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"Wait a minute what kind of merchandise does Lashley and Test sell?" How dare you forget Test's 2003 hot-seller, the "I LOVE MY TEST-ICLES" t-shirt.

The cool thing about Russo is, at least for the WCW period, and this may be part of his downfall, is that he always tries to FLESH OUT CHARACTERS and at least GIVE THEM a character. Madusa went from "chick with big knockers" to "WCW, screw you! I am a woman wrestler not just eye-candy! Then she feuded with a writer and dated a 21 year old worker. So he TRIES, there's just not much to work with. The Christy Hemme thing from the PPV was a much more exaggerated thing that he did with Madusa in '99. At least he took this dead characters, i.e. La Parka and Chavo and Vincent and such, and tried to give them life. La Parka's "dubbed over voice" thing gave him meaning to the non-smark crowd. Chavo's AmWay sales was a horrible gimmick, so no dice. In TNA, there's a TON more talent than he had to work with in WCW, at least wrestling wise. He needs to find a proper balance of "SHOOTY ANGLES" and great wrestling to succeed. Fans can always find out what happens on the net or the next Impact episode. It's the match quality that will draw TNA's audience. That's why they're blown their load with AJ's feuds, Daniels X Title escapes, and Joe/Angle.

Whoever created "Kyo" - he's awesome in baseball. HR like every 3 outta 4 times. "Ollie" resembles John Leguizamo and is a solid 2nd at bat. My favorite has to be "emmit", the Jerry Garcia-esque 5th hitter. Clutch hits aplenty.

Maybe it was a defective copy. My analog stick works fine on every other game. I don't see Spidey or Doc Strange constantly running forward into danger. That was my immediate concern (broken stick). Thoth thanks for your Wii-mail, just got it (net was down), pretty funny. (think it was you anyway)

Quote: ' While Bobby Heenan and Gene Okerlund were dancing around singing "Tutti Fruitti", ECW was producing the edgy TV that you named "attitude." ' LIE. Heenan and Okerlund were in WCW by then (1994-94), it wasn't the 80's. ' Because while Doink the Clown had green hair and a rubber nose, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was drinking his first beer in ECW, damn you. ' LIE. Doink wasn't in the WWF when ECW, WHO WAS ON THE WWE'S PAYROLL BY THE WAY, had Austin. Stole Bret's dream? Stole Michaels' smile? Used Hogan's blood? (or made them millionaires...) This was just trying to please the smart marks and make them buy the PPV. Lot of crap in there. Basically the whole entire speech is a big "let's rally the internet" piece of shit work because Heyman was a WWE employee when running ECW.

theintensifier, I feel that i have some knowledge of this subject being that I regularly watched every Nitro live, I own every Nitro/Thunder show on DVD/CD-R, or VHS, attended various WCW shows and PPV events, and was a huge mark for them since I started watching wrestling in 1991. RUSSO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEATH OF WCW. By the time Vince Russo came to WCW in October of 1999, WCW was a cancer patient that had about 12 months to live. There was nothing anyone could do. Russo just took the patient out on the town, did some strange things with him, and watched him go. Russo was doomed, as the talent that was there and boring storylines/terrible feuds had crippled WCW. Most of the quality workers were already begging to leave, ratings were on the serious decline, and it was over. 95% of what Russo did in WCW was GOD AWFUL and Russo should in NO WAY have ANY positive light shed on him for his WCW work, don't get me wrong. But what was done was already done. Russo just happened to be the head writer for a sinking ship. WCW as a "#1 Company" contender officially died around Sept-Oct 1998, regardless of what people will try to spin. 1999 was all downhill. 2000 was the harbinger of death. 2001 was death.

I believe this is the energy company's first year they can't write off their losses. Which is why they're hot-shotting so many angles at once, despite the TNA nerds cries of "OMG RUSSO SUX BLOWING THEIR LOAD WITH JOE/ANGLE". They HAVE to.

I returned Red Steel to GameStop on Sunday evening. Read all about the horrid nature of said game in the Wii thread. The guy there was actually really helpful. And then he advised me to come back on Tuesday and pick up Wii Play, which comes with an extra remote. I got my giftcard and was all excited to get my newest remote and game. Only to go today and be told "SRY, IT'S D-LAYED!" What a fucking idiot. Yeah, maybe I should've researched it on the internet, but I'm not a big "gamer" and these clown shold've known the fucking game was delayed.

I was given Red Steel for Christmas. I finally opened it on Sunday at 5:00 pm, being too busy with the greatness that is Ultimate Alliance, Zelda, and Wii Sports. I played the game for approx. 10 minutes. I was at the store by 5:40 pm to return it. Seriously, it is the worst game I have ever played. The graphics are SUPER NINTENDO QUALITY. The cut scenes consist of shitty "art" moving side to side. i.e. a picture of a car sliding onto the screen. The play control is probably the worst for a "Goldeneye" type game ever. You CONSTANTLY move forward and must hold back to stop. Anyways, the game is the shits. Avoid it at all costs. Oh yeah, you're saving your "girlfriend", a Japanese chick in full Japanese attire and steretype. With a voice of a 30's suburban mom. The voice acting, art, play control, all get a solid F.

Sorry, but every week it's "TNA goes up .1!" or "TNA loses .1!" as if that actually means anything for the company's future.

Ratings mean shit. Consumers spend money because of compelling storylines and interest in wrestlers and the matches they compete in. TNA has awful storylines and overhyped "dream matches" that end up with meaningless roll-up endings and no long-term planning. That's why companies like ROH outdraw them and sell more tickets. But the Joanie Laurer Memorial Women's Division might sell some tickets. And the Chris Harris "road to recovery" we've waited for for years. Seriously after downloading that abortion of a PPV, poor Jerry Lynn may be TNA's only true likeable star.

I just wanted to show my appreciation for the hottest song in the country, "We Fly High." BALLINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

DX wrestles like 8 tag matches and gets in the running for Tag of the Year.

Syxx is involved in two legendary Nitro promos: Jericho and Syxx are in an argument about Jericho winning the Cruiser title from him at a "Pay-Per-Listen" event on Saturday Night... Jericho: "...and I beat you, 1-2-3..." Syxx: "You BEAT NOTHING until you got back to your hotel, pal!" ____________ Flair to Syxx: "Because I've had more World Championships than you'd have pieces of ass, pal!" ____________ Basically if your sexually related promo ends in "...pal!" it's probably gold.

"a couple of years when those marks realize how stupid it all is." Whether you realize it or not the same is said about us.

"Brown is still everything the WWE likes" Mic skills of a 4th grader, steroids, and horrible wrestling skills. I agree.

"Star Studded" = Matt Striker, Test, Shannon Moore, Little Guido, Kevin Thorn, Tommy Dreamer, and Sandman representing MAJOR COMPANY ECW instead of Sunday Night Heat.

Maria's like the Kitty Pryde of Raw, she does jack shit but if she wasn't there it'd suck.

Kayfabe: The brain cells combined between these four are in the teens.

At least CM Punk doesn't need to worry about...

I'm the one w/ the massive WCW library. BTW, JR and King speaking out loud as the voice of the fans in regards to Cena's title match, "HOW IS THAT FAIR?" is so lame. Jesus, as if the Cena/Umaga match wasn't bad enough at NYR, now you have another Cena win at Rumble.

I just wanted to say congratulations New Orleans, you took advantage of the Return of Andy Reid as Shitty Offensive Playcaller and Scott fucking dipshit Young and you were slightly the better team on Saturday, or at least the winning team, and that's what matters. I guess I'm rooting for the Patriots now because we'll get to hear LT bitch like a little girl some more.

Maybe Baltimore wins 34-31 and everyone's happy.

Wow that was awesome.

Trish is gorgeous and looks like a woman. Other girl looks like she used to be a man. Big difference.