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Um... Etrigan? (In human form, at least.) Or any of the angellic versions of Lucifer. Gimmick-stealing motherfuckers. There already IS a tag-team called the Heartbreakers working the Southern region, they've been using that name for over two years, and it's a damn good team comprised of two guys called Larry Valentine and John Caesar.

Yeah, that's what I meant. I've never understood Meltzer's insistance on claiming that MMA is a part of pro wrestling. It's not. Pro wrestling is fake. Mixed martial arts (in theory) is real. Wrestling feds and shootfight promoters should never compete for industry awards. (And yes, I know they fix some of the fights in PRIDE, but that's still the exception and not the rule).

I suppose this means that Brock either wants to wrestle in Japan or start a new career as a shootfighter? That's just way too broad for a no-compete clause. WWE doesn't compete with Pride, and McMahon damn well knows that. Methinks he was just trying to fuck over Lesnar for quitting. Hey Ace (or anyone else who knows international law), could Brock actually be punished by the American legal system if he went to work for, say, New Japan or Pride? Would a foreign government care about the WWE's no-compete clause?

Well, it's kinda sad, but hardly unexpected. At least it worked better than Mir. It's called dark MATTER ya dumbfuck. I knew a girl named Hubble who was the granddaughter of the guy they named the telescope after. That's all I got.

It was kinda gay, but most "coming of age" pics are. As corpse-themed movies go, I prefered River's Edge.

Well, glad to know you came thru it okay.

I heard some kind of legal entanglement over Rick James's music is delaying the release of the 2nd season dvds.

Didya have the aftertaste version of your life flashing before your eyes, or that "whoa" moment where your legs suddenly turn to liquid?

Sometimes I think this forum is one of the best wrestling-based collection of message boards on the entire Internet... ...then I come into HD and see threads like this.

::spit take:: Actually, it's LALI-ho... but the fact that you even remembered the reference just made my day.

You people are wacky. I've never really known many Hispanics. I hung out with Konnan one time... you can make your own "lazy Mexican" joke here.

People who don't tip at least a dollar deserve whatever they get. These service employees are merrily buttfucked by the restraunts who employ them for next to nothing, and they really do need their tips to survive. The only time I don't tip is when the service has just been spectacularly bad, or those rare times when the waiter is hostile or just disappears after taking your order.

I liked those too, damn this thread is bringing back memories. Anyone else remember Mark Hamill as The Prankster or something similar in a Flash episode? For that matter, does anyone else remember a half-hour Dracula show that used to air a decade ago? Basically a buncha kids trying to stop the Prince of Darkness, kind of a proto-Buffy, came on in the middle of the night.

Meltzer has always maintained that the Silverdome simply can't fit 93,000 people inside it. Having not been there and counted the chairs myself, I'm not certain which version to believe. But Vince coming out during Wrestlemania III and announcing the attendance figures was kinda suspicious, there's no way in hell they counted all the ticket sales that fast.

Christ, but this article did indeed piss me off. Time for a Dissection. Translation: "Flame on." Never reached his full potential? He made a living from wrestling, won numerous titles in different organizations, was a member of both the Horsemen and the NWO, was known to millions of people, and was widely loved and respected by the boys and fans alike. What more can a wrestler ask for? Uh, it wasn't like he was out forever and ever. Just three years. Less time than Shawn Michaels took off, in fact. Wrestling didn't change THAT much between '93 and '96. Are you gonna bitch about Flair wearing the same trunks for 30 years too? It was a fucking wrestling singlet, it's perfectly acceptable attire for a wrestler in any era. Clearly this guy is just some dumb fucking mark who doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. His finisher was "just a suplex"... that he could (and did) hit on Paul Wight correctly. His microphone work was good enough to get entire arenas booing the shit out of him. You are right on one point: he was indeed a solid wrestler when healthy. He was frequently not-healthy because he was one of the best goddamn bumpers this business has ever seen, and would simply mutilate his own body to entertain the fans. Hennig was a better wrestler than everyone named here but Bret. (And maybe Flair.) And when did Valentine and Hall piss in your cornflakes to get named as examples of bad wrestlers? ...what was your point here? Yeah, he was mostly unsuccessful in WCW, that's cuz everyone not named Hogan or Nash was unsuccessful in WCW. Troll bullshit.

Jack Evans & Teddy Hart have a really slick variation on the Vegomatic that I always mark out for. Jack holds their opponent in backbreaker position, and Ted flattens them with a shooting star press. It is hard to believe as a legit move, but the SAT's Spanish Fly is still one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

I watched the match again, and damn you're right, it looked like Misawa was trying to fuckin' kill Kea on those last two moves. He dropped him right on the top of his head. (Digression: despite what some fanboys might tell you, it's actually pretty rare for a wrestler to really be dropped on his head. Workers create the illusion of headdrops by taking the impact on their shoulders, putting an arm down to block the move, or just rolling with it. The only real headdrop is one where the guy's arms are at his side and you can clearly see his cranium burying itself into the mat, which is pretty much what happened with Kea here.) On a second viewing, I liked the match even less. As interpromotional "dream" matches go, the Misawa/Chono vs. Kobashi/Taue match smoked this one like a cheap cigar.

Uh... UFC isn't pro wrestling. (At least, it's not supposed to be.)

Same here. I can chant, too.

True dat. I think that was the point with "O'Malley's Bar", to see just how ridiculously far he could take it.

Damn, Inc looks kinda like Jude Law in one of his "sexy dangerous" roles. Zack, I know you live the gimmick, but there's no way in hell that's not Gosselaar in that photo.

The problem with any budget cuts is that, for them to actually work, at least a few government programs have to be gutted or abolished. But, every government program tends to have some good points to it and does at least a little good work. So, budget cuts are gonna piss off a lot of people no matter how carefully they're applied. I still think the tax cuts were a dumb idea tho.

I got Murder Ballads and absolutely adored it, so I picked up that Best Of album, and ho boy, "disappointed" would be a vast understatement, it turned out to be nothing but mushy sentimental loves songs. What else has Cave done that's similar to Ballads? Fun fact: Cave is one of the few singers I can do a spot-on perfect karaoke of.

No clue, and it's not for lack of searching on my part. The only Daria dvds available are the two feature-length movies they did. I wish they would release the entire series, cuz it's one of my all-time favorites.

Nope. And as to why the cameras sometimes provide a nice juicy close-up of a guy blading, it's not really the cameraman's fault. Blading may look obvious on a 30-inch TV, but it's almost impossible to spot on a tiny eyepiece monitor. It's really the fault of the guy on the switcher, who should've cut away sooner.