CubbyBr

Yeah, this guy looks hilarious. Check out "Cody Deaner goes cougar hunting..."

You really have a hard on for Russo, don't you?

I thought he was a horrible commentator but I found him mildly amusing on occasion. I laughed pretty hard when he get his ass handed to him by Tank Abbot.

Geez, are so many close-ups of Tenay really necessary? I swear, I keep thinking they're gonna do a thing where the MEM got in West's ear and got him thinking that Tenay sold him out when he really didn't...leading to West's comeback. Really hope that isn't the case.

I like the way they opened the show. Started slow and reviewed last week a little bit.

Russo gave them the product he knew how to produce. If WCW needed a more wrestling-based product to turn itself around then Bill Busch should have been smart enough to know that Russo wasn't the guy to produce it. Again, what sense does it make to bring in Russo and than ask him to do the complete opposite of what he knows how to do? It's insane.

Oh give me a fucking break. It's not Russo that wanted to bring in a watered down WWF to WCW...it was WCW executives who hired Russo to put on the type of product he was putting on. How much sense would it make to bring in Russo and tell him, "you know what, why don't you put on a Bill Watts type of wrestling show." That's just not the type of product he knew how to do. And WCW executives should have realized it. It's like hiring Big Show and telling him to go out and put on a Chris Benoit-style match. And as far as a Bill Watt's type show...they had something pretty much close to that from August-October 99' when Sullivan was booking, right before Russo came in. The cruserweights were putting on great matches, Benoit/Malenko/Saturn were tearing it up and DDP/Raven were putting on great matches. And guess what...it wasn't exactly setting the world on fire, was it? Sports entertainment style of TV being a clever way to disguise an untalented roster? Say what you want about it but if it wasn't for that style of show, the WWE would not exist today. They had a pretty talented roster in 1996 and most were putting on good matches. Bret, Owen, Shawn, Austin, Taker, Sid (who was decent at the time), Vader, and Rock were all in the company. But at the time the company was in the toilet. Why? Because despite all of those guys being good workers, no one gave a crap about them because the storylines weren't designed in a way to make you want to emotionally invest in them.

I think you would agree that TNA's been a little more prone to logic gaps than the WWE has in the last couple years.

Well, logic says how in the hell could Jarrett help Angle after Angle tried to break his leg, threatened his kids, and tried to take over his company. But this is TNA, after all.

Is Tenay calling this show on his own? Whatever happens with this angle, two weeks without West will freshen up the show so much. I'm hoping that without West there to hype him up, Tenay will be a little more subdued and allow important stuff to speak for itself. I swear, West has the the mosy annoying ability to take anything that seemed out of the ordinary or important, and make it look completely normal and passive.

THank god that someone in this company finally realized how bad that announce team has been.

I always though Sonjay could have been a great heel had they expanded that Guru gimmick. Having him act all peaceful and ghandi-like during interviews and then turning around and cheating to win all his matches would have been great.

Not only the name but actually changing the company from a wrestling company to an entertainment/media company.

1. All or Nothing Match: John Bradshaw Layfield vs. Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels 2. No Holds Barred Match: Shane McMahon vs. Randy Orton Orton 3. ECW Title: Finlay vs. Jack Swagger© Swagger 4. WWE Title Elimination Chamber Match: Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. The Big Show vs. The Undertaker vs. Vladimir Kozlov vs. Edge© Edge BONUS: Choose the order of elimination (1pt for each correct placement) 1. Kozlov 2. Big Show 3. Jeff Hardy 4. Undertaker 5. Triple H 5. World Heavyweight Title Elimination Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Kane vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox vs. Chris Jericho vs. John Cena© John Cena BONUS: Choose the order of elimination (1pt for each correct placement) 1. Kingston 2. Knox 3. Mysterio 4. Kane 5. Jericho

That's probably because Russell added to the match and made it better...I'm 90% sure West/Tenay will ruin any quality this match might have.

I definitly won't mind Sting vs. Angle in an empty arena. Something new that neither guy has done before. What brings me utter horror, however, is the idea of listening to Tenay and West commentate that thing without the crowd noise to drown them out a bit.

I mean....Williams gets the snot kicked out of him, gets ripped on new asshole verbally by Steiner, comes back still dressing like his idol and, even though logic would suggest that he finally get a fluke win on Steiner, gets beat once again. TNA logic... I love it.

LoL anyone know why I picked Petey Williams over Scott Steiner?

Same here

Sounds good to me.

for the last bonus question...do we need to put an individual person or can we put in the entire MEM? IF so, I'm going to change it to a plural answer lol.

1. Abyss vs. "The Blueprint' Matt Morgan 2. "Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams vs. "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner 3. TNA Knockouts Title: ODB vs. Awesome Kong© 4. TNA Legends Title(?): Booker T© vs. Shane Sewell 5. TNA X Division Title: Eric Young vs. Alex Shelley© 6. TNA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed vs. Beer Money, Inc. © BONUS (1pt): Who will be pinned? Creed 7. MAIN EVENT FOR THE TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Brother Ray vs. Brother Devon vs. Kurt Angle vs. Sting© BONUS (1pt): Who will be pinned? Kurt Angle ADDITIONAL BONUS (1pt): If Samoa Joe appears, who will he attack? Kevin Nash

Hogan, Hall, Nash, etc were still huge names at the time. Remember the reaction they got during the Hogan nWo vs. Rock feud? And that was a full year later. Your're telling me that if Hogan, Hall, Nash, Goldberg, Sting, Flair, Steiner, Jarret, and DDP all came in at once, as one group, and feuded with Austin, Angle, Undertaker, Rock, Big Show, Foley, Dudley Boys, etc that wouldn't have drawn? Goldberg vs. Undertaker at the time wouldn't draw? How about Austin vs. Flair or Hall/Nash vs. Dudleys? These guys were still huge names and, if put in the right situation, could have drawn huge money. Sure, guys like Hall/Nash wouldn't have lasted long but if they capatilized on them right off the bat they could have drawn.

If my memory serves me correct, wasn't Dean the big anti-war canidate during the primaries and the canidate that would bash Bush the most?