finals of the tournament, MERCEDES MARTINEZ. 9. "Metalhead" STEVE STONE def. IAN ROTTEN when NWA Midwest promoter ED CHUMAN approached ringside and called for referee MICKIE KNUCKLES to end the match due to Ian's blood loss and inability to continue. As a result of the decision, Stone earns his spot back on the IWA Mid-South roster. After the match, Rotten went on a verbal tirade at Chuman, stating that IWA Mid-South is his company, and he knows what's in his own best interests. Rotten then declared that he and Stone would battle at TPI weekend in a match that the NWA will have no jurisdiction over, a non-sanctioned Falls Count Anywhere/Anything Goes match held under traditional IWA rules. 10. CM PUNK def. "The New Age Punisher" B-BOY (w/ Homicide) via submission with the human torture rack. Punk relentlessly focused on B-Boy's back for the duration of the match, softening him up for the finishing hold. Neither B-Boy nor Punk were able to connect with a shining wizard on their opponent during the match, which was a blend of submission wrestling and strikes. 12. MAD MAN PONDO def. "Mr. Insanity" TOBY KLEIN in a Fan Lumberjack Strap Match, following a senton off the ropes onto Klein, trapped under a fort constructed with multiple chairs. Sixteen fans were chosen at random from the ticket stubs to be at ringside armed with leather straps. Besides the fans with the straps, the men also utilized a staple gun and Pondo's stop sign during the match. The event was filmed with two cameras by Smart Mark Video for home video release, with commentary by Dave Prazak, CM Punk, Nate Webb, and Carmine DeSpirito.

The TPI shows are shaping up to be loaded as fuck, they're going out of thier way to ensure this year tops the 2002 show. Can't wait for some more detailed reports on Cannon/Cide and Hero/Dragon, though i can't see either of them being anything other than great.

I'm pretty much all DVD these days, aside from taping things on TV and the various Indy Wrestling tapes i buy that aren't on DVD.

The pre-ranking and auto-drafting is pretty awful, just at a glance it's drafted primetime 4 QB's so far, and drafted Rich F'n Gannon ahead of Tom Brady and Steve McNair.

I was hoping the exact same thing.

Bah, i get in just too late to make my 1st pick myself, though i guess there's worse people to end up with than Fred Taylor, though i likely would have gone with Moss or Peyton or somebody instead.

Typically as soon as draft time nears the site won't work for me. *awaits Ryan Leaf being auto-drafted as my QB*

I end up drafting 9th or so in every single draft i do this year it seems, lets see if i can end up with Edgerrin James in another league as well. If anything happens to him i'm screwed across the board.

Motörhead - Ace of Spades

The exact same thing's been starting to happen with my car, the piece of shit seems to have a new problem every week lately.

I'll join up to make a 10th team, i've got a ton of fantasy teams already but one more wont hurt.