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Good riddance. What could Matt Hardy bring to the show, honestly? Name value obviously means very little in TNA, and you can fill your roster up with people like Austin Aries instead.

Edge didn't get the news about not being able to wrestle until after seeing his doctor after Wrestlemania, so the match played out as planned.

I hate the whole idea of Money in the Bank too. Just the whole scenario, where winning a multi-man ladder match equates to basically being able to win the title whenever you want. Now there's TWO a year too, instead of it just being a Wrestlemania gimmick match, it has its own Pay-Per-View. Because he's Mexican and they're going to Mexico. Rey Mysterio also has his World Title rematch, so I'm sure he'll be involved too.

Alberto Del Rio is really an interesting WWE case. They had enough faith in him to let him win the Royal Rumble. But it seems like something in-between The Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania gave them cold feet, or something, because he lost in the curtain jerk at 'Mania. Del Rio then kept cutting the same "it's my destiny!" promo but people stopped listening because he just lost every big match. Then he won Money in the Bank, cashed in his briefcase and won the title. So he goes from new heel dominating people on Smackdown, to winning the Royal Rumble, to de-pushed superstar, to cheap World Champion cause they're going to tour Mexico? It just seems really short-sighted to me. Punk caught fire and could have been massively over and instead they're worried about short-term with Mexico? If Del Rio was going to cash-in anyway, why let Cena put his foot on the rope? Why do they keep throwing so much shit into the same bowl? We go from John Cena Vs. C.M. Punk to John Cena Vs. C.M. Punk featuring Johnny Ace, Triple H, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Alberto Del Rio & Kevin Nash.

At this point, I'm curious what it would actually take for people to consider Punk buried. A Lita style "selling her box" segment?

Mistico has more grace than Hunico, that's for sure. Even if he's not especially "crisp" in all of his execution. Granted that's why I really dislike the Lucha style. It always looks sloppy to me.

I'm going to predict the main event for those Pay-Per-Views: Vengeance: Randy Orton Vs. Christian Night of Champions: Randy Orton Vs. Christian Hell in a Cell: Randy Orton Vs. Christian It's the feud that just don't die! At least C.M. Punk and John Cena will move on to the different things. The speculation of Alberto Del Rio cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase and the involvement of Triple H give "outs" so to speak.

For the record, that post was money and you hit the nail on the head. But what is there to discuss at this point? It's a wait-and-see approach right now for me. I could speculate based on the past history of WWE, but that would not get us anywhere. Like I said earlier, I think Summerslam and RAW next week will be the real indicators of what is going to happen. The angle is already a lot worse off than it initially had potential to be, for sure. WWE just blow their load too damn quick. Cena when he was fired never even missed RAW. Punk when he "left with the title!" only missed one show. So much potential but it was completely squandered. Not just with the tournament that you mentioned, or the Triple H promo when Punk came back ("at the end of the day, you're just a guy who held out for more money") but because it kills more faith in WWE fans too. RAW is a show that you don't have to watch anymore. Everything you need to know about RAW will be highlighted in a 2-minute video package before the PPV starts. They lack compelling television. When the highlight of your show is a performer making fun of your show/company, that should be a pretty damn big sign.

This was hilarious to me:

I'm puzzled why someone would "autograph" the end of each of their posts, but what the fuck do I know? Anyway, I think we'll see how things pan out in the next couple of weeks. This Summerslam on Sunday will be the first big indicator. Then the RAW the next night to see what Punk will be doing. It could go a lot of ways. If Punk eats a Pedigree and loses the title, it doesn't necessarily mean the end of the world.

Triple H really made me laugh tonight during his opening promo. Something to the extent of he's the only man bigger than both world champions and the entire roster and that everyone is in his shadow or something. It was pretty surreal.

To me she looks like she's both on meth and anorexic. If she has some sort of "workout addiction" she still wouldn't be that skinny unless she wasn't eating at all.

"According to a shocking report" which is a report that can't be verified, right? Same "reports" indicate that the main event might not happen, but it probably will happen. How is this even noteworthy whatsoever? "Yeah, this could happen..." That's not news. Wild speculation where you can't use exact quotes or name sources is not credible or even worth reading. It is why wrestling "journalism" is a joke. "According to my SECRET SOURCES something might happen. Maybe!" That's basically what the entire thing said.

I finally got around to watching some SMASH wrestling and Hajime Ohara impressed the hell out of me. I think he has a great look. Their matches are really short though.

Even if John Cena doesn't pin C.M. Punk clean at Summerslam, they'll just turn C.M. Punk back into a babyface and then he'll be tag teaming on RAW with John Cena against fuckin' Miz/Del Rio or some shit. I have no faith in WWE whatsoever.

That...might be the best place on Earth. Holy shit!

To be completely honest, I never once cared about if any of it was real or not. It was entertaining, and that is something I have been wanting from WWE. It doesn't really matter to me how they get there, compelling TV is compelling TV. It create some buzz on-line, and although that might not mean anything to the 12-year-old Cena marks and their parents, it at least means it caught the attention of someone. That has to be a good thing, right? Frankly, I just want WWE to put on good shows. I'm interested in tuning in tonight because the PPV last night was good. I was interested in ordering the PPV last night because the main event build-up was good. It's that simple.

The Pay-Per-View tonight has me really excited. More so than even Wrestlemania, and I am a big Triple H mark. I think a lot of people are anticipating the show this evening. There seems to be a "buzz" that I have not heard in years surrounding this show, all because of C.M. Punk. I think something big is going to happen tonight. Wrestling has been pretty boring and stagnant lately. People are looking for wrestling elsewhere, and a lot of people just go to old footage because the majority of current stuff, even in Japan and Mexico, is pretty sloppy right now. But the PPV tonight has people, myself included, genuinely excited. I actually want to give WWE money for this PPV because of how well the C.M. Punk parts of the build have been. I think Mark Henry has been great lately too. Plus, there's the ladder activities. It really should be a great show and it would take a miracle to mess it up.

John Cena when he was just letting C.M. Punk talk, saying "Stop. Stop now." and hitting C.M. Punk in the face after the Yankees line is the perfect John Cena. John Cena doing the promo about turning Vince's face into a door mat that he can wipe his poopy shoes on and let his dog pee on is exactly what is wrong with John Cena. Even if you want kids to like him, that is bad material. Kids liked Hulk Hogan and he wasn't trying to be funny with bad toilet humor. Watching RAW last night, it really just made me realize that no matter what WWE does, the majority of the show is not going to be for everyone. They really do have stuff all over the place, trying to appease as many different people as possible. I dislike the majority of stuff in WWE, but I can overlook it lately because C.M. Punk, Mark Henry, R-Truth and even Vince McMahon have been so good. But even with them being good, you still have Kelly Kelly and the Bella Twins, you still have Alex Riley being super pushed despite being greener than goose shit, you still have worthless Michael Cole and the terrible RAW G.M. interrupting computer and everything else. It's hard to put up with, as a fan. I know people like to look back on past eras a lot with rose-colored glasses, but I think the majority of people here remember all the bad from the Attitude Era, without just focusing on the Austin/Rock, Austin/McMahon stuff. But even then, things were different because wrestling was so much more popular, and so much less prevalent on-line than it is today, that you could put up with a Val Venis dick-chopping segment, or Beaver Cleavage or any of the other shit. Nowadays, it's just like, why is Alex Riley in his position when people like Drew McIntyre, Chris Masters and Zack Ryder aren't doing shit, despite busting their asses? And there's not any really good reasons I have read that make a lot of sense. I will definitely be watching Money in the Bank on Sunday. I feel like the C.M. Punk stuff has been so good that I should. But I'm curious what it is all going to lead to.

The TNA PPV Destination-X last night actually wasn't bad. A few finishes I wasn't a big fan of (never really liked roll-up finishes) and a bad Abyss/Immortal segment, but all-in-all, worth watching. The contract match was a lot of fun.

They have a system like this in chess. I think it's 8, not 16 and I think it starts at 1600, not 1500, but I don't really remember. Magic: The Gathering uses a similar system for their tournaments too. It's how they decide who gets invites into big tournaments, or gets byes in said tournaments, things of that nature. There's different "K" levels for different events too. The bigger the event, the more points the games are worth. If it's a local thing, it's 8k, so if you lose, the most you can lose in one game is 8 points, and that's if the person is rated a lot lower than you. If it's a bigger event, the K level can go up all the way to 32 (in multiples of 8). In those lower level events, the people that you're "supposed" to beat (aka, you're rated a lot higher than) you don't even get the full 8 points. You get, I think, 4. So that would help in the jobber squashes and things of that nature. Plus it would help if someone beat a Hulk Hogan because it would be worth more, especially if on a PPV (higher K level).

I have never been a big fan of TNA wrestling. For the most part, throughout their entire history, they have been pretty shitty. Despite having some pretty talented guys over the years. Right now, it looks like the worst thing about TNA is the "Immortal" faction. I'm not sure if anyone follows TNA or not, but basically, it's all the old guys. I plan on watching the PPV tonight though. I have read some praise about TNA lately, which is rare in and of itself. Looking at the roster, they have brought back some people that I am actually interested in seeing, like Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, Low Ki, Jack Evans, Austin Aries and a few others. Plus the new "Joker" Sting looks fun. The "gimmick" of Destination-X, apparently, is the return of the six-sided ring. Plus an Ultimate X match. Am I crazy?

Because they all stopped watching or switched to MMA.

You can play a drinking game and take a drink every time he throws out a shitty "jungle kick"!!

Yeah, and I think one of the "perks" that a lot of wrestlers like about TNA is the whole "not having to travel" part, since TNA is basically always in the same place.