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No one. They're putting him in a program with Morrison. Morrison caused him to lose to Santino tonight. Listening to Meltzer and Alverez talk about it is hilarious, as neither of them saw that Morrison saved Santino in the corner, leading to the fluke win. It's funny because I didn't see Morrison do that either, which isn't surprising because Morrison sucks at his job. What I saw was Santino fall down three different times when Sheamus went for the Brough Kick and then after the third miss of the kick, Santino just pinned Sheamus clean...after a slow count.

Who the fuck did Sheamus piss off?

Did anyone hear what Stryker said to Jerry Lawler? Lawler made a comment about Stryker never winning titles and Stryker retaliated that he never booked himself in his own promotion. Isn't that the type of stuff that probably...shouldn't be said on live TV?

About a week or so ago, Dixie on Twitter mentioned something about praying for Hogan because he was in the hospital getting surgery or something. I replied saying he doesn't need any help because he's immortal. Now the group in TNA is called Immortal and Abyss is cutting promos about how Hulkamania will never die and Hogan is Immortal. I'm sure it's completely coincidental, but it makes me feel special, damnit!

Damn, I thought we had something in common for a second!

Pathetic? More like amazing! Nash & Waltman, drunk & baked off their asses just burying the fuck out of people and burning bridges? Yes, please!

TNA is not generally looked at in a positive light by the majority of wrestling fans nowadays, if ever. I was curious if anyone was planning on ordering/watching Bound for Glory tonight though?

It's a crazy world we live in now as wrestling fans. When I was growing up, the last thing on my mind was Hulk Hogan or The Ultimate Warrior turning into bad guys or Rick Rude or Honky Tonk Man turning into good guys. Nowadays, it's just expected it seems. I don't see a problem with Cena just staying a babyface. Although the talks of him turning heel have been going on ever since he was stabbed by Carlito's Jesus on Smackdown!

I liked Sid too! My channel-changers were people like Glacier, Prince Iukea, Norman Smiley, Kidman...a lot of the Thunder regulars. My biggest HAD to have been Alex Wright. I HATED that mother-fucker.

Meng was actually one of my favorite wrestlers in WCW. Not just his Faces of Fear run either. I admit his Hardcore era was silly, moreso because of Normal Smiley than Meng, but it sort of turned Meng into a comedy character which went against how he was built-up for so long. I remember Meng even had Goldberg beat one time but let go of the Tongan Death Grip because the nWo was at ringside or something. I don't remember exactly as it was a long time ago. Meng owned though. I'll never forget there was a Lumberjack Strap match and Meng came out with a strap and was swinging it at camera men and shit. Bobby Heenan went off on commentary: "He can't even get to the ring without hitting people! Who would give this man a strap?" Haku/Meng has always been a big guilty pleasure of mine though.

Kaitlyn a "man chick?" I think the woman is gorgeous myself...

It probably should be its own thread, but WWE Night of Champions was really good, in my opinion. I liked Dolph Ziggler/Kofi Kingston a lot. I'm digging Kaitlyn & Vickie Guerrero a lot. Although the ending was sort of abrupt, The Big Show/C.M. Punk was also entertaining. The Women's/Divas match was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. The main event was fun, with what I think was the right guy going over (you can't deny how popular Orton is). Plus, Kane/Undertaker did a lot to advance that storyline (although I wasn't terribly high on the match) and Daniel Bryan/The Miz was a great match with an unexpected ending. I will probably pick up the official Night of Champions DVD. It was a good show. I liked the outcome to every single match, which is rare for me.

Now it's skull. No one is hit in the head, they're hit in the skull. Randy Orton punts people in the skull.

Congrats to Kaval for winning NXT season two. Now he better invest in some sunglasses because he's going to be looking at a lot of lights.

That is my line of thinking as well. Granted I know nothing about the ratings in WWE, but I am pretty sure that the Diva segments are not the highest rated of the show, like they seem to be in TNA when The Beautiful People are around. Actually, from everything I have heard, the women matches in WWE tend to be looked down upon and referred to in a derogatory way as "piss break" matches. I guess when Melina is your champion that is not too far-fetched. It's too bad because there are definitely a lot of more than capable female workers. Maybe not the Kelly Kelly and Bella Twins of the world but WWE have had women that could go in the past. They are now seemingly bringing in this amazonian neanderthal simply because she's big, but she completely skipped FCW and you know she is going to be green as all hell and most likely terrible. Yet they have never tried to get Awesome/Amazing Kong? I expect the poor girl to become Santino comedy fodder and future endeavored shortly there after. That is if she even does anything outside of season 3 of NXT. WWE is pretty big on height. The Great Khali is still around and he can hardly even walk down the ramp. Huge draw in India or not. How serious is anyone going to take the show when the "pros" are a bunch of girls that seem to get ridiculed for not being able to wrestle?

Kelly Kelly: Pro I like NXT but there is no way I am going to watch an All Diva season. C'mon.

To me, it's more so that she was seemingly fired for kayfabe reasons in 2010 after she shaved her head bald for the company.

Michael Cole is completely unbearable and listening to his "heel persona" (I guess that's what it is supposed to be) is excruciating. C.M. Punk is pretty damn entertaining but I'm still pissed about Serena getting fired.

WWE has not really changed at all since cable television came out. The number of PPV has increased and the number of television hours has as well. The model is still the same though and I can't imagine it will ever change because it is successful. It does seem weird when reading wrestling fans talking about how stuff shouldn't be given away on free TV. It felt even more awkward though hearing Dixie Carter make fun of people for suggesting that they pay for stuff that TNA gives away for free. Even after Vince is gone, I don't really expect the WWE mold to change all too much. It is going to always be a show with bad comedy and poor writing trying to sell a monthly PPV show. That's what you're buying too, a WWE show. The days of paying for individuals is gone and I think it has done more bad than good, honestly. That's what happens when there's really only one game in town though.

It just seems like another way for Vince & Co. to scream "we're not a wrestling show, we're an entertainment show!" to me.

Not to derail from the subject at hand about WWE needing constant change to not grow stale but a couple friends and I were just talking about how even when WCW was bad it was worth watching just about three or four days ago. Admittedly, I have lost a lot of interest in WWE lately, especially RAW. However even when WCW was dying, I was still entertained by a lot of the show. With RAW, as an example, there's maybe one segment on the entire show that I want to see. I dislike a lot of the roster and everyone, like you said, seems like they have been there for ever. Edge is a 9-time world champion, 5-time IC title holder and 14-time tag team champion. He debuted in 1998. That's only twelve years but when a wrestler has done everything, I get tired of seeing them, I guess. He's just one example. Jericho is another or the list of people you named. I also realize that I'm a huge fan of nostalgia and having no commentators I care about or managers to talk, it's hard to get behind so many people that can't talk that are trying to remember lines that someone else wrote for them. It doesn't feel natural.

Why are they calling The Big Show "The Giant" again? Also, what are WWE trying to insinuate by constantly saying Serena is "not like any Diva WWE has ever had before!" Is that just cause she's bald? I guess it won't matter now! I hardly ever get to see Smackdown but I saw it this last week so I'm a little behind!

I didn't used to give zero stars or five stars. I didn't think there was such a thing as "perfect match" or a match that brought zero to the table. Just entrances alone and a headlock would give a match a ?*. If they show up and try, they get something. Whereas, I didn't ever want to rate a match 5 *'s because, to me, that means it's "perfect." So, what then when another match down the road comes along and I like it more? One has to be better than the other. Eventually, with a lot of viewing of matches, you get a slew of matches that are rating in someway similar but then when you look at the list as a whole, it seems to lose a lot of credibility. For example, you'll have one match at *** and another match at *** and you'll think "well, this match was better than that match" so you start tinkering with the *'s. It's a never-ending process. That's why I kinda got out of the habit of doing the little snowflakes.

It certainly doesn't deserve it's own thread but Mickie James might have the best ass in wrestling history. Jesus Christ. She's just thick in all the right places. THAT is what men are talking about when they say they like women with "meat on their bones."

Speaking of ROH, I haven't really followed them this year. I followed them through all of '05 and thought it was the best wrestling that I'd ever seen. I loved damn near everything, if not everything, that they were doing. Abyss & the Embassay. Gibson, Joe, Homicide, etc. I went to a live show in Dayton back in January. That was the last show I've seen. I've read some results and opinions about Am Drags reign and such. Have I really missed out on a lot? Anything better than '05? I thought Kobashi/Joe & Manhattan Mayhem were amazing.