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QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 2, 2007 -> 10:08 AM) Just a thought here - do you think they're setting up a Flair heel turn on DX this Sunday? Orton & Edge have conchairtoed him twice now without DX making a save. I'm thinking maybe Flair doesn't join Orton & Edge, but costs DX the match at the PPV as revenge for them not "having his back". That is quite possible...and what I wouldn't give to see a heel Flair back in his natural element. I feel he's so much better as a heel. I got so spoiled watching ROH tape after ROH tape yesterday that I was all used to good, quality wrestling (i.e. when Low Ki enzuirigied Prince Nana's head off) and then I came home and had to watch Raw. /vomit If Cena beat Umaga in a 4-1 handicap match after receiving a beatdown earlier in the show, how am I to buy Umaga having a shot at beating him at NYR? Regarding the story on WWE hiring a bunch of bikini models, John Laurinaitis and the company want to sign and bring up as many as 20 new women for roles on television over the next three months. This has led to them trying to teach the men and women newcomers in Louisville where most (but not all) of the new women live and work, about wrestling history. Mike Bucci (Simon Dean), who is running the program, gave them a list of names to learn. Here's an idea -- can't they just go for people that have wrestling history and therefore wouldn't have to waste their time?

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 1, 2007 -> 10:15 PM) Wolf Blitzer doesn't make those graphics, some peon in the back room does. I was just harkening back to another Trojan Enz Boner of the Week from the Situation Room during Katrina when Wolf via teleprompter actually said "They're so poor...and they're so black." when talking about Katrina victims on the screen.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jan 1, 2007 -> 08:59 PM) Yet another reason to hate Wolf Blitzer and his Situation Room. He's so dumb...and so old.

36+ minutes into Raw and the only time I was entertained was marking for the World's Greatest Tag Team. Rob Conway! My mark-out-o-meter asplodes! Yes! And before I can even write this, he jobs.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/foot...ex.html?cnn=yes DENVER (AP) -- Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday, his limousine sprayed with bullets in downtown Denver just hours after the team was elimated from the NFL playoffs. Team spokesman Jim Saccomano said police called him about 3 a.m. from the scene and told him three people had been shot, and the 24-year-old Williams had been killed. A little after 2 a.m., a white Hummer limousine was fired on from a vehicle that pulled up along its side, police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 06:42 PM) By "obscure" I mean that his heyday was the late 70's/early 80s, his "comedy resurgence" was in the mid-to-late 90's, and I highly doubt 75% of TNA's viewers today know who the hell he is. He was a legit collegiate wrestler and he played the "babyface in peril" better than anyone during his WWWF title run, so I'm definitely not downing his actual pro and amateur wrestling skills when I call him obscure. Ask a crowd at a WWE show who he is. You'll see that his Q rating is pretty low. Needs more Iron Sheik. New ECW segment -- Humbl'd with the Sheik! Watch as he suplexes, puts them in the Camel Clutch, breaks their back and then f***s their ass making them humble, old country style! It'll be guaranteed yuks!

QUOTE(The Critic @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 12:26 PM) Once again, Vince throws a shovelful of dirt on ECW's grave. Yep, ECW's failing because it's not a chucklefest. Uh-huh. Riiiight. Couldn't be because he took "extreme" matches off the show for the most part, or because he's throwing his usual crappy HOSSES at it, or because it's on a s***ty channel that not all cable subscribers even have. No, no - we need more YUKS. THAT'LL solve everything. Without serious competition, Vince is absolutely clueless about entertaining the audience. Yep... And supposedly Bob Backlund is going to be the PPV judge for the PCS contest.

Sarchasm (n.) 1. The distance between the writer's sarcastic/sardonic comedic intent and the slow-witted dumbf*** who can't figure out the meaning.

If homosexuality is a choice, can I call into work queer?

My goodness, my Guinness.

Borat. Snakes on a Plane.

Snitsky and Masters are getting moved to WWECW most likely so they can be utilized more often. And who else here would love to see Lashley get a manager (Teddy Long, Brother Love...just a warm body that is good on the stick), turn outright heel and just get pushed as a dangerous heel wrestler? That way, his problems on the stick are covered up, he doesn't have to be technically sound in the ring if he's pushed as a monster and it'd actually be moderately entertaining to have 1 heel champ on any of the E programming. And Vince also said that the reason he believes ECW is failing is because there isn't enough humor on the show. Gee, and here I've been thinking the current incarnation of WWECW was a huge joke.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 29, 2006 -> 01:17 PM) About 100% or so... That low of an estimate?

By far, my first choice would be Willie Nelson On a lesser scale... Hank Jr. Brother Ali Sage Francis Macklemore Fiona Apple

QUOTE(NUKE @ Dec 28, 2006 -> 11:35 PM) Saddam's gonna get his virgins alright. 72 dudes waiting to give him all the lovin he can handle. Uh, actually he's quite secular. But nice non sequitor. Not condoning what he did but just going for factual accuracy here.

I'm legally blind in one eye. I was a multiple time MVP and All Star in high school academic team. I'm an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. I have and still at times wear my old Bret Hart sunglasses. I met and got an autograph from Michael Moore.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 27, 2006 -> 12:23 PM) he was delicious.... Exactly. He was a former President. Who's saying he wouldn't be delicious?

I'm a registered minister with the Universal Life Church I'm Time's 2006 Person of the Year A piece I wrote is being published in a book In high school, I was an MVP and an All Star for my scholastic bowl team at major tournaments I met, shook hands with and got Sabu's autograph in 2002

QUOTE(The Critic @ Dec 27, 2006 -> 03:08 AM) For me, the "resurrection"/character assassination/slow murder of ECW is hardest for me to watch. I'd give the Gooker to Vince & Family, although they're basically competing against themselves in this "competition". CLOSE behind in second place is the abuse of Eddie's name and memory, but the Guerreros are a wrestling family, so they've seen this happen before. Chavo & Vickie have a hand in it as well, so the family has no "higher moral ground" to stand on. Same theory with Michaels and his faith, and the rest of the nominees are just stupid and not worth comment. The slow murder of ECW is pretty difficult to watch. One of the few positives is that they're allowing CM Punk and others to have an avenue to get some TV time instead of being on OVW.

Well, at least Dana Carvey was right -- he wasn't eaten by wolves. http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96dbrokaw.phtml

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Dec 26, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) Let's do, so pay attention. Danks pitched High-A ball in the California League, at both Stockton and Bakersfield, which is a hitter's paradise. The fact that Danks bounced back from a subpar half season at Stockton with an outstanding season at Bakersfield says loads. He then was promoted to AA, the hardest promotion for a minor-leaguer to handle, at 21, and pitched very well in 2006. In 2005 he was 20-years-old and in AA, so cut him some slack. God forbid he can't dominate AA at 20, the f***ing bum. And then, at 21, he was promoted to AAA PCL, which is even more of a hitter's league than the Cal League. Some ballparks, namely Albuquerque, I could hit home runs out of. Think Coors Field, no humidor, and then lower the gravity a bit. The fact that Danks averaged less than a hit per innings and a strikeout per inning, for a 21-year-old, is simply outstanding. But if you want to hold him to the standards that he should be turning water into wine, knock yourself out. Now compare our situation to others in the AL Central. Minnesota lost 40% of their rotation in the offseason and Carlos Silva is usually a lock to suck. Here's their projected starting rotation: Santana Bonser Silva Garza Baker/Slowey/??? Their oldest pitcher is also 32. They are going to have growing pains, not to mention some of their pitchers are going to flake out (Reyes) and come down to Earth a bit (Neshek). The Twins shouldn't be worried about now, but rather two to three years down the road if even 25% of their prospects pan out. They're looking very good. Tigers are looking at: Bonderman Rogers (pine tarring and fluking his way to an abberation near you) Verlander Robertson Grilli (laffo)/Maroth/Miner I'd go to war with our rotation against theirs, 5th starter and all, any day of the week. Awesome, Cerb...Just...awesome.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 26, 2006 -> 04:39 AM) So the DA gets a pass? I don't think he's saying that. I think he's trying to get people to have forethought before clamoring for something. As the late, great HL Mencken quipped "The American people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." I'm all for Nifong getting his balls nailed to a post for this one if he did hide exculpatory evidence. DA's hiding evidence and going for convictions for political purposes, etc. I hate to springboard -- but this human/greed aspect is one of the reasons that there are plenty questioning the government's assertions in regards to indefinite detainees and also questioning the system of capital punishment. If it can happen in this case with this DA, who is to say that it is not happening elsewhere? If it is, can we truly be comfortable with the death penalty and indefinite detention?

Corrected the thread title spelling. Hooked on Phonics worked for SS2K!

Wrestlecrap.com 2006 Gooker nominees initial listing is out. Any other ideas can be e-mailed. They'll have the finals in January where we can all vote. Here is the official unofficial list of who is in the running. We will finalize the list come January to ten nominees, and YOU will decide who is the "winner." And what a list we have: - WWECW: A lot of folks were very excited when WWE announced the relaunch of the ECW brand, thinking that the promotion they loved back in the mid 90's would once again rule the scene. Instead, we got wrestling vampires (named KEVIN - how Goth!), school teachers, and the decimation of nearly every single ECW original, all of which lead to December 2 Dismember, possibly the biggest PPV disaster ever. - TNA: The Jackass Promotion: No, we're not talking about Vince Russo! Instead, we're talking about the cross promotion TNA did for the film Jackass 2, which saw the talented X-Division stars do dumb skit after dumb skit, including one in which Senshi mistook a blow up doll for his opponent. Laughs a plenty! - The Tim White Suicide Attempts: Referee Tim White was so distraught with his life that he decided to end it all. So he tried to kill himself. Over and over and over and over and over again. Laughs a plenty! (Sheesh, I'm stealing lines from myself!) - Shawn Michaels' Partner, THE LORD ALMIGHTY: Just when you thought Vince had run out of stuff to exploit, he finds God...and exploits Him, billing the Almighty in a tag match. It being the Sabbath, God took the day off and no-showed. This angle also introduced us to McMahonism, a religion in which Vince worshipped himself. - Pirate Paul Birchill: Yo Ho Ho! We needed a bottle of rum to withstand Pirate Paul swinging to the ring and being the worst pirate this side of Guybrush Threepwood. - The Great Khali: He sure was big, and he sure did suck. But at least he sucked BIG. RD's dream match: The Great Khali versus Giant Gonzalez. No wait, that would be a nightmare. I get those two confused sometimes. - The Exploitation of Eddie Guerrero: When Eddie Guerrero passed away, the entire wrestling world was sad. The fact that WWE decided to take that passion and turn it into a year long angle has turned that sadness into dollars is nauseating. Quite possibly the most sickening lack of respect ever from WWE, and consider the ground THAT covers.

Skiing -- It is Kryptonite for California politicians.