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It's a nice picture of the Undertaker hugging Sherri.

Eh, I never noticed the mods screwing around with people though I admit I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. I'll take your word for it. RRR getting banned was BS. He easily would've been one of the best posters on the board and they just banned him for really no reason. Perhaps they have different mods now? The word filters thing is awesome. I don't know why they filtered product but I absolutely love what they filtered the word "gay" to. Let's just hope other mods on other boards pick up on the trend. Gamefaqs would probably be a good spot to do this. If I were to ever be granted 3 wishes from a genie, I'd have everyone in real life who ever uses this word filtered out to say "manly beyond my manliest expectations". Especially the younger generation playing first person shooters online. I would also really like a filter for the word MOOVEZZ! Maybe if I asked nicely?

by Mike Johnson @ 1:04 PM on 4/11/2008 Chris Nowinski's Sports Legacy Institute issued the following announcement today: WWE STEPS UP TO THE PLATE Chris Nowinski has heard from anonymous professional wrestlers in World Wrestling Entertainment that WWE management has instituted a concussion management program. At a mandatory meeting for all performers in early March WWE performers took a computerized neuropsychological testing protocol, which evaluates such things as memory, cognitive skills, and reaction time. They will be re-tested aggressively every 6 months to look for long term issues, as well as re-tested after suspected concussions to help determine when it is safe to return to in-ring action. Nowinski heard conflicting reports of whether or not any concussion education was provided along with the baseline testing. One current wrestler told Chris that if it wasn't for recent concussion awareness efforts by organizations like the SLI, he still wouldn't know what a concussion is or why he took the test. Congratulations to WWE for taking a proactive step in protecting the health of their athletes. The Sports Legacy Institute is proud that the analysis they performed on the late WWE performer Chris Benoit's brain, which found extensive brain damage caused by concussions and other head trauma, directly led to this action. SLI believes efforts like these will help prevent events similar to the Benoit family tragedy of 2007 from happening in the future. Upon hearing the news, Chris Benoit's father Michael Benoit said, "I think it's great. I think the industry has to embrace the medical science. If they don't take actions like this, they just care about the talent." SLI encourages other sports leagues to take similar measures to protect athletes, especially youth athletes, and is available at sportslegacy.org to help make it a reality

Moves by itself is just that. It is moves inside a professional wrestling ring. MOOVVEZZ on the other hand is complicated. First we must dwelve into the history of humankind. There's been a trend over the last while to incorrectly spell words in order to be cool. There is also a trend to type things in caps. This is mostly a youth thing. A lot of other people find it hysterically stupid and look down at the "intelectually inferior people" who resort to this coolness spelling trick. The superior people beat their chest in pride over how much better of a human being they are for knowing how stupid this is. This has crossed into wrestling. Professional wrestling is full of cool moves which appeal to a lot of people. Well, actually to be honost cool moves appeal to everyone but anyway -- In the mind of people who use the word MOVEZ against others -- these people think the victims of the MOVEZ insult only like wrestling because of cool moves. They are also always incorrect of who they think are great wrestlers because they only judge workers on moves. They don't understand "true storytelling"and "what really makes a wrestler". Henceforth, the people who like MOVEZ are inferior. It is the ultimate insult. MOVEZ is just not used to insult others though. It is done to justify one's personal favourite wrestler as being superior than another especially if that other wrestler using the all dreaded MOVEZ!! All one has to do in a debate on which wrestler is better now is to say your wrestler has MOVEZ!! and it's game over. If your favourite used a high end manuever like a hip toss than he suxx!! Unfortunately, this MOVEZ thing has gotten out of control and is being abused all over the place. It's come to the point where if a match has MOVEZ than it has no storytelling and it sucks. If the match has no MOVEZ than it is the best storytelling ever with the best wrestlers ever.

I thought the body language selling of the piledrivers in the 2/3 falls match was exceptional. It was one of the many reasons why I feel the match is one of the best of all time.

I just watched Edge vs Taker and from what I've seen so far, this is ahead of everything else for MOTY. The Taker is still one of the best wrestlers in the world today. Taker vs Michaels or Danielson as of right now would rule. Unfortunately, I think Taker's body is breaking down even more on him.

Going on a sightly different angle here -- I can't seperate Benoit the wrestler from Benoit the person because Benoit the wrestler undoubtably affected Benoit the person. I think we as wrestling fans should always keep in mind how wrestling can change people. As far as seperating the personal person from the preformer for various reasons I personally can only do it to a degree. It's not like movies where it's a lot easier to do this. With someone like Jackie Chan though it is like wrestling where it is harder for me to seperate the person from the preformer. Sometimes I believe it's good to seperate preformer from the person but other times I think it's bad to do so. As far as not changing the fact that he was amongst the best wrestlers in the world -- It doesn't change it but it is going to make his matches worse for people when looking back because of the emotion factor.

Not cheering. Silence is what I would do. I don't think you can boo especially as a wrestling fan. But you can't cheer either

So what should the "proper" reaction to a mention of Benoit's name be? It's a difficult situation.

I think Nigel is a fine champ. The guy looks like he's off roids too so that's pretty cool in this day and age. And look at all the legit heat he gets with smart marks! Best worker ever!! I really think people are starting to get a little too rough on ROH. Yeah, that's weird coming from someone like me who was one of the first to get on ROH's case. There's constructive criticism and than there's just blind stupid hate and I think there are a few people who have crossed that line. Maybe it's time to sit back and enjoy the good while hopefully ignoring the bad? Just like a lot of us do with the WWE. Tim, how were the dueling chants last nights? That's always been a pet peeve of mine. I noticed they weren't too bad at all in the Nigel vs Aeries title match.

Are there any sports we can think of in a positive way? Checkers maybe?

Davey yes. Even as a very young guy in Stampede he had that special wow factor about him. Very fast, different, energetic and smooth in there. He wrestled like he had been in the ring for a long time. Basserb would've been a big star. There's no doubt about that. Hiro Hase is a no brainer. The guy was awesome right off the bat. Fantastic work ethic and out of all the people mentioned here he was the guy who most reminded me of a veteran in his early years. Benoit was good in Stampede from the get go and it was obvious he was someone to keep your eye on as he had lots of potential. However, he wasn't as natural as say Owen or Hase right off the bat. But sometime in 1988, I think he had actually eclipsed Owen as a wrestler. Owen though had more wow factor and was imo the best choice for Stampede top guy as he was amazing. I was wondering when Scorpio started in the ring. When watching him, I always thought of him as a natural wrestler because everything he did looked really smooth. Really natural.

Most natural? When I think of most natural I think of who looks like they worn born in the ring. They can't look like they're awkard in there. Owen Hart. I believe Lyger himself said that while it took him or other guys several attempts to get a move down pat while Owen on the other hand would nail it on the first try and often be able to do it better than the teacher. Obviously the Dynamite Kid tops the list Tiger Mask is top 5 without a doubt. Hiro Hase

Ware vs Babarian was shown on CHCH Tv from Ontario at the end of one of their programs. They would often show a random match from Maple Leaf Gardens. I just remember watching it and thinking that was a good match. You would get random stuff like Hillbilly Jim vs Greg Valentine, Hercules vs Akeem, Macho Man vs Snuka or the Road Warriors vs The Orient Express. I don't know where you'd get it at. It would personaly take me forever to find it.

Bix, I want to know how Koko Beware was ruined in the WWF. Can you elaborate on that? What would you do with him that the WWF didn't? He still had some good matchups there like against the Bossman on PPV? and the Babarian in Maple Leaf Gardens. There was one Race vs Hogan MSG match that had a really impressive preformance from Race. I remember being impressed with the match structure in this one when I watched it a few months ago.

Abs are a different animal than other muscle groups. They only ever really get to a certain size and they're not really going to shrink like say your legs if you leave them alone for awhile. They can also be maintained too once you've developed them to a certain level (through different exercises or direct work infrequently). I've had developed abs since I was around 12 or 13. I have never lost them to this day. Not even the time when I had a severe injury and couldn't work out for a year. You can maintain your abs with ab work in minutes once every two or 3 weeks if you want to. It doesn't matter how much time you have for the gym. Abs can always be maintained and the ripped ab look can also be maintained by having low bodyfat. Steroids aren't needed for this even if you are 45. However, they can help with the look by making it easier to have less bodyfat.

Steroids make it easier to have less fat on your body but well built/defined/visible abs are doable without the roids.

People have different individual assesments of what good/okay/great actually are. What's great for one fan may actually be good/ok for another. Is there actually that much of a difference where everyone would rate Magnum as an overall worker? When in comparion to his peers?

Are we allowed to post youtube links on here? People might want to check out El Hijo Del Santo vs Mysterio on youtube. I have no idea but it looks to be a rare match. It's definitely worth watching. You'll never know what you find on youtube. I just saw some Stampede and noticed they had a double ring battle royal like WCW used to have. The difference here is that you had 10 seconds to come back in the ring once eliminated? They may also been the first to do a triangle or triple threat match. Has anyone ever seen any of the Bret Hart vs Dynamite Kid boxing match?

Wrestlemania isn't always worth the price especially for people who aren't rich and to be honost I hope there's a backlash to the price of it like there was a backlash to the price of the PS3. It would serve them right. I'm not going to hate the show and I will probably enjoy whatever parts I decide to watch like the Undertaker's match for example. However, there's just nothing special about the way WWE does things. There's no reason for me to care about anything they do anymore. There's nothing magical and certainly nothing worth paying $70 for. Imo, there's no movie, wrestling or sporting event that's worth $70. It's beyond stupidity I don't exactly know what you're saying in your second paragraph but there's a reason why people go to bars or split the costs with friends. It's way too expensive.

Anyone who pays over $5 for this PPV is a sucker. 70 dollars for a PPV? That's a lot of work if you're working minimum wage. Unreal. Is it only rich people watching wrestling these days?

Strictly speaking, their style may not be the problem. They could tone it down a bit, and frankly, they'd be better for doing that. The problem is that they're kinda small, and their surly bruiser routine might come off as odd unless they're largely restricted to wrestling cruiserweights until they become established. If London and Kendrick were still tag champs, I could see bringing them in, running that feud for a while, and seeing if they stuck. But right now, there doesn't seem to be an obvious place for them. This was my other worry but I didn't feel like bringing up any WWE/size/steroid stuff. I also wasn't quite too sure on how big the Briscoes actually are compared to the big guys.

Yeah, they'd have to reprogram their style, tone down and/or eliminate some of the more bone crunching stuff and all that. Maybe they'd have to get a new gimmick or whatever. That'd be the big worry. It'd be a worry for a lot of wrestlers. However, when you have charisma and a strong athletic base you have a big head start to the finishing line of success. They would still look unique and polished in the ring. There's also no reason why they can't adapt to the WWE style especially when given time.

How has Jamie Knoble been doing in the ring lately? I was always very impressed with his work and from what I see he's getting more TV time as of late. I also hear Michaels is a big fan too so maybe that'll help him out in the future.

I don't watch too much ROH but I did recently see one of the Briscoes curse laden promos and it was excellent. I wanted to watch their next match after that. The WWE would be wise to pick these guys up because they have the "it" factor to them. I don't know how well they'd fit into the WWE and I don't even know if I'd personally want to see them there but I think they could do well if the WWE doesn't screw things up. I think the WWE needs more people who have natural charisma. Some of their stars feel like they have manufactured charisma.