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Good, that way we won't have to watch it.

I was watching iMPACT! tonight and thought of something I'd like to see. Abyss has James Mitchell as his manager. Basically, Abyss does Mitchell's bidding. I like Abyss being with Mitchell because it goes against Abyss' character to talk and Mitchell is a great mouthpiece. However, I don't like the whole "doomsday" think. I think it'd be fun to watch if Mitchell couldn't control Abyss. I'm not talking about Abyss turning on Mitchell, rather Mitchell not being able to dictate when and where Abyss just snaps and takes out people. I think it'd be fun to see Abyss do run-ins during undercard matches and the like just to take out several people...just because he can. It's happened a lot in the past, with people like Sid and Scott Steiner. I just think it'd be more entertaining to see Abyss do it. A backstage interview with Mitchell and Abyss where the interviewer is actually afraid that something might happen to him would be more entertaining to me than a backstage interview with Abyss grunting and Mitchell making thumb gestures. Especially if it involved Jeremy Borash, Terry Taylor, Larry Zybysko, Shane Douglas, etc. randomly getting assaulted. I want to see Abyss get a world title push. I think he's my favorite wrestler right now. I know he's my favorite in TNA. Even ahead of Samoa Joe.

Honestly, much like Tatanka and Animal, he really didn't have a reason to be around. What's he going to bring to the product? He doesn't have a future in the WWE anymore. He could've been more "enhancement talent" but WWE has already got an abundance of that.

...TNA brought in Kevin Nash. I disagree. I think the fans have a lot of do with kayfabe as well, which is why some people think Rey winning the WWE title is so unbelievable.

There's no reason that Steiner should have to be a midcarder in TNA. The current champ. is Christian. A couple former champs. are Styles & Jarrett. Kayfabe wise, Steiner could beat those guys.

To make a counterpoint, the WCW fans that found something better to watch after wrestling, didn't see his downfall in WWE. Also, although he might not have been a main eventer until the dying days of WCW, he was still all over the show, even if it was in the midcard feuding for the US title, and it's not like the stuff he did with his brother Rick as a tag team never happened.

That Hunter must not know how to work heel.

Another thing against Kendrick & London are that they're both on the "B" show. Like it or not, to be the flagship, you pretty much have to be on Raw.

How pitiful is it that this is the selling point:

"babyface"

What about London/Kendrick? They have the workrate when they're on and the could easily be classified as "pretty boys." Slap a female mouthpiece with them or something perhaps? MNM have Melina....

Orton's heel and doesn't sing crappy songs on the internet. Therefore, he's not deep.

Naw, not really. It's just a bunch of fatties buying up all of his shit because he's "OMG, so hot and deep." Same with his brother. Have you read his message forum?

I'm bumping this thread. Several people named Eddie Guerrero, whom has since passed away, and John Cena was name dropped. Now that Cena's had the ball for awhile, my choice of Jericho is gone and Guerrero died, now who do you guys say? Also, someone mentioned this the other day (I think it was Sek), so I figured I'd post the picture so people could save it to their harddrive or whatever: Back on topic, to name drop a few people, what do you guys think of Chris Masters, Ken Kennedy & Paul Burchill?

He's already lost a match (the Unbreakable 3-way) and TNA act like that shit never happened. For a week, Tenay was like "Joe's undefeated...in one on one competition." Now, with the build-up for this bullshit Ultimate X shit, it's back to the revisionist history again. Daniels nor Styles either one need to be the man to beat Joe. That's kinda what my point was. TNA are gonna fuck it up.

C'mon world title push! The biggest obstacle in his TNA career is getting his first loss and having it come off as being believable. You don't want to blow his first loss off on a fluke and you want it to "make" someone, so don't "waste" it on someone like Daniels, Styles or Jarrett.

What the fuck is this shit? Just going off outta the blue? You're a mo-mo. I'm actually surprised that Loss didn't say something to you about that post. I'm on a "wait and see" with SNME this time around. When it was on last time, I was a blind WWF mark and would've watched anything thrown my way, up to and including thinking that Zeus was a world title threat. This time, I'm a lot more pessimistic. I've been optimistic enough with WWE as can be evidenced by people calling me an apologist and whatnot in the past.

How many times did the Dicks actually make it onto TV? I remember seeing them hit their double Samoan drop type move twice, so what, three times?

Honestly, I'm glad that RVD didn't win. I didn't want RVD/Cena main-eventing Wrestlemania. There's a lot of reasons why but for starters, they're both babyface.

I can see Rob Van Dam & Carlito. Possibly Masters too, although I can't imagine what he'd do in a ladder match. A Masterlock through a rung? Who knows, I could've said the same about Kane and he's been in a TLC match amongst other things, so who knows? There's a lot of people I like to see in it, like Jamie Noble, but I highly doubt they'll get the chance. Especially if a World Title shot is on the line sometime down the road. Someone like Spanky or London could tear the place down in a ladder match but they can't win it, so they shouldn't bother. If it's Raw only, I'd say Carlito, Rob Van Dam, Chavo Guerrero...I think it has to be interbrand. It's too bad WWE doesn't use people like Rene Dupree, Johnny Swinger or Rob Conway because they'd be great for situations like this.

So, who else is going to be in this Money in the Bank match with Carlito? Obviously Rob Van Dam. Shelton probably won't because I could see him being in an IC title match. Masters will probably be in a Masterlock Challenge with Kane. I can't remember if last years match was open to both brands or not. They could slap someone like Matt Hardy in it. I wish WWE would bring back the Gimmick Battle Royal from Wrestlemania 17. Man, I marked out hard when Michael Hayes and Tugboat both came out.

We never talk about the current product that much anymore. Well, unless it's like newsbits. Not a bad Raw. Here's some of my thoughts: - Raw started with the Diva's Battle Royal. If it's going to happen, they might as well get it out of the way early. The crowd gets to pop for all the attractive women coming out and the match was kept short. Candice got to the point quickly in her post-celebration promo and then Edge & Lita hit the ring. Edge hit his point quickly as well: Him & Foley at 'Mania. Not a great opening segment but they got their points across and did what needed to be done. Now we know that Candice is the #1 contender to Trish's women's title, so we have that match next week. We also have Foley showing up to give his answer to Edge's match. After the first segment of Raw, we already know two things that are going to happen next week. That's a good thing. - Carlito's match was entertaining as he talked the whole time while taking out that jobber. It also let's us know that at Wrestlemania, there will be another Money in the Bank. - The Spirit Squad are comedy. I really liked that trampoline spot. Marty coming back is funny because someone here just mentioned him the other day. I wasn't real high on HBK getting as much offense as he did. Afterall, it was one-on-four. - Kane/Masters wasn't bad. Kane got his win back from losing to Masters in the WM tournament. I liked how Kane won with a move other than the Chokeslam. It's nice to see that shit. It brings that "unpredictable" feel back. I remember actually caring about near-falls at one time. The post-match Masterlock while Kane was doing his pyro thing was a nice touch. - We all knew that HHH was going to win the 3-way but the match was still solid enough. RVD seemed more over in this match than he has been since his return to the company. The Big Show makes a great monster. We got the "Mania Moment" staredown between Cena/HHH too. I'd say the low point of Raw was the Shelton/Flair match and even that match got the IC title off of Flair which is a good thing. I'm not real high on the whole Mama Benjamin storyline/angle but I think Shelton will make a decent enough midcard IC heel champion.

We knew she was getting cut as soon as she won the Diva Search, really. I mean, WWE got rid of Christy and she brought a helluva lot more to the table than Ashley. Both in terms of appearance and potential. Christy was something different. Ashley is just another generic blonde bimbo with fake jugs. Just like Torrie Wilson, whom is still employed for whatever reason.

Yeah but Ludvig isn't around anymore, so not Tatanka has a shot at gold!

I won't be watching live because I'd much rather watch the NBA All-Star festitivities. That being said, this PPV won't be worth the thirty-five dollars either as most pay-per-view events these days rarely are. I do plan on watching the event sometime before Raw hits tomorrow. I want to know what's going on when all the uproar starts.