Leaderboard

I know it's not a popular opinion to have on-line but this is pretty much exactly how I feel. If Rick Rude wasn't good enough to be on top, then I don't see it in Daniel Bryan. I don't care how many people in the crowd chant "Yes!" I loved Mr. Perfect. He did fine in the midcard. Is it really some big catastrophe if Daniel Bryan isn't WWE Champion & carrying the banner of the company? Ricky Steamboat was never WWE Champion. Jake Roberts wasn't either. Different times, different eras, I know...but there's a lot more to it than just workrate. I mean, compared to like The Miz? Yeah, Daniel Bryan would be a good fit. Daniel Bryan is a helluva worker. No one when they were watching him back in Ring of Honor in 2005ish thought that one day he'd be in the main event of a WWE Summerslam, wrestling for the WWE title in a Hell in a Cell match that featured both Shawn Michaels & Triple H. That's insane. Now people are complaining that he's not the top dog in the biggest wrestling company in the world when he's like 5'7", 180lbs? C'mon, man. He's more famous that he has ever been, he's making bank & he marrying a Bella twin. He's doing pretty fucking OK. We'll never really know if Bryan could have been that guy because they blew it so horribly. He was getting crowd reactions that over the last 15 years are rivaled by only Steve Austin and Jeff Hardy (who could have been THE GUY if he wasn't such a fuck up) but they booked him to look like a complete dumbshit week after week. And week after week this thread was filled with "just wait and see where it goes" posts. Well where it's gone is he's back in the mid-card "where he belongs" and you're now being asked to spend $50 for a BIG SHOW VS. RANDY ORTON main event. Maybe everything the WWE reportedly believes is right and Bryan isn't big enough to be a top guy, but maybe they screwed the pooch with every single thing they did after Summerslam and shot themselves in the foot before they ever got to find out what star potential Bryan really has.

Well who the fuck am I supposed to shit on then? Can't shit on Davey for wrestling shitty because it's for the fans. Can't shit on the fans for supporting shitty wrestling because that's just like their opinion maaaan. What am I supposed to do just ignore it and let people be free to live their shitty lives and enjoy stupid things? This isn't what the internet was made for. I have so much shit inside me. I have to let it out.

Razor Ramon photobombing Mayor West makes me happy.

And two things:1) Did Bryan not winning the belt have a happy ending? No. Did a really good story get told? Yes. The dude never got a fair shot and couldn't pull the trigger with the odds against him. The story's also not over, mind you -- he can get that shot back right away. The Big Show's involvement ties into the story. So do Dustin/Cody. There has been a ton of great stuff. 2) I don't care about the ratings. But the ratings might have tanked because the story is more of the same -- evil authority figures rig the system. It's been well-executed but I could totally buy no one wanting to see HHH and Steph anymore. And, naturally, no one in the company can or would really say that to them.

Vitor gets a bigger edge because his TRT is blessed by God.

Random factoid. "Chris Hero" is the google search term that brings the most traffic to my blog by a large margin. And despite me having maybe one post out of a couple hundred that even mentions his name. Top 3 1. Chris Hero - 1745 2. Antonio Inoki - 565 3. man balls - 113

Do you know what inversely means?I ain't got time to read every word, man!

Government jobs, man. smdh

Old School John has made his triumphant return! I think that belongs in the "Good" category.

If only Chris Hero had used a treadmill...

What proof do you have that La Parka isn't a ghost? I used to do this. I would bail after the baby got his shine, and then walk about halfway around the ring. When the ref started to count, I would make a "T" with my hands and call a time out. When the ref denied me the TO and the fans started to give me shit for asking, I would then look at the ref and tap my shoulders, and say "I only need a 20"... Which really seemed to piss folks off.Kudos. Also, please tell me that after pulling off a clever move on a face, that you used to tap your head to show how smart you were. I always got a kick out of that.Hell yes I did that. And I would look at a fan and go "smaaaaaaaaaart" while doing so.

If DVDVR was a long running sitcom, the the last scene of the this season's finale would be Andrew and Burgundy waking up hungover in bed together and screaming in horror at what they've done.

Also, Hogan was TOTALLY macking on Savage's woman. I thought so when I was five, and I still think so now. He was way out of line. If Hulk wanted Liz, he would have taken her. Now Bill Apter put across the theory that Hogan was using Liz to provoke Savage into attacking him. So when Hogan took his title back, he could claim self defense. Even worse if Apter was right, then! I could forgive Hogan for having a lapse in moral judgment because he was mesmerized by Miss Elizabeth's wholesome beauty. However, driving a wedge between a couple just to make it look like he isn't the aggressor and so that he can get a shot at the belt? For shame if that is true! This sounds like the type of thing that a man who showed poor sportsmanship at the end of the 1992 Royal Rumble and that joined the Outsiders to rip apart WCW would do, however. You would think that Hogan would at least just ask Savage for a shot at the belt straight up since they were friends, but then again, we see how he reacted when Andre the Giant did the same thing to him. Shameful.

Goddamn, the WWE goes overboard with the fucking makeup sometimes.

despiiite all my rage homicide still can't climb up this caaaage

But, if we let it go then what the hell am I supposed to do with all of these?

If TRT gives you that type of timing, give me all of it.

Tonight was the first time the Tampa Bay Lightning have won in Detroit since 1994.

Indy sleaze said thats why he left Chikara - stealing someones girlfriend.

It ends with Richie insulting him a bunch and trying to fight him and Glazer tapping him out as he cries.

Maybe if Chris has listened to me and gotten that polo shirt he'd still be getting a paycheck.

I think Titus could have a decent run. There was that pop when he and Roman Reigns stared each other down on that Low Carders vs. Shield match on Raw. I just hope they don't split the PTP, just have Darren Young cheering him on, maybe going for the US belt. O'Neil has some charisma to him and size, which will help. Can someone please tell Vince no one tunes in to see Great Khali? The big tall guy mystique to him is not really there anymore. Although a feud between the Punjabi Playboy and Tyson Kidd for Natalya's hand would of been funny for a five minute segment every now and then. The potential card for Wrestlemania seems really bland to me, have to see how it all goes down. Another Cena/Orton match, Ryback vs either Big Show or Goldberg, and Brock/Taker... I hope we get that HBK/Bryan match and Taker/Sting instead. I cannot fathom them asking $60-70 for the current card they seem headed towards. Goldust/Cody could be intriguing. I just wish the WWE Creative could craft one storyline that doesn't flicker out, but they dropped the ball with The Nexus, with Summer of Punk and this Authority angle is not really doing anything for me. I don't really hate it, I just don't find myself caring about the next show for it. I know it is hard to balance out the egos and churn out a good show every week but they always seem to miss chances to make moments. Sandow's mitb shenanigans with Cody could of been done better, it went nowhere.

How do you get a match penalty for a headshot on a hit where Giroux's head was never hit and he was skating around fine smiling seconds later? Overreaction based on who got hit here.

Put Barrett and Cesaro in a tag-team, let them stiff the Hero's and Ryder's of the company ala the APA. Instant overness.

Any of you Lakers fans catch that game last night? Poor Pau. I have Davis in one of my money leagues this year and it feels so good. He is making the leap. It's going to be a big leap. http://youtu.be/cmIZ9AD53JE

Haha the last time Sheamus and Bryan went 18 seconds it did a lot more for Bryan than Sheamus.

Chris Hero is fucking awesome, and such a nice guy. I'm bummed out for him.

It was dog shit. I couldn't finish a second watch because it was like STUPID PEOPLE: THE MOVIE

WUT DA HALE BENICIO DEL TORO.

Because none of those people were The Stuff, obviously.

I suspect that this is going to turn out to be an abusive relationship that went south...

I still feel like the Benoit situation led to a lot of people in our group to look at wrestling a different way and to find different ways to enjoy it, to emphasize certain aspects as good and to turn our back on some old excessive workrate mainstays. I think we really took a look at how wrestling matches worked and found different things to value and like. A lot of us came to find a new appreciation of things like match layout and working a crowd, in working smart instead of working hard, at the why behind moves instead of just the how they were executed or how much wrestlers did. Richards isn't just a dinosaur when it comes to a lot of our tastes but he's the logical evolution of a dinosaur. He's some crazy horrific lizard man gone wrong.

It's going to be so disappointing if it turns out Mycroft really is just an innocent restauranteur who just wants to mend his relationship with Sherlock. He has to be aligned with someone or something sinister. Why does he want Sherlock out of New York? Besides, he friendzoned Lucy Lui! There has to be something up with the guy.

We've been down this road for you before. And not once has it ended well. It tends to go-- 1.) I met a new girl. She's not my type, but she seems nice. I'll give it a chance. We're going to hang out soon. 2.) I hung out with the new girl, and what a hag. She laughed at me/gave me a fake phone number/has a boyfriend that she was trying to make jealous/cusssed at me/has crappy friends. It was bad. 3.) I shouldn't have bothered. She's a fatty/not that good looking/kinda ugly and so not my type. Eff her. What a waste of time. Lather, rinse, repeat. I say this as someone who can empathize with the lack of social skills. I'm awkward as hell. But you can't go into these situations with pre-conceived notions. If someone isn't your type, then why bother getting to know them, and then use that against them when these quasi-relationships go bad? You're picking on them and setting yourself up for failure. Thing is, I think you enjoy it, as though you're channeling your energy toward these negative scenarios. That's not healthy. I don't mean to psycho-analyze you. Hell, I don't know what I'm talking about and I sure as hell don't have room to point fingers. But when do you stop to say it's not them but maybe you? We all have likes/dislikes and things that push our buttons. Seriously, I've straight cussed out people on this board. But not everyone. And based on what you post here, every girl you've met over the past several months has had some defect. It's belitting toward them but more importantly, it's taking away from your chance to form meaningful friendships.

The comedy group I was working with in San Francisco was working on filming a dark comedy pilot I had written about a guy trying to be a respectable chef having to take over his wrestling legend dad's promotion when the old man dies, and we worked out a deal with Roland to film our in ring stuff at APW Gym Wars. Of course, the night before meeting with Roland, the rest of the group watched Beyond The Mat as a homework assignment, since they're non fans. All of them were like 'who is this greasy scam artist you have us meeting with?' Working with the guy turned out great. The meeting was hilarious- first, the dude had made so many notes on the script we gave him. Like, joke rewrites and character ideas. He was pumped to be a part of the process of this project a bunch of nobodies was working on. THEN, he not only gave us an insanely fair deal to use the space, he let us use the space during one of his shows. His words: Why the hell would you hire a bunch of extras to come be a wrestling crowd? Just shoot our crowd, you'll love it. So, at intermission, he got in the ring and introduced us, told the crowd what was going on, and then we shot an in ring funeral for Buck 'The Steamroller; Chapman. APW's crowd was perfect. Without even being asked, they stood quietly when Buck was rolled in. Some old dude even took his hat off out of respect. One of the characters, 'Sex Drive' Shane Davenshire, did a eulogy, and they broke into a 'Well said, Sex Drive' chant. I was crying I was (silently) laughing so hard. I've heard so many stories about the guy being a piece of shit to think they aren't true, but he was really good to us that night and went out of his way to make the shoot better. We got to share the locker room, and my wife talked wedding planning with Cheerleader Melissa all night. The project turned out to be a total trainwreck, but thanks to Roland, it was a really, really fun trainwreck.

Dean Ambrose has found his replacements for the new Shield.

Maybe the bar was set really low.

If Davey comes in as "Chiquita Baby" I will buy every PPV and DVD WWE releases for a year.

Someone at a signing in Dublin got The Shield to sign this:

Congrats offspring...if you need help - or even emotional support, use here as a sounding board. 13 month inoculations yesterday - pneumonia, hep-c & meningitis, then the mmr jab. C was a fucking trooper, only crying a wee bit and back to her normal bubbly self within a quarter hour. Mrs Red and I were shitting it - mainly because of her family history and autism. Yeah, I know the Lancet 98 article was debunked and the doctor who wrote it was struck off the register, but the seeds of doubt were there. Not having the injection was not an option. However, we had a choice of paying £300 for three separate injections at Harley St, or getting all three done in one for free on the NHS. I'm sure C will turn out fine, but its caused me a fuckton of sleepless nights recently.

Jody Hamilton tells a great story about how nobody wanted to fight the bear the booker had brought in because he'd already bitten off some fingers several times. Don Leo Jonathan volunteered. The end result was that the bear was scared shitless whenever he saw Jonathan again. The trainer was in the ring with the bear and Jonathan snuck up to the ring behind them. He leapt over the ropes, the bear turned around and saw Jonathan, and jumped out of the ring, dragging his handler along. Random picture because thread:

Well lemme tell ya something, Mean Gene. They say one bad apple spoils the bunch, dude...but what about three-dozen? Rotten to the core, brother. Sometimes, man, ya gotta do what'cha gotta do! Every morning, before a big match, brother, I asked the big dude upstairs what he wanted from the Hulkster...and he never told me to love thy neighbor, man, or to turn the other cheek, dude. He gave me the strength and the fortitude to become his vessel, brother, by any means necessary, to overcome the obstacles placed before the Hulkster, brother, for all the little Hulkamaniacs watching around the world. All the training, all the prayers, all the vitamins were for this point in my life, man. When Vince McMahon came to me, offering me this position in the World Wrestling Federation, brother, I saw the lightning flash. I heard the thunder roll, man. I fell down on my knees and I cried, my God why has thou forsaken me, dude? And the Lord said, Hulkster, you know damn good, more than you realize, you're no earthly good at all unless you take this opportunity, brother, and do whatever you have to. And he didn't say Hulkster be polite. Do whatever you have to, man, to transform and transmogrify the World Wrestling Federation into a special place. Where the hearts, souls and minds of the Hulkamaniacs can blossom. And I gave my word to God, brother. And that's why I took those heinous dudes out by any means necessary, brother.

It could be worse, re: reality TV people buying TNA ... could be Lizard Lick Towing.

So, you're saying that Vince Russo could teach you something about restraint? I was crash TV before there was crash TV. I'm the Ramones, Vince Russo is Blink 182.

Did he usually miss the toilet?

Billy Corgan has famously dated Courtney Love on and off for two decades. I already question his decision-making skills.

Well, if he's going to be like that about it, I wouldn't buy it for him.

I can't wait for TNA to be bought and they acknowledge it on-air. What this company needs is a new authority figure angle. That'll catapult them into the big time.