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Best part about this was when Tazz said in response, "Lobmows, what's lowmows?" They're such badasses when they're kicking guy's asses, but when you give them the mic no one can understand half of what they're saying. I think they could totally benefit with some sort of mouthpiece.

Spike responds to his firing:

Out of all the wrestlers employed by WCW talent at the time of the buyout, only Booker T, Rey Mysterio, Shane Helms, and Kerwin White still have jobs on TV. That's four wrestlers out of the entire roster... and yet Viscera is here. I have a trouble accepting failed potential as an explanation for all the others.

The belief is that this will be an all male BSS show, as Metric, Feist and Stars are all booked either on that day or out of the country the next. Should still be awesome nonetheless. Feist at Harbourfront last Friday was excellent. Fireworks exploding in the background as she played her songs... it was great.

Hey fellas. I've always heard a lot of great things about this promotion and I'm looking to get into it. Who are the major characters and what are the main feuds that have been happening since the company began? Any knowledge or praise about why you like/dislike the promotion is appreciated.

Thanks guys, for all the input. What kind of match was this?

Ah yes, X-pac, the WWF's "Martial Arts Expert". How does one achieve "expert" status in the martial arts? Spinning back kick. That's all there is to it.

This is the same no-chin fatass who used to commentate Metal and did those Slam Jam segments each week? Now he's refuting racism allegations? What a bad-ass. Unleash your hate upon the world, Kevin Kelly!

The company is clinging onto its Attitude-era successes, which they believe sex and shock value to be a big part of. While that may be true, how shocking is a fucking swimsuit competition, nevermind that there's one each week. It's ridiculous how they're using up this airtime. Just stop and think about what we're being made to watch here: GIRLS WALK DOWN TO THE RING TO ROCK MUSIC, SMILING, READY TO UNDRESS. GIRLS UNDRESS AND SHOW OFF BODY PARTS TO AUDIENCE AND DANCE ABOUT GIDDILY TO ROCK MUSIC. GIRL IS PICKED WINNER. GIRLS DANCE GIDDILY TO ROCK MUSIC. I'm a 21 year old male without any mental defects. SHOULD I BE WATCHING THIS? This is exactly the kind of TV that makes people dumb. It's like those "girls on trampoline" segments on The Man Show, only on that show, they acknowledge that what you're watching is really stupid, which is what makes it funny. The problem is that the WWE is aiming to cater to that "retarded" demographic. Just accept that this show is largely catered towards 12 year olds and really, really dumb people, and you may get a laugh out of it.

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They've already built it once so they can probably speed up the process considerably. Plus, construction technology must've surely improved over the 20 years. Maybe they have more funding and manpower this time around due to the lack of Senate and perhaps some sympathy for the Empire for having lost that huge thing and the people within it. They could have played it up like it was 9/11 with all the fundraising and volunteers willing to help out. And the Force probably figures in there somehow. The Force explains all plot holes. I just watched Episode IV again, and is that Wedge a little bitch or what? "Uh oh, my engine broke down, I have to go!" He's the coward of Star Wars. And why didn't Chewbacca receive a medal at the end?

They didn't have a choice. If they stiffed the cabbie, they'd be breaking the law, which is against the rules. Remember what happened to Colin & Christie and the Bowling Moms a couple of races ago? The producers told all the teams assembled at the mat that the first team had arrived, but would not be checked in until they paid for their cab. Which goes with all the unneccessary drama the producers want to cram into this show.

I haven't heard the whole record. So far I like This Is Such A Pity and Hold Me, but the rhymes for this song are really awful: "We Are All On Drugs" When you're out with your friends In your new Mercedes-Benz And you're on drugs And you show up late for school 'Cause you think you're really cool When you're on drugs And you put on your headphones And you step into the zone When you're on drugs But the world don't care If you are not there 'Cause you're on drugs GIVE IT TO ME We are all on drugs yeah Never getting enough (never get enough) We are all on drugs yeah Give me some of that stuff (WOO)

Uchenna and Joyce annoy the shit out of me. How goody-goody can people get? Staying behind the $1,000,000 finish line to beg for $25 to pay your cabbie? Okay, you're the underdog, minority, good guys with hearts of gold, I get it. You helped the old couple when you weren't supposed to, you felt bad for the orphans, and all that shit. It's just gone to the point of annoyance. If this show proves anything, it's that Bruckheimer is able to work in his sappy characters even under the guise of "reality". This show makes me dislike black people, and I'm ASIAN. Any team who makes it this far deserves the win, but if you're talking about deserving, no one deserves that money more than Rob, who never forgot that this was a contest and ignored all that moral principle-bullshit that "reality" TV producers love so much.

This whole thing has rekindled my love of professional wrestling. There's really no other place I could find stuff like this. I love how the reality lines get blurred when this personal stuff leaks into the live TV product. It's just so awesome.

Is your knowledge of music that basic or do you just like to antagonize? Because you're pretty good at that. Chord progression, rhythm, employment of that same, simplistic, bare-instrumentational style with an anthemic chorus. The songs are alike, is all I'm saying. Hate one, love the other, hate both, I don't care. I really just wrote that offhandedly and didn't think it would be taken so seriously.

I never meant to allude to Undone as being a bad song. My point was that the simplistic style and structures of the songs are very similar, and while come to think of it, Undone is superior in terms of nonsensical lyrical wit, musically speaking, it's not so far off from Beverly Hills, so I'd like to understand why there are such differences in the levels of hate/praise for each.

To put a "maybe" in front of Say It Ain't So in your analysis speaks VOLUMES about musical sensibility. I agree, however, that the Blue Album is not a classic, as some may suggest. If it came out today it certainly would not have that status. Maybe if some of the tracks were replaced with its b-sides (ie. Mykel & Carli, Susanne, Jamie). The band's greatest achievement will always be Pinkerton, which is what I largely attribute all the disappointment of the material since to. The Green Album is a totally decent pop record, minus the quality in the lyrics and thought put into its solos. I initially hated it because I was expecting the depth of a Pinkerton and was instead fed an - in comparison - totally superficial and predictable record. Listening to it 4 years later, however, it's actually got a lot of overlooked quality material, such as Smile and O Girlfriend. Hash Pipe, however, will always be a bad song in disguise. As alluded to earlier, the only reason it's as "good" as it is is because of the repetition it received from the band's hype stemming from their post-Pinkerton 5 year hiatus. Alright, maybe it's not such a bad song, just not good. But if you're gonna compare the band's post-Pinkerton releases, "Beverly Hills" is a much better song than that. It's just so popular these days to say "Weezer were so much better during Pinkerton" that I feel compelled to like this song in spite of all that, you know? It's like liking a Britney Spears song to me. And it's actually quite catchy. I'd even put it on the level of Undone. The chord progression is essentially the same. Exchange the choruses over each song. Same thing. I don't see how someone would like one but hate the other, aside from any previous attachment he/she may have to a song.

Is there a recap of this anywhere on the net?

What kind of sick, sad man would even think of doing something like that?

Do you guys think, in order to give the UFC's roster of fighters some mainstream exposure, that TUF should have had guest coaches each week, similar to what they did in (ugh, I'm sorry...) Tough Enough? They could've shown brief highlight packages for each guest coach and given them brief introductions. Take the opportunity to build-up their best fighters who we'll regularly see on the PPVs, rather than just a bunch of new guys who aren't nearly as good and may never make it on a card.

The "Elvis impersonator" has become too much of a cheesy cliche to be taken seriously. I think audiences would dismiss the idea just because of that. Maybe it will work someday, who knows.

Anyone have the lyrics to the theme song? It's such bad rap-metal shit but it's so damn catchy! Let me try to help you guys out: THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ULTIMATE IS WAR THEY ARE THE MODERN WARRIORS ANOTHER HIT IS LANDING ANOTHER HIT IS LANDING STEP TO THE LJSDJFSLKJLKSAJFSjLKDJFSLJSFD (chorus) BOOM! YOU'RE GONNA GET HIT YOU'RE GONNA GET KNOCKED OUT YOU'RE GONNA FEEL IT THIS IS THE ULTIMATE

Anyone else feel bad for Meredith/Gretchen after the first leg when Phil told them that it was non-elimination? The look on their faces was like, "Oh shit. Why can't you just let us off of the damn race already. Now you're going to take all our shit? Stop torturing us, you sick fucks." But it all worked out for them in the end, so good for them.

I wanted more weeks of build-up for the brothers/barbies relationship before their inevitable footrace against eachother to the pit stop, but oh well. I have to believe that that's what the producers of the show hoped for as well. You put teams two good looking girls and two good looking guys together on the show and they're bound to hook up.