JHawk

The "We Want Christian" chant definitely played out on TV at the beginning of Edge/Jeff. The Santino chant definitely came off well on TV as well.

Just a quick thought from the Rumble (and if someone else mentioned my apologies but I'm not reading 22 pages): While I understand the finish if the Rumble match itself, was anybody else thinking the Legacy being the final three and one (or both) refusing to leave the ring for Orton would be much more intriguing that Super Hunter nearly winning it all from impossible odds?

Tennessee Tuxedo

I thought it has been well established that Jesus is only interested in football games anyway. Just ask Kurt Warner, cause without Jesus the Eagles might have won the NFC. George Carlin: "Why is it that all these athletes praise Jesus when they win, but never mention Him when they lose? You never hear 'Jesus made me drop the ball'." Sorry, couldn't resist the reference.

I can't speak for Texas, but I'm not sure there actually is a shot clock in high school basketball. A referee might force you to pass and move the ball, but at least when I went to high school in Ohio (which admittedly was 12 years ago) you didn't have to shoot.

Wow. If anything, he should have been given a World Title shot for beating up that loser. Here's one I've maybe asked about before...my memory is really vague on this, but I remember on an episode of WCW Saturday Night around '92 or '93, some heel went off on some profanity laced tirade (censored of course). The next week, Tony Schiavone (I think) said the guy was banned from TBS programming for the time being. Does anyone know who this was? I wanna say it was maybe Dallas Page or someone like that, but I can't be sure. I just remember being kind of shocked by that as a kid. I know DDP was definitely banned around that time, as he made mention of the NWA World Tag Team Title tournament on TV before anybody in charge announced it on TV, but I don't recall any profanity, but I also haven't seen the angle since it originally aired. To also answer an earlier question: Race injured his hip (I think, it might have been his knee) in a car accident sometime between Starrcade 1994 and the January 1995 Clash of the Champions and ended up needing surgery.

Is that from the time they were announced to the time they were eliminated, or the time they stepped into the ring? Hunter's time is from the time the buzzer went off until the time of his elimination, as once the buzzer goes off he's considered officially in the match. Standings should be forthcoming. That kinda gives HHH an advantage then, doesn't it? Rey was officially in the match when he was announced, but I'm assuming his timer didn't begin until Morrison also entered and the bell rang, right? Also correct, because the match doesn't officially start until the bell rings. Something like that is a judgment call. Obviously WWE will claim Santino broke "Warlord's" record for quickest elimination. But if we start from the time entered in the ring, then Ric Flair didn't actually quite hit the one hour mark in 1992. I was actually considering calling it a tie based off of that grey area (and because WWE can never get it straight themselves either), but nobody actually picked Mysterio as the answer to that question.

CubbyBr and the Ghost of bps21 are the only ones who got all five winners correct, as most of us had Phoenix winning the women's match and ending up with four out of five. Thus, lots of shakeup in the standings. Points for the night: 1. the Ghost of bps 21 (16) 2. CubbyBr (15) 3. Exslade ZX (12) 4 (tied). King Cucaracha, The Franchise and Broward83 (10 each) 7 (tied). haws bah gawd, Vampiro69, Enigma, fazzle, and Canadian Destroyer (9 each) 12 (tied). Diamonddust, JHawk, Ed Wood Caufield, Jebus, and Aero (8 each) 17 (tied). 6foot9, korndogg123, and daileyxplanet (7 each) 20. MillenniumMan831 (6) 21 (tied). DMann2003, RepoMan, and Toxxic (5 each) Eight no shows this time by my count. Overall standings through the Royal Rumble. 1. ExsladeZX (22pts) 2. The Ghost of bps21 (20pts) 3. CubbyBr (19pts) 4. Broward83 (15pts) 5, King Cucaracha (14pts) 6. Canadian Destroyer (13pts) 7 (tied). Diamonddust (12pts) JHawk (12pts) haws bah gawd (12pts) Ed Wood Caufield (12pts) Jebus (12pts) The Franchise (12pts) Aero (12pts) 14 (tied). daileyxplanet (11pts) Vampiro69 (11pts) fazzle (11pts) 17. 6foot9 (10pts) 18 (tied). Enigma (9pts) RepoMan (9pts) 20. Toxxic (8pts) 21 (tied) MillenniumMan831 (7pts) korndogg123 (7pts) 23. DMann2003 (5pts) 24. shadylpete (4pts) 25 (tied). Didak 29 (3 pts) 909 (3pts) 27. Kristianna (1pt) 28 (tied). Fartsauce (0pts) The Buzz (0pts) Shooting Star (0pts) UndertakerHart (0pts)

Is that from the time they were announced to the time they were eliminated, or the time they stepped into the ring? Hunter's time is from the time the buzzer went off until the time of his elimination, as once the buzzer goes off he's considered officially in the match. Standings should be forthcoming.

Scores have not been tabulated, but here are the results: 1. WWE Women's Title: Melina vs. Beth Phoenix© 2. ECW Title: Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger© 3. World Heavyweight Title: John Bradshaw Layfield vs. John Cena© 4. WWE Title: Jeff Hardy© vs. Edge 5. Royal Rumble Match -Participants as of 10:10pm Eastern Friday 1/23 according to WWE.com: Finlay, Mark Henry, CM Punk, R-Truth, Carlito, The Brian Kendrick, Triple H, The Big Show, Vladimir Kozlov, Shelton Benjamin, The Undertaker, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, John Morrison, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Santino Marella, and Kane All bonus points are based on the Royal Rumble match itself and are as follows: 1. With only 21 names announced, who fills out the final nine spots (1pt for each correct)? MVP, The Great Khali, JTG, Mike Knox, Goldust, William Regal, Rob Van Dam, Dolph Ziggler, Jim Duggan 2. Who draws number one? Rey Mysterio 3. Who draws number 30? The Big Show 4. Who draws number 27? Dolph Ziggler 5. Who lasts the longest amount of time? Triple H; NOTE: Triple H's time of 49:28 beats Rey Mysterio by one second, and Rey lasted 49:27. 6. Who makes the most eliminations? The Big Show/Triple H (tied at 6 apiece) Anybody who predicted either The Big Show or Triple H for most eliminations will receive the point. Scores will be posted ASAP but might be sometime tomorrow.

Prediction time is now over PM'd picks: Broward83 1. WWE Women's Title: Melina vs. Beth Phoenix© (Melina) 2. ECW Title: Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger© (Swagger) 3. World Heavyweight Title: John Bradshaw Layfield vs. John Cena© (Cena) 4. WWE Title: Jeff Hardy© vs. Edge (Edge) 5. Royal Rumble Match -Participants as of 10:10pm Eastern Friday 1/23 according to WWE.com: Finlay, Mark Henry, CM Punk, R-Truth, Carlito, The Brian Kendrick, Triple H, The Big Show, Vladimir Kozlov, Shelton Benjamin, The Undertaker, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, John Morrison, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Santino Marella, and Kane (Chris Jericho) All bonus points are based on the Royal Rumble match itself and are as follows: 1. With only 21 names announced, who fills out the final nine spots (1pt for each correct)? (MVP / Khali / Regal / Chavito / Manu / Dreamer / Knox / Christian / Shawn) 2. Who draws number one? (HHH) 3. Who draws number 30? (Christian) 4. Who draws number 27? (Kozlov) 5. Who lasts the longest amount of time? (HHH) 6. Who makes the most eliminations? (Big Show) Good luck everybody. I'm hoping to have the results up tonight but it might be sometime tomorrow.

1. WWE Women's Title: Melina vs. Beth Phoenix© 2. ECW Title: Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger© 3. World Heavyweight Title: John Bradshaw Layfield vs. John Cena© 4. WWE Title: Jeff Hardy© vs. Edge 5. Royal Rumble Match -Participants as of 10:10pm Eastern Friday 1/23 according to WWE.com: Finlay, Mark Henry, CM Punk, R-Truth, Carlito, The Brian Kendrick, Triple H, The Big Show, Vladimir Kozlov, Shelton Benjamin, The Undertaker, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, John Morrison, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Santino Marella, and Kane All bonus points are based on the Royal Rumble match itself and are as follows: 1. With only 21 names announced, who fills out the final nine spots (1pt for each correct)? Shad, JTG, Dolph Ziggler, Tommy Dreamer, Charlie Haas, William Regal, Primo, Manu, and Sim Snuka 2. Who draws number one? Triple H 3. Who draws number 30? Chris Jericho 4. Who draws number 27? Vladimir Kozlov 5. Who lasts the longest amount of time? Triple H 6. Who makes the most eliminations? Vladimir Kozlov

Here is the upcoming PPV lineup for this Sunday: WWE Royal Rumble 2009: 1/25/2009 from Detroit, MI Predict the winners for all five matches and receive five bonus points. 1. WWE Women's Title: Melina vs. Beth Phoenix© 2. ECW Title: Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger© 3. World Heavyweight Title: John Bradshaw Layfield vs. John Cena© 4. WWE Title: Jeff Hardy© vs. Edge 5. Royal Rumble Match -Participants as of 10:10pm Eastern Friday 1/23 according to WWE.com: Finlay, Mark Henry, CM Punk, R-Truth, Carlito, The Brian Kendrick, Triple H, The Big Show, Vladimir Kozlov, Shelton Benjamin, The Undertaker, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, John Morrison, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Santino Marella, and Kane All bonus points are based on the Royal Rumble match itself and are as follows: 1. With only 21 names announced, who fills out the final nine spots (1pt for each correct)? 2. Who draws number one? 3. Who draws number 30? 4. Who draws number 27? 5. Who lasts the longest amount of time? 6. Who makes the most eliminations? The Rumble match will be scored regardless of any potential substitutions. All other matches may be stricken from the contest if changes are made. Deadline is 7pm Eastern Sunday.

If there's still an opening I'd like in

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper

No pic, but since I think I have a makeup pick: Inuyasha

So did I miss a pick or is it coming back to me or what? I'm completely lost.

That PPV only shows clips of the mini movie, and not the entire thing. Besides, the Spin the Wheel Make the Deal mini movie is 1000 times better.

Just once I want the legend who is in for a one shot to win the thing and go on to WrestleMania. I remember actively rooting for Dick Murdoch to end up taking the damn thing.

Wasn't Chyna the IC Champion during Show's run? That's a bit of a stretch there.

With the women's title match not taking place and the six man tag being changed, congratulations go to ExsladeZX for being the only one to get the five official matches correct and thus earning the five point bonus. A special nod to Broward83 for being the only one to score the bonus point for the tag team title match, earning himself second place to himself as a result. The results of the PPV: 1. Eric Young/LAX defeated Sonjay Dutt/Jimmy Rave/Kiyoshi in an elimination match (Hernandez was the sole survivor--this match was not scored) 2. Alex Shelley pinned Chris Sabin to win the TNA X Division Title 3. Shane Sewell pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir 4. Beer Money Inc. defeated Matt Morgan & Abyss and Consequences Creed & Jay Lethal to win the TNA World Tag Team Title (Matt Morgan was pinned) 5. ODB/Taylor Wilde/Roxxi beat Raisha Saeed/Rhaka Khan/Sojourner Bolt (ODB pins Saeed to become #1 conteder--this match was not scored) 6. Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett in a no disqualification match 7. Sting pinned Rhino to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title 8. Brother Devon/AJ Styles/Mick Foley defeated Scott Steiner/Booker T/Cute Kip (sub. for Kevin Nash) (this match was not scored) The standings through Genesis: 1. ExsladeZX (10 pts) 2. Broward83 (5 pts) 3 (tied). The Ghost of bps21 (4pts) Aero (4pts) Jebus (4pts) Canadian Destroyer (4pts) King Cucaracha (4pts) CubbyBr (4pts) Diamonddust (4pts) Ed Wood Caufield (4pts) daileyxplanet (4pts) shadylpete (4pts) JHawk (4pts) Repo Man (4pts) 15 (tied). 6foot9 (3pts) haws bah gawd (3pts) Toxxic (3pts) Didak29 (3pts) 909 (3pts) 20 (tied). The Franchise (2pts) Vampiro69 (2pts) fazzle (2pts) 23 (tied). MillenniumMan831 (1pt) Kristianna (1pt) 25 (tied). Enigma (no show--0pts) korndogg123 (no show--0pts) Fartsauce (no show--0pts) DMann 2003 (no show--0pts) The Buzz (no show--0pts) Shooting Star (no show--0pts) UndertakerHart (no show--0pts)

Assuming the "suitable replacement" is legit and thus meaning the six man won't count, the scores are tallied and should be posted between 11:00 and 11:15.

Broward83 PMd his picks. TNA Genesis: January 11 (all predictions must be made by 7pm Eastern Sunday to count): Predict the winners to all seven matches and receive a 5 point bonus. Also make sure to answer the three bonus questions for additional points. 1. Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Shane Sewell (Shane) 2. TNA X Division Title Tournament Final: Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley (Shelley) 3. TNA Women's Knockout Title Lumberjack Match: Christy Hemme vs. Awesome Kong© BONUS (1 pt): Whose interference will lead to the pin? Kong via Wilde (I don't keep up with TNA..so I'm lost on this one) 4. TNA World Tag Team Title Three Way Match: Matt Morgan & Abyss vs. Beer Money Inc vs. Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed© (Lethal Consequences) BONUS (1pt): Who will get pinned in the match? Morgan 5. Booker T & Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash vs. Brother Devon & AJ Styles & Mick Foley (Devon/AJ/Foley) BONUS (1pt): Who will score the pin in this match? AJ 6. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (Angle) 7. TNA World Heavyweight Title: Rhino vs. Sting© (Sting) And no, we're not counting the new match as there's simply not enough time. In fact, any picks being made after this post are ineligible as we're less than an hour until showtime. Good luck everybody, and hopefully I'll have the first round of scores up before midnight Eastern.

I should make my own picks for my own contest, huh? 1. Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Shane Sewell 2. TNA X Division Title Tournament Final: Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley 3. TNA Women's Knockout Title Lumberjack Match: Christy Hemme vs. Awesome Kong© BONUS (1 pt): Whose interference will lead to the pin? Taylor Wilde (attempts to help Hemme and screws up 4. TNA World Tag Team Title Three Way Match: Matt Morgan & Abyss vs. Beer Money Inc vs. Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed© BONUS (1pt): Who will get pinned in the match? Creed 5. Booker T & Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash vs. Brother Devon & AJ Styles & Mick Foley BONUS (1pt): Who will score the pin in this match? Booker 6. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett 7. TNA World Heavyweight Title: Rhino vs. Sting©

Sincce the announcement came at the 11th hour and I don't want to penalize the people who made early picks and might not get back on here before the PPV, then most likely we just won't count it. However, since I'd be very surprised if Hemme doesn't show up somehow (it could be a Russo swerve or something), keep making the prediction just in case.