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I thought Jericho beat opponents with the Lionsault (a move that should STILL only be a mid-match spot) the majority of the time during his face run. The Lionsault's a weak-looking finisher, sure. But what you have when he's a heel is a weak-looking finisher and a submission no-one taps to. When he's face, you have a weak-looking finisher and a submission that heel Steve Austin (you know, the then WWF champion) has tapped to. Top faces (almost) NEVER tap, except to the Crossface and sometimes the Angle Lock. Come on, who's tapped to the Walls lately? Um... Stacy Keibler, during the whole "I hit you with a chair" malarky. And Jim Ross. That's it, as far as I remember.

I've been waiting for him to tell someone to PUH-LEEZE SHUT.. THE HELL... UP!!! for two years now. Jericho rules as a heel, but he rules as a face more. Why? One simple reason - PEOPLE TAP TO THE FUCKING WALLS WHEN HE'S A FACE. Two gold moments of jericho face-ness: (whilst feuding with Steph and, indirectly, Rhyno) "I'm going to get that dirty... sweaty... smelly animal... and i'm going to get you too, Rhyno!" Angle as WWF champ comes out and says he's ready to defend his title, but needs a few seconds to prepare - cue Jericho's countdown clock. Face it, his entrance rules as a way of interrupting/flustering heels.

Know why that is? Cos the rest are shown for free on Sky Sports One. I can stand missing Armageddon if I get Mania. Then again, if the damn things weren't £15 maybe I'd feel like shelling out. A price of more like a fiver would suit me fine.

Jeff Hardy was billed at 218 when he was probably more like 180. But Batista's meant to weight more than Kane, who's supposedly 320 or so isn't he? i have to say i think that's a bit odd.

I think the thing is that if Foley had actually "fired" La Re (even if only storyline-wise) then it'd be shit. However, since he said to Bischoff that all he was doing was making a point and wasn't actually firing anyone, it's kind of OK. Personally I'd be pissed off if someone was storyline fired for not repeating the Oath of Alleigance (or whatever it is), no matter what their supposed nation of origin, or whether they were a face or heel. But since he was only doing it to get a point across and didn't follow through i think we should see it as such.

Whoah - he's changed a bit. And it wasn't that long ago that he still looked like the Bobby Heenan of old when he and mean Gene commentated on the Gimmick Battle Royale. But he looks healthy, at least.

*bows down* Ta.

Does anyone know how to differentiate between Match and Entrance attires? I've been pressing the Select button to change between the two, but any change I make to one automatically gets made to the other as well. And it's pissing me off.

Yeah, let's get more stereotypes! After all Regal's been indefinitely sidelined, so you can't have someone demonstrating how us Brits are all upper-class ponces who wave, sneer at commoners and even pretend to know something about the Duchess of Queensbury. I'm sure American wrestling is short one stereotype, so why not go with the Russians. Oh no, sorry, Regal's spot was filled to overflowing with La Resistance wasn't it? They can get heat by being French, but since these were the same live crowds that cheered Austin stunning Stacy, I'm actually with the (fake) French on this one. And I'm British - I actually have a REASON to dislike the French.

Could be anyone, though i doubt it'd be more than one "big" name at a time. I went to an All-Star show early this year and the biggest American name was The American Avalanche P.N Neusz (anyone remember the Rapmaster from early 90s WCW? That was him). Oh, and Wildcat Robbie Brookside sucks, by the way. Mind you, the show I saw had Jody Fleisch on. And if you're wondering why Dean 2 Extreme is in the main event (which he may well be), it's because he's fucking the promoter's daughter (the ring announcer)...

Test doesn't annoy me anywhere near as much these days. The Big Boot sucks as a finisher since it's just kind of... naff, but the Testdrive rocks (I know it's a rip-off of the Last Rites/Roll Of The Dice, it's still a decent move). He's not too bad on the mic, and is one of the better big men. I have to give it up for the guy when he went out with a BROKEN FUCKING FOOT and put on a watchable Hardcore match with Suckomac - the guy who broke his damn foot in the first place. The only problem with that was that Test with a broken foot causing Shane problems lowered Kane's heat even further ("Hey! I'm a generally ignored mysoginistic generic midcard hoss, and I can nearly beat him with a broken foot! What's your problem?")

Rape isn't "distasteful" - it's fucking sick.

"Oh, that cad Duke Droese is making GHB and raping young women! Well, I never!" "I know! How distasteful can you get?" Who describes making GHB and raping girls as DISTASTEFUL? What he said.

I'm not sure a Trips/Goldie/Kane triple threat would work well. Too little variation there for my liking. But I'm not thinking that Triple H will win this monday. But three times in a row is too many to lose clean to the same opponent (for anyone, not just Trips) and still keep credibility, so it HAS to be outside interference. What I want to know is Kane's motivation for this. It seems like he was announcing his intention for the title on Raw, but for virtually all his singles career Kane has been "grudge guy", taking on whoever has personally wronged him, intentionally/legitimately or otherwise. Goldberg has done NOTHING to Kane. Hasn't even been in the same room that we've seen.

Thank you, LaParkaMarka. Whether this thread is unreal or not, you have just solved a problem that has been annoying me on and off since high school.

I'm thinking Dreamer decides that since no-one gives a shit about Heat, let alone house shows, why not have a laugh by kicking out of finishers. It's like Al Snow and the J.O.B. Squad - Snow said in the shoot interview that the jobbers have the power, because at anytime they could make someone like Undertaker look worthless by kicking out of the Tombstone.

I still want someone to tell me why the word "skirt" is masculine in German.

That should be "illiterate". I'm sorry, I couldn't resist that one...

I was all set to laugh at this and applaud you for your comedic talents until I realized you weren't really joking, were you. No, it was ironic. Honest. I sometimes forget that you can't all see my wry, all-knowing smile as I type away. Damn, I did it again.

A minor detail. Besides, that wasn't a fight, that was boxing. You know, it has rules. I think.

White people aren't cool. White Men Can't Jump. I personally have formulated a theory based on my own observations that a person of any other racial background can kick the crap out of an equal-sized white person in a fight. Basically, since white people aren't cool, anyone who isn't cool is white. Then again, I think this rationalisation only works if the person is uncool in relation to a culture dominated by a different racial group. The rap/hip-hop culture is obviously traditionally dominated by black people, Eminem being the only notable exception, and has a language vastly different to "standard" English, whether American or British. So if you don't understand the language, you're white. I hope that makes some kind of sense.

Thank God for that.

One of the most cringe-worthy JR calls I ever heard was during the Blackman/Shanomac Hardcore Title match from SummerSlam 2000. I distinctly heard him say that Shane was climbing the stage structure with Blackman after him "Like Shane is a coon, and Blackman is a coon-dog". WTF? Last I heard, "coon" was an EXTREMELY foul term for a black person. So unless I completely misheard that, JR was likening Shane's retreat to a black man being hunted by dogs. And bear in mind Blackman (no pun intended) was the face, so it wasn't exactly being critical of such a pursuit...

Depends if you see yourself as hip and cool, down with the kids and their lingo. I think being into hip-hop helps. Personally, I would never make a fuss if someone called me the whitest person they knew because it would be totally laughable for me to attempt to claim otherwise.

I always thought it basically meant "I'm so much better than you you can't even see me, let alone touch me". But I'm VERY white, and British too. So my interpretation of American Street Talk should be viewed as more or less worthless.