Overly Critical Man

I dunno, Steph's giant-shaming of Big Show was pretty offensive to the seven foot-and-taller demographic, imo.

So Umaga is the early favorite then yeah? How good was his missile dropkick?

If everyone's answer isn't Barood, I'm gonna toss someone into a Punjabi prison.

That's too specific. Might as well just use "bury". Things like like "Boreton", "slow burn" and "booking" probably need one too.

Cody should be gone at least until after NOC since he'll be on his honeymoon presumably. Going by the sudden push they're getting, The PTP seem to be the best bet, although I'm kind of bummed they dropped the Usos/Shield feud so quickly.

Yeah, Gargano was a surprise. I was never all that impressed by him, but he did some great stuff on night two. Same with O'Reilly. Some of his armbar and triangle choke counters were slick as hell. I went in being meh on them both and now wondering if they don't have more impressive stuff that I just haven't seen. A lot of people said their favorite BOLA match was Steen/Gargano, but ACH v KO was my match of the weekend.

Man, BOLA was great. The team of Joey Ryan, Chuck Taylor and Trent? as best friends should be a permanent thing.

...and job it out 6 days later. So let me get this straight: You whiny folk want Bryan to win the title on Monday, job it back to Orton at Night Of Champions, and never win it again? That's better booking than the last few weeks of WWE?GIVE THIS MAN THE BOOK I said nothing like that. All I did was refer to the moment where Lex finally got a total victory over the nWo and had the locker room celebrate with him without having it ripped away from him through the usual nWo bullshit. But nice to jump to wild and stupid conclusions. And please get new material...you've used GIVE THIS MAN THE BOOK on me already.

The difference is that Lex Luger actually got to walk out of the building with the title instead of being knocked out by Randy Anderson.

Oh Bryan, you'll get a moment like this...probably not anytime soon.

I'm gonna go with Yoko, 'cause he was so good at his job, he had an entire generation of kids thinking he was Japanese.

I remember that feud. One of my favorite Saturday Night feuds in the late 90s era. I even found the rematch, although it's pretty bad quality.

Brad Armstrong was such a fearsome JTTS. He had a crap win loss record, but he was able to do stuff like go 60 minutes with Flair. Like a proto-Ziggler in a way. Only I could believe it if Brad held the world title.

Whoever brings back the torture rack also needs to bring back the chicken dance signalling the torture rack. Once Luger started flapping his arms like a drunk uncle at a wedding reception, the crowd would get hyped up beyond belief.

I can't recall anyone who ever broke out of the Rack. That move was insta-death. Once Luger locked you in, you were submitting within seconds. But I guess receiving kayfabe infinite backbreakers must hurt like hell.

Luger got his ass kicked by the nWo every week, begging the company's real "hero" to help him, then won the title for 5 days and eventually turned heel and joined the nWo. I have a little higher expectations for Daniel Bryan than that. Bryan will never be as big as 97 Luger. Who was pretty much the top active face in wrestling during a huge year. You can say Austin, but WWF was still second place. If the Yes-Lock ever got the kind of pop the Torture Rack got, Vince would cream his pants and Bryan would be a made man for life.

Goldberg would have squashed Booker and no-one would have cared. Most likely, HHH would have regained the belt at Backlash or Judgment Day. Booker is the only guy who has a win over Goldberg, that Goldberg never got back. Useless trivia Totally Buff would like to have a word with you. Didn't they pin Buddy Lee Parker? Nope. They pinned Goldberg after he got blinded by a plant in the crowd with mace.

Goldberg would have squashed Booker and no-one would have cared. Most likely, HHH would have regained the belt at Backlash or Judgment Day. Booker is the only guy who has a win over Goldberg, that Goldberg never got back. Useless trivia Totally Buff would like to have a word with you.

Ratings went up this week. Vincent = draw

Ok...even if AJ manipulated them...it's still hilarious that Aksana and Alicia Fox consider themselves serious wrestlers.

If it sticks...is AJ/Aksana/Alicia Fox possibly the worst stable ever?

How these guys didn't end up ending the nWo, I'll never know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjm_uDw0yk&feature=share&list=PLKq2N3ZY5-GEoSfxSKApe4qxmAjLY_Ky-

SD: * Triple H kicks off this week's SmackDown and is holding a town hall meeting for everyone to air their grievances. The locker room is out watching from the stage. Triple H, Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox are in the ring. Triple H talks first about how he fired Cody Rhodes on RAW and what's best for business. The Shield are also out, standing guard at the ring. Triple H wants nobody to be afraid for their jobs. He lets anyone step up and ask a question but nobody does. He says no butt kissing. Damien Sandow speaks up and says he supports Triple H firing Cody Rhodes. Triple H says Cody fired Cody. Kofi Kingston speaks up and says everyone is afraid and that's not best for business. Triple H talks about how the wrestlers' egos are out of control and says that's why Daniel Bryan isn't out here. Heath Slater speaks up but Triple H cracks jokes at him. Rob Van Dam says Cody getting fired wasn't cool and calls Triple H "dude." Ryback speaks up and doesn't like being called a bully. Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel and RVD vs. Randy Orton is announced for tonight. Also, Bryan gets to pick The Shield member that he wants to face tonight. Triple H gives Randy Orton a grand introduction. * Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam is up first. Alberto Del Rio is out for commentary. * Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam is up first. Alberto Del Rio is out for commentary. Another good, lengthy match. Orton dodged a Five Star frogsplash. Orton got the win with a RKO. During the match, Del Rio interfered and it was said he appeared to have injured his arm. After the match, Del Rio beat RVD down and left him laying. * Backstage segment with Daniel Bryan and Renee Young. Bryan says WWE officials told him not to attend the town hall meeting earlier. He leaves it up to The Shield to name which member he will face tonight. * A new vignette for Los Matadores airs. * Segment with the Divas. AJ Lee talks with Alicia Fox and Aksana about Total Divas. AJ would rather put her title up against one of them than one of the girls from the Total Divas. * Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler is up next. Dean Ambrose is out on commentary. Ryback gets the win after Ambrose attacks Ziggler. * Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel in a non-title match is up next. Axel comes out to a huge pop and a "welcome home" from the hometown crowd. Paul Heyman is with him. Kofi gets the win with a SOS. * Backstage segment with Renee Young and Paul Heyman talking about CM Punk. * Naomi vs. Brie Bella is up next. Cameron, Eva Marie and Nikki Bella are at ringside. The match ends with no winner as AJ brings out the other Divas and they face off against the Total Divas. * Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro come out with Zeb Colter as a Los Matadores vignette airs. Their opponents are The Usos. Cesaro and Swagger get the win. * Triple H is forcing Big Show to face 3MB in a handicap match.Show squashed all three members and hit the knockout punch on Heath Slater for the win. Slater was helped to the back by referees. * The Shield come out to a big pop and surround the ring. They have chosen Seth Rollins to face Daniel Bryan in tonight's main event. Good match. Bryan got the win after fighting off The Shield and hitting Rollins with the knee to the face. After the match, Randy Orton interrupts the celebration and attacks Bryan. SmackDown ends with Orton standing over Bryan with the WWE Title. Oh AJ, wtf are you thinking? lol

Repo Man breaking into HHH's home and repossessing his sledgehammer would be a face move, for instance. It's like how police brutality was much more tolerated when Big Boss Man beatdown heels with his nightstick.

I saw like 1 or 2 B+ signs last night, but I'm not sure if you want to get over something considered a negative as associated with Bryan especially when he hasn't embraced it in any meaningful way.