The Mandarin

That match saved an abysmal Raw so far for me: 1) LOUD chops 2) Flair Flop 3) Flair Flop #2 (yeah, they're corny but I love them) 4) Crowd was pretty hot 5) Batista, the King of SWANK shows up again 6) Sets up what could be a pretty good Batista/Benoit match at the PPV And, best of all-- NBA JAM references. BOOMSHAKALAKA.

This is the most offensive Raw I've ever seen.

Between this and and DJ Jazzy Jeff being tossed out the door, you are my new favourite poster on TSM. And OH MY GOD, those girls are CATTY.

@ Triple H burying OVW.

Oh c'mon, we're all going to die eventually. I've heard "news" on my impending death years on end from quality news sources such as Weekly World News and the like. An asteroid is supposed to kill us in 2011 anyways, don'tcha know. It's not that I believe it or disbelieve it, I just don't care.

Benoit/Angle vs. Rey/Edge I'm really suprised the Horsemen/Flock made it so far. I've seen it before, and while it was good, I wasn't blown away as I was with the No Mercy tag.

Awful. He didn't even post a picture of a spider.

1) The WWE product is better now than it was one year ago. True. 2) The WWE product is better now than it was three years ago. Ehh..false. 3) The WWE product is better now than it is five years ago. True. 4) I believe the in-ring product has improved in the last three years. True. 5) I believe the storylines/feuds/angles have improved in the last three years. False. 6) I wish WCW and ECW were still in existence. True. 7) The WWE will have no real competition in the next five years. False. 8) It was smart for the WWE to go to a "less is more" in ring style. True. 9) I believe the RAW brand is superior to Smackdown. True. 10) If I could convince Vince Macmahon to push one guy on either roster to the moon, it would be: Batista.

*has massive stroke* LA PARKA~?! I'm tuning in man. I'll be there at both hours. Fo' sho.

Beefcack. That's genius. Jesus Zach, how do you manage to find time between watching your huge pile of DVDs, working at WSS (I've bought stuff there before, by the way.), posting on these forums and being Champion of the OAOAST? That's insane.

Only bother watching Unhappily Ever After, which is an old favourite of mine. Not even Jeremy Piven could save Ellen.

Instead of that, why don't we just not give him money? ..sorry Bob.

Samoa Joe, Chris Benoit, Triple H, Batista and CM Punk.

Mick Foley reminds me of Harry T. Stone. But instead of Mel Torme, he should worship Terry Funk.

I say in order to comply with Zsasz's tirade we merge the months of May and June into one and call it "Mune".

Get him a bowler hat.

RRR, what makes you think Lesnar vs. Rock from Summerslam 02 was better than Angle vs. Rock from No Way Out 2001? (I'm curious, I'm a fan of both matches)

What the hell is this? What the hell happened to girls liking.. ..Tom Selleck.. or something. ..Chicks digged the mustache. NOT WITH THE TIMES'D

I had a Scott Putski cake once. ..

Sounds okay, but I'm not a fan of 1/2 hour Unsolved Mysteries. Give me 1 hour of New Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack(!) and then we'll talk. OFF DA HOOK. I don't remember Penelope Pitstop or The Monkees, but the rest were great, especially Dastardly and Mutley. Mutley's snickering was hysterical.

Statement: If Edge and Christian do re-team, they need to introduce Grandma Edna as their heel manager.

Being an internet fan, I hear of constant reports of wrestlers exercising their "backstage power". Locker room leaders like Undertaker and Kurt Angle seem to have a lot of this and use it, while wrestlers such as Rob Van Dam and other lower card workers do not and are often subsequently buried. What does it take to have backstage power? One would assume that you have to have good relations with top dogs in the company, you have to be WWE born and raised, and if you really want to be a head honcho, you have to be 300 pounds and have played some college football. Screwing the boss's daughter doesn't hurt either. So what do we know about backstage politics? Not as much as we'd like to think. But we do know that it may be a factor into today's product. So in this diary, I will guess what tactics were used that shaped or modified the happenings of this week's TV tapings while adding my own dialogue to some of the situations. Additional backstage meetings that may or may not have any outcome on the product will be thrown in as well. I'll also assign star ratings to the politics, a DUD being no power exercised at all, ***** being "ABUSE OF POWER! WOO! ABUSE OF POWER! ABUSE OF POWER! WOOOO!" as Ric Flair would like to say. Here's the current roster. I assigned "hand sizes" to everyone. The higher the number, the more power you command. All of this is reflecting what we see on television, so don't be suprised if someone's hand value goes up during their subsequent TV push. First "show" up soon.

What about "Villanos I, II, and III, who are exclusive to Mexico?" -Mike Tenay President V can give them their green cards and appoint them double-secret agents.