Getting Over 9.21.06: The Harry Smith Debut!
Posted by Mike LaFave on 09.21.2006
What do you get when you mix a British strongman with a Canadian technician? Two words, Harry Smith! PLUS a very important announcement at the end of the column!
Welcome one and all to the number one fantasy booking column in internet history! No, of course I don't have any facts to back that claim up, but someone once told me that there is no promotion like self promotion.
Some of you may have heard about this week's subject. He's the son of the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith and nephew of Bret the Hitman Hart. A few of you may have had the privilege to witness his greatness in Stampede Wrestling. Others may only have noticed him running to the ring the night some ECW Extremists invaded Raw. No matter how much or little you know of the man at this very second, by the end of this column I promise, you'll be patiently awaiting the day Harry Smith finally debuts on Raw!
Getting Over Harry Smith :
Raw 09/25 - A video package is played with a rock beat in the background. The Screen is pitch black when the word "Past" flashes on the screen. A split second later a British Flag design comprises the word. "Power." Highlights of the British Bulldog are shown, showcasing his amazing strength. The package then cuts to a Canadian Flag design spelling out the word, "Execution." Highlights of Bret Hart are displayed finally ending with Hart and the bulldog celebrating in the ring together following their Intercontinental Championship match from the 1992 SummerSlam at Wembley Stadium in London. The screen cuts back to black when the word "Present" flashes. The WWE and Raw logo's are visible before the video again goes black. The word, "Future" holds on the screen for a moment while the rock music continues to play. In a rapid fire sequence, we see "Past", "Present", "Future", "British", "Canadian", "Power", "Execution" flash on the screen with a boom accompanying each word. Then slowly on the black screen the word, "Hybrid" becomes visible. The music continues but the video cuts out completely to a live, straight on shot of Harry Smith walking in the back. The music roars on and gradually gains in volume when Smith steps out from behind the curtain and in front on the live crowd! He makes his way down to the ring and grabs a mic. He hesitates a moment before shaking his head, dropping the microphone and instead motioning for his opponent to come out. We hear, "Just look at me" over the loud speakers and Rob Conway comes out for Harry Smith's debut match on Monday Night Raw! Conway puts up a decent fight, but can is able to string more than a couple moves together. JR and the King refer to Smith as, "The Hybrid Harry Smith" throughout the match. Just under five minutes into the match, Smith hoists the Conman onto his shoulder and slams him to the mat with a thud courtesy of a running power slam! As tough as Conway is, that is more than enough to secure the impressive victory in Smith's first Raw match!
Raw 10/02 - Smith isn't in action tonight, but unlike last week, he decides he wants to say a few words to the live crowd. "As Rob Conway found out last week, I am the Hybrid Harry Smith. Some of you have heard of my father, the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith." Harry is forced to pause due to the thunderous ovation from the audience. "Thank you for that, I know my dad appreciates that as he watches down on me. But as if being a wrestling Smith wasn't good enough, I'm half Hart too!" The crowd erupts at just the mention of the name "Hart." "Ha ha, yeah, I thought you might like that. I don't think I need to go into the legacy of the Hart Family here in the WWE. I just wanted to take a second to come out and tell all you great fans that I'm going to be busting my ass in this ring night in and night out to put on a show for you guys. Not just any show, but a show worthy of my family name." Before he can say another word we hear, "Are you ready" play over the sound system. The Heartbreak Kid makes his way down to the ring alone and seems to have left that extra bounce in his step at home this evening. "Sorry kid, I'll get to you in a second, but I have to get something off my chest if you don't mind. You all saw the sneak attack that Hollywood Homo, Johnny Nitro, portrayed on my running mate last week. Well, Hunter is home licking his wounds…and maybe licking some other things around the house…oh would you people get your mind out of the gutter, I'm talking about ice cream! Triple H loves eating that…ice cream. OK, anyway…since Triple H is away going to be laid…up…for the next couple weeks, it seems that I need a partner to help me out until he gets back. Which, leads me to this young whippersnapper. Harry Smith, just seeing you in this ring with me, is bring back memories of the wars I had in this ring with your father. He was a hell of a man inside this ring and out and I'm not ashamed to tell you that I shed more than a few tears when he passed on. Enough of the sappy stuff, what I'm trying to say is, Harry Smith, it would be my honor and my pleasure if you'd do it up DX style with me next week and kick the Holly Hell out of Edge and Nitro! What do you say kid?" The answer is written all over Harry's face, he doesn't need to say a word and everyone knows he's ready to go! They shake hands as we cut to commercial.
Raw 10/09 - The main even for the night is the Hybrid Harry Smith along with HBK teaming up to take on Edge and Nitro. It's a long back and forth battle with the fan favorites finally taking the firm advantage at the sixteen minute mark. Shawn Michaels sets up for Sweet Chin Music pounding his foot against the mat in rhythm. He is about to hit the super kick on Nitro when Smith suddenly clips him from behind! Smith along with Edge and Nitro do a number on Michaels focusing on his banged up knee. Smith picks up Shawn's lifeless body and hits a running power slam and Nitro covers for the win.
Raw 10/16 - DX comes out to a huge pop. After doing their traditional welcoming, Trips is first on the mic to address the Johnny Nitro situation and demands that Johnny nuts up and meet him for an ass kicking at Cyber Sunday. HHH passes the mic over to his buddy. "Ya know, if anyone knows a thing or two about stabbing people in the back it's Degeneration X! Good ole' HBK and HHH have twisted the knife many times. But the thing is, we were ready for the consequences of our actions, because like it or not, we were and are the best thing going. Harry Smith on the other hand is biting off way more than he can chew. So being that I'm a kind hearted man, I'm willing to let this one slide kid. You're young, you're gonna make mistakes and I'm giving you a way out of this one. Harry, come out here and face-to-face, tell me, what the hell was going on in your head. Triple H and I will take your answer into consideration and if we find your answer to be to out liking we wont turn you into a punching bad right here tonight!" Harry appears on the Titontron and is all smiles, "Shawn, I had to wait years to get the satisfaction I felt last week, so Shawn, you'll just have to do what you and all other American's seem incapable of doing, be patient! Next week, if I feel so inclined, I'll tell you exactly why I screwed you over last week!"
Raw 10/23 - When we come back from the first commercial Smith is in the ring mic in hand, "It seems that along with losing his hair in his old age, Shawn is losing his memory. I was talking to the Raw fans for the first time ever and Shawn came out and interrupted what was an important moment in my life! As disrespectful as that was, I could have forgiven it, but then he went on to talk about my dad. And he's right about one thing, my dad was a great man, ten time the man and ten times the wrestler HBK is! Shawn mentioned the wars he had with my father in the ring, but he left out the fact that not only did he run my uncle out of the company he loved, but Shawn bent him over and screwed him on the way out. What I did to Shawn wasn't payback, it was merely the beginning of an extensive amount of payback! You see I wasn't just trained by my dad, but Bret trained me too. He's been there every step of the way supporting me, even encouraged my decision to come to the company that left him high and dry years ago. I love my uncle Bret and when he says he's the best there is and the best there was he's right! But Shawn you'll soon find out that The Hybrid is the best there ever will be! Shawn, you're so short sighted. When you screwed over my uncle Bret all you thought about was yourself. You hated my uncle so you didn't care what happened to him. Well your actions, you selfish prick, your action didn't just affect Bret, it had a huge negative impact on our whole family, including me! Ya know, Bret never had his chance to get back and you for what you did, and thanks to his stroke he never will. But unfortunately for you Shawn, the Hybrid is in perfect health! And at Cyber Sunday, prepare to be bent over, because it's your turn to get screwed!"
Later, Coach is seen in his office and is running down the list of options for Triple H's match against Johnny Nitro. He then moves on to the possible stipulations for the match between Harry Smith and HBK. DX walk into the office, with Shawn in a Calgary Flames hockey jersey and Triple H in a sports coat and bow tie.
HBK (doing his best Canadian impression) - "Eh, Coach, don't chya know that you left out the best possible option eh. The fans should be able to vote for the match to take place on an ice rink eh. Don't chya know that the best sports are played on ice eh?"
HHH (with a British accent) – "Why, that's bloody brilliant my good man! And dear Coach, you should consider adding a tee-party match as a stipulation for my match with my good mate Johnny Nitro. Todaloo Coach, cheers!"
Raw 10/30 - The ten o'clock hour starts with a tag match between Harry Smith and Johnny Nitro vs. DX. It's a great match with the heels surprisingly in control for the majority. DX is able to turn the momentum around using quick tags and double teaming to beat down Nitro. Nitro is in desperate need of a tag, but instead of isolating him in their corner, HBK encourages Nitro to tag in the fresh man. Smith stares HBK straight in the Eye, before shaking his head and hoping off the apron. The camera zooms in for a close up and we see him mouth, "I'll see you Sunday Shawn." DX continues to work on Nitro for a few more minutes before HBK nails Sweet Chin Music causing Nitro to fall in the waiting arms of Triple H who drops him with the pedigree for the pin.
Cyber Sunday 11/05 - Harry Smith and HBK both make their way to the ring without knowing what type of match the fans had voted on. The results are displayed on the Titontron showing that a "Kiss My Ass Match" won by a slim margin. The rules of the match are all the same with the loser having to kiss the winners bare ass! HBK takes command early. Harry seems to be out of his league as the Show Stoppa takes the Hybrid to school in the ring. HBK clotheslines Smith to the outside of the ring and then attempts an asi moonsault. Harry illustrates his dominating strength by catching Michaels midair and slamming him to the concrete floor with an overhead belly-to-belly slam! Smith rolls HBK back in the ring and begins to work him over. He uses a variety of slams and suplexes to weaken his foe. The Hybrid sets Shawn up into a power bomb position, but instead of dropping him hard to the mat, he throws him into the turnbuckle! Shawn is in obvious pain as Smith lays the boots to him. He once again sets Michaels up for a power slam, this time running across the ring, jumping and landing with a sit-out power bomb! Somehow the Heart break Kid is able to kick out! Despite his inexperience, Shawn's resilience doesn't seem to frustrate the youngster as he stay focus and continues to wow the crowd with his offensive attack. After a couple more minutes of beating, he lifts HBK onto his shoulder and starts to run for his father's old finishing move! Shawn is able to slip out, run to the ropes, bounce off and smack Smith in the face with a flying forearm! Both men are down for a seven count before HBK nips-up! From there Shawn begins his routine including hitting Smith with the flying elbow drop. Shaw is in the corner tuning up the band, and goes to hit sweet chin music on the Hybrid but Smith catches HBK's leg and uses a single leg take down to get Shawn on the mat. Smith maintains control of the leg and is able to turn Michaels over into a high-angle Boston crab. HBK is able to slowly crawl his way to the ropes to break the hold. Smith goes right back to work on his prone opponent. He once again sets him up for the running power slam and Shawn is once again able to slip out. Harry turns around just in time to find a super kick directly under his chin, sending him falling flat on his back! HBK covers, hooks the leg and gets the three count! Shawn starts to celebrate in the ring while he waits for Smith to shake the cobwebs out of his head. When Smith gets up, Shawn bends over sticking has ass way out. Smith nods his head and to the surprise of the crowd actually begins to clap for HBK as we see him mouth, "the better man won." Shawn shrugs his shoulders and lowers his pants. Smith smiles, walks over to Shawn and drops to one knee. He shuts his eyes and slowly inches his way in to do kiss the winner's ass when he stops and drives his shoulder into the back of HBK's knee! He slides out of the ring and grabs a chair and goes to town on Shawn's knee. He is able to do severe damage before Triple H runs out to make the save and chase Smith away.
While HHH is checking on his friend Nitro runs out and attacks him from behind as the ref calls for the bell to start the match. Nitro to continue to dominate as The King of Kings doesn't appear to have him head 100% into the match. Nitro looks impressive until he makes the fatal error of lowering his head, allowing The Game to hit a knee lift and take the advantage. Triple H goes into his usual offense leading to pedigree. Triple H makes the cover, but Melina distracts the ref. HHH is screaming for the referee to come do his job and make the count when Harry Smith runs down and begins to taunt The Game. Trips gets pissed and goes outside the ring to confront Smith. The Hybrid starts to walk to the back and HHH heads back into the ring shouting at him. Amongst the confusion, Nitro is able to recover, roll up HHH, pulls the tights while getting his feet on the rope for the huge upset win!
Raw 11/06 - The Hybrid struts out to the ring with an ear to ear grin across his face. Lillian Garcia announces him, but before she can finish, Harry snatches the mic out of her hands. "Thank you, Lillian, but now go take your seat. Last night the Hybrid single handedly took down both members of DX. Shawn, congrats on winning the match last night, it was a great match, we tore the house down and I was hoping you'd come out so I could congratulate you on a hard fought victory. Oh wait, you can't can you. Something happened to your knee last night…oh that's right, it was me, tearing every ligament in your knee and putting you on the shelf indefinitely. Shawn, consider yourself officially screwed!" Smith's music hits and he's half way up the ramp when Trips runs out from the back and begins to beat down the Hybrid. Refs come out to attempt to break up brawl when finally Coach makes his way out yelling at the two men, "I can not stand for this kind of behavior gentleman! You guys want to beat each other to death, that's fine with me, but you're not doing it here tonight. You'll do it on my terms, and those terms are at Survivor Series!
Raw 11/13 - Harry Smith comes down to the ring for his match with Val Venis. They have a back and forth match for nine minutes when Harry takes firm control. The match looks to be close to ending as Harry heaves Venis on his shoulder preparing for a running power slam when HHH runs down to the ring and starts to hammer away on Smith, going as far as to open Harry up with his bare fist!
Raw 11/20 - Tonight, Charlie Haas has the unenviable task of taking on a pissed off Triple H. Haas does his best and is able to get in a couple of offensive maneuvers, but Trips was just too much on this night and seems to have sealed the deal after hitting a pedigree. As Charlie lay prone on the mat, Hunter looks into a camera at ringside to send a message to Harry, "boy, I hope you watched this match because…" just then HHH is cracked in the back with a sledge hammer! The ref calls for the bell as the Hybrid looks over his carnage. He starts to walk out of the ring, but turns back and slams the sledge hammer into Triple H's ribs three times before finally walking away.
The announcers are running down the final card for Survivor Series. JR gets to the Harry Smith/Triple H match and is interrupted by the King. "Wow, JR, sorry to cut you off there, but I just received word from the back, and there won't be a match between The Game and The Hybrid at Survivor Series!" To which JR exclaims, "WHAT!" "That's right JR, not a match, but a fight, Coach has made the first good decision of his life and made it a Philadelphia Street Fight between Harry Smith and Triple H!"
Survivor Series 11/26 - After being hyped throughout the week and all night as a brutal brawl, Triple H and Harry Smith begin there match with an array of mat based wrestling moves. They trade offense back and forth, with neither man able to take control of the match. After several minutes of this technical wrestling showcase, Smith suplexes both himself and HHH outside of the ring, landing hard on the floor. Triple H is first to his feet and takes the opportunity to grab a steel chair. HHH repeatedly smashes Smith in the head with the chair busting him wide open. Despite blood gushing from his forehead, Smith fights hard, but Triple H is too much. The Game continues his relentless attack beating Smith within an inch of his life. The Hybrid can't seem to get any offense in, but is able to continually get a shoulder up every time Trips attempts a cover. It looks to be just a matter of time before HHH finally puts Smith away. Smith has one last burst and leaps up to the top turnbuckle, jumping off but landing hard against the mat on his knee. Smith screams and yells for the ref to come to him. The ref goes to check on Smith and HHH takes the opportunity to pick up his weapon of choice, the sledge hammer! Triple H stomps towards Smith angrily, but the ref tries to stop him concerned about the Hybrids injured knee. Trips shoves the ref out of the way and bends over to pick Harry up. Out of nowhere Harry grabs a hold of HHH by the hair and roles him over in a small package. By the time Triple H realizes that he was just played, the referee has already counted three! JR exclaims, "OH MY Gawd, Harry Smith just upset the Game by playing possum, a move straight out of his Uncle Bret Hart's playbook!"
Over the Top:
From there I think it would be best for Triple H to get his win back a couple times over with Smith adopting the "whiner" gimmick that his uncle made famous. He should then move on to the mid card, but remain looking strong so that the revenge match when Shawn Michaels finally recovers from the surgery that they've been putting off, will be meaningful.
A program with either HBK or HHH is normally more than any youngster can hope for, so a program featuring both stars most seem unrealistic. The difference between Harry Smith and other bright up and comers is history. Due to his family history, there is a ready made program between Harry and DX.
Both The Game and the Show Stoppa should get their wins back over Smith, but having a win over each of them at the ripe age of 20 would skyrocket his career!
Over There:
Unforgiven was this past Sunday and I have plenty of thoughts on it, so I'm skipping the regular format of "Over There" this week, hope you don't mind.
- The show started off with an intercontinental match that delivered much more than I expected. While watching the match, I couldn't believe how much time the E was giving it. Every time Hard had a near fall, be it a roll up or after the Swanton, I was suckered into thinking we had a new champ, but each time Nitro was able to escape from the jaws of defeat. I'm far from a Jeff Hardy fan and although I think Nitro has a huge future in the business ahead of him, I still feel he has a lot of grooming to do. So I was very pleasantly surprised with how good this match was.
- The next two matches on the card were the weak spots of the pay per view. But the thing is, neither match was "bad." They were both watch able and served a purpose, just nothing special.
- Next up was the Hell in a Cell! I was shocked at its place on the card, but in a good way. For all the crap people give McMahon about giving himself too much TV time, how about a little acknowledgment for his decision to place three other matches ahead of his. As for the match its self, it wasn't one of the best Hell in a Cells I've seen but it was brutal and gruesome and fun to watch! Say what you want about Vince and Shane, but they put it all out there for our entertainment. Shane's sell job of the neck injury was priceless, better than what most active wrestlers could do. I maintain that if when Shane was young he decided he wanted to be a wrestler he would have ended up being a legit main eventer! All that being said, I was excited about seeing a nasty bump when they revealed the extra big cell, but in retrospect, a bump of that magnitude would have taken away from the TLC match, so once again, Vince made the right move in letting the WWE Championship match shine!
- I am not a fan of Women's wrestling. Something about seeing two women beat each other up that just seems wrong to me. The only women's match I've ever really enjoyed was Trish's match with Mickie James at Mania. With all that in mind let me say that both Trish and Lita went out of their way to make this match special. Trish, and to a lesser extent Lita, was bumping around like Mick Foley would! The Sharpshooter to end the match was a perfect choice as well and this will probably go down as my all time favorite women's wrestling match! (Writer's note: why did Trish have to pick her last match to wear those pants? OMG, how hot were they!)
- Orton vs. Carlito, my two favorite SuperStars going one on one. Obviously I'm a little biased on this match, as I felt both men did a great job. JR did an impressive job of putting both men of both during and after the match. The way Orton won combined with JR's commentary kept Carlito strong despite the loss. In my opinion, this was JR's best job on commentary in years! And what an RKO! Best RKO ever, surpassing both the RKO to Hogan on the car and the RKO to a spring boarding Rey Mysterio! I felt like they were just getting warmed up when it ended, so I believe that if given five more minutes it would have been on pace with the TLC match for MOTN! But it's probably better that it didn't because it left me wanting to see more, I'm dieing for the rematch and hoping that one gets a minimum of fifteen minutes as these two men showed they can put on a great match together!
- And finally the TLC match. It's a tough call, but I'm putting this match with Angle/Taker at No way Out as MOTY! It wasn't just the sick bumps that made this match so great, but the fact that in a match that is traditionally a glorified spot fest there was ring psychology! And I know I said this after SummerSlam, but seriously, enough with the Cena can't wrestle chants. What more does the guy have to do? He puts on great ppv main events time and time again and people are still saying he can't wrestle, I just don't get it. If you don't like the character and want to boo him, great more power to you. Boo away! But to chant "you can't wrestle" following a throwback onto a steel chair, use your brains people! I can't say enough about this match loved it!
- Overall this was simply a great pay per view. I really feel the WWE has been bringing their A game to the pay per views this year. I rank Unforgiven as the third best ppv of the year, behind only Wrestlemania 22 and ECW One Night Stand 2, and slightly ahead of SummerSlam and No Way Out. I hope you didn't decide against ordering this ppv, because if you did, you really missed out as a fan!
Over My Head:
I'm running even more behind than usual tonight and since I answer each e-mail individual, I'm not going to address any of them here like I normally do. I'll still post a few of them, but no comments this week, sorry guys, hope you don't mind.
Dave - " This is the first time I've read your column, and I gotta say, everyone love armchair booking/writing, but I think you have the big picture. I gotta say that you have a new fan, and just wanted you to know your work is appreciated. Also, I think you're on to something with Morre being emo rather than punk. They could even call him "Extr-emo" Shannon Moore..."
Gabe - " Hey, I always read your column, but I've never enjoyed it as much as I did this week. Not only was the Shannon Moore story hilarious, it was downright genius. It works on so many levels. He's a poser, he's all emo, he's
obsessed with myspace, seems like something WWE might actually do because of his "I'm not here to impress the internet" remark. Just amazing man, I can't wait until the next one."
Jeff - " Loved this column! I think right now everybody is looking for a reason to hate him (other than his annoyingly stupid gimmick). He seems to have that natural charisma that can polarize people. I mean seriously who doesn't hate an emo kid?"
Scarry Larry - I gotta be honest w/ you: I do not have cable, so I do not consistenly watch WWECW. But I am familiar w/ Moore and your plans for him seem promising, if not brilliant. I mean, I deal w/ this type of clown every day. You know, the type who hasn't figured out metrosexual is homosexual minus the balls to come out of the closet (no offense to the latter). I would instantly love to hate the character. And I cannot think of a better guy to throw him in a program w/ than Dreamer, a guy who, to me, has always resembled a typical true-blue wrestling fan. You know what would be great? Have Moore cramp in on wrestling legacies, the way modern day emos like to plug everthing from The Misfits (by the way, I think this is what is hinted at w/ the spikes and paint), to Kid Icarus, or anything else they were too young to appreciate or even remember in its prime. I can see Shannon back stage bragging about how he was at the first Wrestlemania, and a guy like Al Snow burns him w/, "Dude, aren't you like 19?" or, "Weren't you like 1 in 1985?" Throw in a Nintendo DS and Moore is "GTG" (that's good to go, right?).
I like your thoughts on Smackdown! too. Not having cable means it is the only show I consistently watch, but I do not feel slighted in the least. In fact, there is nothing I enjoy more at the end of the week than settling down w/ a tobacco free cigarette and basking in the glory of the royal court. I believe having lower ratings, and thus lower expectations, allows the SD! brand to be guttier, to experiment and be more creative with their ideas. Do you think Finlay would ever get over the top face, or get over at all, on RAW? No way. Would Mr. Kennedy get the exposure and mic time he deserves if the rosters were truly balanced? I doubt it. My favorite part of the show is seeing what creative can do w/ second string characters or watching the way they create new ones. Ironically, what is amazing about the brand is how it's weakness (depleted roster) has become it's strength (new characters and, in turn, fresh ideas). To me, the eintire debate over the best wrestling show resembles a typical one folks might have over any number of pop culture items. Better ratings does not necesarily make for a better show, unless you think Ashley Simpson has more musical talent than the likes of Slayer or Dimmu Borgir just b/c she sells more albums... "
Ruben - "Hey, thought your collaborative idea for getting Shannon Moore over as the Emo Extremist was cool, especially with the thought of his pissy antics in tag teams (with Blue Meanie?) and as some sort of champion. It's the new Stevie Richards, sans Daisy Dukes. I found one minor flaw in this angle, though, and it's with the choice of insigator.
While Vince believes that none of the fans remember past the previous week, you have to concede that ECW should be all about the continuity. So, anyone who remembers Tommy Dreamer's 'origin' would know he was the fat kid at summer camp who everyone picked on. Having him start a feud with Shannon for being different would be to become what he hated most. Shannon would have to be a bratty pest, perhaps revealing locker room secrets on his page, for Tommy to put boot to ass. Heck, extend the story to reveal that Beulah (or their kid?) is one of Shannon's myspace friends who's angry at Tommy for choosing ECW over their family.
Out of ECW, but still part of the continuity -- my first pick would be Raven, thinking about what he did for Kidman in WCW. He and Shannon could have a shoot flame-war on their respective pages. Or, New Jack - who would beat Shannon like a prison bitch.
Look forward to the next make-over."
And finally, Evan - " Dude!
I gotta say, your column is one of the most entertaining and interesting
reads on 411 at the moment. I love the mix of fantasy booking with a hint of
realism - the wwe could feasibly run with any of these programs as they're not too far fetched. I just gotta say, Emo? I agree that Shannon Moore needs a facelift but one of the biggest crises in recent history is facing mankind at the moment and the world really needs to group together to fight it off. Fucking Emo kids! It's like a goth made it with a sissy!
Please try not to encourage this disgusting phenomenon that's reared
it's ugly head in society. I beg this of you!!!
Cheers!"
Thanks as always to everyone who wrote in. Honestly, with how incredibly busy I am now, I probably would stop writing the column if not for how much I love getting feedback from you guys! Keep it coming!!!
Over and Out:
Since you're on a reading roll already, might as well keep it up, here are some columns I particularly enjoyed this week…
I agree with about every word Stu has to say in this week's, That Was Then!
You'll see this one on here every week, it's JT and JP with the weeks HiddenHighlights!
In the mood for some debate? If so, the Triple Threat Guys have what you're looking for!
And finally, don't miss out on Larry and Geoff tomorrow in the 3 R's!
For anyone who is curious, yes, despite Larry Johnson sucking it up again this past week for me, I did win, making me 2-0 and STILL in first place in points in the writers fantasy football league. Get used to it guys, you'll be seeing it all season!
Ok, I hope you all didn't stop reading after the end of the Harry Smith story because here is the important announcement I advertised in the teaser! You all know I'm not a fan of TNA. That being said, for next weeks column I will get a TNA wrestler over in the WWE! So what I need you all to do is let me know who you want it to be. Tell me who you'd like to see and why you'd like to see it. I'll pick the best suggestion and not only will I get your guy over in the WWE, but I'll print your e-mail giving you credit for the winning suggestion! Important, I don't need you to give me ideas on how to get the guy over, that takes away all my fun, so just tell me who and why and leave the rest to me! Should be fun! Until then, I'm Mike LaFave and I'm your boy…wait, that's not my sign off line…oh yeah…over and out!
