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Monty's not until the Rumble

Jesus, three minutes in and 1/2 are gone.

Looks like Edge will be playing Mr. Perfect here by standing outside the ring the whole time. I wonder if the heels argue in the back about who gets to do that spot.

Let him wear the fucking shoes. Who cares?

Sure, he didn't write it but I always have to point this out when movies and Heyman are spoken together.

The FG record of distance isn't even the top record for FG's. We're getting used to players kicking 54-60 yards on regular basis. It's only a matter of time for someone to knock it in at 68 yards. (It's just a case of coaches not willing to do this, yet). I think the consecutive FG's made record (which I'm not going to bother looking up) us most important in regards to Kickers.

It's got to sting knowing that pretty rich white boys from Northern California that drive cars in a circle can throw better punches and actually fight instead of running away after a cheap weak sucker punch. It does fit the entire pseudo thug Hip-Hop image they are attached with however. It's all about image while not actually living up to it. To be honest, most of these players weren't brought up situations where straight up fighting would occur. It's usually resolved in a quicker manner.

I can't stand the pulp-free stuff. It doesn't taste like oranges to me, more like a blended concoction from the juice bar. I don't want the overloaded pulp, however. Somewhere in the middle is best where it can provide some texture. Also, I can only drink OJ at night time. It's never suited me as a breakfast beverage.

Just get a DL or wait for the DVD which will be out in 3 weeks.

Aside from Angle/Benoit in '03, I can't recall the last time WWE offered a legitimate claim for a MOTY post 1997. What's your opinion on HHH/Foley from RR in 2000? Or the three ways between Benoit/HBK/HHH? The three ways is greatly overvalued because of the emotional sting of the WMXX. The second one was probably better as far as the quality of the match but lacked the punch. It was good and probably one of the better WM main events ever but it was so far behind for MOTY because that was a rare year where one match was far and away the MOTY. It still holds up on the emotional level regardless of hindsight. The street fight, to me is HHH's best work and one of Foley's greatest performences which is tremendous considering not just the high level of quality they each have but just for that year alone.

Aside from Angle/Benoit in '03, I can't recall the last time WWE offered a legitimate claim for a MOTY post 1997.

Look! The first jackass who wants McNabb to be benched next year. Look! The first jackass who fails at comprehension. He has a valid point. Philly are fickle fans and the leash on McNabb will be tight if Garcia continues to play as well as he has. McNabb's injury plauge has been a significant point over the years and the question be asked if he doesn't come back like Palmer did for Cincy but rather along the lines of Culpepper in Miami.

Don't get me wrong, it was a good match and I brought into more on the first viewing but it really took a big drop-off. If it gets MOTY because it involved the broken down Angle and old man 'Taker who occasionally has the ability to GO, that's just sad. Given all the talent WWE actually has, they should produce fantastic stuff but when that match is the MOTY (Which it makes the top three for me in WWE), it's kind of a sad thing. Every thing this match wanted to be, McGuinness-Danielson III killed.

It's been around Baseball for so long that unless it's like the Red/Yankees brawl, it pretty much is considered a meaningless thing and rarely do those brawls go long or get crazy. Hockey and Football are violent sports, thus those brawls come as part of the game. NASCAR is built off "danger" and the actual fights occur off the "field" and in the back area but since it's a part of the charm of the industry, it's actually promoted these days from ESPN when they try to make a simple shoving incident between two drivers out to be an all out war (especially when the wives get involved). Basketball doesn't have that long tradition that Baseball falls back on nor does it have the excuse of being a violent sport. Thus, it gets this treatment. Yes, it's also race related. This brawl is already forgotten and if it didn't involve Carmelo punking out, no one would care. It was a shitty excuse of a brawl anyways. The Detroit brawl deserved the scorn it got and the old brawls of the NBA were much more intense and warranted those responses. The nine million articles talking about it and its horrifying effect on basketball says its not forgotten. Go to any sports site and I guarentee that there are at least two stories and one opinion piece. And I disagree with the NBA fights being intense. If anything they have been the girliest fights in the history of recorded film. Once every so often you get something that looks like a fight between men, but usually you get Jerry Stackhouse hitting Jeff Hornecek in the face twice and Jeff kinda just standing there or not moving because he punched like a bitch. Or you get Shaq punching Eric Montross and Shaq falling down while Eric just kinda stands there and looks at him...because he punches like a bitch. Or you get Jeff Van Gundy hanging on peoples leg. All of these instances were hyped up like they were horrific when honestly they were just sad because of how pathetic they were. It's the day after. No one will be talking about this at the end of the season except for "If 'Melo hadn't missed those games, Denver would've been in the playoffs". I was talking about the old fights before the NBA was infested by these posers who can't fight. Most modern NBA brawls aside from most famous one are regarded for the comedy value but there were those fights where punches and kicks were all over the place and such.

Which just shows how bad 2006 has been for WWE if that match is considered its MOTY.

It's been around Baseball for so long that unless it's like the Red/Yankees brawl, it pretty much is considered a meaningless thing and rarely do those brawls go long or get crazy. Hockey and Football are violent sports, thus those brawls come as part of the game. NASCAR is built off "danger" and the actual fights occur off the "field" and in the back area but since it's a part of the charm of the industry, it's actually promoted these days from ESPN when they try to make a simple shoving incident between two drivers out to be an all out war (especially when the wives get involved). Basketball doesn't have that long tradition that Baseball falls back on nor does it have the excuse of being a violent sport. Thus, it gets this treatment. Yes, it's also race related. This brawl is already forgotten and if it didn't involve Carmelo punking out, no one would care. It was a shitty excuse of a brawl anyways. The Detroit brawl deserved the scorn it got and the old brawls of the NBA were much more intense and warranted those responses.

There isn't another top shelf main event face for SD right now (with Kane and Taker busy with their own thing) and they didn't want to do another Batista/Booker title match or blow the Finlay/Batista match. Either were really buyrate appealing main events, hence the mass gimmicks and the addition of Cena. Cena probably added some buyrates as he is the top star in the company.

Doesn't stop people from being play by play commentators, why should it limit them from hype shows?

'Taker takes the big bump? Wow.

He made that look so effortless. What a player and he deserves the "best player ever" talk he's been getting because he's reaching that level right in our eyes.

They sure wanted to reward the 125,000 who brought this show.

I guess that was the match that Meltzer talked about, but yeah, seriously...a ladder match with Regal/Taylor? Totally unexpected.

Raw Edge Carlito Monty Brown HBK Orton Triple H Jeff Hardy Nitro Flair Kenny (Cena/Umaga -Gimmick title match) Smackdown Undertaker Booker Matt Hardy Kane MVP Kennedy Gregory Helms Jimmy Yang Chavo Guerrero Chris Benoit (Batista/Finlay-title match) ECW Punk Knox RVD Sandman Dreamer Striker Holly Thorne Terkay Sabu (Lashley/Test "extreme rules" title match) I'll expect them to throw in a tag title match either being a Cryme Tyme Vs WGTT or London/Kendrick Vs Regal/Taylor and a woman's title match. I'm going to go ahead and predict that Edge gets the #1 spot and #2 is Matt. Edge will be the iron-man going 56.

HHH, Orton, 'Taker are the front runners. If they put the RR back in the mid-card as it was last year, they could put over Punk/RVD or whoever the ECW title match will involve but I don't see ECW getting the rumble victory rub. Really depends if they are still set for the idiotic 'Taker/Batista, Cena/Orton double punch as the main event.

No. Go for the tie. Gets the same result and who doesn't like seeing that annoying -1 on the side?