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I don't know the details of American law, but if another mod thinks this is out of line, then he's gone. If anybody can show me proof that it is illegal, then he's gone. It's only really illegal if he says anything about him plotting to kill the President like Unger did. Ok. Fine by me. That's why I was asking for proof. The disadvantage of being a foreigner on an American board. Seriously, though, technically illegal or not, him wishing death upon the President / V.P. really ought to be enough to give him a temporary vacation from the board, if only from this folder.

This is actually a pretty decent card. *Jeff Jarrett vs. Kevin Nash for NWA title THIS I have problems with. By all rights it should be Jarrett v. Brown with Brown finally going over for the title. *Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy in a TLC match Could be interesting. It has potential if Abyss can pull a good match out of Hardy. *A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels in an Iron Man match for the X title If you care about workrate in the slightest, than this match is reason enough to order the PPV. *AMW vs. Kid Kash & Dallas for the tag titles Has solid potential if they build it up in the next couple weeks on Impact. *Dustin Rhodes vs. Raven I'm going to put faith in Raven's ability to pull out good brawls. If they go crazy here, this could be worth it. *Road Dogg & Jeff Hammond vs. Michael Shane & Frankie Kazarian Who the fuck is Jeff Hammond? Eh, it's got Dogg in it, so at least the crowd will be hot.

I've always enjoyed "A Tale of Two Cities" with its rather chilling depiction of the Revolution. Oh, and coming from stock that is predominantly British & German (at least on my father's side): yes indeed, fuck France.

Can New Jack even cut a "clean" promo???

Mein gott, all this is for the announcement of a film deal so Austin will star in some of their awful B-movies? And the first film is, as Jingus pointed out, a rip-off of the fucking RUNNING MAN no less?!?!?! Christ on a cracker.

There's a difference between being biased about something and just being a flat-out bigot & anti-Semite. Guess which side of those two spectrums you fall under? I'd gladly rip you a new asshole if I thought you were anything more than just a pathetic troll.

Please, in WWE-land the setup for this match is ridiculously easy. JBL comes out on Smackdown one night and brags about how he's the greatest WWE champion ever, etc., he's better than Hogan, Hart, Austin, Sammartino, even the Rock. Have him insert disparaging remark about the film "Be Cool". Next week, Rock shows up, having taken offense to this. We get 20 minutes of the Rock goofing on JBL, before JBL's cabinet gets fed up and attacks. Rock fights back, eventually gets beat down, boom - instant Rock / JBL feud. See? Easy as pie. Someone hire me to the WWE booking team. Oh, and for those of you going, "Boo! The Rock shouldn't have to put over JBL!" Get serious. I mean, C'MON. Get real. I like the Rock, I do, but the Rock is not "a wrestler who occasionally acts", he's "an actor who occasionally wrestles." There is no reason - NO fucking reason - why the Rock should NOT be putting people over, because quite frankly he's got absolutely NOTHING left to prove or left to do in the business at this point. He's good for two things, really, now: boosting the image of the WWE by simple association with them, and putting people over. And he's long ago reached that plateau where he's goddamn bulletproof. He can most definitely lay down for JBL at Mania, and it won't hurt him AT ALL, because he'll leave there with the fans / marks loving him as much as they did before.

I'm with Deon - I didn't think Elektra would do well, but really, debuting at number FIVE is less than even I would have predicted. Shameful.

I've been joking for a couple weeks now that this show is Rudo's idea of porno, and I'm glad to see him proving me right.

So? I'll be the one to say it: there isn't a sports star that is alive today, or who has lived in times past, who warrants being included in a list of the 100 greatest Americans. If for no other reason than the top 100 should go to people who actually changed the nation (if not the world) in a more profound way than playing a fucking game. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just a hopeless jock-sniffer.

I'm digging Rene's goatee.

JR has been calling Benjamin's splash as such for a few weeks now on Raw. Sting is coming to the WWE to lead the Invasion.

Ah, so they're still kayfabing that Akio is a) Japanese and b) doesn't speak a lick of English. Quaint.

If it makes you feel any better, he's number 83 on my list.

This is a bit off-topic, but didn't Millar kill off Eddie Brock in Marvel Knights Spider-Man? I remember it being mentioned that Brock slit his wrists and that "we don't think he'll live through the night", but I wasn't sure if he was definitively DOA.

This is off-topic, of course, but I personally think the scissors kick is perfectly fine as a finisher. Unfortunately, there is very little psychology in the WWE anymore, so we don't have Booker T working on someone's abdominals for the entire match to set it up.

I assume because the move is one of the most implausible-looking I've ever seen. To answer the title question: no, I won't be ordering it. Not because I have issues with the card or because I don't want TNA to succeed, but rather because of my policy that there really isn't ANY incentive to order wrestling PPVs these days, when - whether the show is good, bad, great or awful - all one has to do is wait two months and the card will be released on DVD anyway. No matter how much the entire PPV experience is made better by watching it live as it happens, for those of us on a budget, $20 DVD > $30/35 PPV any day of the week.

Name me any possible match with the current Smackdown roster that's worthy enough to main event Mania. If I gave you a week to ponder it - you still wouldn't be able to find one. Face it, HHH vs. pretty much anyone is, sadly, better than pretty much anything Smackdown has to offer. Unless Vince goes crazy, hires Hogan back, and books a JBL / Hogan program. But then you start getting into the issue of hiring workers / trading workers, which goes back again to my point that there is no existing matchup with the current SD roster that's near worthy enough to headline Mania.

Did someone beat you over the head until you lost every non-retarded thought in your brain? Desite all of your completely ridiculous Dracula analogies, Highland has one up on you, if for nothing else than the simple reason that the Nazi uniform - used as a joke in Harry's case or not - is still very much a vogue fashion to thousands of neo-Nazis, and violent fascist skinheads who still perpetrate hate crimes. Vehemently ridiculing this kid for his choice in wardrobe is more than appropriate, and relevant, given the rise in anti-Semitism that's been slowly engulfing Europe over the past decade or so. Sek has the best point - the uniform should, on some level, offend anyone who has anything remotely resembling good taste.

I know Roderick Strong is something of a smark darling in certain quarters, because of his work in.....I don't know, ROH, or wherever the hell he wrestles in the indies.....but I just have to say, he is the most unimpressive looking wrestler I've just about ever seen.

Part of me wants to absolutely hate this show (as I absolutely HATED the American Iron Chef specials they did a couple months back). A big part of that is because the original series was so good, and another huge part is, of course, that I absolutely loathe Bobby Flay and I firmly believe in my heart that pretty much any victory he receives is completely and totally rigged. Didn't he supposedly beat Sakai in the specials? Uh-huh. Proof positive that the fix is in. There are no known universes in which Bobby Flay beats Hiroyuki Sakai in a cooking contest. Still, I might give this show a look or two, if only because I like Morimoto and Batali.

I don't know many things in this world, but there is one thing I do know: always bet on the angry black guy over the angry white guy in a fight. Who gives a shit about size - I think New Jack would murder Bubba Ray. Probably in the literal sense.

The answer is, of course: Hassan vs. Hogan at WM 21. Make it happen, Vince.

This story made me crazy when it broke, not the least of which being how the Democrats - some, even, on this board - made it seem as if what he did was no big thing. I hope this is one of those RARE occasions where someone does get the book thrown at them, but I'm not holding my breath. Because if I do I may die.

That's my question. I'm getting a little cash back from selling some of my old law textbooks, and I really would love to just walk into a Best Buy or Tower Records and pick up a TNA DVD, rather than have to order it through their website.