The Wrestling Gospel

[Hunter Rider]

- There was some major heat this past week between WWE and the UK’s Fighting Spirit Magazine. The magazine printed a memo sent out by WWE to members of the video game media that’s covering the SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 video game.

In the memo, WWE said that the press could not use any screenshots of Superstars bleeding or weapons being used. Also, the Superstars have to be called that and can’t be referred to as “wrestlers.”

But here’s the kicker. The memo from WWE also stated that no screenshots are allowed of Triple H “in a defenseless or vulnerable position.” I don’t even have to say how insane this is and how ridiculous the measures WWE are taking to protect Triple H’s image. WWE was furious that the memo was published and that the magazine published a screenshot of a character that looked like Triple H, with synthol filled pecs and welts on his back with Kane standing over him.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

That's good to hear

Wonder what kind of breakfast sandwich he had in Nashville lol

 

[Colossal Spoons]

- There was some major heat this past week between WWE and the UK’s Fighting Spirit Magazine. The magazine printed a memo sent out by WWE to members of the video game media that’s covering the SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 video game.

In the memo, WWE said that the press could not use any screenshots of Superstars bleeding or weapons being used. Also, the Superstars have to be called that and can’t be referred to as “wrestlers.”

But here’s the kicker. The memo from WWE also stated that no screenshots are allowed of Triple H “in a defenseless or vulnerable position.” I don’t even have to say how insane this is and how ridiculous the measures WWE are taking to protect Triple H’s image. WWE was furious that the memo was published and that the magazine published a screenshot of a character that looked like Triple H, with synthol filled pecs and welts on his back with Kane standing over him.

Wow. Is Big Trips' image that important?

 

[Mister J]

Matt seems extraordinarily happy. Good for him.

The image protection blurb is ridiculous. Wait until Batista gets wind of the fact that he wasn't covered on the memo. Yeesh.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Matt seems extraordinarily happy. Good for him.

The image protection blurb is ridiculous. Wait until Batista gets wind of the fact that he wasn't covered on the memo. Yeesh.

 

[Dr. Evil]

- There was some major heat this past week between WWE and the UK’s Fighting Spirit Magazine. The magazine printed a memo sent out by WWE to members of the video game media that’s covering the SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 video game.

In the memo, WWE said that the press could not use any screenshots of Superstars bleeding or weapons being used. Also, the Superstars have to be called that and can’t be referred to as “wrestlers.”

But here’s the kicker. The memo from WWE also stated that no screenshots are allowed of Triple H “in a defenseless or vulnerable position.” I don’t even have to say how insane this is and how ridiculous the measures WWE are taking to protect Triple H’s image. WWE was furious that the memo was published and that the magazine published a screenshot of a character that looked like Triple H, with synthol filled pecs and welts on his back with Kane standing over him.

These images from IGN.COM beg to differ

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Well it's a relief that Jeff isn't in any kind of trouble and it just turned into an overblown story by a dirtsheet site with nothing better to do. It's sad because you had people like myself and other fans here who were concerned, upset, and disappointed that Jeff may've blown his chances again.

It's dirtsheets sites like those that need to be shut down and sued for a lot of the news they report. Yeah some news is credible and deserves to be heard. But for them to actually add on to the story that Jeff's girlfriend was detained, Jeff was detained, and so forth just seems very slanderous and wrong in my opinion.

But so far we haven't heard anything out of the ordinary so all seems well which is a great thing.

 

[DX]

But here’s the kicker. The memo from WWE also stated that no screenshots are allowed of Triple H “in a defenseless or vulnerable position.” I don’t even have to say how insane this is and how ridiculous the measures WWE are taking to protect Triple H’s image. WWE was furious that the memo was published and that the magazine published a screenshot of a character that looked like Triple H, with synthol filled pecs and welts on his back with Kane standing over him.

Wow...

 

[DX]

Whoever made this video has no taste in wrestling:

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[LastSunrise1981]

Whoever made this video has no taste in wrestling:

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Whoever made that video has to be joking. There's no way anyone could make a video like that with a straight face and be taken seriously. I was thinking how much I'd like to see Regal and Kozlov have a feud.

Their styles are very similar and they both have a stiff approach. Regal being the pure mat based wrestler and Kozlov being the strength, quick, and brawler type would make for an interesting match between the two.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Brother Ray called into the BS Show yesterday that airs on Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando, Florida while independent wrestler J-Roc was on the show discussing the Jake Roberts' incident that took place over the weekend.

A quick aside to get you caught up, J-Roc was the wrestler that came to the ring after Jake Roberts' had the horrible match with JT Lightning due to being extremely intoxicated (or drugged as Roberts claims). After the awkward match where JT basically had to "shoot" pin Jake and then cut a "***** You Jake" promo, J-Roc came to the ring to try and get Roberts to DDT him. I believe he was looking to salvage the situation, but Jake refused to sell or do anything and simply rested on the corner until J-Roc finally exited the ring.

Apparently, Brother Ray thought that J-Roc and other wrestlers came out to legitimately shoot on Jake and hurt him. If you watch the video of the incident, you clearly see J-Roc working Jake and not trying to actually hurt him.

Brother Ray calls into the show and goes off on J-Roc for disrespecting a veteran. He said the guy working the match had every right to be upset, but you don't come out afterward and try and take advantage of Jake Roberts when he's down. He clearly has his story messed up as this didn't even happen.

When the host of the show asked for J-Roc's response, he tried to explain that he wasn't trying to take advantage of Jake. He was simply trying to make a bad situation better by doing what he was asked to do. It was obviously written into the script for him to go out and take a DDT from Jake. Unfortunately, his audio wasn't loud enough and Brother Ray couldn't hear him explain himself.

This leads to Brother Ray saying that if other veterans were there (I'm assuming him being one of them), they would march to the ring and "kill everyone and their mother". Although Ray does say it was wrong for Jake to get messed up the way he did, the promotion owes him an apology for what they tried to do after the match.

Interesting moment of radio though and for those wanting to listen, you can do so by clicking HERE.

 

[louiebling$]

Whoever made this video has no taste in wrestling:

that person knos nothing bout good wresting

 

[PyroChamber]

- There was some major heat this past week between WWE and the UK’s Fighting Spirit Magazine. The magazine printed a memo sent out by WWE to members of the video game media that’s covering the SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 video game.

In the memo, WWE said that the press could not use any screenshots of Superstars bleeding or weapons being used. Also, the Superstars have to be called that and can’t be referred to as “wrestlers.”

But here’s the kicker. The memo from WWE also stated that no screenshots are allowed of Triple H “in a defenseless or vulnerable position.” I don’t even have to say how insane this is and how ridiculous the measures WWE are taking to protect Triple H’s image. WWE was furious that the memo was published and that the magazine published a screenshot of a character that looked like Triple H, with synthol filled pecs and welts on his back with Kane standing over him.

I don't know which is more ridiculous, the thing about not showing Triple H getting hurt or the fact that they don't want their wrestlers to be called "wrestlers".

 

[Dr. Evil]

Whoever made this video has no taste in wrestling:

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Where are these guys?

- Hornwoggle
- The Great Khali
- Snitsky
- The Boogeyman

 

[thejon93]

Whoever made this video has no taste in wrestling:

Notice how they're all heels?... Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think he's marking off "Heels" as "Worst Wrestlers" because of their... "heel"iness?!... I don't know, all that I know is that, that kid surely has no taste in music.

 

[Dr. Evil]

The Tennessean.com is reporting that Jeff Hardy was denied boarding on his flight home to North Carolina yesterday because he "appeared intoxicated at Nashville International Airport's Southwest gate" according to Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Mainz. After his alleged intoxication was reported, Southwest denied his entry on the flight.

Hardy was not arrested and instead offered to take a later flight. He did not cause a scene at the airport.

-PWInsider

 

[LastSunrise1981]

The Tennessean.com is reporting that Jeff Hardy was denied boarding on his flight home to North Carolina yesterday because he "appeared intoxicated at Nashville International Airport's Southwest gate" according to Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Mainz. After his alleged intoxication was reported, Southwest denied his entry on the flight.

Hardy was not arrested and instead offered to take a later flight. He did not cause a scene at the airport.

-PWInsider

Intoxicated? Perhaps he was just tired? But in any event this shouldn't affect his push if that's the case. He didn't cause scene and at least it wasn't drug related which we all feared was the case. In any event I am glad this turned out to be the situation at hand.

 

[TheVileOne]

Can you really not let someone board a plane because you think they look drunk?

 

[TheVileOne]

TNA is the only organization that would put up with Kevin Nash's BS.

 

[Nightmare]

What did big sexy do now?

 

[The Sage]

He refused to retire.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Pro Wrestling Illustrated has published its list of the top 500 wrestlers each year since 1991, in an annual special edition magazine called the 'PWI 500'. Randy Orton tops the list this year. Orton is on the cover of the magazine and the headline reads: "Randy Orton #1 - "Who Else?" John Cena topped the list the past two years.

Here is the list in its entirety.

1.Randy Orton
2.Kurt Angle
3.Triple H
4.Samoa Joe
5.Edge
6.The Undertaker
7.Shawn Michaels
8.Nigel McGuiness
9.John Cena
10.Shinsuke Nakamura
11.Takeshi Morishima
12.Ultimo Guerrero
13.Bryan Danielson
14.Christian Cage
15.Batista
16.Keiji Muto
17.Mistico
18.Jeff Hardy
19.Ric Flair
20.Hiroshi Tanahashi
21.AJ Styles
22.Perro Aguayo Jr.
23.MVP
24.CM Punk
25.Tomko
26.Mesias
27.Jay Lethal
28.Dr. Wagner Jr.
29.Chris Jericho
30.Kensuke Sasaki
31.Austin Aries
32.Cibernetico
33.Kane
34.Booker T
35.Mr.Kennedy
36.Chavo Guerrero Jr.
37.Umaga
38.Robert Roode
39.Suwama
40.JBL
41.Matt Hardy
42.James Storm
43.John Morrison
44.Adam Pearce
45.Kaz
46.CIMA
47.Minoru Suzuki
48.Petey Williams
49.Jay Briscoe
50.Mark Briscoe
51.Big Show
52.Claudio Castagnoli
53.Giant Bernard
54.The Miz
55.William Regal
56.Finlay
57.Yuji Nagata
58.Chris Hero
59.Rey Mysterio Jr.
60.Eric Young
61.Rhino
62.Shelton Benjamin
63.Carlito
64.Scott Steiner
65.Mark Henry
66.Chuck Palumbo
67.Homicide
68.Averno
69.Chris Sabin
70.Alex Shelley
71.Zorro
72.Hernandez
73.Dos Caras Jr.
74.Jimmy Jacobs
75.Orlando Colon
76.Kofi Kingston
77.Alan Stone
78.Brother Ray
79.Cody Rhodes
80.Lance Cade
81.Sonjay Dutt
82.Brother Devon
83.The Great Khali
84.Sting
85.El Hijo del Santo
86.Kenta Kobashi
87.Mitsuharu Misawa
88.Tyler Black
89.Masato Tanaka
90.Naomichi Marufuji
91.Santino Marella
92.Hardcore Holly
93.Satoshi Kojima
94.Ron Killings
95.Curry Man
96.Trevor Murdoch
97.KENTA
98.Charly Manson
99.Elijah Burke
100.Toshiaki Kawada
101.Nick Dinsmore
102.Chessman
103.Roderick Strong
104.Abyss
105.Mephisto
106.Festus
107.Davey Richards
108.Rocky Romero
109.Atlantis
110.El Condor
111.Brian Kendrick
112.Negro Casas
113.Halloween
114.Tommy Dreamer
115.Rey Bucanero
116.Paul London
117.Jerry Lynn
118.Wataru Inoue
119.Jushin Liger
120.Brent Albright
121.Blue Demon Jr.
122.Shark Boy
123.Hector Garza
124.Blitz
125.Jamie Noble
126.Matt Morgan
127.Black Reign
128.Black Warrior
129.Kevin Steen
130.Johnny Devine
131.Paul Birchall
132.Kip James
133.Sangre Azteca
134.Snitsky
135.Togi Makabe
136.Erick Stevens
137.Masato Yoshino
138.Mr.Niebla
139.B.G.James
140.Zack Ryder
141.Curt Hawkins
142.Juventud Guerrera
143.El Generico
144.Jimmy Wang Yang
145.Jack Evans
146.Mr.Aguila
147.Jesse
148.Joe Doering
149.Vladmir Kozlov
150.Lance Hoyt
151.Mike Knox
152.BJ Whitmer
153.Joey Matthews
154.Big Daddy V
155.Masahiro Chono
156.Delirious
157.Mike Quackenbush
158.Milano Collection AT
159.Shannon Moore
160.Jimmy Rave
161.Rellik
162.Necro Butcher
163.Eddie Colon
164.Yoshihiro Takayama
165.Deuce
166.Matt Striker
167.Chicano
168.Mike DiBiase
169.Domino
170.Steve Corino
171.Shawn Spears
172.Marco Corleone
173.Bryan Logan
174.Yoshinobu Kanemaru
175.Glen Osbourne
176.Manabu Nakanishi
177.Shad Gaspard
178.Go Shiozaki
179.Eric Perez
180.Rory Fox
181.Dragon Kid
182.Toru Yano
183.Joey Ryan
184.Charlie Haas
185.JTG
186.Kevin Nash
187.Ted DiBiase Jr.
188.Human Tornado
189.Nic Nemeth
190.Chris Harris
191.Volador Jr.
192.La Sombra
193.Heath Miller
194.Super Crazy
195.Consequences Creed
196.Rory McAllister
197.D.H. Smith
198.Robbie McAllister
199.Ruckus
200.Pac
201.Katsuhiko Nakajima
202.Jigsaw
203.Scott Lost
204.Rob Eckos
205.Ricky Reyes
206.Billy Bax
207.Tiger Mask IV
208.Matt Cross
209.El Sagrado
210.Stevie Richards
211.Tatsumi Fujinami
212.L.A. Park
213.Rikishi
214.Ryusuke Taguchi
215.Evan Bourne
216.Jay Bradley
217.Josh Prohibition
218.Shinjiro Otani
219.Drew McIntyre
220.D'Lo Brown
221.Elix Skipper
222.Jake Hager
223.Chris Masters
224.Shawn Daivari
225.Naruki Doi
226.Sheamus O'Shaunessy
227.Low-Ki
228.Kid Kash
229.Hiromi Horiguchi
230.2 Cold Scorpio
231.Ace Steel
232.Adam Flash
233.Kenzo Suzuki
234.Hiroyoshi Tenzan
235.Ricky Vega
236.Teddy Hart
237.Minoru Fujita
238.La Mascara
239.Puma
240.Heavy Metal
241.T.J. Wilson
242.Taru
243.Balls Mahoney
244.Danny Doring
245.Colt Cabana
246.Chris Cage
247.Josh Daniels
248.KUDO
249.La Parka
250.Sabu
251.Takeshi Rikio
252.Chad Collyer
253.Jason Blade
254.Olimpico
255.Masaaki Mochizuki
256.Pepper Parks
257.Damian 666
258.Matt Logan
259.Ephesto
260.Christian York
261.Mike Mondo
262.Rob Conway
263.Shocker
264.Nunzio
265.Xavier
266.Vito
267.Kenny Dykstra
268.Chris Joel
269.Alex Koslov
270.Gran Akuma
271.Ron Zombie
272.Icarus
273.Derek Frazier
274.Noriega
275.Lince Dorado
276.Intocable
277.Jun Akiyama
278.Eddie Kingston
279.Mad Man Pondo
280.Scott Cardinal
281.Michael Sain
282.Lizmark Jr.
283.Shingo Takagi
284.Super Hentai
285.Chad Parham
286.Maximo
287.Kevin Dunn
288.Mean Marcos
289.Hallowicked
290.Kotaro Suzuki
291.Brazo de Plata
292.Joe Bravo
293.Phoenix Star
294.Brain Damage
295.Ricky Landell
296.Bam Neely
297.Felino
298.Larry Sweeney
299.Joker
300.Devon Moore
301.Ricky Marvin
302.Zokre
303.Bobby Fish
304.Tank Toland
305.Helios
306.Black Pain
307.Pelle Primeau
308.Naoya Ogawa
309.Chuck Taylor
310.Bruiser
311.Rhett Titus
312.Abismo Negro
313.Blue Panther
314.Savio Vega
315.Ultimo Dragon
316.Kevin Thorn
317.Frederick of Hollywood
318.Val Venis
319.Tom Brandi
320.Mitch Ryder
321.TAKA Michinoku
322.Damian
323.Tyson Dux
324.Aden Chambers
325.Crazy Boy
326.Adam Flash
327.Taku Iwasa
328.Incognito
329.Anthony Bravado
330.Thunder
331.Andrew Ryker
332.Spike Dudley
333.Jorge Rivera
334.The Atomic Dogg
335.Lightning
336.Bryan Kelly
337.Judas Young
338.Taiyo Kea
339.Kaz Hayashi
340.Hyjinx
341.Sterling James Keenan
342.Arik Cannon
343.Shane Hagadorn
344.El Pantera
345.Kassidy James
346.Max Von Bauer
347.Doug Williams
348.Al Snow
349.Sinn Bowdie
350.John McChesney
351.Shayne Hawke
352.Truitt Fields
353.John Kermon
354.Cruzz
355.Orlando Jordan
356.Robert Anthony
357.UltraMantis Black
358.Steve Lewington
359.Johnny Kashmere
360.2 Dope
361.Mikey Whipwreck
362.Tajiri
363.Mike Kurel
364.N8 Mattson
365.Takashi Iizuka
366.Noel Rodriguez
367.El Gran Apache
368.Afa Jr.
369.Qeenan Creed
370.Diabolico
371.Shane Storm
372.Johnny Curtis
373.Kahagas
374.Romeo Roselli
375.Bobby Dempsey
376.Rudy Switchblade
377.Jim Duggan
378.Trent Acid
379.Kafu
380.Jerry Lawler
381.Shiima Xion
382.Atlas DaBone
383.Scott Wright
384.Navajo Warrior
385.Sal Rinauro
386.Robin Knightwing
387.Scott Zenzen
388.Joey Knight
389.Sean Waltman
390.Jamin Olivencia
391.Kevin Grace
392.BxB Hulk
393.Sho Funaki
394.Azrieal
395.J.D. Michaels
396.Richard Rondon
397.Titan
398.Antonio Thomas
399.Ace Darling
400.Colin Delaney
401.Larry Huntley
402.Chasyn Rance
403.Rycklon
404.Billy Roc
405.Nate Bash
406.Iceberg
407.Armando Estrada
408.Charles Evans
409.Mike Reed
410.Johnny Gargano
411.Jumping Jeff Jeffrey
412.Jonny Puma
413.Benjamin Sailer
414.The Stro
415.Leslie Leatherman
416.Freak Nastty
417.Ali Akbar
418.Luke Hawx
419.Derek Wylde
420.Milwaukee Mauler
421.Robere Shields
422.Omega
423.Dan Eckos
424.Hawaiian Lion
425.Johnny Ova
426.Zachary Shane
427.Cody Deaner
428.Ric Converse
429.Mega
430.Sami Callahan
431.Soldier Ant
432.Sean Royal
433.Kornbred
434.Tank
435.Hade Vansen
436.Prince Nana
437.Brodie Lee
438.Rob Terry
439.Fire Ant
440.Dan Paysan
441.Red Anderson
442.Andy Dalton
443.Zach Gowan
444.Carlitos
445.Dylan Starr
446.Eric Everlast
447.Ron Falco
448.Joe Gibson
449.Jeremy Wyatt
450.Mister St.Laurent
451.Omar Akbar
452.Shawn Cook
453.Kenny King
454.Kirby Mack
455.Drew Blood
456.Nate Laws
457.Brian Soscia
458.Shorty Smalls
459.Crazy Rudy
460.Ric Byrne
461.T.J. Mack
462.Maifu
463.Mikal Judas
464.Phil Shatter
465.Robby Starr
466.Saifu
467.Phil Atlas
468.Jimmy Olsen
469.Mike Tobin
470.Corporal Robinson
471.Slim J
472.Ryan McBride
473.Chance Prophet
474.Hiram Tua
475.Mozart Fontaine
476.Matt Riviera
477.Hook Bomberry
478.Mastiff
479.Pinke LaRue
480.Chris Stone
481.Supreme Lee Great
482.Teddy Stigma
483.Greg Marasciulo
484.Apovslypse
485.Player Uno
486.Jimmy DeMarco
487.Wade Chism
488.Tim Donst
489.Leono
490.Dre Blitz
491.Igotta Brewski
492.Larry Zbyszko
493.Super Calo
494.Marshall Gambino
495.Hydra
496.Mickey Gambino
497.Worker Ant
498.The Guy with Red Hair
499.Kliff Hanger
500.Kurt Adonis

 

[Fading]

Am I the only one who thinks it's sad Carlito made it in the top 100, let alone just barely over 50? Not saying the list is inaccurate, but what has Carlito done this year to deserve to be on any top wrestler list other than being employed by WWE.

I guess being off TV for a few months and showing less enthusiasm than a fat kid in a health food store can't compete with switching your 'fro to cornrows and back to a 'fro again.

 

[nite-owl]

Where are these guys?

- Hornwoggle
- The Great Khali
- Snitsky
- The Boogeyman

Is The Boogeyman still employed?

 

[NDX]

Hey, Mike Tobin made the list at 469.