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Only about 2% of the fans. But, well, yes. They were getting about .9's in the ratings. The avg prime time broadcast gets about a 3.8 *does math* that's actually 24%. So basically, 1 in 4 WWE fans watched Confidential.

Genius, how does what you say about "toning down" reflect this statement: "Get used to no women, with the FCC on a rampage WWE will not put women in sexual positions on network television."

1993 Then they totally got shitted on by M.O.M, Godwins, Bodydonnas, and a bunch of make-shift tag teams. I refer to this era as "The Billy Gunn era"

I go by what Ace did in WCW when he actually had power, and he did gave Lance Storm a HUGE push with 3 titles and Lance never looked better. There was a 3 week period where Ace was booking in WCW and the shows were SO MUCH better. I don't get the Ace-hate here. He played the WWE political system and it got him into one of the top positions in the company where he could actually do some good.

Has anyone here actually seen the Swan? I was watching it -thus making me guilty as the rest of the people who watched it- and perhaps for the first time, I was ashamed of television. They were basically having people (who weren't very good looking themselves) tell other people what is beautiful. The results were 2 women who looked like they had plastic surgery (high cheek-bones, full lips) and they weren't any more attractive after than they were before. I'd go as far as to say they looked worse. This is perhaps the worst message a television show has ever made and I'm thinking it had to be sponsored by the plastic surgeons association of america cause you know their rates will increase after this. Making people feel ugly has been a staple of television for as long as I can remember, but I don't think any took it to this length before. Lemme tell you this cause it's the truth, it's the imperfections which make us beautiful. To quote Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers The Power of Myth: Campbell: ...because the only way you can describe a human being truly is by describing his imperfections. The perfect human being is uninteresting--the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. And when the writer sends a dart of the true word, it hurts. But it goes with love. This is what Mann called "erotic irony," the love for that which you are killing with your cruel, analytical word. (...) MOYERS: Perfection would be a bore, wouldn't it? CAMPBELL: It would have to be. It would be inhuman. The umbilical point, the humanity, the thing that makes you human and not supernatural and immortal--that's what's lovable. That is why some people have a very hard time loving God, because there's no imperfection there. You can be in awe, but that would not be real love. It's Christ on the cross that becomes lovable. And this show is basically making beauty a formula. Something that can be created rather than is. The only good thing this show has done is it got the people working out and getting in shape (only after lipo, of course) which is the only healthy thing they did. Because what they are doing is not healthy. They take people looking for gratification, people who will go to extreme lengths to change what they look like on the outside, who are clearly not happy with themselves, and then putting them in situations where they get voted on and thrown aside. And the music used was fucking HORRIBLE.

So Trish "liking it rough" and the subsequent hair pulling and tongue stuffing is what?

Sankei Sports reports that Don Frye will face Yoshiki Takahashi in the first round of the PRIDE Heavyweight GP on April 25th. PRIDE is expected to release their full GP line-up later today

I'm pretty sure I said the same thing about Benoits return back in 02.

Flair has Benjamin in a figure 4. Benoit heatbutts Flair. HHH pedigrees Benoit. HBK superkicks HHH. Batista spinebusters HBK. Foley claws Batista. Orton RKO's Foley. Benjamin rolls up Orton for the win. Sound about right?

Are we talking about the same company that has changed the Canadians place-of-origin? The company that continues to do the montreal finish? The company that had Jericho and Shawn Michaels talking about Montreal only the have uberface Jericho turn back to a heel? Not saying it's happening, but shit, *shakes 8 ball*, "all signs.."

Yeah, cause it's not like on the past 2 occasions that the WWE has ran shows in Edmonton with Benoit on them that they totally screwed him over. ...

Owen/Bret WM 10

Well, it helps me out lots - I can watch Survivor and CSI now without being tied down with Smackdown.

Issues with Chris Jericho: We don't see eye to forehead. *Big Laugh*

And compelling storylines and good wrestling. Don't forget about those... cause it seems the WWE has. New Era indeed.

Why do they still have the audience laugh track when they go on location?

I actually liked the house tours. But I have this thing about houses...

Did you notice that Richard Clarke sounds a lot like Vince McMahon? Not just in tone, but in speech pattern as well. Really weird. Oh, and I don't watch smackdown. I tried tonight, but I figured I had more pressing matters to deal with... tying my shoe laces in knots and then trying to untie them, for example.

*smacks head* I'll especially miss those... and the photo shoots for magazines... You won't believe how often, as a child, I wondered "what would it be like to actually BE there, behind the scenes... of photo shoots and seeing how they do those highlarious ppv commercials". Why, I'd stay up all night just thinking about it.

Damn CC, you ruined my joke. HHH: Listen, Vince... I don't like this idea of me and Edge.. Vince: What son, you don't want to feud with him? HHH: Well, it's not that..exactly.. it's just that, I don't feel I should put someone over who will just get injured all the time and won't be able to pay off the investment, you know? Unknown Voice: AW THAT'S BULLSH- *RVD, Booker, Kane fall from the ceiling* *HHH and Vince look down at them* *Booker coughs from all the dust, Kane looks up, and RVD had a dejected look on his face*

As long as we have our memories CC... *bites fist* they can never take that from us You forgot about football players doing the "five time" hand stare. WWE Wrestlers at autograph signings and being there "for the troops". And about 100 profiles on Trish Stratus. Come to think of it, maybe they're just changing the shows name to Confistratus.

"'Dear Homer, I.O.U. one emergency donut. Signed, Homer.' Bastard! He's always one step ahead!" -Homer Abe:"We have to kill the boy!" Marge:"How'd you know he was a vampire?" Abe:"He's a vampire?! Ahhhhhh!!"

The only bad thing about this (if it's true) is that where does it leave Mean Gene?? They underuse him now as is.

AAAAAAH! I forgot the best fucking one! The Treehouse of Horror w/ Bart Simpsons Dracula... you don't fuck with that. EVER.

That's why I don't spend a lot of time over at the Sherdog Messageboards. I praised them once, but I was naive and mistook their stupidity for enthusiasm. All they really have going for them there is the fighter forum, which I frequent about once a week.