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He would be an idiot not to. They pay him all kinds of money most of the time just to show up and stand around in the back and yell at people. I also saw I think in the same news bit that the WWE has almost no interest in signing AJ Styles.

Nash is a big Lib which is really amusing. But then again considering how he's made his career, it makes perfect sense. Kevin Nash is the Frank Underwood of Pro Wrestling. I second a return of Cody Deener. There is a money feud between him and Eric Young over Deener wanting his woman back.

Seeing that the Brooklyn show was held in a room like this makes me love indy wrestling even more. Looks like Al Bundy's basement. It's the Lyceum on 4th Ave. and President Street. I was there once for a show, it's not a bad little venue. The lights just need to be off. It's an old bath house that was abandoned for decaded after Mayor Kotch shut them down in the 80's.

Yeah but at least he got to use his name. Poor Curtis can't even be Joe Hennig because they said he doesn't know how to work like one. I feel sorry for Curtis. I mean he's fine in the ring, but no one cares about him. Look at last night. He was the fifth wheel in that brawl. They should have made Ryback the new Heyman guy from the start or at least had him do his BIG GUY schitck way earlier.

You have to admire the WWE if they professionally filmed the wedding for the use in a DVD release someday. In this day and age, it's amazing the marriage has lasted this long. The show was pretty boring in parts. I found rerun of the Royal Pudding episode of South Park (as is with tradition) to be way better than some of the parts of this show. I did like how Triple H and Stephanie were trying to stop the mutiny from the lower ranking men of the locker room. But just looking all those guys you could count off in order who was going down. The Punk/Heyman confrontation and brawl was fun. But man, Ryback is really going to kill someone someday. That press slam into the table was absolutley nasty. Punk looked like he took all of it right on his right kidney or hip. For a guy who doesn't even take asprin, he's gonna be in a world of hurt. The Rhodes brothers attacking The Shield was so awesome. It would have been a billion times better if they were wearing masks. Goldust being in make up was awesome though. If this is one step closer to a Rhodes/Shield bunkhouse match I am all for it. The main event was good and it was helped by a red hot crowd. The Roman Reigns Spear A Thon was great. I did love the brief standoff between him and Pancake Patterson. If they don't screw up O'Neil, he's gonna be a star for them. That might be a match I want to see someday. So with Randy Orton doing his best serial killer impression to Brie Bella, is it a given we'll see Bryan "get hurt" or maybe even Orton giving Brie the Stephanie treatment with a DDT and a kiss (I guess they could get away with that on a PPV). Overall a fun show when the crowd cared.

I forgot how awesome (no pun) Awesome Truth was with that mugging in the cell. It's amazing how a month later they were fed to The Rock and Cena and then The Truth screwed himself over by failing a drug test for synthetic pot.

Is American Kickboxer 2 a masked man of some sort? I really hope so, because I invision him as something like Mr. Wrestling 2. Except for a kneelift, he uses a JUDO CHOP followed by a round house kick. Come to think of it, there was a guy in Fire Pro Returns who you could use who was a kickboxer. He wrestled in boxing gloves and mostly did kicks. "ITS A HOUSE OF GLASS AND HE CAN'T PICK UP THE GLASS CAUSE HE'S WEARING BOXING GLOVES"

Yeah well, that just wasn't working out...BROTHER.

From what I watched of the show, I thought it was hilarious. The ODB/Mickie match was fun to watch. I don't think I'll ever get tired of ODB grabbing her juggs. It's a shame if Mickie is gone, because that would mean the Knockouts division is just ODB, Gail, and Brooke Tessmacher. I think it's fairly obvious Brooke will be getting the Knockouts title just so she and Bubba can be world champions of marriage. Joe Park coming out and chugging a gallon of chocolate milk was pretty damn funny. I still think they missed the boat on him. It's sad the character is just comedy relief with Eric Young (who deserves way better). The heel Dixie promo was everything I hoped it would be. She should have come out guns blazing and been like "who do you think you are you little shit" (wait can they say shit on Impact anymore?). If TNA is on its dying legs, it was quite symbolic to have her cut the lights to end the show. Heel Dixie is something that should have been done years ago. This is just grasping at straws that don't even exist.

Thank God I am not the only one who noticed that. I heard her speak and I was like wow, she is Stu's daughter.

The end of RAW was awesome. It was about time the lower part of the WWE roster came out and fought off The Shield. That was a great Nitro-Esq moment. I agree with the notion that if they did this in Tampa, in 1980 the Armory would have burned to the ground. Dusty was so tremendous. Who cares if he was flubbing lines. He's Dusty, he's allowed to. When he said "this is Virgin Runnels talking" I was like OH SHIT, ITS A SHOOT. Stephanie has finally come into her own as the evil corporate vp. The Bed, Bath, and Beyond card was such a hilarious and tremendous touch. Stephanie is probably like Bill Murray in Scrooged and she has a list during Christmas for who gets a towel and who gets a VCR (well blu ray these days). She surprisingly did hold her own with Dusty, but man she really needs to lay off the Parlament unfiltereds. That voice is getting rough. It was nice to see The Miz show signs of life for the first time in ages. But man, his dad is a pussy. John Cena's dad would have at least taken a swing at Orton if he was doing that shit right next to him. Hell, John Cena's dad DID take a shot and then some. But I guess all wrestler dad's these days can't be Johnny Fabulous. Overall a really fun show.

Brie as Rainbow Brite was pretty awesome.

Man, The Anvil looked like hell. He looked like he could barely walk down those stairs. On a more positive note, the WWE has to do their own version of The Wedding Planner with Damien Sandow. Sandow planning the perfect wedding would be fun to watch.

I'd be all for Baby Vader taking over the recast roll of The Miz.

Man if Scott Armstong gets fired tomorrow for the fast count and this all turns out to be part of some huge fantasty booking thing Triple H dreamed up as a kid because he wanted to be a Horsemen (to feud with Dusty) and a member of the Studd Stable (to feud with Bullet Bob), it's going to be awesome. Triple H will be Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and Ron Fuller all rolled into one. As for the show it was all right. I loved how Curtis Axel opened his big mouth and Heyman was like "please Triple H, show him mercy. He knows not what he says". The impromtu match with Axel/Kofi wasn't bad. It's just no one cared about it. Man, remember when Kofi was something special. Yeah...good times. I thought for sure after ADR got DQ'ed and RVD did the Van Terminator on him, we would see Damien Sandow come out to cash in. I mean I like Del Rio, but ever since he got rid of the cars and Ricardo he's just been so bleh. His matches are fine, but there's just nothing about them that makes me want to care. As for the main event, it was a damn good match. Bryan and Orton work great together. It should be fun to see what kind of Dusty finish they do for Bryan especially since Princess Stephanie invited Dusty to be on the show tomorrow. Great to see him win, but it's just a matter of how he's going to be screwed out tomorrow or at the next PPV. Or hell maybe he'll hold on to the belt. Stranger things have happened.

I thought Alvarez had the right idea first by disrespecting Floyd to try and get into his head. Throw him off and get him all shook. But it never happened and he never fought with any killer instinct. Floyd coasted as usual (give or take a couple of flurries). The first few rounds Alvarez was testing the waters so to speak. Only way you're ever going to beat Floyd is come out guns blazing. I hate to say it, but as much as I hate Floyd I really think there probably is no one who can beat him. He's going to retire undefeated and it's going to drive everyone nuts.

Lets assume that Hank at least survives the shoot out. It's probably a given that Gomez gets killed. Walt loses all his money. I think the flash forward will show Walt survives by being a cook for hire while he's on the run. I mean assuming he loses his money, Walt cooking is the only way he can probably afford a damn M-60. Hank would be pretty cool to have as a brother in law. But man he is oblivious to everything that goes on around him.

If I remember, Kevin Nash was in the bottom cage because he said and I quote "I'm not climbing up top". It was the Tower of Pain cage, except there was no Precious waiting at the door.

If TNA makes a play for Jim Ross, I can just imagine him calling that match. BAH GAWD SERG IS GIVING IT EVERYTHING HE HAS GOT. I really can't belive it has taken them this long to do heel Dixie. Dixie as a low rent Stephanie McMahon will be the most awesome slow motion tv train wreck ever.

A Flair flop after being shocked would be the best thing ever. Seriously though I watched the video and I thought it was hilarious. If Vince really forced JR to retire because this was percieved to be bad for the WWE, they need to really get over themselves. It doesn't matter what the WWE thought. It matters what the 2K people thought and they apparently thought it was great. The WWE needs 2k way more than 2k needs the WWE. It is probably for the best though that JR retired. The guy deserves some peace.

If heel Dixie leads to Serg getting knocked on his ass every week, I am all for it.

I have never forgiven Keri Russell. It was the greatest betrayal. She never recovered from it.

I thought it was a pretty good burn by AJ when she dropped the "I'm too old line" on Lawler. I was too busy laughing that I missed JBL get all pissy about it. I bet that line would have really stung if Lawler was the full on perv he was in the Attitude era when he was screaming PUPPIES every five minutes. AJ has reached the level of Lita and Trish. She has her own merchandise and is the face of the Women's division. She has a right to be taken seriously and I'm glad she called all three of them out. Plus isn't it a known fact that Lawler doesn't even watch the WWE outside of RAW? Goldust/Randy was an awesome match. I'm still trying to figure out what the crutch of the McMahon/Rhodes feud would be in 1977. Vince is upset that Dusty wouldn't sign with his old man and has held a grudge ever since? Dusty did matches for Vince Sr back then, but technically speaking it was a territory so guys came and went. I totally do want to see The Rhodes vs. The Shield. Make it a six man bunkhouse match at Survivor Series and I'm sold.

I went to the WWE Houseshow at the Barclays Center here in Brooklyn earlier. I'm not a fan of the color scheme the building has inside with the Nets colors. It's just all black. I would say the building was about 3/4th's full. A good portion of the Upper and middle sections on the oppoisite side of the building was empty. Bob Backlund was in the lobby taking pictures with that official WWE fanshot thing. $30 got you on a custom WWE Magazine cover. The guy is a fitness freak of nature for 64. He was in his t-shirt and gym shorts so I thought maybe he would be wrestling or something later in the night. Sadly it was not to be. Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, and even Randy Orton were very over with the kids. Ambrose vs. RVD was a really good match and the crowd went back and forth between rooting for RVD and Ambrose. Sammy Zahn and Bo Dallas took on The Real Americans. Several Ole chants broke out and at one point Swagger and Antonio mocked the Ole chants. Bo Dallas seemed technically all right in the match. But I can see how he comes off as bland. Overall it was very fun and probably the dry run for NOC's next week with several of the matches.

Dusty threw a drop kick (of sorts) in the barbwire ladder match for $5k to knock Tully off the ladder at GAB 87. There's a show from Philly in 1983 at the Spectrum where Dusty had a match and he won with a pretty swank running cross body. In the words of Ty Cobb "he ran well for a fat man".