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I picked up 3 DVDs - Battle Lines Are Drawn, The Last Stand, and Frontiers of Honor, since I heard that's a pretty cool show.

They had to drop that. It was Goldust. Goldust left. Obviously. It still looked stupid when they just dropped it, though. You'd think they would've at least tried to place someone else in the angle instead of just forgetting about it. And who the hell is behind G-TV??????

Yeah, he needs something that'll get him taken more seriously than that stupid SHIT gimmick...

So are they doing this to Booker T because he looks at his hand before he does the spinaroonie? They'll say he's possessed or something? Or he'll actually get into voodoo and shit?

WHY? WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO DO THIS TO BOOKER T????

Yeah, I think it was on 4/16 against Lynn.

The only PPV I liked through all of 2002 was Summerslam. I just thought it was a really, really bad year, with very little that interested me. However, the start of 2003 was pretty bad, too. I'm leaning towards saying 2003 was better, but I really don't know.

Updated lineups from the IWA-MS boards: Here's your up to the minute lineup information on the big double shot weekend coming to northern Indiana beginning tonight! Tonight, Friday, May 7th, IWA Mid-South Wrestling returns to the National Guard Armory (5220 East 200 South) in Lafayette, Indiana. Bell time is 7:30pm. Tickets are $12, $10, and $10, and will be available at the door. ***IWA World Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] BJ WHITMER vs. NIGEL McGUINNESS ***Tag Team Title Tournament Qualifying Match*** MATT SYDAL & DELIRIOUS vs. HOMICIDE & B-BOY ***Light Heavyweight Special Attraction*** AUSTIN ARIES vs. THE AMAZING RED ***European Rules/Twelve Rounds*** "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON vs. CHAD COLLYER ***Women's Division Tag Team Action*** RAIN & LACEY vs. DAIZEE HAZE & MICKIE KNUCKLES DANNY DANIELS vs. IAN ROTTEN CHRIS HERO vs. "The King of Diamonds" EDDIE KINGSTON "Spyder" NATE WEBB vs. PETEY WILLIAMS SAMOA JOE has issued an OPEN CHALLENGE! Plus: RYAN BOZ, "Metalhead" STEVE STONE, EDDIE VENOM, TRIK DAVIS, MURAT BOSPOROUS, and more of your IWA favorites. Then this Saturday night, May 8th, IWA returns to the Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln Street) in Highland, Indiana. Bell time is 7:30pm. Tickets are $20, $15, and $10 and will be available at the door. Ringside tickets are also currently available at the Lincoln Center box office. ***IWA World Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] BJ WHITMER vs. "The New Age Punisher" B-BOY ***IWA Light Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] MATT SYDAL vs. THE AMAZING RED ***Rematch From 2003 KOTDM*** CHRIS HERO vs. "The Notorious 187" HOMICIDE ***Tie Breaking Match In Series*** PETEY WILLIAMS vs. NIGEL McGUINNESS ***Tag Team Title Tournament Qualifying Match*** BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ vs. OPPONENTS TBA ***Women's Division Attraction*** ODB vs. ANGEL WILLIAMS DANNY DANIELS vs. "Barbaric Berzerker" JIMMY JACOBS SAMOA JOE vs. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON "Spyder" NATE WEBB vs. CHAD COLLYER Plus: IAN ROTTEN, "Metalhead" STEVE STONE, "CK3" CONRAD KENNEDY III, JAIMY COXXX, FRANKIE THE FACE, THE WILDCARDS, TRIK DAVIS, and more of your IWA favorites. For directions to the venue, visit http://www.freewebs.com/iwamidsouth/directions.html Be sure to join us this weekend for all the action! www.iwamidsouthwrestling.com

He also won the title against Jarrett on a Nitro in WCW in 2000 with a flying cross body.

Jeff's contract expired before the No Mercy 99 PPV. For some reason, the WWF still had the IC title on him, and had heavily promoted a match between Jarrett and Chyna for the PPV. Jarrett demanded $100,000 to work the match, and then jumped to WCW.

Yeah, I have to agree with you on this one.

Who had a feud over the dreaded full nelson with BILLY JACK HAYNES...

I have a bad feeling that they're going to go the WMXX => Backlash route of things here and have rematches of Eddie/JBL, Cena/Dupree, and Taker/Booker, maybe this time with stips. (No-DQ, Cage, Casket or something like that). And don't forget about "The Dudley" - they're gonna push Bubba and D-Von in the singles ranks now.

I really liked that show at the time. I loved Lynn/RVD, Corino/Tajiri, and Balls/Tanaka. Also a kinda fun Nova/Chetti spotfest, IIRC.

Agreed on the first point. As far as Rocky goes, I'm pretty sure he never went to the top rope after returning in 1997 as a heel. So that must mean that May 97 or so would be the last time...around his Cold Day in Hell match with Mankind, I'm guessing.

"Tommy Dreamer just said on Byte This that he's not going to wrestle for the WWE again. His contract is up in July, and they're not going to renew it. He WILL be kept on in a managerial role and he said he's been doing some announcing stuff as well." Credit: WO -No surprise here. I wonder if he means "managerial" as in he'll manage a wrestler, or (more likely, I'm guessing) that he'll do behind the scenes stuff.

Yep, it's SD only. Bad Blood is June's RAW PPV.

Hey, they have to cash in while Smackdown's hot, right?

You're not alone. I have a friend who is/was a total mark. We were talking about WCW the other day and he says, "Did you ever see when Nash beat Goldberg for Goldberg's first loss?" He then told me that was probably the best match he had ever seen in wrestling, even though it was short. Just shows you how we think when we're marks. I've never become really emotional or anything in wrestling because I never watched until I was 17 and wasn't a mark for very long, so I didn't get to mark out live for HBK, Bret, Hogan, Savage, etc. I also had to go to weddings on the night of No Way Out 2004 and WMXX, so I didn't get to see Eddie and Benoit's title wins live - I'm sure I would have been going CRAZY had I seen it live, but I'll never know. I have to say for me it's pretty easily HHH vs. Cactus Jack at NWO 2000 that I watched live with some friends, and everyone was going NUTS for Foley. Also, seeing the Jeff Jarrett vs. Test match on RAW is Owen was really emotional because of what had happened and Jeff's win and huge pop from the crowd. Sadly, I'd have to say that I probably didn't care about the result of a WWF/E PPV main event from Backlash 2001 - very recently, with a few exceptions. (Austin/Angle, basically)

I downloaded a clip from Kazaa with the Backseat Boyz getting beaten up by Albert on a Sunday Night Heat from 2001, back when they did live stuff at the World. A-Train kicks Kashmere in the face and Baldo Bombs Acid through a table. I was wondering how this came about, and if they acknowledged Kashmere and Acid as the Backseats, or just as "fans" or what.

I was watching the "It's Time" PPV from December 1996 tonight. I loved the setup for the main event, with HBK slowly turning into a cocky SOB of a heel who hated Bret Hart. I know the original plan was to have HBK win the title back from Sid (at the Rumble as happened, I'm guessing) and then lose to Bret at WM. When did the decision come to turn HBK back babyface? I know the Rumble was in San Antonio, so did they decide to keep him face before the "I lost my smile" speech? It's just really clear by watching this show that they were setting HBK up for a heel run.

Meltzer seemed to like the show, and said the Styles/Raven match and the X-Cup clusterfuck were both very good. I don't know if I'll order a replay or not yet.

I have several tapes of RAW's from 1999, and it's really amazing how different things are from now and then. For instance, I watched Austin vs. Taker the night after KOTR 99 where Austin wins the title. Through the whole match, the only moves down other than punches, kicks, and clotheslines were two stunners, one vertical suplex, and a chokeslam. It's really kind of crazy how different things are now.

I have a bad feeling we'll see a "Chavo tries to get the title back but Jackie luckily hangs on to it each time" storyline... Just one more reason to hate Steph. What does the Cruiserweight division need? If you said "more big fake tits," you're smart enough to work for the WWE.

I'm almost positive it's an hour show, not two hours.