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Despite being a wrestling fan for nearly 3 decades, I'd never seen an episode of Smackdown til tonight. Someone clue me in 'cause I missed it and just noticed tonight, but (a) who's bright idea was to make JBL a commentator? and (b) after trading Batista and Cena a couple years ago to have the "WWE Title" on the same show with the similarly-named Tag titles, when did they swap the tag titles out to mismatch things again? I didn't notice the Hardys carrying around "World tag team titles" but I noticed the "WWE Tag Title" defense tonight. Kooky.
 
[quote name='JJSP']Screw that, let's take out a loan and start our own.[/QUOTE]

That would be great and all. However by taking over booking of the WWE then none of us would have to deal with the burdens of building up a new company from the ground up.

If I were booking the WWE here is what I would do.

A) Change Cena's character. No more "five knuckle shuffle" or "FU" or any lame crap. Instead I would allow him to do more wrestling in his matches instead of following what seems like the script of what to do in every match. I would make his character more cocky, arrogant, and stuborn in the face of heels yet make him a stronge believeable babyface.

In essence I would be rebooting Cena from the way he is now into what I feel would make him more believeable and sellable to EVERYONE.

B) Starting building the undercard wrestlers into being more valuble and more worthwhile to the fans. Now to some extent the WWE has been doing a good job with *SOME* people lately on this such as MVP. But honestly why should I the typical WWE fan care about, say, Paul London? Why is he there? What is his goals in the company? What does he hate?

Now yes you can keep putting people like London into fueds but until there is a character to back the name its hard for fans to haven an attachment to someone like Paul London. Sure ROH can get away with it since the ROH fanbase wants wrestling. An WWE fan however wants an character behind the wrestling.

In the long run by doing this it can advoid situations that the WWE is going through right now - such as when they lose most of their uppercard due to injuries (HBK, HHH, Kennedy), talent raids (RVD for all intent purposes), firings (Sabu), or other reasons. By building talent NOW its giving the company an backup plan for these reasons. Because as of right now the WWE is having to go to people who are far from ready for the main event like Khali. Let's face it... if the WWE was uncertain about Khali going into a Punjabi Prison Match against Undertaker less than a year ago what makes him ready to be even near the main event against out of all people in a worst case scenario Cena.

C) No more Diva search contests. Not only are they terrible to watch and predictable as hell but at the end of it all why does it matter to me the fan? When it is all said and done the WWE most likely has already picked the winner long before the contest has actually begun. So instead of dragging everyone through a contest I would instead introduce the said Diva like any other new talent - by building a character that people can connect to (rather if she is face or heel) and making her earn her way into the company like anyone else - by working for it.

D) Each and every brand needs to have its own identity different from the others in the company. That means no more seeing Bobby Lashley appearing on RAW weekly. No Matt Hardy working both RAW with his brother as the tag champs then Smackdown as a single's wrestler. The talent will be exclusive to each show. And likewise the feel and flow of each show will be different.

- RAW will be booked to have an edgy Attitude era feel to it. There will be at least one long match per show as well. This is the centerpiece show of the company so the heavyweight division going after the WWE World Heavyweight Title will be the strong focal point along with an strong Intercontinental division for the undercard. The Women's division on RAW will have the WWE Women's Heavyweight Title. The tag team would be the WWE Tag Team Heavyweight Title.

- ECW will go back to the roots of ECW. That includes going back to the New Alhambra Arena. Three shows will be taped during one session at least. The key point however is to both use ECW to establish new talent along with selling ECW as the brand as being the extremely violent brand. For ECW there will be the ECW TV Title, ECW Hardcore, and ECW Tag Team belts as the focal titles.

- Smackdown will be the more family oriented WCWish brand. Here the cruiserweight division will be a centerpiece and will be modeled much like the earlier days of TNA's X Division. Alongside of that the US Title will be the focal point of the heavyweight division. The Women's division on Smackdown will have the WWE Women's US Title. Tag division would be the WWE US Tag Team Titles.

E) There will be a yearly draft that will include talent trades between all three brands. This is another way that new talent can be brought into each brand. An example is that in the storyline there can be what is called "the minor leagues" which is obviously companies like OVW and such. Talent can be "called up" during the draft along with, say, announced periods of time when in the storyline talent can be aquired from places like OVW. Obviously new talent will be put on an gut check to prove their worth to the brand before they are officially added to that roster. Rather that gut check be say beating one of the current champ, winning an X amount of matches before an certain date, or a number of other challenges that can be used to start building an character to that new name right away.

I'm curious to see what the rest of you folks think of what I've written so far.
 
I guess here's my take, with free reign over Vince's bank account.

1) Re-sign Rob Van Dam, and don't shortchange him in doing so. Keep him in ECW, and build the show around him. RVD's arguably the most recognizable name associated with ECW, and booked properly, attracts both the old ECW fan and the new. Losing RVD to TNA is going to hurt the WWE more than they realize, and maybe moreso than we realize as well.

2) With that, commit to SOMETHING with ECW. Either as a top-level developmental or as a separate show altogether, it doesn't matter. ECW needs to have an identity and not be viewed as "just another show". If it's no different than Monday or Friday, there's no reason to tune in. Why do people watch TNA? Because it's different.

3) Un-split the tag team division. There's simply not enough teams to go around between three shows. Between The Hardys, Cade/Murdoch, Deuce & Domino, TWGTT, London/Kendrick, and The Highlanders, and you've got the start of a solid tag division. Split Nitro/Dykstra, and let them work singles. Dykstra to Smackdown for the Cruiserweights, Nitro on Raw for the IC.

4) Wanna have a draft? Fine. Just stick to it. If everyone is on every show, missing one is no big deal. Ratings will suffer if you can't distinguish between the three different shows. Why did no one watch Heat? Because it was the same thing you could see on Monday nights. Well, that and 7 PM on Sunday nights is a horrible time slot.

5) Send developmental talent to the Legends to learn the craft. For promos, please see Roddy Piper or Jake Roberts. For wrestling, Ricky Steamboat or Chris Benoit. Need to learn how to bump? Professor Foley's Chairshots 101. There are guys already on the WWE payroll who could teach developmental talent a LOT, and I'm not talking about Prichard, Keirn, or Nova.

The WWE has become the wrestling equivalent of Mortal Kombat. When there's eventually 50 guys and 20 of them are carbon copies of other wrestlers in different tights and haircuts, it just gets boring.

It's a start, and only a start. Maybe more later.
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']A) Change Cena's character. No more "five knuckle shuffle" or "FU" or any lame crap. Instead I would allow him to do more wrestling in his matches instead of following what seems like the script of what to do in every match. I would make his character more cocky, arrogant, and stuborn in the face of heels yet make him a stronge believeable babyface.

In essence I would be rebooting Cena from the way he is now into what I feel would make him more believeable and sellable to EVERYONE.[/QUOTE]

Bad move.

People like script moves like that, the 5 knuckle shuffle and the FU are his People's Elbow/Stunner.

Just dump the STFU as soon as possible. It's lame looking, nobody likes it and even my Cena mark of a friend thought the end of the Khali match was retarded.

Regarding his character, he has none so the first thing they need to do is give him anything. If he's going to be a white rapper let him be a white rapper, freestyle and be as jive as he wants to be. If he's going to be a marine put him in full military garb, replace the spinner belt and tell him to stop talking like a retard.

Stop pushing him as the invincible Cena and actually him have a fued with somebody. Feeding Cena monsters is retarded. It's not the 80s Vince, that shit doesn't work anymore.

Or even better turn him heel. Have him team up with McMahon and become the Corporate champion. Have him talk properly, set the spinner belt on fire and dress him up in a tux.

After 6 months, turn him on McMahon. It's would make him fresh again.

[quote name='Demolition Man']B) Starting building the undercard wrestlers into being more valuble and more worthwhile to the fans. Now to some extent the WWE has been doing a good job with *SOME* people lately on this such as MVP. But honestly why should I the typical WWE fan care about, say, Paul London? Why is he there? What is his goals in the company? What does he hate?
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This is mainly a problem with the wrestlers themselves. Most of them really suck on the mic.

Which is where managers come in. The WWE needs to bring back some people who can actually work the mic to help out these new guys.

And not generic people either, these managers need gimmicks or hell bring up some of the legends. Why not make Flair the mouthpiece for London/Kendrick and give Dusty Rhodes to Cade/Murdoch?

Why is a guy like Bobby Lashley even allowed to talk on TV? Put anybody as his manager and make him completely into Black Lesnar. A intense guy that will just fuck you up.

[quote name='Demolition Man']C) No more Diva search contests. Not only are they terrible to watch and predictable as hell but at the end of it all why does it matter to me the fan? When it is all said and done the WWE most likely has already picked the winner long before the contest has actually begun. So instead of dragging everyone through a contest I would instead introduce the said Diva like any other new talent - by building a character that people can connect to (rather if she is face or heel) and making her earn her way into the company like anyone else - by working for it.[/QUOTE]

Dear god yes, no more worthless cunts unless they actually want to learn how to wrestle like Candice.

[quote name='Demolition Man']D) Each and every brand needs to have its own identity different from the others in the company. That means no more seeing Bobby Lashley appearing on RAW weekly. No Matt Hardy working both RAW with his brother as the tag champs then Smackdown as a single's wrestler. The talent will be exclusive to each show. And likewise the feel and flow of each show will be different.
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They need to turn ECW into the offical B-show. Dump the current tag along with Smackdown format and rename OVW, ECW. Go live weekly from the local house shows and dumb down the production.

Move all of the ECW guys there to help train the new guys and bring back the old hardcore style, that means anything goes (although every match wouldn't be an hardcore match, no real rules).

Move all of the tag teams to Raw, give all of the cruiserweights to Smackdown.

Actually push the cruiserweights and make the tag division into something.

Actually enforce brand separation. No more of this stupid moving around brands thing.

Add new GMs. Replace Teddy Long with Stephanie, get Eric Bishoff back for Raw and put Shane in charge of ECW.

Stop pushing all heels as cowardly shitheads. There is more dimension to a bad guy then that. Don't be afraid to let them beat somebody clean.

Stop pushing all faces as invincible superheroes. What is the point of feeding the entire tag division to DX or feeding every guy over 6'4" to Cena?

Drop the number of PPVs, keep the big 4 then add 4 brand exclusive PPVs for each brand.

Make the draft a big spectual, include everybody (besides the ECW originals, tag teams and cruiserweights) with the main event of the two brands calling up a new guy from ECW as the main draw.

Basically, they need to get their heads out of their asses and rework just about everything because this shit they're doing now isn't working.
 
The main things in the WWE I would like to see since there isn't many great wrestlers/wrestling going on nowadays:

Heavyweight Title: Just stop fucking with Batista and give him the strap because we all know that it is going to happen sooner or later and he will have a long title reign as long as he stays healthy.

Intercontential Title: They need to bring some life back to this one because it is just sad because as of now I could really give a fuck less about it. This should be the title that switches back in forth between brands if you ask me. Edge should reign over this title instead of them having him in a fued with Batista.

US Title: Why does title still exist? Most of the time when someone is holding it they aren't from the US for instance Chris Beniot who I love in the ring is Canadian and has held this title more than any US citizen I have ever seen in the WWE.

Tag Team Belts: Why the fuck is there two sets of belts for this when many others have stated before me that the WWE only has like 6 solid tag teams that would fight over them. They just need to unify these belts and let the tag teams not be brand exclusive so everyone can get a chance to see them all in action. The Hardys would be fine as the undisputed tag champs for now.

World Champion Title: Here we go with my main man John Cena. I think since he has such a way with the crowd that they need to give him the Rock treatment and try really hard to turn him heel. Cena has great mic skills when utilized correctly which they haven't been since he was doing freestyle rhymes in the middle of the ring. Cena is fine as champ but they just need to get a focus on where they want to go with him instead of all the things they have been doing lately.

ECW Title: I know that once upon a time in the 90's Vince had respect for the little up start company from Pennsylvania but now by him being champ only just downgrades ECW. First, don't let Lashley be champ of this brand because he just isn't what ECW is about. Also, Lashley is so damn stiff in the ring it is horrible. They need him to develop a little more before giving him a title anywhere. If anything they should make RVD champ who is a proven name in ECW circles and WWE circles but that mostlikely won't happen because he is at odds with company. Even if not RVD let one of the ECW Originals that worked hard to make ECW a marketable brand in the first place be champ for a while.

Because of all of these things that is why recently I have been more and more satisfied with watching TNA because they actually stick to a simple format and have great wrestling to go with the stories that they are setting out.
 
Some of the common themes I see here include:

- too many titles that are meaningless
- too great similarities between shows and their "identity" (the shows aren't unique enough)
- more character development for midcard and lower guys; it's hard to care for someone who you've never heard talk, or when the announcers don't explain who a guy is and why he's there
- less divas (though, after seeing y'alls reactions to that segment this past Monday, I'd say you're wrong about that, and lying to yourselves)
- more (or less) interaction between shows - either solidify the brand split and give the shows identities (so we have reasons to watch them all), or end it and consolidate the talent. This in-between nonsense is really getting under people's skin, it seems.

I think Demoman's onto something, though I don't agree with all of his points (namely, too many titles, and "talking about the minors," as that will encourage people to seek out non-WWE wrestling shows, which would benefit TNA).

Now, to breakfast so I can shake this hangover and be home to see Colt on OVW. They're having a show downtown next Saturday ($5), and my stepbrother's getting married, so I can't go and see Colt wrestle in front of 150 hillbillies. Crap.
 
So, Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana made his OVW debut, jobbing out in short fashion to Mike Kruel (no interference by Team America, FWIW). Guess he's going to start out at the bottom. Fair's fair, I suppose.

The rest of the show was decent; all centered around setting up the show at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom next Friday night. I don't know much about "Atlas Da Bone," but he has the WWE look, a good deal of charisma, and can't wrestle for shit. I suspect he'll be on Raw within the next few months.
 
My knowledge of TNA is apparently much more limited than I originally thought. Up until I watched that TNA press conference video, I thought TNA President Dixie Carter was the same Dixie Carter from the fucking Designing Women TV show. Wow. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
 
[quote name='Iron Clad Burrito']Despite being a wrestling fan for nearly 3 decades, I'd never seen an episode of Smackdown til tonight. Someone clue me in 'cause I missed it and just noticed tonight, but (a) who's bright idea was to make JBL a commentator? and (b) after trading Batista and Cena a couple years ago to have the "WWE Title" on the same show with the similarly-named Tag titles, when did they swap the tag titles out to mismatch things again? I didn't notice the Hardys carrying around "World tag team titles" but I noticed the "WWE Tag Title" defense tonight. Kooky.[/quote]

JBL became a commentator when they sent Tazz to ECW. He pretty much retired after a nagging back injury.

As for the title question, you actually have it mixed around. The WWE Title was exclusive to SD and moved to Raw w/ Cena & the World Heavyweight Title was exclusive to Raw and moved to SD w/ Batista. The World Tag Team Titles have been exclusive to Raw since they introduced them and same goes for the WWE Tag Team Titles on SD.

Demo, where you talking about the guitar shot?
 
I don't mind all the diva's, but whose idea was it to have every single diva ever grace the show become a wrestler?

Why can't a female just be a manager and not a wrestler? Why on earth did they ever make Melina into a wrestler? Just keep her as a manager.

It's funny, they did this with Lita but backwards - took her from a wrestler into being a manager type character, and it actually worked really well, imo.

You don't see managers on WWE at all anymore.

Well, we did see Umaga's manager, but that guy was a joke.
 
Armando Estrada has disappeared from TV for almost a month now. He was great when Umaga debuted, and then they stopped letting him speak.

For those of you who watch OVW, myke especially, how do you think Kenny Bolin would do in the WWE, assuming they gave him a chance?
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']For those of you who watch OVW, myke especially, how do you think Kenny Bolin would do in the WWE, assuming they gave him a chance?[/quote]
You mean the commentator for OVW's show? Not a chance in hell. I'd rather have Tazz sit there and make jokes about Joey Styles' love life than have him commentating in WWE.

Don't get me wrong, he's good for small show like that. But he just doesn't have the WWE look.
 
I'm not talking about having him announcing. I'm talking about having him be a heel manager, maybe having a stable similar to Bolin Services from OVW.
 
He's too old school. He talks well as a manager, and he's a fat lil' puffball (so he fulfills the talks big but can't back it up aspect of a good heel manager), so he could play the cowardly guy very well. His heelish quips are very good, and remind me of when Jerry Lawler was fun to listen to as an announcer (think pre-1997). His biggest problem is that he's too ugly. Now, to be fair, heel managers aren't always pretty people - Heenan, Downtown Bruno, Jimmy Hart, Slick, Heyman, etc...but Bolin is just in a league of his own. Something about him physically screams "I'm gonna be in the indies my entire career." But, hey, I thought the same thing about Nick Dinsmore.

I think if Lashley debuted with a manager, and as a dominant heel (JJSP or Sporadic made mention of bringing him as the full-on "Black Lesnar" character), he would not be the laughing stock of wrestling fans right now. For some reason, WWE is opposed to the idea of male managers. They have been for over a decade now, mostly.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']He's too old school. He talks well as a manager, and he's a fat lil' puffball (so he fulfills the talks big but can't back it up aspect of a good heel manager), so he could play the cowardly guy very well. His heelish quips are very good, and remind me of when Jerry Lawler was fun to listen to as an announcer (think pre-1997). His biggest problem is that he's too ugly. Now, to be fair, heel managers aren't always pretty people - Heenan, Downtown Bruno, Jimmy Hart, Slick, Heyman, etc...but Bolin is just in a league of his own. Something about him physically screams "I'm gonna be in the indies my entire career." But, hey, I thought the same thing about Nick Dinsmore.

I think if Lashley debuted with a manager, and as a dominant heel (JJSP or Sporadic made mention of bringing him as the full-on "Black Lesnar" character), he would not be the laughing stock of wrestling fans right now. For some reason, WWE is opposed to the idea of male managers. They have been for over a decade now, mostly.[/quote]
Yeah, the only ones I can think of are Paul Bearer managing Kane & Taker and Heyman managing Lesnar.

But remember Armando was managing Umaga. Wonder what the heck happened? Maybe interfering in the ONS match?
 
Yeah, you got the ugly part right. However, if WWE had the balls to be creative, it might be good to see some kind of angle with him having a new group of heels trying to get even with wrestlers he managed in OVW, like Cena, Batista, Kenny, and Lashley.
 
For those looking for a good deal on TNA shirts check Hot Topic right now. They have the Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, and Sting ones all going for the following prices:

$6.29 Small - XL
$9.98 2XL
$10.98 3XL

This is according to HotTopic.com so YMMV in store. Good luck.

BTW the Angle shirt kicks ass. I bought it full price a few months ago when they first started carrying them. Its the one he has been wearing on TV lately and sell on ShopTNA.com for $20.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']So, Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana made his OVW debut, jobbing out in short fashion to Mike Kruel (no interference by Team America, FWIW). Guess he's going to start out at the bottom. Fair's fair, I suppose.

The rest of the show was decent; all centered around setting up the show at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom next Friday night. I don't know much about "Atlas Da Bone," but he has the WWE look, a good deal of charisma, and can't wrestle for shit. I suspect he'll be on Raw within the next few months.[/QUOTE]
"Boom Boom"? Haha.

At least he's not Saba Simba.
 
I see you changed your user name, ahmed? Interesting.

He behaved like Cabana (sportin' his Cabanarama headband and satin jacket, as usual) and moved like Cabana. He also wrestled like a jobber. He didn't get any offense in at all (save for escaping a headlock by using a cartwheel).

He seems like he's going to be, for the moment, who he always has been (save the "Boom Boom" nickname). It's just that he's "enhancement talent" for now. :lol:
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I see you changed your user name, ahmed? Interesting.

He behaved like Cabana (sportin' his Cabanarama headband and satin jacket, as usual) and moved like Cabana. He also wrestled like a jobber. He didn't get any offense in at all (save for escaping a headlock by using a cartwheel).

He seems like he's going to be, for the moment, who he always has been (save the "Boom Boom" nickname). It's just that he's "enhancement talent" for now. :lol:[/quote]

Did the crowd know who he was? How did they react to him?
 
He was already in ring when they cut back from commercial, and he got an okay pop (I don't think the place where they tape tv holds more than 200 people). It was hard to tell if they know who he is, though. My guess would be *no*, but only because comparing ROH fans (15-35 white males) to OVW fans (fat fuckin' rhino-lookin' women wearing airbrushed t-shirts of their favorite wrestlers and various and sundry Louisville trash), the differences become obvious.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I see you changed your user name, ahmed? Interesting.

He behaved like Cabana (sportin' his Cabanarama headband and satin jacket, as usual) and moved like Cabana. He also wrestled like a jobber. He didn't get any offense in at all (save for escaping a headlock by using a cartwheel).

He seems like he's going to be, for the moment, who he always has been (save the "Boom Boom" nickname). It's just that he's "enhancement talent" for now. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Sounds like he's the same as when he took on Matt Hardy during Velocity.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevanc...WE/video/x1binx_wwe-matt-hardy-vs-colt-cabana
 
Is anybody's NBC affiliate carrying SNME? They're playing infomercials right now on mine. Supposedly the hockey game screwed up the schedule, but I wouldn't think that would be a problem for the west coast.
 
[quote name='Ugamer_X']Is anybody's NBC affiliate carrying SNME? They're playing infomercials right now on mine. Supposedly the hockey game screwed up the schedule, but I wouldn't think that would be a problem for the west coast.[/QUOTE]

Mine's playing it.

They just got done with the Cena/Khali match.
 
Mine played it about eight minutes after it was originally set to start, as local news ran long. That was exactly the finish they should have done at their first PPV encounter. YAY, KHALI'S CUTTING A PROMO! Hooray for horrid mic work. Cena's facing the Great Khali of all people - an excellent workrate isn't something I'm looking for in their matches. Judging by the massive reaction the FU lift had tonight, I expect that to be the highlight of their match tomorrow, with the move itself finishing the match.
 
I attempted to watch the Cena vs Khali match but found myself watching the Impact replay more. Not because I'm TNA biased. Its because Cena vs Khali was fucking BORING. And yet the WWE expects people to shell out $40 to watch this again tommorow night? What the fuck are they smoking?

And yeah same thing here as Jay... it started 10 minutes late here.

I'll just DVR the rest of this and watch it tommorow night. Gonna watch some Lost.
 
Brock just won his MMA debut. 1 min and 9 seconds in the first round. Brock caught the dudes kick and threw him to the mat, then mounted him and threw punches to the head. The guy tapped out to the punches.
 
I loved every second of the Boogeys-Irishmen tag match, and the wackiness afterwards. Finlay doing Boogey's gyrations was disturbing and great. Congrats to Brock for winning his shoot - once his opponent was changed at basically the last minute, I lost hope in him winning. Hopefully he can do MMA full-time and won't have to return to pro wrestling.
 
[quote name='RawisJericho']Brock just won his MMA debut. 1 min and 9 seconds in the first round. Brock caught the dudes kick and threw him to the mat, then mounted him and threw punches to the head. The guy tapped out to the punches.[/QUOTE]

Imagine that :lol:

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[quote name='RawisJericho']Brock just won his MMA debut. 1 min and 9 seconds in the first round. Brock caught the dudes kick and threw him to the mat, then mounted him and threw punches to the head. The guy tapped out to the punches.[/QUOTE]

Wow...

Now that is EPIC!

Hopefully this will be on YouTube quickly. I want to see this.
 
Why the fuck do people think it's a good idea to have a tattoo right down the middle of their chests? Brock and Scott Steiner both look like complete douches now.
 
[quote name='neocisco']You missed...pretty much nothing.[/quote]

Maybe see Eugene in some new ring gear. Seems WWE finally decided that he was out of shape and gave him a costume that would cover up that fat.

Speaking of fat, I caught the 1:00 a.m. reairing of OVW(which is usually when I watch it) and damn. If you think Murdoch's out of shape, you should see a guy OVW has that goes by Pulaski. The guy has man tits.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']That's ECW's own Roadkill.[/quote]

It is? Wow, they need to suggest some new ring attire or put him back in the old Roadkill attire.
 
so im here watching ons 05 and 06 on todays anniversary...

too bad tonights ppv will be nothing like 05 and 06.. which are still my fav ppv's
 
Brock looked pretty good in the fight, especially with how he was controlling Kim on the ground. I'm glad that ring announcer mentioned his WWE Title wins, and that the announcers didn't shy away from his pro wrestling past, and even mocked those who got on Brock's case for taking up MMA as a "former pro wrestler". Mauro Renallo mentioning Brock as possibly being "THE NEXT BIG THING" in MMA got a smile out of me, and it was fitting for him to proclaim it as he's a former wrestling commentator. Brock is set to return to pro wrestling again in a match against Kurt Angle in the Inoki Genome Federation. Just a SLIGHT step down from main eventing 'Mania.
 
The Observer is reporting Rob Van Dam and Randy Orton will open tonight's PPV. Previous reports of Rob Van Dam sticking around another week or two have considerably let up in the past few days.

I'm expecting MASSIVE "TNA" chants tonight.
 
ONS predictions:

1. RKO knocks out RVD for good
2. Sandman, Punk & Dreamer win the tables match
3. Melina wins the pudding match over Candice
4. Mark Henry wins over Kane in the LJ match
5. Hardyz over WGTT in the ladder match with some sort of run-in by Cade & Murdoch
6. Edge over Batista in the cage
7. Cena pins Khali, dumb, dumb, dumb...
8. Lashley/Vince ends in no contest when the fans start rioting... oh wait this isn't at Hammerstein, Lashley pins Vince after taking out Umaga, Shane and probably something else that is lame, unfunny and agitating to wrestling fans.
 
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