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[quote name='Brak']He's always looked like that.

I couldn't see the finish of that match, as my CW cut it off with commercials.[/quote]

Same here.
 
Yeah Bam Bam was great and will be missed. He was a really great wrestler who was sadly underrated and never seemed to get enough respect because of his physical conditioning. I think Bret Hart said on his dvd that Bam Bam was the best big man in the history of the business. That is a huge compliment coming from someone like Bret Hart. RIP Big Man.
 
Dracula, it makes all the difference in the world when the guys doing what they do love that they're doing it.

Bill DeMott (Hugh Morrus) was fired from his job training in Deep South today.

EDIT: So I'm sitting here watching OVW, and Dan Rodimer's on. I can see why the WWE wants to use him on tv immediately, but there's something about him that I can't figure out, and it really bothers me.

Then he smiles. That's what it is! He has these really little teeth and a strange overbite when he smiles, and it makes him look like a total fucking hick. He would have a solid look if he wouldn't smile, but I can't help but think that him simply smiling ruins him completely. He looks like a fuckin' goofball, as if the only words he would be capable of is "dur dur-dur dur DURRRRRR!" Which is a *terrible* thing for someone going for that sort of "I'm the total package, because I'm in great shape and can kick some ass" sort of character. You hate guys who are arrogant (for me, the ideal heel like this today is Tito Ortiz) because he's arrogant, but more important than that, he's *right*. He can fucking fight, he's got a porn star hanging on his arm, he's loaded...he says he's amazing, and he can back it up. He doesn't talk about how awesome he is and then drive to the show in a Ford Escort. Dan Rodimer has that sort of a weakness in his smile. It may seem pithy and irrelevant, but others, I'm sure, know how important even the tiniest things are in wrestling.
 
yeah hes going to be missed he was one of the original graceful big men in wrestling and i used to go nuts when hed throw fire at people. at least now he wont have to deal with all that shit that was going on with him over that accident he got into on his motorcycle. i dunno if that had been taken care of or not but last i heard he was looking at a trial or something. if anyone remembers hearing about this didnt a girl he was riding with get seriously hurt?
 
sucks for hugh morris... why are they releasing trainers... wtf

We have come to terms on the releases of Mike Taylor, Tracy Taylor, Tony Salantri, and Thomas Farra. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
 
[quote name='guyver2077']sucks for hugh morris... why are they releasing trainers... wtf

We have come to terms on the releases of Mike Taylor, Tracy Taylor, Tony Salantri, and Thomas Farra. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.[/QUOTE]
If I was in DSW right now, I'd be out looking for any and every indy booking you can get. With DeMott gone as head trainer in DSW and WWE reportedly looking to use ECW as their top-level developmental territory (a spot previously held by OVW, I presume), DSW might not have much of a future as well.

Supposedly Mike Knox is going to be gone too. He (along with Tatanka) were the names that were taken off of WWE.com on the release lists.

EDIT - Seth Skyfire, Ryan Reeves, and Jack Bull are all gone from developmental.
 
I like the BBB vs. Taz match where BBB counters the Tazmission... through the ring.
 
Bam Bam is one of the few wrestlers I've met in person. I have a photo of me with Bam Bam when i was like 8 or 9 at an autograph session in my mall.
 
Got to see Bam Bam wrestle live about 15 years ago or so. It was scary how well he moved for being so big. I remember being one of the few cheering him on (always loved the heels!)... He was a great entertainer. RIP, Bam Bam.
 
[quote name='Psykoboy2']Think they'll do anything Monday about this. Or will it be a quick picture of him and then on with the show?[/quote]

That's all they ever do anymore. They did it with Perfect, British Bulldog, Bossman, etc.
 
[quote name='Matt Young']I am going to be so fucking pissed if WWE actually gets rid of Mike Knox.[/QUOTE]

You may be the only Mike Knox fan in the industry.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']You may be the only Mike Knox fan in the industry.[/QUOTE]
Not even Mike Knox is a Mike Knox fan.
 
[quote name='JJSP']Not even Mike Knox is a Mike Knox fan.[/quote]


:rofl:



Rey Mysterio will be at the World of Wheels Show in Chicago Saturday January 27 6:00 to 8:00 PM. I was like cool, but I'll never go, But then I was like DURR!! I'm a founding member of a car club! Of course I'll be there! :lol:
 
So I was laying down earlier flipping channels and TNA was on.. it was some confrontation with Christian and Kurt Angle.. a few matches as well, Angle vs. AJ Styles.. it was my first time giving it an actual shot and I gotta say, it wasn't bad.

Petey Williams.. this kid.. who is he? When he ran in the ring, he looked like someone i'd want to see in a triple threat with Jerry Lynn and RVD. Is he a high flyer like that?

I'm downloading the 50 greatest moments.. hope it's worth it. If I get into TNA.. i've missed a ton, so I need to catch up quick.

I think that my first two favorites based on initial impressions so far are AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels.

/edit: yes yes,
hell_frozen.JPG
indeed.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I'm downloading the 50 greatest moments.. hope it's worth it. If I get into TNA.. i've missed a ton, so I need to catch up quick.[/QUOTE]
Some of the "greatest moments" are kinda shitty (when those two country singers helped Scott Hall beat Jarrett, or whatever), but most of them truly are great / entertaining.
 
Due to his new WWE Films project, "The Condemned" set for release in April, legendary WWE superstar "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will be making his highly anticipated return to WWE television shortly.

The current plan at this point is to integrate Austin back into some sort of regular storyline, as to get use out of him at WrestleMania 23, to co-promote with his movie project in April.
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Watching The Rise and Fall of ECW and Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind makes me sad.

Wrestling just isn't magical anymore.
 
[quote name='Brak']Watching The Rise and Fall of ECW and Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind makes me sad.

Wrestling just isn't magical anymore.[/quote]

yeah i know what you mean. i grew up on southern wrestling ccw , smoky mountain and nwa and wcw. back when i was a kid wed go to the local collesium and for 7 bucks see live wrestling and if we were lucky wed sneak down to the front and really get a show.

i can see where the attitude era did kinda killl off some of what made wrestling great but it added stuff too. but now wwe has pretty much destrroyed my love and interest in wrestling and that includes tna and roh. i just dont care anymore and i guess part of that is the death of kayfabe but beyond that years of shit wrestling on tv makes it hard to enjoy anymore.

i think the games were cool for a while bu tthe ps2 games all feel the same only with extra add ons here or there. maybe someday theyll make a game based on classic ecw or wcw then youd have something interesting like tv title matches or extreme matches but eh wrestling is dead but at least we still have the memories of when it wasnt. flyin brian and the Z man ruled!!!!!! so did wildcat wendel cooly and the moon dogs and adrian adonis street.
 
[quote name='Brak']Watching The Rise and Fall of ECW and Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind makes me sad.

Wrestling just isn't magical anymore.[/quote]
RVD's DVD is the best $8 i've ever spent. I'm kinda curious now, what does everyone's wrestling DVD collection look like? I only have a few.

WWE Wrestlemania 21 (Got it for Bret's HoF speech)
ECW Barely Legal (their first PPV)
ECW: Path of Destruction
The Rise and Fall of ECW
ECW: One Night Stand
ECW: One Night Stand (2)
ECW: The Best of Cactus Jack
Hardcore Homecoming (the pre-ordered version, no 'platinum edition' here)
The Monday Night Wars
nWo: Back in Black (I heard this was pretty rare, I saw at at a Gamestop for 9.99)
From The Vault: Shawn Michaels
No Way Out 2004 (Eddie wins the strap)
Royal Rumble '04

Then a handful of ECW PPV's that were burned for me by a good friend.

..going to have a bit more once I go back to that Wal-Mart.

//edit: WHOA! Did anyone know there's a new 2 disc set coming out!?

http://www.amazon.com/ECW-Extreme-Rules-Ecw/dp/B000KHX6ZO/sr=8-1/qid=1169411960/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3799989-5019241?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

It has the Dreamer/Brian Lee scaffold match on it!!!
 
[quote name='Scorch']RVD's DVD is the best $8 i've ever spent. I'm kinda curious now, what does everyone's wrestling DVD collection look like? I only have a few.

WWE Wrestlemania 21 (Got it for Bret's HoF speech)
ECW Barely Legal (their first PPV)
ECW: Path of Destruction
The Rise and Fall of ECW
ECW: One Night Stand
ECW: One Night Stand (2)
ECW: The Best of Cactus Jack
Hardcore Homecoming (the pre-ordered version, no 'platinum edition' here)
The Monday Night Wars
nWo: Back in Black (I heard this was pretty rare, I saw at at a Gamestop for 9.99)
From The Vault: Shawn Michaels
No Way Out 2004 (Eddie wins the strap)
Royal Rumble '04

Then a handful of ECW PPV's that were burned for me by a good friend.

..going to have a bit more once I go back to that Wal-Mart.

//edit: WHOA! Did anyone know there's a new 2 disc set coming out!?

http://www.amazon.com/ECW-Extreme-Rules-Ecw/dp/B000KHX6ZO/sr=8-1/qid=1169411960/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3799989-5019241?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

It has the Dreamer/Brian Lee scaffold match on it!!![/quote]
I have a few:

ECW One Night Stand 2005
ECW Path of Destruction
ECW Anarchy Rulz 99
FMW King of the Death Match
FMW Flying Assassin
WWF Summerslam 2001
WWF No Mercy 2001
WWF Unforgiven 2001
XPW Retribution(Don't ask why, cause I don't know)

I'm an idiot and put 99 instead of 2001 for the 3 WWF dvds.
 
Pretty much all the DVD's are career retrospectives:

WWE:
Bret Hart
SS Billy Graham
Jake Roberts
ECW's Most Violent Matches

TNA:
Christopher Daniels
Samoa Joe
Sting
AJ Styles
50 Greatest Moments
Best of the X-division 1&2

I never threw down money on wrestling stuff prior to last year so all my DVD's were purchased last year( though Bret Hart was given to me near release). Last year was also the first time I went to a wrestling show (went to the Raw after Angle won the title on SD and Flair/Edge had the TLC match, No Mercy, and a UWF-TNA house show).
 
I've got about two hundred wrestling DVDs, not counting the ones I've burned myself. Documentary released tend to be my favorites, but I passed over the Heroes of World Class set last night since I have so many other documentaries to view thanks to the Wal-Mart WWE DVD blowout.

If anyone's interested in the Heroes of World Class DVD set, it IS finally out in stores after numerous delays and rumors of a cancellation. It's $15 at Best Buy, and on a related note (along with a few billion pieces from the new Observer), the Von Erichs are very likely inductees to the '07 HOF, and it's also stated there that some of the conditions for the sale of the WCCW footage to WWE was that WWE would create a DVD (check) and the Von Erichs would get into the Hall of Fame - by doing them both in '07, WWE kills two birds with one stone, gets to increase awareness of the Von Erichs to the modern-day fans, and will certainly increase sales.

If Pillman's DVD can stay on the top 10 charts for two months, then the Von Erichs set damn sure will, as they had a much bigger following than Brian. I'd like to see Brian get inducted into the Hall by Austin this year. If they want to do something with Stone Cold, this would be a good, quick way to show them that they're serious, and I doubt he'd refuse inducting his late friend. Mr. T and Muhammad Ali are also two people that WWE wants in the Hall of Fame this year.

WWE also wants to induct the Fink, and there's a hilarious story about WWE using Fink's blood instead of Hogan's so Hogan could get his Oregon state athletic commission license - which is why Hogan voted for him on his ballot. Hogan didn't vote for Flair or Bockwinkel, and on Bockwinkel, Dave said that it's probably a good thing, because his statements that Vince made his career MIGHT seem disingenuous. Ken Patera might also go in, and Dave stated that no matter how many times Patera bashes Vince, he still sent Patera's family a check while he was locked up.

There's a chance King Curtis will be inducted, which leads to a story about a promo he cut in Hawaii with his back to the camera and him saying nothing drew a sellout crowd. King Curtis rules the world. WWE wants Rocky Johnson to go in so they can get the Rock to do 'Mania, but Rock's "Get Smart" schedule is going to prevent that from happening. Backlund was proposed with a Hall of Fame induction, but refused it after they inducted Pete Rose. There's a chance the Brooklyn Brawler will go in, which leads to a funny bit about Nicole Bass accusing him of sexual harassment, and Dave stating that if the idea of someone sexually harassing her isn't insane enough, he was accusing the Brawler of doing it. The Bushwackers might also go in, but there's no chance of Steamboat going in since his wife owns the rights to his names due to their divorce settlement.

The 1/11 Impact beat the NBA on TNT for young adult male viewership, while Angle/Bentley drew the show's highest opening quarter hour, and the highest ending one with Abyss vs. Tomko. Kurt Angle's first match for New Japan will probably be a tag match featuring guys with strong amateur backgrounds, but no official opponents have been named for Angle. In a hilarious quick note, King Kong Bundy is now doing stand-up comedy in Philly, and in a somber one, Dave talks about Doug Gentry nearly dying due to him trying to tough out an ailment, and he then states that that mentality nearly killed him in '93.

Konnan's surgery was a success, and Rey flew out to be with him after it. A new lucha show was pitched at the NATPE convention that will be aimed at the kids market. Jake Roberts did an FIP show and said that "WWE" stood for "World's Worst Wrestling", then got into a confrontation with Larry Sweeney but didn't give him the DDT, instead wisely forcing people to pay to see him give it to him on the next show.

There's also about a half-page piece on the THQ/WWE/UFC video game issues, basically stating that THQ is acting as if they're keeping the deal, and to prevent violating a clause in their WWE contract stating that they can't produce games for another competitor, they're calling WWE they're "entertainment" game and UFC their "sports" game, which is angering some in WWE since the company only views UFC and TNA as its competitors.

There's also a lot on Punk and WWE, with it being revealed qthat one reason WWE is so down on him is due to his refusal of help from Arn, who advised him to make his wrestling look more real, and stop working like a guy imitating wrestling and actually work like a wrestler. His being a "Heyman guy" is said to be hurting him more than anything else, and then Dave tells some stories about previous bookers leaving companies and having their pet projects destroyed by the next man in charge. WWE is also mad that he made out with Maria a lot publicly during the Iraq show, as they wanted the women to appear available to the troops, and feel that Punk shouldn't have used all his time there to make out with his girlfriend. WWE apparently thinks that Punk is just a mid-card guy, so that's where he'll stay.
 
WWE
Survivor Series 2001
Vengeance 2001
SummerSlam 2003
The Rise and Fall of ECW
Global Warning Tour
Triple H That Damn Good
Taboo Tuesday 2004

TNA
The Best Of Raven Nevermore
Against All Odds 2005
Destination X 2005
Bound For Glory 2005
Genesis 2005

Roh
The Era Of Honor Begins
Round Robin Challenge

UPW
Overload

That's all the wrestling dvd's I have.I really need some more ROH dvd's .
 
ECW - Extreme Evolution, Hardcore History, Path Of Destruction, Heatwave 98, Wrestlepalooza, Cyberslam 99, ECW House Party 98 (burned - Sandman/Sabu stairway to hell)

WWF - Hardy Boys "Leap Of Faith", Wrestlemania X8, WWF Hardcore, Invasion, King Of The Ring 2001, Rise & Fall Of ECW, Summerslam 2001, Royal Rumble 2000, ECW One Night Stand

XPW - Genocide, Freefall (New Jack tosses Vic Grimes off the scaffold and nearly out of the ring)

TNA - Best Of The X-Division Vol. 1, Best Of Raven, Best Of Bloodiest Brawls

PWG - Battle Of Los Angeles 2005, Battle Of Los Angeles 2006 (fans of indy wrestling, buy these. amazing work on both sets during PWG's three-day weekend tournaments)

FMW - Final Encounter, International Slaughterhouse (ECW vs FMW), Rule The Asylum, Flying Assassin

ROH - Best Of Colt Cabana (burned), Best Of Generation Next (burned), Joe vs. Kobashi (burned), Nowhere To Run (Punk vs Rave cage match - burned)

Random - Forever Hardcore Directors Cut, CZW Cage Of Death Mixtape (5 COD matches, burned)

I think that Dreamer/Lee "High Incident" is on one of the ECW DVD's. Not sure though.
 
i have purchased a few dvd's (20 or more) but have not bought a wwe dvd since ons 2006. If i really wanted the dvd's (like wm20) i used to go on tuesdays at bb and buy them at launch... now pfff... there really isnt any reason unless its something i really want.. i usually only buy the ones i attend live

I guess im just waiting for wwe to test the hd market....
 
So I thought this might be fun.

Goldberg debuts in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYpYVUsdaP0[/media]

John Cena debus in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxgz3tibMng[/media]

Edge debuts in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hCmMcyC8ng[/media]

Chris Jericho debus in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3T9UIs_Yjo[/media]

The Radicalz (Benoit, Malenko, Saturn and Eddie Guerrero) debut in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMIXG5iMWEY[/media]

Kane debuts in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEs0b2vm3n0[/media]

Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) debuts in WWE:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPayFv9Vbg[/media]

Undertaker debuts in WWE:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WWE+Debut/video/xmib5_undertakers-debut

Brock Lesnar debuts in WWE:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WWE+Debut/video/xgx5i_debut-brock-lesnar-a-la-wwf-a-raw

John Cena debuts on WWE Raw from SmackDown! (one of my personal favorites:)
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WWE+Debut/video/xx12i_wwe-john-cenas-raw-debut

Triple H (Hunter Hearst Helmsley) debuts in WWE:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WWE+Debut/video/xngb0_wwf-triple-h-debut-95-match

Chris Masters debuts in WWE:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WWE+Debut/video/xjqbr_chris-masters-debut

Miss Elizabeth debuts in WWE:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WWF+Debut/video/xsjjw_wwf-miss-elizabeth-makes-her-debut

Christian Cage debuts in TNA:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutZR1875lM[/media]

Samoa Joe debuts in TNA:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpWY8pygxUQ[/media]

Raven debuts in TNA:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEYnqQqFlw[/media]

Monty Brown debuts in ECW:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREkLda8mEc[/media]

Raven debuts in ECW:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHGvbJlzTOQ[/media]

Rey Mysterio debuts in WCW:
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/WCW+debut/video/x10j6j_rey-mysterio-jr-vs-dean-malenko
 
Sean Waltman was on Wrestling Observer Live tonight talking about Wrestling Society X, and it lead to Bryan and Dave opening the show by talking about the importance of getting a TV deal.

WSX's pilot will air on Friday, before the Tuesday debut show, whose ratings MTV is most concerned with. They're talking about Bigelow now, and the deal is he went to sleep and just never woke up. There's no official cause of death yet, and Dave talks about how often wrestlers die at a young age. Dave says that he heard from someone who saw him about a month ago that Bam Bam looked great, and then talks about how no one was doing the things he was doing at his size. Memphis was the first major territory he ever worked, and Jerry Jarrett hired him due to his unique look, and after just a few matches, Lawler made him look like the greatest thing ever in a match, and made Bigelow into an overnight sensation.

Then he left, went to Dallas, was completely unimpressive due to being programmed with the wrong guys. New Japan loved him since no big men did what he could do in the ring, and then Dave talks about being friends with Bigelow, and he states that Heyman wrote stories about Bigelow being the next big deal in wrestling and basically acted as Bigelow's publicity agent. Heyman did the publicity for Studio 54 when he was 19, and Bigelow worked there thanks to Heyman and Joel Watts and Dave were stunned after seeing him do a flying headbutt off the top. Bill then asked "Who'd he beat?", which leads Bryan to ask why that mattered, and Dave says that back then, it was a sign of how skilled you were. Bryan uses Kennedy as an example of how badly it can be done, since they had him beat six former world champions by fluke, and if he'd done it decively, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Bryan then says that Batista needs to get away from the tour with Rebecca, because he's becoming her on the mic, as evidenced by his commentary. Bryan asks Dave what he thinks the ratings for WSX will be, and Dave guesses 0.7, while Bryan guesses a 0.5.

Now they're going into the firings, and Dave says it's an example of how poor WWE's organization is, since they used to make sure that the fired guys jobbed before leaving, and that the last thing they had Tatanka do was pin a guy, and that they didn't know until Friday that they were going to can him, and with Terkay, they did stuff with him on ECW. They never would've done that back in the old days according to WWE. Bryan says that what WWE should've done was at least jobbed them out before leaving and written them off TV. Dave says that the company is doing fine fincancially, and they didn't fire guys because they're under financial duress.

Bryan says that he looks at some of the guys who were canned, like the Bashams, and that the company did nothing with them, and yet they could have something with him, like they did with Umaga. Bryan then says that they fired these men to make way for more bad, unexperienced tag teams like Deuce and Domino who may never be ready. Dave says that he hears all the time in WWE that they don't have experienced hands in the ring, and then they have them in guys like the Bashams and then fire them because creative has nothing for them.

They continue the list of firings with Jazz and Rodney Mack and the Taylors, CW Anderson, the Shane Twins, David Heath (signed for ECW and then never used), DeMott, whose firing didn't surprise Bryan since he had so many enemies. Dave was surprised because the company had always backed him up. Seth Skyfire's firing didn't surprise Dave.

Now they're talking about the IFL on MyNetwork TV, and it'll be starting in the summer and they'll air two hour shows, and might end up being the SmackDown of the network. Waltman joins the show, and sounds out of it. He's asked how it'll be different, and then he just says that it's done really differently in every way, and that he was there when they were editing it, and they edited 8 shows at once. It'll be put through a filter so it'll look graiiny and different. The post-production is going to be a huge part of the show according to Waltman, and Dave asks him who he was impressed with on the tapings. He says that Teddy Hart blew him away, and was surprised that he nailed most of the stuff he tried. He also praised Joey Ryan, Colt Cabana, and That '70s Team.

Sean's three year old kid is crying in the background, which stops the show. Bryan asks him if Sean has given Teddy any advice, or if it's pointless to tell him this advice. Sean says that he gives him advice, and that it's his duty to give advice to the younger guys just like the older guys gave it to him when he broke in. Dave asks what the goal for the company is, and Dave asks if there are house show and DVD plans, and Waltman says that stuff is in the works, but that he won't spill the beans on all of it. He specifically mentions doing overseas touring, and Dave asks him who the show is aimed at, and Waltman says that they're aiming for an audience that normally doesn't watch wrestling. Dave asks how it's different from WWE and TNA, and Waltman says that Teddy Hart shocking someone with a live wire and someone being thrown into wet cement which you won't see anywhere, and that if MTV didn't want him answering these questions, they shouldn't have scheduled the interview.

Dave asks what the deal was with taping, and Sean says that they taped 10 shows, and that the pilot was done back in Feb., with nine being done later. Waltman says that he likes everyone on the roster, even Vampiro, who he's disagreed with in the past, and Dave says this is a big deal for him since he's never been a big star in the States, and Sean says that he's busting his ass to make it work. Bryan asks about the Human Tornado, and Sean says he loves him and works a match with him on one of the shows. Waltman calls Kevin Kleinrock a unique guy, and that he's a great guy to work for. Dave asks if it's true that Sean had some problems conceptually with them, and he did, but they put up with him and bent over backwards for him because he felt so passionately about it, despite it working against them because they had to deliver stuff so quickly to MTV and they didn't want much deviation from the format.

ave asks if there's a problem with blood, and Bryan says that since they've got exploding coffin matches, he doubts that blood will be a problem. Sean says that they've got some restrictions due to people recreating Jackass stuff, and despite that, he doesn't think that the average viewer will be bothered by it. Dave asks about the amount of wrestling content on the show, and then the show goes to a break. Sean says that it's very wrestling-heavy, and there's still time for backstage stuff and other vignettes. He says that some shows will have three matches on it, which amazes Sean, and Dave says that TNA has three matches in an hour and they total 8 minutes. Sean says that his title match went 12 minutes, and they'll probably show all of it, and it'll be a very high flying-oriented show, and that he's toned down his flying since these younger guys are doing such insane stuff.

The show is back from break, and there will be internet and Amp'd mobile stuff on the group as well as the MTV one. Waltman hopes there's crossover with other MTV shows, and doubts that he's the only one who mentioned it to them. He'll probably be doing Stern, and then Dave asks how he felt about the Surreal Life, and Sean says that they edited a lot of stuff that made him look bad, but he blames himself for his actions. Sean says that he just does a few indy dates here and there, but would like to get busier since he's healthier. He's then asked if he was ever asked to join DX, and he says that there was some discussion, but honestly doesn't think he could work there due to the schedule, and admits that his days there are done.

WSX will be on MTV and MTV2, then Dave asks Sean about his thoughts on Bigelow. He says that he had a lot of fun with him, went hunting with him, and won the tag titles with a match involving him, and says that they always got along even if Bigelow wasn't fond of his friends. Dave says that Sean's gone through a lot in his life and career, and he asks if there's something that pro wrestling can do that could curtail the many problems faced by wrestlers. Sean says that a lot of things have been done, but that you won't see the results for a number of years, until guys stop dying young. He says that the new stuff will help prevent guys from having problems, and that some guys just won't get away from their problems. Then he talks about Hennig and says that they were friends and that he thought that Hennig and some of his other friends were basically superhuman, and that guys today will just go play games instead of going into bars and getting plastered.

Sean says that he hasn't worked in WWE in 4 years so he isn't sure about the climate there now. Dave then asks about TNA and Sean says that he doesn't watch it anymore, but he's rooting for them since it's another place to work, and that he's unhappy with how they're wasting Ron Killings, and thinks it sucks what they're doing with him. He also knocks them for just loaning Konnan money for his hip problems, which draws agreement from Dave. Bryan asks him about his thoughts on VKM since both TNA and WWE had groups doing guys that they really shouldn't be doing at their age, and Waltman says that he isn't a fan of VKM either. He knocks "whoever's writing there now" due to the wrestlers having so little input on their work. Dave asks for Sean's thoughts on TNA bashing WWE, and Sean says he isn't sure, and says that he thinks they're just doing it to empower their employees, and knows that some guys in the company don't like it, and he doesn't like it at all.

Dave asks him about Biscoff, leaving WCW, and then doing the DX invades WCW thing, and if he felt angry at WCW or if he was just following orders. Sean says he didn't hate them for firing them, but did want to shove his firing up their asses. Dave says that it seemed like Sean was a pawn, and Sean agrees, and Sean talks about Bischoff's book, and debunks Eric's statement that he held them up for money, and he says that he didn't do that, just that he wanted more money, and that he kept working on a broken neck to avoid losing his spot. Eric just got pissed due to Kevin and Scott doing off-color stuff, and then fired him to retalitate since he couldn't go after them. Sean says that he was happy when they fired him because he was tired of working there and was looking for ways to leave, but does praise them for paying 100% of his salary and paying his doctor's bills even after he signed with Vince. He says that he was thankful they fired him because he came into the WWF and had the best run of his career after WCW canned him.

Sean says that he's been reading the Observer since he was a kid, and Bryan says that he was 9 when the Observer came out, and then Sean tells a story of him and Dave in Japan where Waltman was so young that he still hadn't grown facial hair. They went to Japan for Lynn-Waltman, and they got to work with a bunch of Mexican guys there. Bryan asks how big Porky was when he was there, and Sean says that he was about 280-300, and Bryan says that now he's about 400 pounds, and Dave says that it's amazing that Porky can still go despite his age and size. Sean says it's sad that people only remember him for his SD run, and Dave asks how his last trip to Mexico was, and Sean says that his last trip there was cool - he was working for RXLL and did a light tube match with Vampiro and got thrown into exploding stuff for the match. He did one show with AAA, and then stayed there for a month, and he saw Pena and that he only saw him once, and then never saw him again right around the time he died. Sean says that things are done differently there, and Dave says that there's tons of insanity there as well. Bryan asks him to compare working in Mexico to working in Puerto Rico, and he says that he dug Mexico, and that he can lay his matches out just fine in Mexico and work his regular match, and that guys had to work at adjusting to him, but now they have to work to adjust to him. A caller asks Sean what restrictions he has on his deal, but the caller's phone dies. A new caller asks if he's played the new SvR game, and Sean says that he hasn't played it since he isn't on it and isn't into games. He then asks if he'll return to DX, and Sean says that he's almost 100% sure that won't happen, but says that he would consider it if he wasn't signed to WSX, he might consider it, but that he's very happy with it, and won't walk out on it since he's grateful for it. He wants to make up for his screwups with TNA, and this deal came along at the right time for him, and that Keinrock was working for a long time to get the deal with MTV.

The caller asks why he can't use X-Pac on WSX, and he says that it's because WWE gave him permission to use X-Pac on indies, but not on TV, but he has permission to use 6-Pac anywhere according to them. Another caller asks if he'd really like to be in WWE, and Sean says that reality has set in and he doesn't want to be in WWE, as he's got a good gig with WSX, and is grateful that they're grateful to have him. He feels valuable to WSX, and the caller asks what other big names are there, and he names Vampiro as the only other 'name' guy, and Sean feels that fans are going to take to the new guys quickly.

Sean was stunned to find out about the Friday night showing of WSX, as was Bryan, and Dave says that he didn't know about it until this morning, and then he e-mailed people with WSX who gave him confirmation. Dave asks him who he sees carrying the business, and Sean says that at one time he thought Randy Orton would be the guy, but doubts it, but also says that he hasn't seen him in a few months, so Dave tells him that the stuff with Edge is helping him a lot.

Dave says that Hunter's injury was kind of a blessing in disguise since it heated up Shawn and Randy, and then fans will be eager to see HHH again in 8 months. Dave says that the crowds have been hotter since the injury, and Dave thinks part of it's due to people knowing it's a real injury, and part of Rated RKO's heat being huge now due to it, while Waltman calls Orton the master of the reverse chinlock. Sean calls Joe amazing, and feels that he'll be a guy to carry wrestling into the next generation, and feels that Bobby Roode is really talented and could go far. Dave says that he's a good worker, but is missing something. Now it's time for the final break of the show.

There's one last caller, and he asks whatever happened to Scott Hall, and Sean says that Hall, Nash, and Pac recently did a Times Square signing with Jakks Pacific, and it was the first time all three were together for years. Hall might be making a comeback and is getting in shape again, and Waltman plugs WSX. Bryan asks him if he's done flying, and he says that he isn't, but just picks and chooses stuff now, since the stuff he does that was considered a big deal back in th day isn't a big deal now, but he's glad to see folks still give him a pleasant reaction for it. He mainly wants to limit bumps, since those hurt more than the flying does. Sean says he's a bit of a mark for himself, just like Teddy is, and he says that if a guy isn't a fan of himself, why should anyone else be? Dave says that all of the great ones are, and that if they weren't, they weren't be where they are.
 
[quote name='evilmax17']Anybody know if the WWF/WCW buyout simulcast is hosted anywhere?[/quote]
The full thing? Not anymore. Occasionally it's posted on pwtorrents.net, I have it on a DVD-R here somewhere (I have every Raw since August '05 and every new ECW show since its "rebirth", as well as a DVD full of 1400 wrestling themes, so I really don't want to look through all of those DVDs for it.. it was crappy quality anyway)

looking back at all of these old CD and DVD-R's is funny.. I have the full Raw where Cena was drafted, the full Raw with Edge/Lita's wedding.. I need to make a 'best of' compilation.
 
i have all the ecw's as well but i only kept a few select raw's or smackdown..

i also think i have like the whole invasion angle in case anyone needs something
 
I used to tape every show up until about two months ago, when I stopped taping TNA, and now I just basically tape SD. I actually taped the Raw show instead of the final Nitro, which I finally got thanks to xtremewrestlingtorrents. I might just stop taping stuff altogether since I'll never actually watch all these shows again, and I doubt future generations will really benefit from seeing the Zombie battle the Sandman. Edge's debut is interesting to see, and it did actually force Estrada into retirement due to the spinal damage he suffered from that dive.
 
Sorry to hear this, and my memories of Bam Bam were just rekindled this past week when ive finally got around to playing Smackdown vs Raw 07.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']You may be the only Mike Knox fan in the industry.[/quote]

I guess you don't remember my message board mark out for Mike Knox/Kelly Kelly/Roses Roses segment? I'm a Mike Knox fan, I think he kinda sucks now but has a lot of potential, even more than Turkay.
 
WWE:
Wrestlemania 17
Wrestlemania 18
Wrestlemania 19
Wrestlemania 20
Wrestlemania 21
Wrestlemania 22
Rise and Fall of ECW
ECW One Night Stand
ECW One Night Stand II
ECW Most Violent Matches
Monday Night Wars
Self Destruction of Ultimate Warrior
From the Vault Shawn Michaels
History of the Undertaker
Taboo Tuesday 05
Bad Blood 04
Summerslam 02
Royal Rumble 05

TNA:
Genesis 05
 
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