Pegasus Kid

Is there a ranking ladder up to Franklin? Considering Loiseau has already lost (great fight) it seems odd that he'd get another shot at Franklin so soon assuming he beat Swick. On the other hand, if Swick takes it that's the blatantly obvious match. Looking for another Swickatine on Saturday.

Is there a reason people feel the need to bring it everyone's attention when they "leave" a message board? 1/2 the time they become lurkers, thus depiriving themselves of posting. The other 1/2 they just come back anyway and post with some stupid reason about how they never intented to leave or couldn't live without (fill in board name here). The people that really leave are the ones who could care less anymore to the point where if they told everyone to fuck off they'd do it. Bye Mole. I don't know you and I hope not to considering you made a whole new thread just to say "bye."

I honestly think the only thing that could truly change the wrestling landscape is to make Impact 2 hours and run it directly against RAW. What does SPIKE TV have in that timeslot right now anyway? CSI re-runs? The short term loss in the ratings (CSI draws Spike's biggest ratings outside of TUF) could prove to have a massive upside of the monday night wars are re-ignited and fans truly give TNA a chance.

There's a stark difference between one of the (if not the biggest) re-matches in UFC history, feuled by literally years of hatred, and the debut of a Olympic wrestler 10 years out of competition who gained big noteriety in a profession that hardcore UFC fans spit on. It's unrealistic to put Angle in the same ballpark for buys as what Shamrock vs Ortiz II drew. The UFC promotion machine has nothing to work from to build his debut aside from accolades from a decade ago and off his name with a company they somewhat compete with. No way is he making 1M or close to it for a single fight. I can't see Dana White offering him a percentage on his first fight either. They're drawing massive numbers without him and would only be digging into themselves on a gamble for a guy that works for a "fake" promotion. We both know that fighters don't think big picture like that. Silvia couldn't even see past two monster draws within his own genre of fighting. How is he, or anyone else going to see a new guy as being worthy of that kind of payoff when he's completely untested? It'll cause a big issue in UFC and in the long term, whatever monetary gain they may see will probably be offset by the fighters demanding a bigger contract on their next extension, sighting of course that UFC was paying outrageous money to a non tested novelty act. I can't agree on this one. Look at it from the long term perspective and to a point how you built your product prior to the fight. We'll use the Welterweight division as an example. Let's say Angle wins his big debut fight and thus (using your example) should be skyrocketed into a title fight with Hughes (or maybe Penn after Saturday). If Angle loses the title fight, it puts the screws to the other contenders (St. Pierre, Sanchez, etc...) because they were built up as contenders and then swept away in the face of the new big thing. On the other side of things, if Angle wins the title then it's another headache. How do they afford him (they wouldn't have signed him to a 3 match contract considering he'd be freelance and now his price tag would be huge)? Who do you establish as the new contenders? How do you appease your fighters who thought they were in line for a shot and now have to sit on the backburner because everyone dropped down a notch? That kind of screwy booking is what pisses off your name fighters and kills you long term when they don't want to renew . On this we definitely agree.

This thread hasn't been updated in TWO FUCKING YEARS! WHAT'S EVERYONE BEEN WATCHING?! Let's get the ball rolling on stuff people have seen in the last month in the very least. I heart Suzuki's TC win was really good. Anyone else seen it? KENTA vs Danielson or Marufuji vs McGuinness? Anyone think Akiyama vs Marufuji is low end MOTYC?

Whoa whoa... settle down there. Angle's salary last year was 1M base + PPV bonus and merchandise royalties. There is no company anywhere that is going to offer him that kind of money. Hell there's no company out there that's going to pay him 1/2 that amount for a single fight. Not only would it be bad for business, it'd outright infuriate your estabished fighters who would probably make that amount on a 3 fight contract. I seriously doubt that any company will give him a title fight on his 2nd bout either. It'd be putting a novelty act (for MMA fans) against someone that you've probably spent a year or two grooming into your title picture. Angle vs Silva, Angle vs Liddell, Angle vs Hughes or Angle vs Franklin just don't click as something you want to risk. He has far better use as a novelty act. He'd make for great material with Tito Ortiz based off the shit talk alone. Let's not kid ourselves, title fights are not in the picture for Angle. For wrestling, it's likely Angle vs Tanahashi, Tenzan, Kawada, Akiyama, Suigara, Kobashi (oh what a return that'd be), Marufuji in Japan. He wouldn't work any other big US fed and I doubt he'd ever work ROH (though Angle vs Danielson is a dream match). For MMA, it's likely Angle vs Ortiz, Angle vs Shamrock (that's money, no joke), Angle vs Sapp, Angle vs Sakuraba (that'd get major jap press). If he was lighter, I'd love to see Gardner vs Angle as well.

Knock on your neighbors door (I assume they have a separate entrance) with a bat in your hand. Please make sure to ask as nicely as possible to tone it down. I'm sure they'll get the message.

Heh... going to stores and buying games. What a concept.

But at what cost? Personally I'd love to see him compete and succeed in an MMA setting but with odds stacked against him, whether he's got the fire or not, he probably won't go far in MMA. The only result will be tarnishing an otherwise spectacular career and those kinds of losses will weigh on him more than any sitting at home ever could. Stuff like that eats away at you and you just want to keep going to prove people wrong. Look at Kazushi Sakuraba. He was a fantastic fighter and the hero of his country. Now he's a laughing stock because he pushed himself over and over while his body simply couldn't handle the load he put on it. I'd hate to see that happen to Angle.

It really seems unlikely that Angle would seriously go down that route. He's getting up there in age (36? 37?), he racked with injuries, and he has no MMA experience. He'd have to go through some insane training with a busted up body and working with a camp that'll be able to mold him from a wrestling background into a well rounded fighter (Team Quest immediately comes to mind, as does The Hammer House). By the time he's actually prepared to fight, the time will have passed to have any true impact. Also, he's got nothing to gain and everything to lose entering this field considering he left wrestling on top of his field and attained great status in WWE.

I haven't been here in a while. From the look of things, most of the users in here don't know who the fuck I am so I'll take it from the ground up. The name is Justin Baisden. I've been around this Internet Wrestling whatever the fuck it is for a hell of a long time. I watch lots of it. I hate most of it. The stuff I love I really love and then I write in CAPS and then people get pissed and write nasty things about me. Life is good that way. I was at Unforgiven live and only saw half the card. I made Umaga vs Kane my "piss and get more drinks match." Let me make it clear that there is no bigger rape than concession stand beer. $10 for a MEDIUM DOMESTIC BEER! WHAT... THE.. FUCK?! Between the overpriced beer and waiting in line forever for a HHH shirt that I didn't really want but bought anyway because they were out of Orton shirts, I missed Umaga vs Kane and Highlanders vs Spirit Squad. They both sucked from what I heard so fuck those matches. We yelled so much during Trish vs Lita that I needed another beer during Orton vs Carlito. I come back to hear everyone raving about the RKO finish. I D/L'ed the show and unless it was something fucking insane live, that RKO wasn't so great. Edge vs Cena is low end WWE MOTYC. Someone in the other promotions folder linked to a Marafuji vs Taue match, which I completely ignored because there was a Marafuji vs Akiyama match on the sidebar. The match is very good with a great crowd but I hated that finish. Actually I hated Akiyama blowing off a Super Seafire before the finish. Rest was fine. Definitely not as great as I was hoping for. Steelers got shut out by the fucking Jaguards. Makes me so sick. My buddy Vanny and I have a bet that Miami will win the division. HAHAHAHA! EASIEST $50 I'LL EVER MAKE! High Stakes Poker is done for another season. Man did Negraneau get his ass kicked this year. How many times can you flop the nuts and get the shit beat out of you anyway? Quads over a boat. Turned quads over a flopped straight. Boat over a turned flush. So sick... I hear Negraneau is down like 2 million on the year between HSP and the million he lost in The Big Game a few weeks back. Poor bastard. Thoughts on this week's Prison Break, Vanished, CSI Miami, and RAW when they're done downloading and I get back from work. It's good to see some old faces and welcome to my blog to anyone new that I haven't pissed off yet.

I followed a simple rule: Meet everyone you can in the first week of each semester. Everyone is open to new people in that first week and first set of classes. Unless you're completely socially stupid, you'll make friends very easily.

Max out at 215lbs bench press. I haven't been able to break that in years or I'm not willing to push myself past it.

Prices for food and beverages at a sports event. Nothing says rape like $4.50 for a slice of pepperoni pizza.

NOAH or NJPW will get his services. It wouldn't surprise me to see Angle vs Tanahashi or Tenzan at the January Dome Show.

Security would own this guy for free if it was real. The guy took a good 5 seconds just to get over the guardrail so it's not like he had some insane element of surprise.

Reflect on the fact that your past 26 years have been so fucking pathetic you felt the need to glorify your 27th birthday on this forum. Jackass...

Is everyone coming back for next season?

How many episodes are left? Can we assume that it's Clark vs Brainiac(s) ala Neo vs Smiths for the finale?

Living Dangerously 1999 is their best match.

I said it on SRK and I'll say it here... Has no one ever heard of MAME?

DOOM! HAHAHAHA! OK it got my money too. I'm a horrible human being. North Country isn't going to do jack in money until Oscar nomination re-release when everyone will have to see Theron's performance. Fuck Elizabethtown; I'm being dragged to that this coming Friday night.

Erica Durance already got naked (or topless) in some shit movie a few years back (horror flick, I forget which one). Random pole dance just isn't going to cut it now. Lana > *

My bad...

That's what you get for trying to knock kids off their bikes... FEEEEEEL IT!