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Alvarez made a note that the reason the workers looked so "worn" and out of it last night was because of their tour in Mexico last weekend. A few people had issues with the lucha ring they were working in, as well as the drinking water.

The new Ford F-250 prototype have OTTOMANS in the cab. This is the greatest country in the world.

The WWE aren't tape-traders. 20 discs of remastered footage = $225, and that's on the safe side.

He didn't insert a colon, either. Thanks for the match, JST.

Now see, that goes out the window when Show throws his first punch. A punch from Big Show should automatically kill you.

It was at least known by Laurinaitis, or at least that's what the sources to Meltzer (or was it the Torch?) say. According to the report, he let Ace know after finding out about the proposed bladejob. This was the day before the event.

Where does Randy Orton fit into the equation?

The Polaroids are good for the money - I received an 8" from my mother as a gift from her car dealership. I've had it for just over a year, and it's superb with DVD+R and DVD-R, which will sell you on it if you're into tape trading. Just be sure to get the "Protection Plan", because the battery on the player is very tempermental when it comes to charging it up. If you charge it for too long, it slowly degrades. For now, the only problem with my player is the dim picture, but I'm going to send it in for a small fee due to not having a protection plan.

He's jumping to Smackdown, as a face. That's all that's been announced for now, considering that it's only a day after his televised victory and we haven't seen any television shows since then. Calm down for now. Everything else is up in the air as of the day of this past Tuesday. That includes booking the Rumble and Mania.

kkk should be tired of my always-late ass by now. Do you see why I whigged out of running the first Pick'em League? I can't keep up with anything... Washington @ Seattle (9.5) Seattle 27, Washington 21 New England @ Denver (3.5) New England 21, Denver 17 Pittsburgh @ Indy (9.5) Indy 28, Pittsburgh 10 Carolina @ Chicago (2.5) Carolina 17, Chicago 10

But c'mon, the man had a PRIVATE JET. When you don't work for a year and just happen to spend hundreds of thousands out of boredom, you dig yourself into a hole pretty quickly.

See where that Canadian skin gets you? Nowhere!

They probably are thinking that no one will bother to spoil the U.S. title match, which is true since it's obviously overshadowed by Angle's win.

Benoit/Booker rematch of #7 at Rumble. Orton enters the Rumble itself.

Dark Match: Nunzio and Vito defeated Danny Doring and Scott Wright. Velcocity: Ken Kennedy came out with his new T-Shirt to push the sales. He forced Tony Chimell to wear the shirt. Jamie Noble beat Scotty 2 Hotty with a Dragon Sleeper. The Gymini defeated Billy Baxx and Lee Great. Paul Burchill pinned Nick Berk. Mexicools beat the Dicks after Road Warrior Animal came out and shoved one of the Dicks off the top, setting up Crazy hitting a top rope swinging DDT for the pin. Animal then laid out the Mexicools afterwards. Smackdown: WWE World champion Batista came to the ring with Teddy Long and announced he was injured last Sunday against Mark Henry. He said that he will not be able to work through the injury and he'll be out because he needs surgery. He said when he won the title, his friend Paul told him to enjoy to enjoy the ride and was said he was proud to represent the WWE and the fans. He said he had no choice but to surrender the World title and handed it to Long. He said that he will return and he will be World champion again and until then whoever has the title is only holding a belt because they didn't beat Batista. They showed Batista leaving with agents and officials wishing him good luck on his recovery. Batista hugged Rey Mysterio goodbye. In the ring, Teddy Long announced a Battle Royal for the WWE World title. Randy Orton asked Long to postpone his match against Chris Benoit so he could compete in the battle royal. Long turned him down and said he and Benoit would only be in one match tonight. Orton vs. Chris Benoit: Nick Patrick ejects Booker T and Sharmell. Patrick was bumped. Orton went for the RKO but Orlando Jordan ran out. Orton hit him. Benoit locked on the crossface and Orton tapped but there was no ref. Booker hit Benoit with the belt and Orton made the cover. Booker was announced as the new United States champ. A long match. Backstage, Roddy Piper came across JBL and Jillian Hall. JBL asked Piper to have him as a guest on Piper's Pit instead of the Boogeyman. Piper turned him down but changed his mind after JBL insulted him. They aired a video package on El Paso honoring the memory of Eddie Guerrero. Piper's Pit: Piper noted the first Pit was here in Philly 22 years ago. He went to introduce JBL who came out before he had the chance. JBL ripped on Batista giving up the belt because he was hurt. JBL cut a long promo with Piper pretending to fall asleep. Piper began making fun of Jillian Hall's mole. Boogeyman came out. JBL shoved Hall into Boogey, who bit off her mole. She ran away screaming. Main Event Battle Royal: Animal, Simon Dean, Nunzio, Vito. Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Orlando Jordan, William Regal, Paul Burchill. MNM. Mark Henry, The Mexicools, JBL, Matt Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Sylvan. Bobby Lashley were in the ring when Kurt Angle, with Daivari, was announced as the surprise 20th competitor. He threw JBL out immediately. Henry and Angle brawled on the floor. Henry pressed and dropped him on the announcing table. It came down to Henry and Rey. The entire place chanted for Eddie Guerrero. Rey got a ton of offense but was tossed out. Angle returned to the ring and faced off with Henry. Angle eventually eliminated him. Kurt Angle is your new WWE World champion. They had fireworks and confetti for the win.

This is the best mistake ever. I've been looking for "Replica" with lyrics for about seven years. The last time I remember hearing it was on the old AOL Download Libraries. Crimson, you are the man.

I'm pulling for the Redskins for Portis' sake. Do the same.

He's too busy celebrating his victory over at the Bored League.

I don't know what counts. I'm really sorry that I'm late on these picks, but you have to know my dedication: I ran home on a lunch break to get these done. At least I didn't forfeit. Washington at Tampa Bay (2.5) WAS 31, TB 21 Jacksonville at New England (8.5) NE 21, JAX 14 Carolina at N.Y. Giants (2.5) CAR 28, NYG 24 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati PIT 21, CIN 13

Plaschke turns on USC. Fuck you, Bill Plaschke. You guys need to watch ATH. Mariotti has already said that Leinart was "shaky all game long", while Bush was "shut down by the Taexas defense". The Tribune needs to revoke his pen and paper.

"So, Matt, how does it feel to come back for your senior year, only to lose the national championship?" Fuck, Leinart should've piefaced that female reporter right then and there. He would've been the biggest heel on planet Earth, and I would've loved it.

Fair enough, and I'll leave the argument on that note. The only note I have on the spoilers is the future booking of the Best-of-7 series. Where are they planning to go with this when Booker returns by the Rumble? Are we looking at Booker/Benoit building to #7 with a do-over of #5 and #6 post-Rumble, after Benoit wins? The fans will crap on that.

I'm not arguing with you about that. I'm saying that there was no punishment for the voting at Taboo Tuesday. He didn't even lose in the interim. In his own words, Christian left because there was never going to be any long-term focus around his character. On a side note, the last time that they booked a long-term feud with him (Cena) was one that they gave up on. They didn't have faith in him to succeed and cut him off at the knees. The Lita/Edge situation and the Undertaker deal are whoppers to the front office. The company doesn't t need a self-created reason to bury him. Hardy finding ways to question the company is already a deathknell to his position. EDIT: The original argument was why Matt is being currently buried.

They may have hated how the voting turned out, but that quickly was overshadowed by the incident with Taker. But anyway, he wasn't being buried between Taboo Tuesday and Survivor Series, especially not in the way he's being embarrassed now. The four weeks in between the pay-per-views had a tag victory over JBL and an exiting Christian, saving Mysterio from a beatdown capped by a Twist of Fate on Randy Orton, a victory over Carlito and a DQ victory over Kennedy who used a chair. That's a product of writers having no direction for a wrestler, not out-and-out gunning to make a fool out of him.

Matt Hardy is getting buried on purpose. He wasn't supposed to win the Taboo Tuesday voting, JBL was. It's as easy as fixing the votes if they wanted JBL in there. He isn't being buried for that reason.