[quote name='diddy310']Raven looked like he was in pretty decent shape, but the announcers couldn't even feign excitement for him coming over the rail. More like "Oh, look, the surprise return of Raven...aaaaaand now he's hitting him with the kendo stick"[/QUOTE]
That's why TNA needs better announcers. They don't know how to hype shit. They were the same way when Lashley showed up at the PPV a while back.
How in the did Victoria get a bigger pop out of the annouce team then Raven?[/QUOTE]
Because The Beautiful People are the best thing going in TNA and no one cares half as much about Abyss/Stevie/Raven. If it wasn't for TBP I wouldn't watch TNA at all.
I wonder what antics the WWE try to pull tonight on Smackdown!?
Well, the fun part about Victoria is that she more than likely won't be wrestling under that name plus did anyone else notice that for the first time in years she didn't actually come to the ring with a knee brace on?
It costs $4 per PPV, $8 a month which equals to $96 for a year, or $50 for a yearly fee. I haven't seen most of the stuff before late 2007 so I am interested in it so for $50 bucks that isn't a bad deal when I can technically watch all of the PPVs up to the point I started watching TNA.
So I just saw the first ever exploding ring match and it sucked.
First off, the "explosion" is basically like what you'd see Kane do, except there's smoke blown into the ring to cover this up and add a cool effect. I understand that in a huge baseball arena many people wouldn't notice, however couldn't they have just cut to an aerial shot or something? A guitar solo started playing during that period, I don't know if this was played throughout the arena or added in the video but if it was played throughout the arena then oh wow.
Secondly, they totally no selled that explosion. I mean, man, what the hell? The ring " exploded", you better stay down for 20 minutes. Onita especially, seeing as he gets on top of Terry to save him from the explosion. That was the best part of the match...and it only lasted a few seconds. You'd think Onita would've stayed down for 20 minutes, then as people were leaving have said that he loved them and that he did this for them, then have some wind blow and knock him into the barbwire again. At this point he'd get on the mic and cry, then throw the mic ACCIDENTALLY into the barbed wire and get shocked again. Maybe I'm too much of a smark to enjoy this, but when he does the babyface thing it just seems so unnatural.
World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Mr. Kennedy (Ken Kennedy) as of today, May 29, 2009. WWE wishes Ken the best in all future endeavors.
I'd say most or all of those are well worth the $12.99, I haven't seen the Hardys or Edge ones yet though (own them, but haven't gotten around to watching them yet.) The best of SNME, History of IC Title, Raw 15th, Eddie, and Rock DVD's are probably the ones I'd recommend the highest out of that batch.
[quote name='StarKnightX']Sorry if this is old news or not. I noticed Best Buy has a bunch of WWE dvds on sale. Anyone if most/any of them are worth the $12.99?
Those are some great DVD deals - hopefully Amazon matches those prices soon so I can get them for a super-great price without shipping.
Some funny Observer stuff - thank God I rejoined yesterday, it's already been worth the $10 -
From the 3/16/92 issue -
(J.T.)Southern did an interview and said that Van Hammer, "Can't sing, can't dance, can't play guitar and can't wrestle." All the boys in the back were cracking up at the interview for obvious reasons, although for all we know, he really can dance.
the graphic under Tiffany read “Interim General Manager.” I hope that means somebody they are suing is going to show up and become the real General Manager. Then again, if it’s Warrior, while that would be entertaining as hell for about five minutes, maybe that’s not such a hot idea either. I’d settle at this point for a hot woman who can cut a promo, a guy who can cut a promo, a PG-rated transvestite who can cut a promo, or even a chimpanzee or dog who has a little bit of an acting range. Dreamer came out and they both ignored him. Behind their back, he started flexing and strutting around doing 1977 Superstar Graham. I guess that’s the guy he rode his bicycle from Yonkers to the Garden to see or something.
Backstage before the show they have a lineup sheet posted with all of the matches. They put a * next to whoever is going over that night and at the bottom of the sheet, even though they use the same symbols every night, there is a note that reads * = Winner. Anyway, over the weekend, someone put a + next to the name of all the losers. On one sheet, at the bottom, it read + = jobber. On another sheet, at the bottom, it read + = Good look, good attitude, not tonight. On the final sheet, at the bottom it read + = See Kip James.
Lauren took a broken piece of glass and made Daffney back off. Yes, the announcer made the wrestler back off. And they are in this restaurant and this brawl is going on and nobody jumps in. I know, maybe it wasn’t a very popular restaurant. Something tells me somebody had a lot of bad blind dates in his life and it really sucks that we have to watch wrestling shows that are so lousy because of it. Maybe there’s a moral to the story. They should do one of those PSA’s at the end, “These are professionals. They haven’t trained in acting at all but are put on a TV show to act and in doing so, come off like shit. Kids, please don’t try this at home. And also, don’t go on blind dates either.”
(J.T.)Southern did an interview and said that Van Hammer, "Can't sing, can't dance, can't play guitar and can't wrestle." All the boys in the back were cracking up at the interview for obvious reasons, although for all we know, he really can dance.
the graphic under Tiffany read “Interim General Manager.” I hope that means somebody they are suing is going to show up and become the real General Manager. Then again, if it’s Warrior, while that would be entertaining as hell for about five minutes, maybe that’s not such a hot idea either. I’d settle at this point for a hot woman who can cut a promo, a guy who can cut a promo, a PG-rated transvestite who can cut a promo, or even a chimpanzee or dog who has a little bit of an acting range. Dreamer came out and they both ignored him. Behind their back, he started flexing and strutting around doing 1977 Superstar Graham. I guess that’s the guy he rode his bicycle from Yonkers to the Garden to see or something.
Backstage before the show they have a lineup sheet posted with all of the matches. They put a * next to whoever is going over that night and at the bottom of the sheet, even though they use the same symbols every night, there is a note that reads * = Winner. Anyway, over the weekend, someone put a + next to the name of all the losers. On one sheet, at the bottom, it read + = jobber. On another sheet, at the bottom, it read + = Good look, good attitude, not tonight. On the final sheet, at the bottom it read + = See Kip James.
Lauren took a broken piece of glass and made Daffney back off. Yes, the announcer made the wrestler back off. And they are in this restaurant and this brawl is going on and nobody jumps in. I know, maybe it wasn’t a very popular restaurant. Something tells me somebody had a lot of bad blind dates in his life and it really sucks that we have to watch wrestling shows that are so lousy because of it. Maybe there’s a moral to the story. They should do one of those PSA’s at the end, “These are professionals. They haven’t trained in acting at all but are put on a TV show to act and in doing so, come off like shit. Kids, please don’t try this at home. And also, don’t go on blind dates either.”
[quote name='HovaEscobar']So I just saw the first ever exploding ring match and it sucked.
First off, the "explosion" is basically like what you'd see Kane do, except there's smoke blown into the ring to cover this up and add a cool effect. I understand that in a huge baseball arena many people wouldn't notice, however couldn't they have just cut to an aerial shot or something? A guitar solo started playing during that period, I don't know if this was played throughout the arena or added in the video but if it was played throughout the arena then oh wow.
Secondly, they totally no selled that explosion. I mean, man, what the hell? The ring " exploded", you better stay down for 20 minutes. Onita especially, seeing as he gets on top of Terry to save him from the explosion. That was the best part of the match...and it only lasted a few seconds. You'd think Onita would've stayed down for 20 minutes, then as people were leaving have said that he loved them and that he did this for them, then have some wind blow and knock him into the barbwire again. At this point he'd get on the mic and cry, then throw the mic ACCIDENTALLY into the barbed wire and get shocked again. Maybe I'm too much of a smark to enjoy this, but when he does the babyface thing it just seems so unnatural.[/QUOTE]
Just what exactly did you expect? Seriously. It's a "time bomb match." Surely you didn't expect there to be an actual bomb anywhere near anything.
No surprise at all on Kennedy. The real surprise is that it didn't happen sooner, which it probably would have if they didn't have to keep him around to promote that awful movie he was in a few months back.
So, that was... abrupt. Considering they made the effort to bring him back, I can only see it being one of two things. One, he violated Wellness Policy somehow. Two, after even a minor injury, Vince finally decided to say ' it' since Kennedy doesn't pull in Latino viewers.
See ya Kennedy. We'll always remember you for...oh, you never did anything besides say your name.
And get punked out by Edge.
And get hurt a lot.
Really though, once they didn't even hint at the most natural feud in the world (coming after Edge for stealing his MITB), I knew they had almost no faith in this guy. Looks like that was the right opinion to have.
LOL... has anyone seen the official Edge soundboard??? You know, like one of those things that people use to make Arnold Schwarzenegger phone calls and stuff. My brother tipped me off to this; pretty funny that it's OFFICIALLY put out by WWE: http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/edge/edgesoundboard/
I can't wait to hear the first recorded "big fat failure turtle" prank call
Well if anybody wants the Edge set that Bestbuy has on sale for $12.99 but wants it through Amazon they have it for $12.99 also. It is the only set that is at that price at the moment reason I say it like that because the Bestbuy sale is until 6/20.
This show was a blast. Deaner's ladder match was hilarious, and that bump he took was wonderfully cartoony - I'm glad he didn't get hurt off if it though, as that was a hell of a risky stunt. Doug Williams being allowed to defend a case that he stole makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but it's not like they were doing anything with the cases before they stole them, so it doesn't bother me too much. LAX being so wasted in that time does though.
Red-Suicide was pretty good - easily the best X title match I can remember on Impact in a while. Creed's video package was good, and I loved learning that he's an Earthbound fan. One thing that's annoyed me with all of these things they've done for him is that they're quite fascinating at times, but none of it matters for his character - he's still just the same wacky act without any depth once these things end.
The knockouts match...happened. I remember absolutely nothing about the match, but goddamn was the post-match thing awesome. Angeline yelling to get the CREEPY ICKY STALKER out of the building was hilarious, and then Victoria came out and just kicked ass. Awesome. The knockouts division still has a ways to go before getting back to the Gail Kim-level peak, but Victoria's the best chance TNA has at having that happen, and she came across as THE chick to beat in her debut appearance. Great stuff there from all involved.
I loved the Abyss-Stevie-Raven deal. While the Dr. Stevie skits have been largely funny for all the wrong reasons, I do like the idea of Stevie finally controlling Raven after oh... a decade and a half of torment from the guy. There's something intriguing in that if TNA chooses to go that route, and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes because even if they don't do that, we'll at least get some good promos out of Stevie and Raven.
The announcement of a one-on-one War Games-style match next week was somewhat baffling since they just announced it as Lethal Lockdown Rules and didn't bother explaining what part of that setup they'd be using. I'd presume the final part, with the top on the cage with weapons aplenty being available, but they really should've specified.
EY-JJ was enjoyable thanks to DW's over-the-top stuff, and EY's excellent post-match attack. Hopefully they do something with him in this role. Even if they don't, I'm glad they turned him heel because he was pretty stale as a face, even with the revamped character. The 3D-Beer Money segment ruled thanks to James Storm. God bless that man and may TNA give him a job for life.
Daniels-AJ was really good, and I loved the story told in the match. They kept it fairly fast-paced as well, and AJ came off like a huge star getting his theme played live and then jumping out into his pyro display. It's a shame they did this here instead of at the PPV, but at least they did it. The post-match attack from Shane Douglas was acceptable - Douglas was barely recognizable with the all-brown hair, but I am looking forward to hearing his promos again. Seeing him wrestle...not so much.
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Quotes -
DW - The bottom line is whoever is Suicide is the X Division champion.
Creed - We were in the locker room talking about the greatest RPG of all-time - Earthbound for the Super Nintendo. And if you don’t know about it, go out and get it.
Tenay - RAVEN IS HITTING ABYSS WITH THE STICK!
DW - IT’S THE ONLY WAY, MIKE! HE HAS TO BE HIT BY SOMEONE FROM HIS PAST, MIKE. HE HAS TO BE HIT BY A FAMILIAR FACE FROM THE PAST.
Love - Onto some unfinished business! (fan chants CHUCK AND BILLY) YOU! YEAH YOU! Why are you still hanging around the Beautiful People? DIDN’T I FIRE YOU A MONTH AGO!? Is this funny? You know what’s funny, Kip? When I called you to come take care of Kong and YOU’RE THE ONE WHO GOT STRETCHER OUT OF THE BUILDING! THE DAYS OF YOU RIDING THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLES’ COAT-TAILS ARE OVER! WE ARE DONE WITH YOU! YOU ARE AN EMBARASSMENT TO TNA! AND AN EMBARASSMENT TO YOURSELF! SECURITY, GET THIS ICKY CREEP OUT OF HERE NOW! HE’S A STALKER! GET HIM OUT OF HERE NOW!
DW - IT’S THE HAMSTRING HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD!
Tenay - WHETHER YOU THINK SO OR NOT!
Here's the Observer radio show that goes over John Tolos' death, and also covers Kennedy's release at the end - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=99GOJ0RN
As far as the release itself, I'm not surprised by it at all. He's been so injury-prone that it doesn't make much sense to keep him on the roster, especially when you consider that he nearly seriously injured one of the company's top stars, and easily it's top heel. I'm sure the injury only happened because Kennedy was so excited to be returning after missing about a year of action, but still, it happened, and he's being held responsible for it.
[quote name='diddy310']They gave him every possible opportunity they could, pushed him endlessly, put him in a movie. He's too injury prone to spend more time/money on.[/QUOTE]
This. He's milked their payroll while out on injury for at least a year, and now he re-injured himself in his return match? He's way too injury prone. You could tell he was in line for a decent push upon his return, but they didn't want to risk it with him getting injured again. I don't blame them.
Bingo. From a business standpoint, keeping him employed makes no sense. Whatever the reason, the release was really sudden, since they haven't even pulled the Raw commericals for next week... they still end with a big 'He's back!' thing for Kennedy.
On the Kennedy deal, how true this is, I'm not sure. But on his official website he says he is 100% healthy.
Also YOU HAVE TO SEE THESE pictures of The Franchise Shane Douglas return in the ring to Impact. It's pretty bad, Double J must've owed Shane Douglas a favor or something.
[quote name='pimpster4183']I always like Kennedy, a lot better than Randy Orton, Batista and Cena that's for damn sure. I understand why they did it though.[/QUOTE]
I will be driving down to every Tna PPV to see my favorite wrestler.....Mr Anderson....Anderson wrestle :lol::lol:
A day with Kanyon and Raven. i think you "smarks" would like it, as it includes many " nods to the fans". So much so that I'm not sure what exactly I'm trying to get. Somebody said in the comments that it's actually a nod to the previous chracters that he played before Raven.
According to the new profile, MaffewofBotchamania got suspended for a month:
MaffewofBotchamania got punished for uploading copyrighted material half-way through a bunch of uploads, so the most recent Botchamanias have issues as they haven't been uploaded properly.
I am unable to interact with the account for a month so Botchamanias will be uploaded on here as Notamanias.
"Botchamania 23" is a very bad word and any video owning this name is immediately denied entry into youtubeland whenever I try to upload the bloody thing.
Supposedly Hayabusa can walk a bit now guys, what if he returned? I'd like to see him in the WWE. Water down his style and still book him as the best high flyer. Say that he's been through everything, etc etc. Hayabusa WWE Champ 2010.
did Victoria get a bigger pop out of the annouce team then Raven?[/QUOTE]
