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Sources within the WWE have reported that Maria Kanellis apparently has a new boyfriend backstage. Ms. Kanellis has legitimately began dating her on-screen boyfriend, Santino Marella. Marella, real name Anthony Carelli, had recently divorced his ex-wife in the past year. It is rumored that the two began dating while the WWE was performing shows in the United Kingdom. Source: Wrestling Observer

I think that "complete jobber guy" is Kasey James.

Lushus has standards.....

I have a chance to be 2nd color me a bit surprised...

Teke you jinxed yourself...

Looks like I'm gonna barely pull one out here...

Tennessee stands back up now...

God Tennessee blows....the fact that they are going to lose this game is sad.

And there it is the momentum change as the cocks fumble.

Promos 101 October 22, 2007 After watching TNA’s Impact this week I was inspired to offer a free promo lesson, which I will call Promos 101. Keep in mind that I have never claimed to be able to hold a candle to the great talkers in this industry. I am not in any way shape or form a Ric Flair, a Rock, or a John Cena on the microphone. I am however a competent promo and more importantly, know the important elements of a good promo. This past week on Impact I witnessed two of the worst promos I have ever seen. Before I point the finger at the specific promos in question, lets take a look at what promos are and what they are supposed to accomplish. Promos are supposed to PROMOTE something, thus the name. If I am going to go out and cut a promo, I am suppose promote myself, promote my opponent, promote the angle and match I am in, or in a perfect world all of the above. This business is called a business, because that is what it is. We are all out there trying to convince fans to spend money on our product. Promos are designed to get people and angles over and convince fans that what ever the person is talking about is worth paying for or at least worth tuning in to watch. All the Charisma, electricity, and excitement in the world doesn’t make for a good promo if fans care less about what you are promoting when you’ve finished talking. The single most fundamental rule of promos is to NEVER completely bury anyone or anything! This business is a work, so when you are cutting a promo you are trying to sell the entire match or angle not just yourself. Even if you are a cocky heel you cannot just completely run down your opponent. It is both lazy and bad for business. If you call your opponent a bum, with no other build up, what do you have? If the fans believe you, you’re facing a bum; who cares. If you beat the guy, you’ve beaten a bum; who cares. Heaven forbid he beats you, and then a bum has beaten you; where does that leave you? There are a few minor exceptions to this rule, but even in those instances it’s not really the best approach, but it’s relatively harmless. Those exceptions are guys like Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan, who are pretty much Teflon to insults because they are so established, and over. You could run down both guys till you are blue in the face and they crowd is still going to love them, because they are legendary house hold names, but when you are dealing with less established guys, burying them is absolutely inexcusable. This brings me to the TNA promos that inspired this commentary. The first one was by Jr. Fatu. I both know and have worked with Jr. and have a lot of respect for him, but this promo was atrocious, and never should have been allowed to air. When a company like TNA hires a guy like Jr. Fatu they do so because of the level of success he has achieved in his career. As Rikishi, Jr. Fatu was extremely over and was a very big name, so bringing him in is supposed to give the company more credibility and help elevate those he works with. His promo accomplished the exact opposite. Jr. Fatu cut a promo talking about facing Robert Roode in the Fight For Your Right Tournament. In the promo he didn’t know or care what the tournament was even called, didn’t know what his opponents name was, and continually referred to Roode as a “jobroni”. If Jr. Fatu doesn’t care that he is in a tournament to win a World Title shot, why should we, and what does that say about the importance of a World Title Shot? Calling Roode a “Jobroni” and screwing up his name is so disrespectful and bad for business, that it isn’t even funny. This promo was a chance for a former Huge WWE star to give a TNA star some credibility, but that is not what happened. Instead we are left to believe that Roode is so unimportant and crappy that people in this industry don’t even know who he is. Why would I want to see this match when the baby face (the guy who is supposed to be telling the truth) tells me it’s an unimportant joke match? Established more experienced guys are supposed to give younger guys the rub and elevate them, not bury them! If Jr. Fatu beats Roode in the tournament now, who cares, he beat a “jobroni” to advance in a tournament he doesn’t even care about. If Roode beats Jr. Fatu, Jr. Fatu got beat by a “jobroni”. This is the epitome of bad business, and if TNA wants to succeed, things like this CANNOT happen, ever! The second promo I had a problem with was by another guy who should know better. Team 3D (Brother Rey) cut a promo on the Motor City Machine Guns before attacking them and power bombing both guys through tables. I would assume this segment is to create interest in a Team 3D vs. MCMG match. Team 3D is by far the more established team, so elevating the Machine Guns should be the goal of this segment. This leaves a sane booker, two options. Option 1: The heels can come out and build the faces up verbally, talking about how every body loves these guys, and how the MCMGs are younger faster and more exciting team that everyone is talking about, but that Team 3D is still the big kids on the block and that the Guns will need to go through them to prove themselves. Then when the attack happened the Guns should have gotten the advantage only to have the rug pulled out from under them leading to the power bombs. This way we as fans can get behind the MCMG hoping they get their revenge. Option 2: Team 3D comes out and buries these guys verbally, being cocky heels, to create heat, only to have their attack fail with the MCMG getting the upper hand running off Team 3D, sending the message that the verbal burial was complete bullshit. What we got was of course the worst combination of the two. We had Team 3D come out and tell us that the MCMG (who are actually getting over) are unimportant and useless, as is the whole X-Division (why they are also burying the X-Div. Is beyond me, they are in the Tag Team Division after all) then they hit the ring and killed the unimportant useless tag team to drive home the fact that everything they just said was true. Even if that was the way it was booked, Brother Rey should have cut a different promo. This segment threw a huge bucket of water on a tag team that was catching fire, in order to get over a team that is about as established and over as a tag team can get. Yet again horrible, horrible business, and thus a bad promo! Lance Storm

I hope you all listened to Alvarez rant on Kennedy, that was fuckin hilarious.

I have 2 teams i'll just list them instead of copying... Bibby Redd Richard Hamilton Garnett Kirilenko Stephen Jackson Dwight Howard Andrew Bynum Villanueva Al Thornton Devin Harris Luther Head Hakim Warrick And my other team... Andre Miller McGrady Deng Garnett Boozer Jamison Eddy Curry Kaman Anthony Parker Kenyon Martin Devin Harris Warrick Jarrett Jack These are 12 team H2H leagues.

Sting's partner is Booker it's easy..

Fuck this year......this is just fuckin stupid, BC was shit this entire game.

Are you kidding me/ BC has been awful this game....yet they may win.

THURSDAY Boston College at Virginia Tech Air Force at New Mexico FRIDAY Boise State at Fresno State SATURDAY West Virginia at Rutgers Michigan State at Iowa Northwestern at Purdue USC at Oregon Florida vs. Georgia South Florida at Connecticut Clemson at Maryland Kansas at Texas A&M South Carolina at Tennessee Ohio State at Penn State California at Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the USC/Oregon game?64 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Arizona State's Rudy Carpenter have against California?265

Nah I didn't go, having no money makes that pretty difficult.

That was totally bonzo gonzo.

I know this is the WWE folder but since there is some Hart talk... Hart quietly divorced his second wife Cinzia a few weeks ago. Cinzia didn't want to leave Italy and Hart didn't want to live the rest of his life there.

Hart quietly divorced his second wife Cinzia a few weeks ago. Cinzia didn't want to leave Italy and Hart didn't want to live the rest of his life there.

They had a poll for Morrison shirts not long ago so they decided which one to go with I guess.

I dont know if this is new or not, but, heard this on the radio this morning: (WSB Radio) The World Wrestling Federation (Out of date, much?) says it will not cooperate with an investigation into the deaths of wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son. In papers filed in court, the WWE calls a discovery motion a "wholesale fishing expedition." Authorities in Fayette County say Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, then their seven year old son, Daniel, before killing himself. The WWE has maintained it had nothing to do with the murder-suicide. In its filing, the organization said the request for documents was "abusive and improper and not remotely relevant to the determination of order of death.'' The order of death could be key in determining who stands to inherit millions of dollars from the Chris Benoit estate. Neither Benoit nor his wife left a will. Fayette County investigators have said Benoit killed his wife first, then his son. But, Nancy Benoit's parents have suggested that Daniel may have been the first to die, and not his mother. October 23, 2007

Source - Wrestling Observer Newsletter Stephanie McMahon blew up before the No Mercy pay-per-view a few weeks ago regarding Chris Jericho being revealed as the SAVEUS campaign. She was really interested in keeping the return a surprise, thus was very upset it leaked. Her reaction was to run all the company cell phone records of the writing team as well as do a forensic check of their computers and e-mails. This is not the first time this has happened, as events have lead to this in the past, but they did not find a guilty party. Some writers were using their company cell phones to make excessive private calls and they go reamed for it. Several of the writers were said to be upset because they have been under added stress recently with having to completely re-write the No Mercy pay-per-view one week before the show due to John Cena being injured. They felt it was not fair they were getting blamed for the information being leaked. Stephanie is now talking about revising contracts that would disallow creative team members to speak out publicly and to specifically state that they don't have any ownership to their ideas. She also wants their contracts to ban them from being able to talk publicly after they are no longer with the company, about their experience with the company, or talk about the impressions of talent or anyone they met in the company. This would keep someone from going to TNA and sharing their WWE ideas.

The reports coming from TNA mobile that Scotty II Hotty, Brian Christopher, and 2 Cold Scorpio may be in negotiations with TNA are totally false.The company is using its text messaging service to do nothing in this case but stir up talk and buzz for the company.

I hope she learned a lesson about how you place your feet on the rope when doing that spot/bump.