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You just mentioned three things of the past that you wouldn't mind seeing again because it would be different. Montreal wouldn't be different, they have done Montreal finishes every year since 1997. They have done the corporate minded champion again since The Rock's Corporate Rock period. A Face squad against McMahon? It's been done over 100 times. This isn't something different, it's the same recycled stuff.

Entourage was disapointing again with only Ari supplying the quality. Dom isn't a great addition to the show. Lucky Louie wasn't as hilarious as last week but it still delivered enough for me. I'm sure Tourgasm will suck but I'll give it one last shot tonight.

Umaga/Eugene is the typical popcorn match. It shouldn't open the show.

go watch Little House on the Prairie

Except ROH already does the whole entertainment/character development. ECW needs to be an etertaining quality wrestling program with compelling stories, engaging characters, quality wrestling(which is supposedly the draw of wrestling itself) and a sense of originality.

Yeah, exactly. Maybe there's more on the cable networks but those are reality based anyways (like Autopsy). He probably considers CSI a medical show which it isn't.

Medical shows have been on network tv since well... when tv was invented. You have something against medical shows? If I put up a HBO logo, will you bitch because HBO airs Autopsy?

They are trying (and failing) to make Angle into a Taz/Danielson wrestling machine hybrid. They give him the bad ass, shoot style persona of Taz mixed with the wrestling expertise of Danielson who can beat you in over 20 different ways. The problem is that Angle is horrible at it.

I'm shocked no one has made any " Old England Patriots" jokes yet.

There's religious reasons you can't watch one of the best network tv shows? Turn off sigs if you want to not see Gregory House's face.

They have aired all sorts of classic old basketball games this weekend.

I also feel that it's too early to tell the fate of modern day ECW. This past week's show was a huge improvement and from what I've read it's because Paul Heyman was given more freedom to do as he wished. Hopefully this trend continues and once Vengeance is done with we can see what Heyman and Lagana can do creatively with this roster and establishing ECW as it's own brand. The one thing I'm concerned about however is the talent that they are choosing to bring into ECW. Kurt Angle was fine. Big Show and Test however are not. Granted the old ECW had their share of big stiffs but there are so many guys lost in the shuffle on Raw and Smackdown who could really use the new ECW and opportunity to work with Heyman. I don't think the ECW mutants would necessarily shit on a new ECW at the ECW Arena if they were seeing guys like Jamie Noble, Matt Hardy, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Super Crazy or Kid Kash. Even a repackaged Val Venis. There could be an open door policy where anyone is welcome to wrestle in ECW or they could easily do storylines where talent walk out on Raw or SD to go to ECW, even the entire cruiserweight division. This would still allow some cross promotion between the shows. If London and Kendrick are jobbed out to Great Khali they can angrily storm into Teddy Long's office and announce that they are taking the SD tag titles to ECW next Tuesday. I understand that they don't want to resemble an indie promotion but they need a larger roster, even if it's only a 60 minute show. Guys like Danny Doring, Justin Credible, Balls Mahoney, Roadkill and Stevie Richards are for the most part enhancement talent, although I'd like to see Stevie get a fair push. SD losing the names I mentioned above will do nothing to hurt their product since most of those guys are hardly ever on television. Matt Hardy is still ridiculously over despite being a jobber. They should bring in guys like Nigel McGuinness, Bryan Danielson or the Briscoes also. The idea should be to create a brand with a different style and more direct competition to whatever TNA is doing. You basically want ROH with better production values. You won't get that.

It's one thing to ask what was a better selection in terms of looks but when you try to apply a guys ability to work via what color and design he wore in different matches, it's a new level.

Because Motorhead is HHH's band. You could get any garage band to cover Enter Sandman for nothing but WWE isn't going to do that.

Netherlands better fucking score here. I still don't know why I put $ on them.

I would have gotten this if it wasn't right after ONS.

I wouldn't. I haven't been to the movies in the last 6 weeks, so I plan on seeing a bunch of movies next weekend but I'm sure SR will probably be 6th or 7th on that list for me. It just doesn't look worth seeing.

I'd like to throw myself in under Miami(OH).

He uses the Anaconda Vice now, which I like much more than the Pespi Plunge. The Plunge seemed like a very unbelievable move to me. It required too much set-up where the Anaconda Vice can basically be applied from anywhere. The Pepsi Plunge was great for a high impact move to finish off a major feud (such as the Daniels one) but the execution of it was usually flawed as it's not an easy move to take or deliver. Oddly enough, Homicide did a fantastic pepsi plunge and almost looked better then Punk's version.

Click? How can that a surprise? It was an sure-fire #1 movie that I'm surprised only made $40 million although that is about the average for a Sandler film.

Punk is friends with the guys from AFI which is why he even used it to begin with and the fact AFI is under Universial's empire, makes it easier for them to use Misera Cantare. Personally, I loved Cult of Personality.

It'll set up Kool-Aid Man getting caned. That would be fuckin hilarious... Only if he bursts through a wall and goes "OH YEAH!". Otherwise it's just silly. Shockmaster shouldn't be busy these days.

The good news is that the crowd is responsive to the newer stars like Punk and still see the original cast of ECW in a good light. CM Punk will probably keep Misera Cantare as his theme song which will go a long way for his character (AFI is under Interscope records, which is owned by Universial who of course own USA and Sci-Fi).

Pre-show (a) JOSH ABERCROMBIE over RHETT TITUS with a Taliban Backpack (b) BOZ (possibly Ryan Boz) over ALEX PAYNE via pinfall © KEITH WALKER over BOBBY DEMPSEY and C.J. OTIS in a 3-way match Main Show 1) IRISH AIRBORNE of JAKE & DAVE CRIST over SHANE HAGADORN & TRIK DAVIS via pinfall 2) RODERICK STRONG over JIMMY JACOBS via the Stronghold in about 15 minutes Also, Conrad Kennedy III is Jimmy Rave's partner against The Briscoes. Thomas Bobo 3) JAY & MARK BRISCOE over JIMMY RAVE & CONRAD KENNEDY III after Mark pinned CK3 after a Burning Hammer 4) SAMOA JOE over DELIRIOUS via pinfall after the Musclebuster After the match, Claudio and Necro hit the ring to attack Joe. BJ and Pearce made the save, but Nate Webb was out with a Barbed-Wire Crown. Ace Steel made the save and a 6-Man Bunkhouse Brawl is on NOW! 5) THE NECRO BUTCHER, CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI, & NATE WEBB over BJ WHITMER, ADAM PEARCE, & ACE STEEL when Necro pinned BJ after a chairshot to the head with the crown of barbed-wire wrapped around his head Intermission 6) NIGEL MCGUINNESS over HOMICIDE via countout to retain the ROH Pure Title Homicide threw a fit after the match and Pearce came out to try and reason with him. Homicide ended up leaving through the front door of the Frontier Fieldhouse. 7) KENTA over AUSTIN ARIES after Go To Sleep in about 22 minutes. Following the match, The Briscoes attack Aries. KENTA made the save and Strong also came in to assist. KENTA got "Please Come Back!" chants. ...8) BRYAN DANIELSON over COLT CABANA via pinfall in about 30 minutes Colt challenged Danielson to a 2/3 Falls Match when ROH returns to Chicago on 8.26. Danielson accepted. Colt v. Danielson III on 8.26 is signed!

Meng and Goldberg for Little Ceasars.