RavishingRickRudo

Opening Credits: It's weird seeing just 4 regular cast members.

Rudo's On-Going "Judgement" Review: Segment 1: Great opener. Lorne foreshadowing the entire season, Cordys horrible acting (intentional??) and then leaving without batting an eye, Wesley playing darts (~!) and big pimpin, and then all walking in and out of the gym like they were going through the motions ("He has horns" "Steriods...")

I was there. I saw it happen. D-Von was clearly at fault. Better?

Love the morality here. "Someone calls you a name, it's ok to KICK HIS ASS!! YEAH!" "Someone touches your elbow, it's ok to KICK HIS ASS!!! YEAH!!" "A Wrestler attacks you, you're a fucking pussy who asked for it"

On principle, a wrestler who attacks a fan for having a "big mouth", is at fault. The fan pays to be there and is encouraged to taunt the wrestlers, which means the wrestlers -who get a cut of the house, and therefore that fans' money - have to put up with that. I am a fan, that could have easily been me. If something isn't done about this internally then it COULD be me. How is it "right" to ever physically get involved with the fans?

Yes. They are all the same person. Cept the Black Guy. He's the Black Version. And then there's the long haired blond guy. He's the Long Haired Blonde Version.

The one with blue eyes. Or was it the one with short spikey hair. Wait, no, it was the blonde guy.

Dvon will not get punished. Not a slap on the wrist. Not a "Hey Dvon, next time don't do that". No one in the WWE will care. Worse, Dvon is actually getting DEFENDED by FANS, who could have easily been in that situation (taunting the heels, which is supported and encouraged by the WWE). This is absolutely amazing.

D-Von snapped and shoved the Bell Centre security and grabbed the fan against the rail and made him go face to face with him. D-Von leaves his car at the light on the street and rushes out to get in the fan's face, then he started shoving the fan and asking him what he's going to do. Yeah, physical contact with fans is not crossing the line. What fucking world do you live in?

Getting Mad is one thing, lashing out at fans is completely different.

But here's the thing.... THE FANS HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO DO THAT! THE WWE TELLS THE FANS TO DO THAT. Which means the wrestlers have to accept that as a condition of their employment/contractual obligation. They should not blow up at the fans, no matter what*. (*Within Reason)

It's hilarious how "D-Von Got Mad because the fan was taunting him" became "The Fan said something Racist" became "The fan called D-Von a Nigger". This just in... "The fan was eating watermelon at the time and had a handful of Cotton when he told Dvon to get back on the plantation and then dropped the N-bomb which sent the mild-mannered African American who would never hurt a fly into a rage."

The Big, Tanned, Muscular Guy.

They would have fought each other had Lindland won. He didn't. Me thinks Franklin/Terrell and Tanner/Murray setting up the title fight would be acceptible Have Baroni/Lawler as a make-or-break fight between the two, and Lindland can lick his wounds for a while.

If it was race motivated (which there was no mention of, Dvon just happens to be black - if it was Bubba doing it race wouldn't even be brought up) WWE race baits all the time. *D-Von* race baited in ECW. The WWE doesn't pay the audience for that crap, but the audience *does* pay the WWE, so the standards for their performance should be WAY higher, but it isn't. Why? Why does the WWE continually get away with it, but the wrestlers can't take snide comments from the fans? That it's ok for the WWE to offend because "they're working"? C'mon. This goes back to what I was originally said, the WWE LOOKS DOWN ON YOU. They look down on the fans. That's why there's a double standard. And for some reason people continually defend this company.

"People LIKE Dave Meltzer WHO have their blinders on..."

-Cole said when WWE fans attend an event, they should have their First Amendment right to freedom of expression, to and boo who they want. (Kellers Oct 7th 2004 Smackdown Report) It's amazing how far up some people are in the WWE's Ass that they'd rather be on the companies side than the fans'. The WWE *encourages* fans to participate in their live events, they *advertise it* and *Vince Mcmahon* himself has said it; I can't believe there are people taking the side of the wrestler here. If the fan rushed the ring it would be a different story, but the fan was just being a fan here. It was completely unprofessional and fans shouldn't feel physically endangered when they go to an event. But NOTHING will happen to Dvon because the WWE has a mentality where the fans are LESSER people. Which is what makes what Shawn said on RAW so much more full of shit. When it comes to fan vs. wrestler, I'm taking the fans side. I don't know how anyone here could be any different.

The "proof" is Dvon said "touch" not "hit".

"I thought you people were supposed to be jolly" - fan. No wonder why Dvon got mad.

Where's a transcript of Shawn Michaels promo when you need it?

“The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Overview: September 12th, 1999 – “Stigmata” and “The Sixth Sense” were on top of the box office. “Bailamos” by Enrique Iglesias was on top of the Billboard Charts. Wanderlei Silva made his PRIDE debut. However, unlike those who were on top on that day, Silva has managed to stay on top for FIVE YEARS. It is an unprecedented run of dominance that is unlikely to be matched ever again. UNDEFEATED after 20 matches in a PRIDE ring. These are BOXING numbers, people. And we’re not talking slouches either: Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Mirko Cro Cop, Quinton Jackson and Yuki Kondo are among those who got punished by the Axe Murderer. Wanderlei Silva is special. There is no doubt about it. Fearless. Tough. Well-Rounded. Quick. Sadistic. That last quality is what really separates Silva from the pack. He is a K-1 Level Striker. He has grappled with Olympic level Judo masters. But what makes him dangerous is when he fights, he intends to kill you. Silva represents something totally, utterly, unapologetically primal. He is raw, unbound, aggression. He is intensity personified. He is, without a doubt, the scariest man in Mixed Martial Arts. So why isn’t Quinton “Rampage” Jackson afraid? Why did Jackson get in Silvas face and not back down? Why, after taking almost 20 knees to the head and looking the devil in the eye and SMILE only to have the devil SMILE BACK, does Jackson return for more? Before, I –and Quinton- would have said “Greed”, “Pride”, and “Gluttony”. Being the champion means lots of money, lots of women, and lots of recognition; more than anyone one man could ever need. But today, “Rampage” is a changed man. He is a man who no longer fights for himself, but rather, he is one of God’s Soldiers now. In Silva Jackson see’s Satan and on Sunday, October 31st – the day of the dead, the holiest day of the week – Jackson will be looking to bring light into the darkness that has long covered the middleweight division… but he might need God’s helps to do it. Analysis: Their first fight is important, but I don't think it is integral to understand how their next fight will go. Last Year, both Jackson and Silva had to through tough competition to get the chance to fight one another. Jackson looked sluggish and tired while Silva looked well rested, despite having a longer match than Rampage. Jackson will now know to be more active on the ground to avoid getting stood up, he will be more prepared for Silvas submission skills. He will have trained specifically to face Wanderlei Silva, rather than Chuck Liddell (who are stylistically two very different stand up fighters with whom you use a completely different strategy against). Silva, on the other hand, really just has to be Silva and use his same gameplan as last time to get the win. If taken down, wait until ref stands back up. When stood up, destroy opponent. Silva's greatest strength is also his biggest weakness. As shown against Belfort, Sakuraba and Dan Henderson, Silva can be rocked when he rushes in. If you hit him on his jaw, he'll go down. Jackson has fabulous accuracy as-well-as really good defense standing and he shouldn't be afraid to stand with the Axe Murderer. The most important, as well as the hardest, thing Jackson must do is CONTROL THE PACE. In all the Silva matches I have seen, *he* is in control the whole time. Whether it's because he's so wild in the ring or because his opponent is timid, Silva dictates how the fight goes. Jackson needs to get in control right away; if that means rushing in crazier than Silva, so be it. If that means backing off from Silva and keeping him in check with low kicks as to slow the pace (and make for a boring fight), so be it. Rampage cannot afford to let Silva fight his fight. Unfortunately, Jackson doesn't train with anyone like Silva. He doesn't have someone who will go at 100mph and control the situation. Jackson will be working on how to block and counter the knee strikes, how to effectively use GnP, and how to avoid submissions, but he won't be working on controlling the pace of the fight and that is where he will lose. Because fighting Silva's fight at Silvas pace is where the fighters in those 20 other matches went wrong. It's a hard thing to do, and that's why Silva is so unbeatable. There has been one person who successfully did this and that was a young Vitor Belfort. And I believe there is one more person who can do this, and it is not Quinton Jackson, it is Randy Couture.

Chill Brah, it's only Tuesday. I plan on setting some time aside tonight to watch one or two episodes and I'll have laptop on so I'll be makin some nice and proper notes

A really good interview with Frank Trigg from MMAweekly.... The one fight on the UFC 50 card that people had the hardest time picking a winner in was Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg verses Renato "Charuto" Verissimo. Strong cases were made for each fighter to come away with the win and the fight lived up to it's hype. Verissimo nearly finished Trigg with a triangle choke, eerily similar to the Verissimo and Matt Hughes fight. Trigg got out of the submission and finished Charuto. "Twinkle Toes" put his MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio co-host job on the back burner and became the featured guest on Monday's show. Frank discussed his fight with Verissimo as well as the possible rematch with Matt Hughes for the UFC Welterweight Championship. It was a hard fought fight against Verissimo Friday night. In fact, Trigg said, "It was probably the toughest fight I've had, to date. Tougher than Hughes' fight. Tougher than Jean Jacques Machado. Tougher than Iha. Tougher than Sakurai. It was absolutely one of the toughest fights I've been in in my entire life. It was actually the toughest fight, for sure." When Charuto had Trigg in the triangle choke, the fight looked like it was about to be over. Frank was able to get loose and spoke about his thought process during the time he was in the submission hold. "How I got out of it, I've got no idea. I really have no clue how I got out of that thing," stated Trigg. "I wasn't going to tap," he added. While locked into Verissimo's triangle, Trigg was thinking, "I'm in there, I'm in this triangle and I'm like, oh crap, I'm in this triangle. OK, don't worry about it, just relax, be patient, keep your posture. Then I'm like damn it just got tighter. OK, relax, keep your patience and keep your posture. Then I'm like, damn he didn't tap Matt [Hughes] in this thing. He's not tapping me in this thing. I'm a better fighter than Matt is..." In the second round of the fight, Frank was "exhausted," but he felt, as his corner did, that Verisimmo had less in his reserve tank than he did. A testament of how tough Verissimo was, Frank Trigg commented, "There was no time in that fight where I thought for a minute that Charuto was going to tap out or was going to pass out. I mean, I'm going to have to beat this guy, beat him within an inch of his life for the rest of this round and then the ref's going to have to stop it." That's basically what happened. Further commenting on Charuto, Trigg said, "You can't find a guy slicker on the ground. You can't find a guy that's more willing to throw punches and you can't find a guy more willing to come at you." I said at the beginning, a possible rematch with Matt Hughes because Frank Trigg is no longer under contract with the UFC. The bout with Charuto was the final fight on Trigg's contract and he is, as of now, a free agent. Speculating that he will be re-signed by Zuffa, Frank doesn't expect a rematch with Hughes to happen before April. Dana White, UFC President, said on MMAWeekly Radio recently that if Trigg beat Charuto that he would probably be in line to fight Matt Hughes next. Comparing Matt Hughes to Verissimo, even though Hughes beat Charuto, Trigg said, "I've fought both guys. I've fought both Hughes and Charuto and I'm telling you, Charuto's a better fighter. That's my opinion. You guys may not agree with it but, I'm telling you, my personal opinion for sure, 100%, Charuto's the better fighter. He is a better fighter than Matt Hughes." When he and Matt Hughes fought the first time, Hughes beat Trigg with a Rear Naked Choke. If they were to fight again, Trigg said, "I'm not worried about anything that he has." Frank went on to say, "I really don't think when Matt and I meet again it's going to be much of a war." I've watched Matt fight again. I watched him fight me, BJ, Charuto and I watched him fight St.Pierre," stated Trigg. Looking back on his first fight with Matt Hughes, Frank said, "I hadn't fought in a year. Like I said, I panicked when I got caught in the choke. I completely panicked when he got my back. I completely panicked." If they were to fight today, Trigg said, "Right now, I'll give him my back and we'll start right from there. There's no way in hell he'll catch me in that submission. He's not catching me in any submission. It's not going to happen..." Frank Trigg was not at a loss of words about Matt Hughes. He looks to be in position to fight Hughes in a rematch. We all know he wants the fight with Matt and that Hughes fights whoever they put in front of him. The only question is will the UFC put this fight together? I'd pay to see it.

As long as there are people like Meltzer who have their blinders on and still continue to look at Flair and think "He still has it!" because he does some signature spots and bleeds a lot, then Flairs legacy will stay in tact. However, each year there are more and more people taking another look at Flair and are re-evaluating his work. The longer he keeps wrestling, the more obvious it will be that the guy is completely lost in the ring. His match with Orton last night was ridiculous; there was a spot when Flair was backed into the turnbuckle (well, one of the dozen of those spots) and Randy was punching at him and gave Flair time to do his schtick but Flair never caught on to it and couldn't respond. So they went to the "safe" spot of throwing Flair against the ropes and backdropping him. It's pathetic. And the only thing rivaling in patheticness are those like Meltzer who continue to praise his efforts.

I am not expecting Nakamura to tap or knock out Dan, I expect him to get the decision win. He already has the advantage of being Japanese and his size will really come into play during the 3rd round - which will be the round that will decide this fight.