Seriously though, the breadsticks are the only good thing at Olive Garden. If he could tell me how to make them and discuss his feuds with Jerry Lynn and the Great Sasuke, I'd be super thrilled.
By Kim Shaw, Sydney Central
News Limited newspapers
November 18, 2009 01:30pm
Hulk Hogan bleeding after fight
Ric Flair 'dived on photographers'
Hogan 'unable to get to his feet'
HULK Hogan wore a white bandana on his forehead at a Roosters rugby league team press conference this afternoon after being viciously mauled by ring rival Ric Flair hours earlier when a promotional media call at Star City flew out of control.
Earlier today at the Star City press conference, Central’s photographer Phil Rogers had his flash broken and this reporter had a table crash at her feet.
The blood flowed freely as ring veteran Hulk Hogan was thrown from the stage into the press ruck and attacked. Sydney Central’s photographer Phil Rogers had his flash broken when Ric Flair threw a table off the stage and into the press gathering before diving on photographers,
Media were stunned as the Hulk’s head began bleeding profusely and confusion broke out when the veteran wrestling star was unable to get to his feet.
This reporter narrowly missed being struck with the table and photographers ducked and weaved as Flair took off his trouser belt and began to whip anyone within range.
Flair mashed Hogan’s face with a belt buckle and jumped on him.
The press conference began well with the stars of the tour speaking professionally about their careers and the business.
The mild-mannered promoter was punched in the face and a stunned Hulk Hogan was down for the count, unable to rise to his feet.
It was wrestling entertainment at its best - not a precise science but a skillful show – and the Hulk later told the media: “It took me about half an hour to get freshened up before I ran back out. It got a bit crazy”.
"I didn’t plan on going backwards off the stage, that was a bit of a shock," the entertainer said.
Nah, that ain't cool to bag on a dude for earning a living.
Yes, yes, I know on the internet it can only be funny if it belittles someone, but seriously - what do you do for a living that you can make fun of a cook in a restaurant?
[quote name='mykevermin']Nah, that ain't cool to bag on a dude for earning a living.
Yes, yes, I know on the internet it can only be funny if it belittles someone, but seriously - what do you do for a living that you can make fun of a cook in a restaurant?[/QUOTE]
By Kim Shaw, Sydney Central
News Limited newspapers
November 18, 2009 01:30pm
Hulk Hogan bleeding after fight
Ric Flair 'dived on photographers'
Hogan 'unable to get to his feet'
HULK Hogan wore a white bandana on his forehead at a Roosters rugby league team press conference this afternoon after being viciously mauled by ring rival Ric Flair hours earlier when a promotional media call at Star City flew out of control.
Earlier today at the Star City press conference, Central’s photographer Phil Rogers had his flash broken and this reporter had a table crash at her feet.
The blood flowed freely as ring veteran Hulk Hogan was thrown from the stage into the press ruck and attacked. Sydney Central’s photographer Phil Rogers had his flash broken when Ric Flair threw a table off the stage and into the press gathering before diving on photographers,
Media were stunned as the Hulk’s head began bleeding profusely and confusion broke out when the veteran wrestling star was unable to get to his feet.
This reporter narrowly missed being struck with the table and photographers ducked and weaved as Flair took off his trouser belt and began to whip anyone within range.
Flair mashed Hogan’s face with a belt buckle and jumped on him.
The press conference began well with the stars of the tour speaking professionally about their careers and the business.
The mild-mannered promoter was punched in the face and a stunned Hulk Hogan was down for the count, unable to rise to his feet.
It was wrestling entertainment at its best - not a precise science but a skillful show – and the Hulk later told the media: “It took me about half an hour to get freshened up before I ran back out. It got a bit crazy”.
"I didn’t plan on going backwards off the stage, that was a bit of a shock," the entertainer said.[/QUOTE]
Good to see someone besides Flair bleeding profusely after a fight.
[quote name='Sporadic']Oh how I wish this was the beginning of a RoH invasion ala ECW back in 1997[/QUOTE]
Nah. It's just two rich guys blowing eachother.
[quote name='JaytheGamefan']Okay, so all three major companies MIGHT have shows on Monday night - so what? ROH gets next to no viewers because they're on a network that no one gets, and they're a niche product. The move to Mondays didn't do much to help them, and the TV deal as a whole hasn't helped their DVD sales out. I could see "BUT IT LED TO WWE RAIDING ROH"...yeah - they've had their eye on Danielson for years, and put him over Cade in a dark match long before the move to Mondays for ROH TV. Nigel was on their radar before, and would have come in but they, a company that has Dave Batista on its active roster, were concerned because of his health.
TNA gets tons of viewers, but no buyers, and an attempt at a beat-for-beat recreation of history doesn't mean anything other than more embarrassment if/when a move to Mondays fails. TNA has squandered every other opportunity they've been given to be a huge deal, I have no reason to think that it'll be any different now unless Bischoff and Hogan completely gut the company's office staff and replace it with people who know how to run a big company. They've had a deal on Spike for about the same amount of time as UFC - give or take six months - and with that deal, the UFC has become a huge deal doing 300,000+ PPV buys easily, with numerous 1,000,000+ ones, and TNA struggles to get 20,000 regular buys despite being on the same network as UFC and getting TWO MILLION VIEWERS for its show at its viewership peak in April of this year.[/QUOTE]
You're thinking in terms of business. Think in terms of a bum spitting in the face of a rich guy. Just cause the rich guy has money doesn't mean he isn't going to get insulted. Remember the WWE is a company that doesn't work on what's best for business.
[quote name='Iron Clad Burrito']I didn't realize it'd been 7 years since the Jarrett-Hogan confrontation. That IS the acceptable waiting period to recycle a storyline, yes?[/QUOTE]
That Jarrett-Hogan thing wasn't even a storyline...
[quote name='pitfallharry219']Sid Vicious is supposedly headed to TNA.[/QUOTE]
omg why the hell would they bring him into anything? i still remeber that time he broke his ankle and even worse that story about the time he tried to stab someone with scisors after he got his ass handed to him in a fair fight. btw what are arn and ole anderson doing these days ? and cw anderson too?
[quote name='pitfallharry219']Sid Vicious is supposedly headed to TNA.[/QUOTE]
He's done a few videos with Scott Hall on youtube recently. Guy looks to be in great shape. Let's just hope if he gets in the ring he doesn't do some crazy shit and his arm flies off or something.
[quote name='strongpimphand']I don't know why, but I can picture Ric Flair....the high flyin', limo drivn', wooooooooooooo...
...buying a bunch of generic food and having a wad of coupons[/QUOTE]
Especially when all the money he's making peddling products at your local Wally World is going to the 2 ex's. Instead of sipping champagne, he's now sipping Sam's Choice cola.
- In some great news for WWE fans, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson told the Jack Diamond Morning Show in Washington, D.C. that he is working closely with World Wrestling Entertainment to create a special edition of programming, and also indicated he has a "great relationship" with Vince McMahon.
"I love that world and being able to entertain, especially if I could go back and it's on Smackdown and do a promo or guest host or we could create this cool show, whatever that may be," Johnson said. "Especially now, I'm at the point where I can go back and give back to the fans and help out guys in any way I can...
"Right now, we're trying to put together - there is always something cool and interesting for me to do. I would like to do something more than just host the show. I'm in the process of creating something really cool for the fans - something very special and unique. It will be something like one big entertaining show."
[quote name='lokizz']i dunno his film career has been pretty iffy......[/QUOTE]
I may not like all of his movies (the only one I really liked was Walking Tall), but he's still raking in truckloads of money. If he wasn't, he'd have come back to WWE a lot earlier.
[quote name='Mr. Beef']I may not like all of his movies (the only one I really liked was Walking Tall), but he's still raking in truckloads of money. If he wasn't, he'd have come back to WWE a lot earlier.
:lol:[/QUOTE]
oh yeah hes definelty making tons of loot but those movies hes in dont do very well at all. itd be interesting to know how much he makes comparatively ( height of his wrestling career vs his movie career).
[quote name='Mr. Beef']I may not like all of his movies (the only one I really liked was Walking Tall), but he's still raking in truckloads of money. If he wasn't, he'd have come back to WWE a lot earlier.
:lol:[/QUOTE]
I enjoyed almost everything he has been in. The Rundown was cool, Walking Tall was good, Scorpion King was fun, The Game Plan was decent, and he was pretty funny in Get Smart.
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I enjoyed almost everything he has been in. The Rundown was cool, Walking Tall was good, Scorpion King was fun, The Game Plan was decent, and he was pretty funny in Get Smart.[/QUOTE]Crap, I forgot about Scorpion King. I thought he was pretty good in that. I still need to see The Rundown, too.
[quote name='lokizz']oh yeah hes definelty making tons of loot but those movies hes in dont do very well at all. itd be interesting to know how much he makes comparatively ( height of his wrestling career vs his movie career).[/QUOTE]
He got $5.5 million for Scorpion King. I'm not sure how much he makes now, but I can imagine he's doing better off of movies than in the ring.
For those who care...
Race to Witch Mountain - $106.4 million
Get Smart - $230,685,208
The Game Plan - $137,766,652
Man, seeing the Hurricane on ECW brought back so many good memories. I wonder what's going to happen to Burchill? Maybe he'll go back to that pirate get-up. As goofy as it was, I liked it. Until they made Regal cross-dress, that is.
[quote name='Mr. Beef']
Man, seeing the Hurricane on ECW brought back so many good memories. I wonder what's going to happen to Burchill? Maybe he'll go back to that pirate get-up. As goofy as it was, I liked it. Until they made Regal cross-dress, that is.[/QUOTE]
Makes sense if he did. Vince is so behind on pop culture awareness that he's probably just got around to seeing the first Pirates of the Caribbean (or at least heard of it).
The show intro putting over the PPV with quotes from wrestling journalists was awesome, and a great way to promote the replay/DVD of the show. However, the opening segment with Foley and Abyss didn't do much for me, and neither did the AJ-Angle deal that revolved around Angle challenging AJ, AJ saying he doesn't back down from a challenge...and then he backed down from Angle's challenge. Hell of a world champ. Then Don came out and the show got great. He yelled and screamed about how unfair it was for his charge to face Steiner, and it was glorious. Made the X division look kinda weak compared to the heavyweight division, but I enjoyed this anyway.
I liked the Nash-EY thing more than I thought I would - Nash's explanation was logical, and while it's pretty goddamn absurd for this to be pushed as a recreation of the Diesel/HBK partnership, I'm sure it's just leading to Nash turning on him after he gets paid some serious money or wins the Global belt, so I can tolerate it for the time being. Teasing the NWO stuff was a bit odd - especially with them showing an NWO logo in the intro from a crowd sign.
The Guns-World Elite was hilarious. EY being a moron on commentary amused me, as did the announcement by Penzer that EY MUST STAY IN HIS CHAIR or his team will be DQed. Then Eric the ex-retard called himself special. And one ref was distracted by stuff on the floor while ANOTHER REF IN THE RING just allowed Rob Terry to come in and do whatever he wanted. Stupid shit.
Hamada-Taylor was short, but really fast-paced and awesome for the time it was given. Taylor's hotness is growing on me, and was apparent here. She and Hamada worked great together here and Hamada moved way faster than I expected. I kinda hope that she gets a different finisher though, as Homicide does her move, and it's just a move that gets a 2 and isn't her finisher. Kinda dilutes her move a bit.
Abyss came off like even more of an idiot than usual by trapping Foley in his office before a handicap match with two maniacs. Kinda hard to have sympathy for a guy who's just that stupid. The "hanging" spot had no impact because Abyss wasn't off the ground, and they cut away. And they didn't do anything with it after the show came back from commercial. The ODB-Cide interview thing was...something. Disturbing is one word to describe it.
Then Tomko just showed in a random backstage interview - he's back. Great. They never brought it up again and it came off as worthless. Then TBP came out, took the mic, insulted Lauren and farted. Another really stupid segment, although at least this sets up Tomko being back and furthers the mystery of WHO'S BEEN ATTACKING AJ FOR A MONTH that they kinda didn't mention at all tonight.
Alissa Flash vs. Sarita wasn't much, but I dug the zipper tease that Flash does. The six-man GRUDGE MATCH CONTEST was awesome and reminded me a lot of that one that happened on ECW after WM 23. The Pope ruled, Morgan amused me by TAKING HIS ELBOW PADS OFF BEFORE SMASHING THEM INTO A TRASH CAN. Stupid move there, but it was redeemed with him just seeming to be bewildered as Brother Ray stood before him in a humbling position over a table towards the end of the match. Then Jesse Neal ran out and looked like Shannon Moore, only appearing to weigh more than 100 pounds. Just...wow.
Wolfe-Daniels vs. AJ-Angle was an excellent main event that set up the next PPV fairly well, or at least as well at it could without it leading to any matches being announced for it on this show. The Hogan videos during the show were less excessive than before, which helped make the actual show seem important for a change, and they only plugged Dixie's twitter page a couple of times. Amazing progress. Oh, and Sting no-showed the interview they built up for a week. The announcers were clueless about it despite a video package being shown of him not being there from multiple angles. Thank God no one was ever going to turn in due to it anyway.
Screens -
He's the DNA of TNA...
...and after seeing this, who could blame him for going gay on Brother Ray...
Quotes -
Taz - There’s Abyss - strange-ola time!
Foley - Chris, I wanted you to be out here because what happened last week involved us both. As you all know, something very bad happened! I’M NOT SURE DIXIE CARTER VALUES ME IN TNA! WHY ELSE WOULDN’T SHE TELL ME ABOUT HULK HOGAN! I LEARNED HOW TO TEXT AND SHE NEVER RETURNED THEM! I EVEN HAVE TO SHOW ID NOW! ID TO GET INTO MY… It is about Stevie and Raven, and what they need to know is YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH MICK FOLEY AND YA DON’T MESS AROUND WITH ABYSS! WE WERE ONE SECOND AWAY TO HAVING STEVIE OUT OF TNA AND HERE COMES RAVEN WITHOUT A TNA CONTRACT! YOU AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF MAJOR WARS, AND TONIGHT, YOU’LL KNOW THAT WHEN ABYSS AND I EXACT REVENGE THAT YOU DON’T MESS WITH ME! VENGEANCE WILL BE OURS! BECAUSE WHEN YOU PLAY WITH ME, YOU PLAY WITH FIRE!
Tenay - IS IT ME OR IS HE MORE CONCERNED WITH HULK HOGAN THAN HE IS WITH THE INJURY THAT COULD COST HIM HIS VISION!?
Stevie - Mick, I can tell that you’re just BURNING WITH ANGER! What do you expect? YOU TRIED TO PUT ME IN A MATCH TO TAKE ME OUT OF TNA! WHEN YOU BACK A RABID ANIMAL INTO A CORNER, YOU GET YOUR FACE CHEWED OFF! In your case, it was burned off. AND CHRIS, YOU REMEMBER ONE THING - IT WAS YOU WHO STARTED THIS WAR! BUT IT’S US WHO’S GONNA END IT!
Raven - I’m disappointed in Mrs. Foley’s baby boy. You’re so much more interested in corporate intrigue than getting revenge on us! I THOUGHT IT WOULD BRING BACK THE OLD MICK FOLEY! All it seemed to do was make you more concerned about Hulk Hogan. Do you even have the authority to consent to giving us a match?
Foley - You’re questioning my authority?
Raven - I’M QUESTIONING YOUR AUTHORIT-AI! YOU’RE ALL TALK!
Foley - I’M NOT ALL TALK! QUOTE MICK FOLEY - THE MATCH IS ON!
DW - MAKE THE RING BIG! RED! DON’T LET HIM GET AHOLD OF YA RED! YOU’VE GOT TO USE YOUR SPEED, RED!
Taz - He’s got his new shirt on from the Michael Jackson collection.
Tenay - Somewhere, a Red Roof Inn is missing his shower curtain.
DW - MIKE, TAZ! I’M TICKED OFF ABOUT THIS MATCH! THERE’S NOTHING ON THE LINE! THIS ISN’T FAIR! THIS IS NOT RIGHT! THIS IS NOT RIGHT! STEINER COULD END THIS KID’S CAREER! IF HE WANTS IT TO BE FOR REAL, HE SHOULD GET IN THE X DIVISION!
DW - USE YOUR QUICKNESS! AVOID HIM!
DW - STAY OUT OF HIS HANDS!
Taz - I think Steiner’s eaten bigger meals than Red!
DW - SURVIVAL BUDDY!
Taz - Survival? He’s gonna need a Bible!
DW - COME ON, HE’S CHOKING HIM!
DW - MAKE THE RING BIG, BUDDY!
Steiner - SHUT UP, DON!
DW - JAMIE, HE’S BRING IN A LEAD PIPE!
Tenay - AND THE X DIVISION BELT!
DW - THIS IS WRONG! COME ON! QUIT IT!
JB - At Turning Point, Kevin, you took your former Legends belt and hit James Storm - what happened?
Nash - The former Legends belt - that’s where you’re wrong. It’s actually Eric Young’s Global Championship belt. At Bound For Glory, Eric did what few have been able to do - outthink the smartest man in wrestling. For a while, I was so pissed off at you I wanted to kill ya, but I thought that if he could do that to me, I wanna party with you, cowboy. There was another guy about Eric’s size, had a mullet, but we tagged and made a lot of history and a hell of a lot of money. Whadya say buddy?
EY - It’s a big decision, Kev, you’re gonna have to give me some time…okay I’ll do it.
Nash - So it doesn’t bother you that I’m American?
EY - Does it bother you that you’re from Detroit?
Nash - I don’t live there anymore.
Nash - I’m gonna talk to Hulk, and Foley, your answers will be here.
Tenay - ANYONE REMEMBER THE NWO!?
Taz - Who could possibly forget it?
Tenay - Beer Money and the Guns were opponents on Sunday, but they’re partners tonight!
Taz - That’s kinda how things roll here sometimes.
Taz - I think it’s a big accusation…ACQUISITION to get Nash.
Penzer - EARL HEBNER HAS SAID THAT IF ERIC YOUNG LEAVES HIS CHAIR, THE WORLD ELITE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED!
EY - SPECIAL RULES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE! THAT’S JUST LIKE AMERICA!
EY - SUPERIOR INTILLECT!
Taz - You’ve said that a lot - I thought it was your name.
(after Beer Money crotches Bashir on the post)EY - That! IS ILLEGAL!
EY - WHAT A BUNCH OF SCOUNDRELS AND VAGRANTS THESE GUYS ARE!
Foley - Kev, everyone knows you’re Hogan’s boy.
Nash - I stopped being a boy in ‘68 when my dad died. Why are you so paranoid? He’s Hulk - he’s here for business, and business only. And speaking of business, I was suspended for two weeks without pay. I’m outta money. You get me my money back and I’ll give you your answers. Oh, and when Hulk comes back - he’s not coming alone.
Foley - Not coming alone?
Nash - Nope!
Hulk - WHADYA THINK ABOUT HOGAN COMING TO TNA!?
Fan - I don’t watch wrestling on Mondays anymore - I WATCH IT ON THURSDAYS NOW!
Abyss - JB, TALK SOME SENSE INTO MICK!
Foley - I’m making a choice to do what I want to do - JUST LIKE HOW DIXIE DECIDED TO NOT TELL ME THAT HULK HOGAN WAS COMING IN!
Hogan - TNA IS WHERE I’M GONNA BE! WE’VE GOT NONSTOP ACTION! WE’RE GONNA BE NUMBER 1 IN THE SHORTEST TIME PERIOD THAT’S EVER HAPPENED IN THIS BUSINESS! YOU CAN BANK ON IT!
Penzer - THIS TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH HAS A 10 MINUTE TIME LIMIT!
(during a double Ho Train spot on Raven and Stevie)Tenay - 350 POUNDS!
Taz - THAT’S LIKE A BUS HITTING YOU!
Homicide - Suicide wears a mask - and he has crabs! I KNOW THE WAY HE LOOKS!
Lauren - AFTER A LENGHTY ABSENCE, WELCOME BACK TOMKO TO TNA!
Tomko - DIXIE SAID IT LAST WEEK - TO STEP IT UP! I’LL SEE YA LATER!
Lauren - TOMKO BACK IN TNA!
Velvet - TBP News update - a stupid blonde whore has been annoying wrestlers with stupid questions!
Tenay - Tonight’s main event - Wolfe and Daniels against Angle and AJ - THAT BABY IS GONNA BE OFF THE CHARTS!
Taz - What’s with the zipper on Alissa’s jacket? UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN! She’s got like a relationship with her zipper!
Taz - DON’T FALL ASLEEP ON SARITA!
Tenay - There’s the zipper again!
Taz - UP AND DOWN! It’s like a teasing thing…kinda pretty cool…
Taz - SARRITTAAAA-LALALALA!
(after hanging Mick)Raven - HEY MICK, HAVE A NICE DAY!
Penzer - THE FOLLOWING RETURN MATCH IS A STREET FIGHT CONTEST!
Taz - SUPERMEX WENT INTO THE AIR LIKE SUPERMAN!
Taz - THE POPE BRINGS THE WEAPONS IT! LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!
(after a trash can lid shot to Ray’s ass from the Pope)Taz - Okay - that was funny!
Taz - GARBAGE CAN TO THE HEAD OF THE POPE! That’s not a nice way to treat a man of the cloth, ya know!
Taz - FLYING ELBOW OFF THE TOP RIGHT TO THE YAMBAG!
Dinero - 1-2-3 - GET THE TABLES!
Taz - That’s kinda gimmick infringement.
Tenay - YA THINK!?
(as Morgan stands over Ray, who is bent over a table)Taz - MATT MORGAN GETTING THE JOB DONE! BIG TIME!
Neal - IF YOU WANNA BE EXTREME, YOU GOTTA TRAIN WITH THE MOST EXTREME! RHINO - I LEARNED THIS FROM YOU! AND IF YOU WANNA BE THE BEST, YOU GOTTA HANG WITH THE BEST! AND I WILL BE DA BEST!
Devon - POPE, MORGAN, AND HERNANDEZ - SEE WHAT YA GOT YOURSELVES INTO! THE HEART AND SOUL OF IT ALL - TEAM 3D! THE BACKBONE - RHINO! AND JESSE NEAL - THE FUTURE! THE REAL FUTURE OF TNA!
Tenay - WE HAVE TO APOLOGIZE, BUT FOR REASONS UNKNOWN TO US, STING NO-SHOWED HIS INTERVIEW!
The Rock is doing fine with movies, he's hooked up with Disney.. so he's gettind PAID. The last 3 released have been Disney - Planet 51, Witch Mountain and Gameplan.
It's up on Hulu now. I thought it was a pretty funny segment. But TDS is hands down one of the funniest shows on television, IMO, so that's no surprise.
[quote name='Purple Flames']Mick Foley is on The Daily Show.[/QUOTE]
I think Mick Foley is a funny intelligent person I wonder if they are going to have him on more. I happy that he is now the Daily Show Senior Asskicker.
[quote name='mykevermin']It's up on Hulu now. I thought it was a pretty funny segment. But TDS is hands down one of the funniest shows on television, IMO, so that's no surprise.[/QUOTE]
Jon showing up next to him wearing that boa sealed the deal for me.