I'm over 2 hours in so far...maybe they took my advice on Twitter and have Cena go all "Outsiders" and just bust in whenever....that's kinda what he did tonight...Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
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I'm over 2 hours in so far...maybe they took my advice on Twitter and have Cena go all "Outsiders" and just bust in whenever....that's kinda what he did tonight...Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Nice $2 crown there WWE. Also a nice $2....maybe $5 scepter.
Yeah, it's pretty much a reverse nWo right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Also, gotta love the segment when Husky and the other dude are saying "Cena took out 3 of us in one night!" ... dude ... you two were in the back during that beatdown. How did he "take you out" if you're still walking?
He's (Otunga) talking about Hennig (not going to call him McGilliwhathefuck), Wendy...errr Slater, and Gabriel....Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Something makes me want to think Otunga is working with Cena....it's clear he's going to to leave the group eventually.
Oops. I'd totally forgotten about Hennig. So I could only think of two.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Still pretty funny ... the three of them get jumped -- Gabriel gets absolutely destroyed ... and then those two are like "three of us got taken out!" How the hell did you survive that, fatso?
( I wouldn't call him Husky Harris either, except, realistically, it sounds less far-fetched than Windham Rotunda )
That passenger car window sure busted out easy to make it look good when he irish whipped him into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
:D I was thinking the same thing JB. They look like something you would buy at Wal-Mart or K-Mart.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
When Vince can't run the company anymore. I hope Steph and Trips don't be this idiotic.....
Quote:
At the Monday Night Raw taping in Orlando, a fan ringside wearing Hulk Hogan merchandise. Security personnel made him remove almost all of his Hulkster garb, and was given a "Stand Up for WWE" T-shirt to wear.
The WWE website announced this evening that MVP has been released from his contract.
MVP released
Written: December 2, 2010
World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar MVP as of December 2, 2010. WWE wishes MVP the best in all future endeavor
Wow, they go from completely under utilizing him to just releasing him. I'm guessing MVP wanted this release considering he was going nowhere.
Watched my first PPV in several months last night. Overall it was good. The Sheamus/Morrison Ladder match was probably the 2nd best match of 2010 next to HBK/Taker II.
Hell even the Divas tables match was decent. Was kinda stupid that they billed Cena/Barrett as the main event over the title matches. Pretty stoked that Edge is now in the 10-time world champion category....and look forward to the feud continuing against Kane leading up to the Rumble.
Why can't the writing be this good all-year round?
One of the best promo vids of 2010:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnBNQxMrw8c
Seen tonight during Raw:
I'm not sure if they're talking about all-time or this year ... if they're talking about all-time, I find it hard to believe with Guitar Hero or NBA Live ... if they're talking this year ... NBA Live?!Quote:
Smackdown vs Raw has sold more video games than: Medal of Honor, NBA Live, Harry Potter, Residential Evil, and Guitar Hero.
EDIT: Apparently they're talking all time ... wow. Only 21 franchises, all-time, have sold more than Smackdown.
Tuesday's live Smackdown on USA got a 2.5 rating...a HUGE jump from what they're getting on SyFy, wonder if that will eventually push the WWE to go live with it full time.
This is the time of year I love in the WWE, this is when the writers usually step up their game and actually have longer lasting feuds to run through Wrestlemania.
I was amused that the Nexus storyline was essentially the entire nWo storyline condensed into a couple months.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
NXT Season 2 winner Kaval (aka Lo-Ki) is ALREADY released by the WWE :D ridiculous waste of a good talent.
Pretty sure that's the second time they've totally wasted his talent, isn't it?
I can't fathom that they actually are doing right by American Dragon but have screwed up so many other guys.
No, he's had two stints in TNA after ROH. This was his first stint with WWE.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Ah yes, it was TNA that totally wasted him.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Sigh ... RoH's roster was so incredibly good a few years ago.
I guess Kaval asked for his release, WWE didn't fire him. And he said according to Twitter that Kaval is no more....so I'm assuming he'll be going by Lo-Ki from now on.
Some interesting stuff about Goldust in his days in TNA...this is from his new book:
WWE talent Dustin Rhodes (a/k/a Goldust) speaks frankly and openly about his journey through the professional wrestling industry in his newly released autobiography, Cross Rhodes: Goldust, Out of the Darkness. He gives a no-holds barred account of his severe drug problems, which notably persisted during his two stints with TNA Wrestling. In the book, he admits that his issues had worsened to the point that he was using cocaine prior to matches for the organization in 2005. Regarding this, he wrote:
"Eventually, and thanks to my dad, I started working for Total Nonstop Action for $1,000 a show. He was the boss, right under Dixie Carter. TNA wasn't doing too well at that point, but I had a job making okay money. I could drive home just about every night. All I was doing was what little I had to do in the ring, then hanging out spending my money on coke, pills, and booze.
"I started making excuses for why I couldn't hang with Dakota. Subconsciously I probably knew I didn't want her around me or my girlfriend because the environment was so toxic. Despite the chaos, I showed up every night for work. I have no idea how I was able to stay on point with work at that time. One of my cardinal rules was never to drink before I worked a match. I wouldn't consider doing coke before a match either. I'd take painkillers, fine. I had been taking painkillers for so long that I had convinced myself I really need them. I was taking medicine because I worked in a tough business. That was the story I had cemented into my mind. But drugs have a way of altering everything, including the stories you tell yourself. Eventually, I started doing a little coke before matches while retaining my vow to never drink alcohol before I go into the ring, as if that was something to be proud of."
Rhodes parted ways with TNA Wrestling after being arrested on April 25, 2005 and charged with misdemeanor battery following a domestic incident with his girlfriend at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando, Florida. He would return to the organization two years later as the split personality character Black Reign. He said that time was the hardest period of his life as his painkiller usage increased.
"Every morning, as soon as I pulled myself out of bed, I'd take three Vicodins or Lortabs just to get moving. I was sore and pretty banged up physically, but over time pain pills exaggerated rather than eliminated whatever pain I was feeling. It was a slow process for me to get into the day. I'd get that first rush from pills and then I'd get moving. I might do something around the house, or jump into my truck and drive to the river to work on this book."
He continues disclosing his severe self-medication issues, which culminated with the following in early 2008:
"I was probably taking close to forty pills a day at the end. I was so desperate that I actually bought pain pills from drug dealers because I would run out long before I could find another doctor to write a prescription. If I dropped a pill and it fell into the carpet, I would spend hours down on my hands and knees trying to find it. At the same time I was drinking so much that I'd wake up dizzy and unable to walk.
"Finally, after a three-day binge, I'd had enough. It was raining, I pulled myself up and walked right out the door. The rain was pouring down and I stumbled up a hill near this house where I knew I could get cell-phone reception. Somehow, I managed to call my dad. It was four thirty in the morning. I was falling down the hill in the mud. Ta-rel (his girlfriend) was trying to hold me up. I was scared half to death. I managed to get into the house, soaking wet.
"I had found the bottom."
Rhodes, still affiliated with TNA Wrestling, then reveals calling Ann Russo-Gordon, the liaison between World Wrestling Entertainment and talent who take up the company's offer for rehab. He remained locked away in a rehabilitation center for thirty days to face his demons and was successful. He credits his family and WWE, which he also considers family, for helping him turn his life around. He says he has remained sober since May 20, 2008.
CM Punk the new leader of Nexus....interesting.
More interesting:
According to Dave Melzer of the Wrestling Observer, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is trying to get out of his UFC contract, which currently has one fight remaining on it. Lesnar reportedly wants to work WWE's WrestleMania 27 pay-per-view in Atlanta next year and has been talking with WWE officials about how the deal can be done.
In what sounds like a very telling piece of information, Brock Lesnar has not talked with anyone from UFC or answered Dana White's phone calls since losing the UFC Heavyweight Title to Cain Velasquez last month. Sources also say that Lesnar hasn't began to prepare for his next UFC fight and hasn't trained since losing to Velasquez.
It's said that Lesnar has lost some interest in MMA and has been been re-considering his future in the sport after his devestating loss to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 and the beating he took in the win against Shane Carwin before that.
More on Lesnar:
According to Dave Meltzer of Yahoo Sports, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is looking for an "exit strategy" to get out of his UFC contract, which most believe currently has one fight left on it. Lesnar "badly" wants to work WWE's WrestleMania 27 pay-per-view in Atlanta next year.
The MMA world has been buzzing about this story since Dave Melzer broke the news on Monday night. Meltzer said on his radio show that the fight with Velasquez has changed Brock's attitude on fighting and he is at the stage in his life where he doesn't want to get injured. He's very well off financially and the business man in him apparently knows that it may be time to move on.
Lesnar has been hunting and hasn't even thought about his next fight. Lesnar apparently wants to do WrestleMania "badly" and will earn an estimated $2 million dollars for 30 minutes of work.
Its widely known that Lesnar was miserable with WWE's brutal travel schedule and vowed to never be on the road with WWE 200 days a year again. With the mainstream success he's had in the UFC and the insane drawing power he's displayed during his time there, he could make a truckload of money working WrestleMania and a few other limited appearances.
Completely AWESOME wrestling. Period.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2baXiRfvW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGTL9HT9a6s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhVa6oj_bZc
LMAO - oh my
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBnEabG43s
WOW ... awesome mash-up of Punk and Nexus' themes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2rYG3CCsKw
Awesome until the auto-tuned lyrics from We Are One. Both are awesome songs, so I'm not surprised they mash up well.
Curious to see what the WWE does with it...Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Watched TNA IMPACT last night for the first time in a year or so. What is going on there? Is there anyone who is not a WWE re-tread??? Plus, how does this company make money? I work with more people than they had fans. Hey not to criticize because I would choose TNA or WWE just because but how does Bishoff keep getting work???
I can't watch TNA anymore. The stories have more holes than WWE. And that's saying something. There is a heel turn every other month by someone and no one can keep up....
WWE's new backstage interviewer isn't too bad....better than Grisham....this guy has the voice to do interviews, not sound like a complete wuss.
Pro Wrestling Illustrated 2010 Award Winners.
Stanley Weston Award: Killer Kowalski
Rookie: David Otunga
Inspirational: Shawn Michaels
Comeback: RVD
Improved: D'Angelo Dinero (Elijah Burke)
Woman: Michelle McCool
Popular: Randy Orton
Hated: Nexus
Feud: Nexus vs. WWE
Match: Undertaker vs. HBK from Wrestlemania
Team: Motor City Machine Guns
Wrestler: Randy Orton
Most of those make me :smh:
Some interesting insight from a former WWE writer:
* Vince McMahon views Skip Sheffield as a potential number two babyface, behind John Cena. He remains sidelined after suffering a compound fracture of his ankle in August.
* Piermarini says the original concept of the Uso brothers was to present them as the opposite of the stereotypical Samoan wrestler—educated, intelligent and wear boots. "Usos would essentially have been the Russell Simmons of the WWE. That preppy hip-hop style," he says. Piermarini attributes their lackluster push in the organization to Vince McMahon not understanding hip-hop culture, and thus couldn't comprehend the appeal of the brothers Uso. He also says they fell victim to bad timing due to The Nexus debuting shortly after them.
* Piermarini says he originally proposed that Mason Ryan fill Sheffield's powerhouse role in The Nexus shortly after "The Cornfed Meathead" fractured his ankle. Vince McMahon, however, rejected the idea
Man these were the days ----- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8d...mbed&start=401
One of the most shocking if not best moments in Rumble history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpJshxa7ryM
And now I may have to order the Rumble.
Best moment of the Royal Rumble ... Hornswaggle with an Attitude Adjustment on Tyson Kidd.
That was pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
I loved when Morrison did his Spidey trick.
Glad that Del Rio won....I figured he would be in the title picture sometime in 2011, didn't think it would be this soon, but they did it this soon with Swagger.
The pops for Booker and Nash were awesome. I was surprised Nash came out to the Diesel gimmick, sounds like neither is going to be wrestling full time. Nash is going to be a backstage agent, Booker may be an announcer or manager.