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QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 01:06 AM) I have a theory that Vince created WWECW just to kill the ECW signs and chants at WWE shows. What better way to squash the chants and signs than to make ECW weak and lame, therefore making it embarrassing and impossible to chant for it? Vince has made his money from the DVDs and One Night Stands, and all the "classic" ECW wrestlers are getting older and more injured, so ECW as we'd like to remember it has a VERY short shelf life. The kiss of death came when Vince admitted treating ECW as a "third WWE brand" rather than its own entity. ECW being a third brand guarantees McMahon family meddling, and that is certain to send ECW to its grave. which is sad because i'm sure the people who dont remember the old ECW have no idea of how good of a product it was

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 12:58 AM) He must've known that he was gonna drive around with drug works and pills in the car.... It's just kinda stupid of him to f*** up the first chance at making decent money from wrestling. The guy seems like a giant head case, just from following his career. Totally shoots himself in the foot at every turn. prolly another case of someone bein scared of the success, cause he was one of the few guys over with the WWE fans QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 01:02 AM) RVD jobbed the WWE title and the ECW title on successive nights. They had to re-write Raw and ECW to take the straps off of him. Van Dam and Sabu are lucky to keep their jobs with the new wellness policy that WWE has in place. Everybody knew Van Dam lit up. Hell, last year at the One Night Stand PPV, Heyman cracked a joke that he wasn't crying in the ring but that his eyes were watering because Van Dam and he were smoking a joint. If anybody watched the ECW TV tonight, the Philly crowd was letting Van Dam have it with chants (granted, they were pissed all night with chants of "Shut the f*** up", "Boring!", "You suck dick", "You take steroids" etc. to other WWE performers that were squashing ECW performers) of "Marijuana!" and chants about the wellness policy infractions. Yet they're still supportive of him -- despite him f***ing up. I'm sure the SciFi censors had to be happy with those chants going over the air unedited for the most part. And after you've seen half the matches Sabu's been in -- Vicodin seems like it is something he would have regularly. Vince really needs to give up the booking of ECW and give it to Heyman. This generic hoss-fest, lame ass amateur night stripping and terrible gimmicks galore is really grating to classic fans of old ECW and new fans trying to get a feel for what the cult following was all about. ECW isn't "sports entertainment". It was gritty, counterculture, indy, wrestling with great angles. RIP WWECW 2006-2006 couldn't of said it better myself.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 12:52 AM) The punishment is in for RVD - he just jobbed away both belts and was suspended for 30 days. I'm interested in seeing if Sabu gets a pink slip, since he has no history with WWE. word is he's been tellin people he doesnt think he's gonna be around much longer anyway...

Well the WWE just suspended RVD for a month and he lost his titles...i guess it pays to just say no.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Jul 4, 2006 -> 01:23 PM) Easiest way still from aurora is I-55 to the Ryan and get off at 31st street, ITS NOT BAD AT ALL! thanks for all the tips guys, but i was able to take 88 all the way to the ryan and i was only on for 3 miles and got off on the 35th exit...wasnt bad at all

THEWOOD is very reliable...quick and easy transaction...would do business again in a heartbeat

at today's game I sat in front of 2 guys who seemed to think the sox were doomed after every mistake...I swear to god it was like reading a panic thread here on ST except I couldn't press the back button....*sighs* somehow I saw this coming after the World Series win.

Anybody know or have any suggestions on how to get to U.S. Comiskular from the Aurora area? The only way i know involves the Dan Ryan and it's not something i'm wanting to go through with it being July 4th weekend...any suggestions anyone???

i'll be at the game...oughta be a good one, hopefully no rain....

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 06:44 PM) I'm calling bulls*** on that and we all know any manager would take his players as a reward for what they've done. Anybody else getting irked at the way ESPN was disrespecting Jenks essentially saying we needed Rivera to close the game out because Jenks didn't know how to win important games in a high pressure situation? **coughworldseriescough** I see the same thing...it's envy...if Jose was left off they woulda claimed it being too competitive, not to mention the slurping of Mariano Rivera

well boys...it's time to make it happen again...we gotta get AJ on the team, even tho i'm not sure he should be picked over liriano

I dont think I remember this much whining when Torre would take half of his team...

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 06:30 PM) Are they giving out the 10 names for the final 2 spots tonight?? I believe so

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 06:22 PM) ahaha.. BBTN doesn't like that Buehrle got the nod over Schilling whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cares.

i'm down

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 10:21 PM) AMEN. I think about 70% of the members of soxtalk have some sort of split personailty disorder. There's more flip-flops here than at the beach on a hot day in July. PREACH!!!!!!!!!! *plays church organ*

ill do it, after im done voting

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 23, 2006 -> 06:33 AM) I can't figure how the Mets are the best team in the NL right now. They are easily the best team in the NL East but thats about it. How on earth do they rank above the Sox? Id like to see what the Sox do to them head to head. Both notions are utterly laughable. i dunno, so far i've thought the mets have been the best team in the NL

naw, he's 1-2...3.06 era...17 saves

Verlander Papelbon Huston Street (can we still consider him on the list?) Peavy Liriano

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jun 22, 2006 -> 10:56 PM) Oh baby. Did anyone see the highlights from Baltimore versus Florida, where Cabrera was getting IBBed and swung at one of the balls, lined it into center and drove in a run? God, that's beautiful. WHAT?!? *runs over to tv to try and catch a highlight of this*

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 22, 2006 -> 10:33 PM) Has anybody tried calling mike jones? yes. and his line is always busy...

i like tuesday's game mostly because i was there, and it's been a long time since we've seen a monster output by our offense

well earlier tonight Hawk mentioned that the guns were off...maybe it was hawk bein a homer as usual or maybe it was the guns bein off because it wouldnt be the first time he's mentioned it.

yep, just heard it on sportscenter...just means another batter for freddy to make look silly