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Actually the ratings and house show attendance started going up while he was champion. Brock even stated that he was embrassed when he found that out. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Know I know why I put that person on Ignore. SD got most of its lowest ratings during JBL's reign.

He has outside interests that are apparently taking his attention away from booking. Jeff has the most power in TNA right now anyway, so making him head booker would just give him an official title.

Believe it, daddio! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You're not cool enough to pull off a daddio.

He can't still be trying to say he was right about last week's rating. Can he?

Yea, Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Suck – Part 14 The Master Blasters v Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner – Clash Of The Champions XII This match was the big debut of the Masters Blasters, Steel and Iron, who had been hyped up in series of vignettes with them walking around a junkyard, presumably to show how tough they were. The Masters Blasters were WCW’s attempt to create a copy of the Road Warriors, who had walked out on the promotion earlier in the year due to a contract dispute with Jim Herd, and the Blasters were made up of Kevin Nash (yes, that Kevin Nash) and Al Greene (who went on to be The Dog in WCW in 2000). Like true jobbers, Armstrong and Horner come to the ring first, leaving everyone buzzing over the first wrestling appearance of The Master Blasters. The first appearance isn’t a good one, because the Master Blasters look terrible just coming to the ring, because their ring attire consists of tight leather pants, and, in the case of Steel (Nash) a comical Mohawk, all of which was made worse by the fact that the Blasters had been made up to look like they had a months worth of dirt on them, and their faces had been spraypainted all sorts of dark colors. Needless to say, any faint hopes had of these two replacing the Road Warriors were soon gone. The match itself was another comic adventure, because it was a total disjointed mess. Twice Iron and Steel would hoist Horner up onto their shoulders in a fireman’s carry position, parade around with him, only to rather clumsily dump him in their corner with all the force of a geriatrics punch. The funniest part of the match, unintentionally, saw Iron go for a diving headbutt on a downed Horner, only to somehow fall short, and he had to gently tap his head against Horner, rather than execute the move he was trying to go for. Needless to say, the crowd booed and jeered this, and the Master Blasters credibility, what they had anyway, was gone. Another amusing spot saw them whip Horner into the ropes for a double elbow, but instead of Steel kneeling down so he and Iron’s elbows struck Horner at about the same level, Iron, who was a good few inches shorter than Steel, was the one who knelt down, so that move looked stupid too. Finally, thankfully, and with much mercy, this horrid affair was brought to an end with a double flying shoulderblock by the Blasters on Horner, and they got the win. Rating: Just terrible. It was clear as day from the opening bell that Steel didn’t really know what he was doing in there, and Iron wasn’t much better. They were lost in there, even with two veterans like Armstrong and Horner to lead them through things, and, as such, their big debut fell flatter than Gwen Stefani’s chest. Yea, Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Suck – Part 15 Sid Vicious v The Nightstalker – Clash Of The Champions XIII This match is legendary for being one of the worst matches in WCW/NWA history, and was the worst one until the likes of Hogan v Warrior II graced our screens. The Nightstalker was Bryan Clarke, who went on to gain fame as Adam Bomb and as one half of Kronik. At this stage of the game, he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the draw, and against someone like Sid, it didn’t take the Genius Lanny Poffo to deduce that something bad was going to happen. And boy did it happen and then some. After some terrible brawling, the match went to a corner with Sid choking Nightstalker, before they rather clumsily, and for no apparent reason, switched positions with Nightstalker now doing the choking. This was followed by perhaps the weakest, most lamest, most feeble looking nerve hold in recorded wrestling history. Working on Vicious’ lung which had been punctured the year before, Nightstalker then began to pinch Vicious’ side. I don’t know what he was thinking, but this looked terrible, and the only pain inflicted was upon the fans having to sit through such horrible ‘wrestling’. The fans in attendance weren’t shy in letting them know they hated this, and began booing quite loudly. Somewhere in here The Big Cat (Mr. Hughes) came to ringside, and distracted Sid, and, as the two grappled, Nightstalker grabbed the big ax that he brought to ring with him, and went for Sid from behind. Having half the brain that Nightstalker has, Vicious moved out of the way, and Nightstalker dropped the ax as he collided with Big Cat. Sid then grabbed the ax, and as Nightstalker staggered back, Sid very gently hit Nightstalker in the throat with the head of the ax, which saw Nightstalker drop like a stone, and Sid covered to get the pin. At this point, Big Cat hit the ring, and he and Nightstalker, who jumped right back up from the ax shot, began double teaming Sid with some of the worst offense I’ve ever seen. Rather quickly, thankfully, Sid rolled from the ring to get a chair, and Nightstalker and Cat left the ring, and this debacle was over. Rating: You don’t know what a bad match is until you’ve watched this terrible display. I don’t know how long Clarke had been wrestling at this point, but he was nowhere near being good enough to get a good match out of Sid, and unless you want to expose Sid for being the shitty worker that he is, you have to put him in the ring with great workers or jobbers who can bump like crazy in order to get anything watchable out of him. And Bryan Clarke fit neither of those bills, and as such, along with Clarke being as green as a green thing can be, this match was beyond horrible, and will always have a spot in the Black Hole of Suck Hall of Shame.

They didn't expect Eddie to get cheered. The idea was for Batista to get the cheers for seeing through Eddie being a fake babyface. Eddie getting cheered was something they weren't expecting or wanting.

My standards are strict too. Check out when we talked about Kobashi versus Misawa from 2003 and Kobashi versus Akiyama from last year. I'm not saying you aren't strict HTQ, hell, you say 6/3/94 is overrated. However as a whole, I feel MisawaGQ is a bit stricter from the few posts I've read from him. I don't think I can call 6/94 overrated, because that's such a harsh term. It's a really great match. I just don't think of it as the all-time greatest match that almost everone else thinks it is. Now, Razor versus Shawn II? That is overrated.

Most of the situations like this, the wrestlers would wind up winning, but WWE can cause it become so costly that it ends up not worth trying the case.

Heyman apparently told the Dudleys he was giving them the rights to the name when they left. He if he did tell them that, it turns out he was either lying or wrong.

That 'report' was merged with part of what has been in the Observer and a few other places.

I think a Tanahashi G1 Final win next year over Tenzan or someone like that would remedy that.

They showed it again last night. Don't know if they'll show it again, but they have to replay it again after the numbers it got.

Maybe they don't want Kennedy to lose on PPV, even if it would be via screwjob. And they could have dropped the Eddie/Batista deal, or are just keeping it simmering until a better time to pull the triger.

Here are some more stats about the numbers: TUF 2 Finale ratings article

*Taps out to inane and flawed logic* <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He's right, though. Some people don't know what's good for them and do need other people to point it out.

Yes, he is, but a far less talented version. And he's been champion so much due to a combination of his wanting to be the top guy above all others and Dixie Carter being a mark for so-called 'star power'. Right now, though, Jeff is the one with the most power. The X Cup(?) PPV, with Juventud versus Teddy Hart, is one to get.

I'm thinking Vince goes to panic mode and goes with big guys. But that works too. If it happens, and if Batista has the belt, it'll be for the title and Batista will win. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The World Title match @ Mania shouldn't be brand vs brand. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There are a million things that shouldn't be done, but WWE seem set on doing them all, and about half were done in the last month alone.

I'm thinking Vince goes to panic mode and goes with big guys. But that works too. If it happens, and if Batista has the belt, it'll be for the title and Batista will win.

Unless he can't walk, they'll put him out there and have him get taken out as soon as possible. They're making Kane work with a fucked up back.

I would think there would be more of a chance of Batista/Taker, since they've never done that before. If Batista keeps the title until then, they could make a big deal out of "The title vs. the streak". <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The trouble with that is that Undertaker shouldn't get the belt, but nor should Batista be the one to end the streak.

I think the two main reasons would be the rise in popularity of PRIDE and K-1, and in New Japan's case add to that the disaster of putting New Japan guys in shoots, and the lack of that new superstar to capture fans imagination like Muto and Chono did in the 90s.

Yes, but I'm sure HBK and the rest can make up for Carlito. Looking at that, and from what happened at SD, I could see them possibly setting up Batsita versus Kane for WM. I think Lashley will pin Carlito, Edge will either get himself counted out or be beaten very quickly, JBL or Batista to beat Kane and Show, Kane to get Batista counted out, if they want to set that in motion for WM, and then HBK to win it for Raw by pinning JBL. In any event, I don't see Batista losing by pinfall.

I don't remember the specifics, but I believe there was a dispute between WWE and MSG management. This happend a couple of months ago. WWE have no dates booked at MSG for 2006, and that situation doesn't look like changing at the moment.

I'm betting you brought the TM versions of the show? You should just go to ROHWRESTLING.COM and get the authentic versions of the shows and get a larger scope of top to bottom quality. The early shows were about ONE dream indy match and filler, while the current cards are based on complete quality and good storylines. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You can only get RRC on DVD from ROH now.

The debut ROH show was called The Era Of Honor Begins, and the round robin show was called Round Robin Challenge.