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coralvalley · Lifeless Person Joined: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 918

I would like to say that I am in the majority who loves the DX hype, but I really do not at all. I know that sounds bad, but I have gotten really tired of them lately. I do not know why, but their antics just bore me more than anything. I cannot seem to get into them like I once did and that is coming from someone who was excited about their return. I guess I am just bored with the whole rivalry they have going with Vince and Shane. It was funny a couple of weeks, but now it just feels like old news to me.

I have a feeling that the reunion show will be an okay one since I think that WWE is trying to pull out all the stops to get people to stay interested now that Kurt Angle has gone to TNA, which by the way I am really excited to see him debut. I am going to the TNA Bound For Glory Pay Per View and to the fan event they have the day before where you get to meet the wrestlers so I think that is really cool since Kurt Angle is scheduled to be there. He is my all time favorite wrestler so I am very excited to see him up close and personal. The only other wrestler I met was Batista and while the guy is really nice, I cannot wait to meet Kurt Angle. That is going to be cool, but still with the show next Monday I am sure they are going to pull out all the stops to make it a great one. I notice that lately they are going out of their way to do bigger things in the hopes of keeping people interested. Does it work? I am not sure, but some people seem to be hooked.

As for No Mercy, I was shocked about them adding Batista and Finlay to the match. Not that it is not going to be a good thing, but that tells you something right there about how solid they felt the match was with Bobby Lashley versus Booker. I really like Bobby, but I do not think he is ready to be champ yet. With Booker T he isn't my favorite, but I will admit he has done a pretty good job as the champion. I saw him at a live SmackDown event this summer and he puts on a really great show. It was probably the highlight of the evening since we were at the show where they did his celebration after winning the belt with the balloons and the party they had. It was pretty cool. Admittedly I really hope that Booker retains the belt this pay per view not because I like him, but because I really do not want to see Batista get it back this soon. Sure, I like Batista and he's one of my favorites, but I do not think that now is the time for him to regain the title. If Booker does not win then I would not mind seeing Finlay win. Can you imagine the friction and the tension between him and Booker if he was the champion? It might be an interesting match. What about Undertaker and Kennedy's upcoming match at No Mercy? What does everyone think about that one?

Rob1981 · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject:

Boogey Man has been re-hired by WWE. I think that's a little dumb. They just fired him, and he is given another chance so quick? I hope they give him a new gimmick when he does return. Eating worms is dull and doesn't need to be used anymore.

As for No Mercy, at least the 4-way makes some more time for other matches to get decent time. With the two single matches, that would've been about an hour of the show. Now it's one single match, so at most it should only go 30-40 minutes. Helms/Hardy needs good time, as does the tag title match. Rey/Chavo... I don't care about anymore. I hope the feud ends at Survivor Series at the latest. MVP's debut will probably be against Scotty, Funaki or Tatanka I bet. Undertaker/Kennedy should be somewhat decent. Overall: yet another below average PPV with a few good matches. Typical WWE booking, if it's not a big PPV, then it doesn't need alot of great matches.

In TNA news, Kevin Nash is set to return to the company. He had been off for a bit, due to an "injury" which hasn't been confirmed to be real or not. In my opinion, it was Nash being lazy. TNA is throwing away money on big lazy, when they should be using it for young independent talent.
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Rob1981 · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject:

Next week's Impact will future Angle's Impact debut (interview only), and Kevin Nash's return. Plus apparently Bobby Roode will reveal who the finalists are to be his new manager. I think it will be Traci Brooks or someone already in TNA, it's very unlikely Bobby Heenan or Sherri Martel (both seen in promos to hype up the manager storyline) will manage him.

I think Angle does have some sort of no compete clause in effect. If he didn't, TNA would have him wrestling by now, in my opinion. People will tune in for the interview, but if he was wrestling TNA would get more viewers.

I don't think I posted this yet here: the legends for the Smackdown vs Raw 2007 video game have been announced. IHere's the list:

Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Guerrero, Cactus Jack, Dude Love, Mankind, Steve Austin, Jim Neidhart, Mr. Perfect, The Rock, Rowdy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Shane McMahon, Jerry Lawler and Tazz.

Bam Bam Bigelow, Jim Neidhart, Shane McMahon, Dude Love and Tazz are certainly not legends. Mick Foley is also in as a regular character, so that's 4 copies of basically the same person. His gimmicks differ, and movesets do as well, but it's a waste of space. They've done this garbage with Hogan, Undertaker and Kane in the past. The game doesn't have either tag champs: Spirit Squad and Kendrick+London. Both teams have been in WWE long enough, THQ and Yukes should've put them in the game.
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Skittles · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject:

I love DX, I do agree though they are getting kind of boring, I am just such a fan of the 90s era WWE that I was excited to see something from back then being brought up again...but they are just doing the same things over and over again. They need to spice up the angles a little bit. I believe deeply that John Cena will be joining DX sometime in the near future, I think that might make it alittle more interesting but I don't know...a lot of people don't like john cena, I am indifferent towards him.

As for Jeff Hardy winning the IC Title, the fact that he hasn't been back that long doesn't really mean much, he is a big fan favorite, he is MY favorite so of course I am happy he has the title finally. But going on timewise I do agree he hasn't been back long enough to be in a title race, but that is just how WWE works sometimes. Look at how little time Brock Lesnar was in WWE before he was World Champion and Jeff Hardy was in WWE for a long time before he left and came back but anyways.

I haven't read much but is Coach taking over as a GM spot? Or is this just temporary...will they still announce a new GM? I don't really like Coach as an authority figure I like him more as a butt kissing suck up to whoever is in power.

I didn't know they were coming out with a new smackdown vs. raw, I really gotta start paying attention to what is going on haha, i love the smackdown vs. raw games so I will be looking forward to this one. Will it be available on PSP again?
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Rob1981 · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

Obecorp · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:

WWE No Mercy was yesterday, I didn't order it because the card didn't really look all that attractive. But, from what I've read, there were some pretty good moments...

Of course, as expected King Booker won. It's good he hasn't lost the belt yet. I said this before, he seriously is the best that Smackdown has right now. I think Batista has had his chance to be a champ, and I don't think he should be a champ for a while.

The Hardy and Helms match I heard was one of the best of the evening. It had to get some pretty good airtime, considering that it was a match between two hometown wrestlers (with both being from North Carolina). I was actually hoping Gregory Helms would win this match, but since Smackdown really is short of main eventers, having Hardy win this match to possibly help him get pushed may have been a good idea. Honestly, Matt Hardy hasn't really impressed me too much as a performer during his career, so imo, I think it's still gonna take some time.

The tag match I heard was really really good. Kendrick and London are exciting as it is, and they are pretty good as a tag team. They are probably the best tag-team in the whole WWE, since they actually have "ring chemistry". It's too bad though that they probably won't get the respect they fully deserve since 1) they are in Smackdown, and 2) they are cruserweights. I'm sure Shawn Michaels is proud.

And lastly, Chris Benoit is back!! He had an impromptu match against William Regal, which was probably pretty good, since a lot of their matches in the past were great technical contests. I hope they put him in a feud with Booker again. Even though they had a lot of feuds already, their feuds have always been classic.

Apparently, there was a brief nudity scene in the PPV yesterday too, involving William Regal coming out of the shower. Apparently, it may have pissed too many people off, causing the WWE to apologize in it's website.
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Obecorp · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:09 am Post subject:

In other wrestling matters, the Raw Family reunion show is tonight. It should be pretty good, considering it's supposed to be a pay-per-view calibre show with it being 3 hours long, and with wrestlers from all 3 brands appearing. The only confirmed match is the Kane vs Umaga match, with the loser leaving Raw (and possibly going to Smackdown). It's kind of hard to predict a winner, but I'm thinking Kane may lose. Even though I don't think Umaga is any good, he's probably gonna stay at Raw.

Also, if you are a big wrestling fan, you should watch the Byte This Vince McMahon interview on WWE.com. I think it's actually one of the best wrestling interviews I've seen in a while relating to professional wrestling. Topics covered include, Eric Bischoff/WCW, his Mr. McMahon character, DX, John Cena, and Kurt Angle. He had a lot of very interesting things to say, imo. I also liked how the interview ended.

TNA is gonna feature Kurt Angle this week on Impact doing an interview. It should be interesting to see what he has to say. As far as him having a no-compete clause, if he has one, it may not be that long. I'm guessing Kurt may be trying to feel out what actually goes on in TNA before he actually decides to compete. In the Byte This interview, McMahon said Angle had a full-release, with no strings attached, so I'm guessing that includes a no compete clause.

As far as WWE trying to pull out all the stops, that doesn't only have to do with TNA signing Kurt Angle, but they are losing a lot of their cable audience with Monday Night Football moving to ESPN. There was actually a pretty interesting (and funny) article on ESPN.com during the beginning of the NFL season about WWE Monday Night Raw competing with ESPN's Monday Night Football. Thus far, the ESPN MNF ratings has been pretty high this season, which is why at times, the WWE seems pretty desperate for ratings.
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Rob1981 · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject:

In my opinion, Raw Family Reunion didn't seem that special. Some of the matches were worth watching, but overall nothing too special. I was a bit surprised Carlito, Gregory Helms and Ken Kennedy didn't wrestle on the show. Same goes for the tag champs of either show. Mitch losing to Flair, was simply a joke. Further proof, WWE doesn't care about the tag titles or cruiserweight title much.

ECW tonight focused way too much on the divas strip poker game. I think the rating will be lower than normal, since only the poker game had been hyped for the episode.

Announced for Cyber Sunday: a triple threat match featuring all 3 heavyweight champs. John Cena vs King Booker vs Big Show in a non-title match. It won't be a great match I bet. Also the Women's title tournament final will be at Cyber Sunday (which Melina will probably win).
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Rob1981 · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:57 am Post subject:

In some WWE news, Francine and Gunner Scott have been released. In case people forgot about Gunner: he was on Smackdown a while back, he made a few appearances then was sent back to OVW.

John Cena's movie "The Marine" opens today. I expect it could start out with good numbers, but then drop alot. The movie looks average, nothing we haven't seen before.

In TNA news, Bobby Rude will finally announce his new manager at Bound for Glory. On Impact last night, he revealed it wont be Col. Parker, Sherri or Bobby Heenan. They showed a woman's chest, so it's probably Traci Brooks. Also at Bound for Glory, Kevin Nash will hold his first ever "X division invitational battle royal".

At Impact last night, it looked like Elix Skipper got kicked out of Diamonds in the Rough. Also, there was problems within James Gang. Good riddance to two bad teams. Now if TNA would just fire BG+Kip, things would be better off.
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Skittles · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject:

Well no one really came into my theater to see The Marine, It coulda been just cause it was a Friday afternoon, but I am guessing about only 5-10 people came into see this movie during the 3 showings that went while I was working. Maybe it did better tonight, i wont know until tomarrow though. I plan on going to see this movie eventually, but first I have to see Grudge 2 and wait till I get more passes the next week Smile

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coralvalley · Lifeless Person Joined: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 918

I was honestly going to see Cena's movie since I figured that it had to be better than the last one that I had seen last weekend, but I got a flu bug so I didn't get around to seeing it yet. From what I have seen though there is not really a positive response from what they are predicting it to do at the box office. I guess time will tell there on that one. I saw Kane's movie and thought that it was okay. Nothing really special, but it was okay for the most part. I wish Kane would have said more, but still.

As for Kurt Angle, I thought that he did really good with his TNA interview there this last week. He handled himself with an air of class and dignity and I know that a lot of people were expecting him to start slamming the WWE and Vince McMahon, but he seemed to be very professional about it. In my opinion that shows a lot of maturity on his end and while I was disappointed to see him leave the WWE I am excited to see what his future in TNA has in store for him. I do not know how the ratings will go after he starts wrestling, but hopefully we will see great things there. Admittedly I only started tuning into TNA because I have followed Kurt Angle and his career, but I am willing to give it a try. I also saw that Chris Jericho's band will be performing the theme song for Bound For Glory. I think they are only playing a video, but that is still cool. I always liked Chris Jericho too.

With WWE I think that it seems like they are pulling out all the stops trying to make sure people keep tuning in. There has been a lot of stuff happening that I think is to keep people on their toes. I will admit I was surprised to see Benoit win the title that fast after coming back, but it is pretty cool. He is a great wrestler. As for everything else I am not surprised about Batista being the number one contender again. It was going to happen sooner or later, but hey I actually think SmackDown is getting better. Minus the whole Chavo and Rey Mysterio thing. I think that they need to just let that one go after Eddie has been gone so long. It is just too much at this point with the way they are carrying on. Over all though I have been enjoying SmackDown more lately which is a surprise to me since I always used to like Raw more.

Skittles · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject:

I just hope that this WWE film is better than the last. I went to see See No Evil with Kane in it, and I absolutly hated it. It was most probably one of the pointless movies I had ever seen. So I am really hoping WWE can redeem themselves with The Marine.
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Rob1981 · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

I'm a fan of Ken Kennedy and Chris Benoit, but I certainly don't think Benoit should've won the title so soon. I guess WWE wants Kennedy to job to Undertaker at Survivor Series, and since Undertaker doesn't wrestle regularly... he won't be given the U.S title. That's the only possible reason I can think of. Kennedy isn't hurt and has had no backstage problems, so those aren't issues here.

They should've thrown Benoit into the main event mix, instead of just giving him the U.S title right away. I'm getting sick of the same old main eventers: Batista, Booker, Lashley+Finlay. I certainly hope Rey doesn't go back to main event, once the Rey/Chavo feud is done. Next week: Rey vs Chavo in an "I Quit" match, with the loser leaving Smackdown. I somehow think it will be Chavo losing, since Rey won't fit in on Raw. This looks like the end of the feud, and I certainly hope it is.

Eric Young vs Larry Zbyszko in a "loser gets fired match" has been added to Bound for Glory. Eric was already fired, after he lost a loser gets fired match to Shark Boy on the October 5th Impact. I guess TNA doesn't think people remember that. Pretty stupid to have an already "fired" wrestler in yet another match.

Also added to TNA's Bound for Glory: Kevin Nash's X division invitational battle royal. I hope Nash against the X division ends soon. It's a waste of time, in my opinion.
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Rob1981 · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject:

MTV's "Wrestling Society X" is scheduled to finally air in 2007. The taping that took place earlier in the year will probably be the first episode of the first season of the show. The rest of the season will be taped next month. I think MTV is just trying to jump on the wrestling bandwagon.

I don't think the show will last. I remember when they were advertising the tapings before. They only wanted attractive people, and they had to wear certain clothes as well. Wrestling is fake, people know this, but making people fake as well? Pretty pathetic if you ask me. Some of the superstars for the show (as of now) are Vampiro, Sean Waltman (X-Pac) and Teddy Hart.

In WWE DVD news, "Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story" comes out next month. I will pick it up for sure, Piper is very entertaining in and out of the ring. I think it's a 2 disc set, but certainly could be much more.
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