Hunter's Torn Quad

We also thought Vince had zero chance of drug testing again. You never really rule anything out, because you just don't know what might happen.

Dave replied to your later:

Terry had his arms seize up too. That gets points.

They also need to extend Impact to ninety minutes. Until they do, they'll be stuck with either focusing on too few storylines, or trying to rush so much into 45 minutes of television that nothing will really get over.

For that to work it needs TNA getting quality soap opera writers, and I don't see anyone like that willing to work for a wrestling promotion. Part of the reason Mike Goldberg turned down signing with WWE was because of the stigma attached to wrestling, and how it would look to 'real' businesses. While that stigma is still in place, quality writers, announcers, or whatever, from any genre, are highly unlikely to work in wrestling.

If you're giving every segment something that you want the people to remember, there is no way that the people are going to remember everything. Even if it's just putting on a good match between two random wrestlers, you need something that can give people a rest, or you will burn them out.

One-punch. I think this one is on par with James Irvin KO'ing Terry Martin.

Yea, Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Suck – Part 16 Sting v Sid Vicious – WCW Halloween Havoc 1990 This match is pretty infamous, not because of the quality, though that aspect of it is infamous in its own right. It’s infamous for having an almost legendary finish to it, one that people would remember for a long time to come. If you want a move by move account of this match, you’ll be disappointed because there are only so many times I can type punch and kick before I get writer’s cramp. Indeed, this match was festival of the most basic and mundane of wrestling moves, with nothing but kicks, punches, one nerve hold, and the weakest and lamest looking choke hold on record being used. The only exciting moves of the whole match were a plancha from Sting onto Sid, and a running dive from Sting from the ramp over the top rope and onto Sid. If it weren’t for those two moves, this hideous contest would have been completely devoid of any excitement or life whatsoever, because this was just a terrible match, and one of the worst major World Title matches of all time. There’s nothing more to say about the body of the match, because there was almost nothing to the body of the match, so we’ll skip right to the finish. Sting and Sid battled into the aisleway that was off to the side of the ring, and Ric Flair and Arn Anderson came out and distracted the referee while Sting and Sid fought to the back. After a few moments, Sting and Sid returned, and once the match got back in the ring, Sting picked Sid up for a bodyslam, but Sid fell on top of the World Champion, the referee made a three count, and we had a new World Champion Or did we ? Some fans popped, some were visibly puzzled by what was happening, and as the rather modest fireworks shot off and balloons fell from the ceiling, Sid celebrated with the World Title belt. Suddenly Sting appeared in the aisleway with a large rope around one wrist, and the announcers were openly asking what was going on. Sting hit the ring, nailed Sid with the World title belt, hit a Stinger Splash, and rolled Sid up with a small package as the referee made a second three count, and this time Sting was declared the winner. What was going on ? Thankfully the reply was able to tell us what happened, because the announcers didn’t seem to have a clue. The ‘Sting’ that got pinned by Sid was in fact a fake Sting (yes, the fake Sting angle is a lot older than most realize), who turned out to be Barry Windham, and the real Sting was, presumably, tied up in the back while this was going on. Anyway, Sting broke free, came face to face with Barry Sting in the aisleway, before hitting the ring, hitting Sid with the title belt, and getting the win with a small package. Rating: This was absolute crap. Sting was never great, but he was decent. However, he was nowhere near good enough to carry Sid, who was his usual terrible self in this match. If you want to see a textbook example of a terrible match with terrible booking, then this is one for you. Otherwise, don’t waste your time. This is Wrestlecrap material.

Does he not realise how stupid he sounds?

They're still doing that? Don't they have lives to lead?

So, basically it's going to mean fuck all?

Giving everyone something to do takes attention away from the guys you really need to focus on, and it makes it hard for people to keep up, because you're trying to get them to remember too much.

From Meltzer. Can someone who cares about baseball tell me if this will mean anything at all in terms of ratings? Is this White Sox player well known at all?

Batista will be out for at least two months. Don't rule out an Orton title reign just yet.

US buys will be around 175,000 max. Anything above that will be from overseas buys.

Not as many as it would have if they had waited a year before the one at Vengeance. If the average HIAC adds 75,000 buys, and I'm just picking a random number here, then this one would add maybe half of that.

Maybe he's the next guy Jerry Jarrett is going to bring in from Russia.

I believe Bret has admitted to trying steroids at one point earlier in his WWF career.

He should wear Jason's bodysuit.

That would be better. Just imagine the high pitched screams from Orton fans when his arm gets set on fire.

I'd forgotten that they'd even had a HIAC match. Six months between HIAC's, if true, is too short a time.

How exactly are PWI saying this? Copy and paste what they have to say, if you can.

It can't be worse than Hunter vs Shawn's HIAC.

Does Franklin's KO of Quarry now replace the Kohler KO of Judson on the highlight reel as the best knockout from a punch in the UFC?

Is this guy for real?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wonder that about a lot of people.