Hunter's Torn Quad

The usual overbooked nonsense you've come to expect from a 1998 World title match. Christian to face, one assumes, Angle next month in a match that will likely draw below even TNA's usually low buy rates.

Did anyone here order the PPV? I've seen almost no ongoing reaction to this show anywhere. And we're getting a new champion.

Vince had undergone surgery for a herniated disc in his neck. It was real.

Could Couture be the one to rescue the Heavyweight title from Sylvia?

The funny thing about that is Warrior did ask for more money from Vince, but it was a couple of months before Summerslam. Vince just re-wrote history to where it became just before the PPV.

He wasn't friends with the owner, and he wasn't respected either, so it's not like Page had a choice in whether he wanted to put people over or not. TNA stopped using Page because he kicked up a fuss over putting Monty Brown clean. It was Brown and Kip James against Page and Ron Killings, and Brown was meant to beat Page clean. Page refused and started complaining about it, and the only way he would agree to lose to Brown was if he could hit the Diamond Cutter on James and Brown before losing. A compromise was reached where Page would hit his move on James and Phi Delta Slam before getting hit with The Pounce and pinned by Brown. The funny thing is that PDS were let go the month before when Dusty Rhodes was removed as head booker, because Dusty was the one who wanted them in, so they had to bring PDS back for one night just so Page could hit them with his move.

Some shoots on YT A link to shoots from Shawn, Tammy (she looks puffy) and Jake, as well as a couple of OTR segments.

It's good the surgery went well. TNA should use this special to focus on only a few people, their best talent, and make sure people remember them. But you know the show will be another rush job from Russo with nothing given time to get over with anybody new tuning in. A lot of TNA's PPV's look good on paper, but since October they've never matched that potential.

You can't tarnish a rusty blade.

The two-hour Impact was exactly like a one-hour Impact. They were doing too much in too short a space a time and nothing really got a chance to sink in. The Naturals big won over Team 3D, for example.

And challenging Sylvia at UFC 68. No way that PPV does less than 500,000 now.

I believe Nattie has already had the required chest enhancement work, and those pictures are post-surgery.

What the hell did they expect? Did no one check on the format Russo uses? The wrestling business is so fabulously inept, I love it. Russo will deal with this critcism the same way he usually does; he'll ignore it, refuse to admit his mistakes, and keep writing two-hours of material for a one-hour show. And it's not like TNA are going to remove him from power any time soon. They'll claim they have to give Russo time, but they also don't want to remove him too soon because doing so makes them look like fools for bringing Russo back in the first place. If there is continued negativity about how Impact is written, and there will be because Russo isn't going to change, then TNA will either have to man up and remove him from power or deal with having a very unhappy roster and a TV show that can't get anything over because nothing is given any time.

Rick Steiner In his prime, a good worker who could be part of great matches with an opponent who didn't mind taking a pounding. In his later years, he became very bitter and angry and very much a bully. Edge Has developed into a very well-rounded worker who has shown himself to be a great heel. Managed to turn Cena back into a mostly cheered babyface, which seemed impossible just 18 months ago. Despite being a piece of shit to his 'best friend', which is probably an indication of why he's such a great heel, I'd still plug him into the spot of being the long-term top heel on Raw. John Cena Has turned into a capable worker who can be carried to good to great matches by the right opponent. He can't really carry someone unless he's simply bouncing around for the majority of the match. When talking, he has excellent delivery, but he's let down by some terrible material. Jericho2000Mark I've seen worse.

With what happened to Hunter, and with Undertaker probably not ready to retire, I would not be surprised to see them put Michaels over in the Rumble and then dedicate his title match to Hunter. Michaels can win the title for a feel-good ending to WM XXIII, and you might even have Hunter show up to congratulate him. Then, assuming Hunter is ready to return to action at Summerslam, you can have them redo the Shawn turn on Hogan with Shawn turning on Hunter, with the idea that Hunter is his protege and Shawn wants to see if he can beat Hunter one more time. Hunter makes his big return against Shawn as a super babyface, wins the title for the second feel-good PPV ending of the year, and Shawn can turn back babyface by shaking Hunter's hand the same way he did with Hogan and admitting that Hunter is the better man.

The two best were the History of the WWF video and the highlight video for Austin vs. Rock at WM X7.

1/11/07 DarkIntellect - Troll

Since you're so adept at quoting, why don't you quote where I've used it negatively. Because I have never referred to a smark negatively. and if you believe I have, you're mistaken. So, what is a 'smark'? And why were the people you were refering to 'smarks'?

You realize that posting here also makes you a smark... No way, I'm sure there are plenty of marks here. All wrestlers probably. So what is a 'smark' then? You've thrown that term around lately, so tell us what it means. You talking to me? No, the other billdynamite whose post I quoted. there were other people involved in the quote. Regardless, why would i need your approval on what i say a smark is? I quoted you directly. I'm not sure why you're talking about approval. I'm just asking you what a 'smark' is. You've used the term to refer to people or groups of people in a negative manner, so I'm interested in what the word means in the way you're using it.

You realize that posting here also makes you a smark... No way, I'm sure there are plenty of marks here. All wrestlers probably. So what is a 'smark' then? You've thrown that term around lately, so tell us what it means. You talking to me? No, the other billdynamite whose post I quoted.

Shawn went for an elbow off the top rope but Vader was out of position or something because Shawn stopped short and landed on his feet and then began stomping on Vader and yelling at him. It looked weird and you could see something was going on. It wasn't the first time Shawn lost his cool that year on PPV, because he was quite notorious for it during that time.

You realize that posting here also makes you a smark... No way, I'm sure there are plenty of marks here. All wrestlers probably. So what is a 'smark' then? You've thrown that term around lately, so tell us what it means.

He can bitch and moan like crazy if he feels like it. He was very upset about having to lose to Ric Flair at the Bash in 1995, even though Flair was using a cane to KO Savage. He was fine when it was going to be through interference, but when it was changed to Flair winning through use of the cane, Savage threw a fit. Most wrestlers of that 80's WWE era, when they went elsewhere, usually had a major problem when it came to doing jobs on TV. Jacques Rougeau walked out of WCW in 2000 over his refusal to do a job on TV. Honkytonk Man is notorious for walking out of WCW the afternoon of Starrcade in 1994 because he refused to do a job on TV, which in his mind was the same as PPV. I forget his reasoning exactly, but he was always up front about not wanting to lose on TV.

I don't know why Shawn wanted Sid, but with how Shawn was back then I could see it being down to him still mad over what happened with Vader in their match at Summerslam.