Roman

So is a beach ball.

John Goodman during the Bound for Glory Series would be the best ever."AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES?! MARK IT ZERO!" John Goodman would make a great manager of three monster heels for hire, showing them off like hardware. 'You've got the bastard of bastards: Abyss... for guaranteed head removal. That's... That's a sweetie. You've got your standard-sized Rhino. That's a fuckin' hungry man right there. And you got Samoa Joe, king of mayhem, half-cannon, sword of justice. Take this fucker to the Impact Zone and start your own crusade. Any one of these is bound to make you feel better about what's botherin' you.' [...] 'That's... three fuckin' grand worth of squashin'. You got three grand of squashin' to do?'

Going by Wade Barrett's promos and mere look, he looks like he could be a main eventer. But, to be honest, I've never seen any of his matches (after NXT). Has he had any memorable matches?

‘I got a college education and a criminal record, so I know how to make decisions!’

... There are people in existence who watch a match with that mind set? This world really is going down the sewer. I'm pretty miffed to see Ohno go. I wasn't exactly certain where his character was going (if he had one to begin with), but if all he did was elbow the shit out of his opponents in every match and cut a short, fiery (face) or enraged (heel) promo every once in a while, I'd be happy. When I saw all those 'Behind the Scenes' NXT promos, Ohno was in one of them as well. At the very start of his, I thought he was going down a route that reminded me a little of Ichi the Killer (as far as I remember the movie): a guy who's scary as all hell in the ring because he's so violent and stiff and brutal, but outside of the ring he's a 'childishly naïve, ignorant and innocent' kind of guy who's completely removed from his in-ring actions and a shy, friendly boy. ... But I guess I was wrong in that. Pity.

What about Al Perez?

You ended such a great story with a pic of a X Box? So disappointing. It's a slightly less improper 'Aristocrats' punchline.

This week has turned me into a big Luke Harper fan. First that pretty good match with Punk on Raw, and now this match with Ohno. It just leaves me a little anxious about what they'll do with Harper once the Wyatt Family breaks up. I hope he doesn't become the new Kane as 'that monster guy who punishes people who are actually involved in an angle and need some exposure'. Ohno looked to be in great shape as well, and he certainly held up his end of the match. Mojo Rawley also seems to have a lot of potential, but he needs some more credible offence. I think the Pounce would fit him wonderfully.

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:

God Bless Hiroshi Hase (and Kawada, of course). Uranage, Northern Lights Suplex with the arms trapped and a Giant Swing were enough for him to rock all the time.

"Wassup, vatos? What's goin' on in this thread?" Well, Dutch had longer hair, at least. You clearly haven't seen his back.

Jesse was quite possibly the best heel color man ever (which to my mind is like being the world's tallest dwarf, but I digress). But he got really REALLY bad in WCW. How many times did we have to hear "Texicans! HA!" during a Dustin Rhodes match? I don't know what the hell you're talking about? Jesse was just as awesome in WCW. Now if you want to talk about commentators who couldn't make the transition, then Bobby Heenan is your guy. Regardless, my favourite Heenan commentary moment was not the Royal Rumble, but rather some random Jim Duggan match in WCW. Before the match, Schiavone told Heenan that Duggan had a university degree. Heenan started laughing and kept laughing throughout the entire match and aftermath. It was glorious.

On the other side of the picture, Rob Van Dam is wearing a bathing suit, which freaks me out even more than Storm's hair.

I liked Harper/Punk. Harper’s got some good-looking punches and kicks (and, of course, his Clothesline is great), and that sort of Crossface he had on Punk looked pretty painful. I also like the concept of that ‘Gator Roll’. It’d make a great setup for an actual finisher, driving the crowd nuts with that ‘Oh fuck, he’s going to put that submission on in a moment’ realisation, perhaps. One thing I wonder is what’ll happen in time when the Wyatt Family disbands. I hope it doesn’t happen for a long time yet, but it’s inevitable. Wyatt’ll make it, I don’t doubt. Rowan probably won’t (but I say this based on the very, very little I’ve seen of him), but I’d hate it if Harper got lost in the shuffle. I love his look and he’s a very entertaining big man in the ring, but what will he do once he’s cut loose from Wyatt?I started watching WWE again about a month or two ago, and since then I’ve felt it’s been very... disorganised and chaotic, like it lacks any structure whatsoever. You have four singles champions coming in and out and having matches without any rhyme or reason, and none of those championships seem to mean anything. Orton fights Langston because... a couple of people (supposedly) voted for it in the first part of Raw? To me, there just doesn’t seem to be any prestige attached to any title anymore; it’s just an easy, yet hollow, reason to book a match. That’s it. I don’t care about who wins or loses ANY title anymore because I have the distinct feeling that WWE doesn’t care about any title anymore either. Only the tag titles have some emotional force behind them due to the great storyline with the Rhodes. But the singles titles... I don’t care, and it saddens me. Plus, it’s difficult to take any reign seriously anymore because, hey, you can win any of four titles and call yourself a champion. There’s no hierarchy amongst them. I wish they’d just cut it down again to WWE Champion and Intercontinental Champion, and put a lot more focus and prestige on them.Hot Goldust/Cody/Cena VS Cesaro/Swagger/Sandow match... Let’s follow it up with Dolph VS Axel. I fail to see the logic there. The crowd was completely dead for it, and you can’t blame them at all.Kane in a suit is... something else. But I love it. I desperately want to see where that’s going. If APA Bradshaw can become a suit, so can Kane. One thing I don’t understand: why isn’t anyone coming out to help Big Show? Why isn’t Daniel Bryan there to help?

Either that, or suddenly Kofi is mounted on Zeke's shoulders like Master Blaster.

What about Kofi as Shango's Skinny Me?

The next time there's a Buried Alive match, Kofi Kingston should show up at the grave afterwards and resurrect the guy with his newly found voodoo talents.

I just re-watched the Triple Threat with Goldberg, Kane and Triple H at Armageddon 2003. I remember everyone shitting all over it, including JR, but I never saw why that was. I actually quite liked that match. Am I alone in this? Was there any particular reason the majority of people hated it so much? It reminds me a little of the hate Nash/HHH Hell in a Cell got. I liked that a lot as well, but I seem to be in the minority.

Better?

Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean with '70's JCP', specifically?

Like applying the Figure Fourskin?