JHawk

I dunno, I've got a pretty good recordfor a guy who's even boring as a banner

And I've actually been trying to recruit somebody to come in and be Jay Hawke's part-time tag team partner as well. If he ever gets off his ass and puts in an application. This card looks incredibly sweet.

Loosely translated: "Flesher's a poopyhead!" I'm guessing. I didn't see it before it got edited.

Early May 1996. It was a six man tag with Shane Douglas and The Bruise Brothers against...I can't even remember. The Pitbulls and Dreamer maybe? My brother happened to be awake when it came on our Prime Network affiliate and taped it for me. I remember a decent 25 minute brawl but sadly didn't keep the tape. The Douglas-Scorpio "A Matter of Respect" TV Title match was a week or two later. That's the match that got me hooked.

OK, everybody remind me not to get suspended anytime soon.

Preliminary Question: How did you find us/hear about us? TSM Smarks Board Name: JHawk Wrestlers Name: "The Dean of Professional Wrestling" Jay Hawke Height: 5'9" Weight: 215 Hometown: Cleveland, OH Age: 29 Face/Heel: Heel Stable: Ring Escort: Weapon(s): lead pipe Quote: "You're going to be taught a wrestling lesson you'll never forget, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it!" Looks: Hawke comes to the ring wearing a Ric Flair-esque purple and black robe. He keeps his light brown hair cut short and usually remains clean-shaven, although he'll grow a goatee on occasion. Once in the ring, he removes his robes, showing a well-built but not too muscular frame. He wears black tights with "Dean" written in purple down both legs and "Class is in session" in purple on his ass. He finishes his ensemble with a pair of black boots with purple soles and laces. Ring Entrance: "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd comes on the PA as the lights dim. Ring Announcer: Introducing...from the Hall of Fame City of Cleveland, Ohio, and weighing in at 215 pounds...he is "The Dean of Professional Wrestling"...Jay Hawke! A spotlight shines on Jay Hawke as he makes his way to the ring. As Hawke makes his way onto the ring apron, he takes off his robe, folds it, and hands it to the ring attendant. Then he stands up on the turnbuckle with both arms in the air as the crowd boos. Stats: ¯¯¯¯¯ Strength: 4 Speed: 6 Vitality: 5 Charisma: 5 Style: Jay Hawke relies on technical wrestling but can take to the air if need be. Signature moves: Fujiwara armbar shoulderbreaker short arm scissors Rings of Saturn dragon sleeper blockbuster front facelock into a DDT (NOT a transition move and designed to KO an opponent) surfboard Common moves: belly-to-back superplex chokehold diving headbutt faceslam legdrop swinging neckbreaker sunset flip roundhouse kick camel clutch inverted DDT onto the knee springboard lariat tilt-a-whirl backbreaker leg lariat backflip cradle German suplex STF Rare moves: Burning Hammer diamond dust Finishers: Jay Hawke's primary finisher is a submission hold called the Wing Span. It's a crossface chickenwing with a twist, as Hawke uses his legs to scissor the opponent's other arm. His secondary finisher is a moonsault called the Hawke Swoop, but it's notable because instead of landing with a bodypress, he lands with a kneedrop onto his opponent. This is only to be used in extreme situations where the Wing Span hasn't worked and should not be debuted until a title is on the line. Notes: Jay Hawke is out of an old school cloth where he prefers to wear down a body part to weaken it for the finish. Notice that most of his common moves affect the neck and back, while the signature moves mostly affect the arms. Once he begins to use the signature moves, odds are it's just a matter of time before the Wing Span comes into play. Bio: Jay Hawke began wrestling September 12, 1996, losing to Knightrous in the now-defunct High Octane Wrestling Federation. It was a minor setback, as he would win the HOWF Tag Team Title once and the HOWF National Title twice, retiring the latter title in March 1997. From there, he moved onto the High Impact Wrestling Federation based out of Cleveland. Although he wrestled largely in tag team matches in the HIWF (holding the HIWF Tag Team Title seven times), he holds the record as the longest-reigning HIWF World Champion (five months), as well as multiple reigns as United States and Hardcore Champion. He also had a cup of coffee with the Missouri Wrestling Alliance Cruiserweight Title in 2000. Hawke's career took a setback in 2002 when he retired after suffering his second serious neck injury in as many years. He has spent the last two years training promising wrestlers at the Legion of Pain Compound in Cleveland, but has gotten the itch to return to the ring.

I'm hitting Red Sox-Indians tomorrow and Reds-Indians Sunday for sure, and I might add another game in the Indians-Reds series too.

People may be seeing Aries as a transitional champion simply because Joe held it as long as he did. Anything seems transitional after a 20-month title reign.

Welcome to TSM, Mr. Russo. Anyway, I agree to a point. The title is a prop, and you can rebuild it if it loses some lustre. Some. But a needless vacancy could tarnish the image of the title long term, and with ROH's fanbase often being too "smart" for their own good, that could kill the company. All anybody wants is for Punk to drop it in the ring.

Actually, Austin should have pinned Angle at No Mercy while RVD was selling his ribs after hitting the Five Star Frog Splash, setting up RVD's title win at Survivor Series in a 1-on-1 match. I've been saying that since before No Mercy 01 ever happened.

Bear in mind the Sox only tied that game because of the "error" that should have been an out, with the runner reaching on the "error" becoming the winning run. I can't fault Larry Young too much because we had the benefit or replay and he didn't, but it wasn't entirely the Dodger bullpen that cost them the game tonight

The Main Event - Six Man Tag Team Match Wild and Dangerous and Lil' Buck vs. Martial Law © (Landon Maddix and Todd Cortez) and Ejiro Fasaki © W&D and Buck Toxxic vs. ??? Can't bet against Toxxic without knowing the opponent Acropolis Now - SWF Hardcore Championship Match Zyon © vs. JJ Johnson vs. Mak Francis Triple J Olympic Wrestling Exhibition (Non-Title) "The Dean of Professional Wrestling" Jay Hawke © vs. Arch Griffon No comment Manson vs. Austin Sly Sly "The Maniac" Bryan Rodgers vs. Ghost Machine Rodgers if he shows Jumpin' Jack Flash vs. "Big Country" Martin Hunt Flash

Joey Matthews didn't have a developmental deal. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Cornette's always had a pretty good relationship with ROH though, so I'm sure he'd be willing to let Punk work a date or two for ROH to drop the title. As long as Vince doesn't think Cornette needs suspended for something stupid again or something.

That would be one of the dumbest things Gabe could ever do. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't necessarily disagree with you. But allow me to play devil's advocate for a minute. How many times has Aries defended the show on other indy cards? I doubt his appearance really drew anybody to those shows since it was painfully obvious there'd be no title change. Having Punk lose the ROH title at somebody else's show could be beneficial to indy wrestling as a whole and help jumpstart a career of someone completely unexpected. Of course, I wouldn't have even put the belt on Punk since he was on the way out, but right now I'm trying to find some justification for the angle last night.

Has anybody considered this possibility? I know it was announced as Punk's last ROH appearance, but I've never heard a date for his last indy appearance. Unless that was last night as well, is there any chance Punk loses the title defending it at some other indy show? It could put over that "anything can happen" aspect of professional wrestling.

Dude, when are you going to learn that if you have to write yourself out that you at least need the possibility that you'll come back open? It hels bring in the ratings. Sorry to see you go.

At least when HBK beat Jericho, it came off as a fluke finish off of a flash pin. Triple H beating Booker T still completely ruins the entire show for me.

I'm pretty sure that's Olga since Holly said she's the one being licked. I also want to see how this plays out.

The only problem with number 3 is that often the butler is the funniest part of the show (sometimes the only funny part of the show). Face it, would you have ever watched The Nanny if the butler wasn't such a smartass for seven years?

It took two people to write that song. One of them came up with "Happy Birthday to you" and the other came up with "Happy Birthday dear [insert name here]." Then again, it took two people to do the Mexican hat dance too

Let me guess. They instituted that ban after the Born to be Wired match with Sabu and Terry Funk back in 1997?

Back off! She's mine, bitch!

The Gordon as a WCW mole thing was a work that they were going to use for an angle, but too many people found out about it.

One of my favorites is from an old ECW show in Queens when Tajiri turned heel. Taz swears at Steve Corino, and Corino says "Oh, that's great, Taz, go ahead and swear. Taz says "OK" and proceeds to get bleeped for almost a minute straight.

Great, here we go with the penis references again. Do any of you have a closet you need to come out of?