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I wish Petey would get more of a fair shake. I enjoy him as a worker, and he's the perfect example of why the X-Division needs to just be about good wrestling and not angles or gimmicks. Kinda off-topic, has anyone ever been on the boards at Death Valley Driver? My god those people are idiots. There are posters there, and not a small number, who consider Petey the worst wrestler in ALL OF WRESTLING. I'm not exaggerating this, either.

Because Khali's been booked to have never been taken off his feet.

Why do i tune into Impact each week? Its the only show where i can see Christian, Angle, Joe, Sting, Shelley, Sabin, Rhino, Austin Aries, AJ Styles, Daniels etc on TV.

He gave his notice.......he's going to continue to get jobbed unless they agree to a new contract, standard practice. Maybe I remember it incorrectly, but when his contract was nearly up in late 2003 I could have sworn he was given a decent IC title run as an incentive to re-sign, rather than just being jobbed until he did.

I would assume it's still Shane with Khali, and Lashley gets the spot of slamming Khali to get him over as a powerhouse. Actually makes a lot more sense than putting Hogan over him. There's a possibility of a lasting effect using Lashley in the angle, whereas Hogan you get a one night pop.

Jushin Liger was extremly offended by that........if anyone knows the story they can elaborate further but I know he was heavily pissed. NJPW refuses to acknowledge the title change. Basically Liger was led to believe his tour of WCW would be like in '95 when he was used to put on great matches and showcase the skills of himself and his opponent. He was completely wasted by Russo on that tour, a problem compounded when you consider he was half-a-world away from home competing. Also, title changes in Japan are always done by a matter of who's the better wrestler. So he and NJPW brass were not happy when their respected title was changed in 3 minutes with a tequila bottle shot.

I never cared for him. He's terrible on the mic and he botches a lot of spots. He's also an awkward size -- too big to be a flyer, but too small to be a power guy.

I love the part where Russo says he's not a bigot or racist. If you're white and you don't like lucha/puro, that doesn't by any means make you a bigot. What does make you a bigot however is having Juvi win the IWGP Jr. title by hitting Liger with a tequila bottle, or putting all the luchadores into a "Pinata on a Pole" match. I just hope he doesn't have Nagata and Tanahashi in a fucking "anime on a pole ladder match" or one of them using chopsticks as a weapon or something.

raza, I get what you're saying, but I don't like JR putting over someone's football background, either. I mean, it's important to mention past accomplishments when they're meaningful, but playing football at Bumfuck Tech like Bradshaw or being champion of a shit indy like XPW isn't noteworthy in major wrestling promotions. Kloss did a good job selling Kaos when he talked about him as a talented Latino from a new generation, I would have left it at that. Something that bugs me about Kloss is while he's enthuisiastic, which is good, he's Don West levels of over-excited. Plus, he doesn't seem to know the name of any moves. An enziguri is A KICK TO THE HEAD~! and a superkick is A KICK TO THE HEAD~! Maybe the commentary's dumbed down for MTV, I don't know. Anyway, as much as Kloss bugs, he's lightyears ahead of his color commentator. Man, that guy is just awful. Send him to a deserted island with Vince Russo ASAP.

Good. God. I can't STAND Vince Russo! Tanahashi is awesome, he'd get over for the same reasons guys like Daniels, Styles and Joe are over in TNA -- because he's a great wrestler. Fuckin' eh this guy is awful. I mean, how can you find a job booking when you're THIS STUPID?!

Kris Kloss' mentioning of XPW like it was ever relevant reminds me of Troy McClure. HI! I'm actor Troy McClure. You might remember me from such films as "Gladys the Groovy Mule" and "Calling All Quakers"! You might remember KAOS as THE LONGEST REIGNING XPW TELEVISION CHAMP OF ALL TIME!!!!

I think TNA may be wary of pushing Senshi, since he's burned bridges with just about everyone he's ever worked for...TNA included.

Yeah, but Airplane is old enough and has enough of a following to not fall into Vince's M.O. I'm more surprised that Super Crazy hasn't been given a YO QUIERO TACO BELL gimmick.

Isn't Two-a-Days reruns, though? Not that I'm cheering against WSX, I think it's a decent enough show, much better than ECW or Raw -- but that seems like some sorry apologizing. Two-a-Days, runs on the same format as WSX. It's the second season of Two-a-Days right now. Gotcha, I meant I thought it was still re-runs of Season One. EDIT: Good strategy by MTV by the way. I would imagine Two-a-Days appeals to high school aged kids into sports, so using that as a lead-in to wrestling makes a lot of sense.

Isn't Two-a-Days reruns, though? Not that I'm cheering against WSX, I think it's a decent enough show, much better than ECW or Raw -- but that seems like some sorry apologizing.

Ha! That's awesome considering it's pretty well documented McMahon has been hands-off with SmackDown and generally doesn't know wtf is going on with that show....the only good one of the three WWE programs.

The televised program is too short, has too many goofy camera angles and feels like a fit of epilepsy. The webcast however is a damn fine wrestling show.

Maybe with "competition" in the muscle department, Steiner will have to step up his game. THE RETURN OF THE FRANKENSTEINER! ...OK, maybe not. Probably the only one that could take the move in the company nowadays without being injured is Abyss. I would rather see the return of the Steiner Screwdriver so Kurt Angle can say "BROKEN FREAKING NECK!" every week. And I rather see the heel stable be Christian, Jericho, AJ, Daniels as religious freaks so Fallen Angel can bring back the collar, Fozzy can sing the gospel, AJ can fly from the heavens preaching the word of Christian, and Christian is the cult leader come on his name is CHRISTIAN! And throw in Sinister Minister and Abyss as the muscle. BOOK THIS!

The manager is in the doghouse, so job out the worker. Makes sense

Absolutely love it.

Submissions aren't exactly used much anymore as finishers with the exception of Cena, Punk, Benoit, and Masters. Some use submissions as set ups but it's generally those four with routine submission finishers. Right, because no one is booked to look really strong anymore, and no one wants to look weak by tapping out, even once. Please excuse the double-post, just wanted to tack on to this that the average idiot WWE fan has made submission finishers something of taboo, because now anytime a guy loses via submission, the idiots chant YOU TAPPED OUT!

Submissions aren't exactly used much anymore as finishers with the exception of Cena, Punk, Benoit, and Masters. Some use submissions as set ups but it's generally those four with routine submission finishers. Which totally blows. I remember WCW in like '97, you had Benoit (crossface); Malenko (cloverleaf); Flair and Jarrett (figure four); Piper (sleeper hold); Sting (scorpion deathlock); Meng (death grip); Jericho (liontamer); Konnan (tequila sunrise)...and those are just the guys I remember off the top of my head. I'd like to see more submission finishers, and not Cena's lame "hug opponent's head gently and scream" finisher.

Anyone heard or read about Riki Chosu's New Japan off-shoot "LOCKUP"? They ran a card in Kouraken over the weekend that looks pretty awesome, including a cage deathmatch between Mammoth Sasaki and Togi Makabe. I like this NJPW concept of running the two offshoot promotions with LOCKUP focusing strictly on wrestling, and WrestleLand being a sports entertainment promotion. Now I just need to find a place to get DVDs.

That was my point. For the character he's being booked as, Khali is fine. I don't look at him and think "get this guy off my screen!" He does fill a role, and thus far he has done so well. But to draw the comparison to Kobashi was what I took umbrage with.

He should tour the brands and rip all the mid-carders Masters (roids) Sabu (sleeping) Helms (comic books) Benjamin (video games) Punk (out poping DX and making out) To Masters: - "HEY MUSCLEHEAD YEAH I'M TALKING TO YOU.....you boring piece of shit you with that stupid full nelson challenge shit don't you remember me slipping out of that move when we had a match on Raw....yeah thats right an old 20 years past his prime man got out of your best move....go learn a real submission based on the martial arts or something BOY! To Sabu - *throws a roll of tape at Sabu* "HEY HOMICIDAL, GENOCIDAL, SUICIDAL, STUPIDAL....Sabu whats wrong this week hurt knee from missing the jump off the chair PUT SOME TAPE ON IT....cut yourself jumping onto a table PUT SOME TAPE ON IT.....Damn I don't understand how you got popular without saying a word for so many years...do you even speak english To Helms - "STANDBACK HE COMES THE GIMMICK THAT SELL TOYS if you took just 1% you used in taking care of your comicbooks....oh I'm sorry GRAPHIC NOVELS with the damn plastic and backboards shit you might of been something more than just a midcard nobody! You see I'm Ric WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Flair just like Batman I'm been here since the begining of time and was able to change with the times being able to pull off being both the good guy and the bad guy and having the fans remember me for being the best. YOU well you did that cartoon for so long that its the only thing that you will be remembered for hell it took 4 fucking natural disasters in a row for you to change your gimmick! You should of turned heel earlier! To Benjamin - "HOW MANY FUCKING CHANCES HAS THE COMPANY GIVEN YOU....everytime WWE gave you a big push you fucked it up WWE pushed you as the WORLDS GREATEST TAG TEAM then when WWE split you up for the big singles push you fuck up by blowing highspots.....then WWE brought in you're momma cause you needed just loved her chunky soup WWE gave you the IC belt again but you went nowhere with it and now your back to square one with Charlie HAAAAAS....DON'T SCREW THIS UP by playing Guitar Hero all night! To CM Punk - "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE....how dare you get more cheers than HHH and the Heart Break Kid on PPV! You think you're special cause you got all of the fans of the Northeast drinking Pepsi well guess what fans on the Pacific drink FANTA the hippies of the Northwest drink coffee and the rest of the country drink COKE! You only got those nerds and geeks who live in mommy's basement as fans the rest of the world don't know who you are! And what's this shit about you fucking your girl in public....don't you understand what kayfabe is boy! you got to live your gimmick in and out of the ring WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I wined and dined with beauty queens WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I've took Miss Universe to Space Mountain and had her scream my name in the peaks and valleys of the ride WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thats right Miss Universe the most beautiful woman in the god man universe! To be the man you got to beat the man....you think you're good enough to walk that isle.....HA we will see. *****!