Dangerous A

I remember this one time we were at a friend's house for a WWE PPV and instead of the usual chips, beer, and junk food, he busted out french bread with sea salt and virgin olive oil. Needless to say that didn't get over quite as good as pizza and chips.

Just the other day, I had a filet mignon cooked to perfection at this local restaurant. Lately, I've been on somewhat of a bad streak when it comes to finding a good filet mignon, but this place did it perfectly.

I'm in as DA's Sick Puppies

Rating for this saturday's iMPACT was 0.8 per the Observer site. Sting is going to be brought back sooner than later I think. Meltzer also states that Destination X is going to be headlined by Christian vs Monty Brown and Ultimate X with Daniels, AJ, and Joe. Interesting test here for TNA. It'll be the first PPV since the Spike TV era where Jeff Jarrett isn't in the main event match. Also, can Joe even get across those cables used for Ultimate X?

Where did you see that? I know the Lakers are looking for more backcourt experience, but I didnt' hear anything about Francis to LA for Odom. I don't think that would work out too well unless the Lakers are just packing it in for this season already. Odom is their best rebounder. If he goes, they'll get killed on the glass.

Same as raz, if it's roto, I'm in. I'm already in a H2H.

But then WWE can't have it's cake and eat it too.

LAX was fucked from the word go as far as the health of it's members. They wanted to get the group off the ground, but they have been hit with the injury bug.

Konnan is definitely one of the better mic workers in wrestling right now. Personally I think the suck that is the James Gang outweighs what Konnan does, but Konnan is still believable as a thug dickhead. That said, I never want to see Konnan in the ring for a match ever again. He needs hip replacement and shoulder surgery as well. As long as he flaps his gums and doesn't wrestle, he's just fine in his role.

I'd attend every Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, Final Four, and Wrestlemania until I die. That, along with the usual house, couple cars, and the biggest collection of pro wrestling you could shake a stick at. I'd invest some and possibly start a chain of coffee shops. Coffee shops that aired pro wrestling on plasma screens during hours that is.

I hope WWE's not thinking about putting her in the ring often again. Ashley, Candice, and Torrie are bad enough. Stacy=Quasi mainstream star. RAW=#1 show. Figure it out. I wouldn't be shocked if vince puts Stacy (the sweet adorable dance machine that everyone loves on a very high rated show) against Candice Michelle (the trampy playbooy model who is known for her constroversial super bowl ads) @ WM. Those two might be the WWE's two most known household names(or images. in Candice's case), right now. We'll see if Stacy ever sees the inside of a wrestling ring again. Even if she doesn't win Dancing with the Stars, the exposure on this show has probrably opened a bunch of doors for stuff. If the acting gig doesn't happen, she will probrably land commercial and modeling work that she normally wouldn't get. I don't think she needs wrestling anymore to be honest with you.

I'd be interested in knowing whether or not TNA has the same "independent contractor" setup as WWE does.

I think it's a dumb move on the Cavs part as they have absolutely no one who can play PF behind Gooden. Basically they would be Illgauskus and a bunch of guards and small forwards. If and when Zydrunas gets in foul trouble or gets injured, the Cavs would be super-fucked.

Figured I start up a booking philosophies and disciplines discussion here. I'll come in here from time to time and throw out booking discipline/philosophy questions and statements to see what you guys are thinking. To start out, I was reading Pat McNeill's take on Low Ki and ROH parting ways again and something stood out for me in McNeill's last paragraph. People will say that Sapolsky does this as a disciple of Paul Heyman, who did a similar deal when he booked ECW. However, since reading "Wrestling at the Chase" I have learned this was also a huge point of Sam Mushnick's when he booked St Louis. Sam wanted interchangeable guys on top so that one individual would not be able to derail things. Now, that seems fine for St Louis, which was a territory back in the day and fine for ROH which has a niche group of fans that they can sell their concept to. The WWE (and to a way lesser extent, TNA) is pretty much all about the star system. Now, could a national promotion run efficiently built around a concept and not a specific group of wrestlers or is that day dead and gone? I'm not saying they have to run WWE level, but at least be national and profitable. Changing gears, in recent weeks it has come out that a lot of TNA's new audience are actually UFC fans. Thing is, TNA hasn't convinced any of the new UFC fans to buy their ppv's since the buyrates are the same from the FSN days. That said, should TNA book a more legit sport-like, realistic way? TNA is still more sport and less entertainment oriented than WWE, but they still have their fair share of wanna be WWE like segments and vignettes. Should TNA change gears a little and book more realistic like cleaner finishes, no outside interference or ref bumps, etc? I am of the opinion that as long as Jeff Jarrett is lead booker, this won't change because it appears he can't book matches (especially his own) without the above mentioned shortcuts and tricks. Would it even help TNA to do this or are UFC fans just kind of there for the ride and probrably not going to pay for the shows, so TNA should just try to stick to a more even steven sports and entertainment style show?

HHH was positioning himself as bad ass heel to Cena from day one when they had their first encounter and HHH said something to the effect of when I want your title, I'll take it. Insinuating that when he gets around to it, he'll dispose of Cena. The Rey thing baffles me to no end. As soon as they had Rey jobbing clean to Mark Henry not once, but twice, you knew they didn't have confidence in him as a top guy at WM. I dont think WWE can get over themselves to push and protect Rey so he could be in a position to becoming a main event draw. One thing about Rey though. While he'll always be a draw to the kids because of his size and character, I don't think he'll be that great of a drawing champion. I just think that he's a good character chasing the title and dream and if and when he wins, it'll make for a great moment, but I don't know if the crowds will be that into him as the defending champion for any lengthy period of time. Sort of like Sting. Sting was great chasing Ric Flair, but as champion, he just didnt' have that thing that makes you want to see him continue on as champion. I think Rey will have the same issue. Part of it may be his size in that pretty much every title defense will be a David and Goliath story and I'm not sure if the fans will buy into David beating Goliath after Goliath and escaping with the belt. It may hold up for a program or two, but I don't see it having any legs past 4-5 months.

Ripper has to be loving the Hawks beating the Lakers. I was in disbelief at that one. Then again, the Hawks have also beaten SA and Detroit this year. This one was more surprising because it was in LA, but still shows that youthful legs can be dangerous if they put things together. That and LA blew a ton of free throw oppurtunities.

Utah trading up to get Deron Williams and passing on Chris Paul will haunt that franchise for at least a decade, if not longer. I think Chris Paul can become an MVP candidate next year if things work out well in NOK.

Dangerous team? I'd think they'd be ahead in their weak ass division by at least 6 games, if not more.

Perhaps we should just make it all about the Lakers instead.

Not bad for storyline purposes and it would also make Joe de facto face since Homicide is badder. It all depends on Homicide's health since his shoulder is reportedly really fucked up. While this isn't a bad idea and I like the possibilties, I think with Joe's streak being played up, whoever beats Joe should sort of come out of nowhere. It's a hotshot, but if it's the right person and the right time, you may have made a star in one night.

I definitely agree with that. Crawford is more or less an out of control gunner. The Francis/Marbury dynamic is intriguing in that you've got two guys who can get any shot they want and are willing to take it inside and draw fouls. While I agree that Marbury isn't just a stand there and dribble while the offense takes shape PG, he does command the ball and Francis hasn't had a year in the league where he didn't have carte blanche with the ball. (a reason Houston wanted to move him) It's more of an indictment on Francis than Marbury and it's something they'll have to work out this year and training camp next year, if this deal even happens.

This move has to be for next year because the Knicks are too far behind to make a push for the playoffs and I'm banking it'll take Francis and whoever else some time to get adjusted to how LB wants the game to be played as well as getting used to playing with a guy like Marbury, who dominates the ball like Francis does.

Very much so. Fans want to get behind guys who can back up what they're saying and exude confidence in doing so. If you have a real cocky asshole type, people will want to see him get his ass handed to him. (I think Tito fell into this category a few years ago before getting beaten by Liddell and Couture and lost some of his luster) Either way, it draws fans and money. As you can see from a business standpoint, UFC is doing quite well with this. In pro wrestling, fans don't get behind incompetent babyfaces who say they are going to win, only to get outsmarted and defeated by the heel. (I'm looking at you, Hunter) It's why Batista became a star even with very limited in ring ability. He always had the one up on HHH. He was never outsmarted in their program. He said he'd beat HHH, then went out and did it. When HHH would try to pull a coyote, Batista pulled a roadrunner.

While I dont' follow the Bulls, I didnt' see a lack of playing time for Gordon last night. He played 48 minutes against the Kings in an overtime loss.

Any hippie with a guitar that tries to belt out "Stairway to Heaven". Sorry, I live close to Berkeley, CA.