Toxxic

I read that as 'vaginal facial injuries'. I'm not sure how that's even possible, although in a locker room featuring Lita you never know.

Main Event – Non-Title Grudge Match Toxxic © vs. “Hollywood” Spike Jenkins ~Expect the unexpected. Now expect something else, because what you now expect is no longer unexpected. Martial Law (Landon Maddix and Todd Cortez) vs. Austin Sly and Sean Davis ~Sly doesn't always show and I don't think Sarah's online at the minute, so Martial Law. Tag Team Curtain Jerk-O-Rama Scott Pretzler and “The Dean of Professional Wrestling” Jay Hawke vs. Manson and Alan Clark ~WHY Manson and Clark? Anyway, with Pretzler on the team you know it's gonna be good. The Cocky Heels take it.

I'm still going to be doing the monthly SWF News and Notes from Wrestling Panda, so I'll chuck that in.

Sorry Taamo. I was trying to clarify what we were, plus subtly 'bumping without bumping'. Or maybe I was just wrong. Either one.

Well, there were some no-shows, W&D won and I became World CHampion for the 3rd time. But most importantly... Todd Cortez is hardcore GOD. I mean, I used to pride myself on being fairly inventive in my hardcore run and in the World Title street fight, but Cortez is awesome.

Hey, I just kicked you out of my stable. Do you really think I care what you think?

Ooooooohhhhhhhhhhh... CONTENTION~! Wasn't it you and fellow main-eventer Mak Francis that I out-wrote a couple of shows ago?

Let's just have a whole show with Toxxic as the guest announcer! Toxxic = ratings!

Yeah, we beat Martial Law. Did you have a point?

Well, me and Sean never got our rematch. But since Sarah's AWOL, me and Pretzler could probably step up

You sure you guys don't want me to sit in as guest commentator on your match too so I can own you both?

THE MAIN EVENT INTERCONTINENTAL-TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Landon "La Cucaracha" Maddix © vs. "The Urban Legend" Todd Cortez ~I'm saying Todd. He's been consistently good -and violent - lately (except last show when he mysteriously did not appear), and Landon's been a little off lately... especially last show, when he mysteriously did not appear. “Hollywood” Spike Jenkins vs. "The Franchise" Mak Francis Special Guest Commentator: Toxxic © ~Whoever bribes me most to write them to win. That's if I don't choose to step into the ring and wreak havoc. mwahahaa, etc. Cruiserweight Rules Non-Title Match Alan Clark vs. "The Critic" Scott Pretzler © ~Both stable pride AND my own beliefs say Pretzler. Respect the pretz. Wildchild © vs. Sean Davis ~Wildchild is good. Sarah hasn't been able to connect for more than about two seconds at a time lately... and come to think of it, has only written one match that I'm aware of in about the last four months. WC. OPENING BOUT "The Dean of Professional Wrestling" Jay Hawke vs. Danny Dagda ~If IL says he's going to lose, who are we to question?

I second this. King could have been a breakout star given some more time. Oh but Johnny, does this mean you're NOT retiring after FTF?

Now all I need to do is drop the title to someone for a few weeks and get it back again, then I'm the only ever FOUR-TIME World Champion! Hey, Landon. You and I have a match soon don't we... *ducks and runs away from Flesher*

Muzz is rock. Cheers for the good times, and I for one hope you get the writing bug back at some point. Stick around.

I support what Johnny says 100%. And as your reigning World Champion, that means you do what we say or I beat your arse. That is all.

Even better... KEVIN MASK! He can do the gimmick from Ultimate Muscle. It'd be awesome.

At least with someone ending the streak an attempt has been made to shoot someone to the moon. And, with it being the streak ended, one would think that a lot of thought would be put into whoever that person is. I'm all for streaks and the like when they're good for business, but when you can't get anything more out of them, you end them. Yeah. Read my post. I'm agreeing with you.

Question: If you allow someone to break the streak but he then doesn't profit from it, how is that worse than having Taker retire with his streak intact in terms of business? I mean you COULD get a massive star out of the first scenario - a retired Taker, streak or no streak, is going to do jack shit for ratings.

So do you concede that the wrestlers who were big money in OVW have, by and large, been failures in the WWE? Whether it's the wrestler's fault or not is by-the-by for the moment. Perhaps what we should be asking is not if we need a new developmental system, but whether we need a new approach to debuting talent.

Of those people you can honestly say that Lesnar, Cena and Batista have been runaway successes. Lesnar was BIG (as in main-event talent, not just size), and very talented for all his possible attitude problems. Cena's workrate is poor, but he gets the massive pops anyway. How long it'll last we don't know, but right now he's like a second Hogan, getting over on repetitive promos and signature spots and not much else. Batista is limited in the ring but was cheered even when he was meant to be booed, and his charisma is undeniable. Randy Orton and Shelton Benjamin are so-so successful. Shelton looks great in the ring and always seems 'into' it, but his mic work isn't the best. He hasn't been helped by his injuries either. Orton was pushed HARD and has been reasonably successful, but never got the sort of response that Batista has been even after he won the World Title. Dinsmore is a joke gimmick, and that'll only have so much legs on it. He does it well but sooner or later it's going to fade, and then he'll have been Eugene too long to be anything else. Conway, the Bashams, Haas, Cade, Dupree, Rico (who isn't even in the WWE anymore, let's not forget) and Morgan - erm, what? Conway is trapped in gimmick jobber tag hell (and let's not pretend La Res would be anything other than jobbers if there wasn't such a dearth of teams), the Bashams have had their moments but are in a similar position of no-one caring even though they're the tag champs, Haas has been trapped with bad partners since Benjamin left and has NO charisma, unlike his former partner. Cade is beyond bad, Dupree is like a less successful heel Cena (a few spots is all he is - he lives off it well, but even the French Tickler can't last), Rico WAS FIRED and Matt Morgan was clearly unready. I don't care if these guys were better in OVW; I can easily believe they were, the point is that they've been misused, badly booked or have just flopped since. And these are the WWE's OWN GUYS. If they pushed them badly before, why will they change their push now? Orton, Batista, Cena - they were pushed (fairly) strong from the start, and are reaping the rewards now. Dupree and Morgan are the only guys I can see making any progress up the card, and I'm not sure about them.

You're right, my memory IS short. I don't remember that at all. Sorry, er... who are you again?

You've got some nerve, calling Pretzler the strongest link when I made you tap like a bitch on Smarkdown. Nice promo. Consider the offer of a lucrative Rev-0 deal in the mail to Cortez.

And only for money.

One of those subtleties being something that you advised me on when I asked you for your opinion. Come on Tom, be fair.