Hunter's Torn Quad

Yes, but he's on the SD side now.

They have some cream you can use for that now.

You didn't answer this. Have you seen enough of their Japanese stuff to offer an opinion? I haven't seen seen much from All Japan from the last couple of years, so I couldn't comment on their Japan work. However, I am interested in seeing the Buchanan vs. Palumbo 30:00 draw from this years Champion Carnival.

Life got busy. I'll definitely get the rest of Newsradio when it gets released on DVD, even though there is some post-season 3 stuff that I don't see myself liking a lot. Yes, I got the season 1 and 2 DVD set. I've watched every episode a few times each, and the commentary is great. Dave Foley really is great to listen to as well as watch.

And I think he has the right idea. For a killer submission hold, there shouldn't be much of a struggle. If it really is a killer submission hold, why should there be?

Even Kurasawa/Manabu Nakanishi isn't all that bad. The problem he and Nagata had in WCW is that WCW had the mentality that all Japanese wrestlers are reincarnations of Bruce Lee. They had Nanakishi doing nothing but kicks, when kicks were the one thing he did worst of all. As far as Nagata goes, it's both like Dangerous A said and Nagata working free of the constraints of WCW.

As I understand it, Joe didn't say that that people shouldn't make the ropes when in the hold. His belief is that people should either pass out quickly or tap out quickly. I don't believe Joe said people should never make the ropes; I don’t think he said anything about the ropes at all. I would think that Joe’s feelings on people making the ropes are the same in regards to tapping out or passing out; do it quickly.

Chris Kanyon The WWF really missed the boat on Kanyon. He had size, he had talent, he had charisma, and he could talk. Whose cornflakes did he piss in at Titan HQ? Chuck Palumbo He has a good body, I’ll say that much. Apart from that, he’s just a total stiff. Johnny Stamboli The better half of the Mamalukes, Stamboli was another guy who deserved better than he got. I’m not saying he should have got a major push, but when a guy can military press Rikishi you should be able to find something for him to do. Jimmy Yang/Akio Akio was another victim of incompetent and backwards booking from WWE. A talented cruiserweight, Akio can be a great cornerstone of any seriously pushed cruiserweight division. Pearl Jam Inoffensive, if nothing else. NewsRadio I’ve only seen the first three seasons of Newsradio, but I’m still a big fan of the show. I think the cast really jelled together very well, and it made for the kind of quality ensemble cast that you don’t see a lot of in comedy. DrVenkman Dr V is a quality poster, the likes of which we needs more of. Not only does he make intelligent and well thought out posts, but as he himself as said, if he doesn’t know enough about a debate to get involved then he stays out. More people on TSM should follow that lead. Coke Not a fan of it. Pepsi It hits the spot. Canada Dry A quality drink.

Ted Dibiase DiBiase was a heck of a worker, and one of the best talkers of all time. I really would have loved to have seen DiBiase get a run as a major champion, and he was set to get the NWA, WWF and UWF world belts at different times, but fate got in the way. Now a member of the God Squad, but we’ll not hold that against him. Jake Roberts *sniff* Brian Pillman Pillman deserved a better end than the one life gave him. He was an underrated talker, and was very talented in the ring. I think had he lived to see the Attitude Era, we would have seen some really insane antics. Ed Leslie *sniff* Marty Jannetty Jobs out then passes out, Marty just can’t seem to get his life in order. A decent talent in the ring, but he lacked the charisma and personality to break out from the pack. Shane Douglas Very Triple H-like, in that he is his own biggest fan, and doesn’t seem able or willing to see his limitations. Shane was a great talker when he had something to get off his chest, but swore far more often than was needed, and that hurt. Decent in the ring, and he could be carried to something really good. Meng/Haku Yawn. Non Wrestling/non board names Pete Rose I only know him from his antics with Kane. Seems like a nice enough person. William Shakespeare Forsooth, TSM be verily full of cads and knaves. Or some other Shakespearian crap. Tom Hanks Hanks is Talented, but has the personality of plain toast. Mrs and Mr. HTQ If you mean me, that’s been asked. And can we have the non-TSM names be wrestling related.

It's the television version, so it's only seven minutes, but it's a great seven minutes. Kobashi versus Misawa

Windham is Mulligan's son. Bradshaw, however, is not Lanza's son.

I skip his posts. A good member of staff when he was a member of staff. I haven't seen him post much lately. A good addition to the staff, I wouldn't mind Kotz being put back on the staff. Decent poster too. I've only seen a few posts she/he has made, and they've not been much.

Agreed and this match gives Survivor Series 1996 a real run for it's money for Austin's best match ever. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If I had to choose between the two, I'd go for SS 1996 easily. We saw what Austin can do on his own at SS, and it showed that he doesn't need the shortcuts to have a great match. Not to mention a clean finish.

At TT? No way.

You never explained that to me. Please do. It means your funny in an irksome sort of way. Mike is quite possibly the most ignorant, judgmental and blinkered person on the board. Nobody can bring a quality debate to a crashing halt like Mike can. In Mike’s never-ending quest to prove to the world that his view and his view alone is the right one, he will derail any debate he can find and drag it off course with any number of tactics, just to prove that he was right all along. Prove him wrong in anything, which isn’t that hard, and he’ll start shouting and screaming and hurling out insult after insult in a desperate and quite pathetic attempt to distract attention away from the fact that he got proven wrong. Some time last year he swore/vowed to leave the board, and he did for a while, but the lure of showcasing his mighty ego and blowing his own trumpet to let everyone know just how important he feels he is was just too much. The board was all the better when he was gone, and now that he’s back you can just feel the ignorance seeping into the board once again. He seems a bit of a flake most of the time. I know the name, and know he posts a fair bit, but nothing he’s posted immediately springs to mind. JMA is a bright spot in the wrestling forums. He knows a decent amount about wrestling, and understands it fairly well. Should prove to be one of the best posters we have here. We started off shakily, but we’re cool now. Really started to shine after we sorted things out, and it’s for the better, as Porter is another quality poster in the wrestling forums, and he can sometimes be pretty funny. Regal is a tremendous talent, and WWE has repeatedly missed the boat on making the absolute best out of his ability. Regal can talk with the best of them, but you would never know it with the almost nonexistent mic time he gets. AJ is probably the most athletic all-round package in NA wrestling today. He can fly like few others can, is decent on the mat, and is a great seller. I think his mic work is underrated, and given the right persona, which I think is that of a cocky and self-centered heel, I think we’d see something really special in terms of mic work and matches. Petey is a great flyer, but lacks something when it comes to actual wrestling. His mic work is ok, and he makes for a great punk heel. James Gibson WWE missed the boat with Gibson. He can talk, he can wrestle, he can bump and he can fly. If WWE were ever to be serious about pushing cruiserweights, Gibson would make a great heel to build things around. Lacey Cute. Other than that, I can’t say much about her. Cheech Pass. Buck Woodward I’ve only read the work he did for Scherer’s sheet, and I can’t say that I was impressed.

Sass is pretty knowledgeable about wrestling, and seems to know a fair bit about most other subjects, or at least has a definitive opinion on them. He’s a good Admin too, so he gets points for that. Chris appears to be turning into a quality poster, which is something that TSM really needs more of. bravesfan seems like a decent poster. I don’t think he’s posted a lot around here lately, so I can’t tell if he’s improved or not, but I would think he has. I skip every post he makes. Jimmy is a talented worker, but I think he’s lacking a certain something to be taken seriously as a major player, even on the independent scene. Homicide is a really good worker, but I don’t think I’d go so far as to call him great. He can talk great, though, and can really project a believable badass persona, but in a totally different way to a guy like Samoa Joe. With the right booking, he could really hit it big in TNA. Flippy McFlipperson can certainly flip and dive with the best of them, I’ll say that much. As far as his wrestling ability goes, maybe I need to see more of him in action, but I’ve seen little in the way of actual wrestling talent in Evans’ matches. Nana is an entertaining talker, though he’s not that hot in the ring. His current role as a manager is probably the best one for his talents. Rob is one of the lowest forms of human life to infest professional wrestling. Feinstein is human scum, and I hope one day to read that he got a shiv stuck up his ass. Steve is a tremendous talker, and it’s a shame that he never got the break he deserved with WWE. Corino is another worker who knows exactly what to do and when to do it and can really hold a match together. Dan Wahlers Dan is an interesting to guy to read, even if he doesn’t always hit the mark with his articles. Off topic: Is there a reason that Dan Wahlers name can't be quoted without screwing up the rest of the quotes?

Icopro was WWF's attempt at getting into the bodybuilding 'supplement' business. They'd show various roided up wrestlers and attribute their physiques to IcoPro as a way to get the gullible to buy it.

If they are mainstays of the Video Games folder then I wouldn't have read their posts. I rarely go into that folder as my interest in current video games is almost nonexistant. I don't play many games anyway, and those I do are a few years old.

WIA says Rock Bottom.

And what show are you watching? Masters got a very sizeable reaction everytime he was on the mic or in front of the crowd. He is quite over whether you chose to acknowledge that or not. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Go and watch Raw again. He got little reaction coming out for the Masterlock Challenge. Any heat that segment got was all for Shawn. When Masters was standing over a bloody and fallen Shawn, listen again, this time with your ears open. He got little reaction. Again. He isn't very over. He's not even close to being 'quite' over, so I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion.

Well all five of those did win the WWE title... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sounds like someone's shorts are full of bricks.

I did not remember who Fred Phelps was when making that name up.

UYI doesn’t post as often as he used to around here. He seems to be reasonably intelligent, but I’ve not seen him post enough to make any real judgments on him. His old name stood out, but apart from that I’ve never really noticed this poster. I know the name, but again, this isn’t a poster that has really stood out to me. Gabe is a very intelligent booker, but he sometimes gets caught in the trap of trying to be too cute for his own good in trying to play to the internet. I think he showed some really poor judgment in his handling of the recent situation involving James Gibson and JAPW, which was either down to pride or ego, so he’s not quite as smart as he needs to be or should be. I love watching Nigel wrestle. He’s got a very unique wrestling style, and he’s very good at it. It’s a joy to watching a wrestler who actually wrestles and doesn’t just go out and do a bunch of highspots or sell his ass off for 20 minutes and then no-sell everything when he’s making his comeback. I’ve seen Nigel’s name in a at least one OVW report, so maybe he’s hoping to get a chance down there. For his bank account, I hope he gets the break. As a wrestling fan, I don’t, because he’s going to get totally castrated when it comes to being allowed to do what he does best, and that won’t be a joy to watch. From what little I’ve read of Mike, he seems a bit flaky. Having seen Cade in Memphis, I can tell you that if you thought he looked big on Raw, you didn’t see anything. From how he looked on Raw, Cade seems to have dropped about 20lbs of muscle mass since showing up in Memphis earlier this year, and that’s no exaggeration. Cade can move well in the ring, and it seems like he can do the moves ok. Timing and psychology though? That he needs to work on. I think Cade could eventually improve to where he and Murdoch would make fine tag team champions. Putting the belts on them right now can hardly damage the aura of the belts, but it might put too much of a focus on the team when they still have some growing to do. Punk can talk with the best of them. He can talk his ass off and sell tickets with his voice like few can. His wrestling is really good too. Punk never looks lost in the ring, he knows exactly when and when not to do things, and can hold a match together. Punk is like a Nigel McGuiness, in that for his bank account you hope he makes it WWE, but as a wrestling fan you don’t, because you just know that everything that makes him fun to watch is going to get stripped away. As funny as a vegetable that’s grown into a rude and amusing shape. Bob brings the content to the wrestling forums, and he’s one of the better posters around. I don’t always agree with what he says, but he usually can back up what he says.

European fashion model? Gassed up version of Milano Collection AT, with 0.1% of the talent? This I gotta see. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You insult Milano. It's more like 0.00001%.

Yes, they do. Sadly, this creative team would have him show up unannounced at the next SD PPV and do a clean job.