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It doesn't? *looking through the window* No, it doesn't. Sorry... It's still a beautiful city, especially if you only visit it, but living there for the last ten years, my take on Paris is that it's dirty, old, people are downright rude and it's expensive as dirt (not quite as London, but still). I wish I would learn german to leave this place and live in Berlin, which is the coolest city in the world. Still, sometime I ride a bike at night and I realize that yes, it's a beautiful city and I understand its aura. I realize I'm lucky to be in a place so many people wish they would be. Still, I would be glad to move at this point. End of the grumpy french guy minute.

Europe seems like a strange concept indeed. Remember Frenchy Martin ? The monocle, the beret, the baguette. Yeah, because we french people look like some 19th century bourgeois. The killer was that of course, Marin was from Quebec, and Quebecers are a lot closer to US people than French people anyway. La Resistance, same deal. I guess the thinking is : they speak french, they are french. Well, people in Africa speak french too... They probably think Paris looks like what they see in "Amelie".

Really ? That never struck me at all. Plus his name was Paul E. Dangerously, which isn't exactly Jew sounding. Well, of course, the category that is stereotyped the worst is women though. Especially since the Attitude Era.

Interesting indeed. Although there haven't been much, if any at all, stereotype heel jewish gimmick that I remember of. Thank God for that too, I can't imagine how offensive that would have been. Worst offenders are mostly black, gay and whoever with a middle east origin (be it arab or not, wrestling doesn't make a difference anyway) stereotype. Latino's have had their share, but it was not as bad usually, and most of the Luchadores working in the US are just regarded as this special kind of masked wrestlers instead of latino stereotype, which helped. The only jew wrestler that I remember making a statement about it was Horowitz, with the music theme and the David star on his trunks, but even that was all there was about it.

Anybody thinks the RAW following the election will be a riot ?

Estimated at $50M by the time its done. John Amazing waste of money. WCW level waste.

Ok, how much money has been sunk into this Linda-for-governor project already ?

I always liked oddball outdoor settings, so I used to enjoy Road Wild quite a bit. It had a sleasy charm to it. Harlem Heat beating the Steiners, Benoit and Malenko working a NJ junior 30 minute draw, all that was bound to work in front of *that* crowd... Not to mention Jay Leno... How much money did they lose every year with this ?

Man, Terry Runnels hasn't aged gracefully either...

Probably the most significant worst booked big card ever. It was a can't miss big show, it was easy as hell to book this and make it a grand event. Sting thrashing Hogan and winning cleanly, without Bret being involved. Giant beating Nash clean. Larry Z. beating Bischoff's ass. The undercard nWo guys could have some wins, and you leave the people happy, the grand days of the nWo are behind, new chapter. Of course, it was a reset to status quo. What was worse is that basically one year later, reset again. Two years in a row they fucked it up when it was so easy to not fuck it up. Goldberg beating Nash clean despite Hall's intervention. How hard was that ?

Of course, but we know how Nash actually does things when he gets his way : heel Nash gets its heat, build the heat, the babyface really never gets back at him, and worse of all, Nash acts cool to get babyface reactions from the fans, hence killing the babyface for good. I love how Kevin Nash of all people is explaining how to draw money...

Jeez, Nash is stupid.

It's still pretty disgusting when you think about it. Wrestling fans have accepted it as a normal thing, but I think that aspect of the work, to a non-wrestling fan, would pass for very primitive and crass. Why not use fake blood to give the illusion of bleeding with a little color ? Not saying that I'm shocked about it, but when you look objectively, it's pretty dirty to do that to yourself. Porn is obviously much more sleazier though.

Can't wait to see the next Matt Youtube video... Can't wait to see the next big announcement that will change TNA for ever...

Best Dixie Twit ever. It's amazing, on so many levels.

Well, of course, if you put it like that.

Oh my God, this one is going to be *really* pathetic :

Beating up someone is too rasslin' for Vince.

Totally agree on Luger, he was a strong, ambiguous character and his work was the best he's ever been. The three Luger stints I really enjoy are the 89 one, the early 96 one and the Total Package in late 99-00, one of the only bright spot of the awful Russo era. Liz & Woman in WCW were the most attractive women in wrestling ever. Flair & the Horsemen coming out with both of them was so right on every level. The gay porn video with the four JTTS was hilarious. Really, WCW at this time was going strong. It was so varied in what it had to offer, from old-school worker to the NJ3 to the mexican guys to the martial arts goofy stuff of Glacier feuding with Wrath & Kanyon to european guys, to the nWo angle. The package was a mix on tons of different things, and that's what made it so fun to watch to me. Bubba was fun, but man, his feud with D-Von was unwatchable to me.

I do think there's a Hogan vs Savage match from 89 in London post WM V, where Savage is with Sherri. Yeah, that would have been something else. I always hated the fact that Savage, no matter how and when, always ended up being Hogan's bitch, from his first WWF title win to his last WCW title win. Just annoying.

Out of the loop just doesn't scratch the surface. Resurrected ? The power of the urn I guess...

What ?

Wait, Paul Bearer is back ? Didn't they killed his character a few years ago ?

London cracking up when Hardy says he is a-ok is pretty funny.

Since when did Matt Hardy become such a mess ?