Truth B Told 11.09.06: Worth Its Weight In Gold
Posted by Bayani Domingo on 11.09.2006
A look at which belts mean the most in wrestling and which ones are just there to match your shoes. Coordinate… you gotta coordinate, people.
A lot has been happening with title belts around the world lately. The "Triple Crown" in Japan has gone from the traditional 3 separate belts (which always looked cool in my opinion) to one single unified one. The RoH Pure Title was unified with the World Title and subsequently dissolved after Danielson beat McGuinness. Now there is renewed talk of ECW needing to bring back a second title, more likely the TV than Tag, titles in order to give the mid-card something to fight over besides who gets to pin Shannon Moore next. In the "e" there is also some talk of possibly uniting the Tag Titles as it looks like they've totally forgotten that those titles used to mean something. To be fair, since Big Show and Kane's title reign they've basically exposed the division as being under manned as well as sorely lacking in true star power.
I recently had a debate with a few buddies about just which title (In North America) meant the most in wrestling today. To my surprise two of them said the RoH title, while I remained ardent that regardless of the booking and piss poor title picture, the WWE title still remained the ultimate prize. Too bad it looks like an oversized belt buckle from a lil' Jon music video"Yeeeeeeeeeeah!! WHAT??" But you know, that got me thinking as to just where the RoH title fits in the big picture, not to mention all the other belts. Now before I get a handful of puro or Lucha fans flooding my e-mail with their anti-jingoistic cries of outrage, I'm not up on my knowledge of International wrestling enough to really make a good call as to where they would place, so for the time being I'm sticking with the Big 4. "Big 4" being a rather loose term of course. In my opinion ECW is about as vital to the wrestling world as cuddling afterwards is to sex.
I think there are a lot of biases right now in the IWC, and you'll see that a lot even here at 411. Which makes that whole "Wrestler of the Week" voting so unpredictable and occasionally crack pipe laden. But you know, it's great to have so many varied opinions. None of which are right except for mine, but you know, such is life. Let's take a look at TBT's belt valuation from 1 to 10 (10 being highest) and let's see where your favorite company ends up:
WWE Title
Say what you will, make any argument you want, doubt the facts and the history, but one thing remains, the WWF (fuck the E) title has for the past 25 years been the PINNACLE of the wrestling world. Even to this day it means that you are truly the cream of the crop as the Champion of the NUMBER ONE show in all of wrestling. You take that belt anywhere in the world and people know who you are, you take it to Germany, you take it to Japan, you take it to French Polynesia and it means something special. Of course, if you take it anywhere, you might wanna leave it in the bag because the spinner belt is ugly as a $5 stripper on a Tuesday morning shift. Although right now the title scene is stale and uninspired and the belt is an eye sore the title still means something. Unfortunately with the booking and the non-existant competition for it, the title has been devalued from when Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, HBK, or even Diesel held it. Hell, right now Cena is feuding with…K-Fed. You can't deny that no matter what anyone says, they would trade in their belt in a heart beat for the WWF Championship belt, after an X-treme make over of course. The only thing I'd want spinning around my waist on RAW is Melina.
RoH
I'm going to do RoH a favor and forget Xavier ever held the belt. Low Ki, Samoa Joe, Austin Aries, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, James Gibson (WTF?), more than make up for the X-man. Even James Gibson who was the second most questionable guy to hold the belt did a great job in RoH, having perhaps his best performances ever in an RoH ring. I think the controversy was why guys like AJ, Christopher Daniels, or Homicide who could all be in contention for the title of "Founding Fathers" of RoH. Regardless, that title means something and I'll be damned if every single champion wasn't one of the, if not THE best wrestlers in the company at that time. Be it heel or face, the champ could outwrestle just about any of their challengers. It was a unique concept where the champion would actually be "worthy" of the belt and not just find new and varied ways to cheat every month. Go figure. By comparison the World Heavyweight title matches were about as clean as Ron Jeremy's taint.
NWA/TNA
This was UBER close but I'm going to give this to TNA based on Smackdown having even WORSE booking than TNA does. I know, hard to believe isn't it? Jeff Jarrett's domination of the title scene has been the precursor of TNA's demise. Even now people are being very critical of the booking and storylines lately as Vince Russo was added to the writing staff. To be honest, I've actually liked the change as it seems like event the mid and lower carders are starting to get more personality, or at least some storylines. Sure some of this makes absolutely no sense, but still, did this week's RAW make any more sense? The point of this is that at least the title scene is ripe with possibilities. Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, Christian, Rhyno, and Abyss seem to be at the forefront and luckily that gives TNA the edge over Smackdown. Sure Sting isn't as strong of a champion right now as the true "Champion of Champions", but at least his potential opponents look better and give him more options, so long as Jarrett doesn't come back to become a babyface and take the title back from Sting that is.
World Heavyweight
Man, King Booker is all kinds of rad. Yeah, Rad. The problem is, he has one possible opponent, Batista. The thing is, that Batista hasn't looked great since he came back from injury and has even looked a bit tentative in the ring. It took John Cena getting in his face to even point that fact out a few weeks ago on SD. I mean, how bad is it when the writers team you up with the champ from a different show just to give you a rub. No one else is even close to contending, which is sad. To be honest, currently King Booker is my favorite champion and happens to be holding my favorite belt. At least aesthetically speaking. The "Big Gold Belt" just looks cool, especially when compared to that rotating monstrosity that Cena tries to pull off. The bigger issue is how the belt has been booked. Rey Misterio Jr's title reign was pathetic, JBL's title reign was as a chicken shit heel, Batista lost his to injury, and Kurt Angle won his in a battle royal. Seriously, that belt has been shit on more times than Lita's chest at the Wrestlemania after party.
X-Division
Considering how new this belt is relative to the other belts I would think that being, in my opinion, one of the 5 most valuable belts in the industry is quite an accomplishment. Right now the division is in a bit of a flux, but we've got an interesting thing going here with the faces consisting of: AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Eric Young, and Sharkboy. Then the heels of the division: Senshi, Petey Williams, Austin Starr, Alex Shelley, Johnny Devine, and now Chris Sabin. Damn, that is quite a division, in fact. Yeah, I'll just say it, it's the biggest collection of talent of any division in all of wrestling. Not necessarily the strongest, but potentially they could be. With so many guys able to carry the torch the X-Title could go to just about anyone and hate it or … at least the majority of these guys have some kind of storyline with them now, even if not all of it, or most of it makes sense. Still the caliber of matches these guys put on when given enough time is always good. I think under Russo's guide either the division will see a renaissance or a let down. My money is on the former. Then again, I don't get paid to write, so that statement don't mean shit.
ECW
Until RVD or CM Punk hold this belt it ain't gonna mean shit. Even then it won't mean much more than shit. Big Show holding the belt does nothing for either the man nor the belt. At least RVD makes sense and then once he has it and they decide to hot shot it onto CM Punk they will at least crown a new Prince of Extreme and will have successfully elevated another young wrestler into the upper tier. Well, Upper Middle tier, maybe not Cena, Batista, or Orton status, but at least some where above the IC or US titles. The problem is that I doubt the WWECW has enough faith yet in Punk to let him carry the belt in 2007. My hope is that they reintroduce the TV title and let Punk run with that for sometime until the "e" is ready to let him run with the ball. It's clear that he's gettin' a real push already as he's in the "XXXtreme Elimination Chamber" but still we've all seen pushes stall before. Basically the belt is just there to let people know who'll be wrestling last in the show. It's no longer a title, it's a ‘reservation'.
NWA/TNA Tag Title
AMW, XXX, The Naturals, and a host of others kept the title scene warm for a while. Then one day LAX comes along and changes everything. Their feud with Daniels and Styles put the titles back on the map, so long as LAX holds on to it, it becomes the most important tag titles in the states. Well, narrowly, RoH would probably trump TNA except for the fact that LAX may hold the belt for quite sometime, and the Kings of Wrestling will be dropping the titles fairly soon. Claudio's contract with the WWE will see to that. Losing the KoW will definately hurt RoH's tag scene, to TNA's benefit. Sucks to win by default, but it worked for Marc Anthony right?
RoH Tag Titles
Arguably the most worthwhile tag belts to own in America these belts have been held by a lot of great teams in the past (AJ Styles/Amazing Red, Briscoe Brothers, Aries/Strong) as well as a few questionable teams (Carnage Crew, Mamaluke/Rinauro), yet has become a real badge of honor for the top tag teams in all of wrestling. Currently with the title situation being as hot as it is RoH has possibly THE best tag talent in the country. Aries/Strong, Briscoes, and the Kings of Wrestling are probably 3 of the top 10 teams in any federation right now. I'd go as far as to say they are 3 of the Top 5 (LAX and Styles/Daniels being the other 2). They are only a hair beneath TNA based on the above argument and right now if it wasn't for Claudio's possible defection to the WWE, it might be tied or even beat out TNA. Losing the KoW would be a HUGE blow to the title scene, but I'm sure someone would step up to take their place. No, the Carnage Crew will not be that team.
Intercontinental Title
Remember when the mid-card was hot? Now it's filler and in one show managed to be even more cloudy as the Bisch totally polarized the division. So is Shelton going to be feuding with Cryme Tyme? With who? Haas? Faarooq? Please GOD say Faarooq. I'd actually love to see Benjamin and Haas team up with Faarooq as their manager. "The World's Greatest DAMN Tag Team". So Cyber Sunday meant shit b/c Nitro just stole back the title on RAW in a meaningless match booked from hell and now Carlito's going to be saddled with a bimbo for no apparent reason. Great. Also I'm sure Masters really needed that, "I beat a one armed old man" Heat. I'm not even sure where Super Crazy was. A division that at one time had so much focus is now getting blurrier than the line between gay and straight during fraternity rush week in college. "It's only gay if you swallow right?"
US Title
Going from Ken Kennedy to Chris Benoit seems like a bit of a step down. Kennedy needed the push and although Benoit is a legit main event guy, he didn't really need the title as much as he needed to be interjected into the main event scene. He especially didn't need to continue the storyline of bastardizing the name of Eddie. Benoit brings some legitimacy to the division but right now a feud between him and Chavo is pretty weak. The sad thing is that Finlay and Kennedy seem to be in limbo with feuds that just don't seem to be paying off for them, cuz' let's face it...'taker? Job? Pfffft. Well if Benoit vs Chavo is supposed to be the whole title scene...I'd rather take the Shimmer title instead. At least their bra and panty match for the belt wouldn't make me feel uncomfortable....and....confused.
Smackdown Tag Titles
Well it used to have hot feuds. Now it's basically ‘The Hooliganz' and "Teacher's Pets". So one team with loads of potential who are never really let loose and one team who should potentially be cut loose for lack of potential. The "TP" are a couple of ass wipes. I have no idea why these guys were thrown together as they have no cohesion and are clearly not even committed to a singular gimmick, how is fat Jeff Jarrett and Faux Rick Martel supposed to be related in any way?
Cruiserweight Title
Lil' known fact: Gregory Helms is the longest reigning champion in the WWE. By default really considering that he has no competition for that belt. First they moved all of the cruisers to the Tag Division, then killed it when the Gymini went down to injury and Kid Kash was fired. Now the cruiserweight division is made up of Helms, Jobby Wang Yang, Jamie "I wish I stayed in RoH" Noble, the perennial new wrestler squash match initiation squad of S2H and Funaki, and of course ….uh…shit, that's it. pretty sad how the CW title gets less build up than the women's title. Though ironically the Cruiserweight division is the one filled with bitches. Even the move to a more mat based and less high risk style hasn't worked as the ring is covered with more ‘blown spots' during a cruiserweight match than Jenna Haze's face.
RAW Tag Titles
Ric Flair and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper hold the belts. Yeah, basically we're forgotten everything we know about history and basic human anatomy and these two 50 year old men are the best that the division has to offer. The RAW Tag Titles are the biggest laughing stock in wrestling since Flair actually tried locking Zach Gowen in the figure 4 leg lock.
The Truth
Not everyone, or possibly, anyone is going to agree with this list, but I took alot of things into consideration for this. WWE marks should be glad that their belt is still the biggest prize in the business still. RoHbots should feel honored that they skipped over three other brands, TNA fans should be happy that their belts are by far the overall most valuable thanks to their tag and secondary belts. And WWECW fans should...stop kidding themselves, go outside, get away from the TV and Warcraft, hit the gym and get laid, then wait for RVD to win the belt again. I think the hardest thing for most people to swallow will be the RoH title getting the leg up on the other Heavyweight belts. The thing is, the booking has killed the other belts. So as of this moment I can't imagine people believing the ECW belt is really much more than the toy surprise in a box of Frosted Flakes. there was a time when a belt would either go to the top guy in the company or the guy who needed the belt the most. Something tells me that Cena just might be ‘over' with a shiny piece of spinning crap or not. You know, there are still belts out there that really mean something and some that mean that you have an object to knock out your opponent win for another cheap win. By no means is this the end all be all to valuing a title belt, but ...hey, you're lazy, so might as well just print this out and stick it in your wallet and claim it as your own. The same thing I did with the 411 company Amex. Too bad that damn thing only has a $13.00 credit limit.
Coming Up Short
No, I have no idea what the hell RAW was all about. The booking and whole show was so random and useless. Man, people complain about Impact!, sheeeeesh. Well I know one thing for sure, Shelton Benjamin should start traveling light, because clearly that guy won't be on RAW for long. I don't understand where they are going with this "I'm Black, you're racist" angle, but it doesn't look good. Unless they are "parodying" minorities complaining about prejudice. Yay, so remember kids, if someone complains about racism or prejudice you just laugh in their face and tell them to suck it up and go out there and job like your job depended on it. I mean, it's not like they're willing to pair him back up with Haas and take the tag division serious again right? Riiiight?? Yikes, eh, well I hope Shelton enjoys working with The Boogeyman in the near future. Yep, Shelton's career path may just be coming up short.
6 Degrees of…
Chris Page has problems, you'll see...
Wow, I won. Nice, I haven't won anything since that office raffle a couple of years ago and my boss has since held a long standing grudge against me for picking my prize as a box of chocolates that she wanted for herself.
Speaking of picking prizes, it would be rude of me not to throw in my pick. I liked the idea of this weeks one where by picking G.I. Bro, you HAD to link it to the gimmick in particular and not just Booker T.
Tempted as I was to randomly pick another Ed Leslie failed character, I'll go for one of everyones perennial favourites (provided it's not been done already), Waylon Mercy. And that's Waylon Mercy, not Dan Spivey.
Interesting. You know, I'mma be honest, there are a lot of good Waylon's out there to use as the other end of the link. Waylon Jennings, Waylon Smithers, Waylon and Madam, but I'm going with something a bit out of left field. Maybe not as far left as Waylon Mercy, but pretty darn close.
Man, I think we all know why ALF was so popular back in the 80's, the kids loved him because he was cute and fuzzy, the guys loved him because he had this take nothing for no one, do whatever he pleases attitude, and the women loved him because he had a great sense of humor, was loyal, and MAN did that dude love eating pussy. Well there you have it, this week again you must use Waylon Mercy as the actual link to our feline licking friend. No… not her.
Whatchu talkin' bout readers?
Full bag this week, and it's not even X-mas yet.
Oh Bayani Bayani Bayani. Such a simpleton you are. Just kidding, I just like saying the word "simpleton." Anyway, I can tell we won't agree on this Angle matter, and considering I respect you solely based on your penchant for Asian women, regardless
Of what you claim to be(the more and more I think about it Bayani sounds like a
Middle Eastern name), I am going to let it go. No need for repeating ourselves right? Although, I don't see how having no desire to watch a bunch of flippy, no-selling, monkeys (not meaning black people) means I am not a real wrestling fan. Maybe I'm not. I'm not really concerned with be perceived as a true wrestling fan either. I know what I like, and I know what I don't like. It may not be hip to care more about characters I can see every week and actually get to know, but I'm also a wrestling fan... which in itself is fairly unhip. Being the unhip guy in the wrestling community probably just means I don't eat my boogers or masturbate to Joe/Low Ki matches.
Now as far as your column goes this week, it was a treat. Not like something delicious, but like getting the test results back and finding out that the bastard child isn't yours after all. I actually enjoy hearing about some indy wrestlers and then seeing if they live up to the hype once they get in WWE or TNA. The only ones that have for me are AJ Styles
and CM Punk. Although, I'm a huge Kennedy and Carlito mark, I never heard of them
before they were in WWE. I hate Joe. I hate him like he hates Atkins or salads. Seriously, someone should tell him that the truth is you really are what you eat, and he clearly went out and devoured a big fat guy. Anyway, here's your chance to do some good for the indy wrestling community. Aside from Danielson who seriously looks like a monkey in Bob Backlund's body, give me another overhyped indy guy to really watch out for in WWE or TNA. I'm serious. Baby Steps.
Rob Fisher
Man, I don't know if you wanna go throwing the term "monkey" around like that. Although, considering that Vince and Johnny Ace probably poach from TBT on a monthly basis, they'll read that, decide to turn Cryme Tyme heel and pair them up with a new manager, a newly resigned Ted DiBiase. They'll become a sort of Money Inc. 2K7 and be re-christened "Monkey Business". But I didn't say that. In terms of eating your boogers or masturbating to Joe/Low Ki matches...well...I mean....Joe does have some amazing breasts right? The thing is that supporting your local Indy feds is like supporting the kind of wrestling that doesn't think 45 mins of McMahon/DX chicanery is giving good TV. I'm tellin' ya. Try it out. Nov. 17th and 18th, Reseda, PWG, I guarantee it is at least as enjoyable as wanking it to Eugene vs Hacksaw. Something tells me that you're the kinda guy who would appreciate Alex Shelley and Austin Aries (Starr) in TNA. I'm assuming you already know these guys however because they have more charisma than just about anyone else in that division after Styles/Daniels. If those guys end up tagging together, they'd be like the Edge and Christian of old....not goth old, but comedy heel team old. Down the pike in the WWE there is one guy I happen to really like, Claudio Castagnoli. He apparently officially signed with the "e" and if they are smart they'll pick up Chris Hero and the Kings of Wrestling will bring back tag team wrestling to the big fed. Then again, knowing the "E" they'll end up keeping Claudio solo and he'll become Vito's foil in a battle of Tranny's, debuting as the "Swiss Miss"....oh man, well at least "Monkey Business" is gonna be dope.
Wow, who knew Jimmy Wang Yang was such a crowd favorite??
Hey.
I have never read your column before so today was the first time I checked your column out and this is what I get - glorious:
"Jobby Wang Yang tanks it again t his week.. Oh shit…my bad, I meant *Spoiler*. Awww fuck it. I think I know why his neck is so read, it's mat burn from being on his back so much. " .
Now I now which column not to read again. I know it's important to get that red colored neck joke in, but you could have at least written that this was supposed to be a spoiler out of respect for all the reader's who don't want to be spoiled (yes, there actually are some that doesn't like spoilers). Instead you mock us by clearly showing that this is not a mistake by you (the spoiler joke AFTER you just spoiled it for us).
I stand by what I just wrote, unless it turns out you were wrong of course :)
RC
Well of course I had to respond directly to RC, in the most genuine and honest way that I know how...wait...I don't know how...oh well, at least it was resolved...or so I thought.
and then….
Hey.
Thanks for the response. Not sure if it was sarcastical or not (at first I thought it wasn't but the ending, "I'm sure you'll be watching the match now thinking, 'Damn it, I wish I didn't bet Ricky that JWY was gonna win the belt 2 days ago'. Oh lord...why? WHYYYYYYY??"
I guess I should let you know why I don't like spoilers. The deal is, I happen to love the JWY gimmick, be it racial stereotyping. I just don't care, it is funny to see him do that weird dance during the entrance and then have that goofy smiles as he says "And I'm your boy".
But the thing is, even if I were not a fan of his, I still wouldn't like his match to be spoiled, wether he win the CW-belt or not. To me, one of the most important things when watching a match is to not know who will win. The suspense of not knowing is thrilling. That is why I stay away from spoilers. It doesn't matter which jobber faces which star or which korean guy faces which North Carolinan...as long as the result isn't known to me before the match I can enjoy because of the suspense...will they let the wannabe-jobber job? Will they actually let him win the CW-title for some weird reason? Will Hardy interfere? Will it be a damn tie? Will Sylvan interefere?
Now if somebody DOES interfere I already know the outcome....
THIS is why spoilers suck and why ppl who so obviously know abt this fact and craps all over it, kinda sucks too (I guess).
Cheers mate, RC
Wow, who knew JWY had the power to tear people apart? Why Jimmy? WHYYYY? Well ya know RC, I don't ever post spoilers usually, but, c'mon. You are telling me if you saw JWY vs the CW Champ, the same JWY who jobbed to Sylvan over and over, you really think he's gonna beat Helms?? Its like seeing "Debuting Wrestler vs Scotty 2 Hotty", if you really don't wanna know the results, climb into a worm hole and be transported to an alternate reality where CW jobbers win matches. Either way, I can understand your aversion to spoilers, but...geez....JWY? Okay, fair enough, I'll try my best not to ruin matches for you guys, but Jimmy Wang yang has to promise not to suck so much dick in the ring anymore...especially if he's feuding with Sylvan. Cuz' Sylvan will lobby for a year long feud.
Andy Sargent Has some kinda words....crazy, I know:
Dude-
Just had to drop you a line to tell you that you are the most hilarious person on 411. The only columnist that actually makes me laugh out loud. Thank you for the smarminess!! Is it Smarmy or Smarky? Snarky? Shit, I don't know, I just find a nicely placed ‘dick and fart' joke goes a long way with the readers. Oh, and mostly naked chicks on a weekly basis. "TBT It'll make you laugh, it'll make you Masturbate, it's the feel yourself up good column of the week".
Awesome column. Thanks. Ashley Nicholas
Man, I was all excited that I might have my first female reader...then I realized, Ashley can also be a man's name. And Ashley is from London, so chances are....he's a dude. Dang, oh well, I guess maybe I should start posting a "Random Hot Asian Dude of the Week" pic to bump up my female readership...or...team Hidden Highlight readership.
Hey there,
This is Theo Fraser from the 411 Games section (I could put in a cheap plug about my Nintendophiles column every Thursday...but I won't). I don't always get to catch Truth B Told, but I've got to say, this week's edition was probably one of the best I've read. I've been really into Indy wrestling for the past 2 years, especially ROH, so it was great to take a look back at some of the guys I've watched in the indies and then made it big (well, some of them) in the E.
Umm..I don't really have a point to make...just wanted to say thanks, I guess! You have the same opinions as I do on how those guys (and gals) have been utilised in WWE, so again, that was cool to read. Keep up the good work!
P.S. In case you haven't seen, Colt Cabana didn't actually get his toe amputated. His friend posted that on his Myspace, and decided to "modify" the story a little! Cabana posted aother blog shortly afterwards confirming that he's fine. So yeah, Colt is still 10-toed. :)
Theo Fraser
Well what do you know? A little cross sectional reading up in this mutha. Well I'm glad that someone understands the pain of watching old RoH DVD's and seeing what Spanky and London used to do. Hell, who knows? Maybe Snitsky was actually using a 630 splash as his finisher prior to the "e". I believe Khali used to. Oh and I did find out Colt didn't actually lose his toe, but c'mon, that news broke the day my column already was out, plus. 9 toes = comedy, 10 toes = ....blah. Remember that formula in case you are in desperation on a first date. "Hey...watch this.....AAAAGGGGHHH!!" Well Theo glad I could be the beacon of Truth in the wrestling section. Now if someone in the Games Section could only tell me whether that extra $200 is better spent on forgoing the X-Box 360 for a PS3 or on 10 lap dances? Wait...I think we all know the answer to that..
6 Degrees Results
#3
Chris Page was last week's winner, this week he's #3. It's like he's Jeff Hardy all of a sudden, sans the multicolored hair and drug habit howev....wait...I can't confirm that.
While I'm here, let's go from linking the Bro'Man to Hilary "is she 18 yet?" Duff...
1) G.I. Bro's first win on Nitro under the gimmick came against Mike Awesome
2) Mike Awesome now sells real estate, as does Donald Trump
3) Donald Trump has had a muppet designed in his image for Sesame Street
4) Another famous muppet is the Swedish Chef
5) The Swedish Chefs "bork bork bork" language is one of the many languages you can set Google to appear as, as is "Elmer Fudd" talk (and look it up if you don't believe me).
6) Elmer Fudd shares his name with a fictional Simpsons beer, as does Hilary Duff
Maybe not starters this time, I'd say that was comparable to a soup course personally, but one where you get half way through and find a hair in that's not yours.
I think I had that soup recently... the hair was blonde...and curly...and about an inch ....long...oh shit, I'll be right back.....
#2
Mark Satrang stalls out at Numero Dos for the 2nd straight week.
B--
Hillary Duff is currently dating Joel Madden from Good Charlotte...
Good Charlotte had a single off their second album called "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous..."
The show of the same name was hosted by Robin Leach...
Leach was a guest at WrestleMania IV, reading the rules of the WWF Championship tournament, a tournament that featured Hacksaw Jim Duggan as one of its 14 participants...
Duggan helped Lance Storm win the US Championship from General Rection at Fall Brawl 2000...
General Rection was the leader of the Misfits in Action stable, which included GI Bro as one of it's principal members in the summer of 2000....
You know Mark, I was thinking about it and to be honest, you were * * close until you brought up possibly the worst angles in WCW history, which is saying a lot. Hacksaw becoming Canadian? Didn't WCW learn anything with Sgt. Slaughter going commi? Wait...did WCW learn anything from anyone?
#1.
finoj05 has beginner's luck.
First time try with this game... let's see how i do.
GI Bro was in Misfits in Action with General Rection (Hugh Morrus)
Hugh Morrus lost to Goldberg (Goldberg's First Match)
Goldberg was in "Santa's Slay" with James Cann
James Cann was in "The Godfather" with Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton attended Santa Ana College at the same time as actor Martin Short
Martin Short starred in "Cheaper By The Dozen" with Hillary Duff
How's That?
Argue if you like, and sure the artistic score may not be mind blowing, but the technical scores were solid. Plus, James Caan kicked all kinds of ass in that movie. Who doesn't love the white man's fro? Oh yeah, the Black man. I hear they're still pissed about K-Fed stealing their corn rows. Well good job, now put your nose to the grind stone and come up with a link for next week.
Left Overs…
I love how Umaga and Maria were both wearing purple, on RAW. It was like a homecoming dance. Except for the night ended with a large Samoan man ripping off his bottoms while a white girl was lying unconscous in a corner slumped down and spread eagle while he ran full speed at her yelling and burying her face in his ass. Wait... I'm pretty sure that was somebody's prom experience....
Better late than never right? I wonder if John Cena had them bring Maria back to his dressing room after her match," Yeah, just go ahead and take her back there...oh and try to scrub the taste of Samoan ass off her mouth...no, don't wake her up...she'll be fine".
Batista will be playing a villain on "Smallville" that has the power to suck ALL the bones out of his victim. Before you even think it, yes, Sylvan has been helping Batista on his technique.
In all seriousness, Good Luck Claudio Castagnoli, I hope that they treat you right in the WWE. Its selfish to wish you'd spurn the "e" but it would be foolish not to give it a shot. We'll miss you on the Indy circuit. By the way, any chance I can get a jacket? What? You won't be needing it when you're feuding with Funaki.
Vito has just posed for Playgirl magazine. Makes sense, the guy actually looks like a penis. Seriously, look at him. Which explains why he was held down for so long by Johnny Ace.
John Cena....vs. K-Fed. Um....okay. So this is the big feud that is gonna renew the main event scene? Apparently the "e" thinks that K-Fed will help make Cena even more over....well, worked for Brittany's career right?
I love how the rumor is that K-Fed and Brit broke up because she was laughing at his performance on RAW. Geeez, I couldn't imagine why she would laugh at wimpy little K-Fed thinking he could take on big bad Cena? See? That's why Moose was steady boning Midge every weekend and Jug Head was spending all his time with an eating disorder and trying to mooch off his friends. It'll be no time when K-Fed will be tryin' to bum a sammich off Nitro and Melina. Just watch."No, fuck YOU K-Fed, get your damn hands off foot long".
Apparently when CM Punk went on "Ghost Hunters" he didn't find any real ghosts, but he did find a worm hole that magically teleported him back to the year 2001. Oh wait, he's just tagging with DX and the Hardy boys, my bad. Although its just as likely that he'll be starring in the 2006 version of ‘Quantum Leap'....Oh boy!!
Goldberg is hosting "Bullrun" aka Cannonbullrun aka, this is what happens when no one thinks you're a legitimate actors, aka maybe I should have just been HHH's bitch boy after all. Are you paying attention Randy Orton?
Random Asian Bitch Lookin' Good Pic of the Week
Trust me, I've been staring at this damn picture for an hour and she never pulls that string all the way off...damn tease.
World Series MVP David Eckstein from the St. Louis Cardinals is shooting a promo with TNA. He recently also did some work with ECW, apparently he was teaching their ratings how to slide.
Pimpin' In High Places
411 is positively packed to the brim with fine fine columns this week. Now if we could only borrow some of those for the wrestling section. Oh well, let's see what we got left in the fridge:
Happy Anniversary Meehan. Is the first anniversary the "Naked Pics of Kelly Kelly" anniversary, or the "Best of Trevor Murdoch" DVD.
Evo Scheme features part two of the Dangerous Alliance. My favorite reincarnation: Pop Rocks and Coke. Wait...that doesn't sound right.
Jules has his celebrity moments. No mention of Jasmine St. Claire suckin' off half the ECW locker room? For shame...oh wait...maybe he meant PUBLIC moments.
O'Dog says end the brand split. Who are you to argue?
Fink's Payload was a bit light this week, just like WWE's roster.
Shimmy wants to see RoH on HBO. Crazy, could you imagine the cross over between "The Sopranos" and Delirious... oh wait...I wonder if they can just use Jimmy Rave re-cast as ‘Big Pussy'.
HH is here, they're Queer, get used to them. Just kidding...you don't really have to get used to them.
CoH will probably throw a hell of a party now that the Kings of Wrestling will have to drop the belts soon. I hear Ari is hosting one hell of a Lox bar.
Linkous should just pack it in right now. I loved the WWE vs TNA idea, but clearly the WWE markists are taking over. HBK beats a 20 year younger AJ, Bret Hart takes out Samoa Joe, and it looks like the Hardyz are gonna trounce AMW. At this point I'm fairly sure they'll vote Scotty 2 Hotty over Christopher Daniels, JWY over Rhyno, and Michael Cole over Jeremy Borash...I just hope that last one is a double death match.
Hi/Lo covers the women's title. I'd also like to cover the women's title....in poop.
WSX is this weekend...and next week. For those who are going I'd love to hear your accounts of the whole debacle...I mean experience. We're coming to a critical decision soon: X-Box 360 vs PS3. Not that I could get a PS3, but who knows? I mean, that's why you gotta plan ahead, at least 7 days ahead actually. Yeah, 7 day waiting period seems about right. Just kidding, don't go to jail for a video game system kids...for some righteous 17 year old ‘tang sure...but not a video game.
