Cheech Tremendous

Good call, Dandy, but could you be a little more specific?

This make sense, and you don't have to use Flair getting crushed by Batista to make it effective. Use it as a "piggyback" to start a feud, than turn it in to something personal between Batista and Michaels. But you kind of do have to bring Flair in. Batista and Shawn are going to feud because Batista wants to stand up for Flair and punish Shawn for retiring his friend and mentor. If Batista takes things too far, it is logical that Flair will have to do or say something down the road. That's the logical conclusion. In storyline terms, Flair has already forgiven Shawn for defeating him, but Batista hasn't. There's conflict there and that's what's going to sell this feud should they see it as something long-term.

That's a fantastic way of describing it. Out of everything that's going on in the company right now, I'm most interested in what they do with Shawn and Batista. I don't care if they're both main eventers or on different shows or this other nonsense that is being used to downplay a potential feud. I want to see what happens because we need a logical conclusion to what was started in the Flair storyline. Shawn retired Batista's friend and mentor and Batista is pissed about it. The question of what he will do next makes for compelling television. This is simple booking, and it's a storyline that should engage people. Or at least that's my feeling.

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So what do we make of this LA Times article that says that Favre's agent was quietly poking his head around the league to see if any teams were interested in trading for Favre? The agent denied the story but the writer is standing by his sources. Apparently Brett hasn't filed his retirement papers yet, but this just a non-story, right?

In what way does Batista attacking Flair tarnish the retirement storyline in any way? I'm not advocating that Flair return to the ring or become an active part of the feud, but a program between Batista and Shawn that is built on Flair would probably require his interaction at some point later on down the road. If Flair pops in six months from now and Batista beats him down, that doesn't hurt what they did on Monday for Ric at all. It would actually make him more sympathetic. Batista would just look like a massive dick by beating up a retired legend coming there to talk some sense to him.

I don't see the issue in having Flair be a part of future storylines or even having phsycial encounters. Was it wrong to have Orton punk out Harley Race? What about Edge beating up Michael Hayes? As far as I know, Flair's still under contract and it doesn't hurt anyone to have him around to help sell the product. It's not like he has to get in the ring to sell a storyline split from Batista.

They could probably work this storyline for 3-6 months without ever having to bring Flair back in the mix. Batista goes after Shawn for retiring his mentor. They do the face/face respect thing for a while until ultimately Batista loses his cool and goes heel on Shawn. Flair comes back to try to talk sense into Batista, Batista lays him out and bam, mega heel.

Here's an interesting note that sort of went under the radar yesterday. Kevin Youkilis set the major league record for consecutive games without an error by a 1B. The streak is 194 games and counting.

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I haven't been here because no one is guessing. And Treble is correct. The last mystery poster was AnnieEclectic. Also, since becoming a moderator I started receiving so many PMs that it's hard to find the ones about Guess the Poster.

It hasn't happened yet, and I have no intention of letting it happen. I've already deleted one Enigma thread and I have no qualms about doing it again.

Maybe it's just me, but it's real stretch to call most of those "dream" matches. I wouldn't even bother to watch 90% of those if they were on Raw for free.

I've made my feelings about the Pit known in several threads here. It makes us look bad to discuss board matters there.

So since I'm actually reading this thread for ideas and such, let me see if I understand your point. The thread is busier and has more active topics than before. That's the complaint?

I'm happy with the state of the folder. I still feel that Sports is the strongest folder on the board and that Al is a great moderator. Discussion does seem to be down right now, but I think it's just that lull in between football and the start of baseball season. Things should continue to pick up in the next few weeks. I don't think that it's time to "save" the sports folder.

The weirdest thing about Bret getting the world title is that in the fall of 1992 he was, at best, the fourth most over face on the roster behind Savage, Warrior and Hennig. He was also fresh off a loss to British Bulldog in his biggest match. It was nice that they tried something new, but Bret was something of an off the wall choice when he beat Flair.

Bad move, VX. But desperate times call for, well, you know.

That was actually very insightful. You can be a great poster when you're not playing up the Queen Leelee gimmick junk.

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I agree that Batista/Cena may be the only legit dream match that they have left. There are other matches that could probably be bigger if booked properly, but that's the one as far as main eventers who've never faced each other on a big stage.

No, go ahead and do what you have to do. I assumed you had moved on anyways. Your offer was fair, I just couldn't find a solution for 3B.

Daric Barton misplayed a routine pop-up so poorly that it hit him in the shoulder.

A delivery boy brings you some pasta?