Mad Dog

Interesting, that's actually the first I've heard about the Billy Graham thing.

Bullshit. The reason Lawler isn't brought up is because 80% of the people on message boards weren't even alive when it happened. Half of the people that post on these boards have no knowledge of wrestling pre-95. So it's ignorance. Does Patterson get bashed for his potential ringboy scandal. That was homosexual and it rarely gets brought up. Don't bring fucking homophobia into this either. It's a bullshit apologist tactic for the guy. He was trying to pick up a 14 year old. Ok, people hate the guy because he's a pedophile not because he's gay.

I guess they're even attacking stuff they don't own. I saw a longer WON thing written and it sounds like they're going after wrestling tapes in general.

Not that I sell any tapes on e-bay but this is just dumb. I can understand bootlegs but if I'm selling a master that I bought then I should be allowed to sell it if I don't want it anymore.

So wait. If I got on there to sell my master tape of the 99 Royal Rumble would that mean they'll be coming after me or get my sale taken off?

It could've been a PWG show and they'd still be getting punished. They disobeyed a direct order from management. RoH isn't even on TNA's radar except for talent scouting.

What are you talking about. They've only pulled talent from shows twice. Once when RoH lied to them about the involvement of a pedophile in the company and the other time because a fucking blizzard was about to hit and they wanted to make sure everyone was in Orlando before it happened.

AJ Styles vs. Shannon Moore - street fight I offer this match up for anyone who thinks Styles is a one dimensional guy. Here you have him just brawling for the entire match with only one big spot. The match was decent for the amount of time given to it. I liked the added touch of Styles wearing jeans for the match instead of his usual ring gear. It added an odd touch of realism to the match. I think this match would've been better served with extra time and a better ending.

Waltman also lost his gig with the company over no showing. Hardy and Apolo also got booted for the same offenses. Even if they made the show they still disobeyed the company. What if they had won the shot against AMW and then got snowed in at the PPV? The company has every right to punish someone that could mess up their plans. It's not like they're getting fired or anything. It's only them getting jobbed a few times as punishment. The WWF has done similar to guys who are late. EDIT: I justed wanted to add it was even a worse decision on their part when they knew that this new CEO was going to be around making roster decisions.

Didn't expect to see Morgan and Modest appear on the tapings. They'd be a great addition to the tag team division if TNA signs them.

Repeat matches piss me off. They have so much content that they should never be double dipping on DVDs yet if I buy this I'll have the same Hogan match on 2 or 3 DVDs thanks to the Stars of the 80s set. I guess they just like ripping people off.

Whoever decided to open the guardrails for the fans is a freaking genius. That really made it seem like a big deal and added to the feel good moment.

I just watched the main event and that's the most emotional reaction I've had to a title change in a long time. It really is one of those few feel good moments to see a guy shit on by another company for so long climb to the top of an upstart national promotion. The ending sight of the ring filled with fans celebrating is incredible.

I kind of figured he'd win it. I think he uses the promise of a title shot to lure Sting out of retirement down the road.

He switches back and forth depending on who he's working with. But I think he's kind of stuck there because frankly Abyss' best quality as a worker is he can make inferior garbage wrestlers look competent.

Early estimates from DirectTv and Dish Network has the buyrate in the ballpark of 350,000 buys.

She doesn't get along with anyone with a wrestling background.

Cena and Batista and Orton are OVW alumni, as was Brock Lesnar. Masters is another OVW guy who is getting a pretty good push. They weren't going to let her touch Batista, Orton or Lesnar. They put so much time into Lesnar and Orton/Batista were HHH's pet projects. They tried to fuck over Cena by depushing him when he first came around and then giving him an awful gimmick while jobbing him weekly to Rikishi for a month straight. He just happened to make it work.

I think it's gotten to the point where the apologists of this offend me as much as the angle itself.

I love how they can't even begin to question maybe if it was the writing at fault. It's easy to understand why fans turned on him. He was bland. The writers took everything that got him over away from him and then put him in boring angles on Raw. I could tune in from August till January at 11 every week and see the same exact angle play out with Cena and the villian of the week. This is completely the fault of the bookers.

What good does it do though when they fuck them over upon arrival though. A guy can work in OVW for a decade and it still won't work if he was a tag team worker and they make him a singles guy or something equally as stupid. I don't understand why they can't also use OVW as a testing ground for the gimmicks for these guys. Not that it matters. I fully believe that Stephanie has been sabotaging the OVW guys as a fuck you to Jim Cornette and now Paul Heyman. They also have a roster that's falling apart with each passing day so they can't leave guys there for long periods of time like they used to.

Not so good for the most part. If TNA wanted a gay tag team gimmick they'd be better off by bringing the Rainbow Express back.

They should make a reality show out of it with Waltman, Vampiro, New Jack and a bunch of other guys living in a house together.

You have a real winner when all of your main eventers are complete headcases and you're paying and screening fans.