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I just remembered JR's candy jar from Summerslam 2000.

Someone asked a question like that on one of the other boards here...people mainly said that the info is great, but you can usually find it on the internet for free anyways, so it's not always worth it. Maybe wait for a sale or something.

What do you think is the best video package put together to show right before a major match? Does anything stick out in your mind as memorable?

They've only announced four matches, and all could be decent => good. Ki/Daniels vs. Naturals should be VERY good...I mean, the Naturals carried BG James to a watchable match! Sabu/Brown might be sloppy, but it'll probably be short. The fourway should be good, and that other tag match should be okayish at worst. Aren't they going to have to strip Sabin of the X-title sooner or later?

Can anyone post some pictures of retarded Cartman (and any other funny pics from last night) on here please?

Looks like it...he'll probably just be used to put people (like Brown) over for the most part, though.

STING RETURNS AS THE SPECIAL ENFORCER! This past week on TNA PPV, we learned that NWA Director of Authority Vince Russo asked the one and only Sting to serve as "Special Enforcer" for Wednesday's Final Four Way! Not only did Sting accept, but he's promised Russo and TNA that he will keep law and order throughout the huge match! Without a doubt, if Sting needs to get involved in the match to hand out punishment to one of the four superstars involved, he'll have no problem doing so! Tune in this Wednesday night to see Sting on TNA Pay-Per-View! THE ROAD TO THE CAGE CONTINUES! FINAL FOURWAY: ABYSS vs. AJ STYLES vs. RAVEN vs. THE TRUTH With Sting as the Special Enforcer, the "Road To The Cage" continues this Wednesday night as AJ Styles, Abyss, The Truth and Raven will all face off in a Final Four Way! The winner of the bout will advance to face "Wildcat" Chris Harris to determine who challenges Jeff Jarrett inside the Steel Cage for the NWA World Heavyweight Title! After making enemies of his three opponents, all odds will be against Raven in the bout! NWA Director of Authority Vince Russo was quoted as saying "Facing AJ, Abyss and Killings is probably a better punishment for Raven than anything I could give him right now." THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNAMENT! Two of the four remaining teams will advance this Wednesday night to the finals to determine new Tag Team Champions! Matches set for this Wednesday are as follows: SEMI-FINAL (BRACKET 1) LOW KI & THE FALLEN ANGEL vs. THE NATURALS (CHASE STEVENS & ANDY DOUGLAS) Low Ki and Daniels shocked the world this past week with their surprise return to TNA! This Wednesday night, Ki and Daniels will attempt to advance to the finals when they face TNA's most talented tag team, Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas - The Naturals! Nothing has stopped the young tandem of Stevens and Douglas thus far in TNA, but facing former Tag Team Titleholders Low Ki and Daniels could be their biggest test yet! Another question on everyone's mind going into this match: What's up with Primetime Elix Skipper and his former Triple X partners? SEMI-FINAL (BRACKET 2) SLASH & SINN vs. KID KASH & MONSTER NEWCOMER "DALLAS" He was only known as "Kash's partner" this past week in his impressive debut, but the monster newcomer does indeed have a name - Dallas! Claiming he was bringing in "someone from his family" as his tournament partner instead of Johnny Swinger, Kid Kash unveiled the juggernaut Dallas in their first round victory over Diamond and Siaki! Now, Kash and Dallas face the returning Slash and Sinn this Wednesday to see who advances to the finals. Can Slash and Sinn pull off another upset like their win over Gilberti and Young this past week? Will we find out more about the imposing "Dallas"? Tune in and find out! "ALPHA MALE" MONTY BROWN VS. SABU After mauling big Don Harris this past week on Pay-Per-View, the unstoppable juggernaut "Alpha Male" Monty Brown let the world know he was on the hunt for more competition in TNA! It didn't take long for Sabu to answer the call, as the Suicidal, Homicidal and Genocidal superstar hit the ring! As a result, TNA officials have signed the Alpha Male to take on Sabu this Wednesday night on Pay-Per-View! Is Sabu the one man that can stop Brown's destructive ways? Tune in and find out! ALSO ON THE SHOW - "WILDCAT" CHRIS HARRIS, NEW NUMBER ONE X CONTENDER AMAZING RED, PLUS MORE NEWS ON THE NEXT AMERICAS X CUP ON APRIL 7 AS TEAM AAA OF MEXICO DEFENDS THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST TEAM UNITED KINGDOM!

At least we all know that it's just another guy for Eddie to beat to continue is title reign. I say give it a chance. We need to be fair and balanced about this.

How many of the above ones actually led to the finish of the match? I always laughed when the Nasty Boys used that helmet.

I wonder what Styles and Daniels are going to do...

Which X-Cup was better so far? The Mexico vs. America one or the Mexico vs. Canada show?

Johnny Swinger missed last night's NWA TNA PPV as he and his wife celebrated the birth of their daughter yesterday. On behalf of everyone from PWInsider.com, we'd like to give our congratulations to the new parents. I've heard from a number of TNA sources today that Sting wasn't interested in doing much last night and was "uncooperative." Sting, who was in Nashville all week filming the movie about his life, arrived after the TNA tapings had begun. He lateness showing up prevented him from being able to go over his segment with Mike Tenay, as Tenay was already at ringside calling matches. Once they got to the ring, Tenay was trying to feed Sting questions and Sting was more interested in playing to the crowd to get a pop. It's a shame Tenay, who always does a great job tying segments together, had to deal with such a situation. The status of Chris Sabin's injured knee is still unknown as he is awaiting the results of an MRI he took on Tuesday. Konnan was legitimately late to the building last night. He missed his original flight and didn't arrive in Nashville until 7:10 PM local time. Konnan actually left from the airport without even getting his luggage and was driven right to the Fairgrounds just before he hit the ring, so they turned it into a storyline. Jeff Jarrett and Dutch Mantel are behind the creative scripting of the TNA shows at this point. Vince Russo is appearing on camera at this point because he is asked more then because of any desire to be on camera. He is just going along with what is being asked of him. Mantel is apparently behind the idea of putting Russo on TV regularly, according to one source. The worker who teamed with Kid Kash last night works Tennessee independents as Shadow. He was brought in for a look during the Xplosion tapings but once the Swinger situation went down, the call was made to put Shadow into the NWA tournament match since he shared a likeness to Kash. I've heard the Great Britain vs. Mexico matches that were taped for the America's X Cup III PPV in a few weeks are below the standard of the previous X Cup shows. A big reason for this is that much of the British talent that the company had wanted to book (Robbie Brookside and Jonny Storm were two names I heard) already had previous commitments. Dave Taylor, the British star best known to American fans as a member of the Blue Bloods in WCW, is working as the Team UK Coach. I'll have more on the America's X Cup III on my Elite Hotline tomorrow. Credit: PWI

That poster in the sig above made me wonder... How did Razor Ramon get into a feud with Savage, Warrior, and Flair?

What happened to Road Dogg so that he couldn't wrestle his match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

You can see the Mondo bump at his website: nickmondo.com That Vic Grimes bump from XPW was scary...stupid and scary.

What are some of the weirdest foreign objects you've seen used by a wrestler to score a pinfall in a match? Sure, there's always the chair, title belt, pipe, knucks, chain, powder, wrench, megaphone, loaded purse, cinder block, and so many more...but what else can you think of that tops those?

Oh don't get me wrong, there's a lot of good stuff in 98, especially Austin/Macmahon. But there's bad stuff too...does Val Venis getting castrated ring a bell? But 1999 just surprised me because WWF was SO popular then...and a lot of the stuff is laughable, like the Ministry and the Greater Power angle and Taker setting Vince's teddy bear on fire. And who the hell was supposed to be behind the rising briefcase at KOTR 99, anyways? I should also mention that it's not just the angles...it's how the matches are set up. Not only are they short...but there's very little wrestling, and tons of punching/kicking.

Did you like either of these matches?

David Arquette = ratings. Oh wait...no, he doesn't. But JUDY BAGWELL~! does, right?

Well I would HOPE she likes him. Better than her saying "My daughter married a son of a bitch".

The fact that it was so loved only shows how REALLY BAD WCW's booking was at the time. -=Mike ...I tried to watch WM 15 --- I failed in the attempt WM15 is pretty awful. Rock/Austin has great heat and is decent, and nothing else is better than *1/2. Backlash is actually pretty decent though. Rock/Austin have a good rematch and I really liked Taker/Shamrock, though the crowd is dead for it. Of course it ends with Taker saying "HELLO STEPHANIE!" and setting up that whole angle...*shakes head*

And don't forget Undertaker and his Ministry... Lame. It's a whole different show, a whole different presentation of entertainment. I can see why VERY few matches in 1999 hit ****, and you wouldn't even DREAM of it in a TV match. We're a lot luckier now than we give credit for.

I was just watching a tape of an old RAW from the night after King of the Ring 99. It's weird comparing that to today's RAW. Austin and Taker wrestled in the main event (Austin winning the title back) and had a 12 minute match with the only "wrestling" moves being 2 stunners by Austin, and a body slam and chinlock by Taker. The rest was clothesline, punch, kick, elbow, punch, kick, clothesline. And yet, the crowd is INSANELY into the match. Billy Gunn had won the King of the Ring the night before and interferes in a HHH/Rock match on this show, beating the Rock down. Big push coming up, right? Well, later in the show he loses to Bradshaw! Droz and Albert come out and try and pierce the tongue of one of the Godfather's ho's, but Edge makes the save, so he gets the ho's. Jarrett and X-Pac wrestle for the IC title in a 4 minute match that features the referee distracted about eight times. Debra distracts the ref, X-Pac hits Jarrett with a guitar, Billy Gunn and Chyna run in and hit X-Pac and roll Jarrett over for the pin. I know things were like this when Russo was in charge, but just comparing it to today is surreal. People complain a LOT about today's WWE...but would you rather have this? Maybe, maybe not. It's just interesting to look back and see how COMPLETELY different things were in this era.

Seems like the last few weeks TNA has been building shows around the actua wrestling than storylines. Plus the World Title situation seems to be booked right for one of the rare occasions it is. And Vince Russo came back...coincidence? I don't like him but TNA is always hot when he's there. I just wish he were behind the scenes instead of off-screen. Russo is tolerable as long as he isn't booked into actual matches (ESPECIALLY Main Events) Exactly.

Only when Abyss is wrestling. Yeah, that's true...though it's not as bad as 98-99 WWF or 97-98 WCW.