Thanks for the Fish

King Umaga would sorta be like King Haku. I would have liked Jericho's chances a helluva lot more if he wasn't involved in the HBK vs Batista angle now. MVP, Big Show and Umaga(as a long shot) would make the best winners of KOTR.

I think Jericho could use it the most. Though given that line-up, I might think Big Show gets the spot. HHH, Batista, Punk and HBK don't need the rub, MVP doesn't need the gimmick - so that leaves Umaga (who has been jobbed out too much lately), Jericho and Big Show. I just want to see Punk vs HHH or Punk vs HBK in one of the rounds... I'd love it to look like this - HBK vs CM Punk, MVP vs HHH, Umaga vs Big Show and Batista vs Jericho

I believe "Vengance" has been dropped, and it's just "A night of Champions". Sorta like how "Over the Edge" was dropped as a PPV title, Vengeance is afterall the PPV Benoit missed for "personal reasons"...

I'm definitely tuning in for the Regal/Orton match. Regal is criminally underutilized. I have a feeling they are pushing the tag division because they have a PPV called "A Night of Champions" or something like that coming up in which every match will be a title match and thus they need the tag titles to mean something. Raw Tags SD/ECW Tags Intercontinental US ECW Title Womans World Title WWE Title

I think Jericho is a real possibility as well, if they intend to turn him heel. King Jericho the Wicked ruled his world...

I hope they use it to "make" an undercard guy rather than just further put over a top guy. My personal choice would be Trevor Murdoch winning the tourney, though I agree that King Kennedy is the most likely. All hail King Kennedy.....Kennedy!

Gringo not gigolo

Okay, he is being called "Bam Neely", there is a wwe.com interview where Chavo introduced his muscle by that name. I wonder who was the big Bruins fan of the SD! (not-so) creative team. I'm surprised Hawkins and Ryder didn't get similar treatment, unless there is a Burt Hawkins and Jack Ryder from 1980's professional sports...

I agree completely. He's actually painful to watch in his cameo appearances anymore. He's turned into a caricature or a cartoon character. Original Japan/ECW Cactus Jack would want to put current Mick Foley out of his misery. I loved Mankind and ECW Cactus Jack, however if I never saw Mick Foley on WWE programming (other than a HOF spot) I wouldn't miss him at this stage.

Many in India believe Khali is a real fighter, and he is actually edited to be a good guy on shows airing there.

No that wasn't Roadkill. Roadie was fired a few months ago. That is Developmental Justin "The Ox" Laroche. He was teaming with Charles "The Hammer" Evans most of his OVW stnit, though they had broken up and were feuding shortly before wwe pulled their talent from OVW. PWinsider said he might be called Bam Neely, though I'll believe that when I see it. Though with "Kenny Dykstra", I guess it wouldn't be surprising.

Justin LaRoche is the biggest developmental talent they have that is close to being ready? He was only a few inches taller than Ryder and Hawkins and isn't really built either. He looked like the 3rd Basham Brother.

The most recent OVW site was light years better than the FCW offering. Of course I've seen indie sites that put the OVW site to shame.

FCW really needs to hire professionals to run their website, their current one if bloody awful and rather amateur.

He was. For selling merchandise at the shows or something, though he says that's false so who knows.

He gives the stable size I guess.

I have lost all desire to watch ECW. Kane vs Chavo is not a program worth tuning in for, either is Knox/Stevie or Delaney vs whomever. Punk vs Benjamin would be a good feud, but I think Punk is in holding pattern until he jumps.

He has years of injuries and doesn't need to wrestle. He's very effective in his role. Anybody could do his role. He brings nothing special to it.

Regal should be in the ring as an upper card heel. He's utterly wasted as a GM.

I think the wwe has accepted that they're going to get blown out by the NCAA Finals and are mailing in the show.

There was a 2004 dress code memo in the box as well? Is it possible that those drugs were in the crawl space for years?

Josh was a Joey Styles rip-off though. Also I believe he might have pissed off the wrong people when he wanted a wrestlers contract when he was being used in an angle awhile back.

Jon Heidenreich? Didn't he split rather quickly to buy a gun and to head down to NO after the Katrina floods? John Morrison/Johnny Nitro (though I don't believe he ever lived in Atlanta) and Johnny Stambouli being from Atlanta though moved to PHX and could be living with relatives in Orlando for the time being while with TNA. Of course that's if "John" was on the contract shown. Was the wwe developmental "Deep South Wrestling" in the area at this time?

Snitsky would have been a much better choice for Fake Kane. I believe the reasoning for the Festus vs Undertaker match is that it is punishment for Festus beating up Ryder/Hawkins this past week. Is Jesse hurt? Or are they trying to see if Festus could be a solo worker in his current gimmick(Tag teams are a waste of money afterall). Koslov is horrid. He's supposed to be a Fedor Emelianenko rip-off, but has no feel for the business and is a slow learner. I expect he could disappear in the not so distant future and never be mentioned about.

That Carlito vs Benjamin match from ECW pretty much sucked. Carlito's problem is that he has really heavy feet (worse than Jericho) and it makes him move slowly/lumbering in the ring and makes all of his flippy shit moves look slow motion and rather brutal. First thing I would change about Carlito would be his entrance music. It bugs the hell out of me, though mostly because it's so damn short they have to loop it. Carly's younger brother Eddie is in the wwe developmental system - if you wanted a tag partner for Carlito, that's where I'd look. Also The Puerto Rican Nightmare Eric Perez has been ready for a call-up for awhile now (I believe he and Eddy Colon are teaming up in FCW). Actually my first choice would be to cut him, however that isn't a realistic option given the target demographics he helps reach.