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The Jays talked about it earlier this month, but nothing apparently came out of it. JP seems more interested in Matt Clement at the moment.

Why?

I've rationally explained why I think Xenogears lix teh dix. I don't think you want to hear it all again. Likewise, SO3 has explained why he doesn't like the Suikodens. Xenogears is still heavenly compared to Xenosaga and FFTA, though. You've explained why you don't like them. You haven't explained why you both feel the need to talk about it whenever the game is mentioned even in passing. Its like saying the words Michael Moore with MikeSC around.

At V, Andre/Roberts, Rude/Warrior, Taylor/Heenan, Harts/Honky&Valentine, Haku/Herc & Demos/Powers all had build to them. At VI, Demos/Colosssal Connection, Savage&Sherri/Rhodes&Sapphire, Piper/Bad News, Dibiase/Roberts & Akeem/Bossman were built up beforehand.

Suikoden II is arguably the best RPG ever made, and no III isn't better than II. It is better than the first one though, and is my favourite RPG on the PS2, at least until Suikoden IV comes out. Don't listen to Star Ocean, he has an irrational hatred for the Suikoden series, much like Andrew and Xenogears.

This is also the second week in the row with Chris Benoit in the advertised main event. Coincidence? I think not.

Why do you have the Packers above the Vikings on the Power Rankings, but behind them in the divisional race? Since the key game for both teams is against each other, and you think that the Packers are better than the Vikings, how did you come to that decision?

Suikoden III

Savage was also a commentator in '91, from shortly after Warrior beat him at WM7 to his return in October so he could feud with Jake the Snake RAW's 1st show was before the Royal Rumble The RAW after the RR had Flair/Perfect, the 1st RAW was Main evented by Taker/Demento Micheals/Moon if memory serves... The Savage/Repo Man blowoff was also on the RAW with Perfect/Flair.

XVII, by a landslide.

We are much closer allies with the UK, US & Australia than we are with Western Europe. The difference is Iraq (other than the standard trade disputes). I'm not saying we need a strong military, at least with the juggernaut known as the US next door. But I find it disgraceful that the government won't give them working equipment. We suffer more casualties in helicopter crashes and submarine fires than we ever do in actual combat. Even the NDP agrees on that, but the Liberals have only started doing something about it now.

The guy who I really felt sorry for was Terry Taylor in the Red Rooster gimmick. He was too good of a wrestler to be doing that shit.

I actually like their sports coverage much better than the Star's.

Why is Miz still there? He sucks at everything they've done.

How about the Toronto Sun? They have bitched every day for two years that we aren't in Iraq. The US would declare war and we would be Yankees in about 12 hours after our 'army' is devastated by their own equipment malfunctioning.

Cromwell ultimately failed though. The monarchy ended up getting restored.

Rock. Late 99 maybe. I don't mean those specific PPVs, but around that time to get a more specific period than a single year. A year is a long time in wrestling. Rock was at his most over in the winter of 1999-2000 and early spring 2000. He seemed to lose something after failing to win the belt at Wrestlemania and hasn't been the same since. He was easily more over during his Big Show & HHH feuds than he was feuding with Billy Gunn in 1999. He was very over early in 1999, but it was early in 2000 that he became a household name. Hogan. 1986 is arguable, but Hogan was nowhere near his peak in 1985. 1986 is during the Orndorff feud and Hogan was reaching his peak around then, but it continued into 1987 which is my point. Hogan is tougher to gauge than most because he was superover all the way through 1990. But what was the period where he drew the most money? It was 1987, the absolute height of the WWF Golden Age. That is why I chose that year. The Austin phenonemon joined the next level at Royal Rumble 98, and kicked into the stratosphere at Wrestlemania, but it took awhile for word to spread. Up until Summerslam 98 it was the Austin show. Summerslam also had the IC Title Ladder Match which would end up marking the beginning of Rock's rise. By Wrestlemania XV Austin was still megaover, but he was becoming a bit stale and there was the sense that Rock was really starting to gain ground on him (it would take until Survivor Series time for them to pull about even). His peak was August/Sept 1998, and it was a long, slow decline from then. Bret Hart's peak as a face was 1994, but he was never as over then as he was in 1997. He started losing favour after Calgary Stampede (and especially Summerslam) to HBK. His WCW career was forgettable. Bret Hart's career was never bigger than at his homecoming at Calgary Stampede. This is the one case where you can really link it to a single PPV. He's the easiest to figure out of all of them. The backlash against HBK started when they started the boyhood dream angle headed into Wrestlemania, which is a shame because he was huge in the summer and fall of 1995, and for his return from injury at the Royal Rumble. He had a rather rapid fall, going from being by far the star of the company at the Rumble to being booed heavily in October. He got over again as a heel in 1997, but a lot of that was run-off from Montreal and he never was the most hated heel on RAW in 1997-98, Vince was. In 1988-1994 he was a midcarder, they aren't even an option.

Don't the tiebreakers for HFA go like this? 1. Head-to-head 2. Conference record 3. Record against common opponents 4. Margin of victory I know it came down to strength of victory last year, because Green Bay needed to win the division outright (via Minnesota's loss to Arizona), because both Minnesota & Seattle had beaten tougher opponents. I think they brought it in not too long ago, possibly last year was the first time they used it.

Strength of victory. In which case, Green Bay having beaten Philly, St Louis & Minnesota would probably win out.

I'm just surprised that they are pushing him when his partner was the white guy. Normally I wouldn't bring race into it, but this company has been suspicious in the past.

And that is the difference between Orton and Batista (or Orton and Cena).

And Philly just won the East, so they might be caught sleeping.

1. Hogan, 1987 (Wrestlemania III was his peak.) 2. Austin, 1998 (His peak was at Summerslam 98.) 3. Rock, 2000 (Wrestlemania 2000ish) 4. Flair, 1991 (Flair's had so many peaks and valleys, but I will say 1991 when basically the entire fanbase went on strike when he left the company. 1998 is a close second.) 5. Sting, 1997 6. Bret, 1997 (Canadian Stampede. Without out a doubt the peak of Bret's popularity, loved in Canada, hated in the US, everyone had an opinion regardless.) 7. Andre, 1987 (He was getting pelted with garbage just by stepping out from the curtain. I would say that was pretty good heel heat.) 8. HBK, 1996 (Royal Rumble time, right after the injury angle. He was still pretty popular by Wrestlemania, but less so than in Dec/Jan of 95-96.)

Martz can build a team, he just can't coach one, which is why he has managed to stick around.

Cena just needs to be tweaked though. They have the basic gimmick down well, he just needs to be more natural and less playing to the audience. Orton needs a complete overhaul.