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My preferences Mike > Joel New Crow > Old Crow (But it's clooooose, Old Crow is funny, but New Crow is meaner) Forrester > Pearl (I REALLY don't like Pearl) Frank > Bobo/Brain Guy (Which isn't really fair, Brain Guy/Bobo are funny but Frank is Frank) and they're all three >>>>>>> then Josh Weinstein's character Movies with the Mike/Murphy/Corbett crew > movies with the Joel/Murphy/Beaulieu or Mike/Murphy/Beaulieu I came into the show when it was on the verge of being canceled, but find the early episodes (First 2 seasons, at least) almost unwatchable at times.

My favourite promo ever. Dusty is the best.

Well there wouldn't be a lot of suspense in a future Bryan-Show match-up if Bryan beat him up, would there?! And of course nobody was chanting for Bryan at the end of the show, he was (kayfabe) unconscious. That would be like chanting "Let's go Lakers" when they're down by 30.

Of course he doesn't win at NOC. Why would he? It would be like opening a movie with Batman in trouble, then twenty minutes later, he's the winner. I really think, at this point, the WM main event will be Bryan/Orton and Cena/Undertaker (or Lesnar or something), so settle in for the long haul, or start watching TNA where angles are hotshot every week. Wrestling smarks have to have the shortest amounts of patience of any fans ever: "Come on, this has been going on for two weeks now! Where's the payoff!?" Seriously, people, two weeks. That's it. The Triple H turn was on August 17th, today is September 2nd. Also, I seriously doubt we're going to get anyone standing up to the new corporation on Raw, it's probably going to come on a PPV. You want your big pop/big moment, you've gotta pay for it. It's not about patience in my case, it's just that this sucks cock. I mean I get what they are trying to do (I think?), but Bryan being held still by Reigns for what felt like ten minutes, while Big Show blubbered around, and the whole roster just watching again....I mean....I don't see anyway that segment was good. And I really want to because Show, Bryan, The Shield are some of my absolute favorites It was completely compelling TV. Big Show having to sell his soul to the Corporation (It's what I'll call them until they come up with a name), or get fired and punch out the most popular guy on the roster. Bryan having literally no allies. If I was a kid (Who, once again, are the prime audience), I'd be so ticked off at what they were doing to Bryan that I'd be tuning in to each and every show to watch Bryan get his revenge and Show finally find his balls. This is your basic superhero booking: superhero loses his allies and is repeatedly beaten down until there is almost no hope, then starts to fight his way back. I'm honestly baffled at the responses this storyline is generating. I have to chalk it up to Triple H's involvement and everyone suspecting what he's doing is burying Daniel Bryan like he's supposedly done in the past to others. Otherwise, I'm honestly puzzled.

Did you guys hear Bryan's reaction when he came out tonight and interrupted Triple H's promo? Did you hear the reaction when he came out on Smackdown with the chair? Did you hear the reaction when he kept attacking Big Show as Big Show cried? Did you hear the crowd chant "You sold out!" at the Big Show? So, how is Bryan being buried? Every time he gets beat down, he becomes a bigger and bigger star. I think he's getting even bigger reactions now than he did pre-Summerslam. Bryan is teflon. It's not like Fandango is one-punching him unconscious: he's getting beaten by three guys at once/the biggest guy on the roster/the world champion, and it's never clean one-on-one.

Of course he doesn't win at NOC. Why would he? It would be like opening a movie with Batman in trouble, then twenty minutes later, he's the winner. I really think, at this point, the WM main event will be Bryan/Orton and Cena/Undertaker (or Lesnar or something), so settle in for the long haul, or start watching TNA where angles are hotshot every week. Wrestling smarks have to have the shortest amounts of patience of any fans ever: "Come on, this has been going on for two weeks now! Where's the payoff!?" Seriously, people, two weeks. That's it. The Triple H turn was on August 17th, today is September 2nd. Also, I seriously doubt we're going to get anyone standing up to the new corporation on Raw, it's probably going to come on a PPV. You want your big pop/big moment, you've gotta pay for it.

-Taven-Fury was kinda lousy in a TNAish-way with too much focus on stuff going on outside the ring that detracts from the goings-on inside the ring. It probably would have made way more sense if you had Kongo win the match last week and take on Taven this week and have Taven just not able to hit most of his moves on him because he's too big, leading to the extra interference and shenanigans. -ACH-Anderson was a lot of fun. That one dive ACH hit was nuts. I liked him a lot more this week with Anderson as the better base for him. Nigel's commentary is just dreadful, at times, though, like when he said that Anderson allowed ACH to get back into the ring because he wrestles in Japan and is used to longer matches which tells the crowd "Hey, if you want good long matches, you're watching the wrong show" and basically telling the viewer "This will be over pretty quickly." -Brisco-Cole was fine though I wasn't terribly invested in the match until the concussion/bad sportsmanship angle at the end.

Those canot possibly be Piper's real abs. Piper is sucking in his gut so hard, he's about to create a black hole in the center of his stomach.

It could be, but why wouldn't they save it for TV? On another note, the poster for Hell in a Cell has been released: http://www.indemand.com/product/view/405701 I'm hoping this is leading to an angle with Ron 'The Corporate Truth' Killings..otherwise, I'm kinda baffled.

I still expect to see him on the main roster at some point. He's too big, looks too good, and has too much presence to not be on TV at some point. He can't really wrestle or talk, but WWE'll find a spot for him.

Loved this show. -What's so great about this angle is that it's done a better job of making Ziggler and even, The Miz (!) into bigger starts than neutered World Title runs ever did. The crowd (I know some of it was piped in) was totally crazy for everything The Miz did. His match with Orton was just fine. The pop for Bryan coming in was nuts. -Sandow-RVD was kinda disappointing, but not awful. -Ziggler-Shield was good. -Wyatts-TOF was good. Probably time to start doing something new with the Wyatts, though, before the crowd starts to get bored. -Ryback-Bryan was fine. Post-match angle was great. BTW, I would fantasy-book that angle as following. On Monday, Big Show finally comes out and saves Bryan, Triple H fires him. At NOC, you get a ref bump, both guys down, Triple H slide into the ring with a ref shirt under his suit jacket, Big Show's music hits, Show comes down, then choke-slams Bryan as Orton comes to, pins Bryan, Triple H counts 3. Big Show becomes Orton's bodyguard. Bryan is given another Title Shot, but it's at the end of a Gauntlet Match for the October PPV. He barely outlasts Ambrose, but pins him. Then when he's about to lose to Rollins, Ziggler's music hits and he comes down and helps Bryan win. Repeat same formula against Reigns with Miz coming out. Then Bryan manages to small-package Show and win, then as Orton is coming down to face Bryan for the title, Big Show chokeslams/WMDs Bryan, and Orton rolls into the ring for the easy pin and win. So, on the next Raw, Bryan is told that he can put together a Survivor Series team to face Orton/Show/2 Shield Guys and if his team can win, he can have one last Title Shot in December. So, we get Bryan recruiting guys all night, first Ziggler, then Miz, then in the main event as he's getting attacked by all of them, Mark Henry's music hits and he comes out as the 4th member of his team. Bryan gets the visual win in December, but Triple H screws him out of the title, Bryan has to win the Rumble, all the way from #1 to get his title shot and win at WM. Done. Now send me my cheque, Vince.

-Parker-Breeze was pretty perfect. Parker's gimmick was a lot less annoying this week and a lot funnier. Breeze is so good in this role. -Not sure I've seen anyone in a long time work a crowd as well as Amore/Cass did this week. He just had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand...it was really amazing. Happy to see Dawson get a win, even happier to see Lefort aligning with Russev. That should be a fun stable and feud. I'm not sure I've ever seen Cass wrestle...is he any good? -Emma-Summer was really good. I'm not sure the Emma gimmick can translate to WWE TV, but damn if I don't want to see them try. It's just legimately a fun gimmick: the music, the dancing, the way she uses her name in everything ("Dance Dance Emmalotion", "Emmacrats"), the bubbles, and the entrance she almost always struggles with. -Zayn-Bo was fun. Love the "No, they're chanting Boooooo!" -Neville-O'Brian was kind of a mess from the way it went into commercials with one guy dominating the other, only to come back with it going the other way and the obviously missed kick-out that they tried to edit around that befuddled the announcer to the clean ending with Rick Victor nowhere to be found to help out. Really NOT looking forward to Graves/Neville-Ascension. Not at all.

Isn't this just basically done as a courtesy to Omark? Play well and you can make the team, not good enough and we'll expose you to waivers and maybe someone else will give you a chance. It's basically Omark's last shot at the NHL, most likely.

Sorry, but the WHAT shit is just fucking everywhere. If it's a heel, or a struggling face (a la AJ), then yeah. But have you heard anyone "What?" Daniel Bryan? When John Cena is nailing one of his rare serious money promos, there's not a "What?" to be heard either. My point being, say something interesting and say it well, and, generally, the "Whats?" will die out. AJ had that crowd eating out of his hand until it was "Oh here he goes whining again...let's shout What at him!"

Pretty fucking wild given the time I spent browsing the WCW PPV threads on here and PWO while at work today. I didn't think what he said sounded that bad. Basically, what I think he's trying to say is that if TNA wants to challenge WWE than they're going to have compete on similar financial ground. It's not that he's complaining about the money Panda is providing, he's basically saying if the goal is to overtake WWE, then they're going to need a lot more money.Now if you were to criticize it on the basis of Hogan basically giving up (And they can't compete unless they're not on equal financial footing and short of Donald Trump waking up tomorrow and going "I want to own a pro wrestling company!", that's NOT going to happen, so he's basically saying "This is as close as it's gonna get..."), then I'm all for it. Personally, I think TNA should just follow the old WCW format: load up the undercard with high-flyers, Mexican wrestlers, Japanese wrestlers, and talented workers who WWE had nothing for, basically give said undercard carte blanche to try to outdo each other, and load up the top of the card with the most well-known ex-WWE/WCW/UFC even ECW guys there are (Moreso than it is now, bring in guys like Piper, Tank Abbott, Shamrock, Steiner, Dreamer, Sabu, Masters, Lashley) and make it a spectacle: garbage brawls, run-ins, cheating, title matches that end in 30 second knockouts etc. etc. So, you give the fans solid wrestling in the undercard and something to talk about in the main. So, I mean, one is less likely to complain about Tank Abbott knocking out Tommy Dreamer with a flash punch in the face in the main in 30 seconds or the main being thrown out after Sabu jumps off a balcony and knocks both guys out, if you provided a MOTYC in the undercard with a couple lucha guys going against indy guys. In short, stop worrying about providing main events with good "work" in it, and just make them memorable with big names.

The AJ promo was kinda sad in that the crowd was just red-hot for him, chanting his name, popping for his entrance and turning down the MEM, then after he talks for thirty seconds, they start chanting "What?" I didn't think the promo was THAT awful...truthfully it wasn't miles below a couple others on the show (Hulkster, I'm looking at you...Anderson...same thing). One of the biggest things I've noticed about TNA after a solid month or so of watching it regularly is that they really protect anyone's gimmick, for instance, you have James Storm as the beer-drinkin' rebel, but Aces & 8s also sit around backstage drinking beer, so it's not really special. Or tonight, you've got Gail Kim trying for a submission move and the announcers say "It's like a modified Sharpshooter!" when you've got a guy who does the move and calls it the Scorpion Deathlock, so why not call it "A modified Scorpion Deathlock"? You'd never catch someone on WWE going "A modified Styles Clash...a modified Steiner Recliner" so why would you do it back? Also, that Main Event Mafia logo they showed before a commercial break was ass-ugly. So, we're looking at a Mr. Anderson face-turn, right? That's...unfortunate.

Didn't they just win the ROH tag titles, too?! They lost them in their first defense. Ah, I see I'm behind on my ROH spoilers. Those belts get passed around like the Hardcore Title lately. Kind of a weird booking decision, make a big deal about putting emphasis on the tag titles, then hotshot three title changes in short order.

Didn't they just win the ROH tag titles, too?!

She's...solid. I wouldn't say she's a great wrestler...not even sure I'd say she's a good wrestler, really. Her matches against the Bellas are really awful, and that's not ALL on the Bellas either, as Nattie looks genuinely confused half the time she's in the ring. But, in there with a decent wrestler she can have a decent match, so she's solid. She's the Perry Saturn of the Divas division.

I'm curious about this, too. It was a really good promo and everything made sense, but it became clear WWE didn't really know what they were doing with it either, given the announcer reactions. Cole, who is basically the voice of the WWE/explainer of storylines, came back from the promo saying "AJ is jealous" or something like that, which would seem to be WWE's viewpoint of where this is going 'Jealous AJ is jealous and the Total Divas crews puts her in her place'. But then JBL said "Crazy spoke some truth" and Lawler, the face announcer, concurs, what seems like 'AJ semi-face turn as defender of wrestling, sort-of a female Daniel Bryan'. My best guess? Someone in charge said "It doesn't make sense to air two largely heatless Divas segments per show, find a way to get the Divas Title involved in the Total Divas bullshit without taking the Title off AJ" so the writers scripted the AJ semi-shoot promo without a plan going forward, basically throwing shit at the wall and seeing which way the crowd leans.

I think the saddest thing I've seen in recent weeks was a Christian match (I forget which one) where he started his comeback and went "Spear! Spear! Spear!" and the crowd absolutely refused to join in, so instead it was just Christian repeating "Spear! Spear! Spear!" over and over again to himself, like he'd lost his mind and was trying to make sense of the world. BTW, how many WWE guys/gals use the spear as a signature move and/or finisher: there's Christian, Big Show, Roman Reigns, Kaitlyn, with Edge, Goldberg, Rhyno as WWE alumni who used the Spear regularly. Are there more?

Watched Summer Rental tonight. Man, Rip Torn is absolutely the best. Just the absolute man.

Swagger is kind of a waste, let's be honest. He can't talk to save his life, which didn't matter in ECW, but matters big-time on Raw/Smackdown. And he's a terrible, shitty actor. That's not something that necessarily kills a wrestler, being a bad actor. You see, back in the day, Sid Vicious was a terrible actor. Just terrible. He said shit that didn't make sense, he couldn't carry an interview and get across important angles, sometimes he insulted himself. But, he was a big, scary guy, who was scary in the ring, outside the ring and just...scary. So it didn't matter. Jack Swagger is like Sid Vicious with better wrestling (Though I've never seen Swagger have as good of a match as Sid-Shawn Michaels...hell, I've never seen Swagger have as good of a match as either of Sid's Raw WC matches against Bret Hart) but minus the scariness. I've never heard a guy who believes less in what he's doing than Swagger. I mean, right now he's in a tag team with a guy from Switzerland called "The Real Americans" and the Swiss guy is more believable as a "Real American" than the guy whose nickname is "The All-American" and is ACTUALLY American! That's how little believability Swagger projects as a wrestler.

That was what...over a year ago? Triple H is teaming up with the man who attacked his family. Do you people not know WWE doesn't worry about continuity by this point?! Good show tonight, it really helps to watch it on DVD, though ("Oh, Michael Cole's doing his commercial voice, time to hit 'Skip'!"). Enjoyed Orton-Christian (Though what is up with Orton stealing ADR's push off the ropes), enjoyed ADR-RVD well enough even with RVD missing some kicks pretty badly, enjoyed the PTP-RA match (And to the guy who wondered why Darren Young isn't getting a singles push, do you not remember when they were on commentary and he wasn't good enough to even defend himself from Cole, much less contribute anything on the mic?! He's perfect where he is right now) and I dig the crowd getting into the 'Millions of Dollars' dance, Punk-Heyman segment was all right but way too long...I really thought they were going to introduce a new "Heyman Guy" tonight to save him from Punk (Was hoping for Big E. but would have been okay with Mason Ryan), main event was terrific, though I feel like Bryan-Reigns should have gone a little bit longer before the abrupt ending. Plus, once the match was thrown out, the faces should have rushed the ring, because I believe Triple H said they couldn't interfere but once the match is over...I do love the way they're getting Bryan absolutely nuclear heat. It's the most reaction I've seen for a top guy since early days of John Cena and, before that, Rock.

Really had no interest in The World's End based off the trailers, but ended up going anyways with a friend and really enjoyed it. It's funny, it's kinda sad in parts, the action scenes are really entertaining (And apparently inspired by Jackie Chan and uses one of his stuntmen as a choreographer). It's probably my least fave of the Cornetto Trilogy (Which isn't really a knock, as it's a fun trilogy) and it's also probably the most serious of the trilogy, which isn't to say that it's not really quite funny. Nick Frost kinda steals most of the film, along with Eddie Marsan. Also, I suspect a Brit of my age might have gleaned a little bit more enjoyment out of the film, as the musical choices would probably have you going "Oh yeah! I remember this song!" but, over here, we never heard much Soup Dragons. Clear History was really fun, as well. It's basically a slightly crazier, longer 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' episode, but that's also completely what I was hoping for. Larry David plays a marketing guy for an electric car company who quits the company over really silly reasons, and ends up losing out on over a billion dollars, changes his appearance and starts a new life in Martha's Vineyard where he's fairly happy and well-adjusted until his former boss shows up and builds a mansion on the island and he decides to get revenge on him. It's got a staggeringly great cast (David, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, J.B. Smoove, Chicago, Philip Baker Hall, an uncredited Liev Schreiber and Amy Ryan). Just silly and entertaining. I had a great time watching this.