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Yeah, cuz Lawler is Heavyweight Championship material. The WWE would be foolish to not push him.

Which is why Ms. Kitty was fired in 2001.

I'd order this show if.... 1) Paul London makes the card. 2) I get a lobotomy.

and what a surprise it was. Well, it wasn't an earth=shattering event or anything... just something that no one was expecting. Thats the best point. Usually I'd be like "eh...I don't want so-and-so to return" when I read about it weeks ahead. This was just a "WTF" shock sinc eI thought he burned his bridges with WWF/E. Yeah, I suppose this mean he's cleaned himself up. I hope so anyway.

How was it awful? I mean... the crowd was chanting "Y2J" at volumes not heard since 2001. I guess everyone in the arena thought it was awful too. The slut references got old in 2001, and I feel like I'm listening to them all over again when it comes to face Jericho. But then again, it hasn't been used in three years. It built up some nice heat, so I'm not going to complain about it, especially now that the crowd is all over Trish.

How was it awful? I mean... the crowd was chanting "Y2J" at volumes not heard since 2001. I guess everyone in the arena thought it was awful too.

and what a surprise it was. Well, it wasn't an earth=shattering event or anything... just something that no one was expecting.

I just thought it was neat that Grandmaster came back with no rumors circling the internet. It was refreshening to be genuinely surprised for once.

Yeah, I noticed that. They gave Coach and Johnny Nitro some nice heat and popped for Eugene.

I have it, but I'm clingy too it

This list sucks. There, I said it.

Whether Christ appeared to both in visions beforehand or there was some cosmic disturbance in the air, something clicked and made Steiner/Goldberg one awesome fucking match. Stiff as all hell and just a good, old fashioned, tough brawl. Great, great stuff. UYI Hehe, I enjoyed that match and I felt ashamed of myself.

Good reports about Bradshaw vs Eddie matches from house shows. But so far, their house show encounters have received little to no acclaim.

This story deeply saddens me

That match was considered because it was so refreshing to see HHH put over someone like that. It was a pretty solid match as well, and one of the better matches I've seen in 2004 thus far.

WM XX. Hands down for me.

1) "Price to Play" by Staind for Vengeance 2003. It fit the show perfectly and created a hype video that sends chills down my spine. 2) "Enemy" by Sevendust. Good theme for a bad show. 3) "Falling Apart" and "Downfall" by Trust Company for Vengeance 02 and Royal Rumble 03. These two songs were just too perfect. 4) "Headstrong" by Trapt. It was a good song for an early summer PPV (Bad Blood) that makes me think back.

Kevin Nash in 2000. Seriously, he jumped back and forth so many times it was disgusting.

I kind of enjoyed 2001 more than most. I liked the finals of the tourney, despite the Shane McMahon interference.

I agree with your philosophy of negative star ratings. I think they are truly rediculous, and I hate it when I see other critics handing out ratings like "-****." To me, it really takes away credibility. As for the X Cup itself, this was the worst one thus far. However, I didn't fully hate it and something about TNA brings out my inner mark, so I tend to be easier on the shows. I hated the first two singles matches, but I thought the second two were decent. I enjoyed both tag matches and I thought the 8-man elimination match had a good ending. As for the tag title matches, I guess I enjoyed it more than most people did (I didn't think Dallas was too bad at all), and I would have given it an additional star. Good review this week though!!

Just to let you all know, I've been extremely busy this week (been hardly posting at TSM at all, let alone updating this) but I have been thinking about the diary and I do have some angles set up in my mind and the card to Backlash figured out. The Smackdown side isn't quite figured out yet, but Unforgiven will likely be good from a creative stand-point (though some of the matches will likely be work-rate disasters).

I haven't seen either of them They took place in a brief time of my life where I almost stopped caring about wrestling.

Funny thing, mine does the exact same thing! I thought my tv was malfunctioning during the WM XX build because I could have sworn I heard people cheering him and I saw peoplestanding up when he entered or won!