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And I also think, at one point, Bradshaw needs to grow a beard and wear a cardigan with his initials either on the back (euck) or lapel. It will be when he hits a crossroads and sees that there is no one left to beat on Smackdown. He should disappear for a few weeks, maybe a month, while Orlando Jordan has to deal with business and has no idea where JBL is. Then we can get some live feeds from JBLs log cabin, his Camp David. JBL questions himself now, ironically, because his quest to be the best has left him empty, and he needs to have goals in life. He could marry a Mexican and adopt several children, to try and fill that void. Orlando can then try to track down JBL to get him to come back, because the cabinet needs him. They can show OJ backpacking through the wilderness, fighting off bears and owls and stuff, eventually reaching JBLs cabin, telling the champ that there is a new challenger who wants the title, and Bradshaws eyes widen as he has found his purpose again. He dumps the wife and kids immediately (he keeps one, John Jr.), loses the beard, but keeps the cardigan and returns triumphantly to smackdown. Hells yeah.

And for his wrestling matches, he needs to have THE LONG WALK to the ring. Start from his locker room, and his entourage at his side either pumping him up or dead silent, all the way to the ring. This will also allow for the aforementioned lengthy introduction.

Jeez Downhome, you've said some silly things but... You know that's, like, more than half his WWE career, right? Please tell me you did not see Justin Hawk Bradshaw and say this. Or Blackjack Bradshaw. Cause that's not really something to be proud of, what with you having to be retarded to see these things in either of those incarnations and all . I've considered Bradshaw main event potential for about 3 or 4 years. His APA promos, when he addressed the crowd (particularly when up against Edge and Christian), were main event calibre and are probably what sold me on him. His wrestling style was also complacent with the WWE style, but also had distinctive elements to it (stiffness in particular) that made it his own and could match up well against other wrestlers. I love the CLFH finisher and he needs to use his powerbomb more often. I would love to see him bust out a piledriver from time-to-time to finish matches, cause I think it would be a nice addition to his 80ish moveset. I mean really, his whole cabinet should be all 80'sfied. The Bashams should start doing Demolitions finisher. Orlando is good with the powerslam. I mentioned in another thread, or this thread, who fucking cares which thread, that they need to expand his cabinet ridiculously. I'd like to see a Spiked Piledriver occasionally with Orlando and JBL. Shit, I'd sign Stan Hansen just befuckingcause, or at the very least, have JBL be more surly when wrestling. I think JBL has a lot of potential that they're missing the boat on in favour of making him a generic heel. He needs his own personal announcer too. Someone to recite all the people he has beaten while introducing him, and perhaps all the stocks in JBL's portfolio and how they are doing in the market.

I think Booker/JBL is on a different level of bad, though. Stevie/Tomko sounds like train-wreck bad, where you can easily see how bad it is. They would be incapable of putting on a good match together, so there really isn't the disappointment there to go along with the bad qualities. The Survivor Series match is disguisingly bad. If you actually pay attention to it, it is horrible. It is devoid of content. It's two guys going through the motions, doing random moves to each other. The only person who showed energy in that match was Josh Mathews. It was almost like watching Armageddon; there's a certain point during that movie when you realize the formula, and you see it repeating over and over and over again. Affleck gets in trouble. Someone closes their eyes in a dramatic close up. Random shots that have nothing to do with anything. Something bad happens every 10 minutes. Etc. Instead here it was like "Wow, there is nothing that holds this match together." The difference is, Armageddon actually had an emotional core to it and managed to hold interest, while Booker/JBL was completely hollow. Booker/JBL could have had a better match if: 1)They were motivated 2)The match had structure 3)The match had a story 4)The match had psychology I imagine the excuse for Stevie/Tomko would be: 1)If they didn't have such a silly pretense 2)They were better wrestlers

JBL vs Taker at Summerslam (so great the fans did the wave to show thier appreciation) Oh hell no. This was a _good_ match. Stiff strikes by both guys, some neat exchanges throughout. Tomko vs Stevie at Unforgiven (the less said the better) Haven't seen it. Cena vs Jesus at Armageddon (Boring squash) Nah. It was a shitty brawl, but probably would have cleaned up if it were 1995 . Booker/JBL was incompetent wrestling, which is worse than shitty brawling. Bob Holly vs Mordecai at the GAB (just plain bad) Didn't see it.

Dude, that match was god-awful. It had absolutely no point. It was a lot of shitty spots and that's it, nothing strung it together. Booker mailed it in and justified all his critics, and JBL did nothing of note. It was horrible on every single level. I remember watching it and thinking to myself "This is a really bad match". That happens often, but this was such a profound sense of utter disgust that I don't even have with womens matches (which are all horrible, btw.) Taker/Heidenreich at least had good punches and would have been passable if it didn't go so damn long.

Booker/JBL Survivor Series comes to my mind. Eddie/Lesnar was the MOTY, btw.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/427/427250p1.html Interview for RAW 2. I don't see any No Mercy references. They *do* say "more realistic CAW" for every game, but I never hear the "We are limiting it to make it more realistic", which is part of the reason I love No Mercy, the pre-rendered faces are much better than "adjust head 1 point". Games like WWF Attitude and RAW 1 didn't have different sizes, and RAW 2, as well as most games (LOW), don't make size an influencing factor. I was equally concerned as you were (the graphics and moves still concern me), but I heard what I wanted to hear, so I am at least interested in playing it.

By "interesting" you mean "mind numbingly shitty", then yes, it will be very interesting. Unless you're REALLY "rah rah troops" and see what the WWE is doing in Iraq isn't a PR stunt but rather something selfless and genuine, or go under the name "Exslade ZX", I can't imagine you enjoying it.

Oh and... It ended in a Countout.

It starts at 7:00 here. Heidenreich/Taker is better than Benoit/Guerrero from last year. But then again, Benoit/Guerrero ate it last year.

And if you're looking for a "Very Special Smackdown", you will get it. "We came here looking to entertain the troops, but we're the ones being entertained by them" Fucking Cole quoting Radio.

Heidenreich is out to the ring right now, so him vs. Taker isn't the last match.

Creed is a "supergroup"?? 46 minutes into the show, look fer it. If you love American Propaganda and Bushes Iraq talking points, this is the show for you.

This is horrible thus far.

Booker: Man, I'm glad OUR feud didn't last too long Taker, cause when I heard that you bury guys, I didn't know you LITERALLY buried them. Torrie: Why does that tombstone say "Heidenreich".

I wanna just mention that Torrie Wilson looks so much hotter when she's not trying to look hot.

And...

Doesn't warrant its own thread, but... CAPTION CONTEST!!

Man, the WWE is so selfless sometimes. Going to Iraq. Not trying to get a single thing from it. Merry Christmas everyone.

"Well, I didn't mean just for that night, Benoit had amazing, standing ovation level heat for a couple of months after he won the belt."

Am I the only one who feels like Benoits Big Title Win was akin to getting a bunch of sweaters for Christmas? Fucking sweaters. Fuck it, I'll just throw out some more bitching... - The Royal Rumble win. Who cares? Shit, it's been done TWICE before. He went longer, so what? Going end to end was accomplished already, so it's like being the second one to land on the moon. - The Celebration. Fuck it. He had to _share_ his moment with Eddie. Fuck that. I'm selfish, I wanted Benoit, after his big win, to stand there alone in the ring, his own man. Maybe the whole locker room coming out would have been cool too, I mark for the "everyone surrounds the ring to watch" shit which would have been a nice touch. I didn't feel a single thing when he came out there besides "that's still a nice shirt". And it didn't symbolize a single fucking thing - it was totally hollow gesture and it only meant that the WWE still didn't fucking get it (and apparently, neither do some of their dumber fans). Benoit is not a confetti guy, save that for pussyshits like Shawn Michaels and Rip Taylor.

Benoit is not better off than he was after the Lesnar match. All his title reign proved was that the WWE didn't have enough faith in him to have him lead the show; HHH still had that job. So all Benoit can claim now is holding a 2 year old title, which will probably be dead in the next 5 years, and winning a Wrestlemania main event (something he can share with Mr. T and Lawrence Taylor~!), in a feud where he played 2nd fiddle throughout and accomplished *nothing* since HBK and HHH (the guys he "beat") still managed to get the headlining spot and majority of the focus at the next RAW PPV. What the fuck did Benoit DO as champ?? He couldn't even stop Kane from messing around with Lita. There was SUCH a better story in him vs. Lesnar (which was being played up, since he didn't tap) and he actually would have won the title he WANTED and been trying for since he came to the company. I also must have missed this nuclear heat that Benoit was getting during his run. He didn't even come CLOSE to the cheers a main event superstar would have gotten (and why would he have, they didn't treat him like a Superstar, he wasn't important to the show). And how does his "feud" with Edge prove anything?? And whether or not Benoit could carry the title again is worthless, anyone can carry the title, but can Benoit carry the company? They showed NO willingness to even TRY that with his World Title run. They at least tried with Eddie on Smackdown (his world title win got more heat than Benoits as well). And Jesus-shit, the WM match was in NO WAY *****. Benoits match with Lesnar was better than that, and Guerreros match with Lesnar was MUCH better than it. PRoy, you don't get the point of this thread, this is about missed opportunities, and the WWE missed a huge one here. Benoit went from being a central figure in an awesome feud to "that other guy". He could have been huge after beating Lesnar, the crowd was hotter for that match than the WM match, and they dropped it.

Well, c'mon, Ric Flair is a legend and Batista is so big. ...I withdraw my question. They did all they could to make Benoit look like a buzillion dollars, hell, they jobbed him to HBK fer cryin out loud and had him look like a complete fucking pussy when he complained to Bischoff (after getting Knocked the Fuck Out by Michaels) that Shawn signed the contract (which made absolutely no sense btw). A buzillion dollars, I say.

What are you talking about? Vince McMahon is at his best when he has competition. When he has someone who pushes him against the wall and he is forced to steal their ideas push back.