RavishingRickRudo

While Jericho is probably a bigger name than Benoit, I don't think he's a big enough name to make a noticable impact in ratings and buyrates. I think Benoit is able to make guys look like stars in the ring which is better in the long term.

Episode 11 takes us on a Matt Hughes journey from winning the title against Newton to fighting some of the best welterweights in the UFC to maintain it. The full schedule: Hughes vs. St. Pierre Hughes vs. Sakurai Hughes vs. Newton

I'm saying that I've seen 2 Joe matches from this year and they both had poor Joe performances in them. 2 for 2 does show consistency, but not in a good sense. This is not to say that Joe isn't the WOTY or that Joe hasn't had the great matches that everyone has been talking about, I'm just saying that the guy had 2 bad performances from my view, and I'll also add that the reasons for the bad performances (working "light" on his opponents) were the same for both. I'm just providing another POV in this Joe is God, Joe never has a bad match, talk. I thought Joe was God too, then I saw him vs. Raven *shudders*. Rey has the worst punches I have ever seen. Ever. At the Smackdown tapings I was at in the Summer, I almost had to turn away they were so bad. I like Rey, I agree with most of your points on him, but the last word I would use to describe Rey would be "realistic". Benoit has sorta changed his style around this year to be more mat based, at least from what I've seen of him. I love how he's incorporated the knees into his repetoire, and both against Jericho and Orton, Benoit showed some of the smartest, restrained, mat work I've seen in some time. I think the problem with Benoit is is that he's not really working with guys often enough who are willing to go where he wants to go.

I'm not here to say Chris Benoit should be WOTY in 2005. Cause he hasn't really put in a blow-away match that could make a strong case for him, let alone a couple of blow-away matches. A few things, though for perspective sakes... To say that Ric Flair should be higher on the list is absolutely fucking absurd. Flair has put out so many big fucking piles of garbage that the WWE calls wrestling matches this year, to even consider him being above Benoit is a goddamn insult. Chris Benoit made Batista in a wrestling match. Though the HHH feud is what got everyones attention, the match with Benoit -which was designed to get Batista over-, was the exact moment the crowd decided "This guy is awesome". It was probably one of, if not thee, best carry job of the year. Because it wasn't a very noticable carry job. Batista looked legit awesome because of Benoit. I've seen Benoit wrestle live twice, and I've seen Joe wrestle live once. Joe sucked. I was very, very, disappointed. Yes, it was against Raven. But Benoit would have had a much better match (Benoit HAS had much better matches). Joe was working so.... not stiff.... and that without the stiffness, the match was nothing. The two Benoit matches may have been the best he put out this year, which was one against Jericho on RAW earlier this year and one against Randy Orton. In terms of live performance, Benoit smoked Joe somethin fierce. And it wasn't even a one time thing, cause in Joes match against Lyger, the guy making that match was Lyger. Joe didn't really do much in that high profile match to warrant being Wrestler of the Year. Now, I'm giving Joe -and you guys- the benefit of the doubt here (I don't have a WOTY for 2005, simply because what I've seen in wrestling in 2005 has sucked while MMA is putting out its best year ever). But from another perspective, in my eyes, Joe has not been very consistent at all.

He's huge in Burma.

I think it's the lingering effect of the success of Dancing With the Stars. I think the solution is obvious.

Yep. Getting out of submissions means more than apply the submission. See, the person who applied the submission FAILED to get a tap out, and the person who was in the hold SUCCEEDED in getting out of it.

Echo rules. It's gonna suck to see Sayid to fuck him up.

NO! KILL THE BITCH NOW!~ No, no wait. Bring back the bamboo finger torture~!

Agreed. I almost wanna think that they made it so bland and uneventful JUST to make that ending stand out all the more.

Oh, and the big breasted fight attendant is gone. FUCK!

OH FUCKING SHIT. Saw it coming, but OH FUCKING SHIT. Ana Lucia is FUCKED. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED!!! OH FUCK YEAH ! FUCK YEAH! FUCK YEAH! WRONG GUY TO FUCK WITH!!!!!!!! The look on Sayids face. That's the look we've all been looking for. The dormant King of the Island AWAKENS! To take his throne!!

Hey, second lowest rating and .3 lower than than the 10/24 rating. .2 came back from trick or treating, .3 are, I guess, still doin it.

Because he was waiting to be proved right by the .2 gain this week, clearly.

WHOO HOO! The large breasted flight attendant survived the crash!!!!!!!! Shannon and Sayid get bizay. Good night Shannon.

You *do* know that a 3.6 is a *bad* rating, right, and is still down from their USA average??

That's a damn shame.

Oh shit, when Royces corner threw in the towel... the Tokyo Dome 'SPLODED.

Well, if it did make sense to you, then it probably wouldn't really apply to you in the first place. - ZenRudo

The way Jess toyed with Dean, verbally, is the way he should have approached Logan. The second he made a snide remark, it was over. I loved how they used Jess to bring Rory back to her senses. It was done in a way that worked. She is in a similar situation he was in - not making the full use of her potential - and back then she was the one telling him to make better use of himself. What Jess told Rory was the perfect thing to get her to wake up from the life she is living. My only problem is that they should have had more time together; Jess needs to be in more episodes than this.

Yeah man, Jess was too nice. He should have dropped a few more wiseass remarks and just outclass Logan.

"SHE WAS ALL UP IN MY GRILL!" "Boys are boys, girls are girls" *Girls all turn and look at him at the same time* "She went one way, and her knee went another" "YEAH!" Rory and Logan EXPLODE. It's amazing how they've managed to keep this theme going for 6 fucking years and still made it fresh and relevant. "You mean Grandfather" Oh snap. Shit. I really want to see Rory and Lorelai reconcile. Like, a lot.

Dude, bad night to miss the show. It's awesome so far. "Is that blood?" Paul Anka playing dead Everything so far with HIM is fucking awesome. I'm marking out all over the place. This show is ridiculously well written. Having Rory move in was a great idea, and having him back to bring her back to the old days is brilliant. Goddamn. This show has a knack for reversing fortunes and paralleling things.

They need a spin off with Finn and his worldly drunken advantures. "Here's me making a pass at you... PASS.. ..PASS!"

SHAKA BRA!