Nice Guy Eddie

Imagine how creepy he would have been if he lasted in WWE long enough to be the higher power. It would have been awesome in all its creepiness. I'm very bummed he's no longer doing commentary for New Japan, but at least we still have him in Impact.

One more for the night:

While I was looking for ska covers, I stumbled upon Steve 'n' Seagulls.

A horn section makes everything better. I find ska particularly uplifting and I feel it helps when my depression has me down. The Rockabilly Ravens fall into that uplifting category as well.

So, Don Callis in ECW was creepy to you?

I hadn't until now. I'm listening to the details about it now from Cultaholic.

Janela would have been a really good choice. Not to nitpick, but Janela isn't from New York either. He's from Asbury Park, NJ. Once I realized it wasn't going to be Jericho, I thought about MJF as a possibility since he's from Long Island.

I can't resist. It's too perfect.

Vince will be pitching that angle until he takes his last breath.

Brent Albright was awesome. Albright getting heat for being a "Benoit clone" when he was brought in as Benoit's protégé is a typical WWE move where there is no logical explanation, so you just shrug your shoulders like Yano and say "because WWE?". Gunner Scott was also a piss poor ring name. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Brent Albright. I disagree with the Chad Collyer comparison. I thought he had a good thing when he was doing the "Gun for Hire" gimmick in late '06-early '07 where he sold his services to Lacey and Larry Sweeney. I loved when Albright starting wearing the executioner's costume to the ring and his theme was changed to Ozzy's "I Don't Wanna Stop". Gabe made a big mis-step by putting Albright in the Hangmen 3 coming off the heels of his awesome title matches against Morishima and the three way against Morishima and Claudio. However, after the Hangmen 3 (minus BJ Whitmer) were dissolved into Sweet 'n Sour, Inc., the angle were Brent finally snaps and turns on Sweeney because of his abuse was great. The reaction in the Hammerstein when Albright turned was LOUD, as it was when he beat Adam Pearce for the NWA world title.

The rumor I remember going around in late 2004-early 2005 was Mick Foley being sent to ROH to try to get either Punk or Joe to sign with WWE. It was for the better that Joe didn't go earlier. For one, he most likely would have been repackaged. He probably ends up as a monster of the month, gets fed to Cena, then ends up back down amongst the rest of the pack. For all of WWE's terrible booking, Joe has been booked strong, even in defeat. If I were running things, I would have had Joe win the belt from AJ, and the next feud being between Joe/Bryan/AJ.

Justin Credible was trained by Keith Hart and Lance Storm at the Hart Brothers Camp. While not in WWE, at least not yet, Brian Pillman, Jr. graduated the Storm Academy and Rey Mysterio's son, Dominick is training there.

That was quick.

The best person to be in the segment with Becky Lynch? Jake "The Snake" Roberts and yes, the zinger about Edge's neck was great