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I agree with this, especially since going into next week NO ONE outside of really masochistic Packers fans and Panther fans have ANY interest in MNF.

What should be looked at also is the fact there were TWO football games on last night, one of which was a college game (novelty of a college game on a monday night will always attract viewers) And there was a big comeback during that game also...so I would take these ratings with a huge grain of salt. Edit: I should have mentioned but it slipped my mind that it was also a game between two Top 25 teams, one of which was ranked No. 4. Pretty stiff competition.

It is awesome. LandonHawke would be a decent catchy name. Ladyhawke would be awesometastic though, but I think it might be a bit too feminine for them to go for it (i wonder if I throw that in our match from Suicide king if we'll automatically lose)

I just had an epiphany Landon Maddix & Jay Hawke Landon & Jay Hawke LandonJay Hawke LadJay Hawke Lady Hawke LADYHAWKE!!!! YES Their team name can be the slowest movie ever (I shouldn't have to add this, but in case no one can tell this is a joke )

I like cherry pie.

Nah, they don't count ;P

Name an -actual- not thrown together at the last minute cus CC needs to make you opponents tag team you've beaten, mr. shizzle.

Thought my match was fun - "Everything feels good, nothing can stop me." The hyper-synthed words to "Teethgrinder" by Therapy, blare out on the loudspeaker of Madison Square Garden and a mixed chorus of boos and cheers erupt from the smart MSG crowd as they anticipate the imminent arrival of the enigmatic Japanese superstar TORU! "Every nerve pumpin hard through me." TORU comes out right in the middle of his music tonight, preferring to make a more dramatic entrance as he runs out and onto the ramp, slapping both his elbow pads and rolling his neck for that tough-guy emphasis as he continues his stroll to the ring, ignoring the mixture of boos and cheers in stride. Cameras flash off his sunglasses and serve only to emphasize what kind of wrestling specimen TORU is. His tag partner KOJI, manager Chris Card, and lovely valet Jet all follow at a considerable distance allowing the incredibly focused TORU to hold onto the spotlight tonight. Climbing into the ring, TORU immediately heads to the center of the ring and stares down the entranceway as his music subsides. Official Nick Soapdish raises a finger to TORU's sunglasses and makes a comment...and TORU simply slaps his hand away and continues to await the arrival of his opponent. Suddenly some jazzy hip-hop music starts filling the arena... "Uh-Uh" The crowd goes silent, some of them recognizing the voice of local NYC rapper Nas. "Uh-uh" TORU takes his sunglasses off all of a sudden, becoming very wary as he looks around the ring expecting some type of surprise attack from yet another Marcus Ward mystery partner. "Uh-uh" "A Mastermind - sees it coming before it comes" Even as the low-key voice of Nas begins his rhymes, TORU jumps and turns around expecting an attack from behind. Instead he just looks stupid as a man wrapped in a shiny gold sequined cloak steps out of the entrance and onto the ramp. "A mastermind - before he go to war he counts his one" The cloaked man lifts a single finger in the air. "A mastermind - everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered." Marcus Ward reveals himself as that line is playing, lifting his head up so he can tap finger to forehead as is his signature taunt...and then begins to make his stroll to the ring. "A mastermind - sleeps at night, real easy" Marcus lets his cocky smile come out and play, as he spies his opponent talking in hurried Japanese with his manager and partner. "A mastermind - cause everything he does is by the book" Ward stops halfway down the walkway as he spies a young markish kid holding up a "TOTAL CONTROL TORU FOR ME, MASTERMIND". "A mastermind - never do a thing irrational, lives forever, these tales are classical." Marcus smiles again...and grabs the sign in his hands and tears it in two as his song moves into the main lyrics the volume lowering. The young kid starts crying as he gets the pieces of his sign he must have spent all day markering up are tossed at his face. Ward turns back towards the ring and lets his shiny sequined cloak drop to the ground as he finishes making his way to the ring by sliding underneath the bottom rope and staring down TORU face to face as he taps forefinger to temple yet one more time. "Welcome back to Genesis folks, and up next is a singles match involving one-half of TKO, TORU...as well as the newly entranced Marcus "The Mastermind" Ward" announces Longdogger Pete Suicide King adds, "I for one greatly enjoy Ward's new entrance as I'm quite the hip-hop fan Pete...fshizzle!" Longdogger rolls his eyes, "That's King, always keepin it real...anyway this match is about to begin, and my main thought for this one: how will Marcus handle the triple threat OUTSIDE of the ring, while keeping himself focused on the dangerous TORU in the ring." "PETE! he's THE MASTERMIND - everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered....didn't you listen Petey?!" retorts King insultingly. At that Nick Soapdish finishes indicating the time limit and other basic rules to competitors and signals for the opening bell for this one fall matchup. DING! DING! DING! "The Mastermind and TORU are circling each other near the center of the ring to start this match, it's going to be a feeling out process for these two evenly matched powerhouses." commentates Pete. A quick smile alights on Ward's face as he lifts his hands in the air indicating to TORU that he wants to engage him in the time-honored test of strength. TORU rolls his each of his shoulders around, loosening the joints as he too raises his arms to prepare to engage The Mastermind to find out who's going to have the power advantage in this match. "What do you think King, who's gonna come out of this particular strength contest with the advantage?" asks Longdogger Pete "Whatever appears to be the advantage, the real edge will be with The Mastermind, as this is all a part of his plan to win this match, Petey." The tips of the fingers are just tocuhing, then TORU backs off of Ward a few steps, shaking his head as though he was expecting him to execute a cheap shot. Ward flashes his smile back at TORU and invites him once again to partake in the test of strength. TORU gets his hands up and edges closer to The Mastermind again, and with painstaking precision the two heavyweights lock their fingers together in the tight overhead grip and begin exerting all their muscle to gain the advantage. Their hands remain locked above their heads, tendons taut in their arms as they attempt to bend the wrists of their opponent to create a leverage advantage! They begin pacing in a circle around the ring, Marcus Ward and TORU Takahara attempting to find some mythical better position in the ring to gain the advantage. Height starts becoming a major part of this contest as TORU begins to bear down from above on Ward, clearly turning over the wrists of The Mastermind and beginning to forcibly bring his arms down to the waist. "Amazing show of leverage by the six foot and four inch TORU Takahara, and he's managed to parlay that into excrutiating pain for Marcus Ward...but not for long as The Mastermind is breaking out his tremendous lower body strength and has reversed the trend bringing both competitors arms back up to the overhead position in this test of strength!" commentates Pete King chuckles, "Petey! Don't you know that Ward was just taking a little rest there to build for his overpowering victory in this situation!" Having managed to reset the test of strength to a neutral position, Ward begins to let loose that smarmy smirk he's managed to perfect during his short stay in the SWF. Both men are sweating as they begin to feel the strain of maintaining their balance, continuing the footwork as they circle each other in the ring, and simply attempting to overpower the other. The crowd begins to build interest in the match as they realize just how closely matched the two wrestlers are. Marcus Ward continues his smirk as he begins to take an advantage, slowly applying his will until TORU's arms are twisted at his waist, the heavyweight import struggling to reassert himself, refusing to lose this signature contest. SLAP! The crowd gasps and then boos as they react to Marcus Ward letting go of TORU's left hand and executing a vicious left handed slap to the face as he twists T.Takahara's right arm around his back in a smoothly applied chickenwing that leaves TORU grimacing in pain, slapping his right shoulder to emphasize the amount of pain that's shooting through the nerves in his arm. "Execellent display of technical prowess by The Mastermind in the application of that chickenwing arm lock type maneuver, I begrudingly must give him credit for having improved his technical wrestling skills since his debut against Martin Hunt!" comments Pete Marcus continues the application of his chickenwing hold with the right hand, using his off arm to lock TORU's free hand into an immobilizing half-nelson. TORU realizes his predictament and attempts to make a break for the ropes but has himself lifted off his feat by the powerful Marcus Ward, intesifying the painful position his arm is in. King compliments Ward once again, "Excellent submission position Ward has managed to tie TORU into, it's creating a perfect position for him to pummell the piss out of this japanese pissant!" Frustration begins to show on Ward's face as TORU continues to endure the pain to his right arm without any indication to the referee that he's interested in giving up. Ward uses his position to execture sharp 3-inch distance elbows to the side of TORU's head with his left arm that's holding him in the half nelson, a painful maneuver that incites a new round of jeers from the hot MSG crowd. A barrage of elbows brings out a warning from the referee...that Ward promptly ignores with a final 'bow that rings the ears of the now-dazed and chickenwinged TORU. Ward takes the opportunity to catch him off-guard by lifting his opponent high up into the air, getting him totally horizontal in the half-nelson chickenwing hold, only letting go at the last second as he drops TORU lower-back first onto his outstretched knee, executing a unique backbreaker drop to continue his dissection of TORU. Longdogger marvels, "This match has been masterwork by the mastermind so far, as his masterplan is on perfect display tonight!" Continuing his smooth execution, Ward keeps TORU stretched over his knee after the backbreaker, beginning to stretch him out over his lower back. Marcus begins applying his weight and muscle focused through his forearm on the chest of TORU, stretching that vulnerable lower back to the limit. "First the arm, now the back. Ward has really come in here with a gameplan of individual isolation of his opponents core areas, and systematic elimination of their effectiveness. Such a smart gameplan from the man who's finally wrestling with the type of knowledge he's claimed since his arrival in the SWF." remarks Longdogger King can only agree, "It's obvious that Marcus Ward was saving his biggest performance for the biggest night of the year!" With the top of his head now touching the canvas, TORU begins to flail his arms in pain. Marcus heightens the pressure on TORU's chest, actually digging the point of his elbow into TORU Takahara's chest cavity to add extra pain in another location. Ward flashes his smirk in TORU's face, getting real close to him as he seems to ask him to just give it up already...and eats a wad of spit in the eyes for his trouble, causing Ward to release the submission as he rubs his opponents saliva from his face, with cheers for TORU flushing his face in embarrassment. King grumbles, "The referee needs to watch that dirty TORU, this is Genesis, you need to play fair so the fans get what they want!" Longdogger Pete responds, "According to MY ears, the fans DID get what they want!" A crowdwide chant of TORU has begun for the first time in this match, finally establishing the fan-favorite for this match. TORU doesn't seem to respond to those chants, apparnetly more concerned with his damaged lower back and arm as he remains face-down on the ground...in perfect position for Marcus Ward to grab TORU's left ankle and use it to drive the left knee hard into the mat. "Now Ward is working on the third phase of his plan, taking out the steady and powerful legs of TORU." commentates Pete. Ward executes the knee-into-the-canvas maneuver again before lifting his head to the crowd with a smile and signature finger to temple taunt that receives a doubly powerful round of boos and "Mastersuck chants" that only serve to fire up the relentless Mastermind. Marcus lifts the leg of TORU up a third time to drive it into the mat, but lets go and points towards a furious KOJI that has leaped up on the apron to protect his tag partner. Nick Soapdish quickly turns his back on the action as he attempts to restrain the livid KOJI Kitano...which Ward quickly takes advantage of by dragging TORU to the ropes by the worked-on knee and swiftly using the top two ropes to get the foot caught up to immobilize the leg in mid-air. "What type of impact will this have on TORU's isolated knee?!?" questions Pete Several high front kicks to the leg from Ward leave TORU pounding on the mat and reaching for the ropes as his knee is brutalized by The Mastermind. Marcus quickly takes to the second turnbuckle and leaps off of it with a BONE-SHATTERING double axe-handle that actually manages to dislodge TORU's leg from the ropes, even as the official turns back to the action. TORU pounds the ground and clutches at his left leg, clearly injured by the dirty elevated blow from Marcus. Showing little care for his opponents predictament, and in fact some enjoyment, Ward begins STOMPING on the injured left-leg of TORU! It takes all the authority of Nick Soapdish to restrain a smiling Ward from continuing his sadistic assault. The official crouches down to ask TORU if he should stop the match due to injury as Ward strolls to the opposite end of the ring to executre his signature finger to temple taunt to the crowd. Pete comments, "Tremendous gameplan from Ward, but I question his methods in disabling TORU's knee, he's got a lot to answer for!" King responds, "The only thing he has to answer to is the bell...when it rings, he's won and that's ALL that matters!" "Sure King...wait what's this, Ward has turned his attention back to the downed TORU, but KOJI has come up onto the apron behind him and the referee's back is still turned, this doesn't look good...SPRINGBOARD DROPKICK TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD, WARD is flattened and KOJI is scrambling out of the ring as the referee reacts to the impact of both bodies against the canvas behind him!" Offical Nick Soapdish notices KOJI leaving the ring as well as the near unconscious figure of Marcus Ward and adds two and two rather quickly, approaching KOJI in a rush, sticking the finger of authority out at him and TOSSING HIM FROM RINGSIDE!!! King chuckles, "That's one goon Ward won't have to worry about..." "But Ward does have to worry about his actual opponent in TORU now, as he's still shaken up on the mat, while TORU has finally managed to regain his vertical base, and is a dangerous opponent even with a limp, stretched out back, and sore arm," comments Pete. Approaching his opponent with that limp mentioned by Pete, TORU waists no time stomping on the back of the head of Ward, clearly angry at the way he's been manhandled so far in this matchup. TORU's normally cool demeanor is taking a backseat to vengeance as he uses Soapdish's argument with Chris Card about the KOJI ejection as an opportunity to drive the point of his foot right into the vulnerable neck of Marcus Ward. The Mastermind begins clutching at his throat and thrashing on the canvas as his oxygen is sapped out of him by the illegal choke, finally given a breath as TORU lets his foot up...only to have that foot slam into his face with a brutal stomp, cracking the skin and giving way to a trickle of crimson that is further spread around his face as TORU scrapes the surface of his boot back and forth over the wound. His dirty assault is ended finally as the referee returns his attention to the match, but not before Ward's face is bleeding in several places and has managed to get the mask of blood look from the smearing. Longdogger Pete winces, "Absolutely vicious assault to the face from TORU Takahara, and it looks like he's going to begin his offense in this match, though how effective it can be with the work that's been done to him remains to be seen." TORU cotninues his assault with a savage knee drop to Ward's bloody face...and rolls on his back clutching at his knee that impacted with Ward's skull, having absentmindedly used his injured limb to execute his move. King laughs, "Certainly TORU will never be claiming to be any type of mastermind, he hurt himself doing a knee drop!" Reaching his feet once again, TORU favors that injured knee even more...but that doesn't stop him from dropping his good knee right into the chest of Ward, driving the oxygen out of him and ending any thoughts of turning the tides back in his favor. TORU takes advantage of his position and drags Marcus up by the hair...slamming into his midsection with a HARD knee-lift that buckles Ward at the waist...and allows TORU to quickly backup to the ropes at the opposite end of the ring, spring off the second rope and SLAM Ward's face into the ground with a springing axe-kick to the back of his head! A swift cover by TORU follows his flying move... ONE! TWO! THR... ...A Ward shoulder off the canvas ends TORU's chance at victory, but only incites him to make another, tighter pinning attempt... ONE! TWO! T... ...That only leads to a more sure kickout by the lively Marcus Ward! Longdogger Pete commentates, "I must give credit to Ward for his amazing brilliance, having his already openly wounded face being axe-kicked to th ecanvas, and still able to muster of the strength to kick out twice is quite a feat...that has managed to upset TORU as he's going to the top turnbuckle now, with the intentions of busting out one of his 264 lb aerial bombs!" TORU raises his arm up slightly to signal as he steadies himself on the top turnbuckle, taking a moment to set his sights on his target before launching himself straight at the prone Marcus Ward with an extended left knee. 'TORU' HAMMER!!! Two hundred and sixty-four pounds directed behind a pointy knee right in Ward's face must have knocked him out cold...and also send TORU straight to his knee again, realizing the mistake he made even as the pain nearly knocked him out as well! King starts laughing again, "TORU...wrong kneee...AGAIN. Holy shit this guy is stupid! He's so used to having a tag partner to bail his nip ass out that he's got no clue how to preserve himself for a long match!" Pete shakes his head, "You may be right King, but Ward still took the biggest impact from that 'TORU' Hammer, and is only twitching on the mat. It would just take a moment of ring awareness from TORU Takahara to win this match right now!" But TORU is occupied with his own agony as he attempts to reach his feet to assure himself of his ability to walk...then he spots the twitching Ward out of the corner of his eye and begins dragging his leg across the ring then leaping on top of The Mastermind for the sure win... ONE! TWO! THREE... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nick Soapdish shakes his head as Ward's should slid above the surface of the mat just before his own hand impact the self-same surface. He raises his fingers in the universal wrestling-referee TWO-COUNT NO FINISH signal...and is face to face with a downright furious TORU Takahara! King admonishes TORU, "No uses arguing with the ref buddy, his word is LAW in the squared circle...and the truth from the law, is that you can't keep The Mastermind down for three!" Longdogger replies "Unbelievable kickout by Marcus Ward, and the call was pretty close, close enough that even the fans are raining boos down on the speed of the count by Nick Soapdish. Apparently TORU feels he's gotten his point across well enough because he's attempting another cover on The Mastermind!" ONE! TWO! THRE... ...And a Mastermind arm shoots straight into the air lifting the shoulder off the mat to break the second pinfall following the 'TORU' hammer, and further frustrating his Japanese opponent. TORU rises to the mat shaking his head and begins heading to the far corner of the ring...before stopping and turning back around. King chuckles, "Another sign that TORU forgot the situation he's in, as he has no 'corner' to turn to, no partner to continue the attack. He's going to have to figure out his own way of finishing off The Mastermind!" Pete agrees with King, "Unfortunately you're right, that's what that looked like. TORU is getting frustrated, but he's on his own this match. And having realized that, he's lifting Ward to his feet in an attempt to finish the job!" Rapid-fire low kicks to Marcus Wards legs restart TORU's assault. His stiff snapping strikes buckle the knees of Ward, though Marcus still manages to stay off the mat. A driving knee into the midsection doubles Ward over once again, and gets him a rising shin in his face to pop him back upright. The dazed Ward stands glassy-eyed in the center of the ring...till he takes a TORU running LARIAT to the bridge of his nose, smearing his blood on TORU's arm as the back of his head hit's the mat with a tremendous SMACK! Longdogger commentates, "Potentially concussion there for Ward, as he's really taken a beating to his head. Also maybe a broken nose as I see blood seeping from it and onto his upper lip. He must have gone from fully vertical to fully horizontal is microseconds, I can just imagine the impact...and wait TORU isn't happy with just the lariat, he's going back to the top-rope. He's signally, and that cocky arched eyebrow can only indicate he's gonna go for the homerun: SHOOTING STAR PRESS!" An ENORMOUS reaction comes from the crowd as they realize what is about to occur. The prospects of 264-lb TORU crushing Marcus Ward with a full-over backflip is very appealing to the fans at Madison Square Garden, and they're on fire as they begin the TORU STAR PRESS! chants, and other ridiculously silly made-up slogans! TORU lines his target up with his hand, raises his arms to the sky one more time and SPRINGS off the top rope with absolutely amazing height, beginning his backwards rotation with wicked speed. At the top of his ascent, TORU is just getting around enough to see his landing area, only he fails to see the intended target: Marcus Ward. Gravity takes over for TORU and drags him screaming onto the canvas, his stomach burning red from the impact and his already worked-over back feeling the strain from it also...as Ward watches on from the outside of the ring. King commends Ward, "Terrific job of knowing where you're at and getting out of the way of danger. That's why The Mastermind doesn't use those aerial moves, you just CAN'T count on them, and he's all about having a plan!" Longdogger Pete remarks, "They also win a lot of matches for people King...What's this Ward and Chris Card are having a confrontation outside of the ring. Card is in Ward's face and they're jawing at each other...holy shit Ward just forearmed Chris Card in the face...NOW what is he doing?!?!" Ward's forearm stuns Chris Card momentarily, just long enough for Ward to get a front waistlock around the TKO manager...and DRIVE him into the arena floor with a full-over belly-to-belly suplex! Marcus slides back into the ring at the referee's behest...but stays at the ropes watching Chris Card sit up after the belly-to-belly impact, taunting him with the well-known finger-to-temple tap...and taking a HARD roundhouse kick to the back of his head for the trouble, as TORU has recovered from his crash and burn Shooting Star Press attempt. "There's the Chris Card effect, as his distraction gave TORU enough time to recover," comments Pete. "It's all planned out Pete...just look Ward is fighting off those kicks!" retorts King. After turning to respond to the stiff foot in the side of his head, Ward takes another one in the ribs from TORU. Marcus responds with a rough-looking uppercut forearm to the TORU's chin that gets countered with a STINGING series of knife-edged chops to Ward's chest. Longdogger Pete continues his commentary, "An thrilling exchange of strikes by these two power-oriented wrestlers. Yet ANOTHER knife-edged chop from TORU..that Ward simply shrugs off and responds with a SLAP TO THE FACE? THE INDIGNITY! TORU is furious and restorts to a closed fist punch right at Marcus Ward's chin...only to have it blocked and receive a snap-elbow strike to his cheek, then a knee thrust to the gut, and a driving pointed elbow thrust to the top of the head muy-thai style, that gets him a stern warning from the referee but leaves TORU doubled-over clutching the top of his head!" Smirk flashing on his face at the referees warning, Marcus Ward takes advantage of his dirty elbow to the head and engages the off-guard TORU in a front waistlock grapple...and LIFTS him straight up off the ground, Ward arching his back as he hefts all two hundred and sixty-four pounds in an aerial bearhug! King laughs, "TREMENDOUS show of strength as The Mastermind regains control of this match by squeezing at the ribs and lower back of TORU, focusing on areas he's damaged earlier in this match!" Pete questions, "That's a lot of weight to be holding up, and I wonder how long before Ward has to let go?" Marcus continues to apply the pressure, his locked fists digging into the lower spine that earlier in the match was impaled on his knee. His chest and stomach pressing into the ribs of TORU as The Mastermind attempts to crack those ribs right in half. Sweat pours down the bodies of both men as they struggle: Ward attempting to maintain his hold, and TORU trying to keep from tapping out to the pressure...until Ward flips full-over into a belly-to-belly suplex almost exactly like the one he performed on Chris Card earlier in the match...only this time he bridges it into a pin that the referee slides in to the count!!! ONE! TWO! THRE... ...and the bridge gets broken by the struggling TORU Takahara...but not the waistlock as Ward uses some agility for once and flips over top of TORU onto his feet and hefts TORU BACK UP INTO THE LIFTING BEARHUG!!!! Longdogger Pete expresses his amazement, "Quite simply an overwhelming show of power and even agility by The Mastermind, one that has Madison Square Garden absolutely HOARSE from disapproval with his skill!" The submission is continued as Ward retains his stee-armed lock on TORU's lower back. TORU flails his arms in pain, not even able to muster the focus to strike at Ward in an attempt to release the hold. Marcus continues to arch his back to create better leverage for the mid-air rib-vise maneuever that is slowly squeezing the life out of one TORU Takahara...and in fact has left his slumped and the referee going straight for the arm count to determine if a KO has been determined: ONE! The referee drops the arm for the first count and is met with a eruption of jeers that he's even assuming TORU would be knocked out by the hatably cocky Marcus Ward. TWO! The second drop of the arm is accompanied by less of a reaction as the fans begin to fear for the worst. THRE....and TORU keeps the arm rigid at a horizontal level, lashing out with the now-clenched fist at Ward's shoulder, attempting to somehow weaken the hold before his rib-cage is cracked and his lungs are punctured. Ward's hold on TORU begins to slip, and TORU's feet almost touch the ground...before Marcus quickly spins him around into a horizontal body-hold and SLAMS him down onto his knee in a side back-breaker, letting TORU's momentum be carried away with the oxygen WHOOSHING out of his lungs. The Mastermind stands straight, still holding TORU...and slams one-half of TKO's ribs right into his outstretched knee...quickly following it up with a THIRD signature backbreaker. Finally, Ward stands straight up and having carried TORU all this way across the ring...tosses him over the top rope and right onto the retaining wall separating the crowd from the floor outside the ring! Pete rants, "I know he's in control King, but does he have to taunt the crowd and his opponent every time with that damn finger tap. It's downright IRRITATING! And he's DOING IT AGAIN!" King simply laughs, "And that's why he's THE MASTERMIND!" Tap to the temple taunt finished, Marcus Ward follows his opponent to the outside, not content with allowing him to recover tonight. The Mastermind climbs out of the ropes and onto the apron...and taps finger to temple again...then points to TORU lying on the arena floor in a taunt as well as possible signal that he's gonna break form and go airborne from the apron...which he does with a flying arms-raised in a fist double axe-handle attempt...that gets Ward a CRACK! TORU Takahara boot in the chin as Marcus Ward's airborne assault ends very poorly for him! Longdogger comments, "Quick reaction by TORU has unexpectedly turned the tides here at Genesis, as you saw Marcus Ward attempted a very uncharacteristic flying move...lets see the replay of that." The SMARKTRON and all the television feeds show a slow-motion feed of Ward's attempted double axe-handle...as well as the rapid extension of TORU's leg to collide with Ward's jaw...SNAPPING his head back with some serious slow-motion whiplash... Pete continues, "Absolutely dreadful, it'll be a miracle if Ward can continue in this match after this...ESPECIALLY with TORU rubbing the heel of his boot in Marcus Ward's already bloody face! And the fans are CHEERING this, they must absolutely despise The Mastermind!" King spits, "These NYC fans sicken me, look at their bloodthirsty cheers, they're barbarians here. OH look, FINALLY the referee notices the illegal use of the boot and is warning TORU. GOOD JOB SOAPY!!!" TORU looks up at the match official Nick Soapdish and is obviously pretty upset that he's being told what to do, and immediately runs into the ring to confront him with his broken english and furious japanese. Their heated, nonsensical conversation continues for quite awhile, giving Marcus plenty of time to grab onto the retaining wall, pull himself up to his feet and turn towards the ring...right into a CALLING CARD!!! THWACK! Pete shouts, "Chris Card just SUPERKICKED Marcus Ward right in the face! I guess that's payback for the suplex earlier... wow AND the back of Ward's head slammed on the retaining wall...that's downright vicious looking and the fans just can't get enough of it... now Card is standing over the fallen Ward and taunting him...wait the ref's turned around and sees Card there and points at him..." Soapdish points straight at Chris Card and tosses him just as he did KOJI earlier in the match...and for good measure tosses Jet too! Card starts screaming at the ref, with TORU joining in with broken english for good measure, but all they gets is the silent treatment as TORU has been forcibly left alone for the remainder of this match. Longdogger PEte comments, "They should just be lucky they haven't lost by DQ yet, Soapdish is always a second late in seeing the interference...though now TORU is on his own, and we'll see how he stands up mano a mano with Marcus Ward." Suicide King argues, "Not very well, it's obvious throughout the match that all of TORU's openings have been due to the meddling of Card and Company, NOT his own skill. The Mastermind is ready to finish off his plan." Pete responds, "Sure thing King, but right nowq he's being rolled back into the ring by TORU, who quickly follows into the ring as well, and is now attempting a quick cover to capitalize on that Calling Card left behind by his manager!" ONE! TWO! THREE...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! EVEN WITH the huge delay between the superkick and the pin attempt, Ward still BARELY lifts an arm to break the pin...and earns another cover attempt with hooked leg for his effort... ONE! TWO! THREE...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YET ANOTHER two point nine count results in TORU screaming Japanese obscenities at Soapdish, and dragging Ward to his feet by the hair. TORU starts to work quickly, executing several low leg kicks, before kneeing Ward in the gut...then launching himself off the ropes in a springboard dropkick! TORU gets to his feet swiftly, and physically manhandles Marcus Ward by bending over and lifting him straight off the ground up over his head in a gorilla press...and dropping him into a flapjack...then extending his left knee so Ward's stomach lands on the point of it in a devastating flajack gutbuster!!! King winces, "Ward's just biding his time, his ability to fake injury is well-documented!" "Sure King, but there was NOTHING fake about that sheer drop flapjack gutbuster, it was downright violent, and has really sparked the crowd with a renewed round of TORU chants!" replies Longdogger TORU makes a cover after getting Ward off his knee and onto the mat, hooking the leg tight once again as Soapdish slides in for the count... ONE!!! ...The crowd starts counting with the ref's hand... TWO!!! THREE!!! Echoing throughout Madison Square Garden is thousands of TORU Takahara fans screaming THREE at the top of their lungs, and absolutely exploding as they belief Ward's opponent has just pinned him. TORU himself jumps up and raises his arms to the sky...only to be staring at Nick Soapdish's twin fingers raised to the air pointing to The Mastermind's foot hanging loosely on a just-in-reach bottom rope. Pete screams above the jeering crowd, "MSG is furious at Soapdish's call...lets replay it for them and all our viewers!" A replay shows the official's hand coming down for the third time...and Ward's foot barely twitch an inch up onto the rope right in front of the referees eyes. Longdogger continues, "Clearly the replay indicates that Nick Soapdish made the correct call, but there's no reasoning with these fans OR TORU who is screaming at the official in his Japaenglish spiel again." King replies smugly, "Masterplan for the Mastermind, the ring is a tuffet, Ward's a spider, and TORU's little miss muffet...watch him run away!" Pete comments back, "Uh King...are you okay...nursery rhymes with wrestling...has Marcus Ward's inability to regain control addled your brains?!" Shaking his head in obvious disgust with the continued slow speed of the ref's count, TORU drags Ward to his feet yet again, quickly driving a knee into his abdomen to double him over...and locking in a standing head-scissors! TORU does a quick throat-slash gesture, inciting the crowd to near riot as they anticipate something big...then just as swiftly TORU Takahara underhooks both of Marcus Ward's arms and hefts him up and around over his head in powerbomb position...AND FALLS ON HIS BACK, Ward sitting on his chest then hooking the legs as he realizes the pinning position!!! ONE! TWO! THRE...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The near fall is broken up by a strong last-ditch kick-out by TORU, who rises to his feet and runs full-on at Ward intending to level him with an extended LARIAT...but quickly has that free arm grabbed from a bent over Ward....who lifts him up and onto his shoulders, locking one arm over top of TORU's and the other over his leg as he turns the LARIAT into TOTAL CONTROL!!!! King cackles, "Amazing counter by Marcus Ward, he's absolutely turned the tide and is now RACKING TORU for his LIFE!!!" Pete concurs, "Very swift move by the prepared Ward, he did his homework. But this is an absolutely WAR right now, We have Ward with the softened up abdomen holding TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR pounds on his shoulders and applying the torture rack pressure...on a TORU Takahara who has had his back, leg, and arm all worked on throughout this match. It's a battle of mental toughness from this point on!!!" TORU is the chant from the crowd as they realize how close The Mastermind is to winning this match. Ward seems to time his racks of the back and neck of TORU with the chants, in both intensity and speed. Screams from TORU cannnot be heard above the echo of the MSG crowd. The Official constantly asks the pertinent question of TORU Takahara: DO YOU GIVE UP? His weakened right arm locked in an impossible position, a position without leverage...a weakened left leg being free to do absolutely nothing as he can't create enough kicking force to dislodge his locked down leg...his back already worked over with countless breakers and a significant stretch earlier in the contest: TORU seems to be left with no choice...BUT HE FIGHTS ON! "TORU!!!" "TORU!!!"" Pete awes, "TORU continues to fight from the center of the ring. There is no KOJI tonight, thereis no Chris Card...it's his own will...what is he waiting on, how much more can the Japanese superstar take?" King keeps it simple, "Not much more." Waiting. Waiting. TORU tries to wait on The Mastermind's abdomen...that flapjack gutbuster had to have softened him up, he's got to be feeling the burn right about now. Struggling. 264. Struggling. Ward stoops over, his knees strong but his stomach weak now. He's almost doubled over from the weight, he's not racking anymore, just holding... TORU tries to squirm but his back is almost totally stiff from the TOTAL CONTROL torture rack, he sees his opportunity is NOW!...and he can't capitalize and screams as WARD is fully upright again and RACKING him from head to toe. HEAD TO FUCKIN TOE, his spine being twisted and turned... TAP! TAP! TAP! TORU taps the side of Ward's arm, and the referee quickly signals for the bell!!! DING! DING! DING! The bell rings and the referee clearly signals to Ward that it's time to let TORU down...and gets a face full of TORU feet for his trouble as The Mastermind has NO INTENTION of breaking off his TOTAL CONTROL hold at this time...as his music starts playing to indicate his victory. "Uh-Uh" Ward continues to rack the spine of TORU, who hasn't stopped tapping the air since the bell. "Uh-uh" KOJI and Chris Card come out onto the walkway and point at Ward... "Uh-uh" Ward stops racking, but keeps TORU held in the argentine backbreaker position. "A Mastermind - Sees it coming before it comes" Card and KOJI walk a few steps and stop, pointing at Ward again, mouthing the words "Drop him" "A Mastermind - Before he go to war he counts his one" Ward stands and stares at them...then cracks his smirk, tapping finger to temple in signature fashion. "A Mastermind - Everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered" Card and KOJI start walking down the aisle, staring down Ward the whole time. "A Mastermind - Sleeps at night, real easy" Ward backs up to the center of the ring out from over top the referee. "A Mastermind - Cause everything he does is by the book" Card and KOJI make it to the floor outside the ring, staring up at TORU resting on Ward's shoulders. "A Mastermind - Never do a thing irrational, lives forever, these tales are classical" At the word classical Ward's muscles all tense...and he shifts position and DROPS TORU ON HIS HEAD! BURNING FUCKIN HAMMER!!! DING! DING! DING! DING! The ring bell sounds several times again, in perfect time with TORU's head impacting the canvas...revealing Bruce f'in Blank operating it once again. He runs into the ring to join The Mastermind standing over an unconscious TORU Takahara...Marcus Warding staring down Chris Card and KOJI Kitano full smirk on his face...finger tapping for the taunt on his temple. FADE OUT

I liked Storm, even with all the promos (Story has to get developed -somewhere-). Though Wildchild's promo made W&D getting cheered during mine a bit silly, but it's still possible fans hate TNE more than W&D. Really excited to see what's gonna happen w/ Max King and Landon, and where that fits int the Todd Cortez thing !

Whoops, I sent it to Raynor too. Heh, sorry didn't know...oh well two copies are better than one?

I might actually order Bound for Glory JUST to see Joe v. Liger. Does anyone have any ideas whether Joe will actually go over, will it be a DQ finish? etc.

That's EXACTLY what they THINK. Not sure WHY they don't realize most people would rather watch an exciting game with two teams clearly better than both teams in the other game. Or the fact that people would rather watch the game with actual National Title implications (however meaningless that 'title' is) Blech.

HAHA even new ACC city Boston is forced to watch Notre Dame, that's funny...makes me feel somewhat better about being stuck with shit. Maybe I can get a feed from nearby WV that will let me watch it. WHY does ABC think people want the crappier game. VT and GT could be Game of the Week, and they're showing it to like 1/10th of the country. At least Iowa v. Ohio State isn't a terrible substitute for USC v. Oregon.

I'd love to get the VT-GT game. But I can guarentee a trillion dollars PGH gets the f'in Notre Dame game because Pitt plays them (How many people here REALLY want to watch them play after they beat us )

It is pretty ridiculous that we never get to watch USC play. Maybe I can convince them to show ANY game other than Youngstown St. vs. Pittsburgh. I like my school's team (Uh, Go PITT BASKETBALL?) but GAH DO WE SUCK THIS YEAR. Suck. Go Louisville (might as well root for another Big East team )

I get pretty pissed sometimes, it's almost always sports games too for some reason. (Though I'veignored Romance of the Three Kingdoms X for the past 3 months ever since a power outage lost me 6 hours of china conquering progress) NFL2k5 has definitely gotten me really angry...the worst is when I'm winning by like 40 points, everything is goin great, my qb is 19/22, my playcalling is diverse, everything is dynamic, there's now ay they should stop me...and all of a sudden EVERYTHING STOPS WORKING. Oh does that piss me off. Heheh. That's when you just KNOW something fishy is going on. Oh well

Sports night was awesome.

I REALLY like the main event. Absolutely awesome by ELM

Rudo's rant was incredibly entertaining. The blowjob piece was comedy gold. Dana White DOES come off as a Sleazy dude, it's undeniable. The only thing better would be gold teeth, maybe he can do some fights and lose some teeth.

Since no one's posted the Storm card, Jimmy the Doom should sponsor Storm LIVE from DOOMTOPIA. The card can have him in singles matches with every wrestler on the roster. IT will be TREMENDOUS. See I can be head booker.

This is the truth.

I already made the popcorn. When do we get Zangief to wrestle some bears?

I can't argue with Angle being a huge draw here. I remember watching the pgh RAW earlier this year and really getting into it. I still think Angle in Pittsburgh is one of the best reactions ANYONE can get.

4 matches. I mean, i know the ultimate warrior sucks AND this is a burial...but FOUR matches? That's pretty funny in a way

He speaks the truth.