Wrestling

[Addendum]

When you have a group that can claim The Big Boss Man (under one of his other gimmicks "Big Bubba"), The Disciple (Brutus "the Barber" under one of his many gimmicks), Disco Inferno, Hogan's nephew, and for no apparent reason Dusty Rhodes as members, you have to invent another phrase because "jumping the shark" no longer applies.

[Capt Throbberson]

The big question is why was Steamboat writing his name on Melina's ass and will she let me write mine on:O
Wait what :confused:

[Spider-Nerd]

Because he sucks in the ring and his gimmick is getting old and dumb.
how exactly does he suck in the ring? And it's not getting old and dumb, he's super over with the crowd.

[Capt Throbberson]

how exactly does he suck in the ring? And it's not getting old and dumb, he's super over with the crowd.
Most of his matches are the same, get hit a few times, do the wacky walk, pumphandle slam. (Or whatever his finisher is, Forgot)

[LastSunrise1981]

Hey, when are we going to get a new GM for Raw? I suspect Vince is expecting us to forget about the whole deal?

[Mister J]

From Wrestling-Edge...

- It’s been nearly two weeks since the news broke out as to Randy Orton being issued an 60 day suspension with WWE, which would officially begin on April 12, 2006.

Earlier reports indicated that the "last straw" so to speak took place during WrestleMania weekend, it is now believed it took place at least a week before and that the final decision to suspend Orton was made the weekend of WrestleMania 22.

As of right now, specifics of the situation remain unknown. However, it is being said backstage that many veterans wanted to see this happen and were very pleased when hearing about it. Wrestlers such as the likes of even Triple H was one of the people that wanted to see something done right away after he heard Orton’s disrespectful actions were still continuing on a weekly basis with little to no remorse from Orton when confronted about them.

The general feeling among many within WWE is that the company will be taking the famous "wait and see approach" when Orton's 60 days run up later this summer. At that point, some feel WWE could reevaluate their position on him and decide whether or not they want him back on the roster full-time again. To make matters worse for Orton, there was even speculation among some in WWE that his suspension could be indefinite and that the "60 day" label could be extended even more. We will continue to cover this situation as it develops.

- WWE announced on their text message service that there will be a handicap match on RAW this Monday. The update said, Vince McMahon is "sacrificing his only begotten son" against Shawn Michaels and God. :rolleyes: :(

[NDX]

From Wrestling-Edge...

- WWE announced on their text message service that there will be a handicap match on RAW this Monday. The update said, Vince McMahon is "sacrificing his only begotten son" against Shawn Michaels and God. :rolleyes: :(

Well, that's depressing to read.

[Mister J]

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with Vinnie Mac? I'm not a religious zealot by any means, but this is starting to wear on me. Who knows what he's going to do at the PPV.

[NDX]

This is horribly written and... ****, I can't find the words to accurately describe my disdain for this storyline.

It is not the religious factor, but the overall hokeyness in which this story is headed. The way it's head, McMahon will have himself struck by lightning in the ring during Backlash, allowing HBK to get the pin while some divine intervention prevents Shane from making the save.

[punishermax]

I can't believe they went with the explosions on Raw for the whole god thing, and as NDX said, it's not the religious thing, it doesn't offend me in the least, it's just plain corny. But, it won't stop me from ordering Backlash, so whatever.

[The Apatow Crew]

i haven't ordered a ppv since survivor series in 2004. when Orton beat HHH

[White_Howling]

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Ricky Steamboat there just helping out Melina:confused: http://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

can't see the pic

[The Ghoul]

I can't believe they went with the explosions on Raw for the whole god thing, and as NDX said, it's not the religious thing, it doesn't offend me in the least, it's just plain corny. But, it won't stop me from ordering Backlash, so whatever.

Another Raw story I had great predictions for & was shot down by something mentally ill. I imagined story where they would stay subtle but pretty much said "Vince has snapped" resulting in Michaels winning. Only, God won't show up. (Obviously) resulting in a handicap match. Vince (who is crazy) starts to say that Shawn has won & he did it alone without God. And Now he's going to go home in shame. Leaving the new GM position to Shane. Who is so firm & by the books both the faces & heels hate him.

[nite-owl]

Nice finds,dude. I hope he comes back with that gimmick again. :up:

Acording to wikipedia if he signs a deal with the wwe he will start a feud with JBL.

[Hunter Rider]

The reaction so far to Randy Orton's suspension within WWE appears to be quite positive. There are no signs of second guessing among members of management or wrestlers. Triple H was said to be in favor of the decision, based on his desire to have WWE project a certain professional image and realizing Orton, despite numerous fines, wasn't changing his ways. The backstage incident during WrestleMania week, written about vaguely here two weeks ago because no source can go on record about what he was caught doing out in the open, was the final straw that tipped even his last few sympathizers into agreeing a suspension was the only answer.

"He went AWOL from the Marines," says one fellow wrestler. "If the Marines can't control him, (John Laurenaitis) can't be expected to." In fact, Orton has been unable to travel overseas with WWE on USO tours because of the way he left the military.

Orton is not being sent to drug treatment, nor is there a belief that is something he necessarily needs.

"He needs therapy, that's my opinion," says a WWE source. Orton has, according to numerous sources, shown no signs of comprehending how out of line his actions have been time after time.

Maven and Mark Jindrak were two of his running buddies on the road. They were known for partying at night, picking up women, and then telling tales to the wrestlers in the locker room the next day. They were seen initially as harmless tales from the road. But the more people got to see Orton in action, with outbursts of vile language targetting women backstage at WWE events and outside of WWE events, people soured on the image of Orton being a good ol' boy sewing his wild oats while on the road. There is some belief that Maven and Jindrak were released in part, or at least kept on separate brands (thus Jindrak wasn't added to Evolution despite talk of it), because management felt Orton might start to hang out with different wrestlers on the road, older wrestlers who were past that stage, who might talk some maturity into him on road trips. It didn't happen.

Another tipping point for Orton was his flippant references during the WrestleMania press conference to being fined often by management. The feeling was nothing was getting through to him, so a suspension was the only way to deal with it. The hope is that time away from the spotlight and a realization that he really pushed things too far may lead to repentance and change. But there are several people who have known Orton over the years who say they are perplexed by his personality and actions and can't imagine him changing anytime soon, suspension or not.

WWE management is not set on bringing him back after 60 days. The suspension is not punishment alone, but it is seen as a time for Orton to express an understanding that his actions aren't acceptable and a desire to change his ways. If it weren't for Orton's value to TNA, WWE would have likely sent him a stronger message by releasing him, but because of TNA's strong timeslot on Spike TV, Vince McMahon would be handing his first legitimate competition in over five years a bona fide multiple time PPV main eventer with the majority of his career ahead of him.

[Hunter Rider]

Jim Ross was backstage at the last two editions of Raw. He filmed the Chavo Guerrero interview, of course, but he also worked behind the scenes coaching Styles on headsets. It was apparent in Styles's commentary that Ross was feeding him lines and helping him get in plugs at the right time.

Styles had heat on him two weeks ago when, right before going to a commercial before the main event, he made an issue of whether Triple H and Edge could get along. He had been specifically told that on the final plug before the main event, the centerpiece of his plug should be the perspective of the babyface, in this case John Cena being in jeopardy because he would be facing two heels. It was considered an inexcusable mistake because he had been coached on what specifically to say when. Styles is also criticized for writing up too many notecards with exact language on them for what he wants to say during a match (similar to Mike Tenay's style), including his clever, smart-ass one-liners.

[LastSunrise1981]

Jim Ross was backstage at the last two editions of Raw. He filmed the Chavo Guerrero interview, of course, but he also worked behind the scenes coaching Styles on headsets. It was apparent in Styles's commentary that Ross was feeding him lines and helping him get in plugs at the right time.

Styles had heat on him two weeks ago when, right before going to a commercial before the main event, he made an issue of whether Triple H and Edge could get along. He had been specifically told that on the final plug before the main event, the centerpiece of his plug should be the perspective of the babyface, in this case John Cena being in jeopardy because he would be facing two heels. It was considered an inexcusable mistake because he had been coached on what specifically to say when. Styles is also criticized for writing up too many notecards with exact language on them for what he wants to say during a match (similar to Mike Tenay's style), including his clever, smart-ass one-liners.

:rolleyes: I think Styles just needs to go to TNA. His style is too good for the WWE and they want to turn him into a bland commentator.

[Hunter Rider]

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[~†~§iX~†~]

Going to raw tomorrow night. Last time I went was Insurexion 2002; the last televised WWF show. Now another important event: God's wrestling debut!......

[Bad Superman]

"He went AWOL from the Marines," says one fellow wrestler. "If the Marines can't control him, (John Laurenaitis) can't be expected to." In fact, Orton has been unable to travel overseas with WWE on USO tours because of the way he left the military.

And that's the reason I think he will not be brought back. It's a shame. The kid had talent. But if he can't control himself, he's a risk for WWE in many ways.

[Bad Superman]

I've always liked the Shawn/Hunter/Chyna version of DX better than the Trips/X-Pac/NAO/Chyna version of DX. Some of the stuff the original DX did, especially with Sgt. Slaughter, were ****ing hilarious.

I liked both, but the most dominant one was Trips/X-Pac/NAO/Chyna version. I believe factions work better in numbers of four. . . :D Four Hoursemen!!! LOL

But seriously, I do believe 4, or at the most 5 people forming a faction is the best way to go, since they can hold practically all the major belts and look as a dominant force/group.

Once you go over that number, it turns into another nWo membership mess.

WWE could've made wonders with the nWo but they screwed it up.

[PyroChamber]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3238/83521melina00071041cc.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)DAMN!! When was this taken?

I officially declare Melina as the WWE Diva with the best ass, if someone hasn't done it already.:up:

[~†~§iX~†~]

I liked both, but the most dominant one was Trips/X-Pac/NAO/Chyna version.
The only thing they ever dominated was the middle of the card. Hunter and Shawn was a simple formula which had a hand in both middle card and main event!......

[Ultimate_Superman]

To be honest it wouldn't shock me if Vince just dropped dead during the match at backlash.

[Bad Superman]

To be honest it wouldn't shock me if Vince just dropped dead during the match at backlash.

That would be funny storywise.

[Spider-Nerd]

Most of his matches are the same, get hit a few times, do the wacky walk, pumphandle slam. (Or whatever his finisher is, Forgot)
and cena's around? hunter's arent? hbk's aren't? Come on man, I can make that argument for anyone on the weekly shows.

[Hunter Rider]

and cena's around? hunter's arent? hbk's aren't? Come on man, I can make that argument for anyone on the weekly shows.

Boogeyman can't work it's not a secret or anything,the WWE know this and said as much,they basically use him in very short comedy matches because his technique and ability is appaling
and no those other guys mix it up because they know how to work,they are actual pro wrestlers,Boogeyman is a 41 year old bodybuilder with basic training

[The Apatow Crew]

Boogeyman can't work it's not a secret or anything,the WWE know this and said as much,they basically use him in very short comedy matches because his technique and ability is appaling
and no those other guys mix it up because they know how to work,they are actual pro wrestlers,Boogeyman is a 41 year old bodybuilder with basic trainingPlus he's a liar! and look what wwe isdoing. there saying it's ok to get a job. for shame on you wwe!

[NDX]

Boogeyman reminds me a bit of the Ultimate Warrior, only slower and less appealing.

[Sabretooth]

At least Boogeyman isn't a complete freak in real life. Though during Tough Enough 4 when he was just himself he was wearing black,gothic eye make up.:o

[Eklypze]

there was a tough enough 4?? i only remember the 3rd one where matt cappotelli won and that other guy

[Spider-Nerd]

Boogeyman can't work it's not a secret or anything,the WWE know this and said as much,they basically use him in very short comedy matches because his technique and ability is appaling
and no those other guys mix it up because they know how to work,they are actual pro wrestlers,Boogeyman is a 41 year old bodybuilder with basic training
boogeyman can't work? Why don't you explain to me exactly what "being a good worker" entails.

[NDX]

there was a tough enough 4?? i only remember the 3rd one where matt cappotelli won and that other guy

This was the $1,000,000 Tough Enough on Smackdown! with Daniel Puder and Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. Boogeyman (I forget his real name, I think it's Wright or whatnot) was one of the contestants who would have been picked if he hadn't lied and said he was 30 instead of 40. He was cut. Apparently he still got a job.

[Hunter Rider]

boogeyman can't work? Why don't you explain to me exactly what "being a good worker" entails.

You mean you don't know ?:confused:

[Eric Draven]

I have to agree that Boogeyman is a horrible worker. It's probably why they try and limit the number of matches he's in as much as possible. However, the way that Marty Wright, as a performer, absolutely got into the Boogeyman character to make it at least partly convincing, and his willingness to do almost anything for that gimmick (eating the worms. Yuck!) and his pretty good mic skills at the TE try-outs probably was the reason why he got a job...

[NDX]

Wright is charismatic (he proved that at his TE4 tryout) and the fact that he's taken into this gimmick so well is all well and good, but there are much better wrestlers on the roster that should be pushed ahead of him. He makes a good side attraction, but he should have gone no where near Wrestlemania where the Burchill/Regal feud would have done much better in their slot, while adding Booker T to a different match altogether.

But that time is over, time to move on, and push the stars of the program now. Hopefully we get to see more of Gunner Scott (Albright) now.

[Eric Draven]

Oh yeah, I totally agree that Boogeyman shouldn't have been in a WM match. Maybe an appearance in the backstage, but putting him in a match was not really a good idea.

[Hunter Rider]

Personally i find the Boogeyman boring entirely and i think they went overkill with the worms but he is over so they should use him in skits and comedy angles but giving him ring time just detracts from other talent and also makes whoever is facing him look like crap

[NDX]

WWE went overboard with Boogeyman and killed his gimmick with the supernatural bull****. Well, at least killed the gimmick in my view. His debut was great, as were the reactions he'd get from other wreslters (Cena and his innitial controntation with JBL in particular). Hell, his segment with Simon Dean where he was hidden under a plate cover, only to be revealed eating worms and spouting lymrics was one of the funniest I'd ever seen.

I forget the exact time he started to become supernatural, it was during his JBL feud, yes?

[Eric Draven]

Yeah, with that whole rain of worms. At that moment, wrestlers started to be scared of Boogeyman because they saw him as supernatural and not that he was a whacko....:(

[NDX]

Palmer Canon flew himself home from the WWE's tour of Europe. Several wrestlers on the tour are saying that Canon gave his notice to the company, however, it has yet to be independently confirmed. It has been confirmed that Canon is heading back to Georgia, where he resides. Also, he left the tour on his own accord. Palmer Canon debuted on Smackdown last August as a representative of "The Network". Also, Canon trains and wrestles for Deep South Wrestling, WWE's Georgia-based territory.

WWE.com have changed the preview for this Monday's episode of Raw. The original preview read...

"Just one week before Backlash, Mr. McMahon has offered his only begotten son Shane as a sacrifice in a Handicap Match this Monday night on RAW when he takes on HBK and his tag team partner - God."

The updated preview reads this...

While flying over the Atlantic Ocean Thursday afternoon, Mr. McMahon had an epiphany. The Chairman will no longer be sacrificing his son Shane in a Handicap Match against HBK and "God" this Monday night. Instead, his son Shane will be facing HBK in one-on-one action on RAW.

When news broke out that Shane McMahon would be sacrificed on Raw, it did cause quite a bit of controversy.

[Mister J]

When news broke out that Shane McMahon would be sacrificed on Raw, it did cause quite a bit of controversy.

I admit to a little disappointment stemming from morbid curiosity, but I am glad that there is at least a modicum of common sense with the WWE brass.

If only it would extend to Vince keeping his ass off TV.

[Superman \S/]

What exactly is with the whole Cena Taker thing on SD!?

[Mister J]

Just a dark match. A little something for the fans since it was a Supershow.

[Superman \S/]

Ah i see, but why did it have to be Cena?

[NDX]

Perhaps to measure the crowd to see how they'd react to Cena before RAW was taped.

I think it was more just to pad the Dalip Singh/Taker feud with the crowd.

[Spider-Nerd]

You mean you don't know ?:confused:
i like to think i would because I'm a wrestler myself.

[NDX]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=417212

Teen battered at wrestling camp, his mother says
By JACQUELINE SEIBEL
jseibel@journalsentinel.com

Posted: April 19, 2006

Waukesha - A Milwaukee mother wants a group of professional wrestlers charged with battery, saying her 17-year-old son, who went to a wrestling camp, met a nationally known competitor and came away so battered and bruised she took him to a hospital emergency room.

"You could still see the handprints on his chest the next day," said Deborah Reuteler-Smith.

Reuteler-Smith said her son, Versailles Smith, was a huge wrestling fan. When he learned about an area training session, he asked his mom if he could go. She drove him to the event Friday at AMF Lanes in Waukesha.

After paying his $75 fee, she left to take her other children to a nearby Chuck E. Cheese.

In an interview Wednesday, Reuteler-Smith said that in the first few hours, Smith was shown some wrestling moves and met wrestler Austin Aries. But toward the end of the five-hour session, Smith later told his mother, he sensed something bad was going to happen.

Smith tried to leave by making an excuse that he had to use the restroom, but a wrestler followed him and forced him back into the ring, she said. Some of the dozen professional wrestlers present took off the boy's shirt and held his hands behind his back while they took turns beating him on his chest as part of an "initiation," she said.

Smith told his mother he was screaming for them to stop. After it was over, they told him not to tell his parents what happened, he told his mother.

When he came out to his mother's car he told her he was sore, but she didn't think much of it. Smith is 6 feet tall, thin and wasn't used to that type of workout.

Later that night he had a fever, and the next day he showed his mother his bruised chest. She rushed him to Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, where physicians suggested she call police.

He was treated and released and doesn't have serious injuries, she said. "But as a mother it killed me to know that this was happening to him while I was outside waiting in the car," Reuteler-Smith said.

Waukesha police Capt. Mike Babe said his department is investigating the incident.

The event was sponsored by Brew City Wrestling, the local chapter of the American Wrestling Association. Promoter Frankie DeFalco said Wednesday that Smith never appeared to be distressed during the five-hour session.

"In the first few sessions we let them know how tough it is," DeFalco said. "We let them know that it's not fake and not soft."

The first three hours of the camp are intense, DeFalco said. The trainees learn about conditioning their bodies, and they learn some moves, such as falling into the ropes and how to use a forearm to smash into another person's chest, he said.

Then at the end, the trainees may participate in the initiation, the promoter said. No one is pressured to participate, and DeFalco said he asked Smith three times if he wanted to do it, and every time Smith agreed.

DeFalco said Smith took his shirt off by himself, and he asked others to hold his hands behind his back because he wanted to show he could take it. During the initiation, trainees are "chopped" or hit with an open-handed slap across the chest.

Smith was slapped five or six times before DeFalco stopped it, DeFalco said. He stopped it because they were running short on time, he said.

DeFalco also denied that they were forcing Smith into the ring. He said he asked one of the wrestlers to follow Smith to the restroom because he looked pale, and DeFalco wanted to make sure he was OK. In the past, trainees have vomited after the session, he said.

DeFalco described Smith as a "skinny kid who probably never worked out a day in his life," but he did invite Smith back for another session.

Reuteler-Smith said her son is no longer interested in wrestling.

[TheVileOne]

The kid sounds like a major wussy and thought that wrestling was going to be all fun and play time.

[Mister J]

This is the reality check that people get when then they try to enter the business. I still remember some of the moronic tryouts from the varied seasons of Tough Enough. It's real **** trying to become a pro wrestler, let alone trying to be a star in one of the established promotions.

[The Ghoul]

The kid sounds like a major wussy and thought that wrestling was going to be all fun and play time.

I believe the trainers. Not because i think the wrestling industry is full of honor, but it doesn't make sence to start ribbing & initiation before someeone has even decided to wrestle. I know they stiff in training. but abuse without any training involved doesn't work on a business level. Once you've commited to training & they pay their monthly dues then you can "bring them into the fold." Plus, this kid was a dumb internet fan. (& there is a difference between a Smark & a dumb internet fan.) He was willing to show hee is tougher than he really is. Garenteed, for the first couple of days he did not want to sue but his mom his probebly a money grubbing ***** (little does she know how much money actually is in wrestling.) & this is their ****ed story to saay it was a legit beating & not something that came with the territory.

[Hunter Rider]

i like to think i would because I'm a wrestler myself.

Where do you wrestle ?
And if thats the case then surely you don't need me to explain why Boogeyman is a comedy act that is crap in the ring and best served in skits not matches

[Super_Ludacris]

I've been totally out of the loop of what's been happening in the WWE the last six months. Someone fill me in briefly lol

[3dman27]

shane helms has dropped the hurrican persona,the macmahons are back raw is now back on usa network,the wwe is going seriously downhill

[Super_Ludacris]

Brilliant. Last I saw was Linda kicking JR in the nuts and firing him and Eddy Guerro's death and tribute shows.

[3dman27]

glad i could help

[Mister J]

Shawn Michaels' tag team partner is 'God'.

[Hunter Rider]

Umaga ownshttp://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
Mickie James/Trish psycho single white female lesbian women's title war
DX reunion
Cena getting insane Heat
Edge becoming a genuine main eventer
Taker getting into a feud with a 7 foot uber choad and going on holiday
Randy Orton being suspended indefinitely for various acts of debauchery
Rey Mysterio is WHC
Batista and Kennedy are due back
Booker T in the most entertaining phase of his career
Vince going insane
RVD is MITB
Angle is the wrestling machine with a gum shield and grunting now
Lashley continues his overpush
The Spirit Squad are succeeding despite their terrible gimmick
Shelton is now TO
Kane is starting another monster push
Big Show is the best big guy on the roster
Carlito is growing into a big star
Masters isn't
Finlay kicks ass

[Super_Ludacris]

He's been teh Hickenbottom's tag partner for a quite a while now it seems. Too bad his tag partner was jobbing for his other fav tag partner Hulk Hogan last summer (lol@ Shawn going down to the Hulk legdrop. Hulk caught some hang time on it too, made it one of the 10 best ever than Hogan done. Someone had a .GIF of it)

[Super_Ludacris]

Umaga ownshttp://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
Mickie James/Trish psycho single white female lesbian women's title war
DX reunion :eek:
Cena getting insane Heat:)
Edge becoming a genuine main eventer
Taker getting into a feud with a 7 foot uber choad and going on holiday:(
Randy Orton being suspended indefinitely for various acts of debauchery
Rey Mysterio is WHC
Batista and Kennedy are due back
Booker T in the most entertaining phase of his career:eek:
Vince going insane:)
RVD is MITB
Angle is the wrestling machine with a gum shield and grunting now
Lashley continues his overpush
The Spirit Squad are succeeding despite their terrible gimmick
Shelton is now TO
Kane is starting another monster push
Big Show is the best big guy on the roster
Carlito is growing into a big star
Masters isn't
Finlay kicks ass


Damn DX is back? Who's in the squad know? The road dawgs came back? Damn Booker T's my main and I always felt he had entertainment skillz (*remembers the Supermarket brawl with Austin* Classic!).
Cena's my ***** but they might as well make him a heel, he was better when he was then all he gotta do is step his wrestling techniques up a little and it's all good.

[3dman27]

no the other dx members are in tna and joanie lauer [chyna]is retired

[Hunter Rider]

Damn DX is back? Who's in the squad know? The road dawgs came back? Damn Booker T's my main and I always felt he had entertainment skillz (*remembers the Supermarket brawl with Austin* Classic!).
Cena's my ***** but they might as well make him a heel, he was better when he was then all he gotta do is step his wrestling techniques up a little and it's all good.

DX is starting to build,it is just looking like HBK and HHH for now but they havent fully reunited but they are both doing the crotch chop and talking about it at the press conference the other day
Booker T and his wife are hilarious together,if he becomes King Booker with a crown things will only get better
Cena is working better than ever in the ring,he should just drop some of his weaker offense and add some moves that look better but right now he is getting the most hate going and the thing is it makes all his matches eletric as the crowds are always jakked

[Super_Ludacris]

Hey do any of you guys know why they scrapped the King of the Ring PPV a few years back? Last one I saw was in 2002.

[Mister J]

I guess they figured it was getting stale. Funny enough, they just brought it back a couple of weeks ago. It's Smackdown exclusive. It looks like Booker T might get a good run at it.

[3dman27]

i think kor was scrapped as part of the brand extension storyline so each brand would have the same amount of ppvs

[Bad Superman]

Wasn't Brock Lesnar the last King of the Ring?

I enjoyed the KOR PPV's. Too bad it's exclusive for Smackdown.

[3dman27]

i think so

[Mister J]

Brock beat RVD in the 2002 KOR Final.

[Spider-Nerd]

Where do you wrestle ?
And if thats the case then surely you don't need me to explain why Boogeyman is a comedy act that is crap in the ring and best served in skits not matches
around jersey. I've worked just mostly OTW and NWS cause I haven't been at it for a long time. But you gotta understand, every match on a show should not be a 5 star classic. You need a guy like boogeyman, who has an act, who pumps up the crowd, to go in there and have his little match. Doesn't mean the guy can't work. I'm sure given the opportunity the guy can have a good match. Come on now, he's in wwe. You don't get to that level without knowing how to work a ****ing match. Crap in the ring? Nah, it's just that you can't expect all 6 matches on the card to be bret hart vs. shawn michaels. They'll all be solid in their own way. If every single match on the card was a "great" match, then what's the point of the main event? The main event should make the other matches look bad in essence. It's hard for me to explain. I'll try to explain it better later when i've got more time.

[Hunter Rider]

around jersey. I've worked just mostly OTW and NWS cause I haven't been at it for a long time. But you gotta understand, every match on a show should not be a 5 star classic. You need a guy like boogeyman, who has an act, who pumps up the crowd, to go in there and have his little match. Doesn't mean the guy can't work. I'm sure given the opportunity the guy can have a good match. Come on now, he's in wwe. You don't get to that level without knowing how to work a ****ing match. Crap in the ring? Nah, it's just that you can't expect all 6 matches on the card to be bret hart vs. shawn michaels. They'll all be solid in their own way. If every single match on the card was a "great" match, then what's the point of the main event? The main event should make the other matches look bad in essence. It's hard for me to explain. I'll try to explain it better later when i've got more time.

I don't need you to explain
Often in the WWE the main events are the weaker matches,for years the IC title matches were way better than the WWE titles matches
Boogeyman can't work a match thats why they are keeping him to 4 minutes,he's a 40 year old bodybuilder with no talent,just like Diva's,yes they serve their purpose as comedy acts or sex acts but they aren't good in ring workers at all

[NDX]

SN, see if you can get on a UXW card. 500 - 700 people check it out in NY (most shows now take place in Long Island). http://www.usaprowrestling.net/

I think you can contact Frank Goodman (Masked Maniac) and see about getting a booking on a future show. You might have to become a ticket seller though (which sucks), so I don't know. I never actually asked the guy how to get on the card.

I should...

[Spider-Nerd]

SN, see if you can get on a UXW card. 500 - 700 people check it out in NY (most shows now take place in Long Island). http://www.usaprowrestling.net/

I think you can contact Frank Goodman (Masked Maniac) and see about getting a booking on a future show. You might have to become a ticket seller though (which sucks), so I don't know. I never actually asked the guy how to get on the card.

I should...
thanks dude. You wrestle too?

[Spider-Nerd]

I don't need you to explain
Often in the WWE the main events are the weaker matches,for years the IC title matches were way better than the WWE titles matches
Boogeyman can't work a match thats why they are keeping him to 4 minutes,he's a 40 year old bodybuilder with no talent,just like Diva's,yes they serve their purpose as comedy acts or sex acts but they aren't good in ring workers at all
i guess we'll just agree to disagree on this one.

[Hunter Rider]

i guess we'll just agree to disagree on this one.

I honestly don't see it as a point of disagreement,im cool with anyone that loves Diva's and Boogeyman and other gimmicky stuff and like their routines but i think the facts that most of them are not good in ring workers are also true and thats fine as long as they stick to doing their skits

[NDX]

thanks dude. You wrestle too?

No, but I'm fodder for a lot of wrestlers due to my being fat, very, very fat. Frank actually has taken the time to pick me out on every show I've been to and called me fat on it to get me on each dvd (these were his words).

At the last show I spent 10 minutes jawjacking with Hardrock Ken Sweeny (nice guy). Gonna try and continue it this May.

Also this coming May Sweeny and Maniac are in the same match and I already have my free tickets (another perk to being fodder for Frank). Man, I am ****ed...

Check out the site and the upcoming shows, as you can see they are pretty well stacked, but you never hold your breath with UXW as there tend to be no shows and cancellations before the show. Still worth it.

[NDX]

http://gallery.bezerker.org/albums/album02/Have_You_Seen_Me.jpg

Hate Trent Acid (and I know you do)? Take a piss on his hoodie.

My friend was thinking about printing these out and seeing if we could plaster them all over the arena at the May 20th show, or putting them on the chairs.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=054NMK8E

Low Ki vs The Necro Butcher

IWA-MS-4-1-2006

[The FallenAngel]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=054NMK8E

Low Ki vs The Necro Butcher

IWA-MS-4-1-2006Dude, awesome. Thanks. :up:

[The FallenAngel]

Here's the card for the ROH show me and Sarge are going to tomorrow. Let me know what you think.

ROH vs. CZW Six Man War- No Rules
Samoa Joe, BJ Whitmer, & Adam Pearce vs. Chris Hero, Necro Butcher, & Super Dragon

ROH World Title Match
Bryan Danielson defends against Colt Cabana

Tag Team Title Match
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Homicide & Ricky Reyes with Julius Smokes

Tag Team Grudge Match
AJ Styles & Matt Sydal vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe

Special Attraction
Christopher Daniels with Allison Danger vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Four Corner Survival
Jimmy Rave with Prince Nana vs. Jimmy Yang vs. Delirious vs. Jimmy Jacobs

Debate
JIm Cornette vs. John Zandig

Davey Richards makes his ROH debut!!!

[Twitch]

Here's the card for the ROH show me and Sarge are going to tomorrow. Let me know what you think.

ROH vs. CZW Six Man War- No Rules
Samoa Joe, BJ Whitmer, & Adam Pearce vs. Chris Hero, Necro Butcher, & Super Dragon Joe better ****ing kill someone :up:

ROH World Title Match
Bryan Danielson defends against Colt Cabana BRYAN Dammit

Tag Team Title Match
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Homicide & Ricky Reyes with Julius Smokes

Tag Team Grudge Match
AJ Styles & Matt Sydal vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe

Special Attraction
Christopher Daniels with Allison Danger vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Four Corner Survival
Jimmy Rave with Prince Nana vs. Jimmy Yang vs. Delirious vs. Jimmy Jacobs

Debate
JIm Cornette vs. John Zandig Jim better ****ing own him :mad:

Davey Richards makes his ROH debut!!!

.....

[Sabretooth]

After reading about that kid,it only goes to show how people take wrestling for granted.

[NDX]

Here's the card for the ROH show me and Sarge are going to tomorrow. Let me know what you think.

ROH vs. CZW Six Man War- No Rules
Samoa Joe, BJ Whitmer, & Adam Pearce vs. Chris Hero, Necro Butcher, & Super Dragon

ROH World Title Match
Bryan Danielson defends against Colt Cabana

Tag Team Title Match
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Homicide & Ricky Reyes with Julius Smokes

Tag Team Grudge Match
AJ Styles & Matt Sydal vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe

Special Attraction
Christopher Daniels with Allison Danger vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Four Corner Survival
Jimmy Rave with Prince Nana vs. Jimmy Yang vs. Delirious vs. Jimmy Jacobs

Debate
JIm Cornette vs. John Zandig

Davey Richards makes his ROH debut!!!

Goddammit... I really wanted to roadtrip it to that show, too. Goddamn classwork. Becoming a teacher is not worth missing these shows.

[The FallenAngel]

Damn right. Quit being a teacher now. The less teachers there are, the more schools close down.

[NDX]

But I'm an aspiring art teacher. I teach the fun stuff, not that hard **** that makes you think too much.

[NDX]

- Yesterday, "Network" representative Palmer Canon gave his notice to WWE. He was quitting the company, effective immediately. However, WWE has not granted Canon his release as of this post.

Apparently, Palmer Canon was often hazed by several of the Smackdown veterans, most specifically, JBL. One incident led to a near confrontation between him and JBL. Canon then decided to fly himself home from the European tour after he notified management that he was quitting the company.

- Harry Smith is scheduled to debut on Raw on June 5th in Pittsburgh. It's not likely that he'll debut on television on that day, he'll probably work dark matches for a few weeks while WWE figures out what to do with him.

- WWE have been thinking about bringing in Teddy Hart, although, they are wary of him. Harry Smith has a good reputation, whereas Teddy Hart doesn't have a good one. If he did, he probably would have been in the company a few years ago because WWE likes the idea of having the grandson of Stu Hart and the nephew of Bret & Owen Hart employed.

- Ashley Massaro was worried that there was a possible problem with her leg which would lead to another surgery, however, doctors evaluated her MRI and they said that a second surgery will not be necessary. Ashley plans to train diligently in the ring, in hopes of improving her wrestling abilities when she comes back.

- Demolition Ax (Bill Eadie) is the latest wrestling star from the past to sign on with Jakks Pacific. Demolition Smash (Barry Darsow) signed on with Jakks a few weeks ago, and thus a Demolition set is expected to be released in the future. Also, Bill Eadie recently announced that he was writing an autobiography.

sources: PWInsider.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[Hunter Rider]

RAW spoilers

Raw Taping:
- Edge & HHH promo to start Raw. Cena runs in and beats up HHH. Spirit Squad comes out, I think they want a 5 on 3 match vs. HHH, Cena and Edge but it was hard to understand what they said!

- Maria announced a bikini contest, but was interrupted by Matt Striker.

- Maria "Kiss Cam" followed by a Vince McMahon promo about God, saying that last week's pyro was not an act of God. Now Shane cuts a promo saying he will beat Shawn Michaels tonight.

- A video of Torrie changing into a bikini.

- Kane beats up Big Show backstage because he mentions May 19th too much.

- Todd Grisham asks people to show their signs. Someone has a "God Will Tap" sign.

- Coach hosts the bikini contest next. Candice wins (despite being booed) and cCoach asks Candice to make out with him. Viscera comes out, humps Coach and makes out with her himself.

- Raw Rewind is shown of Stephanie's "Black Wedding" in 1999. Big pop for when Steve Austin appears in the clip.

- Vince McMahon has now come out to the ring to talk about Shane McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels. No contest, Shane elbows Shawn through the announce table, Vince cuts promo on Shawn saying God can't protect him. No winner was ever announced.

- Edge and Cena backstage video promo. Nearly every mention of Cena gets huge boos.

- Jobber vs. Umaga up next. The jobber is Steve Billington of England. Umaga wins.

- Mickie James promo, no longer dressed as Trish. says she knows who she is and she's Mickie James. Trish comes out, still dressing like Mickie, quick promo and quick fight (which didn't look too good).

- Main event (Triple H, Cena & Edge vs. Spirit Squad) is another non-finish. After both hitting their finishers, the Game and Cena fight each other. Edge sneaks back in and spears the Game, but then gets an FU from Cena. Raw probably ends here, and Cena cuts a post match promo.

[Hunter Rider]

couple of notes from a guy who was there

Flair returned and attacked Umaga,
1) Opening promo: Edge comes out and shows us a couple examples of how he has beaten Hunter and Cena, and promises to win the title at Backlash. HHH responds, and he was in old DX form. Endless minute man and slut jokes. I found it humorous, always liked DX Hunter more than King of The Universe Hunter. Crowd was rabidly pro-HHH. Cena finally replies to mega heat, but just ends up fighting instead of talking. As they are split up, the spirit squad shows up to announce the main event (Vince gave them the message to deliver): Spirit Squad vs. Cena/HHH/Edge.

RVD/Carlito/Haas d. Shelton/Masters/Striker: Striker cut a harsh anti-UK promo during the break, but no promo could save his heat once he got in the ring. T Most of the guys looked good, and Carlito and RVD were insanely over, but my god was Striker terrible in this, blowing things left and right and getting lost repeatedly. RVD pins Shelton with a frog splash.

[TheVileOne]

RAW seems pretty missable as per usual.

[NDX]

...but my god was Striker terrible in this, blowing things left and right and getting lost repeatedly.

Why are you doing this to me, Matt? Making me and NY look bad. What happened to you.

[Sarge 2.0]

It's weird, Striker always seemed to be pretty together in-ring.

[Addendum]

He took the "Dean Douglas" gimmick. Blame those in charge for giving it to him, and blame him for saying "yes, I'll do it"

[Hunter Rider]

RAW seems pretty missable as per usual.

Actually RAW has been good the last few weeks with the awesome main event trio and the solid Mid card as well as the hilarious God/Vince stuff
It's not as good as SD but is better than Impact right now

[Sarge 2.0]

RAW seems pretty missable as per usual.Since you supposedly wouldn't watch it either way, would it really matter enough for you to comment on it?

[NDX]

It's weird, Striker always seemed to be pretty together in-ring.

When I used to watch him in USA Pro Wrestling/UXW, he always put on one of the best performances on the program (especially one of his last matches for the company against "The Shooter" Vordell Walker). Only one match he was disappointing in was when facing Mike "The Shooter" Kruel at the Elk's Lodge (R.I.P.) in a stinker.

[TheVileOne]

Since you supposedly wouldn't watch it either way, would it really matter enough for you to comment on it?

I dunno we have this thread you know.

But I guess Umaga and Vince vs. God is worth watching for some people.

[Hunter Rider]

I dunno we have this thread you know.

But I guess Umaga and Vince vs. God is worth watching for some people.

Well it's better than Team 3D vs Team Canada and BPP beating up jobbers:o

[Jason Blood]

I really liked the whole promo thing from TSM

I'm glad they brought it back for Smackdown tonight

[Mr. Socko]

I dunno we have this thread you know.

But I guess Umaga and Vince vs. God is worth watching for some people.

WTF, is that gonna be a match?!

[TheVileOne]

I probably should've said Umaga OR Vince vs. God.

Sorry.

[NDX]

WTF, is that gonna be a match?!

Unfortunately, no.

[Hunter Rider]

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[Addendum]

That Mark Henry figure is going to cause a brown plastic shortage.

[NDX]

I see Jakks Pacific cut down on their sculpting budget.

I am actually interested in getting some of the WWE Classics figures, especially now that they can make Demolition and Sherri Martel.

[Hunter Rider]

Randy Orton looks like Norm from Dark Angel:confused:

[Sabretooth]

Ken Kennedy looks WAY off.

[NDX]

Kennedy almost looks like Finlay there.

- Dave Meltzer is reporting that Palmer Cannon has
given his notice to WWE and quit the European tour just after one day. Apparently Cannon - real name Brian Mailhot - was the victim of hazing thanks to locker room bully JBL and decided he'd had enough. Hazing - in other simple words, harassment, abuse or humiliation - was common in WWE locker rooms and a WWE referee also quit thanks to hazing from JBL in the past. Recently, WWE Diva Rochelle Loewen claimed that she was hazed by Randy Orton. Meltzer adds that WWE personnel have been attempting to change Cannon's mind however he's already at home and wants
none of it although WWE did not approve the release yet. (thanks to Colin Vassallo)

Are WWE ever going to do anything about how JBL acts? They cracked down on Orton, prehaps they should deal with JBL next.

[Hunter Rider]

Kennedy almost looks like Finlay there.

- Dave Meltzer is reporting that Palmer Cannon has
given his notice to WWE and quit the European tour just after one day. Apparently Cannon - real name Brian Mailhot - was the victim of hazing thanks to locker room bully JBL and decided he'd had enough. Hazing - in other simple words, harassment, abuse or humiliation - was common in WWE locker rooms and a WWE referee also quit thanks to hazing from JBL in the past. Recently, WWE Diva Rochelle Loewen claimed that she was hazed by Randy Orton. Meltzer adds that WWE personnel have been attempting to change Cannon's mind however he's already at home and wants
none of it although WWE did not approve the release yet. (thanks to Colin Vassallo)

Are WWE ever going to do anything about how JBL acts? They cracked down on Orton, prehaps they should deal with JBL next.

the thign about JBL is he never hazed Orton or Cena or Lashley only guys with minimum status and no push,basically he's a coward

[Mr. Socko]

'cause JBL is a wrasslin god

I wonder if Orton will be fired...wouldn't really bother me one bit

[Sabretooth]

Shame. Orton could've been bigger than the Rock,too.

[Hunter Rider]

Shame. Orton could've been bigger than the Rock,too.

Orton isn't going anywhere,my guess i they'll settle him down and then play up his bad boy image on air

[Mr. Socko]

Atleast he's better then Cena...

[Eric Draven]

So who might be the new "Network Representative" for SD? Ken Kennedy? :confused:

[Addendum]

So who might be the new "Network Representative" for SD? Ken Kennedy? :confused:
http://www.wrestlinginformer.net/Duane_Gill.jpg
Gillberg has my vote

[Hunter Rider]

Atleast he's better then Cena...

Well Orton has it all in temrs of look,mic and talent but unfortunately he is seemingly self destructive

Cena isnt terrible really and the rest of the roster would kill for heat like his

[Eric Draven]

http://www.wrestlinginformer.net/Duane_Gill.jpg
Gillberg has my vote

I would rather them bring in Don Callis :o

[Hunter Rider]

I would rather them bring in Don Callis :o

I think they'll just drop that role as he only really did the skit stuff in front of Miz' vignette's

[Addendum]

It's been a while since a Gillberg pic was posted...

[Eric Draven]

I think they'll just drop that role as he only really did the skit stuff in front of Miz' vignette's

Too bad. I kind of dug the Network thing going on. Although they kinda pushed it to the back until just recently :confused: :(

[punishermax]

The Jakks figures have sucked since they got away from the all rubber ones during the "Attitude" era, but why is Mark Jindrak dresses like Randy Orton in that pic. :D

[TheVileOne]

Orton probably helped JBL haze people.

[Addendum]

Khali vs. Funaki???

What a waste of time

[The Flash!]

Khali = no gimmick = fired. :o

[Sabretooth]

Is it me or does Lashley and The Gymini's theme songs sounds exactly alike? Mark Henry too...

[The Flash!]

i don't notice it with Henry's theme but I have with Lashley's and the Gemini's.

[The Flash!]

http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/700/700514/wwe-photo-gallery-20060406044157521-000.jpg
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http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/700/700514/wwe-photo-gallery-20060406044712262-000.jpg
http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/700/700514/wwe-photo-gallery-20060406045437444-000.jpg

[Addendum]

Cena just discovered video games :D

[XwolverineX]

Cena's a gaming n00b. :o

[The FallenAngel]

Will Masters ever actually wear a shirt?

[The Batman]

Melina and Trish seem quite competetive...both have gotten each other in the red....

[Jason Blood]

Will Masters ever actually wear a shirt?
never

[The Batman]

All right! My man shelton has been the reigning video game champ for four years! WHOOO!

http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/700/700514/wwe-photo-gallery-20060406044054026-001.jpg

[The Batman]

http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/700/700514/wwe-photo-gallery-20060406044133179-000.jpg

[Warhammer]

Great pictures.

[NDX]

I really wish I got to see Smackdown! tonight.

[Mister J]

A damn baseball game is pre-empting Smackdown tonight. I gotta wait until Sunday. :down

[NDX]

A damn baseball game is pre-empting Smackdown tonight. I goota wait until Sunday. :down

Sheeeeeeeeeeit, Sunday? Hell, I at least get it on Saturday.

[The Ghoul]

is that 2007 Or did they figure out the caws for Kennedy & mnm in 2006.


plus I don't get very many wrestling shows in south florida, & very few those are good. So while this isn't as impressive as you's lucky bastard's ROH show this is pretty good.

Maximum Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Sat, 4/29
Burrow Arena, 777 Glades, Boca Raton, FL
www.mxpw.net
866-FAU-OWLS

*Lords of the Ring Tag Tournament: Briscoe Brothers, Backseat Boyz, Low Ki/Homicide, winner of Heartbreak Express vs. Modern Day Theory, Fast & Furious vs. SAT, Team Kaos (Donovan Morgan/Mike Modest) vs. Black Market (Joey Machete/Shawn Murphy)
*MXPW Title: champion Chaz(Headbanger: Mosh) vs. Warlord
*Hardcore: Blackhart vs. Hack Meyers
*Kahagas w/ Blare Rogers/Amy Vitale vs. Kenny King
*Feat. debuts of Necro Butcher & Tyson Tomko(ugh)

[Super_Ludacris]

lol@ Cena in those pics

[Sarge 2.0]

I guess he makes weird, rubbery facial expressions all the time.

And Chris Masters never, ever wears a shirt. :confused:

[Sarge 2.0]

is that 2007 Or did they figure out the caws for Kennedy & mnm in 2006.


plus I don't get very many wrestling shows in south florida, & very few those are good. So while this isn't as impressive as you's lucky bastard's ROH show this is pretty good.

Maximum Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Sat, 4/29
Burrow Arena, 777 Glades, Boca Raton, FL
www.mxpw.net (http://www.mxpw.net)
866-FAU-OWLS

*Lords of the Ring Tag Tournament: Briscoe Brothers, Backseat Boyz, Low Ki/Homicide, winner of Heartbreak Express vs. Modern Day Theory, Fast & Furious vs. SAT, Team Kaos (Donovan Morgan/Mike Modest) vs. Black Market (Joey Machete/Shawn Murphy)
*MXPW Title: champion Chaz(Headbanger: Mosh) vs. Warlord
*Hardcore: Blackhart vs. Hack Meyers
*Kahagas w/ Blare Rogers/Amy Vitale vs. Kenny King
*Feat. debuts of Necro Butcher & Tyson Tomko(ugh)I think it might be '06, because Edge in that game doesn't look like he's wearing his Rated R Superstar pants. Btw, I would kill to see Necro Butcher v. Tomko. :D

[The FallenAngel]

is that 2007 Or did they figure out the caws for Kennedy & mnm in 2006.


plus I don't get very many wrestling shows in south florida, & very few those are good. So while this isn't as impressive as you's lucky bastard's ROH show this is pretty good.

Maximum Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Sat, 4/29
Burrow Arena, 777 Glades, Boca Raton, FL
www.mxpw.net (http://www.mxpw.net)
866-FAU-OWLS

*Lords of the Ring Tag Tournament: Briscoe Brothers, Backseat Boyz, Low Ki/Homicide, winner of Heartbreak Express vs. Modern Day Theory, Fast & Furious vs. SAT, Team Kaos (Donovan Morgan/Mike Modest) vs. Black Market (Joey Machete/Shawn Murphy)
*MXPW Title: champion Chaz(Headbanger: Mosh) vs. Warlord
*Hardcore: Blackhart vs. Hack Meyers
*Kahagas w/ Blare Rogers/Amy Vitale vs. Kenny King
*Feat. debuts of Necro Butcher & Tyson Tomko(ugh)That sounds pretty damn good. The Tag Tournament should be kickass.

[Sarge 2.0]

Damn, Davey Richards was injured pretty badly in North Carolina yesterday, so he won't be able to show tonight. His debut will be in June. :(

This leaves me to wonder what match will be booked in that one's place. Hopefully not another Dempsey brothers match.

[The FallenAngel]

NOOOO!!! Damn, I really wanted to see him live.

And I doubt that because there is a Six Man Mayhem pre-show main event with the students. So I'm guessing they're in it.

[Sarge 2.0]

Gabe better pull something fantastic out of his ass to fill up the card, then.

[NDX]

is that 2007 Or did they figure out the caws for Kennedy & mnm in 2006.


plus I don't get very many wrestling shows in south florida, & very few those are good. So while this isn't as impressive as you's lucky bastard's ROH show this is pretty good.

Maximum Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Sat, 4/29
Burrow Arena, 777 Glades, Boca Raton, FL
www.mxpw.net (http://www.mxpw.net)
866-FAU-OWLS

*Lords of the Ring Tag Tournament: Briscoe Brothers, Backseat Boyz, Low Ki/Homicide, winner of Heartbreak Express vs. Modern Day Theory, Fast & Furious vs. SAT, Team Kaos (Donovan Morgan/Mike Modest) vs. Black Market (Joey Machete/Shawn Murphy)
*MXPW Title: champion Chaz(Headbanger: Mosh) vs. Warlord
*Hardcore: Blackhart vs. Hack Meyers
*Kahagas w/ Blare Rogers/Amy Vitale vs. Kenny King
*Feat. debuts of Necro Butcher & Tyson Tomko(ugh)

I hope you're going to that show. That Tag Tourny alone is worth it.

The Briscoes, Backseats (I still hate Acid), Ki/'Cide, and SAT (the Maximos) are worth admission alone.

[citizenpain]

pssht, there's nothing wrong with a little hazing every now and then. it's the sincerest form of tough love. cannon boy is almost as big a wuss as that kid who got beat up in that wrestling school.

and is that steven richards in that gaming picture up there? that's awesome, i had no clue he was still with the company.

[Sarge 2.0]

I think he's out on injury or something. He's supposed to be back on SD sometime soon.

[The FallenAngel]

I heard he's just sitting at home, collecting checks.

[NDX]

He's been healed up for a while now. It looks like they're gonna bring him back up to Smackdown! around the time to promote ECW's ONS2 more readily (late May - June). Then he can go back to collecting checks while WWE deprive his fans.

[Sarge 2.0]

Speaking of collecting checks, did London and Spanky actually do something last night?

[The Ghoul]

I think it might be '06, because Edge in that game doesn't look like he's wearing his Rated R Superstar pants. Btw, I would kill to see Necro Butcher v. Tomko. :D

I don't think they're wrestling they just said that Necro was being featured & they arn't saying Tomko's involvement yet... but maybe they'll announce him as Necro's opponant.

I hope you're going to that show. That Tag Tourny alone is worth it.

The Briscoes, Backseats (I still hate Acid), Ki/'Cide, and SAT (the Maximos) are worth admission alone.

I hope I am too. My oonly problem is a ride seing how I have no friends who like wrestling.

Speaking of collecting checks, did London and Spanky actually do something last night?

Smackdown is recognizing MNM as the greatt ****ing tag team they are So they're building up they're tag team division to further promote MNM & Spanky & London are getting pushed as they're first big rivals & it may include a run as the tag champs for a while.

[LastSunrise1981]

pssht, there's nothing wrong with a little hazing every now and then. it's the sincerest form of tough love. cannon boy is almost as big a wuss as that kid who got beat up in that wrestling school.

and is that steven richards in that gaming picture up there? that's awesome, i had no clue he was still with the company.

Sometimes hazing can go too far and sometimes it can really grate your nerves, especially if you're already in a bad mood to begin with.

[NDX]

JBL is just an ******* with a lot of pull who just doesn't go as far as Orton. We all know wrestlers rib the rookies; JBL, Benoit, Regal, Taker and others are all guilty of this. But if you ever read complaints a lot of them seem to be of JBL. He seems to just get in enough abuse without ever getting in trouble himself.

I don't blame Cannon for quiting if he felt what JBL was doing to him went too far and was too often. No one likes to work in a stessful environment.

[The Ghoul]

Because I missed Raw,(& one file of Hunter gavee me would have exploded my ****ty computer) I decided to watch the replay on telomundo & I can't stop laughing & are we suppossed to buy Umaga as a savage with a grill

[Sarge 2.0]

The S.A.T. is hilarious, as well.

[LastSunrise1981]

JBL is just an ******* with a lot of pull who just doesn't go as far as Orton. We all know wrestlers rib the rookies; JBL, Benoit, Regal, Taker and others are all guilty of this. But if you ever read complaints a lot of them seem to be of JBL. He seems to just get in enough abuse without ever getting in trouble himself.

I don't blame Cannon for quiting if he felt what JBL was doing to him went too far and was too often. No one likes to work in a stessful environment.

JBL tried that with Steve Blackman and ended up getting his ass handed to him.

[The Ghoul]

yeah mxpw used to have a syndicated show on sunshine network & they were pretty cool but I had a real Joygasm when I saw Low Ki & Homcide in the tag torny

[NDX]

Because I missed Raw,(& one file of Hunter gavee me would have exploded my ****ty computer) I decided to watch the replay on telomundo & I can't stop laughing & are we suppossed to buy Umaga as a savage with a grill

Yes, yes we are. Are we? No. Will we? No. But dammit... he has tattoos!

I have no idea how to save this.

JBL tried that with Steve Blackman and ended up getting his ass handed to him.

Unfortunately not everyone is like Blackman. Plus there is a possible fear that if they retaliate, they will be let go and lose the meal ticket.

[The Ghoul]

There has been a debate here that i decided to stay out of, but after the Mickie/Trish segment I have to say that Spinebuster kick ten tons of ass.

[The FallenAngel]

Read the sig. :mad:

[Jason Blood]

Wasn't the Spinebuster in Rhino's moveset?

[NDX]

Gerweck.net

- According to a New York Post story soon-to-be-former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler was paid over $200,000 to appear on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. According to the Post story, "Just for appearing on 'Dancing, all the contestants are paid a base of $125,000 for the first two weeks of the show and are given about $20,000 each week after, until they are voted off."

- Bill DeMott returned to the ring as his alter-ego Hugh Morris and had his first match in almost 2 years teaming with Freakin' Deacon to defeat Gyminiat at last night's Deep South Wrestling tapings.

- Harry Smith who is just newly signed by the WWE, will be doing a wrestling training seminar in Kent at the Orpington Halls on Sunday, April 30th. Full information can be found at IPWUK.com.

[NDX]

Source: PWInsider

The incident involving Randy Orton is said to have been an offensive violation of WWE policy, in a way that made it seem like he was doing it to try and prove that he couldn’t get in trouble because he’s a main-eventer. It’s said that Orton had been doing things backstage that lower-card workers would’ve been suspended for immediately.

The feeling among most people backstage is that he is a great worker in the ring, but out of the ring they want nothing to do with him.

The move to suspend him has been very well received backstage, and so far the feeling is that it had to be done.

I know there is no real new information in the news above, and that is what I find interesting. This news has been consistant the last 2 weeks, and yet there has been no real update on the situation as to what Randy did, just that it was so horrible this was a long time coming. These updates have been consistantly the same over the last week.

I'm tired of the same thing. This story should be dropped until new information is released (or leaked) on the situation.

[Mr. Socko]

Geez, SD sucked. No Taker!

[Sabretooth]

That's because his ''spirit is broken'' and he was ''never manhandled like that before'' :rolleyes:

[Hunter Rider]

CM Punk vs Terry Funk

www.megaupload.com/?d=P67ZD8VV (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P67ZD8VV)

[Hunter Rider]

Geez, SD sucked. No Taker!

Kinda makes SD better for me but anyways he will be back for Summerslam to face Khali

[Eric Draven]

I'm kind of at the point where I'm not expecting Undertaker to be on SD anyways until the weeks before one of the Big Four PPVs. I guess that's one of the things about being a part-time wrestler now :confused:

[Sabretooth]

And with HBK also taking a part time schedule,almost none of my favorite wrestlers will show up much on Raw and SD! on a regular basis. :(

OH and I just remembered,are they doing the Draft Lottery this year? :confused:

[Mr. Socko]

Kinda makes SD better for me but anyways he will be back for Summerslam to face Khali

WTF IS THIS SOME LATE APRIL FOOLS JOKE!?!?!?!?!

That sucks, what about all the other SD PPVs? Great American Bash? Judgement Day? Etc

Oh well, not even Undertaker can save Smackdown from becoming a terrible pile of crap. Raw is headed it's way as well.

[Mr. Socko]

And with HBK also taking a part time schedule,almost none of my favorite wrestlers will show up much on Raw and SD! on a regular basis. :(

OH and I just remembered,are they doing the Draft Lottery this year? :confused:

They're doing the Diva search again so I wouldn't doubt it.

[The Ghoul]

WTF IS THIS SOME LATE APRIL FOOLS JOKE!?!?!?!?!

That sucks, what about all the other SD PPVs? Great American Bash? Judgement Day? Etc

Oh well, not even Undertaker can save Smackdown from becoming a terrible pile of crap. Raw is headed it's way as well.

actually Smackdown! is the best wrestling show out there today. better than raw & impact. With people like MNM, Kurt Angle, Spanky & London, Chris Benoit, Fit Finlay, Pirate Paul, William Regal & Booker T having the best matches every week. fueds like Pirate Paul/Regal, MNM/Spanky & London & Lashley/Finlay are becoming interesting stories & the last two I meentioned haven't even had promos just good fueds through better matches.

[The Apatow Crew]

Pirate Paul. :up: :)

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!!

[The Ghoul]

I just had a great idea I had to share. In order to really make it someone needs to stand out. & I already explained my idea for a character,but I just thought of a really great gimmick, I would need to always be first to enter the ring, so once I get in I would sit in the edge of the ring facing to entrance to sarcasticlly be the audience of my opponant's entrance.

[The FallenAngel]

Just got back from ROH and all I can say is, uhhh, OH MY ****ING GOD!!!
Tonight was insane. Best show I've been too yet. I think Sarge will agree with me on that.

It was raining pretty damn hard, which is odd because last time we went to the Armory, it was snowing pretty damn hard. We got inside as the pre-show was going on. There were a few matches, most were meh. The bleachers to the left of us were open for CZW fans, and hanging above them was an ROH sign with CZW spray painted over it. The CZW guys were constantly cheering "We want Hero!" and wouldn't shut up. Then we had to wait about 25 minutes for the main show to start.

MAIN SHOW:

Match 1- Claudio Castagnoli vs. Christopher Daniels
Pretty fun match. Crowd is split on who they're cheering for. CZW guys cheer for Daniels because Claudio turned on CZW. Some good back and forth. Finish comes when Daniels gets a roll up on CC for the win. He gets on the mic and says that this is the last in the Milestone Series, but the start of his own. He walks over and shakes Claudio's hand. First time he's ever done that.

Match 2- Four Corner Survival- Yang vs. Rave vs. Jacobs vs. Delirious
This match was a lot of fun. Delirious is funny as hell. Jacobs comes out with a poster of Lacey. Yang comes out with Bruce Leroy. Match starts and Yang grabs the poster and humps it. Awesome. Nice spots here and there. Jacobs hits the Contra Code on Yang, and goes for the pin, but stands up at two. Delirious gets in and puts Jacobs in a submission for the victory. Jacobs gets on the mic after and says no one will see Lacey naked.

Match 3- Tag Title Match- Aries/Strong vs. Reyes/Homicide
Homicide got really loud pops. CZW fans chant for Blackout. Homicide gets on the mic and says that if they wanna fight, come to Ring of Homicide. Then he tells them all to suck his dick, and the match is on! This was fantastic. This had mat work, high flying, and some stiff brawling. One nice spot comes when Homicide double stomped someone through a table on the outside. I couldn't see if it was Aries or Strong. Last few minutes were great, with Homicide hitting the lariat on Aries. Strong hits Homicide with the half nelson backbreaker. Reyes put Strong in the dragon sleeper, and Aries went up and hit the 450 on Reyes! Awesome! GenNext retains.

More to come in a few minutes...

[The FallenAngel]

Match 4- ROH World Title Match- Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana
This was interesting to say the least. CZW crowd boos AmDrag, so he bends over and moons them! Cabana jumped out of the ring. Really funny. They trade a few holds, and a few pins, and Dragon gets a quick pin at 6 minutes... What the hell? Cabana is pissed and starts cursing. Danielson laughs. Cabana shakes his hand and walks off. My Dad said he saw the ref hesitate before the 3rd and thinks that it was Cabana who didn't break in time, so the ref had to call it. Weird.

INTERMISSION
I went over to the merch table and picked up Arena Warfare. Sarge picked up the same, and Fate of An Angel. We waited for a bit, then it was back to the show.
There was a match with the students for the Top of the Class Trophy. Pretty sloppy. The guy who had it retains. AmDrag is now back out. He gets on the mic and says these guys will get better now that he is head trainer. He rips into CZW and the fans. Really funny stuff. Then he says, seeing as how he is champ, and head trainer, he runs the place. He looks for the Green Lantern Fan to ask how long it took him to beat Cabana. He says he is a fighting champ, and will wrestle anyone who won a match during the first half. He goes on to say: "Christopher Daniels? Oh wait, I already beat him. Austin Aries? Oh wait, I already beat him, too. Roderick Strong? ****, I beat him three times. Who does that leave? Delirious."

Delirious comes out and gets on the mic and babbles for about 40 seconds straight. It was awesome. They have a nice little match. Danielson retains. For a second I thought Delirious just might do it since he nearly pinned AmDrag quite a few times.

Match 6- Briscoe Bros. vs. Styles/Sydal
This match gets second place for best matches of the night. Just unbelievable. Both teams worked great to keep it fast paced. Nice spot where Styles and Sydal fly out of the ring. From there it never slows down. Finish comes when the Briscoes hit a spike Jay Driller on Sydal for the win.

[The FallenAngel]

Time for the debate between Cornette and Zandig. Cornette comes out with Adam Pearce. Zandig comes in from the crowd. This was not really needed, but it did what it was supposed to, which is set up for the main event. Cornette ripped into Zandig and CZW. The only word I could make out when Zandig talked was when he dropped an F bomb. Hero, Necro, and Super Dragon come out and trap in Cornette and Pearce. Joe's music hits, and him and Whitmer come out.

Match 7- Six Man War- No Rules Match
I can't relay in words to you all just how amazing this match was. Match of the night right here. Everyone brawls back and forth. Pearce gets busted open really bad. He then punches Necro really hard, and he gets busted open. Everyone brawls through the crowd. Joe gets a table and sets it up outside, leaning it against a turnbuckle. In the ring, Super Dragon and Whitmer fight. Pearce and Hero fight on the outside. It should be noted that Hero didn't do much of anything the entire match, and still sucks balls. Joe and Necro finally clash in ring! Necro sets up two chairs, unfolded, and looks to powerbomb Joe through them. Joe escapes, and turns the chairs back to back. Oh ****. He back suplexes Necro through them! Ouch. Necro kicks out of the pin. Joe goes outside, and fights with Dragon, then drops him through the table he set up before. Pearce and Necro start stiffing the crap out of each other in the ring. Joe kicks the crap out of Hero outside. Dragon and Whitmer get in the ring. They trade some stiff ****. Dragon sets up an unfolded chair, and looks to drop Whitmer on it. Whitmer reverses and hits an exploder on the chair! Whitmer gets a HUGE pop. Dragon kicks out of the pin.

More back and forth between everyone. Joe sets up another table outside, near the guardrails. In ring, Dragon and Whitmer still fight. Dragon puts Whitmer's head between a set up chair, goes up, and hits a double stomp! Christ. Whitmer kicks out. Everyone fights. Whitmer and Dragon go to the apron. Dragon tries to get him up for the Psycho Driver. No ****ing way! Whitmer escapes. All of the crowd exhaled at this point. Too bad though, cause Dragon gets Whitmer up and hits the Psycho Driver off the apron and through the table! Oh my ****ing God! Everyone thought Whitmer was dead. Hero calls for Zandig to come to the ring, and he does. Joe attacks him and gets a loud pop for doing so. They all gang up on Joe. Claudio is out and grabs Zandig's barbwire bat. They run to the back. Hero is in ring with Pearce now. He goes for the Hangman's Clutch. Claudio is back out. He and Joe go for a double team on Hero, but Claudio elbows Joe in the head. Him and Hero hug. CC turns on ROH. Him and Hero hit a double team Heroes Welcome on Pearce for the pin.

CZW boys go up into their side of the crowd. Joe gets on the mic and says: "Boys, the fun is just getting started. You mine as well hit their music for them and the fans, cause it's the last time they'll ever hear it."

That concludes the show. Buy this show when it comes out. You must. It was incredible.

[The FallenAngel]

Quick note: I just remembered that Danielson beat Delirious via knockout with elbows to the head, which just looked brutal.

[NDX]

Smackdown! tapings results:

Credit: PWInsider.com

Velocity:
- Chris Benoit beat Vito via submission with the Crossface
- Matt Hardy beat Andy Simmons with a Twist of Fate
- Paul Burchill made his introduction swinging on a rope from the top of a London Bus to take on Nunzio. Burchill won with the C4.
- Orlando Jordan beat Scotty 2 Hotty with a Fame-Asser type move to end the Velocity tapings.

SmackDown!
- Promos were shown for Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle as well as Lashley vs Mark Henry in a King of the Ring match.

- JBL cut an anti-UK promo as it was announced that he would defend his US Title against William Regal to kick off the show. Regal came out in his Lord Regal ring attire to a huge pop and slated JBL before the match got underway. During the match, Regal tried to put on JBL’s cowboy hat which resulted in a lariat for his troubles. JBL retains via pinfall.

- Kristal interviewed Booker T and Sharmell backstage, who said Booker would win the King of the Ring tournament.

- The Hooligans (Kenrick and London) & Super Crazy beat MNM & Gregory Helms in a six-man tag team match after London pinned Helms.

- Another video showing Angle winning the WWE Title played before MNM were shown backstage. Melina was angry with her men for losing tonight. Jillian Hall walked by and was offered a job by Melina as their makeup artist. She accepted, but it led to a catfight with make-up being thrown around.

- Lashley cut a promo ahead of his King of the Ring match talking about great wrestlers who have won King of the Ring in the past, mentioning Bret Hart, Steve Austin and Triple H.

- Lashley beat Mark Henry via countout to advance in the KOTR tourney. Post-Match, Henry returned to the ring and splashed Lashley in the corner. Lashley was really over with the crowd.

- The Mysterio-Angle video package from the start of the show was shown again before Mysterio was interviewed backstage by Kristal who asked if his luck was running out. Mysterio said whatever happens tonight, he’s enjoyed being champion.

- Another video package showing Kurt Angle winning WWE gold was shown.

- Finlay beat Gunner Scott after interference by Booker T. Booker and Sharmell did commentary for this match. After the match, Gunner Scott was attacked 2 on 1 until Chris Benoit made the save.

- Kristal was in the ring but quickly interrupted by The Great Khali and Daivari who cut a promo. Kristal fled.

- Yet another Kurt Angle promo was shown.

- Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Title went to a no-contest after Mark Henry interfered. He laid Angle out on a table and hit a running splash on it to close the show.

[Sarge 2.0]

Benoit on Velocity?

That's sad. :(

Oh yeah, and FallenAngels write up covers everything, including the awesomness of the Main Event.

But to add another note: The crowd on the CZW side was chanting "Match of the Year" after the Main Event. Mostly because their boys won, but it was still an amazing match.

[Hunter Rider]

Damn that ROH show sounds awesome,I knew CC was not to be trusted,i mena look at those suits:p

Joe's gonna own someones ass(Hopefully Hero although SD is just as irritating)

[The FallenAngel]

Yeah, I'm hoping Joe unleashes the ****ing fury on Hero. I hate that guy. But SD would suffice.

[NDX]

Looks like yet another ROH dvd I have to pick up.

I'm going have no money by July.

[Sarge 2.0]

Oh, and for the Brits in the thread, Dragon lead the crowd in a "You're gonna get your ****ing head kicked in!" chant. He then proclaimed that the chant was better than anything the CZW fans have ever come up with in their entire lives.

[The FallenAngel]

He also proclaimed that if every CZW fan rushed the ring, they still couldn't **** him up. Dragon has improved tremendously on the mic.

[Sabretooth]

I just had a great idea I had to share. In order to really make it someone needs to stand out. & I already explained my idea for a character,but I just thought of a really great gimmick, I would need to always be first to enter the ring, so once I get in I would sit in the edge of the ring facing to entrance to sarcasticlly be the audience of my opponant's entrance.
Sounds cool. So is it like some type of critic gimmick?

[LastSunrise1981]

Smackdown! tapings results:

Credit: PWInsider.com

Velocity:
- Chris Benoit beat Vito via submission with the Crossface
- Matt Hardy beat Andy Simmons with a Twist of Fate
- Paul Burchill made his introduction swinging on a rope from the top of a London Bus to take on Nunzio. Burchill won with the C4.
- Orlando Jordan beat Scotty 2 Hotty with a Fame-Asser type move to end the Velocity tapings.

SmackDown!
- Promos were shown for Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle as well as Lashley vs Mark Henry in a King of the Ring match.

- JBL cut an anti-UK promo as it was announced that he would defend his US Title against William Regal to kick off the show. Regal came out in his Lord Regal ring attire to a huge pop and slated JBL before the match got underway. During the match, Regal tried to put on JBL’s cowboy hat which resulted in a lariat for his troubles. JBL retains via pinfall.

- Kristal interviewed Booker T and Sharmell backstage, who said Booker would win the King of the Ring tournament.

- The Hooligans (Kenrick and London) & Super Crazy beat MNM & Gregory Helms in a six-man tag team match after London pinned Helms.

- Another video showing Angle winning the WWE Title played before MNM were shown backstage. Melina was angry with her men for losing tonight. Jillian Hall walked by and was offered a job by Melina as their makeup artist. She accepted, but it led to a catfight with make-up being thrown around.

- Lashley cut a promo ahead of his King of the Ring match talking about great wrestlers who have won King of the Ring in the past, mentioning Bret Hart, Steve Austin and Triple H.

- Lashley beat Mark Henry via countout to advance in the KOTR tourney. Post-Match, Henry returned to the ring and splashed Lashley in the corner. Lashley was really over with the crowd.

- The Mysterio-Angle video package from the start of the show was shown again before Mysterio was interviewed backstage by Kristal who asked if his luck was running out. Mysterio said whatever happens tonight, he’s enjoyed being champion.

- Another video package showing Kurt Angle winning WWE gold was shown.

- Finlay beat Gunner Scott after interference by Booker T. Booker and Sharmell did commentary for this match. After the match, Gunner Scott was attacked 2 on 1 until Chris Benoit made the save.

- Kristal was in the ring but quickly interrupted by The Great Khali and Daivari who cut a promo. Kristal fled.

- Yet another Kurt Angle promo was shown.

- Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Title went to a no-contest after Mark Henry interfered. He laid Angle out on a table and hit a running splash on it to close the show.


Mark Henry is still involved with Angle because? I thought he would drop down to jobber status and be nowhere near a heavyweight title feud. :rolleyes:

[NDX]

Anyone else look forward to this dvd?

Source: WWE.com (track list can also be found at Highspots.com)

WWE Legends presents The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (Release Date: 6/6/06)

“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes will forever be remembered as the working man’s champion. A three-time World Heavyweight Champion, he has had numerous legendary confrontations with sports-entertainment’s top stars, including Ric Flair, Harley Race and “Superstar” Billy Graham. Decades later, his contributions to sports-entertainment are still being felt. This 3-Disc DVD set will present his life’s story, as well as his most memorable matches and interviews from Florida Championship Wrestling, NWA, WCW and WWE.

Matches

AWA, 3/9/73 - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher

AWA, 3/24/73 - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher

AWA, 10/6/73 - Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco

Championship Wrestling from Florida, 5/1974 - Dusty Rhodes & Pak Song vs. Mike & Eddie Graham

Championship Wrestling from Florida, Dusty Rhodes vs. Terry Funk

Championship Wrestling from Florida, Lumberjack Match, Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race

Madison Square Garden, 9/26/77 - WWWF Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Superstar Billy Graham

Madison Square Garden, 12/19/77 - Dusty Rhodes vs. Stan “The Man” Stasiak

Madison Square Garden 12/20/77 - Dusty Rhodes vs. Johnny Rodz

Madison Square Garden, 8/28/78 - Texas Bullrope Match Dusty Rhodes vs. Superstar Billy Graham, Alternate Commentary by: Steve Romero/Dusty Rhodes/Mike Graham

Madison Square Garden, 12/17/79 - NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship, Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race

Atlanta, GA, 6/21/81 - NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race

Great American Bash, Charlotte, NC, 7/6/85 - World Television Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard

Great American Bash, Greensboro, NC, 7/26/86 - NWA World Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair, Commentary by: Steve Romero/Dusty Rhodes/Mike Graham

Starrcade, Chicago, IL, 11/26/87 - NWA United States Heavyweight Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Lex Luger

Clash of the Champions, Greensboro, NC, 3/27/88 - Dusty Rhodes & Road Warriors vs. Ivan Koloff & Powers of Pain

NWA Main Event, 4/3/88 - NWA United States Championship Dusty Rhodes vs. Ivan Koloff

Clash of the Champions II, Miami, FL, 6/8/88 - NWA Tag Team Championship Dusty Rhodes & Sting vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

Starrcade, Norfolk, VA 12/26/88 - NWA World Tag Team Championship Dusty Rhodes & Sting vs. Road Warrior

SummerSlam, E. Rutherford, NJ, 8/28/89 - Dusty Rhodes vs. The Honky Tonk Man

Survivor Series, Rosemont, IL, 11/23/89 - The Dream Team vs. The Enforcers

WrestleMania VI, Toronto, Canada, 4/1/90 - Mixed Tag Team match
Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire vs. The Macho King Randy Savage & Queen Sherri

Madison Square Garden, 11/24/90 - Dusty Rhodes & Dustin vs. Ted DiBiase & Virgil

Living Dangerously, Danbury, CT, 3/12/00 - Dusty Rhodes vs. Steve Corino

Greed, Jacksonville, FL, 3/18/01 - Kiss My Ass match Dusty Rhodes & Dustin vs. Ric Flair & Jeff Jarrett

Promos & Vignettes from the following shows

CWF – Dusty in dressing room

CWF – Gordon Solie interviews Dusty Rhodes

Madison Square Garden, 10/24/77 – Vince McMahon interviews Dusty Rhodes

Madison Square Garden, 11/8/77 – Vince McMahon interviews Dusty Rhodes

Championship Wrestling 4/25/78

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 1/26/83

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 1/25/84

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 12/25/84

NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/6/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/20/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 5/4/85

World Wide Wrestling 5/7/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 5/25/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 7/13/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 7/20/85

World Wide Wrestling 7/23/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 8/17/85

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 9/10/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 9/28/85

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 10/29/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 11/16/85

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 12/3/85

Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 12/15/85

NWA World Championship Wrestling 1/4/86

NWA World Championship Wrestling 1/4/86

NWA World Championship Wrestling 6/21/86

NWA World Championship Wrestling 8/16/86

World Wide Wrestling 2/17/87

NWA World Championship Wrestling 3/19/88

NWA World Championship Wrestling 5/21/88

Superstars 6/3/89

Superstars 6/10/89

Superstars 6/17/89

Superstars 6/24/89

Superstars 7/1/89

Superstars 7/8/89

Superstars 7/15/89

Superstars 7/22/89

Superstars 10/7/89

Superstars 10/7/89

Saturday Night’s Main Event 1/27/90

Superstars 5/12/90

Wrestling Challenge 6/2/90

Wrestling Challenge 9/15/90

Superstars 12/22/90

Wrestling Challenge 12/29/90

RAW 5/5/97

[The Ghoul]

Sounds cool. So is it like some type of critic gimmick?

No it's really just an extension of myself, It couldbe confused for a craazy gimmick, but it's really only because it looks like hurting people is fun. & on mic i am sarcastic. So, instead of focusing on the match at hand, I'm just making a mockery of my opponants entrance

[The FallenAngel]

Wow, that's packed with stuff. Looks to be a good DVD.

[Donnie Darko]

are there any dvds with the old War Games matches? I would think the first War Games matches (Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Road Warriors vs. Four Horsemen) would be on the the Dusty Rhodes dvd.

[Sarge 2.0]

Damn that ROH show sounds awesome,I knew CC was not to be trusted,i mena look at those suits:p

Joe's gonna own someones ass(Hopefully Hero although SD is just as irritating)Speaking of SD being irritating, apparently he scuffled with at least three fans last night, pulling hair, punching them, even monkey flipping some guy and taking his ROH sweatshirt.

[NDX]

- Jim Cornette is slated for arthroscopic knee surgery on 5/9.

- According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, last year's Taboo Tuesday is projected to have done about 240,000 PPV buys. Survivor Series '05 is up to 390,000 PPV buys, and Armageddon did about 315,000 PPV buys. So far in 2006, WWE has New Year's Revolution doing about 295,000 buys, the Royal Rumble at 540,000 PPV buys, and No Way Out at about 220,000 PPV buys.

(Well, that is much better than the previously reported 180,000 buys for Now Way Out.)

- As reported on Thursday, SmackDown star Palmer Cannon gave notice to World Wrestling Entertainment yesterday that he would be quitting the company, effective immediately. Cannon did this during WWE's current tour of Europe at the moment.

According to reports, Cannon was said to have been the target of some "hazing" by several SmackDown veterans as of late. When the hazing came to the point where Cannon almost had a physical confrontation with John Bradshaw Layfield, he made the decision to give his notice to the company and fly himself home.

Cannon, who signed a developmental deal with WWE back in March of 2005, was originally trained by Killer Kowalski in New England and debuted on SmackDown as a representative of "The Network" as a heel role along with SmackDown GM Teddy Long not long ago. Cannon has continued to train and wrestle in WWE's Deep South Wrestling territory while playing his weekly role on SmackDown. It should be noted that as of today, WWE has yet to grant his official release from the company.

The Wrestling Observer is reporting today that WWE officials have been trying to keep Palmer Cannon from quitting the company. Despite the effort by WWE, Cannon has turned down all requests to reconsider his decision to give his notice and is still back at his home. We will be sure to pass along any new information when it becomes available.

(I hope he does reconsider, I actually enjoyed his character on the program.)

[The FallenAngel]

Speaking of SD being irritating, apparently he scuffled with at least three fans last night, pulling hair, punching them, even monkey flipping some guy and taking his ROH sweatshirt.Yeah, I heard that too. It's not really surprising. Most of those guys get into fights with fans all the time.

[Sarge 2.0]

Dragon being the worst of them. I guess in SoCal they tolerate his ****, but he needs to get used to crowds willing to get in his face. He seems to hate Lantern with every fiber of his being, too.

[The FallenAngel]

Dragon fears the Lantern.

[Sarge 2.0]

Everyone fears the Lantern. That's why Dragon only threatens to mess with him, never doing anything.

[Jason Blood]

Dragon's actions piss me off

He crossed the line on that one

nuff said

[Hunter Rider]

Speaking of SD being irritating, apparently he scuffled with at least three fans last night, pulling hair, punching them, even monkey flipping some guy and taking his ROH sweatshirt.
Yeah i heard about thatmthe guy takes his *****ih heel routine to far IMO

BTW rumour has it that ECW will be started back up full time in September to replace OVW

[Jason Blood]

it shouldn't replace OVW

OVW is great as it is

DSW on the other hand

I don't know what they're actually doing...

[Superman \S/]

Anyone think London and Spanky should get the Tag titles? I sure do.

[Jason Blood]

nope

MNM need to stay dominate for a little while longer

the tag division needs to shape up before MNM lose

[Spider-Nerd]

Anyone think London and Spanky should get the Tag titles? I sure do.
nah, I hate those guys. They're both great athletes, but I don't see them as great workers. Then again they are over with the crowd and mnm could use a break, so let's see where it goes.

[Hunter Rider]

Spanky and London are 2 of the best workers on the roster and i think they will take the belts off MNM thats why Gymini are getting put over every week to make them ready to chase Spanky and London

MNM will move to RAW this year IMO

[The FallenAngel]

MNM don't seem like they would fit in on Raw for some reason. I wouldn't mind seeing how it worked out though.

[Mister J]

Spanky and London are definitely good workers. They just get on my damn nerves for some reason.

[Hunter Rider]

MNM don't seem like they would fit in on Raw for some reason. I wouldn't mind seeing how it worked out though.

I think their Hollywood gimmick on a live show may be interesting plus they could make good opponents for a reformed DX

[The FallenAngel]

MNM and D-X could make for some very entertaining segments. Raw just needs to build up more tag teams for MNM to be able to make it over there.

[The Ghoul]

I think Raw should give up, Make SD the show with tag teams

[Jason Blood]

nah, I hate those guys. They're both great athletes, but I don't see them as great workers. Then again they are over with the crowd and mnm could use a break, so let's see where it goes.
where did you get that avatar?

it looks like something out of Ultimate Muscle

[Superman \S/]

Spanky and London are 2 of the best workers on the roster and i think they will take the belts off MNM thats why Gymini are getting put over every week to make them ready to chase Spanky and London

MNM will move to RAW this year IMO

Agreed, i see that maybe happening. :up:

[Hunter Rider]

Claudio vs. Joe for this Saturday in Cleveland has been announced,

[Eric Draven]

Yeah i heard about thatmthe guy takes his *****ih heel routine to far IMO

BTW rumour has it that ECW will be started back up full time in September to replace OVW

I could kind of see that happening. It could keep Heyman and Dreamer in the WWE, along with Al Snow. And the ECW name is big enough to maintain a lot of interest.

[NDX]

I don't like the idea of MNM moving to RAW, even if it would lead to a potentially stellar feud between them and DX and Melina actually wrestling. RAW's tag division is buried too deep at the moment. Smackdown! is still developing their teams, and seems to allow focus on all their title divisions (it looks like the Cruiserweight division might start back up in the coming weeks). MNM just fits better on Smackdown!. But this is just an opinion.

[Mr. Socko]

London and Spankey are great wrestlers. But they'll never get anywhere other then Velocity or jobbing on Smackdown in the WWE. WWE never uses their cruiserweights right, excluding Rey Mysterio.

But I really like Paul Burchill and Regal's gimmick. They put the humor in Smackdown

Oh, I hope the DX returns

Anyway, what came first? The Sharpshooter or Death Lock?

[Sarge 2.0]

Deathlock.

[The Apocalypse]

(Dave Scherer @ PWInsider.com)

WWE has made the decision to bring back Extreme Championship Wrestling as a full time entity and has begun talking with former ECW talent about returning to work for the new version of the legendary promotion. As of right now, WWE is targeting a September return for the promotion. No decision has been made as to exactly how the company will be brought back yet. It's possible that it will take over the present OVW territory, that it will be a promotion that gets matches on the Raw and/or Smackdown promotions or possibly in some other manner. Sources have told us that Paul Heyman and Tommy Dreamer will be booking ECW when it starts up.

WWE has already contacted a number of ECW wrestlers and contracts will be sent out to them this week. The talents are being offered three year deals which consist of a series of one year contracts, with rollover clauses. A number of wrestlers have been contacts so far. We can confirm that WWE has talked with The Sandman, Francine and Balls Mahoney and will be sending contracts out to them this week.

We will have more information on this story later today or tomorrow.

Another report of this by the Wrestling Observer

In a story reported on earlier today by Pro Wrestling Insider, WWE is indeed bringing back the ECW brand name for merchandising purposes as well as some form of weekly television and house shows.

The decision appears to have been finalized in the past week as several former stars were offered three-year contracts.

Paul Heyman will be in charge of the brand. It is believed this will be a mix of both former ECW wrestlers and new WWE developmental wrestlers.

It is expected this will lead to some significant changes in the WWE television product as well. The company is not looking to add a third day of television taping. It would likely be handled similar to the Superastros deal in the late 90s, with weekly matches taped before either the Raw or Smackdown tapings.

I'd like to see this IMO. Paul Heyman has been doing a kick ass job booking OVW lately. Him and Dreamer can do ECW well if Vince lets them and after hearing this I think he will let them.

[Twitch]

Didn't Bret rename it the Sharpshooter? Sting still calls it the Deathlock right?

[NDX]

Glad for an ECW return, but if Balls signs that means no more Mahoney at UXW shows, and he's one of the reasons I go there.

I wonder if they'll contact Axl and Ian Rotten, Axl is looking very healthy at the moment so he might be worth bringing back in.

[Sarge 2.0]

It sucks that tons of top ECW performers like Rhino, Lynn, Douglas, Raven, and the Dudleys are in TNA...TNA would never let them sign those contracts. :(

[Mr. Socko]

WOW!!!!

ECW RETURNING!!!!!!!!

But how will it work if it's not a show?

Yeah it sucks cause there won't be any Dudleys, Rhino, Raven, Sabu, etc. I hope Sandman is there

[NDX]

– According to PWInsider.com, there has been virtually no talk of a draft this year, and many are leaning towards the belief that one ultimately will not happen. Because SmackDown’s timeslot (and vulnerability to preemption) prevents it from rivaling RAW’s stature, the feeling is that WWE has no real incentive to boost that brand’s roster.

Of course, WWE might decide to go ahead with another draft for the purpose of stimulating some ratings growth (at least on RAW) this summer. So, while a draft is still possible, readers should know that one is not presently in the plans.

[The Apocalypse]

Well all those people in TNA arent under written contracts so if WWE does offer them enough money then they will prolly return. I don't think Raven or the Dudleys would go back because they don't like WWE and Raven doesn't really like Paul Heyman either. Sabu may come to the WWE. I was reading an X-Men comic the other day and there something in the middle of the comic promotion these new WWE figures (Legends) and Sabu was one of them.

[The FallenAngel]

WOW!!!!

ECW RETURNING!!!!!!!!

But how will it work if it's not a show?

Yeah it sucks cause there won't be any Dudleys, Rhino, Raven, Sabu, etc. I hope Sandman is thereYeah, that does suck. But Sabu could be there. He's not under contract with TNA.

[NDX]

WOW!!!!

ECW RETURNING!!!!!!!!

But how will it work if it's not a show?

Yeah it sucks cause there won't be any Dudleys, Rhino, Raven, Sabu, etc. I hope Sandman is there

Actually, Sabu potentially can be offered a contract if WWE wishes, since he works on a show by show bases with TNA, according to what I've read.

And I don't know where Raven's contract currently stands.

Hopefully this will allow for Dreamer to get back into the ring regularly as well as Stevie Richards working regularly.

[The FallenAngel]

This may turn out really well if Vince stays the hell away from it.

[Mr. Socko]

Oh well. Smackdown is still sucking for me

Raw needs to bring back the DX, maybe it could be like the attitude era type show. And we have ECW coming back. So everything is beginning to shape up except the suckiness of Smackdown.

[The Apocalypse]

I would like to see Stevie face JBL at ONS2 and have Stevie win. That could jump start a push for him in WWE if this ECW thing doesnt work out.

[Mr. Socko]

I hope the full bWo comes back for the ECW show. And I think we need the Dudleys. And I'm sure they'd come back if offered more money then what they get in TNA. Where is Raven in TNA anyway? Just come on to ECW buddy.

"ECW thing doesn't work out" Are you joking:eek:

Nothing is better then hardcore, brawling, and cruiser wrestling. And thats what ECW is about:up:

[NDX]

One Night Stand last year and increasingly impressive dvd sales shows that ECW still has staying power with the wrestling crowd, and with McMahon's money backing it and Heyman's mind controlling it, it could really work. Plus the idea of using WWE developmental talent in the show is actually something I'd like to see. See how they can handle that type of match element.

[Sabretooth]

They may replace some of the old ECW stars with WWE stars that get continually crapped on. I'm thinking cruiserweights,and some of the guys who have been sitting on their asses for the past couple of months.

[NDX]

You know, I didn't even think about the cruiserweights and how some of them can really be let loose on an ECW program.

[Sarge 2.0]

Seeing as how ECW will be using developmental guys, I hope Punk stays OVW for a while. I would kill to see him in an ECW enviroment.

[Sabretooth]

Holy Crap. Punk. Imagine some of the matches he could be in. :eek:

[NDX]

I was thinking that too. I was thinking that as high as Heyman is on Punk how he might push him in the new ECW organization. Might be some of the most entertaining wrestling we've seen in years.

I'm really looking forward to this now. Although I'll miss the 18 foot ring if they record these during RAW/Smackdown! tapings.

If they were smart after a while they'd record house shows instead.

[Eklypze]

PWInsider.com has confirmed that Low Ki is backstage and will be facing Christopher Daniels at tonight's PPV.

[Sarge 2.0]

We know.

[The FallenAngel]

Holy Crap. Punk. Imagine some of the matches he could be in. :eek:I demand Punk vs. Benoit, and Punk vs. Mysterio.

[Jason Blood]

Well all those people in TNA arent under written contracts so if WWE does offer them enough money then they will prolly return. I don't think Raven or the Dudleys would go back because they don't like WWE and Raven doesn't really like Paul Heyman either. Sabu may come to the WWE. I was reading an X-Men comic the other day and there something in the middle of the comic promotion these new WWE figures (Legends) and Sabu was one of them.
Marvel owns Toybiz and Toybiz makes TNA figures

I don't know why I haven't gotten one yet...

[Jason Blood]

I demand Punk vs. Benoit, and Punk vs. Mysterio.
Punk had a match with Mysterio and Guerrero

it's on the internet, namely youtube

[NDX]

I demand Punk vs. Benoit, and Punk vs. Mysterio.

Same here, although the former probably will never happen. Hell, the latter probably wouldn't either.

[The FallenAngel]

Punk had a match with Mysterio and Guerrero

it's on the internet, namely youtubeI've seen it. It was awesome. I want to see them go one on one though.

[The FallenAngel]

Same here, although the former probably will never happen. Hell, the latter probably wouldn't either.Well...yeah. Damn. :(

[NDX]

I've seen it. It was awesome. I want to see them go one on one though.

Yeah... well I've never seen it. Now I feel left out. :(

::curses dialup::

[NDX]

Thanks to Gabe Smith for sending this along:

From the Hardcore Holly Message board:

Here's the latest on Bob's situation...
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The staph infection he got in the ring around August of last year turned into MSRA , they thought they had cured it, but when he had surgery on his right elbow in February it came back full force landing him back in the hospital in March. Everything seemed to be going ok until around the 7th or 8th of April when he came down with what we thought was a bad case of the flu (fever, chills, and then his arm began to swell). We went back to the doctor and he was admitted directly to the hospital that night and emergency surgery was scheduled the next morning. We stayed in the hospital until they put a PIC line in and got the results of the cultures back from surgery showing it was indeed still the MSRA which had gotten into his blood and also embedded his elbow joint. Unfortunately the only antibiotic that will probably get rid of it once and for all has to be administered by IV once every 12 hours for about the next 6 weeks. He has been on and off antibiotics since September of last year fighting this infection when he first got it, which really created a super strain infection resistant to everything they have given him. Now we are fighting along with that damage to other organs probably caused from such strong meds. They are monitoring him closely here at home, taking blood every other day now, delivering the medication to us daily, and at least trying to let him be here instead of at the hospital. The results on Friday were a little scary and they started him on an additional medication because his platelet level and potassium level were very high. Hopefully things will start to turn around and they will get this all out of his system without any long term damage to his kidneys.
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We encourage all Bob Holly fans to support Bob in this tough time! Any cards or anything from fans to cheer him up would be great! He is so ready to be back in the ring and all of this is very disheartening. He is a fighter and wants to be back to the ring and like I said we encourage you to drop Bob a note. The website (www.bobhollyacademy.com) has the address! Thanks everyone!

Gabe added this:

Being an EMT I wanted to give a little insight on the MSRA virus. This is a virus that is usually found in hospitals (scary thought) and can be VERY deadly. About 10% of people who get MSRA will die of complications from the infections that it can cause. This is not just a case of a wrestling being a little sick. This can possibly end an athlete's career. Just to give an idea of how bad that this situation MAY be. If y'all are praying people, send one out for him.

[Eric Draven]

So ECW really is returning after-all? I like the sounds of that.

And I'm not really too worried if they don't bring back guys like the Dudleys or Raven, etc. One good thing about ECW was that they could always make new stars. So it's a great chance for WWE guys who never got the opportunity to shine and really show their stuff.

I'm actually very excited about this :)

[NDX]

Hopefully WWE will bring in C.W. Anderson. Don't they also already have Doring and Roadkill under contract?

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/italy/2584988/205.jpg

See Trips is really a nice guy.look at the joy on the kiddies faceshttp://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Eric Draven]

Hopefully WWE will bring in C.W. Anderson. Don't they also already have Doring and Roadkill under contract?

Didn't Anderson have some sort of illness or something?

And they have Roadkill right now at OVW, but I think they can sign Doring with ease :confused:

[NDX]

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"SMILE OR I WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF THE MAIN EVENT, FOR I AM THE KING OF KINGS, THE CEREBRAL ASSASSIN, THE GAME, TRIPLE H!"

Yeah, that sucked. Sorry. Killer photo, though.