Truth B Told 9.20.07: Consequences of Your Factions
Posted by Bayani Domingo on 09.20.2007
So far only you, me, and Pelle Primeau are the only guys not in a faction in RoH these days, but what should we make of this new “gang mentality” and why does every stable name sound like an Emo band now? No chance for BLK OUT to come in as the “Black Parade” now.
I guess that old adage; "Be careful what you wish for" is true after all. I had said before that I felt that RoH had a bloated mid-card with a bunch of wrestlers with nothing to do while they await their chance to lay down for Morishima and that perhaps at least a tag team or stable or two would be nice. Well I guess Gabe must be reading my stuff while doing ‘shrooms because we got stables out the ass now in RoH whether you like it or not. Now don't get me wrong, I happen to love stables, a good stable can really help make a group of guys look important and bring attention to wrestlers who might otherwise be forgotten overlooked. Take "The Blue Chipper" Rocky Maivia for instance, if it wasn't for the Nation of Domination, who knows what might have happened to The Rock. The New Age Outlaws were fairly insignificant until paired with HBK and HHH. Would Michael "PS" Hayes have been so popular without the Fabulous Freebirds? The list goes on and on, and while not every one went on to skyrocket to popularity like an Owen Hart or Raven due to a stable behind or beside them there are still cases to be made for their important in wrestling today. So what we need to really look at is if this is truly a DX vs NoD type revival, a 4 Horsemen type stable coming to reign terror on the rest of the roster, or is this Los Boriquas for the Disciples of Apocalypse in a "Biker Chain and Illegal Cigars Match"? Sometimes too much of a good thing can be bad for you. Like a stripper with a 3rd nipple. On each boob.
Now the first thing we need to analyze is why this explosion of stables took place. One reasoning would be that this is the result of a return to the stable heavy days of yore. That would seem to make sense except I don't remember a time when RoH had more than maybe 3 stables in place at one time. Right now there are 6. In fact, even WCW knew enough to limit their stables at about 5 even at their most Russo-iest. In fact the last time I remember of a hot stable war taking place in RoH was about 2 years ago when The Rottweilers, Generation Next, and The Embassy were around. Back then the stables were made up of relatively popular wrestlers who people cared about, but not enough for them to fly totally solo. Low Ki was over with the fan base and was actually able to bring up the value of the Pitbulls and Homicide along with him even though they were fairly popular already. GenNext was made up for some relatively unknown wrestlers who go over based on an attitude and level of performance that spoke for them. They helped build each other because they were able to take a gimmick that had been done before (The Natural Born Thrillers in WCW) and done it 10 times better. The Embassy had Prince Nana...how much more do you have to say then that?
This wasn't a return to that golden era of stables, but what I believe is an attempt to make the irrelevant, relevant again. For better of worse the theory that there is "strength in numbers" sometimes works, however sometimes those numbers can be overwhelming and can make the individuals who are outside of the stables seem actually more important. Unless of course you're Irish Airborne....never if you're Irish Airborne in fact. Ever.
While some stables make perfect sense, others just seem like they might just be a weird combination that doesn't quite work. Kind of like a wet t-shirt contest...in Alaska. Now remember, this is all from the perspective of an RoH "fan" not a full fledged RoHbot. For that you'll have to ask Ari at the Column of Honor. If you do however, you better have some lox and latkes for him. Or naked pics of Lacey. Either/or. Let's take a look at the stables and see what all the hub bub is about:
No Remorse Corps - Roderick Strong, Davey Richards, Rocky Romero The Concept: The NRC was formed with Strong turned on Aries and decided to lead his own group, first recruiting Davey Richards, then Rocky Romero. Basically this is a group of stiff hitting MoFo's.
The Breakdown:
While I was originally a big fan of this stable in the beginning, they seemed to have fallen off a bit from the original reason these guys banded together. Basically these guys will chop and kick the crap out of you and that's about it. There is no real reason for these three to be together other than Strong deciding that Aries was holding him back and he wanted to lead his own crew. So far Richards has taken more falls than he might have on his own and Romero hasn't doing much either. As of right now they basically exist just to punk out Aries' crew. Something big needs to happen for these guys and continuing their war with The Resilience doesn't seem to be doing much for any of these guys except strong. A venture into the tag ranks seems appropriate as right now these are the clear heels of RoH, especially with Richards becoming a complete Dynamite Benoit Kid Pegasus clone now. One would wonder if perhaps Rocky's old running partner Ricky Reyes will either join up soon or join a rival faction. It is obvious that the wins and losses won't matter when it comes down to it if either Strong or Aries manages to beat Morishima for the title. If Strong was ever going to wear the big belt now is the time with ample back up in tow. But this stable is kind of in limbo until someone wins something significant. If there is really one stable that could use a change of program it is the NRC because while their feud with The Resilience was supposed to be star making, it ended up just dragging on fruitlessly for way too long after Aries was temporarily taken out of the equation. If any of the three Ex-NextGen stables has staying power I believe this could be the one.
The Resilience - Austin Aries, Erick Stevens, Matt Cross The Concept: Aries responded to the Strong/Richards alliance by promising to find a new group of up and comers to lead. He first scouted Cross and then picked up Stevens later. Both were unknown and raw talents and basically were a blatant attempt to replace Strong and Evans based on their abilities and wrestling styles.
The Breakdown:
Yes, I hate the name of this squad. Clearly the "faces" of the stable war this just doesn't work as a name for me. But aside from the geeky name the faction isn't working well at all as basically this is built around Aries and while he was gone the rest of the guys looked like jobbers. Even now I'm not sure where this is going although it looks as if the GenNext wannabe stable has potential but needs some more significant wins and not just a win over Jason Blade and Pelle Primeau. While it looks like Erick Stevens is the one becoming most popular it is Matt Cross who could really step up and endear himself to the fans who love the high flyers. A good feud with Jack's crew would be in order now that it appears that RoH is short a ‘Shooting Star' so to speak. Now is the time to move this stable on to a new feud or risking burning out the fans on this never ending feud. If anything this stable could be the means to an end to making Aries the first repeat RoH Champion. My guess is that at some point this is one of the stables that could implode sooner than later and see the Jr. members of the stable turning on their leader, which would be pretty ironic when you think about it.
The Vulture Squad - Jack Evans, Ruckus, Julius Smokes The Concept: Jack didn't want to take sides so he promised to get his own "crew"...which happened about 6 months after he actually promised it. So far he has a manager and another spot monkey but is promising a new member in two weeks. This quite possibly means 2 months or 2 years.
The Breakdown:
I was hoping for a better name than "The Vulture Squad". Maybe WWA, Wiggas With Attitude? White Chocolate Thunder? See Spot Blown? Either way this seems like the most superfluous group because Jack was over with the crowd no matter what. If anything this squad isn't supposed to help put Jack over, but help bring in some people they wanted to bring in and have Jack give them the rub. I'm not sure why they'd need to bring in Julius Smokes into this stable, but any reason to have him back is A-ok with me. The way they are bringing in Ruckus and TBD to the company seems like a different approach by using Jack rather than having Aries hand pick some youngsters from the ranks. The rumor is that this is basically RoH's BLK OUT type stable and soon Eddie Kingston will join the fold. While this is a great concept in theory, having Jack Evans join as the ‘token' seems odd. Especially since he's supposed to be the leader of the group and Jack hardly seems like the leader type. Then again, maybe that's why Smokes is included in the stable. While this group seems interesting, it is clear that Kingston would bring a more grounded and brawler player into the mix of this high flying and spotty crew. While I would have preferred for Jack to remain solo, it was obvious that Gabe decided he'd be the best one to give a "rub" to some new blood that were recognizable to most fans, but just not in RoH yet. Kind of like the Low Ki/Rottweiler situation. I think that this faction could do alright so long as the Kingston type wrestler joins the fold to bring a bit of intimidation to the group as they clearly have two of the most over figures in RoH in years in Jack and J-Train, and they could have two decorated Indy guys who in my opinion deserve the opportunity to shine in RoH…so long as the "Last of a Dying Breed" is the X in that match this weekend. Otherwise I'd be surprised as hell with Rhett Titus follows Julius Smokes to the ring.
Hangmen 3 - Adam Pierce, BJ Whitmer, Brent Albright, (Hagadorn?) The Concept: No clue how this came about other than all three had been in the mid-card and wrestle a similar old school and non-flashy and brawling style. Clearly Pierce is the mouth piece of the group as the best on the mic. No confirmation as to whether Shane Hagadorn is a member by proxy through Pierce.
The Breakdown:
So take the bland brawler, the bland ‘technician', and the Repo Man with a golden tongue and what do you get? A frat. That's really what this feels like. You even have the pledge, Hagadorn, in the mix. I wonder how long till Albright makes Hagadorn masturbate onto a picture of Daizee Haze and lick it off? Which is why I never pledged. Really. These guys are all bruisers and have the odd feel of the old "Disciples of Apocalypse". But maybe I'm wrong and this is just the "Extreme Horsemen 2K". Of all the groups this feels like the one that is the most physical intimidating but has the lowest ceiling of all the factions. While Pierce is good on the stick, he isn't necessarily the guy you want holding an important belt. Whoops, sorry NWA. Ditto for Albright....as proven by the NWA even, and double ditto for Whitmer. While a great concept of three brawlers looking to finally break through and find success after years of frustration, I'm very skeptical about whether "Who's the Hoss" is going to gel as a unit and capture the imaginations of the fans.
The Age of the Fall - Jimmy Jacobs, Necro Butcher, Tyler Black, Lacey The Concept: The former Project 161 debuted last show with a statement. Basically this is an odd formation of wrestlers who claim that they were either overlooked or never given a chance by RoH and will now take out their emo-frustrations out on the rest of the more popular wrestlers.
The Breakdown:
This is killing me that "The Age of the Fall" is the name these guys picked, although if anyone was going to pick an emo Indy band name it was going to be any stable headed by Jimmy Jacobs. I was actually hoping that they'd call themselves "Panic! At the Necro" but no luck. This is an interesting dynamic because Jacobs and Tyler Black are familiar from both the Mid-South and WSX. Actually this is a fairly IWA:MS centric team when you think about it. This has a very peculiar dynamic because it is clear Jimmy is the mouthpiece, Lacey can also act as a manager and the other two guys are very different in terms of style from Jacobs and each other. You have the little guy with the big mouth who has the psycho brawler to back him up. Good concept. How Black fits in is dubious but he does look emo and does that weird little mosh dance thing before matches. I think this group is a bit weaker than people were expecting for all the hype considering they actually got the MOST hype of all the stables. While Necro is generally loved on the Indy circuit, his act might not fly for long in RoH and unless these guys manage to recruit another member or two, the concept of the "forgotten and unappreciated" rising up as a movement will be lost. Right now based on the concept and build of the group they have some sticking potential, but that all depends on how RoH fans will accept Necro's brawling style and Jimmy's leadership. Let's just hope Tyler finds a personality and niche' sooner than later or suffer the same criticism as Aries' buddies.
Sweet ‘n Sour Inc. - Chris Hero, Larry Sweeeney, Tank Toland, Sara Del Rey, Bobby Dempsey The Concept: Chris Hero turned on former stable-mate and King of Wrestling, Claudio Castagnoli, and hooked up with "Super Agent" ‘Sweet ‘n Sour' Larry Sweeney. Soon Sweeney enlisted Tank Toland to be Hero's personal trainer and signed SHIMMER champion Sara Del Rey as his newest acquisition. They also added Matt Sydal prior to his WWE departure and now have Bobby Dempsey as the lackey, I mean, fitness apprentice under Tank.
The Breakdown:
I am a huge Sweeney fan and despite the fact that he doesn't wrestle (yet) I think this stable originally was working, although the problem is that only Hero wrestles full-time, Sara Del Rey doesn't have much to do with the men's matches when she does show up and Dempsey and Toland are only part-timers. Hero doesn't even have a good match when the eventual tag team war start up and this seems more like a big "Entourage" more than a faction right now. What is needed at this point if this stable is to be taken seriously, and I actually doubt if it is intended to be, is another member who wrestles full-time who can back up Hero. I wouldn't be opposed to either pulling from the CHIKARA roster or somehow bringing Claudio back into the ranks to challenge the Briscoes. Not sure what can be done but my guess is that this is the first stable to fall if there are indeed casualties. Just the weakest overall players despite the individual awesomeness of Hero, Sweeney, and "Death" Rey.
There are 6 stables in RoH with 6 very different personalities: Strong Style, GenNext 2K7, Spot Monkeys, AWA throwbacks, Emo's, and …. The Muppets. Yeah, really it comes down to Sweet ‘n Sour Inc. having no real direction or single thread of connection other than having Larry Sweeney as the true centerpiece of the stable. While I have no problem with that, they also seem the most stable as they don't seem to have much of a real purpose right now. In fact it isn't clear exactly what the purposes of many of the stables are. You have the Emo kids of AotF who are out to pick on the "popular kids", you have the NRC whose purpose seems to be to take out The Resilience, and then you have a lot of guys grouped together for no apparent reason. That isn't to say that there isn't hope, especially because many of these stables are fairly new.
Remember that many of these stables are just now being formed. In the case of the Vulture Squad they aren't even fully formed yet. The NRC and Resilience are clearly the most complete of the stables but the rest are just getting started and what's more, they look to still be recruiting. Well, except of course for the Hangmen 3 unless they want to change the name that is. While I have already said that I'm a huge for of stables, there is a real danger here in overdoing the concept. I think RoH might have hit that limit right now as they are essentially drinking from the "Dragon Gate Kool Aid". I just wonder when Jigsaw and "Sugarfoot" Payne are going to turn up as the newest "Frolida Brothers". While it is too soon to pass judgment on the "Faction Wars" right now there are definite whispers that this might have been over doing it a bit. When you create a few factions in a mostly stable-less company then that draws attention to those groups. But overloading the roster with too many groups can definitely diminish the value and prestige of the original groups as well as the ones that follow. If I had my way I would pare the stables by around 2. In my opinion the HM3 and S ‘n S Inc. are more or less a bit superfluous and their members could just as easily go solo as join other factions. Really Hero could drop the rest of his entourage and roll with Sweet n' Sour solo or with another partner to form a tag team. He doesn't really need to include a Sara Del Rey, Tank Toland, and especially "Slobby" Bobby Dempsey. The Hangmen 3 consist of three mid-carders looking for a fresh new start, but bundling three apathetical wrestlers together doesn't make them suddenly relevant, but rather three times as apathetical. You could easily have paired Albright with another wrestler as a tag team or let him roll solo. Pierce and Whitmer could just easily have joined the AotF or Whitmer or Albright could be the fourth member of the NRC. Once again a stable that had three competent wrestlers that will not only have to fight amongst the other stables for attention, but also each other. Sometimes, less is more. In this case; more is just too damn much.
The Truth
Trust me, I do love stables, but this is ridiculous. There are five…FIVE wrestlers who are full-time wrestlers who are not in a stable or a tag team right now. That is basically Dragon Gate USA. Only the top guys like Danielson, Morishima, McGuinness, and Claudio are not in a stable at the moment. Oh, and the head trainer of the RoH school, Delirious, but then again I'm not sure that Delirious would even realize if he was in one. Also I'm not sure that Morishima even counts since he's more of a Puro guy anyways. There are more stables in RoH then there are unaffiliated wrestlers. I'm not counting students since…most RoH fans don't either. I really feel this will right itself soon as in the next few months at least one and hopefully two stables get disbanded and the stronger ones either gain strength in numbers or strength in storylines. But of course it is way too early to pass judgment on the situation but come "Final Battle" I think we'll see the cream rise to the top and the crap float to the bottom. If you thought RoH had a bloated mid-card before then you have no clue what we're headed for because by virtue of the stable wars the mid-card is now 80% of the roster and those "main event" level guys like Strong, Aries, and Albright are now finding themselves down in the pits with the rest of the foot soldiers. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to seeing where this all goes and whether real stars are going to be made from all this like with GenNext, but remember, the Embassy also was supposed to make a few stars as well and…well…where the hell did those guys go? Oh Nana…I miss you so. *sniff sniff*
Coming Up Short
So if it isn't the bookers, it's the Boss' son in law burying the entire tag division. They already fired Cryme Tyme, the Highlanders are a joke, and Charlie Haas is suspended, so why not just feed them needlessly to ‘The Game' to bury? Not that HHH wasn't already making LonDrick look like nobodies while they were trying to shake his hand, but they decide to go ahead and have him bitch them out afterwards even though he's supposed to be a ‘face' because he clearly ‘stands alone'. He's the ‘lone wolf'...well, until HBK gets back. So now HHH can not only single handedly beat the Tag Champs by himself he can also make the feud they had with LonDrick look totally superfluous at the same time. Great job WWE. Bitch out Carlito and bring down the whole Tag Division with him. Just brilliant. If there is anything you need now that you are short handed is to make one of your divisions totally useless again. Oh wait...I guess it's just back to 6 months ago isn't it? If this is how they book the Tag Division to mean something then they are clearly coming up short...of basic intelligence.
6 Degrees of…
Since no one claimed their prize last week I went with my own choices. This week since the "Juice" is no longer loose I think it's time to bring another ‘Juice' out from the shadows and break him away from Joe Lider for a bit and give him a little limelight in this week's 6DO.
Whatchu talkin' bout readers?
Bayani-
As a 2 ½-time winner of 6DO, do I get to be in the King of 6DO tournament?
Give me a breakdown of the rules and set up.
Brian Eyer
Well Brian, you ask a very interesting question because I am just finalizing the whole concept for the "King of 6 Degrees" Tournament of Champions. As far as I know we have a confirmed field of 6 contestants: Mark Satrang, Louis Jones, Double C, Luke Southworth, You, and Greg Pryor. I may be missing a few that wrote in and it would help if any eligible participants wrote in again and refreshed my memories. The rules are that you had to have won a 6DO before and the first...let's say, 16 participants to enter will get an automatic shot. I'm doing this as a Sweet 16 type tournament so each division will have seeds and rankings based on...basically whatever I decide. Anyone, including 411 staff members (Hear that Wilcox and Sforcina), that won is eligible and I'm hoping to scare up a few guest judges each week to help figure out the winners. More rules to come but it looks like anyone who wants in still has time to claim his spot.
John Reid thinks TNA has a little life left in them after all:
Hey Bayani,
I think TNA is on the right track after they heard one too many "Russo must go" chants at the abortion that was Hard Justice…actually the only thing that was hard after that show were my eyes after watching it. Anyway, they picked things up a bit after No Surrender by letting Jay Lethal get the clean win on Angle, Samoa Joe regaining monster status, and Rhino finally winning a PPV match. They have a tremendous opportunity to build a strong audience going into BFG, and the best thing to do is to somehow get Samoa Joe into the main event. Hopefully this Team Pacman mess will go away soon and they will lose the titles to MCMG so they can begin to rebuild the once dead tag division. They have some good feuds building up and with a second hour I do think the days of 2 min main events matches will go away. I also think we will no longer see 40 wrestlers all appear in Cornette's office booking 10 matches all at once.
Hopefully the women's division will feature more SHIMMER wrestlers should they go that route. Keep up the great work as always.
Well we can always dream can't we John? I think the problem is that #1 Samoa Joe isn't in the main event at BFG, and #2 is that there seems to be no real plans in the near future to put the belt on him. They really need to book that thing well leading up to it instead of a quick hot shot, and I think their best shot was when he was battling Angle. Still, there is time, but they are really treading on their fan's patience. I am hoping that Chocolate Rain gets the boot after either MCMG or LAX manage to take the titles off them, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping they'd manage to figure a way to bring in more SHIMMER wrestlers, but in a more serious way than they did with Nikki Roxx. Maybe they can kill two birds with one stone and bring in Amazing Kong to be the one to turn on Chocolate Rain as their valet...Ms. Pacman.
6 Degrees Results
No entries this week…lazy bastards.
Left Overs…
It was like Paul Mitchell's worst nightmare opening up RAW this week. I'm waiting for Shelton to change his finisher to a top rope move called the "Simon Phoenix Splash".
Just wondering, but would a ‘flag match' ever work in a foreign country with two wrestlers that aren't even from there? I would love to see a ‘flag match' between Umaga and Carlito...in like Quebec. Just for the hell of it. That would just be a mind fuck, no joke.
I'm glad that the WWE has decided that the best way to keep John Cena fresh and relevant is to include his family getting their ass kicked. You know, I've been saying that if they would pistol whip Chris Master's mom on air I would totally buy a US Title run for him.
I'm hearing that the Briscoes/Steen-Erico ladder match was insane. Considering this was supposed to be their big blow off match I'm glad it didn't disappoint. Well I'm glad to see that all those months of building up this feud and Steen-Erico didn't go for naught. Oh wait a sec...it DID. Well at least the Briscoes can go on to feuding with the Emo kids now. I can't wait for the promos to follow:
"Hey, Man Up dawg...Man UP!!",
"Shut up....shut up...you sound just like my dad...I hate you dad...I hate YOU!!". "Uh....man....up?".
Is anyone else hoping that ‘Father' James Mitchell finds a way to bring Christopher Daniels into the fold to tag with his newest "monster"? Yeah...I can just see it now, Team 3D taking on "Judas Priest".
Rumors have it that Pinoy Indy Superstar, to some, B-Boy is retiring. B-Boy is known best for his work in CZW, JAPW, and PWG as a SoCal native. We here at TBT wish B-Boy all the best in his future and hope that eventually, much like Britney Spears' uncovered vagina, he will pop up from time to time. So...stay loose B-Boy. Stay loose.
Booker T is all but confirmed as being done with the WWE. With Queen Sharmell finishing law school and his wrestling school taking off I guess it was time for the TRUE King...of Kings to set down his crown. Now we all wait with baited breath for Vince to hire Stevie Ray and push him as ‘Fake Booker'.
With his defeat of the Boogeyman Big Daddy V is on a roll lately. Oh wait...I mean...Big Daddy V has got rolls....mostly under his 6 man teats.
Random Asian Bitch Lookin' Good Pic of the Week
I love a well rounded girl.
I'm glad that both of my Asian homegirls made it past the first cut. It would be something to see another hot ‘sista' in the WWE again. Although you know those girls had to probably do a few "favors" to get that far in the competition. I'm not sure how I feel about a once proud Asian bitch getting where they are by lying on their back for Vince. But enough about Jimmy Yang.
I guess no one else caught this, but during the opening segment on ECW while Tommy Dreamer was appealing to Stevie Richards, Stevie actually said, "You want to come on me?...". Yeah, after that I really tuned out the rest of his little speech because I thought he actually broke kayfabe for a second.
Pimpin' In High Places
I have no idea who these guys are. The line for the urinals is crazy now in the staff bathroom. The fridge is almost totally full now and I don't recognize any of the names on the brown bags inside. I'm in the locker room trying to find my locker and there are like 6 random guys walking about butt naked toweling off. This is just crazy because there's no shower in there. Seriously...it's like Pat Patterson's wet dream. Well, okay, enough about the invasion of rookies take a look at the new and "improved" 411 roster:
Ask 411 is either going to be real chipper next week or near suicidal as Cook's Cincinnati Bungles take on MY Seattle Sea(minus)Hawks in the battle of "what the f**k happened last week??". Yeah, one of these teams is going 2-1 the other 1-2. Yeah, knowing the 'hawks and Bengals if there was a way for both teams to lose, it just might happen on Sunday. Pray for the 'Hawks people...but more importantly...pray for my Fantasy Team...*thumbs up*
Jules features the top free matches. I mean TV matches...not the ones you saw when you snuck in a WWE show pretending to be Paul London. Yeah, even Brian Kendrick had no idea when you were wearing his trunks waiting in line for catering.
Csonka shats upon Unforgiven in the 4 R's this week. To think, they decided to wash away the big Batista victory with that keen Cena/Orton ending and Undertaker wrestling a giant turd. Which ‘taker could have done in the opening match really since I hear craft services had Mexican before the show.
Honestly, I have no idea who is manning the Fink's Payload anymore. That line up rotates more random guys each week than Paris Hilton's vagina.
One of the Newbs offers TWICI this week and manages to bring up the Davey Richards/Benoit connection again. I was actually at the first show in PWG where he started wearing the long tights and leather vest. I didn't think anything of it, because the man is just trying to look dapper and find that special ‘woman' in his life...then kill her.
CoH is probably beside itself, which would require Ari to be fairly flexible, after Project 161 was revealed to be the unholy union of WSX's ‘Do It for Her' and CZW/Deathmatcher Necro Butcher. So then 2/3rds of the group just wants to feel the love of their parents and the other guy just wants to punch a dude in the face and smoke a joint. Wow, how could THAT possibly end badly?
Oh-bla-de-oh-bla-da, life goes on for Cork-e who is another newb here in the wrasslin' zone...he's #27 I believe and his column is about...um...I got no clue. Seriously, what I wouldn't give for a good solid gimmick column now, someone should look into a column that answers people's questions about wrestling...or something. Yeah, that would sweet.
Threat x Tres is triply confused by the Lil' McMahon Bastard cop out last week. You know, they could have found an even easier cop out than Hornswoggle. I was thinking about Josh Matthews. You remember him right? No? Exactly.
Sammy puts the IMC on the South Beach Diet with a taste of FIP this week. I'm not sure which "Phase" allows for Sal Rinauro, but it's not the one I want to be in.
D-Dubya defines "Wrestling Fans". You know you're a wrestling fan if you've ever apologized to your girlfriend one night for the ‘botched finish' and blamed the 9 bottles of Pabst. And of course by "girlfriend" I mean, "Hooker".
I am glad that the "Faction Wars" never took off in the 411 offices. Although I have been noticing the Triple Threat guys conversing with the Fink's Payload guys more often than they used to. Lord help us now if I see Halden or Mattis in a white coat and eye liner around the water cooler.
Btw, what ever happened to that snazzy new banner a reader said he'd hook me up with? Seriously, I think it's just me and the newbies that don't have banners yet. Wait…don't I have some friends doing graphic arts stuff? Wait…don't I have friends who design their own websites? Wait…do I have friends?
So I officially really start work this week, I think. It was nice to have an 8 day paid vacation however, but I guess it's time to get things going at the new job. Hopefully I won't have the same initiation as the Smackdown wrestlers get because I'm not sure I'll know what to do when that big Texan comes into try to soap my ass in the shower. Looking forward to seeing how the next few RoH tapings turn out and the question I want to ask all of the readers out there is…who's ready for Vegas? Vegas Baby…Vegas!!
