Happy Canada Day to those of you that celebrate Canada Day!
RAW's hot streak currently stands at two and I can't remember the last time RAW was good TV for three weeks in a row.
Meanwhile I roped my husband into watching Celebrity Wife Swap with me last night since Flair and Piper were switching families. Typical TV stuff as they played up Roddy's hermit lifestyle in the mountains of Oregon and Flair's lavish spending ways. Roddy's wife seems like a real sweetheart albeit quite overworked. Everything was much like you'd expect. Roddy receiving spa treatment was pretty funny. Otherwise fun junk food hour of television and I'm not sure how close Flair and Piper are in reality but it's clear they share a special bond that I'm sure was built from many hard times and years on the road together.
I finally listened to some of Stone Cold's podcast shows and I'm pretty hooked. Austin just has a great way of telling stories. He should offer up his services to do audio books of some of the literally classics in his own form. Imagine him doing a reading of the Great Gatsby and adding his own special touches.
I listened to the HBK podcast, which was good. The Kevin Nash one was terrific. Jim Ross was pretty good too. Couldn't get through Trish Stratus or Bret Hart although I'm going to try to listen to the Hart one again.
That's all for me. Enjoy Canada Day and for my fellow proud Americans, enjoy Independence Day and if you're going to be drinking please stay off the roads.
Come out swinging and keep it clean!
Meanwhile I roped my husband into watching Celebrity Wife Swap with me last night since Flair and Piper were switching families. Typical TV stuff as they played up Roddy's hermit lifestyle in the mountains of Oregon and Flair's lavish spending ways. Roddy's wife seems like a real sweetheart albeit quite overworked. Everything was much like you'd expect. Roddy receiving spa treatment was pretty funny. Otherwise fun junk food hour of television and I'm not sure how close Flair and Piper are in reality but it's clear they share a special bond that I'm sure was built from many hard times and years on the road together.
I finally listened to some of Stone Cold's podcast shows and I'm pretty hooked. Austin just has a great way of telling stories. He should offer up his services to do audio books of some of the literally classics in his own form. Imagine him doing a reading of the Great Gatsby and adding his own special touches.
I listened to the HBK podcast, which was good. The Kevin Nash one was terrific. Jim Ross was pretty good too. Couldn't get through Trish Stratus or Bret Hart although I'm going to try to listen to the Hart one again.
That's all for me. Enjoy Canada Day and for my fellow proud Americans, enjoy Independence Day and if you're going to be drinking please stay off the roads.
Come out swinging and keep it clean!
"And that's the bottom line, because Lord Voldemort said so!"
ReplyDeleteOne of my pet peeves: people raving about podcasts and not embedding a link so others would be able to listen to it too.
ReplyDeleteAaaand the Wendy's commercials have already started.
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Is one of your other pet peeves using Google?
ReplyDeleteCanada Day? How vain can you be?
ReplyDeleteFinally no hockey on at the same time as Raw so I can pay attention this week. =^_^=
ReplyDeleteYes. Fucking NSA sellouts...
ReplyDeleteI remember wishing Edge a "Happy Canada Day" when I saw him before an event on July 1st way back when. He couldn't have been more underwhelmed.
ReplyDeletepodcastone.com
ReplyDeleteCena/Del Rio.....special? I legit lol'd.
ReplyDeleteThat didn't take long, I'm already bored... awesome main event, yay, woo, yay
ReplyDeleteDidn't mention the city.
ReplyDeleteCena vs. Del Rio.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/pFWWmpVUWhI
Yeah like we haven't seen that match before, or a WWE Title v. World Title match before (Punk/Bryan did it better).
ReplyDeleteAnother Champion vs Champion match where any result will be the wrong one?
ReplyDeleteCount me in!!!!! Why do they write themselves into these no win situations?
OH MY GOD THAT SHIRT IS FUCKING AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteNo decision, Henry and/or DelRio run ins
ReplyDeleteAnyone else think they should dump the King and go with JBL/Cole as the full time crew? They were by themselves on Smackdown and I thought they were pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteSioux City, IA. Not Vince approved.
ReplyDeleteJBL is pretty good and yea more JBL less King would be nice.
ReplyDeleteAnything of value in the briefcase?
ReplyDeletePapers. Just papers. You know, my papers. Business papers.
What do you do, sir?
I'm unemployed.
Crowd: "WAT!"
ReplyDeleteCranky Vince highly approves of it, though. Some funny tweets coming from him in the last hour
ReplyDeletehttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskg3aa9OA1qztjn5o1_500.png
ReplyDeleteGreat crowd.
ReplyDeleteSaid no one ever.
Jerry Lawler has been sleepwalking through every monday night for over a decade now, but clearly Vince likes him and really that's all that matters.
ReplyDeleteTheir have been worse lately :P
ReplyDeleteBrie is a saint for having the patience for putting up with the beard.
ReplyDeleteShut up, Wesley... er... Sheamus.
ReplyDeleteTOO MANY LIMES!
ReplyDeleteTime for 7 promos
ReplyDeleteMy GF had no problem with my beard... like it actually. Maybe Brie does to. Women are into wierd shit sometimes.
ReplyDeleteCrowd boos Sheamus.
ReplyDeleteGood work.
Some women like how the facial hair tickles them down there
ReplyDeleteTKGI
ReplyDeleteSame here.
ReplyDeleteMy BF likes my bears so *shrugs*
ReplyDeleteSince when is it the MitB "All Star Match?" Did they call it that last week?
ReplyDeleteAnd Hulk Hogan, strangely enough.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the other 5 MITB participants will interrupt this promo?
ReplyDeleteYou can tell Sheamus is getting depushed because he's the only one without a new t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteI'd be shocked if Brie is into that.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't seem like one who explores her options.
Started calling it that on Smackdown this past friday.
ReplyDeleteThis is the unofficial "how popular is Bryan?" test as successive babyfaces get poorer reactions than he does.
ReplyDeleteIts pretty sad how Sheamus beat Bryan in 18 seconds for the belt at WM yet Bryan got over more with the crowd afterwards. Hell, Sheamus was on the preshow at the last PPV. Feel free to bring that up next time someone tells you how Sheamus is really over as a face.
ReplyDeleteIf the WWE title MITB is the All Star Match, I guess that makes the all-heel WHC MITB the No Buys Match.
ReplyDeleteIs it time for Teddy Long tag match or some type of fatal four way shit?
ReplyDeleteWhat a original idea would be?
ReplyDeleteOh no, it's a wacky everyone walks in and talks at random promo. Cue Vickie or Teddy in about 8 minutes to interrupt to setup a random tag match.
ReplyDeleteThere are people saying Sheamus is over as a face?
ReplyDeletePlease point me in their direction.
Sheamus is awesome at standing there like a smarmy douche while everyone talks
ReplyDeleteIf this was a Jim Kelly movie, this would be the part where the little guy beats the shit out of the bigger dudes and then goes to McDonalds.
ReplyDeleteHey everybody, it's the BIG RED REPUBLICAN
ReplyDeleteOne person on this bloge tried to tell me that a few weeks ago when I brought up HHH's failed attempts to push guys
ReplyDeleteDaniel standing there after Orton's bitchy little threat was not so good.
ReplyDeleteTurn this man heel as just a douchey bully. He would kill.
ReplyDeleteFrom how uncomfortable and forced this feels, it reminds me of high school when some unpopular kids had to put on a seminar about not smoking or something.
ReplyDeleteHe got a good reaction last week, but was a bit of an aberration
ReplyDeleteGood point, I found the archived shows on youtube
ReplyDelete6 man tag being set-up. No Rob Van Dam return to really make this segment pop though.
ReplyDeleteHis reactions are spotty.
ReplyDelete*points towards Ireland*
ReplyDeleteyou just made this segment entertaining now that I view it like that
ReplyDeleteThat's a perfect role for him
ReplyDeletehttp://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/1/17454/1805781-buttout1.jpg
ReplyDeleteA wild Christian appears!
ReplyDeleteThis segment is a giant t-shirt commercial.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to go out on a limb and say the winner of the "All Star MitB Ladder Match" has a beard.
ReplyDeleteI'd mark if they went with continuity and Orton RKO'd him before Punk's entrance
ReplyDelete"I might not even BE in this match!"
ReplyDeleteFinal popularity test result:
ReplyDeleteDaniel Bryan is more popular than Christian, Kane, Randy Orton and Sheamus.
He is less popular than CM Punk.
This show is a giant t-shirt commercial.
ReplyDeleteI was just about to post CM Punk popularity > Daniel Bryan's.
ReplyDeletehttp://memegeneokerlund.com/media/created/5ob8ov.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe MITB briefcase becomes a lot less special when you realize all of these guys are former world champions - multiple times too over if you exclude Daniel Bryan.
ReplyDeleteDigging Punk's new black BITW shirt.
ReplyDeleteIf Rob Van Dam is watching, he's probably baked out of his mind and isn't paying attention anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe Dazzler breaks the fourth wall.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I'M a former world champion, at this point.
ReplyDeletehey Kane, thanks for making Bryan look like a little bitch there!
ReplyDeleteKane needs to grow a beard to fit in with this crew.
ReplyDeleteEverything becomes a lot less special when you realize how many former world champions are on the roster period!
ReplyDeleteOrton is so pathetic he has to get his heat back after a PROMO.
ReplyDeleteAnd it gets dead silence.
Now everyone just kinda leaves
ReplyDeleteThe structure of that segment was obviously tired, but I thought it was effective. The guys in it carried it off well. I'm pretty pumped for that match.
ReplyDeleteTeam Hell No v. Randy Orton and partner of the Universe's choosing is coming I bet.
ReplyDeleteSo when do we get World Champion Chris Benoit highlights?
ReplyDeleteBUDDY ROGERS!
ReplyDeleteShould be a very good match.
ReplyDeleteThey took 6 articulate and clever guys who have compelling characters, gave them 15 minutes... and we got a shitty, heatless segment. We got cold shit.
ReplyDeleteGive 'em credit for trying to make WWE v. World Title seem important.
ReplyDeleteTake a look back at all the great former world champions? Who gets the biggest snub?
ReplyDeleteand Lou Thesz! Is this Nitro all of a sudden?
ReplyDeleteSo the WHC has it's history now? as opposed to officially being started in 2002?
ReplyDeleteA better way to pay homage to tradition would be to unify the belts so that half the roster isn't comprised of former world champions.
ReplyDeleteWait... they're back to pretending the big gold belt Is the WCW title and not a belt invented in 2002?
ReplyDeleteWhen did Lou Thez win the World heavyweight title?
ReplyDeleteWait so the World Heavyweight title is now a continuation of the WCW & NWA World Titles?
ReplyDeleteThey put out a pretty damn cool DVD set on it about 5 years ago, I think. So, they've been acknowledging it.
ReplyDeleteHonestly is that even surprising? He's the most over guy on the roster.
ReplyDeleteIt never really wasn't, no matter what they said. Brock forfeited it when he "signed with Smackdown".
ReplyDeleteWildfire Tommy Rich
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty sweet actually, and I'm glad they are starting to nail the point down.
ReplyDeleteDid no one buy the kickass DVD set on the big gold belt several years ago? They've been counting it as part of the lineage for some time now.
ReplyDeleteDavid Arquette
ReplyDeleteVINCE RUSSSOOO BABBYYYY!
ReplyDeleteThat was a pretty good opening segment actually, yeah it's been done before...but it's nice to see them actually build towards the damn match, especially with everything thats going on with the participants individually.
ReplyDeleteYes, they have been since 2002.
ReplyDeleteIt's not official unless the PWI Almanac says so!!
ReplyDeleteI wanna marry this fucking gimmick.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the day that we find out the Wyatt family was sired by IRS.
ReplyDeleteKurt Angle obviously for going to TNA
ReplyDeleteThe Shield entrance music: Comin' to take your virginity.
ReplyDeleteWhoa...guess we can close the file on that one.
ReplyDeleteI had to go count out of curiousity and found 26 if you count full and part-time guys.
ReplyDeleteActive: Del Rio, Cena, Big Show, Jericho, Christian, Punk, Bryan, Ziggler, Khali, Swagger, Kane, Henry, Miz, Orton, Sheamus
Inactive / Part-time: Rock, HHH, Taker, Rey, RVD, Booker
That's not counting guys who held ROH or TNA titles either like Rollins or Truth.
Did the Shield forget to wear their ties at the airport to get this depush or is the curse of the mid-card titles that pronounced?
ReplyDeleteOut of all the tag teams.....the Usos? Really?
ReplyDeleteThe belts
ReplyDeleteThe ultimate rebellion by Bray--he is either the leader of a cult and trying for tax exempt status or he is simply living "off the grid." Irwin will not be happy.
ReplyDeleteThat was quite the intensive audit!
ReplyDeleteThey have to have there de-push to prove they are team players backstage like everyone sadly.
ReplyDeleteTerrifying
ReplyDeleteI almost wish they'd stop doing this dance, because they're always shouting hoarsely, which makes them sound utterly ridiculous half the time.
ReplyDelete479 lbs? They must be using the Hulkster's scale.
ReplyDeleteThe Uso's : because it just wouldn't be WWE without samoans jobbers.
ReplyDeleteI think it might have something to do with one fo them being engaged to Naomi, and thus he'll be getting a "push" on the Divas show.
ReplyDeleteThey're a step above the Headshrinkers at least.
ReplyDeleteSure, they've never been tag team champions, but they also never jobbed to The Four Doinks.
They have nowhere to go, without getting the Cena program at SS. Maybe Taker isn't going to work Summerslam and they need to push them down to the level of their opponents
ReplyDeleteTheir putting The Shield on the pre show? O...k
ReplyDeleteThey may not have a lot of heat, but they're fine wrestlers with potential. I know Heyman's pretty high on them. They managed to still retain a little bit of heat despite being on Superstars for a full year. That's impressive.
ReplyDeleteWhich one of these lucky Uso's got engaged to Naomi
ReplyDeleteI want to take it out behind the elementary school and impregnate it.
ReplyDeleteChampionships = kiss of death
ReplyDeleteRonnie Garvin
ReplyDeleteAs well he should. God bless him.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wwe.com/f/styles/ep_trending/public/video/thumb/2012/03/19931124_doinks_survive.jpg
ReplyDeleteHigh Energy??? They're stealing Owen and Koko's gimmick!
ReplyDeleteAnd, more importantly, where is Jef Vinson and some booty .gifs?
ReplyDeleteI demand puffy pants.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, they don't even kiss you first. It's just death.
ReplyDeleteLove spots like that. Always gets the crowd going.
ReplyDeleteWWE.com still has HHH as the first champion, but as mentioned below, the DVD set considers it an extension of the WCW/NWA title history.
ReplyDeleteI've always considered it a continuation of the WCW lineage and its just dumb that the U.S. title is considered the same as the WCW version, but not the World title.
Why not admit it and play up the storyline that Bray rejected his father's value of money. Then beat the Million Dollar Man within an inch of his life to prove their point.
ReplyDeleteR.I.P.D = no buys.
ReplyDeleteNBC Universal needed a tax write off to balance the sheets from Fast Six being too successful.
ReplyDeleteI liked it better when it was called Men In Black.
ReplyDeleteI like the Uso's well enough, and the face paint was a step in the right direction, but they need new gear. Who thought shiny shorts were a good idea?
ReplyDeleteI have a strange yearning for some fruit rollups or fruit by the foot when I see those pants
ReplyDeleteoriginality,you don't see on this film.
ReplyDeletenice touch by Ambrose in mocking the clapping
ReplyDeleteHere is the promo Bischoff cut when he gave HHH the World title back in 2002: "You know what, Triple H, you and I definitely are on the same page, man I agree with you a hundred percent. And, that's what I've always said about you, you know what I mean - you say what's on your mind - I mean, that's what I said when I first got here, if I would have been able to sign you to Nitro way back when, hell, I would - I KNOW we would have won the Monday night wars. No doubt in my mind. I mean, you kick ass - man, you- you- you- you just take control of the situation, you've been kickin' ass here in WWE longer than...than almost anybody! Your accolades here in the WWE are, are unbelievable, but you know what? They're about to become even bigger." Bischoff goes for his briefcase, and opens it to reveal...the Big Gold Belt. "Triple H - you may recognise this world championship, because you were the last man to officially wear it. It's been worn by some of the greatest champions in the history of this industry - and now, Triple H, it will be again - because ladies and gentlemen, your NEW WORLD CHAMPION...TRIPLLLLLLLLLLLLLE H!"
ReplyDeleteBischoff is saying its the same World Championship that HHH won when he beat Jericho at Mania X-8. In November 2001 Vince said it couldn't be called the WCW Championship anymore, just the "World Championship" so the World Title has always been "WCW Championship."
I want to go on record by saying a singles match between Christian and Rollins would be fucking amazing.
ReplyDeletefuck that give me some fruit bars. So good!!! (and ugly)
ReplyDeleteThat segment was one big wankfest for HHH
ReplyDeleteI think it's about making the pre-show important, not about de-pushing the tag champs.... but I'm a dreamer.
ReplyDeleteThat year was one big wankfest for HHH
ReplyDeleteAnd the year after that.
ReplyDeleteYour statement will be reflected in the record.
ReplyDeleteLittle thing I notice in Shield matches that shows how they've developed and grown as a team:
ReplyDeleteWhen one is being covered and relying on the other to make the save, the person being covered never moves a muscle to kick out. They always trust/know that their partner is going to be there to make the save.
It's a silly little thing to praise someone for, but it always irks me when the person being pinned kicks out even though they know their partner is coming in for the save.
GREAT reaction by
ReplyDeleteAmbros to winning the match!!!
Hate to say it, but the Shield are just a group of guys right now instead of the big deal they were a few months ago
ReplyDeleteAll your 50/50 booking are belong to us.
ReplyDeleteIs everyone who was complaining about the Sheid being buried going to stop now?
ReplyDeleteHaving to job the Undisputed title to Hulk Hogan equaled almost 2 full years of HHH not bowing down to anybody regardless of what was best for business.
ReplyDelete2002-2003 was brutal in that regard.
ReplyDeleteAnd the year after that.
ReplyDeleteDolph should move to the other Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteIn Alabama.
I love Bryan, he has that look of a happy child on his face.
ReplyDeleteBecause they're 50/50 with Christian and THE USOS? No.
ReplyDeleteIf and when Bryan wins the title Kane has to be the first one in the ring to congratulate him ala Eddie and Chris, right?
ReplyDeletehttp://memegeneokerlund.com/media/created/c9n3mv.jpg
ReplyDeletedat fiddy fiddy. Usos and Christian won on friday and The Shield won tonight. Everyone is elevated! /WWElogic
ReplyDeleteIf I drank Mike's at a Coolio's show, I'd get fucked up, and not in the good, drunk way.
ReplyDeleteIsn't getting to bang Naomi enough?
ReplyDeleteStrangely, I can't remember who held the belt between Triple H and Orton...
ReplyDeletePeople might be too lazy to hit the reload button to make the picture appear, but this is lol-worthy
ReplyDeleteNothing that happens on Smackdown counts.
ReplyDeleteDid they start putting LSD in it or something?
ReplyDeleteHis name is Stevie Richards. His name is Stevie Richards. His name is (Robert Paulson)
ReplyDeleteWait, are you trying to tell me that supermodel Kate Upton DOES NOT like back hair?
ReplyDeleteThey just better make sure they shake Droz's hand at the ppv.
ReplyDelete(See it's in Philly and I just read that Droz goes to a lot of the shows in Philly, and it's a big deal if he's there and you don't acknowledge him, or so I heard... I guess having to explain the joke this much means it shouldn't have been made but I've already done all this typing so fuckit.
Ziggler vs. Mahar is like a Virgil vs. Horowitz match from 1992.
ReplyDeleteForget pushing Ziggler to the moon. They need to push him farther.
ReplyDeletehttp://i.qkme.me/3qdahh.jpg
See, these are the matches WWE should be doing on TV. Main eventer/uppermid card against the jobber.
ReplyDeleteThat's a little rough.
ReplyDeleteMaybe like Marty Jannetty v. Horowitz.
I think he means the young black gentlemen (and ladies) that enjoy Coolio's vocal talents would not agree with Cabs' choice of refreshment. And that such a disagreement might be expressed in an aggressively physical (but not sexual) manner.
ReplyDeleteDelBerto DelRio is my new favorite wrestler name.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Dean Malenko?
ReplyDelete"Who you can see every Friday night on Smackdown!" ehhhh....no thanks.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, i got no problem with this. Especially with so many guys in play for the 2 MITB matches it's counter productive to have them do jobs in filling up 3 hour Raw matches.
ReplyDeleteHey! Don't Hinder Jinder!
ReplyDeleteHey.. ALWAYS shoot for the moon.
ReplyDeleteEven if you miss you'll just drift around space without coming anywhere close to any star, including our own sun.
I may have messed that up.
CHRIS BENOIT!
ReplyDelete"Dolph Ziggler's on quite a roll" according to the King.
ReplyDeleteTHE FUCK?
If you're going into a Viking Space Lord type deal, just stop.
ReplyDeleteThere can be only one. Viking Space Lord Highlander.
ReplyDeleteIts like 1984 Tonga Kid vs. Israel Matia
ReplyDeleteMaybe he meant Ziggler is on quite the loaf of marble rye?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the crowd chanting? They aren't chanting for Ziggler.
ReplyDeleteIs this crowd trying to emulate the Jersey crowd or are they just bored? Random JBL and Lawler chants?
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