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Taker vs. Angle, 2/3 falls is DEMANDED. I imagine they will get a rematch 2 weeks from now, or something, given that we have 6 weeks leading up to WM, and Henry will get involved then. I am not against Henry/Taker given their last Smackdown match, though it wouldn't be as good as Taker/Angle. I dunno how Taker and Angle could top what they did tonight... but then again, they were able to top their Smackdown match.

Taker usually brings the workrate, so I don't see what the surprise is.

The problem comes when a guy is getting his ass kicked and ends up getting the win because of an elbow. In that scenario, what are the odds that the guy getting his ass kicked is going to turn it around because his opponent has a cut? I don't think it's that likely.

I think Orton did a better job in the match than Rey. In terms of selling, both his facials and his bumps, and that finish, which was great. I was like "Why the fuck did Orton stumble over to the middlerope" and then it became obvious and I marked.

Taker/Angle was fucking amazing. I swear, I thought it was over when Angle put on the Anklelock 03. Definite MOTYC, possible MOTY. The way they worked the Anklelock vs. Triangle choke was BRILLIANT. Especially when, in the end, the move they kept going for did them in. When Angle had the Anklelock 03 on Taker, Taker was able to boot him in the face until he let go. The difference between the two is when Angle had Taker in trouble, when Taker had the triangle choke on, Taker wouldn't let go. Trefuckingmendous.

I think there are fighters who use the elbows as a loop hole. Florian, for example. They win on technicalities, not because they were the better fighter. They aim for the bridge of the nose or around the eye and hit with the point of the elbow. Part of me thinks it's not worth it, and I would gladly exchange it for knees on the ground. PRIDE RULZ!

Fuck you, Cooper tells it like it is, no slant, no spin, no bias. Perspective, motherfucker, from 360 degrees. Ain't no anchor desk here, bitch.

The WWE WISHES they could even dare to aspire to be anything close to what The Real Catfight is. A-Coop rules.

MMA has much better names for their womens orgs. SMACKgirl. Reba is no where near Gilmore Girls level of awesome. But it is the quintessential "it's either this or CNN" show, and it KILLS CNN (though it has its work cut out if it ever went up against AC360). C'mon, Barbra Jean and Van ALONE make that show watchable. Then you have the hot blonde daughter and the kickass opening theme and Corky Sherwoods husband on Murphy Brown. "You are so wise. I am going to draw you as an OWL. With Fabio behind you."

Ok, no more of this. Reba is on.

Ok, Girls and Gay guys would watch womens wrestling. Fair enough. I don't watch anything named Shimmer. I had my affair with that sort of thing back when I watched JEM and She-ra and felt very, very ashamed of it... never again.

Why would anyone want to watch womens wrestling? Especially American Womens wrestling.

"ECW: Sloppy Seconds" just doesn't have the same ring, though it is probably more apt.

Let's not forget about squeezing out babies.

I used to like the Trish/Mickie feud, but its done gone retarded now.

Nick Diaz. The kids been getting alot of shit. He dosent deserve all the hate and bad press. This is why he is the guy I like to see fight more than anybody in the UFC. To start he is gully. He has a big set, and is all heart. He's street, and he act's like it, not like a fucking nerd. The way alot of the UFC guys act these days. He is a real fighter who brings it everytime. He dosent take shit from nobody. He tell's it like it is. He dosent watch his P's and Q's. He talks the talk and walks the walk. I wish they would groom him some. Build him up. But since he is willing to fight anyone they will always put him in tough. But in the long run it will make him a better fighter. His UFC record wont be the best. But it will make him grow as a fighter and a man. Believe me I know. Diaz is my favorite UFC fighter. NYBA Phil B

Not to speak for LOTC, but this is in the WWE folder. I'd assume this is meant to be the WWE. Besides, we all know the best in NA is Georges. St. Pierre. The problem with the way the WWE is pushing Finlay is that no one is really reacting to him. Booker is putting him over, but Booker at this point is severely lacking credibility, so that probably hurts Finlay more than helps. They need to either have people fear him, or want to fight him.. at the very least they need to have him actually making an impact. There's no point in saying he's a tough irish bastard if the wrestlers just kinda ignore him. Yes, he's been getting it done in the ring, but that's not enough for him. The crowd reacts to high spots or garbage and you can push a wrestler in the ring based on that, but to this crowd they won't react to him at the current rate of push.

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The love comes from the fact that he's unconventional. Stomping on Benoits fingers, trapping guys in the ring apron, the double foot stomps, etc. It's refreshing.

Booker takes away from the match, he's very distracting (and fairly entertaining). I got no problem him commentating for a five minute match, but any big matches he should stay away. And Benoit still is #1. Finlay is #2.

The Juniors Division is about to get CHOKED OUT.

This provides some explanation from at least two POVs. Out of the Lions Shadow Frank Shamrock had trained Mo Smith for his two title fights, just as he had trained all the other Lions Den members for their fights. "I was at UFC II, and I had been to all of them," says Frank. "I had always been the observer. I had always been the trainer, and I never stepped into the light. And I never said, 'I trained so and so. I did this, and I did that.' I was there to help other people. I was there to support and help those people. So when the opportunity came along for me to step into the light and show people who I was, I took it. Unfortunately, his decision to fight in the next UFC, which would take place in Japan, would lead to Franks dismissal from the Lions Den. According to Bob Shamrock, the problem wasn't Frank's decision to fight, but rather how he went about landing the fight. Bob, acting on behalf of the Lions Den, help set the deal up with the UFC. "We started negotiating the terms and stuff," he says, "and then after about a week, none of the contracts had come in. They're pretty good about sending them out, and I was always good about getting them back right away. So I called Art Davie and asked why he hadn't sent the contracts. He said, 'Well, Frank called us and told us to send them directly to him." Bob relayed this news to Ken, and when Frank's big brother came home from teh WWE, all hell broke loose. When the dust settled, Frank left the Lions Den for good. "Probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my life," admits Frank. "Those people were my family. Everybody there - I've trained everybody from the bottom up. I was in all their corners. I was the trainer. As soon as Ken realized I could fight, I was the trainer. I didn't have a life. I lived with all those people, and all I did every day was train and focus and help them in their careers. And then when I thought it was my time, Ken said, 'It's not... no, it's not your time.' And I thought it was. I put in my time, I trained everybody, I did my work, I did what I was supposed to do, and I wanted it to be my time. And Ken didn't want that. He said, 'You can go, but you take nothing with you, you never use the name, and you're no longer part of this family.' And I went. And I never use the name, and I've never trained with those people again, and I have no relation whatsoever to them. They don't associate with me. I left with the clothes in my car and a pair of blue boxing gloves. That was a little while ago." - BRAWL by Erich Krauss and Bret Aita (Pages 168/69)

Well it all depends. The positives are they have investors in it and they are from the business realm who have an interest in fighting, rather than the other way around. They seem to have a plan, and I like plans. This is not something done on a whim. Second, the popularity of MMA in the US has exponentially increased in the past year, so it's hard to compare this with other fight organizations and their success because it's simply a different game now. The Team idea I am kinda mixed on, as I am with the seasons. I don't like conventional sports. So taking these two elements and putting them to MMA isn't really rubbing me the right way. I like the idea of putting the fighters on a salary so they can be sustained on an income and train effectively, but I don't exactly know how that is going to work. If you are going to do 3 rounds. At least do 3 X 5. Their entire fights at 3 X 3 are less than PRIDEs first round.

But then WWE can't have it's cake and eat it too. This is pretty much WWE in a nut shell.

They could continue to bring in guys for Joe to beat to sustain his reign, it's not really hard. You have to realize how quickly TNA television goes by. Think of it, we've already had 4 and a half months of television and there really hasn't been someone made during that time that wasn't already made before. Hot-shotting the win on someone, or giving the win to someone that is already established doesn't really make the best use of the build Joe has already gotten. This is where WCW failed with Goldberg. There has to be a pay-off.