Slickster

There are now buildings and shops on the site where WrestleMania IX was held.

And Batista would be the first (WCW) World Heavyweight Champion to hold the belt for over a year since Hulk Hogan (July 17, 1994 - October 29, 1995).

I'm pretty sure people stopped believing it was real c. 1940s when results stopped being printed in newspapers. However, I don't remember Flair talking about "Steamboat and I, we REALLY hit each other, though." Perhaps you could refresh my memory.

Why is it OK for HHH to expose the business by saying "only HBK and I really hit each other"?

I beleive the story is in the vein of 'Walking Tall' in that Cena plays an ex-Marine who's gotta go save his girlfriend or something.

Hey, I figure this gimmick gives Doane and Lex Lovett a chance to get called up on their own merits, not as lackeys like Nick Nemeth was.

Was that an actual title match, though? They didn't announce it as such and they cut away when the ref could have been holding up the belt.

Good edit to cover the fact that Coach botched the figure-four.

Troops highlight video set to "You And Me" by Lifehouse.

Well, that was better than I expected.

Snitsky looks like he has lost a lot of muscle definition.

I personally have high hopes for the main event tonight. Both guys should be able to work a good match with each other blindfolded at this point.

Wow, Lillian keeps in great shape.

Look.

Nope, only one brand (RAW) went to the Middle East this year. There are spoilers out there but I won't post them here to avoid complaints.

Injured during HHH-Jericho (HIAC) in May 2002. Nerve damage in shoulder from a ref bump IIRC.

Deadman enters with enough pyro to open two RAWs.

I'm watching it on a screen the size of a post-it note on an Israeli stream.

Well, maybe Tim went out and shot something off-camera. I'm assuming that's what they'll play it off as, since it wasn't seen.

eh he got decent heel heat using the usual "insult the audience" tactics...I'd rather see how he heels it up in the ring before I decide...anybody can be funny, let's see your work. I hope Striker makes an anti-homosexual comment the next time they run in the Bible Belt. I want to see if the ignorant people in attendance actually cheer the heel. You act like it's even a question. Wrestling fans are preconditioned to assume that "gay = bad," so it's not even going to be close. All the Heart Throbs do is dance, yet they get booed because they're supposedly gay.

Vince McMahon buying TNA would only be for the tape library, but that probably wouldn't happen until 3-4 years from now (by which time TNA will be closed). Who's he going to sign? The X Division? Cause we all know how much Vince loooves those cruserweights. TNA's popularity right now is like Smoky Mountain Wrestling's popularity, only more obscure. At least SMW got TV time on the #1 company's shows.

That must have only lasted about eight seconds. I assume the first one was an 'earlier tonight' clip.

That was a plant, apparently. ...but IT"S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

This is the most informative post I've read in months. Now we know the magic # for PPV profit....and it's pretty goddamn low. Basically, no matter what, they can make profit on a PPV.

I'd assume Regal would be the Burchill squashee. OK, that's not too bad a card. I hope they at least announce some of the undercard on SmackDown! instead of just waiting until the Armageddon preshow.