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Burt Angle?!?! That's a rip-off of Vance McMahon!!!!! *sues for gimmick infringement* RRR: Turned to smackdown once tonight.... during Rico vs. Haas... needless to say, that didn't last long.

1)I really want to take this opportunity to thank World Wrestling Entertainment for encouraging me to add my “two cents” to all that is going on... 2)Whether you watch wrestling or not, the World Wrestling Federation has always been a household name. 3)the same great Superstars, the same great wrestling, the same great sports entertainment, just all packaged under a different name! 4)let it be known that we are still the same great group of wrestlers that you grew up with. From Harley Race to Stone Cold Steve Austin, we are the one who had all the legends, we are the one who will continue to give you the legends and we are the one that will continue to give birth to all the legends! 5)There is now Monday Night RAW, which features totally different Superstars than Thursday night’s SmackDown!; with such a wide array of talent, who can fault WWE’s competitors for not being able to keep up? 6)It is no wonder the McMahons had to create their own competition! What a great idea, though. 7)even though RAW and SmackDown! are different shows, and on different networks, with different Superstars, we are all STILL the same great WWE! 8)What a great opportunity it was! Working with Rico is such a great honor -- so what if he gives ME most of the makeup tips -- I have a wonderful man! He has taught me so much and is an awesome person. 9)I still can’t believe the success that I have had with such a short career thus far with WWE, and I thank the McMahons and all the other wonderful talent of WWE for the opportunity of a lifetime! 10)RAW was an incredible experience. SmackDown! will surely introduce new rivalries and create new excitement for us all. Seriously, 10 times (10!!!!!) she performed verbal fellatio on the WWE. If there's anything she learned from Tough Enough (clearly, wrestling wasn't it), it was how to suck .... up!

FYI, biblically, "Mordecai" was a Benjamite Definition-wise: Mordecai, contrition; bitter; bruising

Well hello, hello out there! I would like to start this column off with a big bang... let me begin by saying that everyone’s future input is welcome and very much anticipated! I really want to take this opportunity to thank World Wrestling Entertainment for encouraging me to add my “two cents” to all that is going on...from the squared circle, pop culture, love, life and relationships to whatever else it is that’s going on in the world today! So, where do I even start? Well, how about all of the changes that have been going within WWE lately. I mean, even within the short time that I have been with the company lots of things have changed. Let’s start with the obvious. Whether you watch wrestling or not, the World Wrestling Federation has always been a household name. No matter how young or old, whether male or female, everyone knew that the World Wrestling Federation was wrestling. Then, surprise, just as I was getting into the wrestling business, we changed to WWE: World Wrestling Entertainment, the same great Superstars, the same great wrestling, the same great sports entertainment, just all packaged under a different name! What’s the big deal, you may ask? Well, to all the great wrestling fans out there, nothing. It’s just time to get the “F” out and get down with the “E”! There are those that aren’t really that familiar with the whole wrestling scene and may not have realized the simple change, so anyone who can spread the word out there... let it be known that we are still the same great group of wrestlers that you grew up with. From Harley Race to Stone Cold Steve Austin, we are the one who had all the legends, we are the one who will continue to give you the legends and we are the one that will continue to give birth to all the legends! Along with the name change came a funky new logo of course. So what if there’s no more “F”...who needs one anyway!?! Perhaps one of the biggest changes within the company’s latest evolution...no, not Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista and Randy Orton.... I am talking about the evolution of the two WWE brand names complete with Superstars all of their own! There is now Monday Night RAW, which features totally different Superstars than Thursday night’s SmackDown!; with such a wide array of talent, who can fault WWE’s competitors for not being able to keep up? It is no wonder the McMahons had to create their own competition! What a great idea, though. More Superstars to be showcased, more rivals to be battled, more to give to the fans! Here is something else to pass on to those who don’t keep close tabs on wrestling … even though RAW and SmackDown! are different shows, and on different networks, with different Superstars, we are all STILL the same great WWE! While I am on the subject of roster splits ... let’s look at the present day: Most of you do know, or should, when I debuted with Rico as my true self, Miss Jackie, I appeared on Spike TV’s RAW broadcasts. What a great opportunity it was! Working with Rico is such a great honor -- so what if he gives ME most of the makeup tips -- I have a wonderful man! He has taught me so much and is an awesome person. Being the person that he is, he was able to help me reach on of my lifelong goals within such a short time - making it to WrestleMania.... and WrestleMania XX at that! I still can’t believe the success that I have had with such a short career thus far with WWE, and I thank the McMahons and all the other wonderful talent of WWE for the opportunity of a lifetime! How many other professional athletes can live out their dream within two years of their first-time competition? I am not about to stop there...WrestleMania XX was only the beginning - as a matter of fact, it’s where it all began again! Speaking of “beginning again,” it has all begun again for many of the WWE Superstars. I am talking about the lottery/draft that took place on Monday Night RAW a few weeks ago, March 22. The opportunity for greater challenges affected quite a few Superstars, Rico and myself included. Some Superstars were drafted from RAW to SmackDown!, and vice versa, while other Superstars were traded from one brand name to the other. It is definitely a new beginning on SmackDown! for the team of Rico and Miss Jackie! RAW was an incredible experience. SmackDown! will surely introduce new rivalries and create new excitement for us all. Make sure you stay tuned to see what Rico and I, along with the many WWE Superstars, will come across in the weeks, months and years to come! Last but CERTAINLY not least, I’d like to thank you guys, the outstanding fans, for all your support and dedication you have to World Wrestling Entertainment! Keep your input coming and your love for our passion alive and strong! Love Always and All Ways, Miss Jackie *** Got a question for Miss Jackie? E-mail it to [email protected]. The best and most interesting e-mails will be forwarded to the lovely Diva – and she may even answer your question right here in her column!

Aside from Rob, the best moment on the show was either Lex showing up in the 'hawk or Rupert's two reactions to his family (the video & the letter).

This pales in comparison to JACKIE GAYDA'S Backdoor column.

Rob "finding out" about Big Tom was fucking AWESOME. "You sold out your friend lex, and you didn't even know it". You have to give Rob some bonus points for playing the players.

He lost to Dvon too, IIRC.

That wasn't Kurt, it was Eric Angle. It's been Eric Angle this whole time.

Not drunk, just not paying attention to what I write and gettin the ol' wires crossed.... happens a lot, actually. DEAN, as much as I love Ze Baron, you gotta keep your eyes on the prize. And are your repeated mentionings of CRZ a way to bait him back into recappin?

Good. I could no longer contain my hatred for pen boy. He tried too hard and really seemed out of place. The moment one of the judges said "you need voice lessons" that was the beginning of the end.

Could it be... FINALLY... the turn of Ze BARON~?~ Which means, possibly, getting back to Al Wilson? I think this new "what's in the terlit" feature.

Rob, with tears in his eyes, saying "And it wasn't about strategy... ok, it was about that..." just made him lordkinggod of the day.

Yeah, this is basically Robs game now. Watched it tonight, the guy is just owning shit.

Sakura, what episode ya on now? Ok, I've written the opening for a Firefly script - I plan on working on it alot when I transferring all the files on my laptop to disc. So here ya go... ------------------------------------- It's late at night, possibly early morning. There is a soft rain coming down; it's faint, but you can see it in the lights as Serenity lands. An overhead shot, which looks to be on the left wing of the ship, shows the crew rushing out carrying a large container. A flash of lightning shows their position - they are outside a large house. A half shot of Mal as he talks into a walkie talkie. "Wash, can you give me some gorram light, we can hardly see out here!" (Wash over the intercom) "Uh... okay... just a... second...you might want to cover your eyes..." The lights turn in a bright flash which blinds Mal as he puts the joint/inner elbow of his arm over his forehead. "Wash?" "Yes My Captain." "Remind me to have a word with you after we get this deal done." "Well, you better hurry, because the weather is starting to get really bad and we might have to stay here on Serosa for a while - and you know how much I love your words..." Zoe walks by "Are you threatening my Husband again Sir?" "No mam, just wantin to have word, that's all" "Captain, I know your words. They're not words at all, actually. More like grunts..." "Grunts are words, ain't that right Jayne" Jayne walks by and goes back into Serenity. "Guh" "See?" An interior shot of the cargo bay with Jayne walking in shaking his wet cap off - some of which hits Simon "So... it's raining outside... how will that effect the... what are you doing, anyways? I think I heard something about a Haunted House..." "Meetin with a doctor; supplyin whatsevers in that big ole container... Haunted House?? Don't know about that... just old, that's all." "I also heard that this is one of the first terriformed planets, a big disaster, actually... I never learned that in school" "Well, I never went to school... and you've been hearin a lot of things.. who's been tellin you this?" River walks in "I have" "Well, there ain't no such things as Ghosts; don't have to go to school to know that". River walks to the cargo bay door, barefooted, and looks out into the rain and the house, another lightning and thunder clap. Mal knocks on a big oak door with Zoe at his side, they wait a moment. "You think he's home?" "I don't know sir, there's not a lot of places to go or people to see on Serosa, population of about 100 spread out, most of em for research purposes... " "Well, he ain't comin and I don't want to wait for this storm to keep us on this planet. We'll come back when it clears up, so lets get Jayne and haul this thing out. (zoe calls Jayne) This place is very, very, creepifying... infact, it defines the word... infact, the word doesn't even do it justice, the less I see of this place the better, I'll tell ya th-" The door opens before Mal can finish his sentence. A lurch-like figure opens the door as Jayne walks up to Mal and Zoe. Jayne takes one look at the doorman, a flash of lighting and a boom of thunder, a creek in the door, and some shadow play occur at that moment and Jayne takes a big gulp and lets out a dejected grunt. Quick Black. "Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand..." Now inside the house, Mal, Zoe, and Jayne stand by a couch. The room is decorated in a gothic style with a few modern devices. High ceilings and doors, with grim paintings on the walls, dirty oak furnishings with velvet linings - Your typical haunted house. Mal and Zoe keep focused while Jayne looks around and begins to walk around the room. He picks up box and shakes it up to his ear and is about to put it in his pocket when the a balding black man in a white jacket and grey-coloured, almost translucent, contact-lensed eyes enters the room. "Mr. Reynolds, I'm so glad you could make it. I'd appologize about the weather, but unfortunately, this is one of our better days. The terriform project designers didn't think all that far ahead, so after about 75 years the planet started to deteriorate. Now the only thing we can do is see the effects long term degregation does and hope to prevent it on other planets. Oh, how forgetful of me, my name is Dr. Ki, I am a geologist here on Serosa. I thank you for bringing me my equipment; please sit down, can I get you anything to eat or drink?" "No thanks Doc, I think we'll just take our payment and be on our way, thanks." "Oh, I'm very sorry, but that cannot happen." "You can't pay?" "No, you can't leave." "I'm pretty sure we can." "No, you can't leave because the weather is too bad, too much lightning, your ship would explode once you get into the stratusphere. But, you can stay here if you wish, there's certainly enough room." "I think we'll be fine on our ship" Another knock is on the door, Kaylees voice speaks through the walkie talkie "Uh captain? There's been a bit of a problem..." "Problem?" "Uh yeah... it's the ship... it stinks." "Stinks? What do you mean sticks." Inara grabs the Walkie talkie "It smells bad Mal, really, really bad, let us in." (To be continued)

I think I saw the two crackers as the last two but didn't catch who was booted. So Who was booted?

Holy Crap that was a freaky episode. The end there, with the kid... and the matches, and the crazy ahoyhoy. The word game fat dude was a cool lil piece, but neither episode had this sense of urgency.

I told ya! Treat Williams would have made a PERFECT Angel! But nooooooobody listens.

Wow that is awful. Every single part of it... awful...

Then we are even. You introduce me to the wonder that is "Pussy Control", and I suggest a survey.

You know what I would do? And by "do" I mean "think about, talk about, but not actually go through with cause I'm lazy". But... you know what I would do? Poll the board. Poll the WWE folder. Do a survey. I dunno if you can do a board-wide PM, but if it's possible, do that. If you can't, then post a notice in every folder, make a thread in these folders, and -for a week- have each individual poster make a post answering the survey. This doesn't _just_ have to be WWE Folder-related, it can be TSM-related, as in "Why do you come to TSM?" "Where do you spend most of your time?" "Why did you first come to TSM" "What other boards do you post at" "What is your age" "Where do you live" etc. In otherwords, make a database. I think a lot of this info would be beneficial to the board admin because you get a good grasp of the average poster and can make changes (or anticipate problems) accordingly. In the WWE folder, do something similar, but with more specific questions "Would you like to see a daily news thread?" "Do you feel there is too much negativity" "Are there too many posts?", etc. etc. The problem with _this_ thread is that it is in site feedback - I don't know how many people from the WWE folder (a)come in here, and (b)care about what goes on in here. This whole thing would take a long time to implement, however there are certain benefits with that. You get people familiar with the idea of change as-well-as thinking about certain problems on the board and taking a pro-active stance in making the board "better". Also, since you take the opinion on the whole board, you do not only get the opinion of current WWE posters, but former ones as well.

Angel 5.17 FAQ What’s it called? “Underneath.” Who’s responsible? Teleplay is credited to Sarah Fain and Liz Craft (“Harm’s Way”). When was the last time we saw a new “Angel”? March 3. Knox died, and there was a flashback to Winifred leaving for California. The first episode of “Wonderfalls” was still nine days in the future! What did Coax say about this one way back on Feb. 10? “Those thinking that Lindsey was out of the running as ‘Angel’s’ fifth-season big bad were almost certainly right. After Fred is killed, Team Angel decides it needs to recruit someone who might know more than they do about the senior partners. So guess whom they rescue from a Wolfram-engineered purgatory?” What does TV Guide say? “While protecting Eve from a bounty hunter (Adam Baldwin), Angel grills her for info on the Senior Partners' plans and learns that an exiled Lindsey may have all the answers. But first the gang must save him from the torture dimension he currently occupies. Meanwhile, Wes gets to know Illyria better. Lindsey: Christian Kane. Eve: Sarah Thompson.” Adam Baldwin (of “Firefly” fame) plays a bounty hunter? Wasn’t he supposed to be Team Angel’s new liaison to the senior partners? He’s the new liason! I’ve little idea where TV Guide gets this "bounty hunter" business. The big news? This is easily the best thing Fain & Craft have cobbled together. It may be the best thing they ever do in their lives. Prepare to worship at their dainty TV-scribe toes. What else is TV Guide not telling us? You need to tape or TiVo or transcribe this episode. The DVD will never arrive soon enough. How goes Wes’ bonding with Illyria? Does she make him reach for his hanky? Not literally. What’s doing with Spike? James Marsters confirms his god-like status. I’m not certain he’s had more to work with since bolting the Buffster. Did we ever find out why TV Guide called Lindsey “Sean” a few weeks ago? No. This will forever remain a mystery, much like the reason TV Guide described “Buffy’s” evil god Glory as a time-traveler. What’s doing with Krevlornswath? Did his badass self carry a sell-by date? Lorne is all kinds of badass this week, in an entirely different way that you’d expect. Does Amy Acker still look like Fred in the title credits? Like Fred. But also like Illyria. And after seven years of hard work, the increasingly fabulous Mercedes McNab finally achieves regular staus in the Buffiverse. Is all this new? Because I was in the bathroom during the title sequence in 5.16. What’s great? Spike. Krev. Gunn. Wes. Fred. Harmony. Eve. Hamilton. Lindsey. Angel. The Baldwin’s arrival. The ice-cream vendor with the semiautomatic. "Angel's Avengers? That's..." "Beady little rat-snake?" "What I know is I started drinking the moment I found out that a girl I loved was going to die." "Okay, but you know how that never works?" “One world with nothing but shrimp.” “He is well-dressed.” “Didn’t see that coming.” “He’s not so bad!” “I was God to a god.” “Don’t flatter yourself.” “You still happy to see me?” So so so much more. What’s not so great? There ain’t nothing not great in this honey. It’s “Kill Bill Vol. 2” great. It’s “Buffy” great. I say, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” great. All of which is saying something! I may have lied about “Gilmore Girls” being the best show in production! How does it end, spoiler-boy? “I kinda need it now.” Herc’s rating for “Angel” 5.17? ***** The Hercules T. Strong Rating System: ***** better than we deserve

The Maude Flanders thing wasn't what killed my interest in the show, because it was stabbed A LONG time ago and bleeding for a while, but it pretty-much-well shoved it off a cliff and I think I permanently stopped watching after that (with sporadic "click in, click out"'s).

Though it is fitting for Gunn to take Lindsays punishment, Angel won't have him do that forever. I like Angels "consoling" of Gunn, cause he didn't say "It's alright", but he kinda did. Ok, SHIT, I was watching the episode where Freds parents come to LA to find her and that is a *must see* episode for anyone watching Season 5 right now. It puts so much stuff in perspective. And Harmony saying "Yeah but, you know how that never works" (mentioned below) was a *big pop* moment. This episode had so much stuff in it that I have to see it at least 3 times to grasp how good it was.

The competition is basically.. "Fantasia" and "Everyone else" Latoya is the closest challenger cause she blows the other 3 "powerhouses" out of the water. But still, Fantasias range is sooooo bigger than hers. Red officially scares me. Simon says he has no charisma, and I disagree because it's a different kind of charisma... but shit, DON'T FORCE IT! God, Red cannot pull off anything but smooth. It just becomes creepy when he's all bubbly and smiley.