jwpeer

Who's HTK? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Looks to me like a typo from HTM or Honky Tonk Man. Simple m to k typo

You know what else could miraculously happen...WVU and USF beat two of the ACC's top teams and suddenly make the Big East look -really- friggin good Hey, it's so totally unlikely, but what else can I hope for. As a Pitt student my only solace as that unlike our former coach's team, we actually BEAT our 1-AA opponent

it's been like that for months now, and I've never seen him use it. The most phantom finisher in the universe. I just had an idea: Get the modified swinging neckbreaker really over, call it the MSN and get advertising dollars from Microsoft!!!

Yeah, I just would have rather seen Landon maybe get me in a quick leglock or something and have me tap out real quick with the knee than being pinned. It's not that I didn't think you had other plans with it, I was just upset that I lost to that finish as it really kinda killed your match in my eyes. I'm over it now, already 1/3 through my next match.

ROFLMFAO at the HGH pumping through his veins line. That's too funny.

Depends on how he's built though. I'm 5'10" (barely) and I weigh from 230-240 yet only look about 180-190 at most. And i'm not even heavily muscled, I could probably put on 20 pounds if I worked at it. I can definitely buy him being 265-275. Variations in bone density can contribute a lot to your weight, as well as just how much water weight your body can hold. Everyone's physiological makeup is slightly different

Have to agree with this, they would love to have a short guy listed at 300 lbs that doesn't look totally roided out (I'm sure he takes something, but he isn't ridiculously overdeveloped like Masters)

Ricky did lose a lot of weight, and no one really knows just how much he's gotten back. I might use him in short yardage situations, and maybe in the 3rd/4th quarter to really beat on a tired defense, but early in the game I'd let Brown have the carries. Chad Johnson is gonna be 'covered' by Dunta Robinson I would imagine, and that could be a really good matchup as Robinson is fast, young, and has decent size. Chad Johnson will still make him look stupid though (Good for my fantasy team!)

(That made me laugh out loud at 8 in the morning on like 6 hours of sleep)

He's in our match too. He doesn't do much, just sits down and watches (That's what we were told he would do) I appreciate the explanation. Sorry about the outburst, I just wasn't really happy with the ending. Oh well.

Sorry to offend. I'm normally quite fine with losing, I've asked twice for feedback on the decision, but I've never disagreed with anyone. Losing happens, cool. I'm not upset at losing, I'm upset at the way I lost. I feel like I've been totally jobbed out. It's a bit upsetting, don't'ya'know. It's just as disrespectful to me as well to go through the match, say "Hey this is decent, I can see where someone might like this more, I wonder if they make me tap out..." and then all of a sudden a nonsensical finish occurs that DOES make me question the decision. I'm sorry if it's a problem to make it public, but I simply reacted openly. I felt no reason to hide my disagreement in this case.

As the commercials end the people at home who’ve managed to stay awake (or those that just zapped back) get a shot of the totally filled to the brim arena as Pete and King welcomes everyone back. “Welcome back to Lockdown fans” Pete says with a smile, always happy to be on the air. “and to those that chose to change the channel and are now watching some por” “ridge!! Porridge documentary on Discovery, well to them we say – you are about to miss out on some great action” Pete quickly covers “Porridge?” King says more than just a little insulted that Pete couldn’t come up with a better way to cover up the word “porn”. Both Pete and King’s train of thought is derailed as Max King walks out through the curtains. No music, no video or anything to herald his entrance, just Max King walking down the aisle with a steel chair in his hand. “What is he doing here?” Pete asks with the same kind of surprise that every “He doesn’t work here” angle gets. “Maybe he’s tired of you talking out of your …. Posterior” King says, almost physically hurting himself by saying posterior instead of ass Max just takes the chair and sets it up in the far away corner right inside the guardrail and then sits down like he’s about to watch the match. “He’s here to watch Maddix in action” Pete finally figures out “Well then he’s the only one that’s ever come SPECIFICALLY to see that” King replies showing his distaste for Landon Maddix. "PREPARE...FOR...LANDON!" ...WAAAAAHHHHH... *DUM DUM* But instead of “Megalomaniac” playing on the music changes to “Learning to Fly” as the arena lights dim down. JAY HAW-KE SUCKS!! LAN-DON SUCK!! JAY HAW-KE SUCKS!! LAN-DON SUCK!! “It’s a duelling chant tonight King” “Yeah but they’re only right when they say Landon sucks Pete, Hawke is superior to each and every fan in the arena” King feels obliged to point out. Funyon: Introducing first at a combined weight of 437 pounds. From Cucaracha International – Landon Maddix and the SWF International Champion “The Dean of Professional Wrestling"...Jay Hawke!! A single spotlight shines on the entrance where Maddix and Hawke walk out side by side. Maddix in his trademark sleeveless leather coat and Jay in his dazzling black and purple robe. “Score one for team unity” Pete pipes in and the two men get up on the apron. “Team unity – You’re telling me Maddix knows anything about team loyalty? Don’t make me laugh” King scoffs. Jay takes off his robe to reveal the International title that’s proudly displayed around his waist while Maddix takes off his jacket as well and then both drop them on a ringside attendant before leaping into the ring. Maddix stops in his tracks for a moment as he sees Max King sitting at ringside. Jay Hawke is just about to scale the turnbuckles when long flames of blue shoot out from the ringposts. A heavy guitar riff slices through the silence of the crowd followed by “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?” “Oh man if he had been just a little quicker he could have been toast” Pete says, mortified of what could have happened. Funyon: And their opponents weighing in at a combined 544 pounds, the Mastermind, the Hardcore champion. Marcus Ward, Bruce Blank – the NIGHTMARE EXPRESS!! At this point in time the lights are flashing up and down the aisle followed by a multicolored explosion that lights up the entire arena BOOOOOM!!! - "TERROR TERROR, EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!" Bruce Blank and Marcus Ward step through the curtains bathed in blue light as they walk towards the ring. Then when the song hits REIGN OF TERROR!! Bruce and Marcus both run to the ring, slide in and then approach the awaiting Hawke and Maddix. Referee XXX quickly gets between them to keep the teams separate and almost gets squashed as Bruce gets right in Hawke’s face. “The Hardcore champion giving the International champion a little greeting Pete, nice to see some professional courtesy” King says. “Courtesy? Looked more like he was ready to attack him King” Pete replies. “Never! It’s family friendly rules, not before the handshake and all that shit” … “atzu” King adds when Pete says nothing. “and all that Shiatsu, very common expression from where I’m from” King tries to cover. Bruce and Marcus put on HUGE smiles as they hold their hands out towards their opponents. Maddix reluctantly shakes Marcus Ward’s hand while Jay Hawke keeps an eye out for any and all signs of an attack as he shakes Bruce’s hand. Then Bruce reaches over and shakes the referee’s hand while Marcus Ward shakes Jay Hawke’s hand to everyone’s confusion “What the he…ck is going on” Pete asks Bruce reaches out and puts his huge hand in Marcus’ and they shake hands as well as both Maddix and Hawke try to figure out what the heck they’re up to. “Awww look at them embrace the family friendly spirit Pete. You just don’t see stuff like that ever day” King says. Then Ward shakes the referee’s hand while Bruce grabs Landon’s hand. As Ward violently shakes the referee’s hand Bruce launches at Maddix with a stiff clothesline behind the referee’s back. “HA!! Maddix learned a valuable lesson, never trust a redneck who wants to shake your hand!!” King says gloating as Maddix got hit right in the face. “The match had not started yet, it’s an automatic disqualification” Pete says, you can almost hear his righteous indignation. “You forget that the handshake had taken place, technically the match has started” King follows up just to rub it in. Hawke reluctantly steps through the ropes to the apron while the Mastermind is only more than happy to oblige the referee. He even makes a big deal out of showing everyone that he’s holding on to the tag rope as he watches the action in the ring. Bruce sends a series of clubbing right forearm blows down over the neck and back of Landon, quickly taking control of the match. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! “Are they seriously backing Maddix??” King asks incredulously. “I think they’re booing Bruce, that doesn’t mean they’ll cheer for Maddix” Pete speculates. And it turns out to be very true, Landon tries to fight back by poking Bruce in the eye with his thumb. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! But the reprieve is short lived as Bruce still has one good eye and one knee that he plants right upside Maddix’ head knocking him off his knees and onto his back. Bruce grabs Landon by the hair and pulls him to his feet, then throws him into the corner. “Oh look at the crybaby – “Oh, oh meanie Bruce pulled my hair”” King says mockingly as Maddix begins to complain about the hairpull to the referee. “Yeah but it DID happen” Pete isn’t slow to say. “Give me a break, fight like a man – don’t run crying to the referee” King says to put a close to that argument. The complaining to the referee has meant that Bruce had to back off for a second, but he quickly moves the referee out of the way and then goes for a clothesline once more. Landon sees this one coming and quickly ducks under the massive arm. Maddix quickly goes for a drop kick… That’s brushed off by the much bigger Bruce who just pushes Landon’s feet to the side and then kicks him in the back of the head. Bruce pulls La Cucaracha back to his feet, then he grabs Landon around the throat with both hands and lifts him up in the air. “Hawke just tagged in! He slapped Maddix on the leg as Bruce lifted him up” Pete says telling the fans at home what happened in case the camera angle didn’t properly reveal it. Hawke enters the ring and before Bruce can react he’s kneed the big man right in the back making Bruce drop Maddix. Maddix leaves the ring as Hawke takes advantage of his position to lock in an inverted headlock and then drop straight down in a DDT motion driving Bruce’s left shoulder right into his knee. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! “Man the fans are hating on everyone tonight King” Pete says surprised of the consistently hostile reaction to everyone in the ring. “Could it be that all 4 people are heartless, ruthless bastards and that people just don’t like ANY of them?” King asks. Jay gets back up looking down at Bruce who’s on the canvas. Then he runs towards the ropes, looking for a bit more momentum from the ropes. The second his body touches the ropes Marcus Ward uses all of his weight to pull the top rope down, resulting in Hawke flipping out of the ring and landing on the floor with a thud. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Ward taps the side of his head as he motions for Bruce to tag him in. The redneck quickly obliges and seconds later the Mastermind is the legal man in the ring. Being Lockdown and with the family friendly rules and all Marcus Ward knows better than to try and jump to the floor. Instead he waits patiently for Hawke to get up and slide under the bottom rope. Then he pounces, the second Hawke is under the ropes Ward drives an elbow into the back of the Dean and then goes for a headlock. “Dean reversed out of it, he moved backwards and has Ward in a hammer lock” Pete explains with excitement. King doesn’t feel the need to point out that Ward reversed the hammerlock to one of his own, everyone can clearly see that on their TV screens. Ward smirks as he locks the Hammerlock tight on Hawke but the smirk is wiped off his face as Hawke reaches up behind Ward’s head, grips on tight and then flips himself over Ward’s head. Hawke would definitely have gained the advantage with this motion if it wasn’t for the fact that Bruce stretched his long arm out and tagged Ward on the shoulder the second Hawke flipped up in the air. “Jay has no idea Bruce tagged in” Pete says as the International champion locks a waist lock on Marcus Ward. Bruce steps into the ring and helps the Mastermind drive his body backwards into the corner squashing Hawke. Marcus quickly steps through the ropes and out on the apron as Bruce takes over once more. The Hardcore champion goes for a clothesline in the corner but Hawke is too quick for him as he ducks down and crawls through Bruce’s legs. “Man look at him crawl” Pete says as Jay quickly crawls on his hands and knees and then quickly tags in Landon before Bruce can even catch him. Bruce just stares at the much smaller opponent, not rushing anything but letting Landon come to him. “Don’t try to finess him Bruce, just pound him into hamburger” King bellows trying to get the big man’s attention. Bruce tries to go for a collar and elbow tie up but Maddix is too smart to fall for it so he fakes Bruce out and then ducks under. A quick kick to the gut doubles Bruce over and gives Maddix an opening to get momentum off the ropes. “Did you notice Landon picked a rope that Ward couldn’t get to?” Pete says quite impressed. “You mistake lucky with good Pete” Maddix comes off the ropes, leaps into the air and… Is grabbed out of the air by Bruce, who then flips him up on his shoulder and runs straight towards the turnbuckles. *BAM!!* Bruce slams Landon’s upper body straight into the top turnbuckle, then he turns around and lands a running power slam on Maddix. “Look at Ward! He’s yelling at Bruce to tag him in” King says, excited as he’s about to see Maddix get beaten up some more. “Oh now he wants in, when Maddix is down” Pete says, not impressed with Ward’s tactics. “Is there a better time to tag in Pete?” Bruce grabs Landon’s right knee pad and quickly pulls it down around the ankle before locking on a single leg Boston Crab. Then he reaches out and tags in Ward. Hawke can only stand by and watch as Ward runs at Landon and then kicks him right in his unprotected knee. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Bruce steps out on the apron as Marcus begins to work over Maddix on the canvas. Ward lines up and then drops a knee right to the lower back of Landon, repeating the move 2 more times as he begins to work on the back of La Cucaracha. “I think Max likes what he sees” King says as he notices Max King applauding the move from ringside. “Yeah I don’t think we need to ask him his intentions tonight” Pete says as he watches Marcus Ward pull Maddix to his feet before he yells out. I’M IN TOTAL CONTROL! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Ward throws Maddix into the ropes, catches him on the rebound and quickly spins the much lighter opponent round in the air before bringing him down back first onto his knee. “Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker” Pete calls out, maybe thinking the show was on radio or something. “What makes Ward such a dangerous competitor is how he follows up on it.” King remarks as Ward presses down on Maddix’s head and hips bending the youngster over his knee. Ward looks over at Bruce who nods, then he raises his arm in the air as Ward brings Maddix back to his feet. “What’s he going to do here”? Pete asks as Ward grabs Landon by the back of the head. “BWA HA HA HA HA!!” King laughs so hard he snorts as he watches Maddix’s face being shoved into Bruce’s smelly, sweaty armpit. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Hawke is on his side of the ring, holding on to the tag rope as he watches on helplessly. Ward tags in Bruce. The Mastermind quickly hooks Landon’s legs under his arms and catapults him into the air, straight into a stiff clothesline from Bruce that sends Landon 360 in the air before he lands on the canvas. Bruce reaches down and messes with Maddix’s hair, mocking him for complaining about it earlier. Then he picks the smaller guy up – wraps his arms around him and starts to squeeze in a vice like bear hug. SQUEEZE BRUCE!! Ward shouts encouragements from the apron as Bruce locks the hold on tighter and tighter every time Landon exhales, constricting the chest more and more with every breath. “Can roaches survive without air Pete?” King asks as he watches La Cucaracha struggle in the bear hug. Hawke has had enough and enters the ring, but before he can break the bearhug the referee has intercepted him and is trying to get him to leave the ring. With the referee distracted Bruce turns around and bends forward holding Maddix’s upper body out in a horizontal position. “THEY HAVEN’T TAGGED!!” Pete screams as Ward enters the ring and climbs to the 2nd rope. “Oh calm down, I’m sure they will get around to it” King responds as the Mastermind comes off the second rope with an elbow right to Landon’s chest. Bruce slaps his hands together hard over his head *SLAP!* “See a tag” King tells Pete. “Man do you even know the rules??” Pete asks. “Of course I do, how else can I break them? Get with the program Pete!” Ward covers Maddix as Bruce leaves the ring. The referee turns around and sees the pinfall attempt and starts to count without realizing that the Nightmare Express have switched places ONE!! TWO!! THRE----NO!! The resilience of the man known as “La Cucaracha” shows as he manages to lift his shoulder up at the last moment. Ward pulls Maddix to his feet and throws him into the ropes, but instead of bouncing back Hawke runs over and grabs hold of him from the outside stopping the momentum. “That dirty cheater” Is all Pete can say, he’s starting to feel like a broken record. “Yes very good Pete, he cheats, they all cheat – that’s why I’m liking this match to much” King says, glad that neither side has been turned faces for the night just cause they face a pair of huge assholes. Ward rushes in, knowing that Hawke can’t legally tag in unless he’s over in his corner holding on to the tag rope. Hawke leaps and manages to grab the tag rope while holding his other arm outstretched for Maddix to tag. But Maddix is not able to tag out as Ward has him by the left leg pulling back on it to prevent the tag. Maddix quickly spins around and kicks out backwards with both his legs hitting Ward square in the chest. Then he leaps forward to make the lunging desperation tag to bring in The Dean of PRofessional Wrestling. “He HAD to tag out now or the Nightmare Express might not have given him a second chance” Pete says as Jay Hawke leaps over the top rope and delivers a sharp dropkick to Ward. “Well thank god we get a REAL wrestler in the ring now instead of Maddix” is all King can say. Scrambling to his feet after the right on the button kick, Ward quickly charges Hawke in an attempt to catch him by surprise, and does manage to get a clean shoulder block in to drive The Dean into the ropes, but Hawke wastes no time using his momentum to push Ward off his waist towards the other end of the ring. Marcus propels himself off the ropes and back towards Jay Hawke only to barely skip over Jay who had dropped to the mat to elude Ward. Marcus makes another attempt off the ropes, this time with arm outstrecthed for a deadly lariat...that is unfortunately so heavily telegraphed as to be countered with a simple arm lock hiptoss onto the canvas by Hawke. Ward quickly stands up from the minor impact, only to have an aggresive Jay Hawke in his face with a swift headbutt, then Jay uses the opening to apply a front waistlock on Ward...who uses his raw power to unclench Hawke's hands and spread his arms before delivering a knee to the gut that doubles Hawke over, leaving him open for Ward to slip an arm under Hawke's and around his neck. Ward quickly slides around behind Hawke and attempts to get his arm under Jay's free limb for the full nelson, but The Dean senses the predictament and sends a sharp elbow to The Mastermind's forehead...that Marcus ducks under, lifting his head back up quickly so as to be underneath Hawke's arm giving him the position and leverage to lift Jay straight up into the air and back down on his head with the half-nelson suplex...but Jay manages to get his arm all the way around Ward's neck in the middle of the suplex, and maintains that position after the impact, leaving him woozy but in control as he establishes the rear headlock from the mat. Hawke quickly extends his legs and positions himself parallel to The Mastermind, maintaining the rear headlock with arm firmly clenched underneath Ward's chin. The Dean uses his quickness to establish a scissor hold on Ward's right leg, then muscles Ward over onto his stomach using the superior position and leverage advantage his mat techniques have given him. Jay Hawke quickly capitalizes on his new position by locking in the chin lock, then reaching back with a free arm to grab Marcus Ward's foot and pull it to his waist to lock in the STF! Longdogger Pete gasps, "Amazing show of technical wrestling by these two competitors, but as would be predicted, Ward simply was outclasses in this department, and is now under the debilitating effects of an STF...a simple submission compared to the wingspan, but one which may just get Hawke the win tonight!!!" King muses, "It's tough to say, Ward is one tough bastard, but the pressure on his knee in particular may be too much to handle. I really wish it was landon being STF'd right now though!!!" Pete shakes his head, "I doubt Hawke is gonna put his Stablemate in an STF, and I've never seen that maneuver from either half of The Nightmare Express...you may be SOL on Landon being STF'd tonight!" The pressure is mounting on The Masterminds joints even as he struggles with the pain not only of the hold itself, but of the humilitating thought that Jay Hawke is in total control instead of Total Control. Marcus Ward latches onto that thought as he fights off the pain, and uses it to fuel himself, raising his arm upand reaching behind his back in an attempt to create some type of distraction. Unfortunately for The Mastermind, The Dean of Professional Wrestling is not one for distractions and maintains a single-minded focus on the mission at hand: securing the tap out from Marcus Ward, and the resulting chances it has on a future Tag Team Title shot for Team LandonHawke. Pete grimaces, "Amazing fortitude by Ward, but sometime soon you have to figure he'll just tap to fight another day!" Bruce Blank sees his partners agony, and decides to stop it right now as he ducks under the top rope into the ring...and right into the face of the official who stops him cold in his attempt to make the save! "Bruce isn't going to be allowed to interfere right here, the official wants this match to end cleanly...only he's missing Marcus Ward TAPPING TO THE STF!!!!" screams Longdogger Pete Ward begins slapping his hand on the canvas in a clear indication of his submission to Jay Hawke, only the referee has his back turned forcing Bruce Blank out of the ring! Jay Hawke grimaces as he realizes the situation, and in a fit of anger lets go of the STF and jumps to his feet to confront the official about the match, signalling towards the announcers table that he ought to ring the bell. The Dean continues his ran by pointing to Ward and slapping his hands together to emphasize the situation. The official shakes his head and points both fingers at his eyes, making clear that he didn't see it, it didn't happen. King comments, "Whatever the outcome of this match, there's gonna be some beef between Ward and Hawke over this tap out, and pride may be on the line as much as the notch in the scorecard..." Pete responds, "Regardless that King, this match ISN'T over...but The Mastermind is in a bad spot here after being wekeaned from the STF..." Hawke shakes his head the whole way over to his corner, before making the tag to Landon, looking down at the potentially crippled Ward in disgust at his fortune. Landon makes his way over to Marcus and drags the powerful but weakened opponent up by the hair and drives his knee straight into the gut, leaving Ward doubled over. Maddix wastes no time as he runs towards the ropes and gathers momentum from their tension, launching himself back at Ward with considerable speed...then leaving his feet moments later to execute the mushroom stomp! Unfortunately for Maddix the leap is timed to give him enough height to land on a doubled over Marcus Ward...not seventy-three inches of standing Marcus Ward. Maddix's chest collides with a still groggy Ward, almost knocking him over...before instinct takes over and The Mastermind leverages Landon down into a tide-turning SPINEBUSTER!!! Pete screams, "It's now or never for the Mastermind, if he can make the tag here, a fresh Bruce Blank may be able to save this match for them!!!" Ward is close to his corner after the spinebuster, and takes advantage of that as well as Bruce Blank's tremendous reach to tag in the other half of The Nightmare Express, well before Landon comes to his senses. Bruce wastes no time and rushes immediately towards Jay Hawke on the other side of the ring. Hawke is caught off guard by the oncoming Blank and takes a stiff forearm to the face that sends him flying against the retaining wall running along the outside of the ring. Blank makes no wasted motion as he drops an elbow on the back of Maddix's neck, driving him from his knees back to the mat. Bruce quickly capitalizes by running off the ropes and landing a double axehandle to the back of Landon's head! Bruce signals to his corner, and Marcus comes back into the ring, clearly refreshed by his partners control of the match. Bruce hefts Landon up and onto The Mastermind's shoulders in an electric chair position... Pete gawks, "What's going on here...now Bruce is going up to the top rope in his corner as Ward manages to hold Landon Maddix in that electric chair style seated position facing that corner." Bruce Blank signals to the crowd and leaps with his legs spread towards a perched Landon Maddix...hitting him with a high-impact Two Hundred and NINETY-FIVE pound seated senton that drives Maddix into the canvas...and in a show of improved technical skill, Bruce hooks both legs to make the pin as his ass remains firmly planted in Maddix's chest!!! ONE!!!! TWO!!!! THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! DING! DING! DING!!!! "Reign of Terror" explodes on the pa system to a chorus of BOOOOOOS!!! and NIGHTMARE EXLAX!!! chants...that would have been exactly the same regardless of the outcome of this match. Hawke is on the outside pounding at the apron, realizing the one referee distraction that cost he and Landon the match...and force him to watch The Nightmare Express celebrating a potential Tag Title Shot earning victory inside the ring.

Third match against Cortez, huh? Wonder why, oh well.

But it's not like we no-showed.

Eh

I lost via chop block. That's pretty lame. Edit: After a reread, that wasn't just lame. It was retarded. Mine and Blank's version of the match ended rather suddenly, and seemed a little forced as well, but that's downright retarded.

I think it triggers an elevated endorphin level due to tension/anticipation of the results? ...Or we're just bored.

Every time I consider actually applying said bumper sticker to my vehicle, I worry about a rampaging horde of PETA-Militants slashing my tires.

Landon is just bitter because he was turned down in his tryout for Dancing with the Stars. You are not a dancing star Mr. Maddix, just let the dream die!

ROFLMFAO That's comedy gold.

NP, I misworded it. I should have put "'s around claim. Warrior may be crazy as a loon, but he always says something funny, and he (to me at least) seems to come across as a very honest, albeit misguided individual

You missed the point unless you were joking. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think I missed the point. "Warrior" was joking how he must be a great teacher if in only 5 minutes in the ring with HHH he taught him how to be that unprofessional. I found it to be amusing.

I love how he claims to have taught HHH how to be unprofessional in his 5 minute squash w/ him. That's funny to me

Will this allow NJPW to break into the U.S. market at all, or will WWE make sure in their settlement with Brock he can't appear in the u.s. at all? When was the last time an american wrestler was a serious contender for their title? (I'm not up on puro at all, I'm just curious)

I would argue that even the casual fans KNOW Eric Bischoff isn't going to win the WWE title. Now if it were an Angle/Cena rematch at least there would be SOME sort of basis for doubt. I know it doesn't matter, but they didn't announce an IC title match, or a Tag Title match (Too bad they don't have 4 teams to put in a 4 team elimination match, that might have looked good) They're relying on all their 'legends' to pop a huge rating...but that's not gonna get them repeat viewers. They'll pop a 4.5 rating for one night, then be back at 3 or possibly lower the next week.