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ESPN is not known for its stringent hiring process, I'll say that much.

Well of course Todd Martin is unimpressed. He'd rather be the middle part of a Human Centipede than admit WWE ever does anything half decent.

CM Punk was one of the "Pros", so it still works with him. Actually looking at who the choices were, it would have worked no matter who won. You have the top babyface of the company vs either the #2 face, the World Champion, or one of the NXT Pros. You could make a case for them wanting to beat up any of them.

I think that's why it's smart to put them in a group. Individually they wouldn't have a prayer of getting over (well a few would, but most wouldn't or at best get their legs cut off), but as a united group beating down established guys they can get something going. By beating up Cena and Punk (not to mention anyone else in the ringside area) they had the same "us vs them" vibe the nWo had in the early days where the heels and faces in WCW had a common enemy. I also get not having faith in WWE to follow through on this, but remember all these guys have been in developmental for a while and as such have already passed the "can he work" test for the most part. These are also guys WWE can take credit for creating so there won't be what happened with the Invasion angle where they wouldn't put anyone over who wasn't made by them.

Well, that was certainly quite the angle to end the show (don't wanna spoil for west coast people).

Well, OK maybe saying he saved well was a bad choice of words. Hogan clearly didn't go around eating fish out of a tin can like Brody, but he also didn't take every opportunity to squander his money like Flair did.

Flair was never good with money, by all accounts Hogan saved well and was set for life until the shit really started hitting the fan.

CM Punk wearing a mask to hide his baldness is funny enough, even more so that his beard sticking out makes him look like Delirious.

Also the Sheamus/Henry match reminded me how fun it was to see Charles Robinson sell someone's finisher almost better than the person taking it.

More Todd Martin related hilarity: I know he takes pride in not knowing about anything that took place in the 80s, but has he never seen a Samoan in the WWF/E before? Hell, did he forget about Umaga already? The Usos are pretty similar looks-wise to their uncle's gimmick.

I think it was one of SKeith's rare funny bits where he mentioned the irony of Bret getting a USA chant in a match against Yokozuna.

So Hart Dynasty vs Legacy: Polynesian Version seems like it could be fun considering the latter has got rave reviews in FCW.

Latest Herb update says he separated his shoulder, he didn't break the arm. Anderson's probably lol'ing even more now.

I get why they feel they have to do it, but stopping matches in their tracks to patch up every little cut a guy gets really derails a show.

I think this is in danger of being slept on: Perhaps that's where he got his N-word credentials that he would later display to Mark Henry?

I always felt that Capetta's voice was way too annoying and nasally, especially when he had to do those drawn-out WCW intros (THIIIIS IIIIIIS STIIIIIIIIIING!).

It should be mentioned that most appendectomies these days are done via minimally invasive surgery, so 8 weeks recovery time is more than enough unless they still do it the old way in Brazil (and they obviously don't since he didn't appear to have the scar doing it the old way leaves behind).

I often wonder why guys seen as Dusty's boys (Lex, Barry) were never given runs with the title. Considering the one thing JCP needed badly was fresh faces on top, it seemed like such a no brainer move to make. Lex in particular is baffling since it seemed all the signs were there that he was going to be THE MAN and then he just.....wasn't. I don't think Lex ever really recovered from that in the eyes of most fans. They kept getting jerked around over a title change eventually happening that you could almost see the interest diminishing by the day as the fans just said "fuck it". Also was Barry ever given a serious shot at Flair? The only one that stands out was the famous Worldwide draw.

I thought the Gaspars in NJPW were Barry and Bob Orton, but Dave is saying one was Karl Moffat? Did they change the guy under the hood or was this just wrong info?

Because the longer Dave and Co push it and no one stands up to say "uh, no" the more people start to believe it. You'd think we'd be at the point that the mindset of ignoring misinformation makes it go away has been proven wrong, but we're not.

Good thing you guys are too smart to fall for that. No one here (that I know of) is a WON HOF voter, so it doesn't matter if we're smart enough or not. *edit* I saw this was for awards, not the HOF, but my point sort of still stands since Dave pushes for guys to be voted in the HOF as well.

Lance Cade Paul London Bryan Kendrick ....and of that list Kendrick (allegedly) was one of the guys who kept getting pot failures on Wellness tests, London had his shit eating grin during Vince's death march, and Cade had the incident on a plane that wasn't at all an OD that led to his endeavoring. So as long as Danielson doesn't pull a Jimmy Fallon during a serious skit or OD on a plane he should be alright.

My only question is how did you become such an expert in how the human brain operates? Unless it's some kind of Rain Man thing and mapping the inner workings of the human mind just happens to be your restricted behavior (sup SLL)? How did you become 100% certain on how people think? Also I know this is like shooting fish in a barrel, but: Every post you've ever made on the internet highly suggests otherwise.

I think the opposite was the case, they buried "Daniel Bryan" just so he could basically say "fuck this show, I'm the best wrestler in the world". I think the WWE knows they have something with him, and decided to use him to fuck with the smart crowd by having him job on the show only smarts watch. It was like the wrestling equivalent of liberals who watch Fox News just to be outraged. He's got the right connections politically (he was trained by not one but two Friends of Hunter), plus the rise of CM Punk probably helped make alternative (in wrestling circles) lifestyles like veganism acceptable. If they can accept a guy who doesn't drink or do drugs, then a guy who eats veggies won't be looked at as weird.

Chimel must know where bodies are buried, I just realized he's been the main announcer on SD for over 10 years now. It's not even like he has the excuse of fitting in with Vince's "attractive younger people on TV" mindset.