RavishingRickRudo

Shane should have been one of the first people squashed.

Goldberg vs. HHH will be a "street fight" or "No Dq" or something where trip can use his trusted S&M tactics. I am not saying that HHH and Goldberg shouldn't "Talk", I am just saying they shouldn't spend 15 minutes talking when it all could be said in 3 minutes and have the same effect.

How were they selling the show? Goldbergs "career" schtick came out-of-nowhere thus creating little momentum or interest (not to mention how fucking stupid it is), HHH talking about beating Austin and Rock was completely unrelated to his title reign (which should have gone from RVD to Kane to HBK to Steiner to Booker to Nash - but I guess Steiner and Booker aren't just the big names) and was only there as a dig, calling Angle a Paper Champion and Smackdown a minor league was counter productive and seemed more like sabotage than selling as it was completely unwarranted and unfounded, then there's HHH talking about how pretty his body is, which needless to say is pointless. Goldberg standing in the ring looking like a big goof with that grin on his face saying "ass" every-other-word didn't help either. So what was being sold here?

Character development? How did their characters develop? HHH was still HHH, Goldberg was still Goldberg, Flair and Orton were still carrying HHH's luggage and stayed in the background. Hell, the only thing that developed was their fashion sense as they've switched to cabana wear rather than suits and sport jackets.

The less time Goldberg talks, the better. His fascination with HHH's ass and it's size is baffling. That's 5 minutes of Goldberg talking about HHH's ass and how it's his. If HHH didn't spend so much time putting himself over at the expense of others, the promo would have been cut by 5 minutes. That's 10 minutes of needless chatter. 10 minutes that could have gone to getting someone else over. The WWE needs to be more efficient with their time and realize time is not expendable.

The HHH/Goldberg interview totally turned me off Raw last night. Whenever something could be said in 3 minutes, but takes up 15 - you know you're going to get a bad show. Goldberg: HHH, get out here or I will come back there and beat your ass. *HHH comes out* HHH: Goldberg, I'm the champ, I beat you last night, look at my muscles. Goldberg: I want a match. HHH: No... there isn't anything I want from you... expect one thing, put your career on the line. Goldberg: Ok. JR: BAH GAWD *over*

Don't look at me, I don't make em...

Ok, when you say "friends" you don't mean "people I meet on wrestling boards" right? I only know 1 person who watches it, they barely do. I know LOTS of people who watch*ed* it.

Shouldn't the title be enough of a reason to want to watch it? It seems so needless considering Goldberg has only been in the WWE for 6 months and wrestling in general for 6 years.

Probably the same amount of times the McMahons want to take up TV.

Why was the "retirement" angle put in the match?

From MMAWEEKLY.com UFC president Dana White appeared on Monday's MMAWeekly Radio Show and announced a massive awareness campaign that the UFC will be running on national television to raise awareness about mixed martial arts. It wasn't the announcement of a weekly TV deal as many fans were hoping, but it was probably the next best thing as far as mainstream awareness for the sport of MMA. The advertising campaign will debut on September 5 in the form of a 30-minute infomercial that will air on Spike TV and Comedy Central more than 250 times in a two-week period. Spike TV is the new name for TNN and is also the home of the WWE, which consistantly has one of the highest-rated shows on cable television with WWE Raw. Dana White has said on the record that the UFC is talking with Spike TV (and a few other networks) about a weekly TV show for the UFC, and he reaffirmed those statements on Monday's radio show. The UFC is not in negotiations to have a weekly TV show on Comedy Central, but airing the infomercial on Comedy Central makes sense because the network does extremely well in the 18-to-49-year-old male demographic that is coveted by TV advertisers and is also the primary audience for MMA. Hosted by respected Showtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein, the 30-minute show will be called "From Spectacle to Sport" and will educate people about what MMA used to be and what it is today. It is not known if the infomercial will be mentioned by WWE announcers on Spike TV, but it certainly isn't out of the question given the UFC's friendly working relationship with the WWE. The air times for the "Spectacle to the Sport" show will be advertised in commercials that will air on numerous TV networks, including Fox, ESPN, and ESPN 2. Dana White also announced that the UFC is back on its way to pay-per-view in the United Kingdom. Though he couldn't reveal all of the details due to the fact that the deal isn't completely done yet, UFC 44 will be available on pay-per-view in London. Based on how well the London public responds to the event, the same British partner company will hopefully pick up future UFC events (starting with UFC 45) that would air throughout the UK on traditional PPV and also on closed-circuit TV in movie theaters. http://www.mmaweekly.com/this_week/news/3_tuesday.html

It's very much like HHH to keep out of the spotlight, isn't it?

HBK didn't make Nash look like a monster, he just made himself look like a pinball. It's not "Did you see what Nash did to Shawn!" it's "Did you see how Shawn took that!"...

I have a friend who has stopped watching wrestling but tunes in from time to time. I was telling him about the Shane/Kane storyline today... "Dude, that's fuckin stupid, why do you still watch that shit?"

Maybe we should have an Angel: Season 5 thread start up in a few weeks... it could get this many pay..pay... *looks a amount of pages*... pay... pay... pay...

No. There isn't.

But he's the good McMahon.

Keyword: MOST. You don't get it BWG, Vince is going for the tried, tested and true backwoods banjo-playing demographic. You kids and your Rock n Roll music, you just don't see the big picture..

Hmm, it was quite similar to Bas'... *looks around for a moment* FERAL GRIN. *Thumbs up, Big Pop*

They're just getting rid of all the shit before the new fall season starts. When TNFS starts we'll get back to the quality television that the WWE is known for. ...it's a shame no one can see the big-ass grin on my face as I am writing this.

If the first segment didn't turn you off, then ya deserved to get the bad show you got. Seriously, when they start it off like THAT, get the hell outta dodge.

So they should fire Vince?

Well all can't speak with one-liners like you Mike...

ME? Bullshit???????????????? ME??????????? So in otherwords... *plugs ears* LALLALALALALALALA LALALALALALALALAA SHAWN ROOLZ! LALALALALLALALALA LALALALALLLALALLA