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That'd be kinda cool. Or not. I'm not sure.

Why do they always have cage matches on RAW and Smackdown but almost never on PPV?

Trish looks quite fetching tonight, I dare say!

He was heating up when he hit those German suplexes, and then when he hit that headbutt he was just on fire.

And that's different than 90% of WWE PPVs how? But are'nt the PPVs spaced out 6 weeks now? It looks like The Creative is made of several college freshmen who started writing a research paper at midnight when it is due at 8 AM the next mourning. I'm not arguing with you. We see it all the time and it's pathetic. They've shown the ability to have about 2 storylines going at once, and no more than that.

Man, it'd be sweet if there was a no countout match tonight.

And that's different than 90% of WWE PPVs how?

Sure, why not?

They might as well have made it a TLC match. Well, at least there will be one pretty entertaining match on the show, even if we've seen it a zillion times before.

Someone has a sign that says "We're Eugene's friends". That HAS to be a plant.

Interesting. Is he going to be a consultant for both brands or something?

So how long until they have to turn Eugene heel with the "I was never retarded" thing?

From the Socaluncensored boards: Bradley/Slym over Tornado/Supa Badd Great match, Tornado took two sick bumps Bosh over Quicksilver and Hook (3way) decent match Talwar/Mercury over Disco/Ex Solid match, comedy spots and some stiffness Am Drag over Uk Kid What you would expect...and thats a good thing Pitbulls/PUMA over Daniels/B-boy/Gansta Quance Probably the match of the night...intense...stiff...and just great Super Dragon over Chris Hero Very good match. Dragon won with the top rope stomp to the head. Joe over Kazarian via DQ Both Dragons did run ins. SD ran in on Joe first. This could lead to an insane tag match for the next show...hopefully Lost def. Ryan when the First Family came in and attacked Joe, who had previously got ahold of the straps while ref. Knox was done, and gave Lost the titles. Lost is the newest member of the First Family. ----------------- Thoughts: -Awesome show -My friend had a great time and got to mark out and see his favorite wrestler, Chris Daniels. He got to meet him during intermission and was very happy. He says he's up for the 9th show, so we'll see what happens. -Hero/SD was my MOTN. -the ladder, 6-man and Joe/FK are tied for 2nd. -The opening tag was very good. -Please, no more of Bosh's ass. -UK Kid vs. AD was good. Kid didn't look that good like I have previously seen him, IMO. -Gangsta Bobby ownz, and Daniels with a bandana = gold. -AJ Styles. vs Bobby Quance at the next show. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN, PWG! -I'll miss Quance :-( -Get well soon, Homicide. -Also, get well soon as well, Bradley. -YAY FOR THE NEW DVDS! -Glad S.B.S. is back. -Seen Kazarian at the McDonald's and got to chat with him, which was awesome. Muchos gracias, PWG.

I see them having a draw in the first match, and then a draw in a triple threat match, and then a three way tag team ladder match at the 11/7 PPV or something like that. It would be typical TNA booking.

Good stuff about the Diva Search. I can't wait for that Kane movie. I'm sure it's going to be really top notch, A-level material.

Taka and Funaki are great. I still wish Funaki would get some sort of push on Smackdown, maybe as a Whipwreck-style underdog or something. Anyways, if anyone has any really random matches they want to suggest for reviewing (and I have them available to watch) I'll try and do them for ya.

All three combined!!! I actually think the sports entertainment one could be really funny if nothing else. I suppose the old school one could be a lot of fun too.

He was over HUGE in 1997. I just watched Summerslam and Survivor Series 1997, and the fans just love him. The fans go nuts for him in his Lions Den match against Owen Hart at Summerslam 1998. They loved it when he won King of the Ring earlier in 1998 as well. So why by Breakdown in September did all the fans hate him? Was it just because guys like Foley and Rock were just more entertaining?

This match sounds great, I need to find a tape of this show immediately.

DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE vs. KEVIN NASH - WCW WORLD TITLE MATCH FROM SLAMBOREE 1999: DDP won the title the month before at Spring Stampede after getting some help from Randy Savage and hitting a Diamond Cutter on Ric Flair for the pin. I have no idea if this match will be any good or if it'll be embarrassing or mediocre or what. I guess we'll see. They tie up and we get a quick start with Nash missing a big boot and blocking a DDP diamond cutter try and dumping him to the floor. Tenay mentions that these guys used to be tag partners? DDP punches away and Nash gets in a knee lift. He sends DDP to the ropes and DDP slides to the apron, so Nash shoves him off and to the floor. Nash drops DDP across the guard rail. Back inside, and Nash knees DDP in the corner and then does the framed elbows. He goes for the snake eyes but DDP floats over and punches away. Good thing, Nash would have used up most of his moveset right there! DDP keeps punching Nash, who keeps shoving him away. DDP low blows Nash and Nick Patrick misses it somehow. More punches. DDP goes to the other corner and takes off the turnbuckle padding. Patrick sees it, and while he's distracted DDP hits Nash in the head with something and pins him for 2. DDP argues with Patrick, and then Nash sends DDP face first into the EXPOSED STEEL TURNBUCKLE~! Both guys are down. Nash rolls over for a two count. They trade punches. DDP hits some nice shots and clotheslines Nash to the floor. The crowd is pretty quiet for this match. DDP baseball slide kicks Nash. He rolls him back in and pins him with his feet on the ropes and Nash kicks out. Schiavone yells like it's some fucking miracle or something. DDP drops an elbow. This match is so SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. DDP slowly works the knee and takes time out to pose a lot. He posts Nash's leg nicely, and then they do the "heel gets pulled into the ring post" spot. DDP recover and beats down Nash some more in the ring. This offense is less than exciting. But both guys have very limited move sets, so what do you expect? Nash finally comes back with punches and a knee lift, totally negating the work Page did on his knee. UGHHH! Nash hits a clothesline in the corner. He lifts DDP up and drops him across the top turnbuckle with a snake eyes. He whips DDP across and hits a big boot to the face, still not selling the knee at all. He calls for the Jacknife and hits it, but Randy Savage runs in and breaks up the count. A DQ is called for at 13:20. Savage hits Nash with the title belt. Eric Bischoff comes out and orders the match be restarted. This was Eric in his "I'm trying desperately to be a babyface again" period. Of course no one wanted to cheer him and they turned Savage heel when he was getting lots of pops upon his return, but oh well. The match is restarted and DDP gets a Russian leg sweep for 2. DDP ducks a clothesline and hits one of his own for 2. DDP hooks a cobra clutch (?) but Nash elbows out of it and hooks a sleeper. DDP counters with a chinbreaker/stunner type thing for 2. DDP gets a chair and comes back in. He swings and misses and hits himself with it. Nash covers for 2. Nash grabs the chair but DDP low blows him and covers for 2. The reaction of Nick Patrick to DDP hitting the low blow is PRICELESS. Seriously, it's worth the cost of buying this tape just for that. Okay, actually I'm lying, but it's funny. Nash knocks down DDP and PULLS DOWN THE STRAPS~! HE MEANS BUSINESS, PEOPLE! Nash hits the Jackknife and covers for the three at 16:45. See, THAT'S where DDP should have hit the diamond cutter for the win, but oh well. On the positive side, the match getting restarted instead of a bullshit DQ finish was good. On the negative side, Nash didn't sell his knee at all, and I didn't get to see DDP hit the diamond cutter. I think Tony Schiavone summed it up best: "This was a brutal world title bout." I probably would have given it ** if Nash had sold the knee, but I'll be generous and give it *1/2.

Sounds cool, I look forward to it.

"MR. INSANITY" TOBY KLEIN vs. NECRO BUTCHER (IWA-MS KOTDM 2004 TOURNAMENT, NIGHT ONE, FANS BRING THE WEAPONS): This match has gotten a lot of attention as being one of the best deathmatches ever, and I even saw a few posts on the Death Valley Driver board that listed this as one of the best matches of the year. Well, I got my KOTDM 2004 tapes today, so I figured I'd review this match. Now, I'll be the first to admit it's going to be hard to give this match a star rating, because I know ahead of time it's not going to have any wrestling, it's just going to be a crazy brawl. But we'll see what I think and go from there. Necro enters first, than Klein. Klein grabs some light tubes and fakes out a few fans, pretending he's going to hit them with the tubes. The match starts before Prazak finishes introductions. Necro grabs a computer monitor and just tosses it at Klein! They brawl on the floor and Necro chops Klein. They start trading STIFF shots back and forth. Klein throws a chair at Necro's head and then breaks a light tube over his head. Klein misses with a weapon shot and Necro chops him and then hits him with a big yellow wet floor cone and then headbutts Nero down. He bashes another light tube across Necro's back and then tears off Necro's shirt...and Necro snaps! Necro punches the SHIT out of Klein with a legit HARD shot and then starts throwing about ten chairs at Klein! Necro grabs a staple gune and puts one into Klein's forehead and then they trade more stiff chops. Klein grabs a HUGE light tube structure made into a crayon shape and cracks it over Necro's head for an "I-W-A" chant. Klein grabs a water cooler on a pole and bashes Necro with it a bunch of times. Necro is bleeding now pretty good, and Klein is bleeding some as well. They trade more NASTY punches, though not as stiff as Necro's earlier. Necro tosses Klein into a bunch of chairs as they brawl through the crowd. There seems to be some cooperation problems here taking bumps as they block several moves...but then Klein POWERBOMBS NECRO OFF THE BLEACHERS AND ONTO THE FLOOR! OUCH! It's falls count anywhere, so Klein rolls on top for a two count. Klein brings Necro back into the ring and rolls him across the glass on the mat. He rakes him in the head with something sharp. Klein then hits Necro in the back with a barbed wire baseball bat, drawing more blood. They trade shots from a seated position on the canvas, and Necro dishes out some nasty headbutts. They both charge at each other and do a double headbutt, and Klein rolls on top for another two count. Necro hits more chops. Necro sends Klein into the corner and then charges and gets backdropped to the floor...and Klein pours salt all over him! Poor Necro is just taking a BEATING here. Klein tries a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor, but Necro blocks and hits a RANA on the floor on Klein! Ha! CM Punk on commentary: "Never in ymy life did I think I'd see a flying head scissors from the Necro Butcher." Butcher bashes Klein with a huge wall of light tubes. They brawl around some more. Necro heads back to the ring and up to the top rope. He leaps off the top to the floor WITH A SENTON! Necro just BASHES his jaw on the floor here, and lost several teeth from this move. Back in, and Klein nails Necro with some Nintendo or something like that. They just have no energy left here, and I don't blame them. Necro sends Klein to the ropes and slaps on a SLEEPER! Pyschology! Klein is able to grabs some light tubes and break them over Necro's head, but Necro still holds on! Finally they sandwich the referee in the corner and Klein taps, but the referee misses it. Necro releases the hold and Klein rolls him up...FOR TWO! Actually, that "ref gets bumped but misses the submission from the heel" was done about as realistically as you could have right there. They trade a bunch more punches and Klein throws another chair at Necro. He sets it up and hits a Death Valley Driver onto the chair for three at a whopping 18:00. I have to admit, I'm not the biggest deathmatch fan, but that was one hell of a crazy brawl. Definitely not match of the year or anything, but it has to be right at the top for deathmatch of the year. Scott Keith gives Cactus/Payne vs. Nasty Boys ****3/4, and this was a better brawl than that, but I think he overrated that match, and it's so hard to give star ratings to deathmatches anyways, so I don't really think I can give it a star rating. I think the match also goes to show why deathmatches should really be done so SPARINGLY, and why Ian Rotten made the right choice in ending these deathmatch tournaments. These guys just KILLED each other out there, and it's more than just the scars most deathmatch workers get from getting stabbed in the forehead or whatever. Necro took some CRAZY bumps here that have to just KILL your spine. I mean a powerbomb off the bleachers? And that crazy senton to the floor? I also really think the best deathmatches come from guys who CAN wrestle at least a bit, but are crazy enough to take all the bumps and do all the crazy shit that the blood marks love so much. Toby Klein was pretty good here, but after seeing him work two matches with Madman Pondo and this one with Necro, it's safe to say that the man who made this match was Necro Butcher. He's simply one of the best deathmatch workers in the world today because he's such a crazy fucker. I feel sorry for the man, really, because he's killing himself for so little. But you can't say he's not good at what he does, and that's taking a lot of punishment and hitting people hard. What I liked about it is that it seemed a lot more "real" than most deathmatches, which seem really cooperative, staged, etc...like you're watching a sick freakshow exhibition (which you really are). Necro is such a crazy bastard that you never know when he's really pissed or not, because some punches he threw here were HARD. And he broke Green Phantom's nose at CZW's Tournament of Death 3 in July with a punch to the face. This match seemed more like a real brawl (thought not all of the time), and was better because of it.

Might as well put these two reviews that I already posted in the Misc. Promotions section: CHRIS HERO vs. "AMERICAN DRAGON" BRYAN DANIELSON (IWA-Mid South, 8/21/04): With all the hype this match got ahead of time, I thought I'd do a review of it here, since it's going to take me a while to get through the entire 8/21 IWA-MS show, which is over 4 hours long, with eleven matches. I should note that the show starts with a cool segment where lots of IWA wrestlers predict who will win the match. Arik Cannon is great as a heel here, and predicts Dragon will make Hero "tap like a bitch at the 23 minute mark". Punk is even better, saying Dragon will win because "he has more international experience, he's more seasoned, and oh yeah...he actually goes to the gym once in a while. Try lifting some time Chris, it might help you." He winks and walks off screen. Each man is introduced, and Danielson gets a standing ovation. Hero gets a mixed reaction. They shake hands and we're underway. They tie up and Danielson takes Hero down and goes to work. They fight over some arm bars/holds. Dragon does a great bridging reversal and they break. They go to a knucklelock, and Hero runs through some usual stuff and goes to a cravat. The fans try the whole dueling chant thing again, but any attempts at that now just seem like trying to ripoff the Joe vs. Hero match. We get another clean break, and then another tie up. Danielson and Hero each do some reverals out of the knucklelock. Danielson tries a back slide and slowly takes Hero down and into a waistlock, and then back around, shoving Hero's shoulders to the mat for 2. Hero grabs Danielson's hand, so Amdrag just slaps it free. They are all twisted up like a pretzel on the mat and do this cool double hand stand double submission thing that is kind of hard to explain, and then get a break. They tie up again, and Hero snapmares Dragon and goes to a chinlock and then a surfboard. Dragon fights out, but Hero keeps a hold of his left arm. Dragon rolls over and reverses into a hammerlock on Hero. Hero lifts Dragon off the mat, but Dragon rolls over with a sunset flip-type pin for 2. They circle each other, and Dragon teases Hero with a few jabs, and Hero responds with a big kick attempt. They tie up again and Hero gets a waistlock while Dragon hooks his left arm, and they fight for position. Hero slams Dragon, who holds onto his arm and rolls through into an arm bar. Hero gets back to his feet and shoves Dragon to the ropes, and hits a dropkick. Hero hits a floatover snap suplex for 2, and then goes back to an arm bar. Dragon gets the ropes and a break, but then hooks Hero by the arm and wrings it. He gets a monkey flip, but Hero lands on his feet and takes Danielson down with his legs. Hero offers a handshake, so Danielson slaps him and hits some headbutts to a big pop from the crowd. He hits a big European uppercut and then some more. The match picks up in intensity as Dragon brings some stiff shots. Dragon keeps focusing on Hero's left arm, and they trade strikes before Dragon takes Hero down and snaps Hero's left arm around. Hero tries to fight back with strikes, but Dragon hooks his arm and takes him to the mat and into a mounted arm bar. Hero does anything to roll free, but Dragon keeps holding on. Dragon picks Hero up and hits a slingshot suplex to big cheers; Dragon has plenty of fans in Highland on this night. Dragon goes to a surfboard, which Hero escapes, but Dragon keeps him down with a dropkick and continues to work Hero over, even briefly applying a camel clutch while Hero is in the ropes. Dragon goes back to a surfboard, stepping on the back of Hero's legs to take him to the mat. Hero fights back up, and Dragon takes him right back down. Hero fights back up again and tries to spin out, but Dragon goes right back to it. Finally Hero kicks himself free and misses a strike, but catches Danielson coming off the ropes with a powerslam. Hero now realizes he needs to hit Danielson and hit him hard, and he brings the forearms and his twisting neckbreaker from off the ropes. He scoops Danielson up and slams him down, and then hits a senton. Hero tries a suplex, and has to switch sides before he can lift Danielson up, due to his shoulder. He gets a 2 count. Hero tries a powerbomb, but Dragon flips out and hits a roaring elbow to knock Hero down. Dragon does his airplane spin into a rolling slam on Hero, but then misses his headbutt off the top rope. They get back up and trade forearms. Danielson gets a rolling bridge for 2. Hero quickly rolls Danielson up for 2. Hero hits some forearms, and then makes a small mistake by hitting a forearm with his left arm, only to not sell it as hurting at all after the work Dragon did to it. He then powerbombs Dragon and goes to the Hangman's Clutch. Dragon fights to the ropes in a good sequence. Hero tries to Hero's Welcome, but Dragon is able to counter. Hero blocks the Cattle Mutilation and hits a backdrop driver on Dragon. Hero heads up top, but Dragon catches him and hits an armbreaker off the top rope right into the cattle mutilation for the finish at 23:00, just like Arik Cannon predicted. THOUGHTS: This was an interesting match. The work was just beautiful, and everything was smooth and well done. The first 18 minutes are well worked and a great build, but a build for a LONGER match. My problem with the match is that the last 5 minutes seemed slightly rushed. After a slow, back and forth 18 minute opening, the match really should have gone at least 10 minutes longer than it did, at least in my opinion. It was like a match with a good start and a good finish, but no real middle to it. Maybe that was just me...I'd love to hear other's thoughts on it. In all honesty, though, these guys had to live up to SO much for this match, so people giving it ***1/2 say it was a disappointment. I really don't think so. This was a beautifully worked match, and set the stage for a rematch down the road, a match in which each man has PLENTY left in the bag. Think about it: Hero didn't use the Hero's Welcome, Dragon didn't use his backdrop superplex, etc. I would LOVE to see a 45-60 minute match between these two sometime in the future. Bryan Danielson is simply one of the best workers in the world. He's so damn fun to watch, and everything he does is realistic and hard hitting. I read Tim Cooke's review of the match on the DVD boards and agree that Hero needs to vary up his arm work a bit. But really, Hero didn't have much of a chance to do that in this match, as Dragon really controlled the large majority of it. If you think about it, the underlying story of the match is interesting: Dragon dominates the match, outwrestling Hero, and causing Chris to rely on strikes to get himself back into the match, but with Dragon catching him when he tries for a big move and hooking the Cattle Mutilation for the submission. I liked this match a lot, just as I did in Dragon's match with Arik Cannon, which I gave ****. I have to put this match just slightly under that match at ***3/4, with hopes that Hero and Dragon get a 2/3 falls rematch or an Ironman match sometime down the road. I suggest you get the 8/21 IWA-MS show, sit back, relax, and enjoy this match, along with a lot of other great stuff on this tape.

"YOU VIOLATED ME, AUSTIN!!!" "YOU RUINED IT, AUSTIN! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!"

I remember this. Dok Hendrix or some other no name announcer is interviewing some midcarder and Steve Austin casually walks into the dressing room behind them. A few seconds later we hear some stomps, whacks, yells, and thuds. Owen and Bulldog casually stroll out a few seconds later. Bulldog notices the camera, taps Owen, points him in the direction of it, and they both make a run for it. Classic. Yeah, it was at Revenge of the Taker in April 1997.