JHawk

That larger venue is probably the main reason for such a price increase. The rent alone would probably cost TNA twice as much as they're paying at the Fairgrounds every week. But I agree, that undercard had better be tremendous on paper if they want people to pay $30.

Zack Malibu. Only because he's the guy who eliminated me and I want to lose to the bext man.

I'm sorry, this was just too funny the first time I read that. Did you respond with, "It's not because she's black, it's because I actually take a minute to look at her face"?

I still haven't received one piece of e-mail about SmackDown. Which makes it easier to pick the E-Mail of the Week, so no worries there!

I'm not even concerned at this point whether the calls are still relevant or not. The rules really need to be looked at, particularly when something like that leaping call...which wouldn't have even affected the play had it not been called...can completely change the outcome of the game. Same thing with the Tuck Rule in that Oakland-New England game two years ago: By rule a good call, but anyway with half a brain knew that Brady wasn't trying to throw that football unless it was to himself. Same thing with this "leaping" call. Technically the correct call, but he wasn't trying to gain momentum. Christ, he jumped straight up and down! How do you gain leverage going straight up and down?

My gripe tends to be with the rules themselves as much as the officials anymore. if I ever see another "running into the kicker" call when the kicker either lands on the defender or stumbles into the defender I'm going to pull my hair out.

Luckily I get the decent WWE show every week.

Nitro went to three hours at the start of 1998 (January 26 or somewhere in there) and went back to two hours near the end of Russo's first run. I don't think Hogan ever appeared on Raw before dropping the strap to Yokozuna unless it was from the set of Thunder in Paradise (they were filming the pilot around that time).

I remember that, but I don't remember the WWF ever actually having that rule. The closest thing I ever saw to the WWF enforcing that was during a Brain Busters match on Prime Time Wrestling, where Arn Anderson whipped his opponent into the ropes and Tully Blanchard pulled down the top rope from the apron just as the referee turned around to cause the DQ. WCW held onto the rule until 1998 before someone finally realized they never enforced it, so they announced kinda casually on Thunder that they dropped it. It was so casual that I didn't hear them say that and wondered why there was no over-the-top-rope DQ called during that same match.

Since this was way back in the old WWF days I don't know if it even qualifies, but my pick is Mr. T--the enforcing referee.

And I'm the resident Stacy Keibler mark. Well hey, I'm a leg man. What can I say?

July 22, 2002. Not because he turned heel. But because in turning heel, he wasted 35 minutes of the PPV the night before to hype his signing for Raw, only to turn on the guy who talked him into signing with Raw in the first place. I felt robbed of my $35 bucks since at least two more matches could have made that show instead, and you don't fuck with JHawk's wallet!

If Stacy ever drops Kid Rock's version of "Legs", she should come out to either ZZTop's version or to Tina Turner's "Private Dancer".

SmackDown from JHawk's Beak (10/2/2003) The Big Show eats a bad burrito! Vince takes a long look at Steph's breasts! And they had some of that wrestling stuff too.

Sorry dude, I completely forgot, and I was too busy watching the ring to search the crowd for you acting like a jackass. I'd have mentioned you if I'd remembered though.

I apparently miss all of the cool shit.

Flair debueted in 72 or 73 vs Geogre Gadski... They mean his WWF/MSG debut, which is the earliest match they have the rights to.

The AWA also had a rule that you couldn't ram someone head first into the ringpost. Come to think of it, Watts used that one too in 1992 (Simmons vs. Williams at Starrcade).

The idea behind the over-the-top-rope rule was to sell that going over the top rope to the floor could seriously injure your opponent. Much like the Memphis promotion banning the piledriver (or Mexico banning the piledriver, for that matter).

When was the last time they actually called interference like that? I remember upming a little league game and making a similar call, and nobody knew that rule, including the coaches.

Real name: Jared Hawkins. Someone called me "JHawk" when I was a freshman in high school and it sort of stuck.

Bobby Heenan: "Tito Santana is like a cueball. The more you strike him, the more English you get out of him."

You all think today's theme music sucks, and yet you forget The Young Stallions coming to the ring to "Crank It Up"?

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If you could cue Billy Joel's "Piano Man" for me, please. ::grabs the mic:: It's nine o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me Making love to his tonic and gin He says , "Son can you play me a memory I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet And I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes " Lalela Lalelaa Lala Lalelaa La (Chorus ) Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feeling alright Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke But there's someplace that he'd rather be He says , "Bill , I believe this is killing me" As a smile ran away from his face "Well , I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place " Oh Lalela Lalelaa Lala Lalelaa La Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talking with Davy , who's still in the Navy And probably will be for life And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessmen slowly get stoned Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinking alone (Chorus ) Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feeling alright It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see To forget about life for a while And the piano sounds like a carnival And the microphone smells like a beer And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar And say "Man what are you doing here ?" Oh Lalela Lalelaa Lala Lalelaa La (Chorus ) Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feeling alright