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Aries is good enough to where I'd make an exception and sign him up. Aries would def get better money from WWE, but they wouldn't know what to do with him because if I'm not mistaken, he's around 5'6 or so. The X division is tailor made for Aries style and skill set. TNA would probrably give Aries a decent push, but who knows how long they'll be in business in terms of longevity. All depends on Aries wants and needs I suppose.

As a Kings fan, I'm skeptical of SAR joining the team. On one hand, he produces decent numbers. However, he holds the record for most years in the league without making it to the playoffs. I am not sure if that is just bad luck or if he has something to do with it. I know for sure that while he brings numbers, he doesn't bring winner intangibles to the table. Still, he can score facing up and with his back to the basket and I think he'll compliment Brad Miller effectively.(ideally speaking) So the starting five is... PG Mike Bibby SG Bonzi Wells SF Peja Stojakovic PF Shareef Abdur-Rahim C Brad Miller With the aquisition of SAR, I'm assuming Kenny Thomas gets bumped to 6th man or becomes trade bait. Losing Bobby Jackson sort of hurt because now the backcourt depth is low.(Kevin Martin and Francisco Garcia) We should definitely keep Brian Skinner as he is a perfect backup Center.

The only way I think Aries goes over Daniels is if Aries and TNA came up with a deal to get him on the roster. Still, no matter who goes over, if this is given time, the match should be good/great.

Steak chimichanga with rice and beans from the local Mexican restaurant.

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How is eating every item on the menu and supersizing whenever possible for 30 straight days representing the "average american"? My thing is, it didn't take a movie for me to know that eating fast food all the time isn't good for you. If you can't figure that shit out, you need your head examined. Your bit McDonalds being bad for your cholesterol and such is right though. There isn't much healthy on the menu. However, I know a ton of "average americans" and the ones who love McDonalds eat there once a week tops. Spurlock's findings were not eye opening to me at all. Anyone with common sense could figure out eating every item on the menu for every meal for a month will fuck you up.

An interesting article from ABC news about some people who are contradicting what Morgan Spurlock was saying about McDonald's and fast food in general... http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=1030920 RALEIGH, N.C. Aug 11, 2005 — Inspired by the documentary "Super Size Me," Merab Morgan decided to give a fast-food-only diet a try. The construction worker and mother of two ate only at McDonald's for 90 days and dropped 37 pounds in the process. It was a vastly different outcome than what happened in the documentary to filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who put on 30 pounds and saw his health deteriorate after 5,000 calories a day of nothing but McDonald's food. Morgan, from Raleigh, thought the documentary had unfairly targeted the world's largest restaurant company, implying that the obese were victims of a careless corporate giant. People are responsible for what they eat, she said, not restaurants. The problem with a McDonald's-only diet isn't what's on the menu, but the choices made from it, she said. "I thought it's two birds with one stone to lose weight and to prove a point for the little fat people," Morgan said. "Just because they accidentally put an apple pie in my bag instead of my apple dippers doesn't mean I'm going to say, 'Oh, I can eat the apple pie.'" Spurlock, who turned his surprise-hit movie into a TV show on the FX network, isn't talking about Morgan or the many other McDieters who have criticized his film and found success losing weight by eating healthy foods off the McDonald's menu, said his publicist, David Magdael. One person went so far as to make her own independent film about dieting at McDonald's. "Me and Mickey D" follows Soso Whaley, of Kensington, N.H., as she spends three 30-day periods on the diet. She dropped from 175 to 139 pounds, eating 2,000 calories-a-day at McDonald's. "I had to think about what I was eating," Whaley said. "I couldn't just walk in there and say 'I'll take a cinnamon bun and a Diet Coke.' … I know a lot of people are really turned off by the whole thought of monitoring what they are eating, but that's part of the problem." As might be expected, McDonald's also objected to the impressions left by Spurlock's film. Walt Riker, the company's vice president of corporate communications, said Oak Brook, Ill.-based company is pleased but not surprised that some customers have lost weight eating only at the fast-food giant. Spurlock's film "really spurred a backlash based on common sense," Riker said. Morgan used nutritional information downloaded from McDonald's Web site to create meal plans of no more than 1,400 calories a day. She only ate french fries twice, usually choosing burgers and salads. Those choices are a stark contrast with those made by Spurlock, who ate every menu item at least once. At the end of the 90 days, she had dropped from 227 to 190 pounds. "It feels great," she said. "Because, the truth of the matter is that beauty is power, and if you're fat, or your overweight, then people don't really take you seriously." Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, agreed that a low-calorie, McDonald's-only diet can help people lose weight but said it may not offer enough long-term variety. Whatever an individual does to lose weight, they need to do for the rest of their life, she said. Morgan said she hasn't decided if she will stick with the McDonald's-only plan to reach her goal of 150 pounds. But she does have one complaint about McDonald's. "If I could suggest anything to McDonald's, I would suggest the McMargarita," Morgan said. "Dine-in only, of course." Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. Yeah, they aren't doing the same regiment as Spurlock, but still an interesting read.

"FUCKIN BIT ME!!!" Fred Williamson. "From Dusk til Dawn" "Our buns have no seeds" Owner of McDowell's on "Coming to America" They aren't my favorites, but they come to mind right now.

The time is good for me as well.

I know LJ had 5 kids at the time SI did that big article on athletes being illegitimate fathers. Who knows what number he is up to now? IIRC, Calvin Murphy has them all trumped with 14 kids in tow.

Don't forget about individual sports rivalries too. Ali/Frazier comes to mind. I'm not a tennis buff, but McEnroe/Connors is up there as well.

I'd love to agree with you raza (Skins fan BTW), except it's not much of a feud when the Redskins have only won 1 of the last 13 meetings between the teams. Unless this is like the Raven/Dreamer ECW feud where Dreamer never wins.

The squash match. Definitely a lost art in pro wrestling. A relic if you will.

I thought the ppv's were $29.95? (like it's a big difference) It's the first TNA show that I plan on "buying" live. It's just the turnaround time for me getting the shows from friends is so long, most times it's not worth it to me. Hell, if I find something better to do on sunday evening, I may not end up getting the show and just comment on the end results.

I am about 90% Sacrifice is going to end with Jarrett standing tall, but I am going to go against my better judgement and order the show anyways. One, with the new radio show I feel it's sort of my responsibility to watch the show. (I usually watched the other ppv's a few weeks later when some people I know "somehow" got the show to me) Two, there is enough intrigue for me with all the other matches that I can dole out some money for this show. I really hope I don't regret this, though.

Eh, if the show is blow away good, the title isn't going to change what people think of it. The title is not that big a deal, but I do like the suggestions you came up with better than Bound for Glory. TNA's existence is because it was created as a vehicle for Jeff Jarrett to get over as a wrestling star and top dog. Jarrett being at the top or the focal point of the show isn't going to go away until he does, simple as that and he isn't going away anytime soon. That said, there is some hope of them at least being able to eventually break even on their losses. One thing is when they get TV, is they should change up. Start by not doing things WWE is doing. Get rid of the invisible camera in the lockerroom. Get the action, even if it's non wrestling match nature, out in front of the audience so they can react to it. There is much more intimacy that way and people may start developing a (gasp!) connection with the wrestlers. I know from personal experience that the live WWE and WCW TV tapings I've been to, fans don't react great when they are watching a big TV. WWE can get away with this since it's the norm, but TNA should look to do away with this type of thing. Another thing, get rid of entrance music and fog effects when there is a face to face in front of the live crowd. Give the show more of a feeling of sponteneity as opposed to a contrived feeling. I rewatched the segment when Jarrett and Rhino found out Sabu was Raven's partner and when Raven came out, he had special effects like lighting, fog, and music. Do away with that. That is WWE crap. Let them do that. TNA, with this new TV has a chance to do something really different. They need to think outside the WWE box/template and get creative. They aren't going to beat WWE at their game. Hello. It's their game. But what they need to do is change the game. Sorry to sound a bit corny, but they need to be revolutionary. I believe they have the personnel to just that. Now they just need the guy with the most power in the company to stand down a bit.

One novel cocept they need to think about if they do Jarrett/Raven II... No run-ins or ref bumps and give us a clean finish!!! That's just me though.

In regards to TNA not having to pay Spike for TV time... The good news: Obviously, TNA doesn't have to shell out a ton of money every week for an 11pm Saturday night slot. (while it's nice to have TV, the slot still sucks) They were paying FSN 30 G's a week and since Spike is a bigger network, they would probrably end up paying more. The bad news: Something not mentioned is that TNA still has to pay it's production costs and Spike gets the ad revenue for the show. Basically it's free TV, but where is the revenue going to come from? They don't charge admission to their tapings or ppv's and don't do house shows If the DVD's don't sell extremely well and/or there isn't a PPV spike in buys, they are still a money losing company. From what I gather, even with the revelation that TNA doesn't have to pay for the spot, they are still a money pit, just a smaller growing one.

I think Kawada should've been booked how Akiyama was booked two years ago. I'm thinking NJPW has some WWE in them in that they still resent Kawada because he's associated as an All Japan guy (I know he's a freelancer) and so they book him weaker than Akiyama, who is a NOAH guy. I wouldn't doubt if it was Chono getting some WWE booker spirit in him to do the dumb thing and book the Kashin match the way he did as opposed to doing the right thing, which is you keep Kawada strong for the final four/finals before jobbing him out.

Depends on your intents and purposes. A guy who is super hot who fans percieve as a champion (think Hogan and Austin) is a guy who you want to have a long reign and you build up guys to challenge them. That is how you maximize the money drawing end of wrestling. Fans want to see these men fend off the comers for their title. However, when business is not as hot and there isn't a star the likes of Austin or Hogan around, a guy like Flair is a guy to hold the belt until it's time to drop it because he has the credibility to carry the title even though he isn't a killer draw. HHH really has taken that part of Flair where, he isn't a draw, but he can credibly hold the title until it's time to drop it to the next big thing in hopes that the next big thing has drawing legs. HHH's problem is he's stale. When Flair was making his run throughout the 80's and early 90's, he wasn't nearly as stale, so it was ok.

I didn't say it was difficult. I said it hurts. It hurts because the storyline is dumb. Now, I'm not one of these guys that has to have all pure wrestling only with no entertainment, but I want good entertaiment and storylines. This is just cheesy in my opinion. I'll give Eddie and Rey credit in that they are going full bore with this and not half assing it. The angle would actually be worse if they did that. However, just because they are giving a good effort in execution doesn't mean that what they are executing isn't shit. Again, it's not difficult to follow. It just goes against common sense, which is painful to attempt to get over to non fans.

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Eddie/Rey is beyond lame now. Trying to explain it to non fans or people who have not followed the product hurts. A lot. Cause it's dumb. On many levels. Eddie has to keep his heat and be booked strong in the end since the word is he is being programmed with Batista post Summerslam.

I'm interested in this G-1 in particular because of Kawada's involvement, since he presents fresh matchups in New Japan. If he doesn't make it to at least the final four, New Japan bookers and Inoki need to be drug tested. Interesting how they booked A block to be a tight race while B block was a 2 person washout. Not sure where they are going with any of this. Politically, there is about zero chance of Kawada winning. I don't like Fujita in pro wrestling because he represents that Inoki-ism worked shoot style that I feel has hurt New Japan the last several years, but he has an excellent chance to win it all. Nakamura would be a decent choice, but with New Japan in shambles right now, I'm not sure if his winning the tournament will even get noticed. Tenzan, assuming Chono doesn't book himself into the final 4, at least has the story of trying to win an unprecedented 3 G-1's in a row. I suspect Chono and Fujinami may go to a draw on Saturday, which will put Chono out of the finals without him jobbing. Still, while I'll always be intrigued by the intricate booking of round robin tournaments like G-1 and Champion Carnival, puroresu is suffering in Japan, NJPW in particular. If there is a big promotion that is losing steam and legs faster than WWE, it's NJPW for sure.

I'm thinking more individual offense. I am of the opinion that the drug deal is a little worse because while Raffy is cheating, it'll hurt him and baseball's image some more. The coke deal hurts anyone who is in contact, either direct contact through usage or associated with the deal. That said, there were some folks today that called up to the show (Rome's show, not my show) and brought up their arguments as to why they felt Palmiero's violation was actually worse than Lewis's and I felt it would make an interesting sports topic of discussion.