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Damn that's a lot of tattoos.

1. I saw it a few seconds later. My bad. 2. It still can be discussed.

What the hell was up with this match? It's a first blood cage match, and Flair does a huge blade job and is bleeding all over the place, and then beats Hogan by pinfall later on. Was this just a blunder on WCW's part calling it a first blood match? What happened?

RF's response... ------------ I just heard that many websites are claiming that I am in legal trouble reguarding me asking for a copy of a movie called The Dreamers. Let me just say that this is 100% untrue. All I posted was if anyone has a copy of the film I would be interested in seeing it. I never said anything about selling the movie nor was I ever going to. In fact there is something called a screener. I am sure many of you people have heard of that term. Sometimes movies get released before they come out and certain people get them. THESE ARE NOT BOOTLEGS. So when I asked if anyone had a copy I dont know how any moron unless its a idiot in CA interupted that I was going to sell the flick. So just to clear this up once again, I am in 0 legal trouble and this is the first time I have heard about this stupid matter. I never said for anyone to get me a bootleg copy so I can sell. I hope the person who started this stupid rumor goes swimming in shark infested waters with Missy Hyatt while she is having her period. The next time you want to start a rumor about me, make it something good. I can help you out. Rob Feinstein caught in secret meeting with Janet Jackson. Rumor has it that RF was inspecting her nipples and she will be in Boston to expose herself this Saturday at the 2 year anniversary show.

Really?

It's not a total WWE revisionist piece, but it definitely stresses and leans on certain points. For example when they talk about what happened at Survivor Series 97, if you didn't know the inside story you'd have no idea what they were talking about. They show the end of the match and the narrator says something like "when Vince Macmahon decided to end the match early..." They do include Mick Foley saying that Vince definitely screwed Bret, and Bret didn't screw Bret though. The main feature is abour an hour and 35 minutes or so, and there are about 80-some minutes of extras. I've just watched one or two so far, the coolest being Jim Cornette's rant about the state of wrestling. "Yes, Hulk Hogan, you're a household name, but so is garbage, and you both stink when you get old." It's a really well done, but not perfect. Definitely worth a watch, though.

I know he was called Eduard Chastein, and he's probably a NWA Wildside guy, I'm not 100% sure. He's Iceberg from NWA-Wildside. They called him Edward Chastain in TNA - he was on for about 2-3 shows I think.

True, and WWE doesn't have the WCW problem of "every show being the same" like Eddy Guerrero said. That said, they even said that the competition brought out the best in the WWF/WWE product...well...what about now?

And just to add on: The first half hour is all about WCW and the beginnings of Nitro, Luger coming on the first show, Hall and Nash, and the Hogan heel turn. The next 20-25 minutes are all about RAW - we see a quick clip of the Austin/Hart WM13 match and people starting to rally behind Austin. They don't really show much of WWF from 95-97, and really start with the Austin/Tyson stuff of early 98. They then talk about the back and forth wars (Bischoff's challenge to Vince, DX going to Atlanta, Foley winning the title, Goldberg beating Hogan, etc), and then quickly mention Bischoff losing his job and Russo and Ferrara coming in. They show Ferrara's "Oklahoma" impression of JR and show a quick clip of Russo talking about bullshit politics at Bash at the Beach 2000. They talk about the decline of WCW, and then the final Nitro. Those are the basics of the main program. Wish they had put on more extras!!!

Just watched the Monday Night Wars DVD. Haven't watched the extras yet. Really well done, interesting stuff. It wasn't slanted as badly as I thought it was, and you get some really interesting, honest, heartfelt comments. It still does have a WWE slant to it though in some aspects: For example, Vince Russo, a guy who doesn't work for WWE _now_, really gets shit on. I found it interesting that they only mention Russo twice, with Flair talking about how much of a joke he is. Some really interesting stuff on here though. Flair talks about his _hate_ for Bischoff. They talk about the stuff from the Foley book with him winning the title. You hear from Eddy Guerrero how boring WCW shows got because it was always all about the nWo. A lot of real feeling from guys like Jericho, Eddy, Benoit, Flair. Cool stuff. The really scary thing is the parallel to today that they don't even realize! JR goes off about how WCW kept the same guys at the top without elevating talent. They talk about how the WWE was elevating guys like Edge, Christian, and the Hardys. While the WWE isn't as bad now as WCW was (as they're elevating guys like Orton, Cena, Eddy, etc), there are a lot of similarities. They talk about how Steve Austin didn't get a chance in WCW because no one wanted to give up their top spot - it's really interesting that they can see all these faults in WCW, but none in their current product. An interesting DVD - worth checking out.

I just got it today, too, from High Spots for 18.63 plus 4.50 shipping. You can get it at Bestbuy.com or Circuitcity.com for 19.99 with free shipping, too. Can't wait to watch it - I'll put up a review as soon as I do!

Worst catch phrase ever: Rock: Pour yourself some SHUT UP JUICE!

What a horribly run company. No surprise here.

Good read. When did Kelly leave the WWE?

I really don't have a problem with this...he's a good on air character when he's not booking himself as a tough guy.

1) Did Rock do a big heel turn to join the Nation, or did he just sort of come back and was placed with them? How did his feud with Austin in late 97 come about? 2) When did Ahmed refuse to job to Kurrgan and leave the WWF? Was that when Kurrgan was Interogator in the Truth Commission? 3) How did Ahmed get hurt before his supposed title shot at Taker? How did he turn heel and join the Nation? 4) DX were heels at the April 98 PPV, Unforgiven, and faces by Over the Edge in May. How did they turn face? Or was it still just shades of gray? 5) I think the whole Kane storyline started after KOTR 97...Kane, though, wasn't brought in until Badd Blood in October. Was this to just let the storyline build a bit? Did the WWF always know that Glen Jacobs was going to be Kane? 6) How did the first HIAC match come about? Like, did they just announce it, or was a challenge made by Taker, etc. I'll probably add more later...but thanks!!!

I still don't get the whole "fingerpoke" storyline, since I wasn't following WCW at the time. Why "in character" would Nash do that, and why "out of character" would they book that?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Dammit, should have caught that. Then Hogan had the whole knee inury thing at Stampede 99, and came back to take the title off Savage later. Thanks!

Nothing is "blockbuster" enough because of how the show has been written for the past year. Trying to come up with a blockbuster match at the last second shouldn't be neccesary, because with a little bit of planning and foresight, building to a huge match at WM between two of the most over characters on the roster shouldn't be a problem.

For some reason, the Van Hammer / Kaz Hayashi tag team made me laugh.

Why? LOL, hey now, they're aren't a lot of reviews out there!

I was reading Keith's rant on it today, and he wondered if the finish was botched. It's a 30 minute match with a run-in DQ finish. Anyone know what's up with that?

So I got a good deal on a Survivor Series 2000 DVD today and bought it. Now before I watch it, anyone have any thoughts? I know this is the show with the stupid "drop HHH from the forklift" shit, but I remember hearing Rock/Rikishi and Angle/Taker were surprisingly good. Anyone remember the show?

They let KAMA pin Taker? ... Seems a little weird to me!

And why did Regal leave? It's not like he was the only one who had to have shitty matches with Goldberg.