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Damn shitty bookstores here didn't even put this on the shelves today. Nothing at all between a Borders, a Waldenbooks, and a Barnes and Noble, and nothing but confused looks when I asked for it. Maybe I will just order online.

but the Katie Vick stuff wasn't the focal point of advertising for a full week, and at least served a purpose. It's fucking cable, WWE probably could have convinced the advertisers and Sci-Fi to let them flash a titty if they had wanted to, as long as they rate the show TV-MA and air warnings throughout the show, and if they really gave a shit about sparking controversy, they would have, but Vince has his head too far up his ass to ever realize.

Jesus lord have mercy, this Diva Strip Poker deal was WITHOUT A DOUBT, the dumbest, pointless, fucking waste of time segments WWE has done EVER. Between the hype they gave this shit and the amount of time they devoted to it on the show, this has to rank amongst the all time worst segments in pro-wrestling history. Only fucking WWE would mosaic out naked women when they're clearly wearing pasties and flesh colored panties. I really hope UFC destroys this shit in the ratings, even if they weren't head to head, and UFC sucked tonight, but compared to this garbage it might as well have bee Tyson / Holyfield.

Did Michelle McCool have a nipple slip during the tag match? I know at one point she seemed to be desperately scrambling to pull up her shirt, but it was too fast to see anything. Did anyone else catch William Regals cock slip? Ugh.

I saw this tonight myself. I hate hate hate hate HATED the 2003 remake. I thought it was just the most terrible unnecessary god awful piece of shit movie I've ever seen, and didn't see any redeeming value in it at all. That being said, I didn't hate this. I didn't really like it either, but at least it told a coherent story and delivered on the gore and violence. Catch this one in a Matinee if you HAVE to see it, otherwise, wait for the DVD.

Here is how I interpret Meltzer-ese in this situation. Either: A. Booker T and Lashley's matches at the house shows have been stinking up the ring and they're desperate or B. They're hitting the panic button and just putting the belt back on Batista already or C. Serious injury or drug test failure necessitating Finlay becoming a transitional champ. I'm hoping for C myself, but we'll see.

The Terminator 2 set in the metal slipcase is about as definitive as anyone could ever possibly want, although I think it lacks commentary from Cameron or Schwartzenegger, but what are you gonna do?

Hassan being choke slammed to hell. Demolition jobbing to jobbers at Wrestlemania in a 2 minute squash. Razor Ramon getting destroyed by Vader on Pay Per View in '96.

WWE.com is reporting the release of Kid Kash. That seems kind of random.

WWE doesn't even fucking have 8 women capable of working a match. They have MAYBE 3 tops. Victoria is probably the best of the lot and Mickey James is at least competent. Lita has never been a good worker. I suppose you could make a case for Melina being able to work, but that's a stretch. What a fucking joke.

Never at any point did I believe that Jericho wouldn't be back. He just seems the type that has to preform in front of a crowd, he needs the rush, and can't stand to sit home and do nothing. Plus the fact that he hasn't had a whole lot of success with his outside ventures almost guarantees a return at some point.

Surprised this didn't get posted yet. According to Fthe French Media yesterday, Saudi Intelligence is reporting that Bin Laden is either dead or dying from a serious infection, possibly typhoid. US and French officials are denying the rumors, obviously due to the lack of credible evidence which will likely never surface. The story is getting some pretty big mainstream coverage though, including the lead story on NBC News tonight, so there's obviously something to it. Obviously Bin Laden hasn't released and video or audio recordings in some time, and his absence particularly in regards to the 5 year anniversary of 9/11 should raise some questions. If you ask me, this was only a matter of time, I mean how long could a guy who supposedly has severe Kidney Disease and is on the run while on dialysis, last? In the grand scheme of things, it's also probably best that he go out this way, rather then have his death turn into some sort of insane Media Circus like Saddam's will end up being. We don't need Bin Laden getting any more coverage and turning into anymore of a Martyr then he has already become.

Dana Carvey as Tom Brokaw recording news reports of the death of Gerald Ford "Gerald Ford is dead today after being eaten by wolves, he was delicious" "Gerald Ford dead today of an overdose of crack cocaine" "Gerald Ford shot dead today by police after robbing a convenience store" "Gerald Ford is dead, and I'm gay"

I figured there had been a thread on this previously, but the search feature on the board is so shitty that I couldn't find it.

Really though, if Russo IS the big surprise, and they DO get a better timeslot, then this is essentially The Last Stand of TNA. It's do or die time, and this will be their last opportunity to hit one out of the park, or they're done. If Russo doesn't improve the creative end in any way shape or form, and they can't pull higher then a 1.0 in Primetime, then Spike is just going to drop them for something more profitable that will get better ratings. MacGyver reruns anybody? Personally, I think this is going to be the death sentence for TNA. Russo has proven to only be marginally decent only when filtered through Vince McMahon, and has been, for all intents and purposes, creatively bankrupt since about 1999. Even if TNA isn't losing money anymore, if they get dropped by Spike, then forget it, it's over.

So yeah, I missed this one in theaters, but had heard about it and finally got to rent it last night. I must say, except for maybe Hostel, this is easily the most disturbing film I've seen so far this year. There's really not even a whole lot to the film, but the tremendous acting is what puts it over the top. The movie just fucks with you in so many ways, you know good and damn well that Jeff is a pedo who is soliciting children, but at the same time, Haley is such a conniving bitch that the film almost does a 180 and makes you feel bad for Jeff, and you begin to hope that he gets to just fucking butcher her. The ending is fucked up too, although I would have at least liked to see them film the alternate ending that you really would have liked to have seen. Oh well, dfeinitely check this one out, it's a mind fuck and a half.

Vince Russo? What a fucking joke. This company is going down the tubes faster then WCW, and it's a real shame too.

The people that really end up screwed in college are those who, like myself, are just so socially awkward and have such anxiety about it that unless someone approaches you, or you get smacked in the face with a can't-miss opportunity, then you're not going to end up talking to anyone. I just can't approach people, it doesn't work for me. It's not that I'm ugly, or not interesting, it's just that I don't have the confidence and it's just really awkward for me to attempt to randomly drum up conversation. I guess it's just a skill that some of us lack.

Linda's a heel. Unless they completley forget about her firing J.R., and kicking him in the groin. Which won't happen because according to WWE booking, nobody remembers past last week.

I really hope that Vince takes the hint and takes a break from TV for a while. Have Linda come out tomorrow first thing and announce some sort of Executive Board of Directors decision to reinstate Eric Bischoff.

I actually swore Vince was going to try something like this when the Big Peodphile Priest scandal was occurring, because it was right around that time that he was pushing there Reverend D'Von Character, and I honestly thought he was going to do a Pedophile Priest storyline with him.

As I said, maybe I've been spoiled by WWE DVDs, where you get a 2 hour documentary and 3+ hours of matches for 25 bucks or less, and tape dealers at Indy Shows that sell a 6 hour tape or DVD with footage for 5 to 10 bucks. When you consider that, 20 bucks for a 3 hour show seems like a bit much.

I just got back from this myself. Whoever wrote those results and said it was pouring wasn't lying, everone sitting around the perimeter of the tent ended up getting soaked. Really though, for a production that sees itself as legitimate as ROH does, some of the production here was really amateur. For one, they clearly oversold the show, and despite soem of the tickets having assigned seating, none of the seating was labled at all, so everyone just kind of sat wherever. It wasn't untill about the second match that security decided to start checking peoples tickets and doing some seating arrangement, which is something they should have done before the show even started. Secondly, who books an outside show anymore? Especially when the forecast has been rain all week. There was a big fucking indoor bubble soccer field at the facility that they could have used. The reason supposedly why they had to do this show outside was becasue they were expecting more people to attend then the fire marshal would allow in the building, but irregardless, that's just some really poor planning on their part. The show itself though was fantastic, and more then made up for the shitty planning and setup. I was particularly impressed with the Colt Cabana, and Samoa Joe matches, those guys are going to be millionaires someday when they sign with Vince McMahon. The crowd was good, but it seemed like more often then not they were more interested in entertaining themselves then being into the match. CT crowds tend to be a strange mix of marks that don't know anything, and semi-smarks who have been following it for years, and think that reading the copy and paste news sites on the internet automatically makes you knowledgeable. Not too many people familiar with anything beyond maybe 10 years worth of WWF history though. It was an entertaining crowd nonetheless. Finally, the gimmick tables were pretty outrageous. T-Shirts for 20 each, that's fine, I'll give you that, WWE wants 25 for theirs, so that's not too bad. Ring of Honor DVDs at 20 bucks a pop is a pretty big rip though, especially considering they were selling WWE DVDs right alongside of them for only 5 bucks more, which probably had much for content for your dollar. Even then, I've gone to shows where tape dealers have a huge variety of all kinds of shit and only want 5 dollars per disc, so 20 bucks for one 2.5 hour ROH show isn't going to cut it. Overall though this was a great experience, and I'm definitely going back in December when they come back here. I also ran into Joe when I was at the concession stand and got to shake his hand which was cool as well.

I've got tickets for night one tomorrow, although it looks like the weakest card of the three. I've never been to an ROH show before, just WWE, is it really as great as I've read it is?

Hogan always seems like the obvious answer, but he always seems like the type to me that would always live either just at or maybe a little beyond his means and probably didn't save all that well, which is why he relies on those huge paychecks from Vince for his yearly match.