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I'm sure the board will go bananas with this i'm actually quite interested in the japan part. to think that takada wanted a worked match in Pride's debut and instead ended up getting demolished by Rickson Gracie.

also, Mewtwo has become available in the Smash Bros game. so did some new mii fighter costumes, although i doubt many care about them. and the 2nd round of DLC has dropped for Mario Kart 8. man, MK8 is awesome. the new tracks are fun as hell. can't top the Legend of Zelda track from the first batch, but some really fun stuff in here too.

it was an impulse purchase, i really had no interest in following the title, but thought if it tied in decently with the show it could be a fun read. that being said, it wasn't a fun read just because so much stuff happened. like, there were two big threats introduced and eliminated over the course of the issue, so neither one feels like a big deal because you have no sense of scope. it just felt really slapped together and like a waste of time. also, the art wasn't good at all. when you can't differentiate between Coulson and Fitz in a shot of the SHIELD group, there's something terribly wrong.

speaking of theme songs, i find it interesting that the Giant never had one in WCW. he used the Dungeon of Doom's, then the nWo's, then went without a theme song before rejoining the nWo a year later. weird piece of trivia for someone i guess.

picked up a few books today (besides the free ones): SHIELD #1 (based on the tv show Agents of SHIELD). what a mess. they should have called this "Phil Coulson" since it was only about him. the rest of the team barely appears, and the issue is so littered with superheroes that play no part whatsoever. please don't check this one out. Multiversity: Pax Americana. read this online when it came out. loved it. will read it again when i have time to sit down and really dive in to the details. should probably get around to reading the rest of Multiversity too, but haven't made it that far yet. the A-Team #1-3 (Marvel, 1983). i'm a big Mr. T fan. these comics were extremely simplified versions of the tv show. #1 is definitely the best. spoiler alert: BA Baracus gets into a bar fight for drinking a glass of milk. it was awesome. it also shows somebody watching a movie, and based on the quote balloon, they are watching Rocky 3. awesome.

i was going to suggest Colt Cabana submitting some. a new video submission for each gimmick. Colt. Matt Classic. Scotty Goldman.

so, wait. so she's not really an evil Russian? maybe they can pair Roman + CJ on screen. that'll totally help both of them get over, right?

wish it would've been on a FOX card or PPV (even if just the prelims) since that's all i religiously watch, but happy to see her debut is booked.

yeah, but since Reebok has a deal with the whole UFC, Jones will still be a part of it. good stuff.

i remember watching that match (KOTR) and liking it, but i didn't think it was some amazing performance from either guy. after reading his rant, i wanted to go back and watch it again right away to see if i missed something, or if he was just full of himself that night. i don't think i've ever rewatched it, to be honest.

no way. Lesnar would lose in the UFC, making wwe's unstoppable monster look weak. Rousey would win against whoever she's facing, again making wwe inferior.

add Gus and make it a THREE. WAY. DANCE!

i check it out every year and use it as an excuse to get friends together. i invite them to the comic shop, host a little party at my place where i provide my comics for people to read, watch some super hero cartoons and stuff, and just kinda do what i can to show people my love for the medium. had a pretty good turnout last year, hoping for something similar this one.

Eh, it's not that hard. Beast is mad at Cyclops. Iceman says something stupid. Beast thinks it's a great idea. Beast has a time machine with a Doom-lock that means he can go back in 616 past without creating divergent timeline and uses it. Beast lies to the O5 about Grown Cyclops causing a "mutant genocide" to con them into coming back with him. oh yes. that clears up everything and it all makes perfect sense now. i'll just stick to not reading X-Men comics. well, at least until that X-Men '92 series based off the cartoon shows up.

all my money.

They were actually good especially considering that they weren't that many people in the crowd early on. I think Markos has potential, but she needs to work on some of the holes in her game. I think some people were counting Daly out because she ain't the most athletic person in the world. However, she marched Markos down in the second round and gave her some shots back. I think the one thing that benefited Randa on the show was that no one knew she was capable of pulling stuff off. Now people know what her strengths are and can gauge where she is at her weakest. I think you saw signs of that against Daly because I don't this fight would be like that on the show. The Letourneau vs. Rakoczy bout was a nice, little battle but I don't think Letourneau can really compete with the upper half of division. If she was gonna make a case, she would've stopped Rakoczy at some point or at least forced the doctor to stop it. However, I do think she can have some good matchups with some prospects and give us some vital info about where they are at. women's fights were decent. daly showed off some skill but not some world beater talent. markos showed off some strengths but i don't see her being a top talent. letourneau seemed a good bit better than rokoczy but, again, not a world beater. i look forward to seeing most of these women fight again. women's strawweight (which i wasn't interested in when it was announced, or when TUF was airing) is surprisingly entertaining, and i am now constantly looking forward to the fights. in fact, i only watched the fight pass prelims because of the two women's fights.

i haven't read X-Men in years and years. i don't really understand how the original 5 X-Men are in the current time, but that's whatever. seems i'm not in the minority there anyway. Original/Young Iceman being bi would fully solve all of their problems, while still representing a minority (an even less represented one, like someone said). i don't know why they didn't think of that ahead of time and embrace it.

Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader is only 2 issues from Neil Gaiman, and i absolutely adore it. as far as i'm concerned, the "old" DC universe ended with Batman Inc. followed by this. Battle For the Cowl was decent. i enjoyed it. it felt more of a "we have to put this out to get to the next setup" more than an actual emotional story tho. Long Shadows was pretty good. i didn't recognize the name of the arc, but looking it up, it's the first storyline with Dick Grayson as Batman. as a big fan of Grayson, i couldn't NOT like it. it doesn't hit the highs of Batman & Robin (but what does?) but it was a solid story that helps solidify Dick as owning the role.

yeah, this completely escaped my memory too. i remember the Amazing French-Canadians in WCW throughout 1997, but have no recollection of them in the WWF after that. i'm curious as to how long they last, as they're complete jobbers so far.

my answer to this has always, and will always be the "Macho Man" Randy Savage. and Miss Elizabeth. as a young kid, i didn't watch wrestling regularly because my Dad didn't really like it. But if i happened across it (at my Uncle's house, or a friend's house, or whatever) i was glued to the TV. I can't tell you an exact time, but i assume it's around Mania 3 sometime. i remember there was a promo by Savage that just had me awed. his voice, his mannerisms, his outfit, his crazy. i don't even remember if he was a heel or a face, or who he was feuding with (not sure if it was still Steamboat), but i became a Macho Man fan that very day. IMO he's never been a heel, because i'm always rooting for him. Him winning the WrestleMania 4 tournament was such a joy to me, because i was sure Hulk Hogan was going to win it again. That main event vs. Ted DiBiase had me excited and nervous and everything. i would've been all of 5 years old. Rooted for him until the day he left WCW and essentially retired. Never saw his lone TNA match, but i do remember being super pumped for his World Wrestling AllStars match (that was eventually scrapped). When he showed up in the Spider-Man movie, i marked out. And still use the phrase "BoneSaw is READEEEE!" RIP Mach.

1. i love to be cynical, but that has nothing to do with what i'm about to say. Mae Young giving birth to a hand was fucking terrible, but a year or two ago when he (re-)debuted, it was awesome and salvaged the angle for me. Beaver Cleavage was ridiculous but i have no problem with it. i will support Brawl4All 4ever. i resent Jeff Jarrett more for his TNA and 2000s WCW stints than anything that happened in the WWF. i find the mid/late 2000s stuff ("Trump" vs "Rosey", JR's colonoscopy, etc.) to be FAR more cringeworthy and less entertaining than the attitude era as a whole. all that being said, from summer 1996 --> Starrcade '97, WCW Monday Nitro (+c-shows) is a damn fantastic year and a half of wrestling tv.

thanks for the suggestions, guys. Velvet is definitely on my radar, but i'm waiting for it to conclude before jumping in the middle. i read Fatale in 2 parts, about a year apart from each other, and would have rather read it as one big chunk. Gotham Central was fantastic (duh!). i almost mentioned it, but considered it a part of his Batman run. Criminal is something i'll add to the list. never been a big Daredevil fan, but we'll see what happens.

holy balls, i just finished reading Ed Brubaker's "Fatale" series. this guy is amazing and i've only scratched the surface (i've only read his Batman stuff, Captain America, the Marvels Project [one of my favorite minis ever], and this). looks like "Incognito" will be next.

you don't usually see two japanese dudes facing each other in WCW.

co-sign. character-wise, Savage joining the nWo was flipping retarded. he'd been fighting them (especially Hogan) for months, and was repeatedly the victim of a mugging or beating by them. then again, it stopped Savage from getting beaten up to end the show for about a year, so in hindsight i guess it makes some sort of sense. it's WCW, and the ratings are the only thing of importance. to paraphrase WWE Hall of Famer Drew Carey, the storylines are made up and the feuds don't matter.