Man Who Sold The World

No boy bands, Marilyn Manson, or Journey? Color me disappointed. EDIT: COLOR ME BADD! Oh lord.

I can almost put my life on the fact that The Rock would be the "heel" going in, but would get the biggest pop of the year at the Mania itself. We're trying to make Cena look good here, remember. But, I do agree, that that'd be the only match that would catch my interest. That, and Austin-Hogan.

I agree that this was the most balanced well put together audition show yet. The first of the two friends I didn't like. She is the textbook definition of a Jersey Shore Whore who seemed way to high on herself. If you go to any shore bar in Jersey you'll meet 30 girls who look and talk exactly like her. Now, her friend was hot as shit, so I think I ignored her personality completely. She was also a much better singer. Simon was definately on the second one tough. And who could blame him? I would have been too. Probably why he was so late the second day

"Yep Dude, that rug really tied the room together." Amirite?

The whole HBK-Cena thing makes soooo much sense it's ridiculous. Everything from the Royal Rumble win, to face vs face at WrestleMania (ala Warrior-Hogan, Hogan-Rock) with HBK passing the torch to Cena, and with the background they could play up on, I'm telling you, this makes TOO much sense. Which is why Vince won't even bat an eye to it. MAYBE if he had competition.

"I wish women would run out of words like anytime minutes. Then, I'd only have to talk to them on nights and weekends."

Gosling (Ryan) is very, very, very underrated as an actor. Seems the only role people remember him for is The Notebook. But what really stood out for me was his role in "Stay", which I thought was tremendous in a movie that really wasn't good. Gosling getting a nod is awesome to me, because it's long overdue, that kid can act.

We know that. That's not the issue. What I was saying, was that what Paul Heyman stated in that interview could easily be said (and is actually somewhat being said by fans and "Carlito") today. It's the fact that Mr. Vincent Kennedy (.... KENNEDY) McMahon has lost his friggin' mind or he simply does not care anymore.

Or we could call it Brawl For All and have them wear boxing gloves.

Smues, you may be on to something!

Anybody ever have a dream where you're falling from something and right when you hit the destination, BOOM, you wake up and it feels like you actually fell? I hate those. Anyways, I had this dream I was on a cruise ship and there was an awesome storm going on around me. Tidal waves from every direction, although they never actually came close to hitting the ship. Almost as if they were preying on us (TIDAL WAVES, yeah), waiting for an opportunity to do us in. It was pretty strange, because throughout the ship, I ran across these people I've never seen before, but I could detail what they looked like almost to a "T". Definately freaky.

Because of this thread, "Dazed and Confused" is stuck in my head. Thanks.

By gawd that made my night.

It's my job. I'm in post production.

I don't think this movie will live up to peoples expectations. I saw it a while back and figured with all this talent (including Romany Malco from 40 Year Old Virgin) that this had "gold" written all over it. I laughed a few times, but the sad thing is, it's not that great. First, Will Arnett is sadly underused, and things move at such a fast pace that you don't have the chance to enjoy the jokes. Maybe a second viewing will help me to review this movie stronger (I was working, so I couldn't really pay to everything and it was 3AM), but it disappointed me. I'm still checking it out in theaters with a large group.

The thing is though, while it may have been true at one point with guys like Edge, Jericho, Booker T, and others being held back, it largely isn't true any more. The problem isn't that people are being held under the glass ceiling in the main event, the problem is that they seem to be completely unable to build up any credible main eventers. Does anyone in all honesty think Batista vs Kennedy at the Rumble is going to be anything more then a slightly more competitive squash? Who else is there? Undertaker? Kane? Booker T? The same rotating stock of Main Event guys we've seen for 5+ years now. RAW isn't much better, although they at least have Randy Orton, who is a fresh face who has been, for the most part, absent from the world title scene since returning from suspension. The same goes though for the RAW title match though, does anyone think that Umaga has any hope in hell of becoming world champion? There needs to be some sort of rebellion. That's what it will take for wrestling as a whole to shape up and get out of whatever funk it's in. It seems as if WWE and TNA are following each other down a road of confusion. Either they don't care, or fans are so spread apart that they haven't the slightest clue which ones to cater to. And as it's become relevant, Vince doesn't seem to care which ones matter and caters to his "ass". TNA could be a major force with the talent pool and people behind the scenes. How come it's lightyears away from accomplishing that? For TNA's questions, everyone thinks Paul Heyman has the answers. I think, however, we should look to a young writer or "booker man" who has adequate knowledge of the business and knows his wrestling (a Gabe for instance). Because no one knew who Russo was at one point, and he changed the face of WWFE in the late 90's, it wasn't Bill Watts or Jim Cornette.

Oh yeah, it was definately a layered cake of shit, but one of those layers held some true facts. I believe if you rewatch the interview, Paul Heyman's emotion was real and some of what he was saying he really believed. And about WWE imploding from within, I agree that it is. Future stars are being held down because of politics, and Vince doesn't seem to want to do it anymore. Maybe he knows his time is near. And I do agree that when Vince goes, we should start leavin roses at the foot of Titan Towers.

Eh, could be a weighing scale, could be a bottle of Jack.

I believe the timeline was the Smackdown prior to Survivor Series '03, and this was probably the most entertaining Paul Heyman speech/tirade I've seen. He really tore Vince a new asshole, and even though Vince had the "ok" for the interview, I'm fairly certain Heyman threw a couple of digs in Mr. McMahon that he didn't see coming (and you can clearly tell from his facial expression at certain points). Well, I was watching this interview over again and I noticed that some of the things Paul Heyman said, could be said today, on the next RAW in fact and probably garner a huge pop (He was booed during this interview). "You see at Survivor Series, it means so much more than just the personalities that are involved. It's about ending what Vince McMahon has tried to accomplish. I sat there at that desk on Monday and I listened to Mick Foley, and I agreed with everything Mick Foley had to say; that the WWF truly does suck! Don't boo me! Have you watched the television show lately? Vince McMahon has lost his mind! The man doesn't have it anymore! He's a has-been. His ideas are antiquated. His concepts are Draconian and Mick Foley was right because the WWF is imploding from within. Like every great empire, the WWF is imploding from within. Vince's loyal employees, like "Stone Cold", left him, like Mick Foley wants nothing to do with him, Vince's own children want him to burn in Hell, and I don't blame 'em. " That which was bolded mirrors many peoples opinions of Vince McMahon and the WWE right now, a good portion anyway. I think this was fairly ahead of its time and maybe a sign of things to come, but as I was watching this recently, I couldn't help but picture that this same thing may be said, but instead of Smackdown, it will be said on TNA. Here's the complete transcript: "In just a few moments, at my leisure, I'm gonna call Vince McMahon out to his ring in front of his public on a television show that's owned by his grand company. At least, that is, until this Sunday at Survivor Series. I know how much you people appreciate what Shane and Stephanie and I have done. How Shane and Stephanie and I have stood up to the tyranny of Vince McMahon. And the way it is ladies and gentlemen is quite simple: the World Wrestling Federation will die this Sunday. But don't blame me for that. It's not my fault. I'm not the one who ruined everything that was accomplished by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. You see at Survivor Series, it means so much more than just the personalities that are involved. It's about ending what Vince McMahon has tried to accomplish. I sat there at that desk on Monday and I listened to Mick Foley, and I agreed with everything Mick Foley had to say; that the WWF truly does suck! Don't boo me! Have you watched the television show lately? Vince McMahon has lost his mind! The man doesn't have it anymore! He's a has-been. His ideas are antiquated. His concepts are Draconian and Mick Foley was right because the WWF is imploding from within. Like every great empire, the WWF is imploding from within. Vince's loyal employees, like "Stone Cold", left him, like Mick Foley wants nothing to do with him, Vince's own children want him to burn in Hell, and I don't blame 'em. Vince McMahon will see the WWF die this Sunday at Survivor Series and he has no hope to save his precious company. Vince McMahon has the same chances of saving the WWF as he did of realizing his dream of starting a football league! (Vince's McMahon's music hits and he enters the ring.) I want you to know that I was down on my knees because I know you're used to men kissing your ass, Vinnie. Every time you walk in the back, there's Patterson and Brisco, 'Oh, what a great idea you had, Vince!' You like men kissing your ass, don't you, Vince? Because that's what you're all about; a billionaire! The billionaire, Vince McMahon! The creator of sports entertainment! I've waited so long to see you face to face like this. And I've waited so long to tell you to your face that I hate your stinking guts. And it's not just me, it's your children that hate your stinking guts, Vince, and at Survivor Series, your children are going to do to you what I've waited my whole life to see someone do to you, Vince. You are, so help me God, the most disgusting, vile, son of a bitch I've ever seen in my life. You took Hulk Hogan’s blood and you built Titan Towers. You stole Bret Hart’s dream, and with that money, bought yourself an airplane with WWF all over it. You did that and you know it, you son of a bitch! You stole Shawn Michaels’ smile, took your company public and made yourself a billionaire. But not a self-made billionaire, like you like to tell everybody you are. Oh no…see, you’re a billionaire on other people’s hard work. Your father, your father, Vince McMahon, your father went around the country and shook the hand...you know I'm telling you the truth, don't you? You know in your heart that I'm telling you the truth, that your father shook the hand of every promoter in this country that he'd never compete against them, that his son would never compete against them. And when your father DIED, you competed! And with your ruthless, merciless, take-no-prisoners attitude, you drove everybody out of business, didn't you, Vince? You ran all the competition into the ground and you stole all their ideas and you made yourself a billionaire out of it! And you know whose ideas you stole the most, Vince? You stole mine. See, I don't give a damn about Don Owen and Sam Mushnick and Jim Crockett, I care about what you did to me and my family. How you stole my dreams, how you stole my legacy, how you stole everything that Extreme Championship Wrestling represented. Because while Doink the Clown had green hair and a rubber nose, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was drinking his first beer in ECW, damn you. While Bobby Heenan and Gene Okerlund were dancing around singing "Tutti Fruitti", ECW was producing the edgy TV that you named "attitude." 'Oh, we've got attitude!' You've got nothing, man! What you've got is my ideas and you stole my life, my money, my legacy! (throws his hat at him) SCREW YOU! SCREW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! I'll tell you something, your own children hate your guts! And on Sunday, your children are going to get even with you, for everything that you stole from me, from everything you stole from them! You flaunt your affairs in front of your wife! You flaunt your affairs in Playboy for your children to read! You bastard! Look at Tazz! Look at Tazz! This man was a killer, he was a machine! He was a wrestler, a great wrestler, a real man. But wrestling is a dirty word to you, isn't it, Vince? Your father built a wrestling company, and you, you had to have sports entertainment. 'We have to have sports entertainment, ha ha ha!' (Points to Tazz) He was a wrestler, he was a great wrestler, he was a man. And now, he's a fat, little, obnoxious color commentator, and not even a good one! He is a sports entertainer. He is not a wrestler because you made wrestling a dirty word. You made wrestling a dirty word, Vince. What kind of a man are you? What kind of a man takes wrestling and makes it sports entertainment? At Survivor Series, you're going down. You're going down, Vince. I promise you, you're going down, and I'm going to watch it and your children are going to lift their leg, and stand over your grave and we're going to laugh. And you know what else I'm going to do, Vince? I'm going to run your ass out of business. And there's not a damn thing you can do about. I'm feeling good about myself..." (Tazz locks in the Tazzmission and chokes Heyman down) - Paul Heyman; Smackdown '03. What do you guys think?

I can defend TNA for their TV show booking format. They only have one hour of TV a week to hype a monthly PPV, so you can't blame them for trying to stack the deck and get their performers a paycheck (most, if not 95% are pay per appearance). I can't however, defend the fact that they tossed their only other foreseeable "Dream" money match in Kurt Angle/AJ Styles on said TV show. Unless it's given relevant time (doubt it), then this cannot possibly make sense. After Joe's feud is over, I can't see anybody else, sans Sting that would make an iMPACTful feud with Kurt Angle watchable. This can't be good.

"BLACK PEOPLE!"