RavishingRickRudo

Apparently, there was a guy dressed up like Hogan and another guy dressed up like Macho Man there tonight.

I wanted to vomit. I still want to vomit. *Reads Dmanns post* *Vomits*

Did anyone else think Taker is ripping off Heath Herring with his Cowboy hat and long leather jacket look? You can talk about K-1 in here... just don't expect me to talk about it with you

Add me and LOTC to the "inch away from the TV scream yelling "TAP""

Please point out the ***+ Taker matches in 2003 outside of the Angle match. I count zero. Ok, and where are the ***+ Big Show matches, then?

I would be more surprised that Benoit had a good shirt and Eddie had an AWESOME shirt.

Big Show wasn't 2003 MVP; Taker did better that year, Angle did, Benoit did, Lesnar did and Eddie did. He did carry that match vs. Cena though; not exactly a good thing, though.

Not Even Close

He is the Texas Crazy Deadman~!

The Takayama/Shilt match is disturbing. Takayama took a beating against Frye, but IMO the Shilt one was worse cause his head almost flew off his body.

Anybody have any ideas for my next highlight? Fighters? Music? I would love to see highlights of more unknown fighters and promotions, myself. Something that could help introduce people like me to things beyond PRIDE and the UFC. And an Akira Shoji highlight reel "Adrenaline" by Gavin Rosdale (used for Unforgiven 2002 in the WWE), Staind's "So far away", hell, anything from AC/DC...

IMO, the only reasons to get the earlier PRIDEs is for Nostalgia and Novelty. The better stuff is clearly after the Grand Prix. If you're asking if you should get PRIDE 8, sure. It's a historically notable event (first Sakuraba/Gracie match), it has early Silva, Iha/Trigg was a really fun match, as was Gracie/Otsuka IIRC (I've only seen it once), and you've got your stinkers on it but there is some stuff on there worth getting. That is the infamous "timerbeeeer *punch punch punch*" which is all in good, clean fun. PRIDE 6 and PRIDE 4 are also pretty decent shows IIRC. The reasons to get these 3 events would be more to fill out your collection than anything. But if you've got money to spend... How are the newer PRIDE DVD's? I only have PRIDE 9 and it just has fighter bios and a history of PRIDE for extras.

Reading it again, I guess it wasn't horrible; it's just not representitive of my current review style. It's too corny and DEAN-ish (which only DEAN should do) and Baisdenesque. It's better than most reviews, however, because the majority of reviewers recap; they don't really offer any analysis or thoughts and I tried to do that a bit in this one rather than all Play by Play.

MMA is a huge mixed bag. There are a lot of excellent events out there and there are some stinkers. For example, I am watching UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 and it fucking sucks ass. Donkey Ass. Big fat Donkey ass. This is sleep inducing and I turned the VCR off cause I'll never watch this event again (they didn't show the match you wanted to see lei). Lemme put it in perspective: Today I watched two shows: UFC 40: Vendetta, and UFC 23: Ultimate Japan. One of the UFCs best shows vs. one of their worst. I would say that UFC 40 is a better representation of the quality of MMA today than UFC 23. Since UFC 40 we had PRIDE 25, UFC 43, PRIDE TE, UFC 44, and PRIDE FC. 6 Events that are just AWESOME. Then there are PRIDE 24, UFC 41, UFC 42, PRIDE 26 UFC 45, PRIDE Bushido, and UFC 46. *All* of these shows were _at least_ "Good". MMA has a freaky success rate over the past year-and-change and that's because of the quality of fighters. It's almost impossible to have a bad show because these guys are so good and well trained. Cold Fury 2 is nowhere near the best that there is to see. It's not a horrible card by any means (IIRC), but there's no "Big match" in it. And the "Big Match" is really important and can really make you excited; even more than you thought you could be. PRIDE was at a transition period at that time from changing the old guard with the new guard and this card was kinda throw-away considering what surrounded it. Ninja, Silva, Jackson are the three names from that show that carry on strong to today. Shoji, Vovchanchyn, Matsui are names from the earlier PRIDEs. The rest of the names aren't real superstars; Overeem, Takayama, Shilt, Horn, Yamamoto, Steibling, Goes... they're "names" you know, but not many people get hot over them. I wouldn't say this is what you should expect from MMA, but it's something you shouldn't ignore.

Yeah, it's not only lame; it's horrible. But I finished watching UFC 40 where Chuck Liddell destroyed Babalu and where Tito Ortiz raped Shamrock; Chuck REALLY wanted that belt and Tito was unwilling to give it to him. I am *HYPED* for this match now.

I watched it. I really liked it. I don't LOVE it, though. But that's the way I am with any new show when I'm not familiar with the characters or even the actors. It's actually a testiment to the show that I really like it. I do have problems with it, however. The toys, thus far, are a bit annoying and the visual style (the fast zooming stuff) is a lil overdone. However, what I like far outweighs what I won't. The star is just great; I love the way she uses her eyes. When it all started to come together, I could really feel it and it felt good. I can see really getting into this show. WHOO HOO! This week I found two shows (Cracking up being the other) that I really like; maybe television isn't doomed post-angel. These two, with CSI and American Idol, it might be the most TV I've watched it years.

Ok, this thread is just for random MMA discussion. Any significant news and PPV threads stay out. Anything goes in here: Favourite Fighter, Favourite Event, Favourite Fight, Dream Matches, etc. etc. etc. If you want to talk about something but don't feel like it warrants a thread, well, here's one for you. What spawned this? I just finished watching UFC 40: Vendetta. I found it on an unmarked tape and it was the first time I watched it since it happened. I remembered it as a great event but SHIT this is an AWESOME event. I don't think I gave it enough credit. EVERY undercard match was fun to watch. The main event was better live because you had that "anything can happen" feel; but I was SHOCKED at how good that undercard was when I was watching it tonight. Weir vs. Miller was amazing! The show had a ton of sweet finishes; Arlovski, Lawler, and Liddell, all with KTFO endings. A must-see show. I can't believe I forgot about how good it was.

I'm recording it, if that match is shown I'll try and send you it.

How can you two be fighting at a time like this! For all we know, Dames could be tied up and a tiny lil spider could be walking towards him right now, as we speak. My god, the fear in that poor little soul... I can almost feel it myself. *Lights another candle*

Come home soon Dames, come home soon.

The WWE will *never* *ever* *ever* let the cruiserweights shine bright.

1. Katsuhisa Fujii vs. Masutatsu Yano 2 Kenichi Yamamoto vs. Daiju Takase 3 Eugene Jackson vs. Keiichiro Yamamiya 4 Joe Slick vs. Jason Delucia 5 Kenichi Yamamoto vs. Katsuhisa Fujii 6 Pedro Rizzo vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 7 Kevin Randleman vs. Pete Williams I believe it's from UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2.

"Don't care"

I was just about to post that as its own thread, but I guess this will do It's a 2 hour block as well, which have been really fun to watch.