Coffey

I feel for Samoa Joe. He won me over in Ring of Honor. Then he lost the belt and lost a direction in the company. He randomly got the Pure Title slapped on him and that didn't mean much. I don't think going to TNA is the solution though. He's a great worker and TNA will book him in Wrestlecrap. Either that or he'll be made to look like a monster against people like AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels. The problem is that people like Billy Gunn will make Joe look small.

In my opinion, I don't think Styles was acting.

I'm picking Hulk Hogan. I still mark for him and he was a big part of the reason why I started watching wrestling when I was a lot younger. Hell, I even wrote him a letter when he was hospitalized by Earthquake sitting on him. I was such a mark. I don't think I'll ever buy anyone's argument that someone else has more charisma than the Hulkster. I don't know if he's my favorite wrestler since I've smartened up to the business a lot more nowadays. I appreciate workrate and all that jazz a lot more and Hogan didn't bring a whole lot of that to the table. He did, however, always have my attention. Best Opponent: Well, most of his feuds had huge storylines going for them. Workrate wise, he's not put on a lot of great matches. So, I'd say either Savage at Wrestlemania 5, Warrior at Wrestlemania 6 or The Rock at Wrestlemania 18. Worst Opponent: Zeus, easily. He couldn't talk or work. The storyline was crap too since they were just trying to shill No Holds Barred. I at least laughed during the Finger Poke of Doom. Most Surprising Opponent: I don't really know. Anytime that Hogan had a match with a midcarder it was pretty surprising. I didn't actually think that the Hogan/Goldberg match on Nitro was going to happen, so I'll go with that. Most Disappointing Opponent: I have no idea. Most of his matches that I like are nostalgia for me nowadays. Even his match with Bundy doesn't bother me too much. I'd say Roddy Piper because I always expected the matches to be more epic because of all of their history. Dream Opponent: Nowadays I guess it'd be Savage so we'd see if either one would shoot. I don't really think Hogan should go anymore. That being said, he had his shots with The Rock, so Hogan/Austin could probably be pretty entertaining.

I just didn't like the page linked. "I heard Sid got popped in the mouth. Confirm/Deny?" That's what it comes off like.

I don't believe half of those stories. They're just too sloppy. No time or dedication was spent on any of them. They're each one or two sentences long, with no details, and are all submitted by "readers."

That'd be interesting. Only thing is the song doesn't have a huge note or whatever right at the beginning to pop the crowd. Well, that and the fact that I don't expect to see Heyman on TV all too often. Still, I'd like to see a video package or some shit of Heyman to that song. That'd be pretty neat.

I don't mind when people take the time to make their sign. When it's creative, witty and original, it can make for a few entertaining moments. I saw a sign in ECW once where it was RVD doing the point and splits at the same time. The guy had a string that he pulled to make it move. It was neat. If more people took time and cared about what they were bringing, it wouldn't be so bad. Instead, we get stupid shit and that just pisses off the people behind the sign holder. I don't like sloppy signs or people that spell their shit wrong. Don't just buy a neon sign from the Dollar General then write Kane Rulez on it with a magic marker. Seriously. If they banned signs from all shows, I wouldn't complain. They should certainly ban them from non-televised shows.

I can name a ton of shit from just recently. Hedeinreich, Matt Morgan, Gene Snitsky & Viscera all having jobs. Molly Holly, Gail Kim, Nidia & Jazz all getting fired effectively killing off the women's division, while we're still stuck with people like Lita. Jamie Knoble losing his job upset me. I know he asked for it because he felt he should be punished but it still bothered me. Matt Hardy was disheartening to hear too. WWE signing Nova, sending him to OVW forever, then bringing him up as fucking Simon Dean. Hogan returning just to squash Hassan. Austin returning just to squash Hassan. Teasing the split of Hassan and Daivari after they'd only been together for about a month. The Diva Search. The Diva Search having a sequel. The Diva Search losers getting jobs anyway. Christy wrestling on Wrestlemania. Wrestlemania from this year. Eddie Guerrero's performance at One Night Stand. Batista turning into a comedic face and getting new music. I think I was the most upset over the blowoff to both Stephanie/HHH/Angle & Jericho/Trish.

Whereas Victoria is nowhere to be seen (after her heel turn) and Jericho's gimmick gets scrapped (because apparently he now cares again). I'd rather watch Mark Henry. At least it's entertaining when he uses someone's head to wipe his ass.

I assume he's on the back-burner until after Vengeance. He still has the Money in the Bank shot but he lost his Gold Rush match against Batista. Since HHH came back and decided to book himself into a title match, Edge has to sit idly by. I'm sure we won't hear from Edge, as it pertains to the main event, until after the Draft Month is over. Then we'll have to sort everything out. To be honest, I'm more disappointed that they didn't capitalize on Victoria from two weeks ago. She could've been super over. She did what people have been wanting to see for a long time. She called all the Diva shit bullshit. She beat the slop out of them and she nut-kicked Lawler, which I'm sure we've all wanted to do. I mean, she couldn't really have an opponent since Lita and Trish are both hurt but she could at least be on the show. Maybe show Stevie consoling her or something? It'd tie in with his previous nights ONS appearance too.

I thought that this would be a good topic of conversation, so I'm going to extract it from the Raw thread and make it a thread of it's own.

Who knows what the fuck Vince's thinking. He has to know that the average viewer would see Lilian and think she was desirable. Then he alienates the fans by having Lilian get together with a five-hundred pound, african-american, contact wearing, mohawk having, non-wrestling, previously fired, POS. Viscera's singing wasn't that great. His dancing was worse. He's the worst case of comedy that you can have and WWE consistantly keeps going to the same dry well. I admit, I've laughed at him a couple of times. It's the absurdity of it all. WTF is all this leading to? A match with Lilian? It doesn't make any sense. Angle-Stephanie worked. Well, up until the end. It was believable. They looked like they could get together. Same with Trish-Jericho. This is just fucking stupid.

I actually disagree with that. It seems like Lita is hotter now than she's ever been. Both in terms of physical appearance and crowd heat. She has the whole "don't hate me because I'm beautiful" thing going on. Then she gets heat from the smart fans because of the Matt Hardy drama. Then she gets heat from the marks because she's a slut and "cheated" on Kane. I mean, it's not like we're supposed to remember that Kane basically raped her and forced her to marry him after impregnating her. If we're not supposed to remember Muhammad Hassan losing to Chris Benoit on Raw after a botched bell shot, then we're definitely not supposed to remember that. I'm liking Edge more than I've liked him since his Smackdown Six era. I really enjoy the "Money in the Bank" character. This is definitely the best he's been since coming back from injury. Both in and out of the ring. I'd rather watch Edge & Lita than watch WWE try to force Big Vis comedy onto me. Like it's believable that Lilian would like his big ass? C'mon, this isn't The King of Queens. I'm not buying into an interracial couple with a four-hundred pound weight difference.

That was a very bad episode of Raw. I'm glad that Angle is on Raw again, I suppose, but that was a very lackluster way to end the show. Triple H seemed to be shoved down our throats more than usual this week. It was ridiculous. Glad to see WWE capitalizing on that Victoria heel turn and storyline. Did WWE just up and abort Jericho's not-giving-a-shit angle? Suddenly he wants to impress Bischoff and get a title shot? *snuh?*

I knew that Eddie broke his nose. I could tell that something was wrong when he rolled out of the ring and stalled. You could tell that there was more to the story by the way that he sold the Crossface though.

He'll never fade away if he's always a topic of conversation.

I thought the show was phenominal.

Well, if that's the case, RVD has been selling this for months. He's been shooting on the company since well before his injury. I legit just don't think he gives a fuck. He's riding that sum-bitch out for the paycheck, and if they fire him, he can do his thing elsewhere. I'm anticipating the RVD shoot more than anything on the PPV I think.

If they want Smackdown to be the stronger show, they shouldn't consider sending Triple H there. A majority of wrestling fans that are currently following the WWE product seem to have a big resentment towards "The Game." I know if he were to leave Raw I think that the TV would get better. I'm a fan of his in the ring but I'd enjoy the TV shows a lot more if there was less Hunter.

I don't think he cares. He's already pretty much been buried. It's not some huge secret that RVD feels that he was a victim of the glass ceiling. Hell, he was hot as fuck after he first showed up in WWE. He had a couple matches with Jeff Hardy that were hot and a hardcore match with Tommy Dreamer that seemed to be a big deal at the time. Hell, I even remember him having a match against, I think it was Kurt Angle, for the World Title. It was on Raw. Rob was unique and WWE missed a golden opportunity. Even if he does have shitty forearms. Rob probably figures if they fire him, he can just spend more time at Five Star Comics while working Ring of Honor throughout the week. Rob could probably do pretty well on the Indies, much like Raven.

I'm still thinking that John Cena will end up going back to Smackdown as the last pick. It'll be something squirrely. I hope that Raw gets Carlito as well. That'd be fun. Ship Jericho off to Smackdown.

I actually expect Cena to end up back on Smackdown before this draft is all said and done with.