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This past Christmas, I got my mother a special Jeopardy DVD, which centred mostly around the Ultimate Tournament of Champions from the summer of 2005. While watching said DVD with her, it reminded me of when I was a 12 year old mark, and thought in 2000, after there had been eight Kings of the Ring, it'd be cool to have an Ultimate King of the Ring tournament with all the winners. Obviously, this wasn't meant to be with wrestlers leaving the WWF, dying, retiring, etc. Well, I thought it'd be cool to set up a fantasy tournament with all the winners. I couldn't remember all the winners and runners-up, so I ventured to Obsessed with Wrestling. Unbeknownst to me, there had been non PPV tournies from 85-91, including Bret Hart winning in 1991 as well as 1993. So, that means 16 total winners over 17 tournaments. I also thought it'd be cool to add four wild card spots from all the runners-up to open up the voting. The catch is that you must base your vote on year, i.e 96 Austin, not 98 Austin. So, the runners up: (85) Iron Sheik (86) Pedro Morales (87) King Kong Bundy (88) Randy Savage (89) Rick Martel (91) IRS (93) Bam Bam (94) Razor Ramon (95) Savio Vega (96) Jake Roberts (97) Mankind (98) The Rock (99) Xpac (00) Rikishi (01) Kurt Angle (02) RVD (06) Bobby Lashley. Pick the best four, and if interest goes, I'll set up a bracket. Voting will likely close Friday evening, or if all interested parties have obviously voted. Yes, I realise fully how little a life I have. My picks are Sheik, Bundy, Savage and Mankind.

That was the line that stuck out the most.

man...how does she give head? I'm sure he meant toothless. Lol, shouldn't eating top the list of "Things a grandmother can do with her mouth"?

Raw is now an hour late starting in Canada, due to the move to The Score. Is there anything for me to stay up for? Chris Masters return delighted me...any mic time for Armando? That's basically all I have interest in, but the two mystery opponents do intrigue me....even though DX will squash em.

Save a horse, ride a cowboy. I'm sorry. Come on. Len's Steal my Sunshine warrants a mention. Anyone ever sat down and listened to the lyrics to The Devil Went Down to Georgia? It should tell a good story, and the violin work is impressive. But there's so many stupid lines in that song.

When I first read the PPV sked, I read New Year's Revolution, incorrectly, as being in Kansas City, Missouri. Have they been back there since Owen's accident?

Rodney Dangerfield, when appaearing on The Simpsons, looked a lot like Bobby Heenan.

10% in the whole isn't bad as long as we're revenue shared. I'm quite sure Calgary or Edmonton's markets could handle the 10% minus. As long as you get a GM in that's either A) like Kevin Lowe or B) has much of a Patriots like staff. I guess I should've mentioned this before but probably the hardest part for Edmonton would be that Commonwealth is an outdoor stadium and playing games in December as you say isn't easy. However, if you put a good NFL team there, trust me, Edmontonians would show up. We're that passionate about a franchise when it gets here. And while playing in and watching a game in December wouldn't be nice, I do believe if you could shore up the backing for one, Edmonton would be able to find someway to get an indoor stadium. The biggest problem is the consistantly screwing up in Ontario. Its not really like they had a choice. It's hard to justify going to to a team when they play like crap or just seemingly never try to improve. Hamilton Ti-Cats, Toronto Blue Jays, and Toronto Raptors all seemingly say "oh we've improved" when any fan can look at the team and go "how's that improving?" and realize its a lot of hot watery steam. Its hard to follow the NFL when really the only way out West can watch is, is via the NFL Network and that costs money. Sure you can watch some games on TV, but I follow the Falcons, and frankly I'm stuck watching the Seahawks 9 of 10 times. If you actually had a channel that was devoted to the just coverage of a few different teams, you'd probably get a better response to it. I'd also like to take this moment to say that TSN is getting NFL now, so that survey number will probably increase. I'm surprised that someone agrees with me on that Edmonton and Calgary are the best places to even think about it. I thought someone would for sure call me a homer on the subject. I think it could happen, but you'd need to actually make it like a loan from the government and hafta pay it back. Therein lies the problem because if the NFL did that for a Canadian team, it couldn't use the "oh we'll leave factor and get a better deal" on cities. Same with baseball and any other sport. Remember in 2000? Dollar was 57 cents of the American one. Ottawa was just about bankrupt? Calgary had no owners, and 80% of Canada was sure the Houston Oilers were about to re-happen. The plan was for the Canadian government to throw some money to the Canadian teams. Which they agreed to....then reneged on a week later. If they didn't for the NHL, they won't for a NFL team, either, IMO. And this isn't meant to be a shot at the Tories or start a left vs right war, but I don't really see Stephen Harper INCREASING spending for just about anything. No, I didn't really see you as being a homer. The six cities that already have NHL franchises are really the only markets big enough to host an NFL team...I already explained Toronto, Ottawa I just don't see, Montreal has enough European flavour and interest in other things to not really need a team (although the Als are the highest drawing team in the CFL).

You pretty well hit it spot on. The NFL could work in Edmonton or Calgary on paper, but I doubt fiscally it would work. Even with the current strength of the Canadian dollar, you're still 10% in the hole from the get-go. Also, keep in mind (although it wouldn't keep fans away in droves, but would make a difference nonetheless), that the CFL is June-October for the regular season. Selling tickets to an outdoor game in Edmonton in December likely wouldn't be that easy (certainly not 65,000 or 70,000, anyway. Anyone remember Ty Conklin bitching before the Heritage Classic in 2003?) Now, the flip side to this is Toronto, which seems to get the most attention when talk of NFL expansion is brought up. Southern Ontario is basically the only region in which the CFL isn't really followed (more on that in a few). Even Hamilton, which gets plenty of media attention, has trouble selling out its 29,500 stadium, except during the Labour Day Classic each year. Although, the Ti-Cats are currently 2-9, lost in the conference finals last year to Toronto, and went 1-18 the previous year. So, take that for what it's worth. The problem with Toronto? Despite constantly priding themselves on being a world class sports town, they really aren't. They're not even a hockey town, as they often claim as well. They're a LEAFS town. Need proof? The Toronto Blue Jays draw bout 25,000 a game. Not bad. But, with all the excitement generated by signings of Glaus, Molina and Burnett this winter, 25,000 doesn't look nearly as good for a team that can boast several Gold Gloves and Cy Young. They also hit 48,49, 50 a game during their two World Series wins in the early 90's. The Raptors haven't been in the playoffs in five years, and will do alright, but people will stop caring, by and large, around March, even during the NHL lockout two years ago. Even the Roadrunners, an AHL franchise, were in town for one season before leaving for Oiltown. Toronto is a LEAFS town. Furthermore, and this isn't meant to incite any arguments, a lot of Canadians will tell you the CFL is better football than the NFL. If the CFL can't get 25,000 in Toronto, why would an NFL franchise work? I double-took upon reading a survey released about a month ago, in which the NHL was regarded as the most avidly followed sport by Canadians at 33% , followed by the CFL at around 23. The NFL came in at around 7.5/8 percent. Which I'll admit stunned me. But, as it turns out, the NFL seems to rule SOuthern Ontario, but the CFL has indeed the market share in the rest of Canada. To sum it all up: CFL Hotbeds in the most likely candidate cities in Calgary/Edmonton. Big gamble by trying out the biggest market in Toronto. We will never see an NFL franchise set up shop in Canada in my lifetime. (Although it would be kinda cool). Flik, good call on the government funding. I hadn't even factored that in.

Jacks and Vodka, of course. Crown Royal is also a nice touch. I also suggest, if women will be frequenting this bar, peach schapps, creme de cacao and banana liqeur. Even if it's just for show, a bottle of wine or two can't hurt. My grandfather has two cool bottles that I know he'll never touch from 2000, put out specifically for the millenium, showcasing drawings of famous/important Canadians.

I also interpreted it as "good, but room to improve".

That clip, combined with the caption underneath, had me choking on my lunch here. Fucking gold. One of those whacky japanese porno's I'd assume, someone posted this in "Pictures I Like" at NHB and I've had my heart on it for awhile It is pure gold. OT: Anybody remember Sam Kinison's TV show? It preceded Herman's.... Head dare I say? That is indeed the correct name for the show afterwards. The trifecta mentioned above is exact, if we're going on Pure Rodney. Caddyshack is my all time favourite movie ever, but if we're going soley on the strengths of Rodney...I'd say Back To School.

*Ahem

I think Bossman vs Mountie just has to win on the delightful post match stipulations.

I've been really bad lately about comparing something to three things, like"Not Martel, not the Road Warriors, not the Freebirds, not the Road Warriors!" "I'll have mustard on my hamburger....not ketchup, not relish, not pickles, not relish"

Reminds me of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I didn't see that pic...mind posting it again, or saying where it is specifically? Dunkin Donuts is my wallpaper now.

Collins' Crue in both. Good luck, all.

They'll finally change it to "Urectum" Urectum? U damn near killed em! Come on, someone had to say it. That reference was gold. Hey, since everyone who wasn't one of the main six was either a nerd or a jock, why was Zack tops to replace Screech? ZackMalibu is a frontrunner for GangWarz(but we won't get into that), and a 2 year old Saved By The Bell thread was resurrected today. Coupled with this quote, what the hell is going on? Is it real, still? I DOOOOON'T KNOOOOOW! Lol, all the tehcno songs posted here from the mid 90's have been hilarious. Youse guys are the shits.

You too, eh? I thought I had some ironic spyware or something. Need help with an REM tune: Hey, you, nobody told you what to do....tick....tock...tick....tock Anyone?

Just to keep this one up and running, though it's a little off-topic: Anyone remember seeing Brett Hull on SNL (Weekend Update) during the lock-out, doing a bit about gay marriage? I remember it being a pretty good one-liner. Bob Barron, I'm looking in your direction.

Ric Flair can dance all nite long This reeks of YTNMD, but it's still fun.

This with the crust stuffed with cheese. Good one. I'd love to try making that sometime. The lustre would almost certainly wear off after having it as more than 1/3 of your pizza, but it's still a unique treat.

I've never, ever felt guilty about liking Crossfade's Cold. Hall and Oates. Name it. Also Rhianna's SOS and the Right to Censor theme.

I'm still repeating to myself that the LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES is on tape delay. Although, so were the World Curling Championships last spring.

Uh he's been dead before you were born problay. He was the guy who jogged across Canada on one leg. One of Canada's inspirational heros. Not quite. And what's that joke? 'How do you kill a fox? Make it run across Canada', I think. I felt a little bad for laughing at it. Indeed, what you bolded is not quite true. The following sentence is exceptionally true. Jango, who's in your avatar? The black guy from Hall and Oates?(Oates, I believe). Lando Calyrissian? (whom I always pictured Rick Astley looking like.)