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Which is fine...but it doesn't fit in with "WWE style" a lot of the time. That's why people give him shit. At least that's the way I look at it. For example, I was a big fan of his pre-WMXX title match promo backstage with Eddy.

"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson ~ Currently my favorite wrestler. He's just phenominal. I love all of his bridging moves, and Cattle Mutilation is SICK! Mitsuharu Misawa ~ I've actually had a lot of exposure to Misawa. I've never seen him have a bad match. In fact, I've never seen him have a match less than ***. Tremendous wrestler. Actually, he's probably the best wrestler I've ever seen. El Hijo del Santo ~ No exposure. Christian ~ Underrated, if anything. Everyone talks about how Edge was/is better, but I disagree. Edge just has the size advantage. That's all I see. I think Christian is a better worker and a better talker. He CERTAINLY has more charisma. So what if he throws on a lot of headlocks? It's better than trying to watch a shitty spear as a finisher.... Nick Bockwinkel ~ Um. Hogan won his first title from him...so he's important in that regard. Shawn Michaels ~ Always puts on a show. Kane ~ Never been a real big fan. Started out with a crappy gimmick, and it went downhill from there. I guess for his size, he's decent. Nobuhiko Takadaslavenkigetcko ...whatever. Red Rooster Sucks. Yes, I'm writing him off just like that. HTM ~ Well, he got heat....

Well, for a long time, he seemed like he acted like the crowd wasn't even there. I guess he's done the throat slice motion before the headbutt for a long time though. He just can't talk. That doesn't really mean he lacks charisma, just lacks microphone skills.

I think that the color scheme, as Loss hinted at, is the biggest problem. That was part of the appeal to me when Smackdown first started airing. It wasn't red. I don't know what color to use. WCW had the whole silver/metallic thing going on. It worked, because it looked almost futuristic. ECW had purple. Smackdown is blue and Raw is red. So, maybe Smackdown could go yellow and Raw orange? Fuck if I know. A change is definitely needed in that department though. Part of the reason why I want a color change so badly is because the ring looks like old hat. It needs a new apron and new ropes. Hell, maybe even throw a logo in the middle. I think, since WWE consider Raw the flagship show, that it's definitely time for a make over of sorts. I don't know about the ramp going to ring though. I mean, personally, I like it, but it's been done before. Then again, everything has pretty much been done before. If not by WWE, then by another wrestling promotion. Come to think of it, the ramp would be cool to see again. Especially if there was a red carpet going down it. Cheesy? Sure, but it'd be original. At least in wrestling. I like the idea of the commentators being elevated as well. Think Shane Douglas & Joey Styles at Heatwave '98. They were up in like a balcony. It worked. It'd work for WWE too. I don't care about Piper's Pit/Barbershop/Brother Love Show type settings. WWE doesn't really need them. They could just as easily have "Mean" Gene Okerlund do in-ring interviews again. Hell, he could do some backstage ones in front of the pre-made backrounds like Loss hinted at. Like he used to do with Hogan, et al. I want there to not be footage shown backstage at all. I mean, pre-recorded interviews on a made backround are one thing...but I don't want to see Dean Malenko watching Lita in the shower, or Evolution talking about Batista in the locker room. The camera man is there. We, as fans, can't act like he's not. Everything should take place in front of both the camera and the live audience. Since WWE is hell bent on having so many freaking PPV's a year, since it brings in a lot of money, they should set up some sort of round robin deal. That way, the fans know what the main events are going to be well ahead of time. It'd also give multiple wrestlers the opportunity to main event. Say, six wrestlers and they have to fight each other. Throw, like, HHH, HBK, Benoit, Batista, Jericho & Orton into it. One PPV is Orton Vs. HHH. Another is Batista Vs. HBK. Eventually, you'd have the matches that were built up, like Batista Vs. HHH, but you'd also get the "smark" matches of like Benoit Vs. Jericho. That's a lot of matches too. It'd also reincorporate a ranking system by default. I don't know how it'd work with title defenses, but maybe they could make a rule where the Heavyweight title can only be defended on the "big four" PPV's? That would add, at least a little, prestige to the title again. Especially if someone went over the champion at a non-big four PPV. It'd make for longer title reigns too. On that level, you could make the IC title almost like the TV title. Keep it the IC belt, but make the TV title stipulation...you have to defend it. Perhaps not every Raw, but every PPV for sure. That way the middle PPVs would still have a point. Perhaps make it so that you have to defend the belt at least once a month on a non-PPV show as well. Switch it up though. Don't make that match always on Raw. Throw it on Heat every now and then. Try to add something to Heat. Hell, I think that Heat should be live too. It could be a good show. Cut back on the house shows, since attendance it down, and move Heat to a different day. Have titles defended and storylines advanced on that show too. Kindof like how Thunder was to WCW. Obviously it was the tier 2 show, but shit still went down. I'm just trying to throw ideas out here. Perhaps footage can be shown from OVW of wrestlers getting ready to debut? That way we don't just get video vignettes of The Masterpiece before he shows up and slaps on a full nelson in a squash match. What makes this guy so special? Why should he be allowed to wrestle on Raw? Show us! It wouldn't kill a wrestler to debut and lose every now and then. Afterall, these wrestlers on Raw are supposed to be the best in the world. Right? I love "Tale of the Tape." WWE needs to do that more. Add in more things than previous titles held though. I want a bio, like in boxing. Not just age and weight. Not Tazz's tips where he's like "don't get hit with his finisher." I was stuff like reach too. Maybe that's asking for too much, but I definitely want "Tale of the Tape." During title matches, the wrestlers should be introduced in their corner. Like in Japan. Height, Weight, Location, titles, name. No more kayfabed locations either. I want to hear what city they're from. Even if it's a bumpfuck small ass city. No more "from Dudleyville" or "Death Valley." I want to hear like "Gary, IN!" Corner intro's will make sure the wrestlers know who the favorite is before the match starts too. Things like Rock/Hogan can mess shit up. Besides, it makes title matches seem more important. The ref should always check the knee and elbow pads for weapons before each match starts too. Actually, I would mind if after the introductions and ref checks, the wrestlers both shake hands like they do in Ring of Honor. It brings the sport appeal out more. Earl Hebner has to go. I don't care how good he is at communication or whatever. He has to go. He can't do it anymore. Arguably, I don't think he ever could. He has the worst "near fall" count that I've ever seen. It's terrible. He can't sell a bump well either. It exposes the business badly. How about making it so that wrestlers with managers or valets can't have their manager/valet leave their corner? They shouldn't be able to walk around the ring freely so that they can interfere behind the referees back. An impartial GM would be nice too. Kindof like Jack Tunney back in the day. If someone cheated, he'd make some shit go down. A rematch at least. The better man should win matches. Heels can get heat otherways that by interfering in matches and hitting people with a chair. How about instead of an opening promo, we get an opening card lineup like they do at house shows? "On tonight's show...." kind of thing. The Fink or Lillian could do it in the ring. This is a small thing for me, but I always liked how Goldberg had security escort him to the ring. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see him walk to the ring from backstage, but it made sense that the champion would have protection. It'd make sense for Triple H to have a bodyguard. Kindof like Lex Luger in WCW. He had Harley Race as his manager (HHH has Flair) and he had Mr. Hughes for his security/bodyguard. We should hear Flair spouting off shit during the H? matches too. Stuff other than "you got him champ!" If he's the manager, I want to see Hx3 roll out and talk to him when he gets in trouble. I want to hear The Nature Boy yell at him to strike a leg or whatever. Like Bobby Heenan used to do. Make the manager's role important. I wouldn't mind seeing wrestlers whom were about to get a push, or who were on a losing streak, looking for outside help either. Would it kill someone like The Hurricane to ask a manager for his services? You could even show him being trained by the manager. Kindof like what Hogan did for Gene Okerlund. HAHA! Raw eggs! Kill the women's division. Seriously. Lita is out. Molly is heel. I don't want to see Victoria beat Trish only because Victoria is the only babyface left in the division and it would set up Victoria Vs. Molly. With the firing and injuries, there's only three competant workers left in the match. No one believe that Christy Hemme can beat Trish in a match. Even if it's made to look like a fluke. Chick Kick, it's over. It doesn't matter how much clevage Trish sports or how short Christy's skirt is...it's not worthy of a Wrestlemania slot. C'mon. I think that tag team wrestling should be show exclusive. Kindof like how the cruiserweight division should be. One set of tag belts. If a couple of wrestlers want to get together because they think they have good chemisty, a show jump to try to go after the titles wouldn't be a bad thing. It'd spice shit up. Like, if Regal and Tajiri randomly wanted gold they could jump to Smackdown. Actually, I think since Smackdown has the CW's, Raw should get the Tags. So, if The Bashams, for example, wanted gold...they could jump to Raw. There needs to be AT LEAST six teams for the division to be credible. At least in my eyes. Stop with the gimmick matches. Shit. No wonder people don't seem to care about the TV shows anymore. They're full of one-on-one matches. We should get, like, two or three gimmick matches a year. Instead we get, like, one per PPV. That's like 14 a year! Street Fight, Elimination Chamber, Hell in a Cell, Cage Match, Ladder Match, TLC, Barbed Wire Cage, etc. It doesn't ever mean anything if we just saw it happen. Reincorporate some sort of time limit. Kindof like how TNA does for iMPACT! on Friday's. I'm not a real big fan of 10 minute time limits for all the random undercard matches, but something could be done for title matches. All World Title defenses should have an hour time limit, for example. Maybe the IC get's forty-five. Then you don't have to have the "main event" go on last. One of the worst things about WWE PPV's is that you know when the main event is going to end just by looking at the clock and seeing how much time is left until the show is over. Same with Raw. If you have the "main event" in the middle of the show, who knows how long it will last. Especially if you switch is up. 60 minute draw. Thirty minute title change. Four minute squash. It does bring up a problem though...how do you follow the "main event?" They could just advertise matches that will happen "if time allowed" though. That way people know what else to expect. We don't need another random Owen Hart Vs. Skinner Wrestlemania match. "Go gimme four minutes!" When the bell rings, a match should be over. No more restarts. No more "five more minutes!" If time runs out, the champion retains the belt in a draw. That's why he's the champion. He's supposed to have the advantage. You shouldn't get a restart. You couldn't get the job done. You pushed him to his limit, but you didn't win. Nice try. Next. Seriously. That's why I always hated the Hart/Michaels WM Iron Man Match. Why wasn't it a draw and Hart retained the belt? Stupid. I don't care about a new logo that much. Seems like a hassle to me. They have to go over all the old logos and shit. Get new copywrites, etc. I have a box set of Wrestlemania 1-14, and you can tell that they put the scratch logo over the old logos down in the bottom corner. Just seems like a lot of work that could be time spent doing something else more productive. All main events don't have to have someone bleed! I hate how on Raw you always know who's going to show up. You can tell who's getting the current push. It wouldn't be so bad if Batista got a week off. Or if Val Venis randomly had a match this week. It keeps everyone looking strong instead of knowing who's going to win or lose a match. Seriously, when you see Steven Richards on Raw, do you think he has a shot? It's different when you're building up to a big PPV like they are now with Batista, but throughout the year, they should incorporate this. I'm a big fan of character specific entrances. Like how Gangrel used to rise up through the ring of fire. Like how Misterio has the big jump ramp. Things like that. WWE should do more of those. I'm a big fan of the wrestlers not wearing their ring gear except for when they're going to wrestle. Benoit always looks stupid when he's giving an interview in his tights. On the other hand, Triple H always looks good when he's dressed up to talk. I don't know why, maybe it's because of the IV Horsemen back in the day, but I've always been a big fan of this. The wrestlers should dress like they have a suit/tie job when not wrestling. It just looks more professional and legitimate. IC belt needs to go back to being the old belt. The one that Warrior and Rude wore. Why did they change it? They don't need to constantly update their belts. Of course, since they do, the IC title needs some sort of change. It looks terrible. I'm not a big fan of contract signing in the ring, but I do like when they have press conferences like they do in boxing. A place for the press to ask questions and the wrestlers to do a staredown. It could even be shown as like a special. "This Saturyday night at 10pm, Batista/HHH press conference." That's when HHH could do his "I am the Game. You don't want to play me. I've beaten them all " speil instead of taking up thirty minutes with it each month for whomever the next challenger is. Alright, my hands are starting to hurt...so I'll probably write more later.

Oh, c'mon Sek! She's a chick and weighs two-hundred pounds! She's a fucking meat truck. She's too big. I don't like skinny chicks either, but Tammy isn't just a little bit big.

[li]The Rockers ~ Eh. I wasn't really into them all that much. I was a bigger fan of Demolition, The Legion of Doom and even Power & Glory. Looking back on their stuff now, they did play the role of "small babyfaces that get overpowered but use their quickness to prevail" well. I actually thought they were pretty boring in the ring. Still do. [/li][li]Ted DiBiase ~ One of the most UNDERrated wrestlers that I've ever had the previledge to watch. Best wrestler to never win a title? Easily. Hell, I thought he was one of the best wrestlers ever. Great character. He did everything to perfection. That laugh? Oh man, that laugh was gold! He kicked the ball away from the little black kid! C'mon! I miss him. [/li][li]"The Enforcer" Arn Anderson ~ IV! O.G. baby! I marked out for him run-in at WM18, and I marked for him when he could still go too. One of the better interviews you could've watched. Had a damn good DDT of his own back in the day. I don't think it topped his Spinebuster though. I loved his arm/shoulder work. He'd pin a guys arm behind their back before doing a body slam. Good stuff. I liked the Brainbusters a lot too. [/li][li]Sid ~ I enjoyed his little stint in ECW for nostalgia factor. He fish-hooked Steve Corino. I laughed. I remember when he 'bombed Pillman in an old War Games match too. Definitely botched that, but the damn cage roof was too low. So, he dropped Pillman on his neck, slapped him in the chest to see if he could still feel his legs, then picked him up and 'bombed him again. Comedy gold. Sid is alright. Not a great wrestler by any stretch of the imagination, and I have no idea why WWF gave him a title run. Still, he's...OK. [/li][li]Riki Choshu ~ I got nothing. [/li][li]Kevin Sullivan ~ I always thought he was slightly overrated. Not really a great talker, at least not when you compare him to anyone above average. Same with his brawling. He didn't do anything that a Benoit or Austin couldn't do...or a 2 Cold Scorpio for that matter. [/li][li]Jushin "Thunder" Lyger ~ In the words of Don "Cyrus" Callis: "tremendous." He was the first wrestler that did a lot of moves when I saw them for the first time. I loved him palm strikes and running Powerbombs. Good flyer too. Glad he crossed over and gave me some exposure to his wrestling here in the States. [/li][li]Psicosis ~ Psicosis is my friend Jeremy's favorite wrestler. I couldn't tell you why. He seemed about on par with the likes of Juventud, Silver King, El Dandy, etc. to me. I do mark for an Alabama Jam though! [/li][li]Ken Shamrock ~ All I know is all this talk about sphincter is putting him in the zone.... [/li][li]Manami Toyota ~ I got nothing.[/li]

[li]Andre "The Giant" ~ Everything that I've seen from him is gold. He seemed like a kind hearted man, and I've heard, pretty much, nothing but praise from the people whom talk about him. Would've loved to have met him when he was still alive. His feud with Hulk hogan WAS my childhood. [/li][li]Shane "The Franchise" Douglas ~ I loved him in ECW. I thought that he made a good ECW Heavyweight Champion. Of course, I thought the same thing about Justin Credible. Douglas was competant enough in the ring, but apparently he burned too many bridges in other companies. Oh well, he entertained me with the Triple Threat in ECW. [/li][li]Wendi Richter ~ I hate all women wrestling. Not just North American. Next. [/li][li]Dustin Rhodes ~ Well, let's see. My fondest memories of him are either comical skits, like his Crocodile Hunter parody, or him getting decimated. I remember when Barry Windham hit him with one of the most vicious DDT's I've ever seen in the early 90's WCW. I marked. He did manage to get Goldust over as a character, so I commend him for that. I don't know a lot of people that could've done so much with so little. [/li][li]Bob Sapp ~ Um. Well, he's big. I'll give him that. I watched him in a couple of fights...but I've never seen him wrestle. I watched him knock out Kimo though. Too bad Sapp was winded about twenty seconds into the fight. Not a lot he can do when his first three haymakers miss.[/li]

Eh. Not a lot can be done with the current incarnation of The Undertaker. He doesn't lose to anything. It he was still Deadman Inc. it could've worked like the Jeff Hardy ladder match, only with Mysterio working his arm. That takes away the Chokeslam, Old School and Last Ride. Not to mention it'd set him up for the finisher.

I could actually see a Six Second Magic type armbar working for Mysterio. Especially since a lot of his opponents would be able to support his weight and he could slap it on from a standing posistion.

That may be the best paragraph I've ever read. I'd not make HBK pass out from pain though. He could just tap out after a long struggle. That way it wouldn't look silly when he was tapping out to Angle.

...but why couldn't a guy like The Undertaker, or even an Angle, power out of it? The finisher would be the tricky part. Not only that, but I don't think you want the current crop of WWE main eventers trying to sell moves like Hurricanrana's and the like. He'd be better off with something like a springboard legdrop.

Not to mention he was wearing a freaking Stormtrooper helmet with glitter glued all over it....

At least in theory the fans will. It'd take a lot of time to get them to believe that. Because the fans have been led to believe otherwise for so long. Especially in WWE. What move could Rey do to heavyweights to make it believable when he beats them? Certainly not the 6-1-9.

[li]Lance Storm ~ To be perfectly honest, the only time I ever really liked him was when he was wrestling with Justin Credible as one half of the Impact Players in ECW. He has some really good moves, like his roll-through half Boston Crab, but I've never thought that he was any better than Chris Jericho. Since I consider Jericho to be overrated and just average, that's how I pretty much feel about Lance Storm. He just seems to get a lot of internet praise. I guess because he actually acknowledges his on-line fans and fame? When he held all three titles in WCW and renamed them, I did enjoy that. In WWE, he was a letdown to me. I think his best moment was when Stone Cold interrogated him backstage. [/li][li]Nikita Koloff ~ The man changed what being a wrestling fan meant to me. I thought he was insane. I loved when he came back to WCW and attacked Lex Luger. It was right after Luger had a title defense against Danny Spivey I believe. Koloff just snapped, ripped off his shirt, flexed, and looked crazy. It was gold. He had a great look, although his wrestling was usually about average. His charisma, to me, carried him over everything. [/li][li]Scott Norton ~ Damn. I didn't know that Scott Norton was so e-hated. He's actually one of my favorite wrestlers. I think he's a good big man. Doesn't anyone remember his feud with The Cat in WCW? "Yo Scott, The Cat's calling you out!" "WHAT!?" I got to see Norton wrestle live here in town a few years ago. I was baffled by his size. He went over Benoit with a shoulder breaker after not tapping out to the Crossface and I marked out. I've only seen a few of his Japanese matches, but he seems fine from what I've watched. I remember beating really mad when Rey Mysterio beat him by using a low blow. Vicious and Delicious with Buff Bagwell was comedy too. As was his teaming with Ice Train D-Von Dudley. [/li][li]Bam Bam Bigelow ~ Most of what needs to be said about Bammer already has been typed out. He's a good big man. He had a lot of potential. It wasn't ever really lived up. Character wise, he was probably the best in ECW. He was in the Triple Threat and had a feud with Taz. His WCW run was terrible. His WWF run where he jobbed out to LT and had a feud with Doink and midgets was also bad. Still, I remember thinking that he looked dangerous when I was little. Of course, it was probably just because he had tattoos on his scalp. He was also in Major Payne, which I felt like pointing out. [/li][li]Chris Benoit ~ For the most part, he's always entertained me. At least from a wrestling standpoint. I loved his Royal Rumble match with Kurt Angle a couple of years ago. His Wrestlemania XX match was also fantastic. I really enjoyed his ladder match with Chris Jericho. Super J Cup 1994 was more than watchable. His brawl with The Taskmaster in WCW is worth watching. Everything good about Benoit comes from being in the ring. That's fine as a wrestler, but you'll never be the flagship that way. [/li][li]Raven ~ Great gimmick, average wrestler. Excells at talking. Seeing as how he was one of my favorites for a long time, that shows what entertains me on wrestling shows I guess. I loved when he hit the Evenflow DDT on DDP on TRL. [/li][li]Ultimo Dragon ~ I liked his Dragon Sleeper finisher in WCW. Outside of that, I was never really a big fan of his. He seemed to botch a lot of spots. [/li][li]Dory Funk Jr. ~ All I remember from him is him being in one of the Royal Rumble matches and getting hit by a phantom punch. Most of his recent work was in Japan, and I'll not be going out of my way to obtain that. [/li][li]Ricky Steamboat ~ A great babyface wrestler. [/li][li]Davey Boy Smith ~ I liked him back when he had the braids. I think that's the only time. I was never a big fan of the British Bulldogs as a tag team, but I liked his IC title run.[/li]

Yeah, the warm smell of colitas rising up through the air was coming from Sable's bag.

[li]Bob Backlund ~ I loved Backlund during his second WWF run. His first run was before my time. I marked out hard for the Crossface Chickenwing and his feud with Bret Hart. Hell, I even put my seventh grade history teacher in the Chickenwing during recess one day in middle school. He was a great, crazy heel. [/li][li]Kenta Kobashi ~ Unlike Inoki, I've seen a lot of Kobashi. For the most part, I like him. His matches are almost always stellar. At least the ones that I've seen. Better than the majority of the stuff that you'll find here in the States. Sometimes his selling comes off as comedy to me though. I love his moveset. He has, like, six moves that he can win a match with. The hard Lariat, a Moonsault, the Burning Hammer, his turnbuckle Powerbomb, etc. I like him. Not as much as Misawa or Kawada...but he's ahead of Akiyami. [/li][li]Owen Hart ~ I would be lying if I were to say that I was ever on the Owen bandwagon. Going back and watching old Owen stuff now, I realize how good he was. I guess when it was all going down I didn't notice due to other wrestlers being active. Sad that he died so young. My fondest memory of him is when he joined the Nation of Domination and Jason Sensation made fun of him in the D-X skit. "I love the smell of coffee in the morning...all the way in Brazil WOO!" [/li][li]The Rock ~ Did more for WWE than they did for him. I miss him. [/li][li]Rey Misterio Jr ~ When he's on, he's great. When he's off, you might as well be watching Amazing Red. [/li][li]Paul Heyman ~ He brought me ECW, so I like him. Great talker. [/li][li]Harley Race ~ Well, his prime was before my time. So I haven't seen a lot of his matches. I always get a smile on my face when reading about him throwing BBQ's for the boys though. A-OK in my book. [/li][li]Konnan ~ Wow. Lost potential I guess. He can work, and he can talk. Of course, his talking became catchphrases. He has a good look. I still think he could be huge in the States if given a makeover. Get him away from being a Gangster or whatever the fuck he's supposed to be. [/li][li]Eddy Guerrero ~ I've never known if his name was spelled Eddy or Eddie. I've seen it both ways. Loved him in WCW. Like him in WWE. I'm glad that he at least got a top belt during his career. A great worker with a lot of charisma. [/li][li]Barry Windham ~ Oh man. One of my favorites. "The Widowmaker" even. I loved when he was finishing with the DDT. Dustin Rhodes ate canvas! I didn't like him as a babyface though.[/li]

I dunno about either Cena or Guerrero. Guerrero has the experience, but how big of an audience can he relate too? How dependable is he with his past incidents? How much longer can he go? Cena is stuck in a dead end gimmick. He does seem to have some charisma, and I credit him with making a crappy gimmick work at least somewhat. He has youth. I think it stops there though. He doesn't bring a whole lot to the table in terms of wrestling talent, however I guess that hasn't mattered to WWE in the past. I could see Cena actually. I'm having trouble seeing Guerrero in the role though. Mainly because of his age, his body starting to break down and his drug problems that he's had in the past.

My initial thought was Chris Jericho. He's in his thirties, but he's wrestled in WCW, ECW, Japan and I believe Mexico. So, he has the experience. He's shown in the past that he can get over. He obviously has charisma, even if he's been on autodrive for awhile. In the ring, there's obviously better, but he's not really a slouch. He can put on good matches when he has good opponents. When he has bad opponents, well, at least he can bump for them. He can work as a heel or a face, although personally I believe that he's better as a cocky heel. As far as merchandise is concerned, to be honest, I really don't know a lot about it. I'm sure with his popularity that he doesn't suck though. Jericho also doesn't seem to get injured too often. In fact, the only thing I can remember happening to him recently is a concussion or two. He doesn't have the size of a Hulk Hogan or a Triple H, so apparently that's his downfall in WWE. Outside of that, and his not being WWE made, what else is going against him? It just seems silly that WWE wouldn't use him more. Is Triple H his equal? Does Triple H excel in any area over Jericho? Outside of family relationship and size...what does H have that Jericho doesnt? Is H younger than Jericho? I know H doesn't have Jericho's experience....

On Raw or Smackdown. You only get one. Heel or face. I'm curious as to what people will say. Will you pick someone that can wrestle? Someone with a lot of charisma? A good talker? If you were to "franchise" one wrestler from WWE, whom would it be? How young will they be? Will they have a lot of experience? A good merchandise mover? Someone well traveled in the business?

Yes! He's like the drunk guy at a frat party that tries to start shit with you. You ignore him because you know he's just a dumb fuck jock...but then he throws a punch. So, you have to beat the fuck out of him in his drunken stupor. It doesn't work when he's a babyface. It's just like "how the hell could he beat HHH?" Everything about him just screams "I'm trying to fit in!" The body tats, etc. as you all listed. Then I think about his military record, and I just know he's a mo-mo.

How about the winner of the King of the Ring (KotR) gets #30 in the Royal Rumble (RR)? WWE seem hell bent on giving away the number every year, and at least it would add some advanced booking to the shows. It'd almost be like a #1 contender status as they'd more than likely have to defend it. Like, at Summerslam (SS) if the winner of the KotR lost to Wrestler X, Wrestler X would become #30 in the RR. I don't know. It's like, I think the winner of the KotR shouldn't get a title shot at SS because that eliminates the possibility of a midcarder winning the KotR. On the other hand, if they win the KotR, being #30 in the RR doesn't guarantee that you'll even get anything for your KotR win. You could win the KotR and then just get tossed out of the RR and go home empty handed. It'd be a great way to get over a heel that throws tantrums or complains a lot. Like Edge's current character. How he always talks about being screwed over. Or Christian's old character. Maybe #30 in the RR, #2 Contendership and a trophy? It'd be a great way for WWE to reincorporate some sort of ranking system. The KotR would only be open to wrestlers whom weren't the current champion or ranked #1? Trophies could add a little bit more legitimacy to the "sport." Winning the tournament should be a big deal, but it shouldn't be too obvious who's going to win it. When you have someone like Brock Lesnar in the match, you know what the outcome it going to be. You know he's going on to SS and winning the title. With my proposed idea, someone like The Hurricane could win it. They'd get ranked #2, which could put them into a feud, and you wouldn't have to worry about giving away #30 in the RR later. It's not like The Hurricane would have to win the RR.

To be honest, I don't even know how to reply to this thread. Regardless of what I type, I feel that I'll come off as being hypocritical. How can an on-line fan, whom reads and types on "The SMART MARKS" website all day long not consider himself a "smark?" So, if I were to say anything negative about them, I'd be saying it about myself. If I were to say anything positive about them, or decline my being one, it'd be hypocritical. That being said, some fans just plain suck. Regardless of if they're on-line or not, some people are just assholes. That's just the way that it is. Going against the grain, going with the flow, whatever. As a wrestling fan, you're not going to agree with everyone else about everything. There's going to be arguments, disputes, rebuttals, etc. It's the same with everything in life. Some people just straight suck. Personally, I like to talk about and discuss wrestling. I love to read about it. I want all the information I can get from it. I love reading the wrestling novels just to hear the stories of shit that went down off-camera. I like knowing what's going on behind the scenes. All of it. On the other hand, the day I stumbled across internet sites was the day that I quit being a "mark." Being a "mark" was actually more fun. I didn't take everything so seriously. I didn't worry about what a wrestler would say since it might bury someone else. I didn't care about who could "work" and who couldn't. I didn't notice things like botched spots, miscommunication, blade jobs, etc. It's like I can't "turn it off" and just watch anymore. It factors into every aspect of the business now. When a new wrestler is coming up I look to see what tools he brings to the table. If he has a good look, if he can wrestle, if he gains heat, natural charisma, etc. I didn't use to do that. I use to just watch him and be entertained. Now it takes different things to entertain me. Workrate for example. Years ago, when I was still a "mark" I would've hated Muhammed Hussan's guts. I probably would've chanted USA at my TV. Now though? When he comes out, I anticipate a good, degrading, anti-USA promo. I look for similarities to The Iron Shiek, The Shiek and possibly even Sabu. I realize that he's subpar in the ring, and that if he gets in a feud with Benoit, it'll drop Benoit down to a level that he shouldn't be at. I don't look at it like "Benoit isn't going to take this shit! He'll suplex that arab and make him tap out!" I look at it like Hussan is green, has an unoriginal gimmick, probably would be outwrestled by his manager and Benoit has to try to make him look good so WWE can push Hussan. I'm jaded. I'm fickle. I'm exposed. I couldn't tell you if that's good or bad. I don't know if it's better to be a "smark" or a "mark." Each have their benefits, and each have their weaknesses. At least I get to talk about it more this way. It provides me with MORE entertainment, because shows don't have to be on for me to be involved with wrestling. On the other hand, it's hard to hold conversations with people that you run into in the streets. Said to say, but when I run into them, I almost feel like I'm better than them. It should never get to that level. What do I do when I run into someone that says Triple H is the Game and can beat anyone? I can't start talking about him porkin' Steph whom writes the shows.

ORTON : I thought that he was going to be something special. His taped RNN segments showed a lot of charisma. That being said, they must've done a lot of retakes, because he's not showing that charisma now. I hate his finisher. It's like a crappy Diamond Cutter that looks too setup. Orton doesn't seem comfortably behind the mic or in the ring. Everything seems forced. I think him being a heel hides a lot of his weaknesses, and since his babyface run was aborted, I think that WWE should try their luck in turning him again. TAZZ : As a commentator, I only really get to hear him when he's on dual PPV's since I can't get Smackdown locally. He wasn't bad, but it seemed like he was doing the play-by-play more than Michael Cole. I don't know if that's because Cole is bad or because Tazz doesn't know what a color man is supposed to do. In the ring, I marked out hard for Taz. At least in ECW. He seemed like a legit badass. Like he lived his gimmick. He was mad at the world, and didn't give a shit about what anyone thought. I loved the Tazmission as it reminded me of the old days when Ted DiBiase was beating cats with the Million Dollar Dream. Taz didn't have a lot of psychology in his matches, but he always drew me in with his charisma and attitude. C'mon, suplex, suplex, suplex, choke out doesn't make a lot of sense! Still, I wanted to see him suplex Bigelow through a table. I wanted to see him make The Franchise tap out. I liked Taz a lot back then. Now when I see Taz, I just think he's another missed opportunity. He was killed during The Alliance. I did mark out when "Stone Cold" told RVD to "Five Star that sonuva bitch" though. JERICHO : I'm torn. I always have been. In WCW, Jericho cracked me up. He was hilarious. Everything that he did was gold. From Ralphus and the Jerichoholic Ninja, to getting lost on his way to the ring. The 1,004 moves was gold. "Armbar!" Going to the building (can't remember what building) to read the official NWA rule book to get matches overturned was comedy and a great way to get heat. I've never been on the Jericho bandwagon as far as matches go. He's always seemed average to me. He can talk and has charima, but when he's a babyface, he seems boring and clich?. I like him as a comedic heel. Especially when he writes his own shit. I saw a lot of his Japan and ECW work. Even then I didn't think his matches were great. He's more than capable of working good matches, but it has to involve a good wrestler on the other side of the ring. That's what seperates him from HBK and Benoit. SHANE-O-MAC : Ugh. I hate his entrance, and I'm not too keen on him being an on-air character. At least when he comes out, since it's not too often nowadays, you know that something is going to happen. I don't like him wrestling on PPVs or TV shows because I think there's more deserving people, whom are actually wrestlers, that should be getting that time instead. His big bumps are always entertaining to watch, but I can understand why the wrestlers don't give him a lot of respect for them. Yeah, he takes big risks, but then he doesn't have to wrestle the next night like all the other boys do. He gets time to heal. I'm not the biggest Shane McMahon fan. It's sad that the most memorable thing I get from Shane is a couple of botched spots. When Angle tried to throw him through the glass and it didn't break. He just kept landing on his head. His big leaps of faith weren't all that impressive to me. Well, I guess they were since it was WWF TV...but I saw New Jack do that crap every month in ECW. I REALLY hated Shane when he stole the Van Terminator though. INOKI : I can't really comment due to inexposure. I've never even seen the exhibition with Ali. VADER : One of my all-time favorite wrestlers. Stiff as shit, but agile for his size. I love watching him powerbomb people. Just an all around badass mother-fucker. Hell, I used to mark the hell out just for his crappy helmet when it'd spit out some steam. HA HA! ROAD WARRIORS : Definitely influencial. I always liked The Steiner Brothers and The Fabulous Freebirds more though. The Road Warriors did have a cool gimmick. I was a big fan of those shoulder pads. Their finisher was good too. Especially about fifteen years or so ago. People just didn't do shit like that back then. I wasn't a big fan of them in the ring. Just a lot of power moves and Hawk playing face in peril. Of course, Hawk playing the face in peril just meant that he got knocked down once or twice. They weren't the best of sellers. I should probably seek out some of their Japan work. I'm sure it might change my views on them at least a little bit. Their Legion of Doom run in WWF certainly wasn't anything to write home about. TITO SANTANA : My biggest memories of him are always the things that Bobby "The Brain" Heenan would say while doing commentary during a Tito match. I marked out for the way he sold The Barbarian's top rope clothesline at Wrestlemania VI. He was a decent enough IC champion, back when he was using the figure-four leglock. I was never a big fan of Strike Force though. Tito was pretty much past being good by the time I got into wrestling. I've never went out of my way to aquire old Tito footage. I probably never will. Jim Cornette : Well, since I can't watch OVW, I miss him. He's a great on-air character. Has a great mind for the business. I probably even like him more than Paul Heyman, just because I know that Heyman is a flaky person. Cornette will tell you how it is. Great talker. One of the best talkers actually. I wish WWE would use him in WWE as both a mind and an on-air character. He would have to be more beneficial to them in that capacity than by training hosses down in OVW. If we're going to add more wrestlers to talk about, I'd be interesting in what people thought about Lance Storm, Nikita Koloff, Scott Norton & Bam Bam Bigelow. EDIT: I actually replied to the original topic before reading all the replies. It appears as if I share a lot of sentiments of the other posters here. Especially Loss.

I liked the look on Flair's face after the thumbs down by Batista. That was comedic gold right there. I think Batista could be the future, but we'll see. He has the tools.