Mike wanna be

Also according to Meltzer, that would make CM Punk's debut the lowest-rated segment ECW on SciFi has ever had. Pretty sad day for the wrestling fan when CM Punk is a worse ratings-grabber than Test, Mike Knox, or a fake stripper.

The only way I'll buy Edge dropping the belt is through a DQ that had nothing to do with him. An Umaga run-in out of nowhere, for example, that costs Edge the match and the title without it being BAH GAWD THAT JEZEBEL LITA who's gotten him disqualified a few dozen times already.

Freakish FG distance. 50 yarder appeared to have at least another ten yards of distance on it, maybe 15. I'm somewhat reminded of John Hall with his distance; here's to seeing the kicking record come down (Hall would've taken it down with his 65-yarder many years ago had he not missed wide left)

I grabbed this off WWEShop when they had a special; it was like, $20 for the DX shirt and the DVD, so I bought it. I wasn't impressed with the DVD's footage, but the matches weren't too bad, and the shirt usually goes for $25 by itself, so it was a steal. Disappointed that so much of it was censored, but the HHH/HBK title match of 12/22/97 is still funny nearly 9 years later.

The last thing ECW needs is the ECW Television Champion, MIKE...KNOX!

Wrong... I'm Rory McCallister, and this is my cousin Robbie; "I'M ROBBIE!" *points to self, strokes beard, maniacal smile*"

You're ignoring the top banner, the banner in the site header, the ads below the site header, the banner on the right, and the banner under the links on the left, right? (Add another banner on the top for whenever you click on an article.) Nothing on the bottom and no pop-ups, though. (This is from someone who visits WV for the news they put up.) True, I did ignore them because they are less intrusive and less bothersome. Insider's are larger, gaudier, and they flash a lot more. The WV ones just sit there. When PWInsider loads up, you have to close the drop-down ad, dodge popups and scroll down at least a half-page to get to the articles; WV has at least 10 articles ready for clicking on as soon as it loads up; there's no drop-down ad to get in my way and so far it hasn't subconsciously decided I was a laptop winner and taken away my article to offer me three choices.

At least you can read the articles on Wrestleview, without having ads on either side, on top and bottom, a drop-down ad, and the page changing to OMG U WIN PICK UR LAPTOP when you're in the middle of reading the damn thing. Not saying they deserve credit for taking the article, just saying a lot more people (myself included) would rely on (and subsequently credit) PWInsider if it wasn't so god-damn impossible to read an article on there.

Sabu landed nasty on his ankle after that 180 splash, looked like he twisted it really badly.

It's the Extreme Frenchman, Rene Dupree!

Seconded, Al needs Head.

Don't be so hard on the coverage; every time my bad corners go to deflect bomb passes, they miss entirely and take themselves out of the play, so instead of a 60-yard pass it's an 80-yard TD because they can't recover to make a tackle. I too have learned not to call hot routes when the crowd's cheering loudly; even if the QB can see the WR wide open in front of him, he'll throw the hot-routed route (usually right to a defender).

Considering that Smackdown JUST finished coming out of a massive roster-slimming disaster with liver enzymes and whatever else they blamed it on, isn't having the entire ECW main event scene filled with people at risk to either seriously injure themselves or others just ASKING for trouble? The best thing they could have done safety-wise was have a RAW run-in to fill up a few main events while Angle recovers as much as he is capable of (which would be like, 30% or so of his former self), keep Sabu in his "I want a title shot and Heyman won't give me one" role, and give Van Dam some cannon fodder to mow through on his run back to the belt. Instead, they're putting the future of ECW's main event scene on a giant who's reckless, about as un-over a champion as you'll find, not to mention the fact that he plain doesn't give a shit; a guy who regularly jumps off of stuff onto other stuff while wielding/throwing chairs around like some psychotic furniture salesman; and a guy who is about one bad landing away from being completely paralyzed. And your point? ECW needs to get rid of the cross over crap. Big Show facing guys from Raw and Smackdown wasn't helping. It only helped with Flair and that was it. The only people on the ECW roster who can look like serious threats to the title are the guy who jumps off stuff while wielding and throwing chairs, a guy who can be paralyzed by a bad landing (then again who can't when you land wrong?), and RVD. Everyone else on the ECW roster is not a threat to Big Show. Whose fault is that? Have Show give non-title matches to Balls, to Justin Credible, to either-sized Guido, to the vampire, to the freakin zombie for all I care. Angle and Sabu are main eventers and will remain main-event caliber no matter who they face, so why put them in the title picture (especially considering the fragility of each man and how devastating it'd be to have one go down in a major feud for the title) when you can use them elsewhere and have the title picture elevate other, younger, safer, less physically frail talent?

Considering that Smackdown JUST finished coming out of a massive roster-slimming disaster with liver enzymes and whatever else they blamed it on, isn't having the entire ECW main event scene filled with people at risk to either seriously injure themselves or others just ASKING for trouble? The best thing they could have done safety-wise was have a RAW run-in to fill up a few main events while Angle recovers as much as he is capable of (which would be like, 30% or so of his former self), keep Sabu in his "I want a title shot and Heyman won't give me one" role, and give Van Dam some cannon fodder to mow through on his run back to the belt. Instead, they're putting the future of ECW's main event scene on a giant who's reckless, about as un-over a champion as you'll find, not to mention the fact that he plain doesn't give a shit; a guy who regularly jumps off of stuff onto other stuff while wielding/throwing chairs around like some psychotic furniture salesman; and a guy who is about one bad landing away from being completely paralyzed.

So the ECW title picture consists of a non-over evil giant who spends more time in the ring bragging about how he's rich than he does actually learning to work, a nearly crippled former Olympic athlete who could have his career ended at virtually any moment, and the suicidal Sabu whose career could also go up in flames at any moment with a botched dive. Spiffy.

My question: When did the then-WWF tighten up their ropes? I was watching some old matches, and the ropes were REALLY loose, to the point where running across the ring shook the ropes; nowadays you have to physically hit them to get them to move. Snuka on the top turnbuckle bent it down a good six inches or so; standing on the top turnbuckle today barely moves it.

Not to mention the sheer hilarity of the TNA commentary team's overselling: UUUUUUUUUUGH THE CANADIAN DESTROYAAAHHHHHHHH~!~!!~!!!!

Considering how short a timespan they planned to have Hogan active (I don't think they were going to have Hogan show up weekly between SummerSlam and WM XXIII) I just sort of doubt that they would give him a wellness policy test (other than the "Are you going to die in the ring?" test). I mean, if he fails (which given his history, he would) you have two options; throw out the Hogan/Orton SummerSlam match you've been hyping since SNME2, or give Hogan a free pass just to save the match and make a horrible example for the locker room that drugs and steroids are bad only if you aren't a big enough draw. I instinctively feel that this is Hogan's way of doing the job he's paid to do while still looking strong AND making his opponent look weak in the process. Basically, classic Hogan. Oh, actually Im sure Hogan got a free pass on the drug tests. And even if they did test him and he did fail, I doubt anyone would know. Imagine the backlash of them announcing Hogan testing positive for any sort of steroids or whatnot. The problem is though, if Hogan is above the tests..than who else is. Is HHH? Undertaker? I wonder if Vince gets tested? I would think that they just wouldn't bother testing Hogan because he's only around from mid-July and SNME to late August and SummerSlam, so they can say "Well he's only here for a month and a half so he's exempt". There's no way they would test him; if he failed, word WOULD leak out in this day and age and they'd be screwed.

Screw that, I want it booked now. Orton vs Warrior in a promo war could last two editions of RAW and no one would have a clue what either one of them was talking about. Plus watching Warrior no sell the RKO and run around the ring like a crazy person would be worth 50 dollars. Would the Orton/Warrior feud segue into a Warrior/Batista segue culminating in a SummerSlam '07 match where both DAVE and Warrior shake the ropes at the same time, causing a massive pyro explosion and the ring to collapse?

Between Orton's stammering, stuttering promos and Warrior's non-sensical destrucity, I think it'd make for quite possibly the most hilarious string of promos in wrestling history. Worst Wrestlemania match ever, granted.

I've actually managed to return both a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown. I have no idea how I did it. Kind of just picked a direction and prayed. But yeah, most punt returns end up lasting about 3 or 4 steps. Special teams is just finding the seam and getting lucky with the blocks. I've had returns that looked like sure TDs screwed up by a god-awful "block" attempt where he pushed the defender right into me, and I've had ugly returns turn into TDs because the blocker pancaked the defender (usually causing a roadblock that holds up at least 3 other defenders in the process as they get up). And I think strength of schedule was taken out of the rankings to try to even out the balance between major conferences and mid-majors (as you can't really fault Utah for having to play 8 games against the terrible Mountain West).

I'm impressed with the reviews; I was afraid this was going to be the State of Emergency "Look how many people we can have on screen at once!" game for the Xbox 360, but I guess I was wrong.

Anybody else think Edge will somehow get counted out at SummerSlam? Personally, I say one of two things happens: Edge gets counted out so he loses, but retains, or: Something happens (run-in) that causes Edge to get DQed through no fault of his own, and he goes ballistic as he drops the match AND the belt in one fell swoop. It's painfully obvious that Lawler does the J-O-B in Memphis, although he did his best to bury it last week by saying "It's not about winning or losing, I just want to beat some respect into him."

Considering how short a timespan they planned to have Hogan active (I don't think they were going to have Hogan show up weekly between SummerSlam and WM XXIII) I just sort of doubt that they would give him a wellness policy test (other than the "Are you going to die in the ring?" test). I mean, if he fails (which given his history, he would) you have two options; throw out the Hogan/Orton SummerSlam match you've been hyping since SNME2, or give Hogan a free pass just to save the match and make a horrible example for the locker room that drugs and steroids are bad only if you aren't a big enough draw. I instinctively feel that this is Hogan's way of doing the job he's paid to do while still looking strong AND making his opponent look weak in the process. Basically, classic Hogan.

Can somebody explain to me why Rebecca was signed to a contract already? I mean, the fans say "Sorry, of the divas left, you're the one we LEAST want to see", so....here's a contract so they can see you every week? Is this not a blatant slap in the face to the WWE "fans" who spend .99 per text-messaged vote to keep their favorite Diva in, only to see the "rejected" divas get contracts anyways?