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Iggy, if that's the best match you've ever seen... what matches have you seen?

As far as the moveset goes, you could say the same thing about Jericho, only Jericho doesn't have anywhere near the pacing or selling that HBK does, plus he blows a lot of spots. Jericho has done double powerbombs before, top rope hurricanranas, tiger suplexes, etc. Oh, but he did most of them outside the WWE, I guess they don't count... Jericho's WWE moveset is weak though, almost laughable. The Breakdown and Flashback were horribles moves as well. Jericho's better at selling than HBK is and pacing? You might want to expand on that cause Jericho has had a variety of well-paced matches (me thinks this is becoming the new "technical wrestling", as lots of people are using it and have no idea what it means). (I know you're gonna bitch about the kipping up, but HBK can make 20,000 people believe that he's DYING in the ring, and then get them completely into the comeback. I've never seen Jericho do anything like that.) Funny, cause if you watch WM the crowd begins to turn towards Jericho... And it's not hard to make people believe that you're dying in the ring, especially if you flop around like a pinball.

Whether you like Goldberg or not, to say he didn't have an ounce of talent is ridiculous. Goldberg is incredibly athletic, strong, and agile and has a natural charisma about him that most wrestlers would kill for. Plus he guest announced for Sapp vs. Nog

How so? I say that HHH has used his power to hold on to the belt and get feuds with his buddies. I say that Nash and HBK are being "vocal" against Goldberg to help HHH out. I'm not saying that they meet every Friday night in a darkened room and think of ways to stay on top. That's ridiculous. We all know that Friday Nights are "watch Hall stumble around and taunt him" nights. They do that sorta thing on Saturdays.

Yeah, Wrestling is pretty boring, isn't it... Totally unproven commodity.

I don't buy into the Kliq having much power now except for HHH, and even still it doesn't look like he has as much as Shawn and Nash did back then. If the Kliq had as much power as everyone says they do, Nash would have traded the belt with HHH for about 3 months, Shawn would have had another title reign, X-Pac would still have a job, and so would Hall regardless of all the shit he's done. I'm glad you're not buying it, cause I'm not selling it. Here's what I'm selling... HHH doesn't want to job to Goldberg. HHH wants to keep the belt. HHH's buddies are speaking out aganst Goldberg. HHH's two longest feuds have been with his buddies. It's the kliq looking out for each other. Everything is centred around Hunter cause he's the guy with the power. Goldberg is a threat to HHH, and now we have HHH's two good friends speaking out on Goldberg. Everyone here is playing the "hypocrite" card when the real issue is with the buddy system.

Funny, I believe you're the only one to have brought up his "backstage bullshit" - I know I haven't. HBK's moveset was cruiserweight-lite and laughable for a heavyweight. When a moonsault is the "big highflying move" you do (Road Dogg can do a moonsault for christsakes) and a superkick is the strongest "power move" you do, you're limited. What are these "transitions" and "technical matches" you speak of? RRR: Loves the "Gum Chewing" sell from WM 14.

Cordy has been pissing me off for 2 seasons now. Groo is so going to come back. Maybe with a wife and a scar around his eye

It's not like Nash to sabotage Goldberg. Hmm. The plan is for Goldberg to go over HHH for the belt. There have been rumours that Goldberg may not get the belt because of his limited schedule and selfishness. HBK and Nash have been "vocal" about Goldberg not being a team player. Goldberg is the only guy HHH has yet to squash under his thumb and is the only guy who could be seen as a credible champion at this point on Raw. HBK and Nash are friends with HHH - the guy who has held tightly on to the World title for almost a year only to have lost it once - to HBK - and to have his longest feud with Nash. But it's so unkliqlike to be looking out for themselves, so they must be thinking about the welfare of all the boys who really deserve it. Right Rip?

Wasn't the week before that Smackdown a good Smackdown? With like, wrestling, on it and stuff.

No and No. RVD is overrated, but Michaels is more overrated. I don't particularly like either of them.

I'd like to see this become a fixure to TSMMB. I can only follow so many wrestlers' websites and I know I am missing out on a lot of them. I also know that some people here don't regularly follow the ones that I read, so maybe we could help each other out and post the commentaries here (or the link, whatever you prefer.) My personal favourite commentaries come from Steve Corino. Here is his latest... http://www.stevecorino.com/commAug17.htm Dream The Impossible for July 26, 2003 (July 26) I am, as always, on an airplane headed to another show. This is a little different because this weekend is more of a working vacation for my son and I. We will get to spend a few extra days in Florida after the Major League Wrestling show tonight in Orlando. For me it is always special to spend extra time with The Prince and Florida is one of our favorite places to go. We will be hitting Walt Disney World tomorrow and then Universal on Monday before going home Monday night. This is the first time that I (actually we) have flown from the Allentown International Airport and I was very impressed with it. I enjoy smaller airports and you don’t get much smaller then this! The smallest airport I ever flew from was Fayetteville Regional Airport in North Carolina. We are flying into the Sanford, FL Airport and are told that this is just as small at Allentown. After dealing with Philadelphia, crappy Detroit Metro, and Tokyo all time it is nice to get a break and go into something smaller. Last night I realized one of my life’s dreams by attending The Eagles Farewell I tour in Atlantic City, NJ. Since the “Hell Freezes Over” tour in 1994 and early 1995 I have tried to see them in concert to no avail. If you are a religious reader of this commentary you know that I have seen Don Henley four times, but this was pure heaven. Don Henley, Glen Frey, Timothy B. Schmidt, and Joe Walsh all together on one stage and one King of Old School in Section 209 marking out HUGE like a school girl! If I was closer I might have tried to throw my boxers on stage! I even coughed up $35 for a Eagles concert shirt (Ouch! I feel bad charging $20 sometimes for my shirts but heck I am not The Eagles!) and $15 for an awesome concert program. They played for over three hours and sang just about every song that they released. As much as I am a huge fan of Don Henley, Joe Walsh stole the show last night. I think they said that he is originally from New Jersey so, of course, he is the big babyface of the night. He came alive “In The City” and “Life’s Be Good So Far” and had the crowd in the palm of his hand. (July 28) Its time to go home. Sometimes you have to wonder how two days can move so fast. We arrived in Orlando on Saturday afternoon and went right to the building for the MLW show at Club Tabu and it was non-stop after that. The MLW show was once again fun yet VERY PAINFUL. Fun in the fact that I love the state of Florida, plus how the fans react to pro wrestling in their state (some fans, and they know who they, should take notice), and how MLW is creating a cult following in The Sunshine State. Once again The Extreme Horsemen have cut some promos that you will see in the next following weeks on MLW Underground TV that are not only intense but very controversial. Simon, CW, and myself are really starting to push the envelope in what we say and how we wrestle in Major League Wrestling. Sometimes I even wonder if we are going above and beyond and then I read about what they are doing on Monday nights and am thankful that we are least keeping it in the realm of pro wrestling. The feud between The Extreme Horsemen and Terry Funk, Steve Williams, and The Sandman keeps progressing and reminds me of a 1980’s style feud. There isn’t going to be a conclusion in a 2 hour show, this feud is going to last until MLW fans get totally sick of it and to be honest it looks like they are still into it more and more. Not to toot my own horn but I am very impressed and honored that the fans are so passionate about the Steve Corino-Terry Funk feud and the fact that it has lasted eight months with no end in site. Ok, now onto the MLW World title match in Orlando. This was my first title defense since winning the World championship on June 20 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and it was against the guy I defeated for the World title: Mike Awesome. Awesome beat me from corner to corner but once again I survived and retained the World title. And in all honesty I enjoyed (in a sick way I guess) fighting Mike. He is so big and so strong, in fact he has no clue how strong he is, that I wonder why the WWE would release someone like that. I know he is not an Internet favorite but I think with the right guys he could draw money. But who am I? After the show me, CM Punk, Josh Daniels, and a dead asleep Colby Corino (who somehow gains 100 pounds when he falls asleep!) went back to the hotel. I was so impressed that the hotel had a diner and lounge that was open all night with good food. Good food, pro wrestling, and late nights just don’t go hand in hand 99% of the time so this was a very welcome surprise. On Sunday Colby and I got up early and met a friend of ours that works at Disney World and she took us on the VIP tour of the park. I know Colby enjoyed himself a ton but I loved it just as much! I am a huge Disney mark. We were lucky enough to get the Express Lane passes so that you don’t have to wait in long lines and Colby met all the characters (Ariel from The Little Mermaid was very eazy on the eyes!) and he even went on his first roller coaster. For the week of our trip all he kept saying was that he was not going on any roller coasters, but that lasted about 10 minutes once he entered the park! First it was a smaller coaster for kids his age and then it was off to Space Mountain (twice)! Now he is hooked. Once he becomes a little bigger I am sure me and him will be traveling the country finding bigger and faster roller coasters. We finished off the day with a great dinner at the Rainforest Café in Downtown Disney. If you haven’t been there, you must check it out. On a side note: Camping with no equipment in the dead of summer near the stream in Fort Wilderness is not a good idea. As you can tell I am huge fan of Disney so every time I get to the parks I am happy but being there with my son made it something that I will always remember. The next morning we once again got up early and after a quick bite to eat at Mickey D’s we headed to Universal. Colby was thrilled that he would be meeting up with his uncle that he hasn’t seen in almost a year. We spent most of the day at Islands of Adventure, which gets cooler as Colby gets older and then the last part of the day at the Universal Studios lot. It was kind of hard to throw everything in at Universal in one day when you don’t have the Express Passes. We spent about one hour and fifteen minutes in line for the Spider-man ride, which Colby loved so it was well worth the wait, and there was no way that we were waiting 90 minutes for the Shrek 4-D attraction! (August 3) It’s almost noon here at gate A50 at the Detroit Metro Airport in “beautiful” Michigan. I am almost an hour in on a three hour layover on my way back to the Land of The Rising Sun. My usual flying partner, CW Anderson, has been in Japan for the last week so I get to ride it alone. After 22 trips to Japan this is like old habit for me. The airport seems to be very quiet today, almost dreary. For a second I was excited that I didn’t see many passengers lining up at the gate but then realized that I still have over two hours to wait until we board. God, I hate this airport. There is not a decent resturant to be found. Every person at the McDonalds is rude and could care less about their job. The only good please to eat is Little Cesears. (August 7) It’s our only day off of the tour and we are a short five hour ride to the next town. I say short, because I have spent the last few hours watching the 2003 Fire Festival tournament on tape and this years tournament was better then the last two combined in my opinion. If you don’t know what the Fire Festival tournament is, every year ZERO-ONE has a ten-man tournament that is broken into two blocks with five wrestlers in each block. In your block you wrestle everyone once and are awarded points. Two points for a win, one point for a time limit draw, one point for a double countout, and no points for a loss. The winners of the A & B blocks face each other in the finals. This years A block had Ohtani, Yokoi, Kanemura, Arashi (All Japan), and Fujiwara. The B block featured Tanaka, Kojima (All Japan), Sato, Kuroda, and Alexander Otsuka. Just by looking at the wrestlers involved you know that there were some great matches but you can’t even imagine it until you see the tape. The final between Kojima and Ohtani was one of the better matches I have ever seen. I would put it on an even playing field as last years Ohtani vs. Tanaka match. But in my opinion the MVP of the tournament was Kohei Sato. Sato pulled two awesome matches out with Kuroda and Kojima. A must see tape. This tour we have some new Gaijin making their debut: Josh Daniels and CM Skunk, formerly known as CM Punk. This kid is killing us with his gas. I used to think he was a rising star but now I know he is just full of s#!t (Get it? LOL, ok maybe not). Both of these guys are doing great and are going to be asked back on future tours. We actually toilet papered Punk’s door last night out of sheer boredom. He wasn’t too happy, which made us very happy. He didn’t stop talking to us like London did last tour but you could tell he didn’t like cleaning it up. (August 9) We are on our way to our yearly outdoor in Shinzoka. Last year was very memorable because we did the whole show in the rain. Not drizzling rain mind you, total down pour. This year I was hoping for a nice day and we were given: even harder rain! Last year I was match number three and this year I am the main event which is going to be like bumping in a pool. I am really looking forward to tomorrows match in Nagoya with CW Anderson against Shinjiro Ohtani and Masato Tanaka for the NWA I-C tag team titles. I have wrestled Ohtani and Tanaka with about seven different partners but the only time CW and I wrestled them was in Pottstown, PA for the PWF Universal tag team titles. We need this win to really become the legit tag team champions that we are striving to be. Ohtani and Tanaka held the titles last year for about eight months and are looked upon as one of the greatest tag teams in the world. (August 11) I am on my way home on NWA flight #86 from Tokyo after a quick five match tour. Last night I realized one of my dreams in pro wrestling as I got to pin Shinjiro Ohtani in the middle of the ring in Nagoya. I have been on teams that have defeated members of Team Emblem but have never pinned him. To say I was surprised was to say the least. Last night’s show was pretty cool. It was the second 01 World show, which is a showcase of ZERO-ONE, 01 USA, and also where some ZERO-ONE wrestlers dress up in their “alter ego”. One of the funniest things I ever saw was when Nayoa Ogawa debuted as Hulk Ogan! Yes, you are reading that correctly, Ogawa, the former NWA World champion and Olympic Judo champion was dressed up as his hero Hulk Hogan and did great! He even came out to Hulk’s current music and after he defeated The Predator for the ZERO-ONE United States championship, they played “Real American”. Quite a sight! I was also very happy to see that Low Ki lived out one of his all time dreams when he teamed with his hero Keiji Mutoh against Josh Daniels and Tom Howard. Josh was a ton nervous to wrestle Mutoh on not only his first tour but his first big show in Japan, but he did very well for himself. We had a hard time getting the smile off Ki’s face, which if you are a fan of his work know that its not very often you see Ki smile, and everyone on the ZERO-ONE roster was ecstatic that Ki was in there with his hero. This week will be a great week of relaxing and spending time with my son, enjoying the final weeks of his summer holiday before he returns to school in September. Until next time, Dream The Impossible.

RVD wasn't blown up in any match with Jerry Lynn that I have seen (and I've seen a good amount of them). RVD being more athletic is questionable?? Okey dokie, are we talking about the same RVD here? I didn't say "bumps better", I said they are equal. RVD has much better flexibility than HBK and he takes german suplexes and ddt's and general headbumps better than Michaels. Michaels takes the backbumps better than RVD. They both have their strong-points. I never said anything about RVD being a better carrier than HBK. Though I don't hold HBK's carry-jobs in high regard anyways.

If it's anything but MMA, Sapp-is-dead.

For all those waiting, Lance Storm has a new commentary up - it's a Q and A. http://www.stormwrestling.com/commentary/d...lt.asp?aID=1406 Plus Edge does a Book Review http://www.stormwrestling.com/commentary/d...lt.asp?aID=1404

Orton shouldn't have gotten _any_ offense in on Goldberg. Besides, what came from that match was _Goldberg spearing Nash_ rather than Goldberg beating Orton. They should be playing up the legend killer gimmick each week IMO, in whatever tiny way, it will still help develop his character.

100X's? RVD is more athletic, he has greater stamina (seemingly endless), and is about equal on the bumping. Hbks moveset is horrible. It's cruiserweight lite and had it been on anyone else they would have been laughed out of the building. But I'll give you this, HBK sure does know how to sell a body part RRR: Still laughing over these "great technical match" 'es that Shawn has had.

RVD doesn't just do all aerial moves, and besides, his movelist is/was WAY better than HBK's. Plus, most of HBK's "best matches" were gimmick matches and most of his "carry jobs" were him doing insane bumping. RVD at least did those gratuitous pinning spots and chain wrestling with Jerry Lynn in ECW. Not that I'm saying RVD is better than HBK...

Groo (short for Grusalog sp?) was Cordys boytoy. There was a 2 part eps. where AI is sent to find someone who was trapped in another world (Who turned out to be Fred). This other world was Pylia (Lornes homeworld). It turned out that Cordy was their queen/princess, or something, and had to fuck/marry/whatever the beast/grusalog. She was reluctant because she thought it was a hiddeous beast, while it turned out to be a handsome guy - who also was a great warrior. They picked up Fred and left Pylia, and a some eps. later Groo showed up in LA. This was about the same time Angel discovered his feelings for Cordy. Then it turns out that Cordy loves Angel, Groo knew it and left. In reality he's in another series.

If RVD's matches were spotfests... what were HBK's?

I didn't like Connor much either, cept for the Faith eps. where he and Gunn were chumy - but overall he annoyed me greatly. BUT, the end convo between Angel and Connor is FANTASTIC. You have to watch it again to get a full grasp of it. ..the same could be said for season 4ngle. It's main problem was that it had too many twists and turns - it went from The Beast, to Angelus, to Cordy, to Jasmine in a very short time frame, so it's hard to get a full grasp of it all in one showing. They really didn't need Angelus and Cordy, Jasmine and The Beast would have done just fine on their own. Though Angelus was a delight.

1) Season 5 Buffy owns everything ever. You shall all understand that when the DVD comes out, or I decide to do the Season 5 write-up... 2)Dawn got really annoying in Season 6 - the early Dawn was supposed to be annoying so in that case -job well done- but by the end in The Gift her character had evolved into something more tolerable. In The Body you (or at least I) felt for her as Buffy told her the truth, plus her and Spike had good chemistry and it really helped mold his character. Add that to the brilliant overall arc of Glory/Ben and how Dawn and Ben parallelled eachother and were created because of Glory - yet it was Dawn who was willing to give up her life to save the world she had every reason to hate rather than Ben who did a big heel turn and was in it for himself. 3)The Season 4ngle finale was the end to a story-arc, it just wasn't your typical big bad story-arc. It was the end of the Connor-arc, and it was awesome. It deals with Fate and Free Will, and if we are bound by fate do we really have free will? Angel, the show, gives us different messages about this and it's really quite the head-scratcher (probably the deepest moral/meta-physical question the Whedonverse has ever given us). Connor is the personification of fate as everything he is and does has been decided for him - from his birth to his death to his child. This is much like the Dawn/Ben scenario, but a bit deeper and more enriched, where Connor has a hard time coping with his 'mystical' existance and ultimately is unable to live that life (whereas Dawn was able to, and Ben really, really, tried to). This universe that Joss has created is a very strange and very fictional one, but it still lies in truth. How would any of us handle anything like this?? It's no coincidence that both Connor and Dawn were teenagers when all this happens to them as that's traditionally the most confusing time of life where you're developing who you are - throw in "Everything I know is a lie" and you have two fucked up characters. This, in turn, relates to Buffy as she is the ultimate survivor of fate who was able to rise above it all and also deal with growing up. Dawn was able to, but Ben and Connor were not - it's a nice lil message from Joss to all the boys ...there's more, I'll get to it later.

"It wasn't good acting, you're all just to fucking stupid to see what's going on." -Rudosault ...That's the best I can do.

LOOOL2K3? I liked Taj more than the Colon Blow, personally.

The K-1 PPV wasn't shown up here in Canada. But I wouldn't have gotten it anyways, I need takedowns and submissions in my fighting - though I heard it was a good PPV. What was the last Pride show you got? Cause the last one (Total Elimination) was awesome.