On tap for tonight:
WWE Main Event starts at 8:00pm EST on the Network highlighted by Jimmy Uso vs. The Miz
The NBA has 10 games on the schedule with the Toronto Raptors vs. Sacramento Kings at 10:00pm EST on NBA TV.
In the NHL there are also 10 games on the schedule. The New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins are on TVA at 7:00pm EST while the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres are on the NBS Sports Network at 7:30pm EST. And the 10:00pm EST game on NBC Sports will feature the Philadelphia Flyers vs. San Jose Sharks.
College Basketball is on tonight highlighted by #24 Illinois vs. #15 Miami University at 9:00pm EST on ESPN2 and #14 Ohio St. vs. #5 Louisville at 9:30pm EST on ESPN.
And talk about anything else going on tonight here as well.
WWE Main Event starts at 8:00pm EST on the Network highlighted by Jimmy Uso vs. The Miz
The NBA has 10 games on the schedule with the Toronto Raptors vs. Sacramento Kings at 10:00pm EST on NBA TV.
In the NHL there are also 10 games on the schedule. The New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins are on TVA at 7:00pm EST while the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres are on the NBS Sports Network at 7:30pm EST. And the 10:00pm EST game on NBC Sports will feature the Philadelphia Flyers vs. San Jose Sharks.
College Basketball is on tonight highlighted by #24 Illinois vs. #15 Miami University at 9:00pm EST on ESPN2 and #14 Ohio St. vs. #5 Louisville at 9:30pm EST on ESPN.
And talk about anything else going on tonight here as well.
If I could pick any wrestler from history to walk out on Raw next week, 88-92 era Curt Hennig would be right up there.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the vignettes.
HE CAUGHT HIS OWN PASS!
ReplyDeleteBest vignettes of all time right?
ReplyDeleteI'd want a Bret in his prime.
ReplyDeleteBret vs. some dudes on the roster would be dope.
They were perfect.
ReplyDeleteInjustice is free on Playstation Plus this month, got it downloading right now. I've already played it on the PS3 and the PSVita, so I'm hoping the PS4 was worth the free download...
ReplyDeleteWhat is the #2 wrestler vingette of all time behind Perfects? The razor Ramon ones were good, and retroactively the ludvig borga anti American ones are so funny, but for me the million dollar man ones (especially throwing the kids out of the pool) is a strong #2 to perfects.
ReplyDeleteThat's the University of Miami, brudda.
ReplyDeleteDoes Garfield have an actual catch phrase or does he just hate Monday's and like Lasagna and naps?
ReplyDeleteI'd pick '98 Steve Austin.
ReplyDeleteIf we're picking anyone in history (and assuming the booking is good) I could roll with that.
ReplyDeleteJust hates Mondays and likes lasagna and naps.
ReplyDeleteThe sarcastic fat cat!
ReplyDeleteOf all time!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Dibiase is my number 2.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the public pool one right now.
Rented it from the library for xbox360. It was ok for the 50 cent rental. I got like 2 hrs of fun out of it. Didn't love the story mode or the star labs mode. I give it a C.
ReplyDeleteThat SOB kicked kids out of a pool!
ReplyDeleteWhat a dickweed!
ALL YOUS BRATS GET OUTTA THE POOL
ReplyDeleteTime to relive Hulkamania brothers!
ReplyDeleteOr Andre.
BWAHAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteActually I'd pick a young motivated Vince.
ReplyDeleteThe Original grumpy cat.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to finish off the leftover turkey. Tryptophan is kicking my ass this year, I didn't even make it for RAW, which was on 9PM MST.
ReplyDeleteI am the only sports fan that hates a college football playoff? I much preferred the bowl system.
ReplyDeleteThis is probably the first time Illini basketball has ever been referenced on this site by someone other than me.
ReplyDeleteBig game tonight.
ReplyDeleteI hope your pre gaming
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL65G7XYV0E
ReplyDeleteScott Steiner doing a Moonsault powerslam!
Yep. Hope we can get them into an up and down, 70-75 possession game. They might think they want to run with us...sure hope that's the case.
ReplyDeleteNah, have to get up early tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteNot a catch phrase per se, but I always did like his McDonald's mug: "I'd like mornings more if they started later".
ReplyDeleteThe fallaway slam that Razor & Bradshaw just to do. Steiner follows through.
ReplyDeleteI respect the College Basketball Top 25 games.
ReplyDeleteSo the latest update on the Wii U bricked Smash Bros? Yikes.
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ReplyDeleteHe's had a great career.
ReplyDeleteWow. And Jesse and Jr on the call. I wish we had those on the network.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know because I enjoy it. Last night you said you were watching until
ReplyDeleteAmbrose then not watching. So you must be watching on some level, smart ass.
I imagine Gorilla had tto be ribbing there. or else he just wasn't aware of Colon because he was in New York that whole time and didn't keep his finger on the pulse of the wrestling world.
ReplyDeleteI really wish Pillman and Benoit had a longer run as a team, they were pretty awesome together. Great chemistry and they had a cool combination dropkick/Dragon suplex finish. What could have been.
ReplyDeleteNash: Konan, no ones gonna wanna make their own pie.
ReplyDeleteWas this the tag match the week after Arn beat Hogan on Nitro? If so, I didn't think it was THAT bad (though the post-match beatdown featured a pretty ugly chokeslam by The Giant/Big Show).
ReplyDeleteI kind of made my mom watch this episode back then, and she was extremely uncomfortable about it, and found Austin to be a disgusting human being. Basically a bully, and nobody should be treated and embarrassed the way Mcmahon was that night (she had no backstory about Mcmahon being an a-hole of course)
ReplyDeleteLooking back, I do feel it was a bit too far, i mean, death threats are death threats. Turned out to be a joke, but... I don't know.
I think he was ribbing, as I believe Vince Sr. had worked with Colon and Victor Jovica in the late '70s or early 80s.
ReplyDeleteNope. Arn pins Hogan right after SuperBrawl VI.
ReplyDeleteThe key to watching that Rumble is to notice past, present and future gimmicks, company jumps, and title reigns with the wrestlers involved. It's almost like a "for insiders only" type of match.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel like this is something McMahon got that HHH isn't getting. The boss will never be cool, but HHH usually seems to play the part of the cool heel and it doesn't work when you're the person in charge.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness, I've watched one episode since Wrestlemania, but that's how it seems from reading the recaps.
I know most people hate Russo, but when he has an editor, it works. Everyone had a motivation for what they were doing and things made sense. It was so much better than the current era where two guys fight for no discernible reason.
ReplyDeleteThe exception to the "can't teach an old dog new tricks" rule. DDP had to be in his mid 30's at this point, and was mostly known as a sub-par undercard act and goofy manager. I still don't think he was great, but he could put together a damn good match during the late 90's.
ReplyDeleteSimmer down, ladies.
ReplyDeleteA new 5 year contract that Shane McMahon gave him
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing rocks music at the time and thinking wtf?!... I like that one he was using before
ReplyDelete"After the promo, Terri tells Venis something that he is disgusted with and walks off. It does not take a genius to figure out what that was to the astute viewer."
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she pregnant
ReplyDeleteAnother Russo trademark: Taking plots from movies that he liked and using them for Raw storylines. This episode apparently was based on the movie Swimming with Sharks.
ReplyDeleteNot saying that's a bad thing. Just notable.
He's not so much a cool heel (he at least doesn't try to bury everyone like most Cool Heels do), but a dominant Heel Champion... despite also being the boss. He continuously wins so often that fans get sick of it, and rarely gets beaten up. McMahon, by contrast, suffers humiliation nearly every Raw.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most memorable RAWs ever, to be sure. I thought Debra was basically the hottest woman in the world when she showed up, and she was the ranking babe in the company for a year or more. Then all of a sudden I kinda stopped caring (probably around the time her character plateaued and never went anywhere).
ReplyDeleteI think they took a lot of shots at the WWF, because they knew that WWF sucked at that time and WCW hat bigger stars in the main event and better wrestlers in the midcard.
ReplyDeleteSure, they wanted to be the new WWF - that's wat competitors do, compare to the competition. It's like Microsoft saying that their Surface Pro is better than the Macbook Air.
WWF and WCW were like Coke and Pepsi. They both taste different, but they are still kind of the same.
Man there's a lot of star power on this episode.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right on both fronts. HHH and Mankind has just had their Summerslam cage match and weeks later would have their MSG/Cactus Jack match. But as for Shawn and Hunter, yeah, unless you knew they were friends (which I sure didn't at the time), it seemed out of the blue. If you recall, the week before Shawn and faced Mankind in a one-on-one match. Rick Rude interfered on his behalf (not surprising cause Shawn promised a new "insurance policy" earlier in the show. But HHH and Chyna's interference was more "pro-Shawn" than "anti-Mankind" and that was confusing at the time. Here's that match if you don't remember it....complete with a "sick of HBK" sign during the pinfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSCNQeyYa_4
ReplyDeleteDon't tell Punk that Coke and Pepsi taste the same
ReplyDeleteI dunno, HHH has pretty much been a dork this whole year...telling corny jokes, getting beat by Daniel Bryan and The Shield on 3 straight PPVs, getting bitched out by Brie Bella of all people, being Steph's lapdog at times, etc.;
ReplyDeleteSPOILER ALERT! D'oh!
ReplyDeleteThere are also different tasting beers, but they are still all beer. ;)
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