I missed a bunch of stuff over the last couple weeks. I have 6 Yuengling Porters and 6 Natural Lights. Hopefully I won't need them all. I'm here for you. The crossword puzzles clear my head. I'm ready for action. Oh yeah.
WHAT WORKED-
- Torrie Wilson comes out and Tazz is SPRUNG! Dawn Marie comes out and they wrestle. Dawn Marie with the axe-handle. Torrie does the catapult into the corner way better than the WOW trainees ever did, so we have that. They do a nice Eddy-Malenko roll-up sequence- which in and off itself is five years past being as anachronistic as the Airplane Spin, but I digress..... Dawn Marie has far better punches than anyone in the opening match. Dawn Marie makes Torrie's Swinging Neckbreaker not look GLOWlike and you forget that Dawn Marie can actually work. She also has a really big butt. It's great.
- Carlito's Cabana is fun because Carlito gives Chicagoans shit. If he beats Rey Rey upside the head with a deepdish pizza, this will be a keeper. Actually, Carlito getting all excited about stirring up shit between Rey and Eddy is pretty great. See, if this was Mexico, they would really dwell on the fact that Mexicans and Puerto Ricans hate each other. Instead they kinda bring out some guys. HEY! It's Joey Matthews! Awesome. Somebody who can actually punch. the furs are soooooo boss. Okay, they beat the hell out of Rey Rey and this is pretty beautiful. Forget this breaking up of Rey and Eddy. This would be a feud with legs.
- JBL is mad at his cabinet. He runs into the dinner theatre actor assuming the role of a delivery man. Eddy comes in BEAUTIFULLY CHEWS THE SCENERY. Rey Rey gets scorched by the sheer Mink Stole-level great over the top delivery by Eddy. Eddy is so fucking god-like going all thirty-five levels of rationalization about fucking over Rey.
- Angle is pissed off at the Diva woman and Booker T. Angle is mad at the Diva woman reminding him that Eddy made him his little bitch at Wrestlemania. He is silent and sullen. She cannot handle her sassiness. Too much sass for him to handle. Sassiness overwhelms Angle. Angle. Not Handle. Sass. So much Sassiness and Angle cannot handle it. Her Sassiness crushes him like a clubbing forearm- yet it isn't a forearm, it is merely her sassiness- and it is sassiness to the level that Angle cannot handle. Her sassiness plus Angle equals not handling. There is a level of sassiness that Angle is comfortable with. The Diva supplies more sassiness than the comfortable level can handle. Thus Angle is not able to handle it. If one were to look at Angle, you would know that there is only so much sassiness he can handle, and you would also see that the Diva brings a higher amount of sassiness.
- Paul London is absolutely Jay Youngbloodesque in sheer babyfaceness. Paul wants a fight and we can only hope it happens. Awesome! Chavo comes out. Chavo talks to London and Kidman attacks from behind! London CLEANS HOOSE! This is a good little night of setting up some semi-hate-filled fueds. London rules. Chavo RULES.
- Angle and Eddy are a-wrestling. Eddy is so over. Eddy takes it to the mat and you remember that he wrestled Lyger 600 times in 1995. Tazz once again denies the existence of Iron Sheik's gold medal. Eddy flows into a crossarm-breaker and Angle sells it like he is in New Japan. They work a headlock. Eddy gets him in an armbar. SUDDENLY! SUPLEXES! Commercial! More beer! Peeing! Angle with European uppercuts. Angle with the Vertical Suplex and a bearhug! Angle with the sweet cut off with into a Released Belly to Belly. Eddy with the rana countering the Angle Slam. Shenanigans leads up to a Schoolboy and a two count. German Suplex and the psychology of the match isn't going to make you forget Hashimoto G-1 97 or anything. Angle with the Body Vice. They fight at the toprope and Eddy wins and goes Frogsplash first into Angle's knees and we go to a commercial. We return and Eddy is getting busted up. I dig Angle going all Strongstyle with the clubbing forearms to set up the bearhug and for cutting off Eddy's comebacks. Eddy hits two out of three amigos and Angle no-sells it into an Angle slam and Eddy no-sells it and then it's nearfalls galore. I would like to welcome you to Manami Toyota versus Kyoko Inoue 2005. They kick out of everything and this is starting to annoy me. And then a fucking ref bump? Jesus. And Rey Rey comes down and fucks up Eddy's chance and there you go. I dunno. that match was a lot like this Natural Light I'm choking down.
WHAT DIDN'T WORK-
- JBL is all intense. Booker T and Orlando Jordan wrestle. They edit the hell out of OJ's Rocky Johnson punches. And then it gets booked a whole bunch. Big Show comes out and the Bashams flee the run-in. Teddy Long ECWs it into an impromptu bullshit crappily wrestled handicap match. And Booker T wins with his crappy scissor kick finisher.
- VIVA LAS DIVAS! When you can't bring yourself to jack off to Girls Gone Wild commercials!
- What is this Titanium Turbo bullshit. Why would I go to the WHORE that is T2 when I could have the sweet honest true love of MicroTouch? Where is the romance? Are we THIS jaded?
- John Cena has something. I wonder if he SWERVED JBL? Could he have? Could he? Would he? Could I drink beer this fast or is time actually fricking standing still? Oh 9 o'clock will you ever get here? Swerve coming in t-minus 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and........... here comes JBL. JBL is wearing the BELT! and they draw out the SWERVE! Natural Light? What was my wife thinking? I guess she didn't want to actually knee me in the groin. I should count my blessings. It's slaughterhouse scrapings! If only JBL could finish off the CARRIE tip and kill every one in the auditorium with his telekinetic powers. But shit- how long would THAT take? Boy, what a crappy new belt.
- Heidenreich. HEY! It's Phil Brown! NWA VA REPRESENTIN! Phil can make Heidenreich look good. Yes he can. Go see the indies where you see a guy like Phil Brown wrestle an actual match. En Lieu, he sells for this choade. It was a fine poem though.
- There's nobody better than George Strait? I was driving home yesterday and Big John Tremble played two Freddy Fender songs back to back on his radio show. I don't ever remember singing along to every word of a George Strait song like I sang along to "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days". So yeah, some folks are probably better than George Strait.
I know that we've only seen them one time (and that being in a "skit"), but MNM may restore my faith in tag team wrestling. They just look, well ... COOL! ... and Holy Moses is Melina smoking-ass hottt?!?!
But they'll probably be stuck on Velocity in about a month.
The crossword puzzles clear my head. I'm ready for action. Oh yeah.
Yes, they've become somewhat of an addiction lately. They seem to be getting larger as well, but it could be the states. I tried to create my own one day thinking it would be a cinch ... I never got past three words.
Originally posted by Mayhem I know that we've only seen them one time (and that being in a "skit"), but MNM may restore my faith in tag team wrestling. They just look, well ... COOL! ... and Holy Moses is Melina smoking-ass hottt?!?!
But they'll probably be stuck on Velocity in about a month.
I'm excited to see how they work out as well. Of course, if the bookers continue to forge ahead with the Guerrero/Mysterio breakup, MNM have pretty thin pickings for opponents -- Haas and Holly? A face-turned Bashams? Or is it gonna be Welcome to Dudleyville? Feh, feh, and extremely feh.
I would actually pay good hard cash to see an AMW/MNM feud, based on tonight alone. C'mon, Vince, get out the checkbook already.
Ling-Ling into battle go Fulfill destiny of the soul Sever skull of adversary Shove it in the poo-poo hole
All the children sing: Kill kill kill kill die die die Kill kill kill kill die die die....
See, if this was Mexico, they would really dwell on the fact that Mexicans and Puerto Ricans hate each other.
Dwell? Carlito and Rey would be feuding till at least 2011 if this was Mexico. Which I guess is just dwelling in Mexico so never mind.
They're running a Capos vs Pierroth/Perro Jr. match next month in Chicago, and after figuring out the "Puerto Rico's el Hijo de Pierroth = rudo!" stuff didn't work well out in the suburbs, I can't even imagine how it'll get for that match. Should be fun.
Originally posted by DEAN RASMUSSEN There's nobody better than George Strait? I was driving home yesterday and Big John Tremble played two Freddy Fender songs back to back on his radio show. I don't ever remember singing along to every word of a George Strait song like I sang along to "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days". So yeah, some folks are probably better than George Strait.
Dean- do you have RFDTV and are you able to watch the Wilburn Brothers' and Porter shows?
As of 2/28/05: 101 pounds since December 7, 2004 OFFICIAL THREE-MONTH COUNT: 112 pounds on March 9, 2005 As of 4/11/05: 120 pounds "I've lost a junior featherweight"
Originally posted by Mayhem I know that we've only seen them one time (and that being in a "skit"), but MNM may restore my faith in tag team wrestling. They just look, well ... COOL! ... and Holy Moses is Melina smoking-ass hottt?!?!
But they'll probably be stuck on Velocity in about a month.
I'm excited to see how they work out as well. Of course, if the bookers continue to forge ahead with the Guerrero/Mysterio breakup, MNM have pretty thin pickings for opponents -- Haas and Holly? A face-turned Bashams? Or is it gonna be Welcome to Dudleyville? Feh, feh, and extremely feh.
I would actually pay good hard cash to see an AMW/MNM feud, based on tonight alone. C'mon, Vince, get out the checkbook already.
I’m officially predicting the Dudleys to return in a babyface role to feud with MNM for the belts. Here’s hoping they’ve been able to recharge during their break.
Are they really "MNM"? I thought one was Nitro and the other was Mercury, wouldnt that make them "NNM" or MNN"? Unless their name stands for something else...obviously I wasn't enthralled enough to pay full attention.
By the way, count me as the first person to say they look terrible, ridiculously stupid....and just....well....really un-cool.
I'll always hate Nitro from the time he had NO CLUE how to referee during his old Raw Bischoff days. Augh. They put people on TV WAYYYY too early.
Originally posted by FurryHippieAre they really "MNM"? I thought one was Nitro and the other was Mercury, wouldnt that make them "NNM" or MNN"? Unless their name stands for something else...obviously I wasn't enthralled enough to pay full attention.
By the way, count me as the first person to say they look terrible, ridiculously stupid....and just....well....really un-cool.
MNM=Mercury, Nitro, Melina
The debut was cool, but I'm reserving judgment on their overall talent until I see them in a match.
Originally posted by DEANRey Rey gets scorched by the sheer Mink Stole-level great over the top delivery by Eddy.
Is that really the first John Waters reference ever in a Smackdown! Workrate Report? Or have I missed others?
Because soooooooo many things make sense now.
Now I NEED to see the Al Wilson chronicles as written by DEAN and realized by John Waters. Maybe I could settle for Waters remaking Pink Flamingos with an all-wrestling cast, culminating in someone eating a lump of shit from the log JBL left in a gym bag, with Vince hopping around like a jumping bean on speed screaming "FEESHEEEEEEES" over and over.
Uh. On second thought, this post never happened. Carry on.
Originally posted by DEAN RASMUSSENAngle is pissed off at the Diva woman and Booker T. Angle is mad at the Diva woman reminding him that Eddy made him his little bitch at Wrestlemania. He is silent and sullen. She cannot handle her sassiness. Too much sass for him to handle. Sassiness overwhelms Angle. Angle. Not Handle. Sass. So much Sassiness and Angle cannot handle it. Her Sassiness crushes him like a clubbing forearm- yet it isn't a forearm, it is merely her sassiness- and it is sassiness to the level that Angle cannot handle. Her sassiness plus Angle equals not handling. There is a level of sassiness that Angle is comfortable with. The Diva supplies more sassiness than the comfortable level can handle. Thus Angle is not able to handle it. If one were to look at Angle, you would know that there is only so much sassiness he can handle, and you would also see that the Diva brings a higher amount of sassiness.
Angle tapped out to her sassiness? Is Diva sass > Olympic gold medals?
Originally posted by DEANRey Rey gets scorched by the sheer Mink Stole-level great over the top delivery by Eddy.
Is that really the first John Waters reference ever in a Smackdown! Workrate Report? Or have I missed others?
Because soooooooo many things make sense now.
Now I NEED to see the Al Wilson chronicles as written by DEAN and realized by John Waters. Maybe I could settle for Waters remaking Pink Flamingos with an all-wrestling cast, culminating in someone eating a lump of shit from the log JBL left in a gym bag, with Vince hopping around like a jumping bean on speed screaming "FEESHEEEEEEES" over and over.
Uh. On second thought, this post never happened. Carry on.
I do believe it is. I really have no idea how John Waters hasn't done a wrestling movie past that one match from DESPERATE LIVING.
I'm just waiting for them to move Melina to Raw and have her in a "dueling entrances" segment with Stacy Keibler. That slide under the bottom rope is something else.
Originally posted by LottyWhat is she gets the boot a la Amy Weber?
Amy Weber didn't get the boot. She quit on her own after Randy Orton punked her Ashton-style during the Japan tour. (That's how I recall it anyway.)
Chris Jericho's got some serious competition on his hands, guys. The segment needs a new icon that doesn't scream "CARLITO'S CABANA" so loudly (why not just focus on the palm trees and the rising sun?) and a obscenely expensive prop (to compete with the Jeritron 5000), but other than that, my boy Carlito's got it made.
And hot diggity damn, was that entrance something or what? I have three months in the "fans turn MNM face" pool just because of that entrance...
Originally posted by DEAN RASMUSSENForget this breaking up of Rey and Eddy. This would be a feud with legs.
Since I've been against the Eddie turn from the beginning, I pray to god that's what happens. You could drag this thing out until June easily...
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Originally posted by LottyWhat is she gets the boot a la Amy Weber?
Amy Weber didn't get the boot. She quit on her own after Randy Orton punked her Ashton-style during the Japan tour.
That's really not relevant to what I was asking. Fired, quit, whatever it may be -- if she is gone, what happens to the team? MN just doesn't sound as cool as MNM.
And as a side note, yes the splits into the ring is AWESOME.