JHawk

Signups for season 1 are now over! 31 competitors for season 1: 1. JHawk 2. Diamonddust 3. Cubbybr 4. MillenniumMan831 5. Jebus 6. haws bah gawd 7. Didak29 8. King Cucaracha 9. Aero 10. TheFranchise 11. daileyxplanet 12. RepoMan 13. fazzle 14. Enigma 15. korndogg123 16. The Ghost of bps21 17. 909 18. Vampiro69 19. Canadian Destroyer 20. Exslade ZX 21. Fartsauce 22. DMann 2003 23. The Buzz 24. Toxxic 25. Shooting Star 26. UndertakerHart 27. 6foot9 28. shadylpete 29. Kristianna 30. Ed Wood Caufield 31. Broward 83 First lineup to be posted in a few

Because he has a thing for Tina Fey. So do I, but not enough to ever see that movie.

Season one participants so far: 1. JHawk 2. Diamonddust 3. Cubbybr 4. MillenniumMan831 5. Jebus 6. haws bah gawd 7. Didak29 8. King Cucaracha 9. Aero 10. TheFranchise 11. daileyxplanet 12. RepoMan 13. fazzle 14. Enigma 15. korndogg123 16. The Ghost of bps21 17. 909 18. Vampiro69 19. Canadian Destroyer 20. Exslade ZX 21. Fartsauce 22. DMann 2003 23. The Buzz 24. Toxxic 25. Shooting Star 26. UndertakerHart 27. 6foot9 28. shadylpete 29. Kristianna 30. Ed Wood Caufield Less than 48 hours remain

Hell yeah. I love this shit.

Why isn't "Who cares unless they play undefeated Utah" an option? Seriously, Oklahoma wins because I hate them more and that's how it works.

Still about four days to sign up for quarter one. Sign ups end as soon as Impact ends on the East Coast on Thursday.

Haven't done one of these in a while, but given the PPV contest thread is in association with it, I figured I'd better start pushing the show a bit. Join us this afternoon at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific for the first episode of Smart Mark Radio of 2009. This week, our hosts celebrate 2008 in the world of professional wrestling. What were the best (and worst) moments of the year? Has "Your Rolemodel" Ric Lieb recovered from Ric Flair's retirement? Find out all this and more today! Smart Mark Radio is available live every Sunday at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific (as well as archived all week long) at www.blogtalkradio.com/smartmarkradio

It strikes me that I need a bossy chick, so... Lucy Van Pelt

We don't know if it happened or not yet. Either way the fact her health is/was failing sucks

I believe 6foot9's time is up, so Heaven's to Mergatroids, I'm choosing Snagglepuss.

BLOCKED FIELD GOAL! This game just became very fucking interesting.

Greedy bastards. As has been established in this thread, I work at a Dish Network call center. This guy calls in today saying there's supposed to be a 20 dollar adjustment on his bill that's not there. There are no notes on the account (which doesn't necessarily mean the customer is lying, but without the note we can't do anything without supervisor approval). BUT the customer is getting a 10 dollar credit for the next 12 months. The customer says "I don't know anything about that, that's great"....then continues to bitch about not getting the 20 dollar credit. Dude, by your own admission, you're coming out 100 dollars ahead over the next twelve months, and you want more? FUck you you greedy son of a bitch.

People also look down at SummerSlam 2001 due to the ending of Austin-Angle, as if a DQ finish automatically ruins the first 23 minutes in its entirety. Seriously, Austin-Angle was probably number two on my MOTY list that year, and everybody talks about it as being above average at best because of the finish (which actually made sense given the story of the match).

Good to see there's a lot of interest in this one. There will be a minimum of ten points available for every PPV, so expect (at least) 1-3 bonus points available for each PPV.

LISTER: Cat? CAT: Mmm? LISTER: Ya ever see the Flintstones? CAT: Sure! LISTER: D'ya think Wilma's sexy? CAT: Wilma Flintstone? LISTER: Maybe we've been alone in deep space too long, but every time I see that sharmi <?> body, it drives me crazy. Is it me? CAT: Well, I think in all probability, Wilma Flintstone is the most desirable woman that ever lived. LISTER: That's good. I thought I was goin' strange. CAT: She's incredible! LISTER: What d'ya think of Betty? CAT: Betty Rubble? (Pause) Well, I would go with Betty... but I'd be thinking of Wilma. LISTER: This is crazy. Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma Flintstone? CAT: You're right. We're nuts. This is an insane conversation. LISTER: She'll never leave Fred, and we know it.

We may do run-ins and types of finish on occasion, but for the most part it will probably be winner only. I have ideas for bonus points for multiman matches (who takes the fall, etc.) that will help shake things up.

Rules are subject to change, but the base is as follows: 1. The contest will be split up quarterly (January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December), as well as one winner for the entire year. 2. Scoring will go as follows: You will receive one point for correctly guessing a winner, five bonus points for correctly guessing every winner on the PPV, and additional points may be scored for specialty matches (Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, etc.). Additional points will be listed when the PPV lineups are posted. A minimum of ten points will be awarded for each PPV. The five point bonus is only for guessing the winners. 3. Should a match be changed during the PPV (for a last minute substitution/whatever) most likely the match will not be counted. Exceptions would be for the Royal Rumble where half the time they don't announce all the names ahead of time anyway. 4. Winners for quarterly contests will have $20 dropped into a paypal account, and the annual winner will receive $50 into a paypal account. 5. PPV lineups will be posted shortly after the last TV prior to the PPV (usually around midnight Eastern Thursday for TNA and 11pm Eastern Friday for WWE.) 6. Only live PPVs will be scored, so no looking at spoilers for ROH results. And if TNA pretapes anything in Orlando like they did for Abyss-Judas Mesias a year or so ago, those will not be scored either. 7. Deadline for all submissions is one hour before the PPV. Absolutely no exceptions. This contest is in conjunction with Smart Mark Radio. Quarterly and annual winners will get the opportunity to guest co-host one week. All signups for quarter one must be done in this thread prior to Thursday, January 8. We will allow new sign-ups every quarter, but for my sanity I want to keep the same people for the entire quarter. Quarter #1 begins with TNA Genesis on 1/11 and ends with whatever TNA's March PPV is this year, meaning quarter #2 will officially begin with WrestleMania 25. Signups, questions, and rule suggestions go in this thread.

Might as well keep the exact same list as there's no chance they all survive a second straight year. 1. Amy Winehouse BEST BET 2. Bobby Heenan 3. Keith Richards 4. Donald Trump 5. Rosie O'Donnell 6. Britney Spears 7. Kevin Von Erich 8. Carol Channing 9. Fidel Castro 10. Jake Roberts (BEST BET) 11. Cloris Leachman 12. Hulk Hogan 13. Barbara Walters 14. Walter Cronkite 15. Vince McMahon 16. Christopher Walken 17. Kirk Douglas 18. Stephen Hawking 19. Barry Bonds 20. Bill Gates

There's no reason SNME should be clipped as aside from Megapowers-Twin Towers nothing is above the 15 minute mark anyway.

What happens in the event someone forgets to change their roster before deadline and their existing roster ends up exceeding the 50m limit?

He did post a YouTube clip of an orchestra playing "Happy Days are here again" on the Wrestling Classics board.

I like the idea of WM through SummerSlam and SummerSlam through WM, but you're looking at 4 1/2 months followed by 7 1/2 months. Still, that's probably the best idea logically.

Is it creepy that I need an explanation of this? "And next Saturday, I'm going to DO IT!" Isn't that a clip from that lameass "Idle Hands" or whatever?

Cool with me. Maybe run this first one through Mania and have everybody agree on a PPV for season 2 to end at that point?

So are we changing the overall on occasion as well (as in starting everyone at zero every so many months) or does the overall just keep going until Franchise passes away and disappears from the face of the earth?