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The Truth About Cats And Dogs-9/10

Blazing Squad are my favourite crap British boyband for several reasons. First is the fact their first single was a really crap cover of "Crossroads" by Bone Thugs And Harmony. Second is the fact that I signed my housemate up for the Blazin' Squad mailing list, which sent him constant e-mails which used a laughable variety of "urban" language and thirdly is the fact that they try to give off a tough, cutting-edge street look, but then release incredibly soppy singles that even Boyz II Men wouldn't touch. Utterly hilarious.

"I'm Cracking Up, I Need A Pill" by Babylon Zoo

Buffalo Tom-Smitten Le Tigre-Le Tigre Van Halen-Van Halen Macc Lads-The Lads From Macc All American Rejects-All American Rejects

"Hot Topic" by Le Tigre

Surely that fact that the singer was voted the joint coolest man in music (along with the tosser who left the band) in the NME is all you need to "get" the Libertines. It seems that no matter how substandard your music (and I certainly haven't heard any of their songs I'd rate as being above average), if you look the part and do things to make you appear semi-interesting, you can become the hottest new band in the country, allowing you to produce songs as gut-wrenchingly dull as "What Became Of The Likely Lads" and still sell loads of records.

"[insert wrestlers name here] has just wiped out Shannon Hardy and Matt Moore" from the 2003 Rumble was pretty bad.

Unless Tighe not a pinfall that wasn't mentioned, I think it was really bad booking to not let him get a pinfall over Styles. It's bad enough putting outsiders over their own guys when there doesn't seem any plan for the own guy to get his win back, but not even letting their guy get a pinfall is stupid. I see what you mean, but it seemed to work in the context of the match. Tighe referred to his match with AJ earlier this year, which Tighe had won, in a promo and Tighe certainly dominated the majority of the match. AJ's first pinfall came across as a lucky desperation move that caught Tighe by surprise and Tighe's fall made him seem like that little bit more of an asshole heel, and the Northern Lights through the barrier looked really good and proved that Tighe could seriuosly hurt AJ if he needed. I agree that puttting outsiders over isn't a good plan, but it was the main event, which ensured the crowd went home happy, AJ has already jobbed a few times to FWA stars and D-Lo had already put over Belton in his match so jobbing out two of the big import names would have seriously annoyed the crowd.

When the heck was THAT? It was on a Nitro (I want to say during Nash's run as commissioner in 2000). The Oz comment a few posts up reminded me of it. Wish I could remember what date it was and who he said it to. He was saying it to the Mamalukes. As I recall, it went something like... Nash: Hey, do you guys know of Vinnie Vegas? He's a pretty big cheese from what I hear Mamalukes: (murmurs of acknowledgement, as if they know this guy personally)

Just got back from the show- really good stuff all round, my first FWA show I've been to, though it certainly wont be my last after this. Got to meet Burchill, D-Lo Brown and Jimmy Hart, all of whom were really nice, as well as Tony "Banger" Walsh, who invited me and my friend Jack to his house to look at his memorablia. I'll try and upload the photo of me and Tony later on tomorrow. Results: Aviv Mayaan v Spud v ‘Little Dragon' Ross Jordan Really hot opener, crowd was really into Spud, although all three men impressed. Spud won after pinning Jordan with some kind of corkscrew moonsault. FWA All-England Title Match, Last Man Standing ‘The South City Thriller' Hade Vansen v Jack Xavier Decent match, although dragged a bit in places. Crowd really didn't like Vansen, but he still picked up the win after sending Xavier through a portion of safety rail he brought into the ring D-Lo Brown vs Mark "Five Star" Belton Tony Walsh did the introductions for this match. Crowd gave D-Lo a nice ovation, as opposed to Belton, who got a "Five Star Retard" chant. Belton stole a victory from D-Lo, pinning him with a quick count from the ref. Decent action, Belton looked a lot better than when I saw him in February wrestling for All-Star and D-Lo looked great, especially a nice Asai moonsault to the floor Terry Funk, ‘The Righteous' Paul Travell and Burchill (with ‘The Twisted Genius' Dean Ayass) v Drew McDonald, Raj Ghosh and Thunder (with Greg ‘The Truth' Lambert) Predictably, this was utter carnage, with Jimmy Hart trying to keep order in the ring, but failing. Burchill was SOOO over and he looked awesome, busting out the standing shooting star and the C4 early on. Thunder is apparently Tony "Banger" Walsh's son, who Tony told me was heading to America to wrestle. Funk, McDonald and Travell all bled. Win came after Travell hit Ghosh with what looked like Nate Webb's Soylent Green. Burchill and Funk both got a big ovation afterwards The Jody Fleisch return came in a segment where Commisioner Flash Barker was counting signatures on a petition to see if Jonny Storm could return to wrestle for the FWA. James Tighe and Mark Belton came to the ring to add their signatures against his return, which put Storm out of the FWA. However, Fleisch made his return to a huge ovation, pointing out the FWA Website has him down on the active roster, which meant he could vote, opting to allow Jonny Storm to return. Tighe and Belton took exception to this and beat down Fleisch. FWA Tag Team Title Match The Duke of Danger and Simmons v ‘The Specialist' Mark Sloan and ‘The Shining Light' Stevie Knight Weakest match of the night, although Simmons was very over. Sloan and Knight came with a group of kids, known as The Entourage, which earnt a "Blazing Squad" chant in our area. Colt Cabana did the intros for this match, annoying Knight by dancing the tango with him. End came when Knight went off to the back with Buttercup, the Duke's maid, leaving Sloan all alone for the Simmons pin. FWA British Heavyweight Championship Match, One Fall, Winner Takes All The Anarchist' Doug Williams v ‘The Showstealer' Alex Shane If Shane fails to win the title, he must fight Danny Williams in a Boxer v Wrestler Match Before the match, the ref sent Alex Shane's Security team from ringside. Really good back and forth action, with Shane proving he can wrestle if need be. Ref got bumped towards the end, allowing Shane to low-blow Williams as he went for the Chaos Theory, upon which AS Security came to doff up Williams. Ulf Hermann came to the ring, destroying the Security with lots of plunder, but sadly hitting Williams with a dustbin, before security removed him. Shane then hit 2 One Night Stands on Williams to become the NEW FWA Champion, which got him a decent pop. Williams looked at the bin afterwards, and didn't look happy 30 minute Iron Man Match AJ Styles v James Tighe This became the main event after AJ had traffic problems on his way to Coventry. Decent match if you take AJ's lack of preparation time and jetlag into account. AJ went one nil up with a crucifix, but Tighe equalised after countout by Northern Light suplexing AJ into the ring side barriers. Final sequence saw AJ trying to get the Styles Clash, with Tighe trying to fight it, before AJ got the Clash for the final fall just before the 30 minutes expired. Some after match antics involving an attacking Mark Belton and a saving Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm also occured, but I was busy meeting Jimmy Hart at this point, although I was told Fleisch hit a springboard SSP to the floor on Belton and Tighe Overall, a really good night which impressed many of my friends, who had no idea what it would be like.

A question purely based on my own sentimental wrestling past: My first non-squash match I ever saw was Steve Austin regaining the TV title from Barry Windham on Worldwide and I loved that match, watching it at least twenty times in a two week period. However, I haven't seen that match in over 12 years...was it actually a good match or was my 10 yr old newcomer brain playing tricks on me?

Well I'm making the journey from Nottingham back to Coventry this weekend for the FWA, I'd damn sure make it down for that too. Reminds me of the time that some wannabe promoter booked some wrestling supershow in 2001 at the SkyDome, featuring Corino, Vampiro, Juvi, Hennig etc before it turned out he had no intention of booking a show and had just made off with a lot of money

Bollocks, or this triple post. Sorry

Edit: I really didn't want this double post

Brookside isn't bad, he's just from a different era (dying days of ITV mid-morning wrestling) and is hardly a spring chicken anymore. He can still get under the skin of a crowd like a maestro and is the closest thing the British wrestling scene has to an active living legend, so I've still got a soft spot for him.

"Strike It" was a rock club staple in the late 90's and is probably their best song. "Million Dollar Love", "Cry Dignity" and "Enemy Maker" (their biggest UK hit at No 41) are all great too.

"US Teens Are Spoiled Bums" by Half Japanese

The main problem with Skindred is that they aren't as good as singer Benji's previous band Dub War, who were pretty damn revolutionary in the early 90's, being a group of Welsh metallers who mixed reggae with metal long before crossovers were really in vogue. Anyone who even vaguely likes Skindred needs to check out the Dub War albums "Pain" and "Wrong Side Of Beautiful", both on Earache records. I'd certainly take both Skindred and Dub War before a group of pretentious tossers like Muse anyday of the week.

Anyone who voted for Diamond Lights obviously hasn't heard some of the other terrors that lurk on "Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur". The fact that "Diamond Lights" and "Fog On The Tyne", alongside the assorted Chas N Dave Songs, are the best songs on that CD says a lot.

Admit it, you made up all of these bands. If you've never heard the sheer genius of the Macc Lads, I feel for you, I really do

I've got my tickets, who else is going? And who else hopes that Storm gets the D-Lo match above Belton?

Romy And Michele's High School Reunion- 9/10 Pure guilty pleasure. The amount of times I've seen this film over the years, yet still loving it, is incredible.

Agreed with mentions of the Posies. Also: Far (much as I love OneLineDrawing and New End Original, neither of them have the same raw edge as Far) Pist.on Menswear (can't believe they split just after releasing their best song) Carter USM The Macc Lads Steps

After seeing them last night (arguably both the best and worst band I've ever seen live), I've borrowed my housemates copy of "Britain Is Shit" by Selfish Cunt, of which the b-side "Fuck The Poor" is currently playing.

I don't know if these only apply to the UK charts, but "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something and "Inside" by Stiltskin were both pretty awesome, to the extent that I bought both of their albums, only to be very disappointed