MikeCampbell

Isn't Spike TV helping TNA pay the big names like Sting, Christian, and Angle?

Watts says that they told him to keep the losses under a million, and he cut them down to about $400,000.

I was watching a clip of the Team 3D shoot on Youtube, and when they got talking of Bubba's rep as a bully, he started talking about how he could put a match together better than an agent who was never anything special and never drew a dime. Does anyone know offhand whom he's referring to? I was thinking Johnny Ace at first, but I don't think he had a hand in putting matches together. And the only other agents I know of (AA, Steamboat, and Hayes) all were something special and did put asses in seats.

I have to admit that I marked out a bit for the IRS cameo.

The exact JR quote from BTM that Cody referenced is "I could care less who wins, I could care less who loses. As long as we've got an ass every 18 inches, I'm a happy man."

Surely Gabe thought that Ricky Marvin would pack the house, and if he hadn't gotten hurt, then BxB Hulk would have made ROH millions!

Vince Russo conned WCW into thinking he was the sole reason that the WWF was able to turn the tide in the Monday Night War.

And it ends at $637

Rick Rude's famous Raw/Nitro appearance, and he was still popping up on ECW TV as well.

He was just the first name that popped into my head, since I'd just watched the Steamboat/Youngblood vs. Slaughter/Kernodle cage match. Would Dory Funk Jr. or Jack Brisco be a better comparison?

I may get a little heat for this comment: But I like Necro for more or less the same reasons I like John Cena. Neither of them is Ricky Steamboat for basic wrestling, but they're both good at laying out a match and sticking to the story.

Anyone who points to Joe/Punk II as an example of how to work a headlock and make a match interesting needs to see Steamboat and Youngblood in this match. They're never lazy about it, and always find creative ways to either apply it, or work back to it. I loved the spot early on when Kernodle almost made the tag and Steamer just yanked him back and grabbed the headlock. There were a bunch of other nice touches as well, Slaughter saving Kernodle from the charging Steamboat (?) and having him go face first into the cage. Steamboat and Youngblood had a nice blind tag. And Crockett's reaction to Slaughter coming off the top was priceless. I do agree about the ref pushing Sarge back to the corner though, it really wasn't warranted at all. It'd work if the heels had been pushing him or something, but all Sarge did was just alert him to the pin going on.

This was my first look at the Dirty White Boys, they seemed like a solid team. I'd have liked to see a bit longer match, but both teams did pretty well with what they had. And the one thing I always liked about Mid South/UWF TV Main Events was all the hype about how there was only so much TV time left, it was a great tool to help get the TV audience into the match.

Wow. . . . five years of hindsight really do put a different spin on that.

He's calling himself Resident Evil in these here parts.

Sabin worked the AJPW Jr. League, and aren't Brute Issei and Akira Raijin up in Canada training with some TNA people?

"Abuse of power! You suck! You are a no-good sonofabitch!" - Ric Flair

Saving up to get married next year has put a huge strain on m finances, so I'm rather limited in my 2007 viewing, but I can only think of a couple guys offhand that I dislike more than him in DG. Note to Spunk: When you and Doc were going at it last year on HWL over who's better Saito or Necro, you pretty much nailed it.

Yes sir

I totally forgot about the GPWA. Have they done anything since the 3rd Differ Cup?

Dave may be pre-facing by not trying to be a dick, but I won't, because ROH have been dicks to me many times. And most folks here who know me (Dave, Loss, Gordi, etc. can vouch that I'm not a dick) I hope the Japan shows *do* fall flat on their face, so maybe Gabe and Cary will realize that they and ROH aren't god's gift to wrestling.

You pimped this, and not the vastly better Kondo/Nakajima match from the same show?

I watched the Dragon Gate 12/22/06 PPV a few nights back. I've heard a lot of folks pimping the Mochizuki/Ryo Saito main event, in the king of gate finals. And after watching the match, I must ask why? It was full of the same stupid no-selling and delayed selling that you'd find in big Kobashi matches and late '90's AJPW main events. I've never been a fan of Ryo Saito, but I try to give him a fair shake, and matches like these keep reminding me why I don't like him.

Such as............

The last few matches from Japan that I've really enjoyed all seem to have Shuji Kondo involved.