At 3/11/06 01:14 AM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Oh snap, I never knew that Mark Henry could fucking jump! (I thought that it was a fluke last week when he splashed Taker.) I mean, a 400 pound meatball managed to jump from the second rope and crashed the table. Big Show and Viscea should be ashamed. For that, Mark Henry will probably own useless garbage like Masters, but don't forget he will face the UNDERTAKER at WM where UT never loses. In conclusion: Henry will RIP anyway although he may show some efforts in that match.

Oh, of course UT will win. Nobody would have it any other way. But hey, if Mark Henry can do stuff like that, he may have something going for him after all. Too bad they didn't do that earlier in his career, huh? :-P

Hello NG WWE Fans. I know this is my 1st post since being a NG member for almost 4 years. I wanted to verify the fact that Lashley and Finlay will compete in a Lumberjack Match next week on SmackDown! for their spot in the "Money In The Bank" match at Wrestlemania 22.

Doesn't Henry just look so cute doing that splash? His sort of quickly tucks his legs and flails his arms as if he were going for a frog splash, but he can't do it properly.
Does anybody think that a casket match is a conveniant way to get Henry off of TV once and for all? They woldn't even need to explain why he's gone from TV really, and they could send him back to OVW for the last few months of his conract.
And Undertaker get to increase his unbeaten run.

Splash or no splash I still don't like the fact that Henry will face Taker at Wrestlemania. And about RVD and the whole MITB thing if he cashes it in at One Night Stand a lot of people wouldn't really care simply because they just want to see RVD with the WWE title.

I think that Butchill gimmick is one of my favorite gimmicks that i like on WWE. And speaking of Henry i think he will leave WWE by Taker put him in a casket and never return to WWE again.

unless of course vince re-signs him to a newcontract, though it won't be like his original one. no 10 year deal for you mark!

At 3/11/06 08:42 AM, JohnCena751 wrote: I think that Burchill's gimmick is one of my favorite gimmicks that i like on WWE.

I like his attire but I think the gimmick will get old pretty quickly. His finisher is kind of cool but there are obviously certain opponents who he will not be able to do it to because it takes a little atheleticism to complete the move.

At 3/11/06 11:22 AM, TheNewAgeOutlaw wrote:

At 3/11/06 08:42 AM, JohnCena751 wrote: I think that Burchill's gimmick is one of my favorite gimmicks that i like on WWE.

I like his attire but I think the gimmick will get old pretty quickly. His finisher is kind of cool but there are obviously certain opponents who he will not be able to do it to because it takes a little atheleticism to complete the move.

Yeah but remember that burchill has that armbar as a finisher too.I really liked his entrance.It seems all right piraty and the such.So I hope he makes the next smackdown game because I would like to see what I can make with that swinging entrance.

What is his new finisher anyway? The last time I saw him he used an armbar (lame) to get the win.

I think he's using the C4 again but I'm not sure.

At 3/11/06 07:26 AM, HeartbreakHoldout wrote: Doesn't Henry just look so cute doing that splash? His sort of quickly tucks his legs and flails his arms as if he were going for a frog splash, but he can't do it properly.
Does anybody think that a casket match is a conveniant way to get Henry off of TV once and for all? They woldn't even need to explain why he's gone from TV really, and they could send him back to OVW for the last few months of his conract.
And Undertaker get to increase his unbeaten run.

Notice that Henry's contract will expire shortly after WM22. Due to his age (35) and injures, WWE is unlikely to re-sign him. By the way, casket match is often used to end a feud, so expect Henry to disappear for good after WM.

Some news to report it seems Jim Ross will make his return at Saturday Night's Main Event. And a good matck on Raw this monday as Shelton Benjamon defends the IC title against RVD.

At 3/11/06 07:21 PM, pepeatumi wrote: Some news to report it seems Jim Ross will make his return at Saturday Night's Main Event. And a good matck on Raw this monday as Shelton Benjamon defends the IC title against RVD.

So... RAW's gonna have 4 announcers? Or is one of them gonna be demoted or booted? If it's the latter, let's hope it's Coach. I know that he's trying to be the 'heel' announcer by saying dumbass things, but something is seriously wrong when his commentary detracts from the show's overall enjoyability.

At 3/11/06 08:41 PM, cornontheconn wrote:

So... RAW's gonna have 4 announcers? Or is one of them gonna be demoted or booted? If it's the latter, let's hope it's Coach. I know that he's trying to be the 'heel' announcer by saying dumbass things, but something is seriously wrong when his commentary detracts from the show's overall enjoyability.

There's no plans of making JR the Raw announcer I think he will be the SNME announcer.

Talking about SNME, let me predict the matches:
1. Randy Orton, Rey and Kurt Angle def HHH and Cena (Team SD! has numbers. In addition, I dare to say that Cena is weakest among the five although he has the belt.)
2. HBK def Shane (This match can go either way, but having HBK lose twice at the hands of Shane is unlikely for me.)
3. Boogeyman def Booker T (No need to explain, everyone is jobbing to the Boogeyman.)
4. Stone Cold def JBL (Beer drinking? JBL, you asked for it!)
What do you guys think? ;)

I'm not sure about Stone Cold beating JBL in a beer frinking contest you look at JBL and it sees he's been training for this the last couple of months.

PS:Duke- Boston College for the ACC championship its gonna be a good one.

is the saturady thins next week? I've lost track of the damn thing. I'm also missing TNA right now but that can't be helped.... :(

At 3/11/06 11:27 PM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Talking about SNME, let me predict the matches:
1. Randy Orton, Rey and Kurt Angle def HHH and Cena (Team SD! has numbers. In addition, I dare to say that Cena is weakest among the five although he has the belt.)
2. HBK def Shane (This match can go either way, but having HBK lose twice at the hands of Shane is unlikely for me.)
3. Boogeyman def Booker T (No need to explain, everyone is jobbing to the Boogeyman.)
4. Stone Cold def JBL (Beer drinking? JBL, you asked for it!)
What do you guys think? ;)

I think that all 4 of those matches are pretty unpredictable. I'm gonna take a wild guess and agree with all of your predictions, but it's impossible to be certain. Sure, SD has numbers, but RAW has an invincible white rapper. As for HBK and Shane, yeah, losing twice in a row seems unlikely, and I think he will win. Either that, or he'll lose again to build tension for WM22. As for Boogeyman, we all thought that JBL would job to Lashley, but in this match they might pull another shocker.

And JBL vs Stone Cold in a beer drinking contest? Meh, Stone Cold. He's serious business.

LordKooler's TNA iMPACT! review
1.America's Most Wanted vs The Naturals
During the match, Gail Kim distracted the referee and then Bobby Roode and Eric Young of Team Canada interfere and attacked The Naturals helping AMW win and retain their tag team titles. The Naturals will face Bobby Roode & Eric Young at Destination X. Team Canada will take part in the World X Cup but Petey Williams is the only confirmed member. I don't think that Bobby Roode, Eric Young, and A-1 will take part in the World X Cup.
2.Chris Sabin vs Sonjay Dutt vs Alex Shelley
Sabin won the match to qualify for Team USA in the World X Cup. Who will take up the last two slots in Team USA?
3.Rhino & Ron Killings & Team 3D vs Matt Bentley & Shannon Moore & Elix Skipper & David Young of The Diamonds in The Rough
During the match, Traci tried to attack Brother Ray but Brother Ray bodyslams her and Brother Ray & Ron Killings held her legs while Devon gave Traci the diving headbutt. Shannon Moore will wrestle Cassidy Reily and Elix Skipper & David Young will wrestle Norman Smiley & Shark Boy in the Destination X preshow. After Killings, Rhino, and Team 3D won, Jeff Jarrett, AMW, Gail Kim, and Abyss watched from the Heel entrance ramp.

At 3/11/06 04:33 PM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: By the way, casket match is often used to end a feud, so expect Henry to disappear for good after WM.

Have to agree here, this would be a perfect symbolic gesture to get rid of Henry. I think there's a possibility he might be re-signed (for WAY less money, and WAY less time), but I dunno. Henry has dropped down the main event heel ranks, and I couldn't blame Vince if he simply cut the guy loose, and tried to build someone up in his place as a new top level heel. There's certainly candidates for this on SD! that all they need is an oppurtunity.

"Talkin TNA" by Professor avie

So here we are, our weekly extended look at TNA impact, the notes and thoughts section that nobody else brings. Cooler does a great job with reviewing, so I won't stel his thunder and recap, I'll just talk about some of my thoughts on the show if I may.

This show was all about one thing: Destination X, it was the go home show, and the best bet for TNA was to book whatever last minute matches they needed, and continue the push on the main events which were already signed.

Plusses: TNA needed to push the PPV, and they did an excellent job of that I thought. TNA gave us some great video packages with the participants for Ultimate X, they recapped the events leading to Sting's appearance, and in general put out everything they've got that's of any value or importance going into the show. They also gave us some good in ring action, and kept the focus on that for the first half hour...man, was that not a great world tag title match? AMW and The Naturals tore it up. I think special credit has to be given to the Naturals here as they haven't gotten a lot of TV time since Impact has been on Spike. Kudos to them for making the most of it (finish of the bout covered in the next section)...The X qualifier match was also just good solid wrestling. The undercarders of the X Division in Shelley, Sabin, and Dutt continue to shine. I was also happy Sabin got the win in this match, as he's one of the more talented X Division performers who has seemed to continuously hit that glass ceriling that's been created by Styles, Joe, and Daniels, lately...Nice to see Jeff Jarrett not dominating the whole show for a week...the main event was a pretty wild bout, and got a lot of body's some TV time, and promoted the big 8 man tommorow.

Minuses: Ugh. I am getting so fucking sick of all these screw job finishes in AMW, and "Coalition" (that's what I'm calling Jarrett's gang at present) matches. For fuck's sake, whatever happened to heels who could win a match based on skill and not screwy finishes? I know fans are smarter now, but all these run-ins and cheating is just cheapening AMW and their title run to me...speaking of which, isn't it about time AMW dropped those belts to someone else? While I like the duo, I think it's time TNA featured some other teams, or fulfilled the destiny of the Dudleys to finally pick up those belts...While I can appreciate the old school nature of the Monty Brown/Christian Cage segment, it just didn't do much of anything for me. I think Brown carried it well, but I think Christian Cage sounded lost and it almost seems like their going to make the mistake of playing Christian Cage the way they played Ricky Steamboat in the NWA. Where he's supposed to be too much of a white bread babyface, and that is not going to get over with the crowd. I think this segment made the champ look weak, and considering TNA seems to want to build Christian up as a great star they got from the company that didn't understand him, and will help lead them, they need to keep him out of situations like this.

If Christian can defend the title and win the match clran he is still getting a good buildup and hopefully get a good run with the belt. If he can make his first defense a victory he will have at least some steam going for him.

At 3/11/06 02:47 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: What is his new finisher anyway? The last time I saw him he used an armbar (lame) to get the win.

I don't know what it is called but... he grabs the guy as if he is going to Rock Bottom him, but instead of slamming him forward, he does a backflip, causing the opponent to land on the back of his head. It's hard to explain really. Maybe someone can post a video clip.

The problem with Christian is he needs to be a heel. People are cherring for him which is good but everyone knows in order to be at his full potential he has to be heel.

How would we know though? He's been a heel for so long tha he never really got to show what sort of face he could be.

That's true. But his run as a face reminds me an awful lot of Orton's run as a face and we all know how that turned out. Some wrestlers are just meant to be heel in my opinion Christian is one of them.

At 3/12/06 02:58 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: How would we know though? He's been a heel for so long tha he never really got to show what sort of face he could be.

I agree we don't know what he can do as a face...but what he's shown so far is rather lackluster from where I sit. Christian looked good in leading up to winning the belt, but last night's segment just didn't really do it for me, it was perhaps too old school for someone like Christian who's supposed to be the cool dork, to really shine in.

Christian probably is a better heel but there's already a lot of heels in TNA. Jarett will never be a face neother will Monty Brown. In my opinion it sucks but Christian has to be a face for the time being. Unless he ends up turning on Sting and having a feud him somewhere down the road.

WWE.com has confirmed the following for RAW this Monday night in Beaumont, TX:

- Contract signing between John Cena and Triple H for the WWE Championship Match at WrestleMania 22.

- Shelton Benjamin defends the WWE Intercontinental Title against Rob Van Dam.

Well done, Professor Aview. Also a thumbs up to LordKooler. Helluva job done, fellas.

Now, I got a very good question. I'm not sure if this is on everyone's minds, but when is Jeff Hardy coming back? I mean, that's a hell of a suspension for one missed show. Or did he get fired? (I hope not!)

As for Duke, I agree with ya on your predictions for SNME. I've seen JBL drink, but he is a pansy compared to Stone Cold in beer drinking.

As for the Boogeyman, why not? He needs a decent push. He seems successful in the WWE so far.

Now, I missed TNA yesterday, but I did manage to watch ECW's Most Violent Matches. Great presentation, however, I think some of the matches shouldn't have been on there. Like the Mike Awesome/ Masato Tanaka match. What they should've put on their was The Dudleys vs. Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman (ECW One Night Stand, for those who remember) . Now, THAT was violent. Overall, good DVD to add to your collections. Worth the damn money.

Well, I hope that RAW will be entertaining tomorrow. BTW, who's all in that MITB ladder match? Just wondering...thanks ahead of time.