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And the eclipse begins to pull away pretty much right after Boston won.

Scott Rolen is really just embarrasing himself by this point.

Backlund's Crossface Chickenwing used to look devastating back in 1994. It wasn't a move from which the opponent could easily escape from either. I also like the move Noble was using prior to his firing.

No, it wasn't Powers. They were still technically part of the Young Stallions at this point, although Roma was soloing most of the time. It was some guy with shoulder length blond-hair and a goatee. It wasn't Widowmaker either.

Well, if you go by that chart, the best president for the economy in the last 50 years was Richard Nixon.

Its about time John Kerry got some good news.

If the Sox lose this series even I will begin believing in the stupid curse.

We are concerned. Most of us don't want our drugs headed to the US. And there aren't enough not because of the system, but because the Liberal government spent 11 years cutting payments. It was never a problem before the mid-90s. Hell, outside of Ontario it isn't much of a problem now.

Yes, but you were referring to how good the doctors and hospitals are. That's not the problem. The problem is that there aren't enough of them.

They do it because it is jumping the line. The weakness in the Canadian system is not the quality of care, it is the long wait times.

1) If this story is accurate, then D'Von definitely was at fault. I do want to hear the explanation from WWE though. 2) The fan seems like a dick so I'm not exactly ready to run out and defend him even if he was in the right.

That was worse than Stottlemeyer.

Win Shares gives him more credit than range factors, and in fact considers him the best defensive 3Bman in the AL. Its not an exact science. Ok. Thanks for explaining.

Oh man...I would just keep walking right out of the stadium Jeff.

Jeez, not even A-Rod? He used to be great defensively. If Brown wasn't going to start Game 7, Vasquez would have, and you saw how well he did in that game. The Yankees did not lose soley because of Kevin Brown.

No more than normal. I'm fascinated by this.

Roethlisberger also has a lot of receiving talent that isn't available to Palmer.

What I notice is that some people are actually confusing when the WWF was at its peak financially. It was in 2000, not 1998 or 1999, that they were the biggest in terms of popularity. Buyrates and live attendance in 2000 blow those of 1998 out of the water.

Who else could have won in 1995? Backlund & Owen maybe, but they lasted a combined 30 seconds. Lex Luger was on job duty by that point. He didn't even get the win at Survivor Series where Team USA always wins. Crush had returned just for that match. Bundy? Feuding with Taker. Bulldog hadn't done much since returning at Summerslam. Although I will admit one of the few times I have ever been legitimately shocked in professional wrestling was in that match, when I thought Bulldog had it won. I was like, what the hell, did Shawn screwup and hit the ground? That wasn't supposed to happen. Regardless it was brutally obvious that year. There was literally nobody else that could win it once Diesel retained. At least 1996 had Diesel and the wildcard Vader. It was pretty bad too, but not as bad as 1995. Aside from the predictability of it, it was also ruined by too many jobbers (Well Dunn? Mantaur?) and by the rediculous decision to only give 60 seconds between intervals. 1998 was the crowning of Austin. Like 1995, they had to do it, but it didn't exactly make it exciting. 1991 had no title shot up for grabs, so an upset was somewhat possible. Once Warrior lost it was written in stone, but it was less predictable leading up to the show. The others.... 1988 - Really could have been anyone. Nobody knew what the thing was even like back then, plus it was only 20 entrants. A face was likely though. 1989 - Studd, Dibiase, Savage, Hogan, Bossman, Akeem, Andre & Roberts were all being pushed heavily. Just imagine if Warrior & Rude were in this too. 1990 - Warrior, Hogan, Savage, Dibiase, Roberts, Rude (prepping for big heel push), and Perfect all could have won it. Hell, maybe even Rhodes. He was still being pushed at the time. 1992 - Flair, Savage, Hogan, Roberts, Piper, Sid & Undertaker were all legitimate threats and five of them were there right at the end. 1993 - Taker, Perfect, Lawler (in his first WWF Match), Savage & Yoko were the picks here. No Flair because word was already out on him that he would be out of the company the next night. Perfect was probably the favourite going in. 1994 - Bret or Luger. It was a choice of two, but pretty much 50/50 between them. So, of course, they had them both win. 1997 - Bret or Taker. I don't think anyone gave Austin much of chance which is what made this win so great. 1999 - Vince, Austin or HHH. What really hurt this Rumble is that the first half was filled with gaps in action and a bunch of jobbers. It improves once Billy Gunn comes out. They also picked the wrong guy to win. 2000 - Very predictable, but the match itself is excellent. Probably my #4 Rumble after 90, 92 & 04. 2001 - Rock or Austin. Like 1994, this was down to two guys. I think they went with the wrong choice here (a Rock win should have set up an Austin heel turn well in advance of Wrestlemania). Too much comedy makes it worse than 2000 and the wrong ending hurts it, but it still comes in at #5. 2002 - The crowning of HHH. For marks, Austin, Taker & Angle probably had a shot, but really this is all about Trip. Almost as predictable as 1995 or 1998, elevated a tad because of better competition. 2003 - Brock was the favourite, but it wasn't as close as one might think because of the splits. I remember these boards at the time and many many people picked RAW wrestlers Jericho, HBK or even RVD to win, and then Brock win his shot later. 2004 - Benoit, Goldberg (who would then jump to Smackdown and job to Brock at Mania), Orton (Vince's pick, before HHH talked him out of it, according to Meltz) and Angle were legitimate threats. This is also the first Rumble since 1997 that I got wrong. I thought Angle would win and go on to face Eddy in the Main Event at Wrestlemania with Brock/Goldberg being non-title.

Soooo...not only is INXS an idiot, he's also sexist.

You obviously haven't been paying attention to the discussion. They shouldn't sign people to these huge contracts, because if they don't perform they can't get rid of them. Thus you end up having to fix your team soley through free agency (they traded away all their prospects) and when you get to a season like this when there is little of what the Yankees really need (Beltran and possibly Pavano) you have to stick with the same bunch of losers that couldn't get it done last year.

Marino was certainly #2. I don't know if Favre has passed him since or not.

I thought it was painfully obvious at the time. Perhaps you guys were just too young.

There were two choices for the 1995 Rumble and the other (Owen Hart) lost his chance when Bret failed to take the title from Diesel earlier in the show. It was one of the most absurdly easy to predict Rumbles out there. Only 1998 was worse. Aside from the first two minutes, Flair's performance in Royal Rumble 1992 is a much better story than Bulldog/Shawn. Everyone hated him, and yet he manages to slip under the radar when the bigger guns (Hogan/Taker, Savage/Roberts, etc.) start going after each other. Agreed on that one, but it doesn't make for the best Rumble.

Half this thread is about hating the Lakers. How can you not hate Kobe Bryant? And I don't see anyone hating on the Patriots and they are better than both the Lakers and the Yankees.