Dangerous A

Savage definitely deserves WWE HoF induction, but they may have to either induct him in without him being there or wait for him to die off, because he is too unstable right now to be given a live mic at an induction ceremony. Basically, the man is out to lunch right now and I don't think he cares about his wrestling legacy. At least for now.

Then I hope your sight is bad. They've already done Michaels and Flair. It's not good. See Bad Blood 2003.

They have roughly 7-8 weeks to get Eddie ready for Batista (if that is the direction they go) However the last thing I want to see is another damn tournament to determine a contender for a belt. They have already had a tournament earlier this year. If they want to do #1 contender's match, then fine, but please no more tournaments.

At least HHH wasn't a first ballot HOF'er. He didn't get in last year, but what helped him get in this year was the field was very weak. Even though he has and is given every chance to get over and hold others back, I think eventually he would get in. Maybe not this soon. The only first ballot HOF'er I can see on the horizon anytime soon is Rock. Rey Mysterio may get in first ballot if the field is weak the first year he is eligible. Eddie may take awhile and it may take him some more time on or near working up top for him to make it, cause this year he was middle of the pack. Jericho will see even more difficulty getting in because he'll get support from current wrestlers, but not much from historians, perhaps a little from reporters. I think Arn Anderson will probrably never make it, same with Owen Hart.

While I know the HHH induction will not play well here, under the criteria of the Hall, he actually deserves to be there. Heyman also deserves to be there despite the fact he drove his promotion to bankruptcy. The Freebirds is kind of debateable.

Here is who made it in WON MMA Hall of Fame and who didn't.. (In are in bold, not in regular text) Kazushi Sakuraba Royce Grace Ken Shamrock Randy Couture Antonio Inoki Rorion Gracie Kazuyoshi Ishii Frank Shamrock Satoru Sayama Bas Rutten Dan Severn Rickson Gracie Mark Coleman Don Frye Masakatsu Funaki Maurice Smith Less than 10% of the votes and dropped from next year's balloting: Tank Abbott On next year's ballot: Chuck Liddell, Rumina Sato, Wanderlei Silva, Igor Vovchanchyn Thoughts? Comments?

The 3 newest members of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame on the Pro Wrestling portion are... The Fabulous Freebirds HHH Paul Heyman I posted here instead of general wrestling because most of the inductees are currently under contract to WWE or are dead. (have no clue on Buddy Jack Roberts) Thoughts? Comments?

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I would love for Reggie to replace Magic. Magic does provide decent insight, but he's a conflict of interest being that he has some ownership in the Lakers. Even Barkley said he would stand down his position at TNT if he was to get in on being a minority owner of the Suns due to it being a conflict. I'm not saying Magic was all rah, rah Lakers (there was nothing to cheer about this last season) but still, he should not be on the broadcast. BTW, cool story, last May, I was in LA and ate at Rosce's Chicken n Waffles on Hollywood Blvd (the other one I had eaten at was further south somewhere) and saw Magic Johnson and his family chowing down. The crew I was with didn't believe me at first, then they all marked like little bitches when they saw the Magic man eating with the fam.

You went really safe with Nakamura and Tanahashi taking it to the limit. While it's feasible, I thought you would take a chance and have a winner in that one. Perhaps they end in a tie for second (assuming you have Fujita the clear number one in the block) and they have a nuclear heated playoff match?

It's fine where it is for me.

I was stung on the leg by a centipede camping when I used to live in Hawaii. Hurt like a motherf*cker, but I was 11, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad now.

You are on it. In one regard, I agree that Spurlock's film is well put together and should be directed at children and teenagers so that they do see that eating massive amounts of fast food will not only get you fat, but can have long term effects on you general health. Again, geared toward children, I don't have an issue. They should be educated as to the dangers of excessive fast food. Adults on the other hand should know better and if a grown ass man or woman chooses to eat themselves into oblivion, then have at it. Your choice. Eat healthy. The experiment Spurlock did was sort of fascinating, but at the same time I felt it was a tad bit condescending. To an adult, I'd say stop blaming the fast food industry for you being fat. Mix in a salad once in awhile. It's up to you. And as Darthtiki said, moderation is key. McDonald's once a month or every two months isn't the worse thing in the world for you.

IF true, and that's a big if.... Holy motherfuckin shit.

So far, booking has been by the numbers and filled with common sense, which is a good thing for an intricately booked tournament. I predict you'll start up with some surprises and upsets within the next 2 booking days and we'll start to see the race for the final four start to take shape.

I would agree to a non finish in the 3 way at Unbreakable if they could give us a one night round robin scenario at BFG. That would guarantee I buy BFG for sure.

Regarding Joe/Daniels/Styles... Would any of you like or object if they did a one night round robin with all 3 at BFG? In one night you get, AJ v Daniels AJ v Joe Joe v Daniels I'd rather watch these 3 go at it in this format on the biggest show TNA will produce as opposed to trying to squeeze in X division filler like Shark boy and Elix Skipper.

Broken record time... Can anyone possibly fathom a show WITHOUT a GM/Authority figure pushing the action? Just sort of a thinking outside the box deal. To me, the GM role is a creative crutch and holdover from the Russo/Attitude era that is no longer relevant IMO. I wouldn't mind a person like Vince, Shane, Linda, Bischoff, or whoever very occasionally (like once every 3-5 months) showing up to announce something big, but the role of the every week authority figure is done for me. My thing is why are they needed? Again, is it so ingrained in fans heads that you can't possibly have a show without a GM?

Question for Rudo and Curry... I was at the July 4th Supershow (infamous Hassan/Taker angle). This question is about Batista's entrance music. At first, I wasn't feeling it. However, after hearing it live with Big Dave there for the visual, is his new song more over for you? Goofy question, I know, but that song just really works for Batista.

I know he participated in all his matches. What I'm saying is will his health play a role in your booking? Guess I'll have to keep checking in to find out, eh?

Actually, BECAUSE of the egos of Hogan and HBK, I am now damn sure Bret doesn't show up at Summerslam. Do you really think that those 2 are going to allow Bret to come in and scoop their heat? After all they've done to build to this, they are going to let it be about Bret? That right there should kill the Bret coming in for Summerslam talk.

Thanks for the shout out, as well as the support. BTW, which show is yours on itunes? I see there are several dealing with pro wrestling.

I know it's fantasy booking, but here's a question. Is Tanahashi healthy? Going in G-1, Tanahashi was in pretty bad shape. If he is healthy, perhaps he, and not Nakamura or whoever gets in the final four?

One of the issues with something like Trish/Viscera not being explained, besides laziness, is the lack of importance placed on house shows. There is still the attitude of "if it didn't happen on television, it didn't happen" and that same mentality is why house show business is in the toilet right now. They don't care, which in turn makes us not care.

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