At least you agree with me in that we all being accomplices as money whores for Vincent Kennedy McMahon.

Thanks XDCX for posting that for me.

Not a bad raw tonight. I watched Charlie Haas come into the ring but I didn't see Lillian fall down (did they say if she was alright?). I just hope I remember to watch it on Wednesday for the WWE vs ECW edition of Raw!

Lilian was shaken up on RAW after being inadvertently knocked off the ring apron by Charlie Haas. Lilian was diagnosed with a strain and sprain in her wrist, but she will be resume her ring announcing duties tomorrow night at WWE vs. ECW Head to Head. *From Wrestling-Edge.com

And tomorrow on WWE ECW these 3 matches:

WWE Champion John Cena vs. Sabu

World Champion Rey Mysterio vs. Rob Van Dam

20-Man Battle Royal – WWE vs. ECW
Mick Foley, Edge, Big Show, Mark Henry, Carlito and Shelton Benjamin are just some of the Superstars that will represent WWE in the 20-man Battle Royal. Team ECW will be represented by Kurt Angle, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer, Balls Mahoney, Al Snow.

John "Earthquake" Tenta has passed away

Link

RIP John "Earthquake" Tenta. I don't remember him.

Did anybody watch the WWE vs. ECW last night. I'm shocked that (spoiler) The Big Show went to the ECW. I wonder how much Paul Heyman had to pay him? And why he went?

I thought it was a good show last night.

I saw it and yeah that was awesome with the Big Show. I can't wait to start watching it next Tuesday

I remember the Natural Disasters VERY well (Earthquake and Typhoon). They were one of my favorite tag teams.

I remember one Royal Rumble in particular (can't remember the year), but Earthquake ended up eliminating his partner, Typhoon.

Tenta was a very gifted wrestler. He could do things a man his size had no business doing.

I'll miss him. RIP.

decent program last night, but I sorta didn't care for basically a 2 hour informercial for this sunday's PPV or the upcoming ECW television program.

That was great yesterday, good hype for ONS II Sunday. And the commentating was so great and it was cool to see King and Tazz get so into it. King is doing a good job of getting heat by talking down ECW.

I was suprised when big show went to ecw. Crazy stuff, and the crowd was hot as hell, so into the matches, good to see that. I cant wait till sunday, and Cena better win

Yeah the commentating was good last night and the Tazz/Lawyer brawl was pretty enjoyable but I'm getting tired of hearing the King backmouth ECW. He did the EXACT same thing last year and he's just repeating the same sh*t this year. I'm tired of it already

Is ECW just another part of the WWE?

Yes. They'll try to run it as a seperate and distinct company but Vince McMahon still signs all the paychecks

Thanks Irish

No prob

Well, certainly there was some good heat from a legendary vet like Lawler and Tazz. However, the match itself I assume it won't be match, since Lawler, despite my sincere respect of THE KING, is well-aged and over-weight, while Tazz....is over-weight as well. Still, if Tazz or King make the match better than it does on paper, I'll give them kudos.

Big Show turn - Well, any turn that catches me by surprise is always good.

Like Lawler and Tazz, there is good "heat" between Foley and Terry Funk. I predict though that Dreamer and Funk will be put under for Foley/Edge.

My other predictions(so far) for sunday's PPV:

*RVD over Cena
*Mysterio over Sabu(should be a fun match to watch, though Mysterio and RVD had a great match)
*Tazz over Lawler
*Angle over Orton (really, Orton is in my opinion, one of the most over-pushed wrestlers I've seen in some time. Batista and even Cena these days have gotten the pop from the crowds, but Orton? Despite a WWE title reign, hes still needs work. Still, hes at least more interesting to watch than Chris Masters)

Whats the other matches folk?

P.S. - Who's heard the rumor that Masters failed WWE's brand-new steroids testing program?

THANK YOU! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. You think RVD will beat Cena? Now that there's so much hype about it, I wouldn't be surprised to see Cena win and see Rey lose his title to Sabu and they "christen" that the ECW title.

If I read it right you mean Orton gets the best crowd reactions (most over). If thats the case, no way in hell, Orton gets no reaction what so ever. Hell Cena's half boo's and half cheer's is more over then Orton. But Trips and Angle get the biggest pops each time they go out.

Also, Cena is gonna win, then they will riot and that will be great to see. :p

And the Master's thing, I heard that too, they didnt come out and say it, but they said your first guess would be the correct one.

I hope Cena will win but like Wednesday night I bet the Big Show or someone else will come out in the nick of time and help out RVD. Anybody gonna order the ppv? I'll read about it or watch Raw.

No what I meant is that Orton isn't that over as a wrestler yet he continues to receive a push from management. He's continuing to be shoved down our throats

Ah, I see now and I agree 100%. I just cant wait till sunday, it should be a great PPV. I think 1 belt will go to ECW but I just dont know which one.

Irish, that IS a good point about the old-school WCW Heavyweight belt, I mean why not? Besides, Mysterio's title-reign has been on borrowed time for a good while.

If anything, if THAT happens, then it further could happen that WWE will eventually "merge" RAW and SMACKDOWN into one corporate "united" brand to cope with this strong insurgency that is ECW.

Thing is, as much as I think the WWE has really been pushing Orton, despite the fact that fans and smarks alike don't like him, its interesting, but who's heard those stories of his real back-stage sexual harrasment incidents? To quote someone at the time, if he wasn't considered such a future investment by HQ, he would have been fired by now.

Funny enough, despite my displeasure at Orton, Masters I think is even worse off. At least Orton has the gimmick of being the "legend killer", but Masters is boring as both a wrestler and mike-man. Again, a glorius beef stick.

Interestingly, my local newspaper's weekly wrestling column was rather upbeat with Angle's entry into ECW, writing how "will the WWE actually make ECW into the product that we smarks really want, as in superb technical and insane wrestling?" Hopefully!

Now I was pleased to see Sabu was better in-shape than I figured, considering his infamous knee problems, on wednesday.

In fact Irishman, I think Cena may actually will prevail on sunday. If anything, imagine his victory against such a vile and piss vinegar atmosphere that is ECW fandom, and of course an entire ECW locker room. I mean, surely this will increase his "persona" with fans, and why not? We always like people outnumbered and still swinging it for the fences, which was emphazized on monday, though really why Cena needed to telegraph this, blame the writers.

Did anyone beside me laugh when Styles went off on that tagent of before entering pro wrestling, "The Sandman" had spent his years inbetween rugby and prison. For some reason, that made me laugh.

If Cena does keep the title, I'm sure he'll be warmed up for Triple H once Trips is done with his silly storyline. At least Trips hasn't had to tag up with "God" yet. :rolleyes:

You all know WrestleCrap, the great website that shames the worst of pro wrestling in style? Their annual Gooker Awards, given to the worst gimmicks/angles of the year...I think the "God" storyline has a good chance of victory.

and in Breaking News....looks like Mysterio is being moved to ECW. Ummmmm...

Since Bigshow,RVD,Angle, and Maybe Mysterio going to ECW and since some of Smackdown has come to Raw, I think you might be right. I hope they do merge. Since I don't get the UPN channel I would like to see more of the Undertaker.

Not me. Sorry Mig but I absolutely HATE both the Undertaker and JBL (and those are 2 major reasons why I don't watch Smackdown). However, I do miss Beniot and is Stacy Keibler ever gonna come back!?

How can you hate a true American Hero and a wrestling God :p I love JBL

Also, Mr. Kennedy.......Kennedy is making his return tonight, I cant wait, I've missed him and he will really help smackdown since they have been losing guys left and right.

MISTUHHHHHHHHHHHH.......KENNEDAYYYYYYYYYYYYY......KENNEDAY....

God I love that guy!

Who's this Mr. Kennedy guy? What's his claim to fame? I missed the first hour of Smackdown but I've been watching the 2nd

Mr. Kennedy wasn't around very long before he suffered some sort of injury. He really has no claim to fame as of yet, but his character is very intriguing. I guess if he had ANY claim to fame whatsoever...it would be that he wrestled Eddie Guerrero in Eddie's final televised match.

SmackDown! didn't come on over here tonight. Some baseball game is on. I'm guessing they'll air it later tonight, or sometime tomorrow.

Does Smackdown still tape on Tuesdays? I think I might start watching it more now (if I'm home) with no JBL or Undertaker. What a sh*t time to have it on a Friday 8-10 EST. Why did they get moved again from Thursday night?