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I ignore them for the most part because I'm ignorant to the subject and don't want to get in the way.

I'm not going to say that I enjoy the current product, especially after the last PPV with the Boogeyman skit, the Tim White skit and 'Taker going over Orton in the main event. However, I am curious how people like Masters, Carlito, Burchill, Orton and a few other young guys will turn out.

I know there's a lot of talented female wrestlers, that doesn't mean I want to see them in TNA.

The last thing I want to see is TNA bring in a bunch more women just so they can have a "credible" division for the women.

I expect big things from Orton, Carlito & Masters in '06. I wouldn't be surprised to see Burchill move up to the midcard over on Smackdown, possibly even getting away from Regal. Murdoch will probably get an IC run too. Triple H will have the belt again before the year is out. I think he'll headline 'Mania too along with Cena, Batista & Orton. If WWE do forget about Edge's Money in the Bank contract, I think Edge will forget about WWE. Eventually, I think the Lashley push will be aborted. Same with Boogeyman. I wouldn't be surprised to see WWE break up MNM, The Mexicools or both. They have a habit of breaking up teams or stables for no reason. Returning stars? I have no idea. Austin, I'm sure, will be around for something before the year is out. I hope Brock comes back but we'll see what happens.

Can I still listen to the Wrestling Observer Live radio show if I don't listen to it live? I clicked on the radio show button and it's some sports bullshit. Do they archive them anywhere? I'm sure it's on this show somewhere, eventually, but I don't want to listen to everything else around the part I care about....

I haven't seen the last two matches, however the Misawa/Kobashi Vs. Kawada/Taue tag match is the best tag team match I've ever seen. Easily 5-stars. All the Misawa/Kawada singles matches are good, usually better than good, but they all kind of blend together to me. I can't really differentiate one from the other. That's what comp. tapes will do to ya. I didn't think the Akiyama tag touched the Kobashi tag.

It's actually "make my pizza" from the times I've heard it. The only chant I currently don't mind is "please don't tap" when a submission move is applied and the crowd doesn't want the match to end yet.

He's still on TV every week but he just took a couple of months off. There's no way he can be a mid-carder for two-to-three years. That's just unrealistic. To be honest, I want him to beat Cena for the title at Wrestlemania. If Batista & Cena are both the champions going into the show and one of them have to leave with the belt, I'll take HHH over Cena instead of Orton over Batista. Batista still seems to be over without half the crowd turning on him. Now, I'm not saying that I want Triple H to win the Rumble again and go on to win the belt at 'Mania but I think he's a good main eventer, that took some time off, hasn't been Superman lately & works good matches. It just seems like as long as he's with Steph, the man can do no right. Also, if/when HHH gets the title back, I don't think it'll be a long reign. He'll lose it after a month or two, then get it back so he can inch closer to Flair.

It's weird because it almost seems like Triple H doesn't have a direction right now. I mean, is he going to wrestle The Big Show? After Orton lost the Hell in a Cell to The Undertaker, it wouldn't surprise me if Triple H won the damn Royal Rumble. It's like the biggest things that HHH have done recently are get punked out by TBS and hint that him & Steph were getting back together on-air.

I thought we had one but I can't find it. The search feature doesn't work, it tries to search on Google. Anyway, I wanted to say something about Triple H after watching the end of Raw tonight. He lost to HBK. Now, outside of his win over Tajiri and his win over Ric Flair, he's lost, like, every match he's been in recently. He lost three straight to Batista. He lost at Taboo Tuesday to Flair. He lost to HBK. I'm curious what it'll take for him to get back in the good graces of the fans. I don't mean as a babyface, I'm just curious what it'll take for the IWC to not hate him anymore. Did he go past the point of no return? Do people not care about his win/loss record anymore because they know he'll eventually just get the belt back? Wouldn't he be a better champion than Cena? According to the TSM Win/Loss thread, Triple H is 11/11 on the year in televised matches.

It lead to some really bad segments too...like Torrie Wilson selling the lamp shot at the funeral.

He was on Velocity for awhile, which isn't TV. Then he did the run-in two weeks back in the Mexicools match. On Friday, he won with a Brainbuster on Smackdown. So, yeah, he's been on TV at least twice.

They pretty much have to do a big bump now, right? I mean, shit.

After this and the Boogeyman segment, I can't wait to hear the radio shows tonight.

Nash/HHH & 'Taker/Brock didn't have them leaving the Cell, so hopefully that streak will continue.

The WO website is hard as fuck to navigate... Also, does Meltzer push the show back on PPV nights?

I just recently starting listening to The Law on a regular basis and I was just curious if there were any other radio shows and how popular they were.

Didn't Meltz dispel this rumor now? The Benoit rumor?

Just because I haven't seen it typed out yet, Luger's spiel:

Jericho worked Japan, Mexico, ECW & WCW before going to WWE. Yet, it's funny to you that I think he was a big name before WWE? Like people didn't watch his cruiserweight run during WCW? So, the pop he got when he debuted in WWF was because he was pretty, right? What did WWE do with him? Give him some IC runs and a SHITTY World Title run where he had to pick up the shit of Steph's dog? Maybe you'll try to tell me that WWE made Fozzy and TV spots possible. *twirls finger*

This is, without a doubt, the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read. Especially on these forums. WWF stars were made in WWF? No shit. WCW stars were made in WCW too. Sting? Flair? Luger? It works both ways. Hell, I could list wrestlers, like Rick Rude, Dusty Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat, whom were better when they weren't in WWF just like you listed ones that were better when they were there. I assume your statement is based off the fact that Austin was in WCW and ECW before getting big in WWF? Well, so what? Hogan, Nash & Hall were all big in WCW. So, what's the argument that WWF can market wrestlers well? They had nothing to do with Goldberg or Sting or Flair and they made money. You think Jericho hit his highlight in WWF? He was a big name when he came in, WWF didn't do anything. You think McMahon used Cornette well?

What does it take to be successful in professional wrestling? A lot of factors are thrown around: charisma, workrate, drawing power, etc. However, do any of them matter as much as simply having the company behind you? For example, let's look at WWE. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wasn't anything too special when he was the "Ringmaster." At least popularity wise. He certainly wasn't a "main eventer" when he was losing matches to Savio Vega. After he cut the "3:16" promo at the King of the Ring in 1996, the fans caught on. Maybe a little before that even, people started to notice him. Even jaded fans were behind him after his submission match with Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 13. He was a good worker but didn't get a ton of time to shine. Injuries started to catch up to him and his ringwork dwindled, however he got more popular than ever. He was being fueled by the WWE machine. His merchandise was hot, ratings were good, people made money. He was successful. I'm under the belief that it doesn't matter how many tools you bring to the table. The only thing that matters is if the company will give you a megapush. Then, it's successful if the fans accept it and it fails if they don't. Randy Orton, John Cena & Batista have all got the push recently. Cena was over on Smackdown, now his cheers are dwindling as he's growing stale. Orton pretty much got rejected doing anything that wasn't an RNN skit. He now gets "Jeff Hardy heat." Batista has seemingly been over for almost a year without a lot of character change. It might be because he's on Smackdown, which is taped and altered, or it could be because the fans haven't shit on him yet. I was thinking of wrestlers that used to be on the WWF roster. Ted DiBiase, Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude, Ricky Steamboat, etc. None of them got a chance to carry the company with the top belt, despite them having almost all the tools (if not all of them) required to be a top performer. So, I'm just curious what you guys think about it. Does it matter in this day and age if a wrestler can work or not? If they can talk or sell or bump or whatever? You can talk about going out and "making something happen" all you want but if the promotion isn't behind you, it doesn't matter how over you get. Look at Christian. How does it pertain to non-WWE promotions? This kind of ties into the "give new guys a chance" thread. If WWE were to megapush someone like Masters or Carlito, do you think it could be successful?

Basically that he doesn't respect most internet fans because they have no respect for the sport that they supposedly "love." They just get together and as a collective whole look for negatives to complain about despite being entertained for years.

The Konnan shoot interview changed me as a wrestling fan. I try to be a lot more respectful towards the entertainers that put their bodies on the line for my entertainment. Konnan had a great point. I've watched and been entertained by wrestling for YEARS so it doesn't make sense for me to be so negative. So, recently, I've tried not to be. I still care, I just don't have to always express my concern with a negative light. As far as fans being just as responsible for wrestling deaths, I think Loss put it well in the Trevor Murdoch thread. Fans as a whole are somewhat responsible.