RavishingRickRudo

I was trying to find some pics of Darlas cleavage to include in that nomination, but I couldn't find any suitable ones. I'd consider this a failure, but really, the benefit is in the effort

As a follow up, I think the WWE should use shows like HEAT and Velocity to experiment different methods of producing shows. Different styles. Different approaches. There is NOTHING to lose doing this, given the current ratings, and EVERYTHING to gain.

Personally, I think they need to remodel the announce structure. The way they have been producing the shows for the past 6 (SIX) years has been the same. If an old viewer of the show turns on RAW and still sees/hears JR and the King announce, still sees the same formatted show -aka, the show they stopped watching- then why would they even stay to watch? Meanwhile, if that old fan turns on RAW and hears something new(er), then there is more of a possibility that old fan will stay and see what the show has to offer. Just on that initial interest alone. Typically I am not into appealing to old fans, but rather, appealing to those that still watch - but I believe this change would benefit both because I -as a long time fan- am bored with their current way of doing things. 6 years ago it was fresh, now it's not. The answer is simple: Change. Take a risk. Statement: The WWE needs to change the way they produce the shows. From camera shots, to announce teams, to format, to content.

Since Mole has blatently stole my gimmick and Anyaka has raised the bar for obsession, I shall now have to find a new character to love.. Any suggestions? I'm thinking Darlas Cleavage - which really should have been credited cast members on their own.

Overall. He at least attempts emotion, though pretty poorly. He's trying and has improved (from "shitty" to "poor"), which is a helluva lot more than I could say for JR who seems to just "hit his marks". Ditto with his PBP. Plus, he knows when to defer to Tazz.

No, none of them do. 90% of them have that Big-Time-Cracker Radio voice, which doesn't make for some good excitement. That's why they all suck. That 10% is JR and I don't buy it for a second. Cole is probably the best they have, and that's just plain sad.

Best PBP in the WWE because he knows the most moves (coughonlyguywhoknowscough) and a lot of the histories of wrestlers. But he doesn't bring any emotion into the match, which is half the job. He doesn't make me excited or interested in any of the things he's talking about.

Yes. And they morph into Shakespearean Dialogue.

Disagreed: While Lawler is a bad influence on JR, that doesn't stop Ross from using his tired cliches and horrible PBP. Watching the UFC shows with Rogan and Goldberg, or the old PRIDE shows with Quadros and Rutten, I realize how bad JR is compared to them. I think it's a general lack of alternatives that makes him tolerable to a lot of wrestling fans, when in reality, he's god awful and usually brings down the quality of a match rather than enhancing it. All he is is a voice, and some people still get excited by his yell-jobs as if he's actually interested in what he's shilling. I'd wish I could still get hyped up by him screaming for a minute for-no-discernable-reason if that didn't involve me to completely not appreciate actual good announcers like the aforementioned. JR doesn't sound excited or even interested in the product - it sounds like he's just "doing his job". Doing it for as long as he has and given the product he has had to call, I can understand it. But I do not accept it.

Boo on Mole for hating on obsessive geeky behaviour. Boo. It should be admired and strived for, dammit. I watched some of the special features on Angel Season 2 and 3 today, which has me definitely feeling some viewage in the next week. Julie Benz is INSURNLY hot. Hearing Juliette Landeau without the accent and not crazy for the first time was quite the experience, hottish. Amy Ackers screen test was one of the funniest things EVER. EVER EVER EVER. And there were points when I was watching the overview that I (a)didn't hate Cordy, and (b)wanted to see more of her. I reminded myself very quickly that she offered nothing but bad things so I went back to Amy Ackers screen test to rebalance myself ("Did you just say Thou?"). Seeing Tim Minear in a non-Fireflyronment is just odd and offputting and not right. Alexis is the fucking man of men as is J.A.R. I am redigging this show and hope to watch the eppys on DVD soon. I just need to find a reason.

I'd stretch it to 7.

What's Chinese for "PWN3D!!!1"?

Yeah. I expected a lot more interaction from the cast and crew while filming. Jewel was fantastic (which was a pleasant suprise), but aside from a few things, there wasn't a whole lot. I can see them wanting to do all "that" at the start of the new year in trying to hype up the film, but I personally wanted an up-close and inside view during the filming. I realize that while the whole process is not done, but with the shooting being done, it feels like the time for all that (interaction) is over. The actors will be doing "other things" now, rather than focusing on Firefly.

Happy, Sad, and Disappointed. - Rudo

He wasn't an alcoholic on Buffy? What show was I watching?

Raza, you shall be our Guide throughout the apparently whacky world of lucha.

Depends how you look at it I guess. That is a good arguement...but the fact still remains, Benoit is spotty at best when it comes to effective interviews. I do think he's improved slightly, but he's still not on the level that top faces need. That automatically limits his time on screen. Orton isn't good on interviews and they have given him TONS of time. Lita isn't good on interviews and they have given her tons of time. Eugene and Takers interviews - by nature of gimmick alone - cannot be "effective", and they got tons of time and focus. Benoit is better on "effective" promos than all of these guys (Taker and Eugene in their current incarnations), yet didn't get nearly the amount of TV time all these "performers" got. How many promos *did* Benoit cut when he was champ? How many times was he alone centre-ring hyping his matches? Once? Twice? In SIX MONTHS? Benoit can cut promos, they just never put him in the position to "shine". They gave him "the ball", and then told him to sit on the sidelines until the end of the game. However, top faces aren't totally determined by air-time. Whom the WWE deems important are. Which is why HHH dominates the shows. Which is why the McMahons, when they were on tv, dominated the shows. If you look down that list, Benoit was in main event matches or at least the main event scene. And those matches were usually against some form of Evolution. And that's _all_ he got. It's not like HHH who started the show, was focused on throughout the show, and then ended the show in the main event. It was just the main event. Jericho wasn't...most of his time on screen came as an interviewer. Jericho was at least relevant in these spots. Lita and Matt weren't...they were in a stupid baby storyline. ...Which got more play than the Benoit/Kane feud. Eddie is kinda an iffy one, because post-JBL he hasn't really done much at all. Taker meanwhile has appeared once every two shows, on average. They still talk about Eddie and Taker when they are not on screen. I can't recall Benoit getting that treatment, unless it was something like "Oh, that HHH sure is mad at Benoit. I wonder what the game is going to do?" Benoit may not have got as much coverage as these guys (and gal), but he was held in higher regard than the majority of those. No, he was not held in a higher regard. He was not as important to the show as any of those you mentioned. If you took Lita and Kane off of a show, people would notice because their storyline has been entrenched in RAW. If you took Benoit off, no one would notice. He isn't and wasn't a player.

About 1990. The Hogan/Earthquake angle was the pinnacle of my markdom as I actually wrote Hogan a "get well soon" letter, but then realized it was lame and hid it (goddamn I wish I still had that). I was a smark really early on. I define a smark as someone who wants to know more about the business - beyond the ring. The internet creates so many smarks because it provides that information, and I didn't get online till about 2000, but well before that I was smarked out. Growing up I watched tons of wrestling tapes (I prided myself on seeing every WM, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, and Summerslam up until WM 10, as-well-as other Coliseum Videos like World Tour, Rampage, etc. ). The day after WM 7 I got a bootlegged tape of the event and it was my most prized possession. In Grade 2, I read that Hulk Hogans real name was "Terry Gene Bollea" and never forgot it (and really, if knowing wrestlers' real names isn't the sign of smarking, what is?). In grade 3 a few of us were making a book of wrestling submissions and I was the one who was looked to to figure out how to put em all on. I used to call up the "Harold Line", which was a free hotline that provided "inside" information (I assume stuff read from the observer) every single week like an addict to find out what's going on behind the scenes. Infact, both a friend and I won tickets (seperately, though we went together and shared his tickets) to a 1994 WWE house show in Halifax. I brought a sign. I never get why people are negative towards being a smark and so "Oh, I wish I were a mark again"; if you're really interested in wrestling, then you should be interested in what makes wrestling "work". And that's being a smark.

There was more of a story in Lesnar/Rock, that I really dug. Rock questioning himself after not being able to put Brock away was fucking awesome, as-well-as the end sequence. I'd have to see both matches again to accurately compare, but my general impression was that Lesnar/Rock was better than Angle/Rock. I love Lesnar/Guerrero. I love the way Eddie uses the ring to his advantage against the monster Lesnar. BUT, Angle/Guerrero at Summerslam was fucking sweet in the way they played off their previous WM match - which gets big bonus points because that rarely ever happens in the WWE. I'd give Eddie/Lesnar **** and Angle/Eddie ***1/2.

Healthier people = Ability to work = Getting $$$ = Spending $$$ = $$$ for Companies. Of course, this all requires these countries to have the appropriate infrastructure to accomodate the free/mixed market as-well-as a capitalist culture. It would take _generations_ to make poor countries into potential markets, and that's just too much time and money to invest; even if the ROI is worth it. It's funny, because I bet China -the country receiving tons of foreign investment- probably contributes the most to that study.

Most experienced fighters are dirty. It's becoming more and more common because competition is getting tougher and tougher. Frank Mir gouged the hell out of Wes Sims' eyes in their first match (watch it, it's insane how many times he tries to blind Sims), Couture played dirty against Vitor and vice-versa. Fighters have to get advantage somehow, and whatever "tricks" they have that can help, they'll use.

"You fucked up! You fucked up! You fucked up!"

I would've guessed jobbing to Taker (leading up to Taker/Angle Mania) would be his re-initiation and then beating Eddie at Mania would be "ego boost".

It's hard to judge whether-or-not Lesnar was better than Angle. In terms of common opponents: vs. Taker* vs. Rock* vs. Benoit vs. Rey vs. Eddie vs. Cena vs. Big Show* I think Lesnar has 3 of those matches locked as being better than Angles, whereas Angle has 4 and the degree inwhich his were better were pretty big and the degree inwhich his were worse were pretty small. With-that-said, if you look at the two wrestlers and what they do in the ring, I'd say Lesnar was the better wrestler. Angle got goofy a lot in the ring, which takes away considerably. Lesnar did a lot of the little things right and his mat work was better incorporated into his matches than Angles were. Shit, I think I might have to buy the Lesnar DVD now... I miss em.

Benoits promos smoke Ortons. And that's not because Benoits are good, it's because Ortons fucking suck. The TCR is right, his promos sound painfully rehearsed and completely unnatural.