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Oh, someone caught that Beast ref... heh... thought that might have been missed Tis a good pic, though. Tis a good pic indeed. Fred is from Texas, the Dixie Chicks are from Texas. I didn't notice Fred's legs... On an unrelated note, I didn't notice Gunns new-found hair either... I noticed something was different about him, but I have a horrible attention to detail. But I *did* notice Angels poofier coif. THEY MUST KEEP BADASS WES! BADWES! C'mon, Mole's live underground *in the dark*.

I knew I recognized Frye/Fries somewhere! Space: Above and Beyond!

Harmony doesn't kill Humans any more and only drinks animal blood ala Angel. Of course, Angel will probably find her feeding on someone sometime in this season... How could anyone have found the medallion since it was buried in the hellmouth under a blown up Sunnydale? I mean, it's easy to say "The Senior Partners", but that doesn't have the same kind of fun..

Seeing Big Show live was UN-REAL. Just no idea for how huge he really is till you see him in person So when are your Reports coming back? I really miss em. Could you also please tell Vince that you shouldn't be involved in any more angles until 2006.

I am disappointed my "In the Dark" comment to *Mole* wasn't picked up on... 1. I actually dug Harmony in this - shades of the old Cordy from season 1. I didn't think I would enjoy it, but I did. Yay for me. 2. The Kick/GunShot had me markin. A lot of things had me markin in this eps. Angel needs to start doing a vandaminator-esque move where he throws a shotgun at someone, they catch it, and he kicks and their heads blowup... 3. I didn't think I would like Big Lawyer-type Gunn, but it actually works pretty well. 4. Knox was more enjoyable in the Finale... Fred was annoying here... I understand the whole "buckling down" deal, but it just wasn't as fun as it was last season. 5. Eve is on the bubble right now... No Lilah, but she has a bit of the ~Lilah Walk~. 6. That Frye dude... man, that guy was just sleazy... they should really bring him back sometime. 7. I was nervous going into this season, as I didn't think the whole gimmick and new characters would really work - but this episode helped sorta calm those fears. A lot of really neat stuff in it, there's a lot of potential here, they really should bring back the beast, the balance between G&E is really interesting and a lot of the points made were actually believable for keeping WR&H around, Eve is also on the bubble in terms of hotness -she may grow on me, she may not- no Cordy = Good, I kinda missed the other characters introduced in the finale - like that dude from Van Wilder - or the other watcher but I guess that they can expand on that later, the fight scenes were a bit too chopfooey for me esp. the first one but there was some neat stuff done like the wall walk... 8. I will have to see the interaction between Angel and Spike before I make some noise about his return. 9. HEY! No brooding Connor~! 10. Angel getting his happy-on over the cars had me on the floor. I love lil things like that.

CUDDLER!

In the dark? Oh dear Mole...

Of course. Why wouldn't I?

But, but, but... What would happen to the "Piece of the Kish"? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? Someone please think of the children!?!

Team Japan Cro Cop vs. Caras

BUSHIDO: CARLOS NEWTON VS RENZO GRACIE! From Dream Stage Entertainment September 18, 2003 LOS ANGELES, California – As part of “Team Japan versus the Gracie Family,” Dream Stage Entertainment’s inaugural “Bushido” show will feature Carlos “The Ronin” Newton versus Renzo Gracie. Though Newton is a citizen of Canada, his popularity and familiarity with the Japanese fans led to his joining of Team Japan in their quest to defeat the Gracie Family. Under the guidance of coach Royce Gracie, Team Gracie will take on a line-up of some of Japan’s elite mixed martial artists. FIGHTCARD: Renzo Gracie vs. Carlos Newton Ryan Gracie vs. Kazuhiro Hamanaka Rodrigo Gracie vs. Daiju Takase Daniel Gracie vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura Ralph Gracie vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (Card Subject to Change) The live event is scheduled for October 5, 2003 from the Saitama Super Arena in Japan and a total of 7-8 matches overall are expected. Bushido will be available on U.S. pay per view (delay) on December 21, 2003 at a special reduced rate of $19.95. Don’t miss the show! PPV INFORMATION: Premiere date: Sunday, December 21, 2003 Premiere time: 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST Count Down show: 8:30pm EST, 5:30pm PST PPV price: US $19.95 Run time: 3 hours (approximately) Availability: iNDEMAND, DirecTV

He is the Frank Sinatra of MMA.

A lil more info on the Masked Fighter Dos Caras Jr. Name: Dos Caras Jr. Nicknames: Two Faces Jr. Birth date: May 25, 1977 - San Luis Potosí Record: 3 - 2 - 0 Association : AAA Height: 6'5 1/2"/197 cm Weight: 211 lbs/96 kg Debut: August 11, 2000 - Shimonoseki, Japan Style: Pro Wrestling Signature moves: Plancha, Side suplex Titles: none Country: Mexico * Made his pro-wrestling debut on October 11, 2000, teaming with his father Dos Caras to defeat El Azteca and Chiba, in an event promoted by the Japanese independent promotion KAGEKI PRO WRESTLING. This card was held in Shimonoseki and reports said that the junior looked very good for a rookie. * Before turning pro, Caras Jr. was a member of the Mexican national team in Greco-Roman wrestling for five years, and he placed third at the World Junior Championships in 1997 (held in Czech Republic), won the Central-American games three times and also won a medal at the Pan-Am games. He was looking forward to compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, but due to lack of support, politics and government problems Mexico could not send any representatives to the Olympic wrestling competition so he turned pro instead. * Made his AAA debut on 9/4 when he ran-in during a match involving his father, that was getting beat up by Texano, Pirata Morgan and Espectro Jr., but his first actual match was on September 29, 2000, in AAA's "Verano de Escándalo" supershow. He teamed with Alebrije, Sangre Chicana and La Parka Jr. to beat "Los Consagrados" (Pirata Morgan, Espectro Jr., El Texano and El Cobarde). * During his first months he has feuded with the veteran stable of "Los Consagrados" and on January 21, 2001, he failed (teaming with his father) to conquer Texano and Pirata Morgan's National Tag Team Titles. * There's no doubt that Dos Caras Jr. is one of the real stars of the future. He's got size, name value, charisma and it looks like he's going to develop into an excellent wrestler.

Albert is the underdog... yet he keeps getting the advantage... we need to find a new word to describe the writing and booking team, because "DUMB" doesn't do it justice.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT READ THIS!!!!!!!! (Eps. 1 and 2 details.) Spoiler (Highlight to Read): Just got my grubby little hands on the work prints for season 5 of ANGEL, episodes 1 and 2, and thought I'd share a quick review and a list of spoilers.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, kids....it's all been worth the wait. Ever since BUFFY and FIREFLY bit the collective big one, it seems that every decent writer has made his/her way over to the ANGEL franchise, and season 5 starts off with a two-episode bang that will not only please current fans, but will hopefully lure some new ones in en masse... In other words, the writing, pacing, and initial storyline kicks major ass. We start Season five with Angel rescuing a lovely blonde in a dark alley (they always seem to end up there...along with a vampire), only to become surrounded by a dozen armed men...which turn out to be his very own employees (much to the dark one's surprise). Lawyers advance on the rescuee, ask her to sign some release forms, and even force her to pose with her rescuer, much to his chagrin. ("We help...the...um...helpless?") We cut back to the rest of the gang. Fred and Wesley seem a bit overwhelmed by the whole deal (aka: becoming the heads of Wolfram and Hart), while Gunn comes across as thrilled with the office space (and Lorne equally thrilled by the new Hollywood connections). Angel receives a visit from a cute new assistant who seems to know a whole lot more than she lets on...after all, she works directly UNDER the senior partners...but that's all she'll say. Soon enough, the plot thickens...with a W and H client showing up and demanding that Angel and Co. get him off the hook for some seriously evil crimes. It's either that, or the bastard will unleash a devastating virus on L.A. that he just happens to have stored in his own son (Angel finds this out by interrogating "Spanky", who gets his nickname from a somewhat kinky practice that Angel takes a swat at). Oh, and did I mention that Angel's secretary happens to be named Harmony? And that she happens to be a vampire that used to attend Sunnydale High??? Some of the funniest moments will come from Angel's interaction with the always superficial (and undead) blonde, especially from her reaction to news of the unseen Cordelia's coma. Fred is seen taking charge at the lab, while Gunn is taken into a lab for a new "suit"...as Angel has to fight off his own military unit (which has taken the initiative to kill the child carrying the virus, as well as his classroom and any witnesses). This leads to a small speech about "mercy and evil", and one of the coolest physical kicks Angel has ever delivered (let's just say a human head goes BOOM). The evil client, however, looks like he's about to lose his case, when out of the blue he's saved by Gunn, who's new "suit" is actually a brain implant that has fed him every scrap of human/demon law ever developed. Within seconds, Gunn has the case thrown out, and the threat is dead. The moral problem that arises from the gang's realization that the majority of their own clients are pure evil, however, is not ignored. A package arrives mailed to ANGEL...c/o Wolfram and Hart. Angel opens it with the gang witnessing the event, releasing a medallion on a necklace that releases another fellow vampire....Spike, AKA William the Bloody. The gang stares in stunned silence, as Harmony jumps in and yells out "Blondie Bear??" to her former lover. END of episode ONE Episode TWO: Picking up where we left off, Angel and Wesley have to explain who the hell Spike is, as the bleached bloodsucker himself realizes that he's a ghost. In other words, he can't touch anyone or anything, and keeps disappearing into nothingness ("Oh balls..." is Spike's best reaction). He reminds Angel of Buffy (who is now in Europe, and who we see in a flashback near the beginning), and of the fact that HE was originally supposed to wear said amulet. This brings up an interesting point: Why did W and H give Angel the amulet to begin with? Were they hoping he'd die instead of Spike? Spike haunts Angel, in his own way, by taunting him endlessly...cluing the others in to the fact that Angel's not the only vamp out there with a soul anymore. A lawyer is told by Angel to cancel dealings with a grave-robbing necromancer, and is then returned to Wolfram and Hart in several bloody buckets ("bucket o' lawyer"). Angel visits the Necro, along with a tag-along Spike, and threatens to freeze the bad guy's accounts. Spike strikes a deal with the Necro, and tricks Angel into a trap. The deal is simple: Angel's soul goes POOF and Spike's essence ends up in Angel's body. Needless to say, Spike turns on the Necro and ends up possessing his body, allowing Angel to sever the evil one's head (but not before delivering a few blows of his own). Angel starts to trust Spike, who is still a floating spirit that ends up asking Fred for help. You see...every time Spike fades he sees where his soul is going, and it's not the place where heroes go. It's hell. fade to black. Season Five's writing, action, and crisp dialogue is as good as it gets, and it's awesome to see the gang a little more at ease, despite the consequences surrounding their leadership of W and H. I can't wait to see where it all goes, and I'm pretty sure I won't be disappointed by the future of this bad-as-hell series. Oh, and rumour has it that Buffy, Willow, and ANFUCKINGDREW~! will be in this season.

...Yoshida is so pimpin.

DETAILED SMACKDOWN SPOILERS by Keith Brisotti Updated: 10/1/2003 8:43:27 AM Here’s what will happen on Velocity & Smackdown! this week. I will try to be as detailed as possible but I am sure I missed a few things. First off let me tell you about the crowd. The bottom level looked sold out, as there were only a few scattered empty seats. About ¾ of the top level was tarped off and the seats that were available were about ¼ taken. Quite a change from selling out the Bradley Center in less then an hour a few years ago! The night started with a WM XX video. The crowd popped for Hogan and at the end of the video. Some guy from a local radio station (was his name Fish??) tried to get the crowd pumped up but was not very successful. The in ring action started with 2 pretty entertaining dark matches. The first match was Kanyon & Chad something vs. 1 guy with a big tattoo on his back and another guy that kind of looked like HHH. There names may have been Kevin & Ted. 5 minute match that ended with Kanyon hitting his finisher on one of the guys. Kanyon did a good job in getting the crowd into the match. The second dark match was Spanky & Paul London vs. what sounded like Jeremy York and ken Anderson. One guy looked like a smaller Hardcore Holly and the other guy kind of looked like bigger Scotty 2 Hotty. Anyway, Spanky played our face in peril as the finish had London hitting the Scotty 2 Hotty guy with his finisher. Crowd was pretty into Spanky. Tony Chimel then was hocking some Undertaker t-shirts and the guy with the t-shirt gun got a nice “You Suck” chant from members of the crowd that did not get a chance at a shirt (man…. tough crowd!) Then Josh Matthews & Tazz were introduced as our Velocity announce team. Tazz got a really nice pop. The first velocity match pitted Jamie Noble w/ Nidia vs. Shannon Moore w/nobody. Noble won with some type of submission hold that I was not familiar with. Real nice, competitive 7 minute match. The one high spot was Shannon Moore hitting a corkscrew moonsault on Noble that only resulted in a 2 count (lots of “2” calls through out the night by the way!) Some jobber (Chad Krugger maybe) vs. Sean O’Haire was next. Squash for O’Haire in about 2 minutes. Rhyno vs. Funaki was next. Another competitive 5 minute match saw Rhyno go over with the Gore…..Gore….Gore. Mild ECW chant and nice face pop for the gore. Main event for Velocity had Rey Misterio vs. Nunzio. Rey had the biggest pop yet & Nunzio was very much over as a heel. Nunzio focused on Rey’s left shoulder the entire match and Rey did a great job of selling it (right up until he walked up the runway after the match). Excellent 8-minute match saw Rey win with his combination 619 – springboard leg drop. As they changed the ring apron over for Smackdown! They showed a trailer for The Rundown. Of course the crowed popped big time for The Rock. Michael Cole came out to no reaction what so ever. After the Smackdown! Intro they show us that our main event will be Undertaker/Kurt Angle vs. John Cena/Brock Lesner. “We lie. We cheat. We steal” hits and Eddie accompanied by Chavo come out in a beautiful black convertible. Eddie will be defending hid US Title against Matt Hardy who is accompanied by Shannon Moore. The finish was classic Los Guerreros antics. While Matt Hardy was distracting the ref, Shannon tried to take Eddie out with the US belt. Eddie ducked it and drop kicked the belt into Shannon’s face. When Shannon dropped the belt, Eddie grabbed it and through it to Matt Hardy. Eddie then cowered from Matt, which of course the ref caught. After the ref took the belt from Matt Hardy and while he was turned away getting rid of it, Chavo snuck in and laid out Matt Hardy with his Tag Team belt. 1 Frog Splash later and Eddie is still our US Champion. Next, Josh Matthews caught up to John Cena as Cena arrived to the building, After insulting Josh, Cena said that he was going to start doing things the American way….for himself. He also said that Kurt Angle would be living in his shadow after tonight. They then showed Eddie and Chavo walking backstage when they ran into Big Show. Show was saying something in Spanish & then told Eddie that he didn’t like him. Show then shoves both Chavo & Eddie. Eddie vowed to get even with Big Show later that night. APA vs. The Bashams was next. After as ref bump and some interference from Shaniqua, one of the Bashams pinned Faarooq. After the match Bradshaw just about beheaded Shaniqua with a clothesline from hell. A-Train then comes out to be the special guest commentator for our next match which is Chris Benoit vs. Charlie Haas. Match went about 9 minutes and saw a lot of mat wrestling early on, several German Suplexes and attempted Haas of Pain (too close to the ropes), a Sharpshooter from Benoit. Also what looked like a semi-blown German release by Haas. The ending came when Benoit locked in the crossface and A-Train broke it up. A DQ win for Benoit and a crossface of his own by A-train will set up what I am sure will be a match between these 2 at No Mercy. Benoit got nice pop as he left the ring. They moved a monitor into the ring next which can only mean 1 thing…..Promo Time!!!! And what do you know, Vince’s music hits and he makes his way out accompanied by Sable. Biggest heel heat by far for Vince and Sable. Vince says that he gave Stephanie 1 week to reconsider her decisions from last week and he demands that she comes out and cancels the Undertaker vs. Brock match at No Mercy and that she quits as GM of Smackdown!. This brings Steph down to the ring and she proceeds to say no to both demands. All this leads to a very intense Vince screaming at his daughter to do what he says. When that doesn’t work Sable tries. After a few insults between Steph & sable a cat fight breaks out in which Vince breaks it up & scoop slams Stephanie. Undertaker comes out to make the save but before he can chokeslam Vince Brock comes racing out (man is he fast!!!). A boot to Brock’s face takes care of him and this segment. Big Show is shown in the locker room when a Burrito delivery comes for Eddie Guerrero. Big Show intercepts it and starts to eat them. All except 1 which he proceeds to add his own “special sauce” to for delivery to Eddie. Can you tell where this one is going yet??? Next is Tajiri vs. Billy Kidman for the Cruiserweight championship. Match was about 6 minutes and saw Tajiri win with the kick to the head. Tajiri was over pretty well as a heel after he yelled at us a few times that, now that he was champion we should all follow the Japanese custom of bowing to him. Next was Big Show vs. Orlando Jordan. Show came out clutching his stomach. About 2 minutes into the match Big Show had to excuse himself and leave the ring in obvious discomfort. Winner as a result of a count out was Orlando Jordan. Show left to make a run for the little boy’s room. Someone check me but is this the first time someone has lost a match because a case of the runs? The saving grace of this spot had to be Show’s facial expressions. Zach Gowen interview was next. Bottom line is that he will be back next week and he doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for him. We now go live to the men’s room where a very large pair of boots are seen in stall number 1. Eddie comes in to fess up to Big Show that Eddie doctored those Burritos. He also took all the toilet paper and only gave Show 1 square. He then kicked the stall door in on Show. Very funny segment. Main event time. Cena/Lesnar vs. UT/Angle. John Cena came out first in a # 32 Bill Walton Portland Trailblazer’s jersey. A great rap followed about how he was going to bust out tonight and that Smackdown! was now his show. Real good stuff. Very good 15 minute main event. Strong “You Tapped Out” and “Angle” chants throughout the match. Angle took a nasty bump over the top rope onto the floor. Not to be out done, Brock took a nasty bump as well over the top rope. It looked like he did a handstand on the outside apron for a second or 2 and then came down on his head. Both guys appeared to be fine. Cena hit Angle with the Masterlock punch to get the pin for his team. The production team screwed up though because after Cena got the pin they played Undertaker’s music!! Our night was not finished though. Brock went over and cleared off the announce table, grabbed Undertaker and set him up for an F5 through the table. Taker wiggled out of it and the chokeslammed Brock trough the table. Then they played Taker’s music again. This is probably where the show will end. Just some posing by Undertaker afterwards and then another lap around the ring on his bike. Lesnar then got up and left hugging his title belt. This was a very strong show that should come off well on television. The only real questionable match was the APA vs. Basham’s and even that wasn’t all that bad. The Eddie/Big Show stuff was really funny and the crowd loved it. Biggest Pops 1. Undertaker 2. Kurt Angle 3. Eddie Guerrero 4. Stephanie McMahon 5. Rey Mysterio Biggest Heel Heat 1. Vince McMahon (by far) 2. Matt Hardy 3. A-Train 4. Nunzio

Kip can't swim. Sure, people could have saved him, but there's always the risk of him drowning.

Yoshida is a horrible striker and was nearly overwhelmed by Tamura in their 1st round match. Wanderlei will eat him alive.

^^ That would be the coolest fuckin thing...

Depends on what preview you're talkin bout. The preview with the Molly/Ash argument also had Dr. Pat in it as well and I believe already happened - the other one had "2 people will be voted off".. And yeah, maybe have some Butterscotch in there as well.. Start off with Chocolate, then Vanilla, then Butterscotch...

But really, would you want to win the immunity or keep 'workin on it'? Cause, I mean, even if you lose you kinda win... The novelty of licking chocolate off a stripper would wear off pretty quickly, right? I mean, 5 - maybe 10 - days.

More like the *BIG SHIT*!!! AAAAAAAAHAHAHHA!!!!! BIG SHIT!!! HE TOOK A BIG SHIT~!

Didn't you get the Memo Dama? Taker hate has been replaced with Taker love.

Matt was really lovin that chocolate-covered-stripper game... He must know it's a show...