Michael Sweetser

If we hold every wrestler to everything they say, we'd have nobody left. (Myself included.)

I've seen some of it, but it's why I was comparing him to Benoit. Back in the mid-90s, Benoit was obviously one of the best in-ring workers on the planet, that much was obvious, but he just didn't grab me. I was far more interested in Eddie Guerrero.

Callis calling Omega-Jericho is going to be like Ventura calling Austin-Pillman.

Full disclosure: My only real exposure to Ibushi is in New Japan over the past year. But I don't understand why everyone's so insanely high on him. I think it's like how I always felt about Chris Benoit - he's obviously insanely good in the ring, but he doesn't have that special "it" factor that grabs my attention. To me, he's just another guy. So it doesn't bother me that we're "losing" Ibushi-Omega in favor of Omega-Jericho. Omega-Jericho, as far as attractions, is a far more interesting match to me.

I watched the final two matches this morning with my wife, and she really got into Omega-Beretta and the story of Beretta trying to prove himself at the top level, much like Omega did last year. Great match and I think Beretta's stock went up a lot.

I remember that, and I kinda liked it. I'm tired of developers kowtowing to everyone just because they expect to beat the game in one shot.

Jericho vs. Omega would basically be the "pre-intermission main event" that's so handy on the indies these days.

Do you seriously believe that? I'm not a huge Jericho fan but this is a brilliant move by New Japan and it'll definitely get some outside interest. And Jericho with a broken arm is a better worker than Shane McMahon. I'm all for hyperbole, but c'mon.

It's negative reinforcement for you to "git gud", as the kids say these days.

They should really go SCP instead, since that's far more secure.

Any show where Bisping loses a title fight is a good show.

That's exactly what I said - even namedropped New Jack. He didn't listen. A quarter of a pint of blood later...

Craig nailed it. You snip off a piece of the razorblade, wrap it up in tape, and hide it somewhere. Some guys would put it in their mouth. The few times I gigged, I had it either as part of my wrist tape (when wrestling) or just hanging in my pocket (while managing). After usage, it was either given to the referee or discretely disposed of at ringside (under the ring, for instance). The first time I gigged myself was back when I was the "NWA representative" in ECCW, and gigged off of a chain-assisted punch by Scotty Mac, and was subsequently Tombstoned by Sid Sylum. Only problem was my jet black hair and I ended up on my back immediately afterward, so 99% of the blood either ended up in my hair and invisible, or on Sylum's pants from the Tombstone. So I barely had anything, while Sylum looked like Aunt Flo had just visited. I only gigged someone else once, and despite my admittance that I was inexperienced in doing so, he insisted on it anyway. a) I ended up actually poking my OWN finger picking it out of my pocket and got the second-most juice on the show; b) Remember, kids - a little bit goes a long way. He, uh, definitely got juice.. I can already feel the stare of the ghost of Bill Watts on the back of my head and he's not even dead yet, so that's as far as I'm going.

We don't deserve Elias.

What/who is that? I can't make it out.

I still love Cornette and Meltzer tiptoeing around Bob Sweetan's "disappearance" from the business. "He went... far far away." "For a short period of time to a long period of time!"

And by a lot, you mean at all.

And the hits keep on coming. In this case, a broken toe thanks to a doorjamb jumping right out in front of me. Seriously, fuck this week.

Also, Cornette has unearthed copies of the original Wrestling Gold five-disc DVD set, and is selling them on his site - for TEN DOLLARS. FOR THE WHOLE SET. I literally wore my copies out, which is hard to do with DVDs, but I did it. This is literally a steal at thrice the price. The Cornette/Meltzer commentary is fantastic - Cornette's breakdown of the Lawler-Bob Sweetan match is a lesson in Lawler crowd psychology.

You mean AWESOME holiday sweaters.

IIRC, that *was* the plan - they were subtly trying to turn Scott heel while Rick was injured, and instead, they both ended up leaving for the WWF because they hated the Watts contracts with the 90-day review periods. As a young mark, I loved early 90s Scott Steiner and was thrilled to see him finally win a major singles championship, but it obviously didn't last long. Steiners vs. Heavenly Bodies at SummerSlam the next year more than made up for it, though.

I bow to your superior knowledge of the party potential of the mullet.

I made/will make more in one hour of work at my previous/next job than I did in the past three-plus years in pro wrestling. (I was pretty much retired save shows in Seattle, but the point stands.)

So much business in the front mean Schiavone will have a LOT of party in the rear.

Lost my job yesterday. Shit happens. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.