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[Ydahs]

Just watched Smackdown. Was a good episode with some really good matches. Kaval had a good promo with

Spoiler

the Big Show backstage and his character was actually going somewhere when he lasted five minutes in the ring with Big Show.

BUT then

Spoiler

some caveman (Tylor Reks I think) debuts, challenges Kaval who accepts and gets pinned. An absolute momentum halt and everything that was done right meant nothing...

.

Also, the tag champs

Spoiler

were actually winning single matches before becoming a tag team, yet now they both lose one on one? They'll probably be having a tag match at the PPV, but regardless this does make them look weak.

Besides that stupidity, it was a solid Smackdown with quality matches.

 

[British Monsoon]

Austin Aries has signed to appear at the Dragon Gate USA PPV two weeks from now on October 29th!


Dragon Gate USA presents; Bushido - Code of the Warrior - live on iPPV on October 29th - $14.99

http://www.gofightlive.tv/Events/Fight/Wrestling/Dragon_Gate_Bushido_Code_Of_The_Warrior/804

BxB Hulk (c) vs SHINGO - BxB Hulk defends the Open the Freedom Gate Championship against SHINGO in the main event!

Warriors International (CIMA & Genki Horiguchi) vs KAMIKAZE USA (YAMATO & Akira Tozawa)

Jimmy Jacobs vs John Moxley - I Quit Match

Also signed; Austin Aries; Homicide; Sumo legend Akebono; Ricochet; Chuck Taylor; Johnny Gargano; Brodie Lee; Arik Cannon; Sami Callihan; Scott Reed; Tommaso Ciampo and more to be added.

*edit;

Random Goodness vol. 69

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ51_Vk0Ypk

The 69th edition of Random Goodness features our favorites Bobby The Brain Heenan & Gorilla Monsoon alongside The Dudebusters, Kaitlyn, the origin of Akeem, George Steinbrenner, a guitar solo from Man Mountain Rock, Derrick Bateman & Johnny Curtis, numerous puro & lucha spots and much much more!!!

 

[bjork]

Anyone know why the wrestlecrap forums split from WC?

 

[British Monsoon]

Teaser for the DGUSA PPV;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LExFY-f0nlg

And some new joshi;

Nagisa Nozaki vs Shuri - (NEO 08/01/10)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z3QZDbm4ac

*edit, Roderick Strong & Eddie Edwards tour of Japan got off to a winning start as they beat Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara in just over 10 minutes when Roddy hit the Sick Kick on Miyahara for the pin - it was, however, a non-tournament matchup. The ROH duo's first tournament match comes against KENTA & Atsushi Aoki this Sunday.

So far the standings after the first day of the NTV Jr. Tag League look like this;

BLOCK A
1. Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin [1]
-. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara [1]
2. KENTA & Atsushi Aoki
-. Great Sasuke & Kenbai
-. Roderick Strong & Eddie Edwards [ROH]

BLOCK B
1. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano [2]
-. Jack Evans & Extreme Tiger [2]
2. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi
-. Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki [0]
-. Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada [0]

Ishimori & Marvin vs Nakajima & Kajiwara went to a time limit draw, but Ishimori injured his knee during the match. In Block B Dick Togo & Urano beat Ogawa & Suzuki and the AAA team of Jack Evans & Extreme Tiger picked up a win against the impressive Osaka Pro pairing of Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada.

 

[Penguin]

Look like wackjob finally got what he wanted, curious if he will continue doing videos now.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/matthardyreleased

 

[bjork]

I wish just once it wouldn't say the future endeavors thing, especially for a guy publicizing his stuff like that.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Look like wackjob finally got what he wanted, curious if he will continue doing videos now.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/matthardyreleased

He is gone. I NEVER stopped BELIEVING that he would go

..to thw WWE forums. I want to be entertained!

 

[Keyser Soze]

Man that sucks.I guess he isn't going to be World Champion after all.

http://fans.wwe.com/go/thread/view/691/26062813/Matt_Hardy_Released!

...that did it! :lol :lol

 

[Plywood]

ono heel hardys y y y y y

 

[worldrunover]

I wish just once it wouldn't say the future endeavors thing, especially for a guy publicizing his stuff like that.

"We wish him the best in being a fat crazy person."

I could've gone for that.

 

[Celsior]

now he can go to the TNA to feud with Jeff!

That will put buts in the seat!

 

[Plywood]

now he can go to the TNA to feud with Jeff!

That will put buts in the seat!

TNA TNA TNA TNA TNA


TNA knows drama.

 

[bjork]

"We wish him the best in being a fat crazy person."

I could've gone for that.

Or just a video of Vince saying, "Go on home, think about what you've done. Have a good long look in the mirra. Matt screwed Matt."

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

So MATTHEW Hardy sabotaged himself to get fired, only to want to go to a company that is sabotaging itself to get everyone fired.

 

[jmdajr]

yay. Matt Hardy is officially gone!

 

[Kusagari]

Guys, it's clearly all a work!

 

[Lunchbox]

beer money should join up with methy and fatty to create Drug money inc.

 

[Striker]

Bout time. Let's hope TNA doesn't even sign him so he can think of what a screw-up he is.

 

[somedevil]

Early word is TNA Impact ratings for thursday went up from 1.2 to 1.3 to 1.4.

 

[B-Rad Lascelle]

Early word is TNA Impact ratings for thursday went up from 1.2 to 1.3 to 1.4.

Told ya.

All wrestling will now be phased out of the product in place of backstage promos, reality show guest appearances and the occasional "Ric Flair bleeds all over the place" spotfest.

 

[jmdajr]

I forgot about the 3 month wait. It be shocking if Matt came into TNA being in awesome shape.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Fuck yes. I think Matt will be awesome in TNA. He will be extremely motivated to prove to people he can still go. Plus he will get to be with all of his friends and his brother all the time. Rating is kind of weak, considering the build up to they and the j-wow publicity thing. Being taped probably hurt the rating though.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Ratings will drop below 1.0 next week.

 

[BoboBrazil]

I forgot about the 3 month wait. It be shocking if Matt came into TNA being in awesome shape.

I don't think Matt has to wait 3 months. You can always turn down the pay and go immediately to another company. Too bad TNA already taped next week's show or he could've shown up.

 

[somedevil]

Impact ratings for this week was a 1.4 and .74 for reaction.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Apparently Randy Orton was twittering about Impact last night and said alot of good stuff about the show:lol

http://twitter.com/RandyOrton

Won't this get him in hot water? WWE is probably gonna ban twitter soon.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

So glad that fat useless loser is gone now, they never should have brought him back after the Edge thing.

As much as I dislike him as a wrestler and the fact he seems like a dick I feel bad to say you can see a tragic story in his future, he doesn't seem like a stable human being to me.

 

[worldrunover]

Apparently Randy Orton was twittering about Impact last night and said alot of good stuff about the show:lol

http://twitter.com/RandyOrton

Won't this get him in hot water? WWE is probably gonna ban twitter soon.

LOL someone asked him who he thought could be champion someday, his answer?

"Cody and Ted, with time. Possibly Wade with lots of time."

Eh, 2 out of 3 ain't bad I guess.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Apparently Randy Orton was twittering about Impact last night and said alot of good stuff about the show:lol

http://twitter.com/RandyOrton

Won't this get him in hot water? WWE is probably gonna ban twitter soon.

Ortons @ replies are a pretty good read...

 

[Jeff Albertson]

I wonder if I should ask what he thinks of Kofi, or would that be STUPID STUPID STUPID

 

[worldrunover]

I wonder if I should ask what he thinks of Kofi, or would that be STUPID STUPID STUPID

If it wasn't for Swagger you could say Kofi has the worst botched push of the past year.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Luckily they could still pull the trigger on Kofi anytime, the guy is way over, let him talk a bit first then fire away.

 

[worldrunover]

Luckily they could still pull the trigger on Kofi anytime, the guy is way over, let him talk a bit first then fire away.

I agree. And the thing is he CAN talk, he's not great at it but he's not JoMo either. He was totally awesome in the Orton feud until whatever happened happened. I still remember that boom drop off the railing.

 

[RBH]

Last night's episode of TNA Impact scored a 1.41 overall rating with 1,895,000 viewers, off of a first hour 1.47 rating and second hour 1.35 rating.

The show opened with a 1.53 rating in Q1, which was Impact's peak rating, then continued to a 1.52 rating in Q2. The show ended with a 1.23 rating in Q8 leading into Reaction with the Mr. Anderson vs. RVD main event.

The overall rating was the second highest of the year behind the live TNA Impact on Monday, January 4 (1.5 overall rating). It was the highest Thursday night rating of the year, topping a 1.38 on January 28.


http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_New...cle_44548.shtml

 

[Mr. Sam]

Apparently Randy Orton was twittering about Impact last night and said alot of good stuff about the show:lol

http://twitter.com/RandyOrton

Won't this get him in hot water? WWE is probably gonna ban twitter soon.

Is that verified? I find it unlikely that's him.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Is that verified? I find it unlikely that's him.

Uhh yes it says verified account. Also Impact ratings are bad. Ratings are supposed to increase during a show, not decrease every segment.

 

[Kusagari]

I agree. And the thing is he CAN talk, he's not great at it but he's not JoMo either. He was totally awesome in the Orton feud until whatever happened happened. I still remember that boom drop off the railing.

I really thought the guy was destined for superstardom after he trashed Orton's car. The promo he gave there was amazing. It's sad they didn't capitalize on that momentum.

 

[Lunchbox]

Luckily they could still pull the trigger on Kofi anytime, the guy is way over, let him talk a bit first then fire away.

he's black, so vince is never gonna let that happen

 

[Mr. Sam]

Tell me you didn't just say that!

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Can't watch Smackdwn tnoight, it's too painful reliving those memories....

 

[Linkified]

Can't watch Smackdwn tnoight, it's too painful reliving those memories....

Its actually not that bad.

Tell me you didn't just say that!

Damn.

 

[Azuran]

So Taker finally decided to end his life, eh?

 

[rvd2kewl]

Is that verified? I find it unlikely that's him.

It's him. Besides the "verified" status, he's done things to prove it's him, such as wearing a specific color for his trunks that people have requested and gone back to the wrist tape among other things (like posting pics from backstage at the George Lopez show).

 

[rvd2kewl]

Rick Adelman with the Portland Trailblazers? Cole, it's not the late 80's, early 90's anymore. You think he'd know Adelman is the coach now WHERE COLE LIVES.

 

[Azuran]

Look like wackjob finally got what he wanted, curious if he will continue doing videos now.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/matthardyreleased

Bye Matt!

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Cole if you wanna be heel, at least be consistent.

 

[Brinbe]

Awesome, TNA now has the face they deserve, to bring THEM down. :lol

 

[sumo390]

Can't wait for mysterio to retire.

 

[Azuran]

Good match. It's just too bad the winner was pretty predictable as always. Kinda takes some of the luster away.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Matt Hardy just put up a new video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMjuUPgT-k0

Basically just thanking everyone in WWE.