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Uh oh, CM Funk.... "Randy Orton must captain one team and must be eliminated, but cannot be eliminated by the captain on the opposing team." Great team names though.

1) Randy Orton, Brian Lawler, Dustin Rhodes, and Harry Smith (2nd Generation) d. Johnny B. Badd, Rico, Billy Gunn, and Chuck Palumbo (We're Here, We're Queer), with Dustin Rhodes as the lone survivor. -Randy Orton pinned Chuck Palumbo with an RKO at 4:13. (4-3) -Billy Gunn pinned Orton with a fameasser and a pin using the ropes at 6:46. (3-3) -Johnny B. Badd pinned Harry Smith after shooting his Badd Blaster in Smith's face behind the referee's back, and then rolling him up for the pin at 7:43. (2-3) -Billy Gunn pinned Brian Lawler with a fameasser after Lawler missed a guillotine leg drop at 10:41 (1-3) -Dustin Rhodes pinned Gunn with the Curtain Call at 10:58. (1-2) -Rico was disqualified after Jackie interfered at 12:20. (1-1) -Dustin Rhodes pinned Johnny B. Badd after hitting a bulldog off the ropes at 15:35. 2) Diamond Dallas Page, Nick Gage, Chris Cage and Robbie Rage (Rhyme Time) d. Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, Lex Luger, the Patriot (The Americanimaniacs) with DDP as the sole survivor. -Hogan pinned Rage with the big leg drop of doom at 4:41. (3-4) -Angle got Chris Cage (making his TV debut) to tap to the ankle lock at 5:56. (2-4) -Nick Gage pinned The Patriot after DDP hit a Diamond Cutter and rolled Gage on top after Patiot had hit Gage with the Uncle Slame at 7:55. (2-3) -Lex Luger put Gage in the torture rack for the submission at 8:35. (1-3) -DDP pinned Luger at 10:41 with the Diamond Cutter and reversing out of the Torture Rack. (1-2) -DDP pinned Hulk Hogan at 11:15 after Lex Luger came back to the ring and accidentally knocked out Hogan with the UNPADDED FOREARM OF DOOM. (1-1) -DDP pinned Kurt Angle at 18:10 after reversing an Angle Slam to the Diamond Cutter. After the match, Hulk Hogan confronted Lex Luger backstage, and the two men brawled out of the arena. 3) Wild card match: Chris Jericho, New Jack, Abdullah the Butcher, and Brian Pillman (Blood and Blondes) d. The Ultimate Warrior, Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn and Marc Mero (Ulitmate Fighters) with all of the Blood and Blondes team surviving. -Abby pinned Dan Severn with a running elbow drop at 2:53. -Brian Pillan pinned Marc Mero with a rolling cradle after reversing out of the TKO at 5:51. -Ken Shamrock was DQ-ed at 8:45 after not releasing the ankle lock when Chris Jericho got to the ropes. -Ultimate Warrior was counted out at 10:10 after Jericho hit a spring board dropkick sending him to the floor, and Randy Savage ran down and knocked out Warrior with his scepter. -After the match, New Jack hit a balcony dive on the Warrior. -Backstage, someone hit Zeus with a car and drove off! Zeus needed a replacement for his match, so Hulk Hogan got Randy Savage to agree to bring the Mega Powers back for one night only! 4) Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Hawk and Animal (The Legion of Mega Powers) d. Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Chris Benoit, and Dean Malenko (Team Horsemen) when Hogan and Savage were the survivors. -Hawk pinned Malenko after LOD hit the Doomsday Device at 6:15. -Arn Anderson pinned Hawk after hitting a spinebuster at 8:55. -Chris Benoit tapped Animal at 14:31, using the Crippler Crossface -Randy Savage pinned Tully Blanchard with the big elbow drop at 17:50. -Hulk Hogan pinned Arn Anderson with the big leg drop at 19:41. -Hulk Hogan pinned Chris Benoit at 20:35 with the big leg drop. Benoit had Savage in the crossface, but Hogan has blind tagged in with Benoit knowing, and Hogan hit the leg drop. 5) The Ulitimate Survivor match: Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Dustin Rhodes, and Diamond Dallas Page d. Chris Jericho, New Jack, Abdullah the Butcher, and Brian Pillman with Savage as the lone survivor. -Abdullah the Butcher was DQ-ed for excessive use of a fork on Dustin Rhodes at 5:10. -Chris Jericho easily pinned Rhodes with the lionsault at 5:35. -Chris Jericho rolled up DDP for the pin at 7:46 after DDP collided with Hogan on the apron. DDP then gave Hogan a diamond cutter, but Hogan started to Hulk Up on Jericho! -Hogan pinned New Jack at 8:41 with the big leg drop after Jericho quickly tagged out to New Jack so Hogan wouldn't pin him. -Brian Pillman was counted out at 9:35 after saying he respected Hulk Hogan, the booker man and walking out on the match! -Hogan was disqualified at 12:13 after getting caught with a chair in his hands that Jericho had originally tried to use on him. Hogan threw a big tantrum after the match, before getting attacked by Lex Luger and Sid. Sid powerbomed Hogan through the stage! -Randy Savage pinned Chris Jericho at 17:24 with the big elbow to be the ultimate survivor.

Thanks for the votes (and the awesomely creative booking ideas, lol), so keep 'em coming.

When did Nitro go from 2 to 3 hours?

This is a pay per view I've seen once, but it was several years ago and to be honest I can't remember anything about it. I've always thought that the old school Survivor Series shows are fun to watch or good for a rent or something to check out, though I can see why they started moving away from the "team" formats since the matches were pretty "meaningless". I guess, though, that they've kept the old school elimination matches in most of the Survivor Series shows, but after the 1990 show started to add title matches.

Here are the first round matchups...vote for who you think should win! 1) Norman Smiley and Vader vs. Sabu and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin 2) Funaki and Johnny Stamboli vs. Scott Hall and Road Warrior Animal 3) Steve Armstrong and Taka Michinoku vs. "Lord" Steven Regal and Dean Malenko 4) Big Stevie Cool and Dunn vs. Jamie Knoble and Tommy Dreamer 5) Rey Misterio Jr. and The Rock vs. Hakushi and Mick Foley 6) Kanyon and EdOMac vs. James Tighe and Sting 7) Brock Lesnar and Jim Neidhart vs Chris Benoit and Tokyo Magnum 8) Low Ki and Dusty Rhodes vs. Shelton Benjamin and La Parka 9) Kane and Chuck Palumbo vs. Eddie Guerrero and Abdullah the Butcher 10) Raven and Bret Hart vs. 911 and Diamond Dallas Page

We know have enough for the battle bowl! I am about to post the first round matches. The format of this thing will be as follows: Night one: Ten first round lethal lottery matches Night two: Five second round lethal lottery matches, and a ten man battle royal to determine a winner. You people will vote for all the winners. Back with the matchups in just a moment!

Keeping it real Rivalry with Stone Cold wasn't rehearsed By BRET HART This past week, I've been completing an upcoming TV special about a one-time NHLer who used to play for the Rochester Americans. I was riding in the production van when it pulled up at the Rochester War Memorial Auditorium and I was instantly struck by memories of many great matches I had there, many of them involving Stone Cold Steve Austin. While storylines suggested Steve and I had an intense, bitter rivalry, we were always close friends who had a deep mutual respect. I sat down on the front steps of the Rochester War Memorial and gave Steve a call. Turns out, he has a part in the remake of The Longest Yard and was talking to me from the set in L.A. When I told him where I was calling from, he chuckled almost deviously and we enjoyed swapping old war stories. I asked Steve if he has any plans to return to the ring and he said he's been feeling it in his knees and neck lately. And he's not sure if it'd be worth risking injuring himself at this point in his career. But never say never in wrestling. We joked about whose knees are worse -- mine or his -- and recalled that when I needed to have knee surgery for real, we had a story angle in which Steve was all fired up after losing to me at Wrestlemania XIII. He viciously attacked my knee with a chair on Raw the next night in Binghamton, N.Y., so I could go home to have my knee taken care of. We talked about the present state of the business and we both had similiar sentiments: Realism is severely lacking and, for me, it's the realism I always loved about the business. Our matches and interviews were never overly rehearsed and no script writer could have invented a Stone Cold or a Hitman match as well as Steve Williams and I did. Wrestling shouldn't be reduced to a formula written by someone else to be followed by wrestlers because then the result will never come across as genuine. Pro wrestling should be an art form so wrestlers can tell stories in the ring again. Just before we got off the phone, Steve Austin invited me down to visit him in Texas to go wild boar hunting. Something tells me that will be quite a tale.

Hey, you can always put TNA as your wild card.

http://www.thehonkytonkman.com/news/98854423.shtml "Rumors have surfaced that Kane has given his notice to WWE. It is not known at this point if the rumors are for real. It seems WWe made a substantial cut in dollar amount on the renewal of Kane's contract. Kane was said not to be happy with the numbers and has given his early release notice. The story is developing and we will have more on this huge turn of events." Okay, so no credible source has posted it yet, but I figured it was worth a thread. Is there any reason why HTM would know about Kane leaving the WWE? Are he and Jacobs friends or something?

I actually liked the Bret/Diesel Rumble 1995 match a LOT, about as much as the Survivor Series one.

I never saw the first one, but heard great things about it.

It'd be weird to have JBL/Booker, since Booker just lost in a US title feud. But I suppose they could go there.

WCW Greed 2002 1. Battle of the father and sons: Dusty and Dustin Rhodes d. Jerry and Brian Lawler at 8:04 when Dustin hit the Curtain Call on Brian. *1/2 2. Japan vs. Mexico: Ultimo Guerrero d. Great Muta at 14:41 with a sunset flip. ***1/4 3. Fire and Ice (Scott Norton and Ice Train) d. Fire and Ice V.2 (Kane and Glacier) at 6:46 when Norton powerslammed Glacier for the pin. 4. Celebrity vs. Manager: Chuck Norris d. Jimmy Hart at 4:31 with a kick to the head. -**. 5. WWF/WCW/ECW big men collide: Vader d. 911 and Undertaker in a triple threat match when Undertaker tombstoned 911 only to have the Gangstas pull him out of the ring before he could pin. Vader hit a Vader Bomb on 911 for the pin. *1/4 After the match, Taker chokeslammed both members of the Gangsta's through the two announce tables at ringside, before giving Vader a chokeslam in the ring. 6. WCW Cruiserweight title: Ultimo Dragon d. B-Boy to retain the title at 16:40 with a dragon sleeper. ***1/4 After the match, Ultimo Guerrero came to the ring and attacked Dragon, setting up a battle of the Ultimos at the next PPV. 7. WCW US Title strap match: Stan Hansen d. Steve Austin at 17:43 after touching all four posts. ***1/2 After the match, Savio Vega came down and said he was the king of the strap match, and challenged Hansen to a match at the next PPV. Hansen lariated him. 8. WCW title four-corners match: Sting d. Diamond Dallas Page, Ric Flair, and Booker T at 17:43 after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop on Page after reversing the Diamond Cutter. *** After the match, Abdullah the Butcher and Cactus Jack came to the ring and assaulted Sting.

Saw this on the LoP site...don't know if its been posted yet: "For those wondering why Gene Snitsky's promos seem old school and "goofy," Stephanie McMahon had a huge influence on the style. Apparently, after his first promo came off really silly, Stephanie McMahon found it hilarious and WWE sources decided to run with Snitsky as a goofy speaker."

This is the weirdest thing ever. But I'll add mine later!

So is this pretty much a one match show?

I heard a funny one the other night. I was watching some old RAW's from 1993, and there was a Tatanka/Nasty Boys vs. HBK/Beverly Brothers 6-man tag where Tatanka pinned HBK leading into Wrestlemania 9. Anyways, during the match one of the Nasty Boys pins one of the Beverlys. The other Beverly comes into the ring and kicks the Nasty in the head to break up the pinfall. Vince: "One...two..." He pauses. Vince: Well...that wasn't very nice. The way Vince says it is just classic. I miss Vince the douchebag announcer.

In 1989, IIRC, he had some really good matches with Lex Luger. He was fantastic in the ring for the most part as "Flyin' Brian". And who doesn't love the Hollywood Blondes? This may be stupid, but what was the actual cause of death for Pillman? Did he OD?

I have to admit I've never seen this show, so I'm interested to see what everyone has to say about it. This was a time in WCW where things were just about to go downhill (at least in the view of many) as you had Hogan feuding with Vader next and bringing in his friends (with guys like Duggan going over Austin, etc) and then feuding with the horrible Dungeon of Doom.

At least they're pushing somebody new and pushing him strong. So he may not be the best in the ring...he has to at least be better than Heidenreich, who is also getting a good push. Sure, it's frustrating that there are a zillion guys they could put in these positions and give the push to instead, but the thing with Smackdown right now is that it's not stale...it's fucking weird, yes, but to me it's just a better show than RAW right now. And at least they're TRYING to elevate some new talent. You gotta look at the positives, I guess...

I always liked the Pillman/Goldust feud, one of the first times Russo would use his "wife/girlfriend leaves her man because he loses a match and then ends up turning on him" storyline, though this didn't get that far. "Your little daugher, Dakota? She's mine! She's my love child! And it was so good!"

I actually have always liked the HBK/Tatanka WM9 match a lot, too. Haven't seen Tatanka/Flair, though. HBK/Sid from Survivor Series 1996 is a great example of what you're talking about, though.

Or Big Show, even. Angle could get his win back and then move on to feud with Taker.

CCC carries an apple with him to the ring?