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This will be Kane's eleventh consecutive Rumble, breaking his own record. Glen Jacobs also holds the record for most overall Rumble appearances with 13 (including his 96 run as Isaac Yankem and his 97 run as Diesel). The only reason I included Carlito and Primo in my hypothetical Rumble list was because they would probably be the Rumble cannon fodder along with Jesse.

Boogeyman's head is painted black with the inside of his ears and the outer corners of his eyes painted red. His opponent is Brett Barnes, for the record.

Alicia Fox did well out there. "Once more into the breach, my friends!" from Henry V.

WWE's weekly production cost to tape an episode of Smackdown is about $630,000.

Yes.

Nice new finisher for Kelly.

Rey and Kofi added to the Rumble.

Manu has an afro?

So the NWO poster reveals what we already knew: namely, the Elimination Chamber returns in February.

I'd expect the card to look like this: John Cena vs. JBL Jeff Hardy vs. Edge Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger Beth Phoenix vs. Melina HBK, Kane, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Triple H, Undertaker, Big Show, The Great Khali, Mark Henry, Santino Marella, William Regal, Rey Mysterio, John Morrison, The Miz, Cody Rhodes, Manu, Sim Snuka, R-Truth, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay, Vladimir Kozlov, Jesse, Festus, The Brian Kendrick, Carlito, Ezekiel Jackson, Primo, and MVP

Kizarny has the most Canadian of Canadian accents.

The car motif for the Rumble videos is a nice touch.

Here's Ezekiel Jackson back when he was a bodybuilder: http://www.musclemania.com/athelete_page/ryklon_stephens.htm

Abrupt Big Show face turn ahoy!

Crazy Edge = AWESOME.

I really like hearing JR and Tazz when they don't have to concentrate on the match at hand: they goof around and play off each other so well.

At least now they can push Khali more in India since Khali can talk and show some personality without wrecking his gimmick.

EXCELLENT hype video for Umaga's return.

It would only work if the announcers mocked the randomness of it, like they did the Tajiri-Torrie Wilson couple storyline.

Face HHH is a dick.

JR sold the HHH interruption very well by starting a segue into the next segment and acting shocked by HHH's music.

IIRC Palumbo and O'Haire didn't shake Droz's hand because neither of them were sure if Droz could move his arms. I'd imagine trying to shake a quadriplegic's hand only to discover he can't move it would be kind of mortifying.

According to WWE.com, WWE Superstars returns in spring 2009 on WGN America.

The WWE Classics On Demand staffers aren't necessarily wrestling fans themselves. I'd imagine they showed the higher-ups the matchlist for the Spectrum show and got it approved irrespective of the quality of the content.

To clarify: The Nitro where the nWo breaks the set is from late 1997. The ep with Schiavone in the studio is from late 1998.