Hunter's Torn Quad

Someone should have reminded the Nasty Boys that they're not stars anymore.

All those babyfaces had the size and/or aura to look credible while doing so. Shawn had neither of that, which is why it looks bad when he does it.

I don't think people are trying to Shawn isn't a great performer. Just that he isn't as flawless as some make him out to be.

Even when making a comeback, the babyface should still sell the the effects of the beating so it comes across like he's heroically fighting through the pain. The problem Shawn has had is that he'd often act like there was nothing wrong with him, which doesn't make for quite the heroic fightback.

Welcome to TSM Mr Keller.

Next week looks like it could be the best episode of the season.

It wasn't great, but calling it bad is a huge stretch. And you don't think the booking, with all the rule changes and everything in mid-match, had anything to do with that? And Orton can be? Did you see that horrible match with Cena at Unforgiven?

TNA just hired Johnny the Bull. If they hired him, they'll surely bring in Carlito. There are many 'last things' TNA need to do, but the almost always end up doing them anyway.

Over on Wrestling Classics, Meltzer has talked in-depth about this, including Hunter's burying of Jericho when Jericho first came in, which was basically down to Hunter feeling it was his time to be on top and he wasn't about to let anyone else who could rival him become any kind of threat, hence Jericho's treatment. As for Hunter feeling 'threatened' by other people when he has ho real need to be, it was ascribed to Hunter wanting to be the single top star rather than one of a group of top stars. While that seems to make little sense on the surface, because a group of top stars means the company makes more money than if it has just one top star, the reasons why a person in a position of power should feel threatened often don't make sense. Did he ever try to stop Brock's mega push? Nothing major as far as I'm aware, but it was Hunter's idea for Brock to stop winnings his matches by TKO. That had nothing to do with Jericho and everything to do with Rock vs. Hogan being the real main event. You seem to have forgotten the numerous carry jobs Jericho has done over the years, including Hogan and Steiner, as well as getting a legit *** match out of Viscera of all people.

Over on Wrestling Classics, Meltzer has talked in-depth about this, including Hunter's burying of Jericho when Jericho first came in, which was basically down to Hunter feeling it was his time to be on top and he wasn't about to let anyone else who could rival him become any kind of threat, hence Jericho's treatment. As for Hunter feeling 'threatened' by other people when he has ho real need to be, it was ascribed to Hunter wanting to be the single top star rather than one of a group of top stars. While that seems to make little sense on the surface, because a group of top stars means the company makes more money than if it has just one top star, the reasons why a person in a position of power should feel threatened often don't make sense.

Jericho's return didn't exactly light the world on fire after the initial pop, but to be fair, he wasn't exactly playing off of a captivating personality or someone with great mic skills. I also think they deflated some of the impact by showing him on camera before he actually came out in the arena. Jericho's return definitely didn't have the bang it could have had, but it's early days yet. It should hopefully be better next week.

True but I never took Angle's group seriously. So with Ric Flair back, what does he do? World Title contender? He left on bad terms, so the must've promised him something. The only promise they should have made is they won't sue his old ass for breach of contract if he returns. Plus, there has been reports that Vince paid off Flair's debt to the IRS. Flair owes Vince at this point. Vince loaned Flair the money, which he's still paying back.

At one point, there was an idea for Edge and Val to debut as the New Midnight Express, with Edge getting a name like Adorable Adam. I don't remember what Val was going to be called.

Vince interferes, Shawn hits him with SCM, and then pins Orton with a cradle. Shawn celebrates, but then Vince announces that because Shawn used SCM, even though it was on Vince and not Orton, Shawn is DQ'd, and Orton is still champion.

HBK turning heel with the aid of Vince would flop badly. People would be happy he won and happier that Orton lost.

Flair would have dropped the title to Luger and won it right back when Luger flopped. After that, probably the same deal with Sting before finally losing it to Vader for Vader to get his long run as champion.

Shawn not doing house shows means he's unlikely to get the title. Michaels can lose via Montreal Finish, and the feud can still keep going. We might not get the MF tonight, but I don't see the Orton/Michaels feud ending tonight and I don't see Shawn winning the title, which means screwjob.

The debut of Oz in WCW.

Long story short, it's the old IWGP title belt that Brock Lesnar took with him when he was IWGP Champion and left New Japan in a dispute over money. He dropped it to Kurt Angle in the main event of the first IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) show.

Russo booked it as the finish to Bret vs. Goldberg at Starrcade in 1999.

What, you mean NJPW's Monster Gaijin of the 1990s vs. Monster Gaijin 2K7? Nakanishi vs. Abyss. It looks more than a little out of place on a Dome event. Sumo Hall? Sure. But the Dome?

She had a short run in WCW in Russo's second, more damaging stint in charge. Russo wanted Roddy Piper to call her fat one time, but Standards and Practices wouldn't allow it, which Russo used as one of his many excuses why WCW wasn't gaining ground on the WWF while under his watch. Madusa wasn't bad, but was never really that good to begin with. She just looked good when compared to other American women's wrestlers.

Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels (WWE Championship Match) Randy wins in a copy of the Montreal Finish. It gets heat on Orton and allows Michaels to not win while not really losing. World Heavyweight Champion Batista vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match) Undertaker isn't doing two clean jobs in a row, so he's getting the WHC back in his own match, Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match: Umaga/Kennedy/Finlay/Big Daddy V/MVP vs. HHH/Matt/Jeff/Kane/Rey Triple H to be the sole survivor, pinning Umaga clean for the third PPV in a row. Triple Threat Match for the ECW Championship: CM Punk vs. Miz vs. Morrison CM Punk retains, possibly when Miz and Morrison get in each others way. Cade & Murdoch vs. Rhodes & Holly (World Tag Team Championship) Does it really matter? The belts have long since been rendered meaningless. Hornswoggle vs. The Great Khali Khali wins in a terrible match that won't be funny, even though a lot of people will insist otherwise. 10 Divas Tag Team Match: Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, Melina, Victoria & Layla vs. Mickie James, Maria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool and Kelly Kelly Phoenix to win or lose directly to set up a new challenger.