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Palhares had Henderson in trouble, but Henderson was able to fight out of the hold. I think that might be enough to give Palhares this round with the judges.

Palhares didn't have any answer for Henderson's aggression and pace until right at the end. This could end by KO if Palhares isn't careful.

Nate looked really good and aggressive out there. Still think Silva will handle him, but it looks like it would be a little bit more of a challenge.

I thought Brown did just enough to win the third round. But, like you said, it was close. I've no complaints over the decision.

OK, so the cut did make a difference. It had to have done, because otherwise Brown won that third round.

The cut shouldn't make a difference, so Matt Brown should win this 29-28.

I'd say it's 19-19 going into the third round. If Brown doesn't make a mistake, he should win this easily as Kim is gassing hard.

All four of their NWA title changes are on tape.

In order to use as many of my roster as possible, I'm going to run two shows at each venue, and run them over consecutive nights. I had considered making the two shows afternoon and evening events, but with so many matches, that would burn out the crowd.

Foley shouldn't appear at No Surrender. They've already got Sting showing up and Jeff Jarrett making his return to PPV. Adding Foley's on-screen debut would just lessen the impact of all three.

Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans I'm interested in this fight because I think it's very possible that Evans can pull off the upset. It's the result I want to see. Do I expect it to happen, though? No. I think Evans will give a heck of a fight, but Chuck is still going to win. It might take a round or two, but Chuck is probably going to KO or TKO Evans. Liddell in Round 2 by TKO. Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamil I view this as similar to the main event, except I don't think the chance of an upset as quite as strong. Hamil knows enough to pose problems for Franklin, but Franklin is just a better all around fighter. Hamil will give Franklin enough trouble to look good, but he'll still end up losing. Franklin in Round 3 by TKO. Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares I only know Palhares from his previous UFC fight against Ivan Salaverry, but I was impressed with his jiu-jitsu, and his armbar was slick. However, he's facing Dan Henderson, who is a far better fighter. Henderson is also coming off two high profile losses and will be wanting to prove he's not a joke to the UFC audience. That's bad news for Palhares. Henderson in Round 2 by tap out. Nate Marquardt vs. Martin Kampmann Marquardt in Round 2 by reverse piledriver. Or submission. Add me to those disappointed at the cancellation of the Yoshida-Parisyan fight. I was hoping to see Yoshida make it two Anaconda Chokes in a row. I'm looking forward to tonight, and it should be good.

F4W Sherdog It's not a fight that the message boards will like, but it's the biggest match, in terms of marquee value, that they could get out of Kimbo.

F4W

Apparently, the WWE offer was low. It can't be too high, though, if TNA are in talks to try and make an offer close to it.

No. Supposedly, Dustin wanted to get them, but he denied this in his RF shoot.

She hasn't signed the WWE deal, and is looking to go back to TNA if they can offer money that is comparable with what WWE offered. The feeling is if TNA offer something close to what WWE did, she'll go back to TNA.

Have you tried any versions of TEW? It's more complicated than EWR, obviously, but it's a more well rounded game.

The Rockers: The Midnight Express v Dynamic Dudes issue would be concluded at the end of September on tv, with Cornette and the MX doing their heel-turn on the Dudes, and Eaton pinning Ace after smashing him in the face with Cornette's racquet. Then, MX and Corny would throw out an open challenge, claiming that while they're still chasing the tag titles, they are so good they need something else to do. In one promo, Lane can laugh and mention that one team is interested in there challenge, and he whispers the name to Cornette. Cornette laughs, and says that "they'd be fools to show up here". As the weeks go on, leading towards Clash of the Champions IX. Lane can bring the team up again, without mentioning any names, and Cornette will get slowly more irate and upset when talking about this unknown team. Finally, Cornette can snap, and challenge the mystery team to face the MX at the Clash. Fast forward to the Clash, and the MX and Corny are in the ring, and Cornette calls out the mystery team, telling the fans that, "these two goofs don't have what it takes to survive the Midnight Express and the rest of the NWA". Fast paced rock music hits, and The Rockers come bounding out, as the crowd go wild for them. With Cornette working his ass off at ringside, The MX and The Rockers go at it full blast for 20-minutes of **** action, which the crowd eats up. In the end, Cornette's attempt at interfering backfires, leaving Lane open to a flying body press from Michaels and getting pinned.. During November, Cornette and the MX cut some heated promos, livid over what happened at the Clash, and really tear into The Rockers. The Rockers fire back that they made an impact in the NWA in the biggest way they could; by taking down The MX. Cornette and MX respond by saying The Rockers beat them once, but they haven't taken then down, and that wrestling is a marathon not a sprint. The Rockers play up on Cornette's choice of words, and challenge The MX to a 30-minute Marathon Match for Starrcade. Cornette and The MX accept the challenge, and the match is set for Starrcade. In the Marathon Match, MX and The Rockers tear it up for 30-minutes of great action. MX wins the first fall very quickly, with Cornette's tennis racquet coming into play, and Eaton getting the pinfall on Jannetty. The Rockers battle back, and at the 13-minute mark Michaels pins Eaton to even the score at one-fall each. The MX pull a fast one, and thanks to some illegal double-teaming, they regain the lead very quickly, and the MX are now 2-1 up. Big comeback by The Rockers as the match hits the home stretch, but at the 29-minute mark Cornette hits Jannetty with his racquet, to seemingly give MX the win, but wait!. Cornette dropped his racquet in the ring, and the referee questions him on its use. Corny and MX argue with the referee on this, and Michaels switches places with Jannetty. Eaton turns around, and gets small packaged by Michaels, and the referee sees this, and makes the three-count at 29:57, evening the match at two-falls apiece. The bell rings, the match is over, and The Rockers pull out a draw when it looked like they had lost all hope. After this, I would build towards an elimination tag match between the two teams at Clash of the Champions X. That match, I would keep to around 15-minutes, with Eaton pinning Jannetty illegally, Michaels fighting back to pin Lane, and a distraction allowing Cornette to smash Michaels with his racquet, and Lane pinning Michaels to win the match for the MX. From here, it’s singles matches at Wrestle War with Shawn pinning Stan clean and Bobby pinning Marty thanks to Cornette. The next step is at Capital Combat with the Rockers getting a title shot at Arn and Tully for the World tag titles only for the Midnight’s to cost them the belts and letting Arn pin Marty. A rematch at Clash XI sees the Rockers win via DQ when the Midnights interfere and we get a beatdown. The feud takes a rest until Clash XII with The Rockers and the Road Warriors taking on Doom and the Midnight Express. Cornette and the racquet come into play for the DQ and another beatdown but this one ends quickly with the Rock and Roll Express making the save. With the feud having gone on for almost a year, it’s time to end it and this happens at Halloween Havoc. A feud this long and filled with great matches should end with the best of them so they get almost thirty minutes with the Rockers going over clean and even using a Midnight original, the flapjack, to get the victory with Shawn pinning Lane. The people pop, standing ovation, and the Rockers celebrate while a bemused, exhausted and irate Cornette can only look on and throw his racquet down and start crying into his jacket. From here, the build to the Rockers vs. Arn and Tully at Starrcade begins, and along the way at Clash XIII Shawn pins Arn in a singles match to set up the third and, by way of stipulation, last ever challenge of The Rockers at the biggest PPV of the year. The match itself has the usual twists and turns, with Arn and Tully almost pulling off robbery but the babyface some back in heroic fashion and put the champions down for the count and the Rockers win the World tag titles to a thunderous ovation. Summary: Well, the Rockers debut in a big way and right into the thick of things with a big time feud against the Midnight Express. Naturally, the matches are great and things are kept going for almost an entire year, which ensures lots of time for Cornette on the mic and plenty of great matches in the ring. The Rockers themselves get over with consistently good to great matches on TV and on the road, and not only is the feud their main story of the year but you’ve also got their chase of the World tag titles. Coming close on two occasions only for the Midnights to ruin things, having to take care of them to settle the issue and then getting that one last title shot against Arn and Tully which they are able to make the best of and finally getting their hands on the gold after so many roadblocks stood in the way.

A couple of interesting notes from a Court Bauer interview on the latest F4 Daily: A proposed heel turn for Christ Benoit in 2005 was shot down by Vince, vigorously, who said it would be the hardest turn he'd have to get over, and the fans would never boo Benoit in a million years. Vince apparently felt that Benoit was a 'meat and potatoes' babyface and was too respected by the fans to be hated. At the Summerslam 2006, an idea was pitched for Fit Finlay to have a falls count anywhere type match with someone, possibly Bobby Lashley, that would wind up spilling out into the streets. The discussion eventually evolved turning Finlay face and also putting the World title on him at the event. For two hours, it was very close to happening. With Summerslam being in Boston that year, an Irish babyface winning the World title would have been huge.

It would require planning ahead, but I've always thought a nice idea for Survivor Series would be for the World, IC and Tag champs to team up and take on their respective number one contenders. You could use the match to build towards the various title matches the next month at Armageddon, and give a rub to the lower level talents.

That was a 2003 interview from RF. It's a lot about OVW, but Cornette also talks about a lot of other things, including tag team wrestling, Ian Rotten, Wade Keller, Rick Bassman and more. He tells a great story about confronting Ed Ferrera over Ed's mocking of Jim Ross. If you can find the Q&A's from SMW's Fan Week conventions, they're also a goldmine of stories and information.

I believe the other wrestler was Don Fargo. The Powerplant story is also a great example of Eric Bischoff lacking any kind of balls whatsoever, when he's talking to Ole Anderson who asks him if he's (Ole) is going to get fired or not, and Eric blows him off, drives away, and then fires him over the phone the next day. You can't go wrong with any of the Cornette interview tapes out there. There's tons of great stories to be heard.

Brock definitely knows how to generate interest and reactions from people. Witness message board geeks from Sherdog and beyond melting down over the remarks about Fedor. As for Fedor signing with the UFC, I don't see it ever happening. I don't think either side will back down on what is surely the key sticking point, exclusivity.

From this weeks Observer: MVP's heat started over his attitude towards the guy who was monitoring his most recent drug test (ie: watching him pee). MVP asked the doctor if he graduated from college, and when the doctor said he did, MVP fired back with a remark along the lines of how he'd spent four years in school just to watch people's dicks. The guy complained about it, and John Laurinaitis and Bruce Prichard talked to the wrestlers about not harassing the monitors. At that point, the word in the bak is that MVP can't get heat as a heel.

Isn't that what you're attempting to do here? Hell no, I'm firing back, because I find the dismissal of a valid and fact-based opinion childish. Now you know how everyone here feels about you.