MikeCampbell

The quote above is one of the most annoying things about wrestlers and really anyone involved in the business when they get butthurt over being criticized. Regarding "Sacrificing" their bodies for the business, number one that was their own choice to make, it's not like the WWE universe collective told Vince that unless Matt Hardy dived off a cage through a table, then they'd stop watching the shows. Number two, I'm recalling a great quote that I believe was posted on either DVDR or tOA a few years back. Something along the lines of the wrestlers not sacrificing their bodies "for the business" but rather sacrificing "wrestling" by doing all those stupid bumps and insane stunts that lead to serious injury and shorten careers. As far as being a "fan" I'll refrain from going on a rant, and I'll just say that Matt should realize that a true fan won't just clap and play along, but the true fan would probably tell him that taking falling fifteen feet from a ladder through a table is stupid on his part, when he's a good enough wrestler to get by on that.

I think it was recently acquired upon the realization that time has passed him by and he's not the big mega-star that he was when he wrote his first two books.

Watching Cornette's Jim Barnett impression on his new Youshoot, spceficall saying "Any news?" makes Jim Ross' comment that he hear Cornette on the phone earlier in the day saying "Any news?" during the Rock 'N' Rolls vs. Heavenly Bodies match make a bit more sense.

Wasn't one of Foley's comments in Have a Nice Day that his memory hadn't been affected much by all the shots to the head he took. Then, it came out in Foley is Good that he'd told a few fibs and passed it along as creative license.

I think Sek is onto something when he says Foley as the humble everyman is high on the list of cons. I actually picked up Have A Nice Day a few months ago when my power out, the baby was sleeping, and I just needed to pass the time. I couldn't believe how much of an egomaniac Foley came off as. The same thing on his PTC section of Foley Is Good.

I know it's redundant to talk about TNA being stupid and all, but even their online store seems to have issues. I order a shirt and three DVDs during their big sale. I get an email telling me they've been shipped USPS and two different tracking numbers. One is a USPS # and when I clicking the link I get a screen saying that it's invalid. The other is a FedEx number, and it shows a package leaving Nashville yesterday and en Route to Syracuse.

I was turned off from Foley in 2004 when he had his conniption fit about Flair's comments about him in his book. Not because I agree with what Flair said or why he said it. But because he always praised Vince and the WWF for not removing anything from his books, even when they don't paint the WWF and Vince in a great light. But, he expected them to remove Flair's comments just because they hurt his feelings.

I don't see a spot for him in the WWE. He's too small and doesn't have anything really special to make him standout a la Evan Bourne. I'm guessing sooner or later he's back to ROH or working for Sapolsky.

The first show for Frey that I know of is Clash XVIII from January. Watts started in May or June I think.

Daniel Bryan's return piqued my interest enough for me to have the missus DVR RAW for me, and watch for the first time since January. I enjoyed the show for the most part. It helped that it was mostly based around the Nexus angle. My favorite part of the whole show was the past match brawl between Bryan and Miz, with Riley and Tarver getting involved. I could have done without the lame finish of Edge/Slater. The COR worked with Orton's match since it continued his feud with Sheamus, but there's no good reason for the same finish. I don't think that Team WWE or Edge would have been irreparably damaged by him laying down, clean or not. I'm hoping that the Nexus trips their ranks down a bit within the next couple of weeks. They really only need four members. Barrett can work and talk, Slater has a decent look to him, Gabriel is another who can work, and Sheffield as their backup and muscle. I could see maybe keeping Tarver, since he's another one with a unique look, and it adds to the whole numbers game they like to play.

Question for any legal buffs who might be reading: Dixie's YouShoot mentions that TNA contracted talent cannot work indy shows that will be sold as mass retail DVDs, which is a stipulation from TNA's DVD distribution company. This allows the Motor City Machine Guns to work feds like ROH and PWG. Let's say that in five years, ROH tries another shot at selling DVDs at the mass retail level. Would they be legally allowed to include a Machine Guns match if they're still with TNA? Could ROH get sued by TNA or TNA's DVD distributor? Could TNA get sued for letting the Guns work that fed?

Because he looked natural as Bischoff's sidekick, kissing Eric's ass and giving orders to the wrestlers. Compared with Regal who always came off to me like he was acting in his various commissioner and GM roles.

Sounds like a lame attempt to recreate Douglas throwing down the NWA Title in '94.

I'm not suggesting that the indy dates he's booked for are keeping Danielson out of the WWE. But the other side of the coin, that if Danielson were WWE-bound, he'd not be booked for podunk indy feds for dates after Summerslam.

I was thinking the same thing about Danielson coming back at the show. Only not using the Miz, but rather just another random WWE guy like Mark Henry. Cena does the turn during the match a la Austin at InVasion, only for Danielson to come back and join team WWE. I doubt it'll happen though, since Danielson has indy bookings, at least until September.

I enjoyed Val's short lived pushes more often than not. As silly as the whole Mr. Rocko angle was, Val made the most of out it, challenging big names trying to up his position, leading to a match with Austin. His late 2000 heel run with Trish as manager was good stuff. I quit watching WWE for a good eight months in 2003, but Chief Morely was one of the few bright spots for me toward the end of my watching, he was certainly more comfortable in the role that Commissioner/General Manager William Regal.

I've got to wonder how much of Sullivan's bad rep is due to the whole Benoit situation and Sullivan keeping him down in WCW.

I was thinking either Hector Garza or Shocker.

Was the Ray Mendoza, Jr. who worked WCW in 1996-97 one of the Villanos unmasked? It seems weird that Tenay always made a point to mention that V4 and V5 were Ray Mendoza's sons, but never said word one when it came to Ray Mendoza Jr.

That TNA is making a lot of money, and doing so with integrity. They love their fans and they love their wrestlers, so in her eyes they're not a failure.

The most hilarious thing she said was when she was asked why Russo was still employed. Because he's a polarizing figure that people either love and hate, and that makes him "a great character."

No, she doesn't go into specifics about who wrote segments. She rarely did in the interview.

I just finished watching the Dixie Youshoot. She honestly doesn't come off actively bad in it. But she sounds like she's trying to be diplomatic, like she's at a press conference and not taking questions from a bunch of wrestling fanboys. That said, the clip in the trailer where she says that she told the creative team that she'd fire someone else if there was a "Fire Russo" chant is showed in full and isn't as bad as it looked. The context was that the chants always broke out when it was someone else's angle, storyline, whatever, and that's why she told them that.

Did nobody learn anything from the CB Dolloway fiasco from the final of TUF 7?

I'm surprised that this happened to any wrestling promotion in Mexico in the year 2010. Like Sek said, Mexico is hardly a new area for drug gangs. Let alone that it happened to AAA, who've been around for eighteen years.