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"Oldschool" Scotty "The Body" Flamingo
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| I'm a mini web celeb! |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|09:02 am] |
Its been awhile since I posted, but there really hasn't been much going on. The main thing with me is that I am now writing a column for www.411mania.com. Check it out. Its called The Bullseye.
That's all I've got. |
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| RIP ECW again |
[Jul. 5th, 2006|10:50 am] |
You were my favorite promotion in 1995.
If there was any doubt about the direction of ECW, it was settled last night. 2 ECW stars squashed by WWE talent and the ECW title is jobbed to a guy who is pretty much the antithesis of everything ECW stands for. On top of that, Heyman turns heel and becomes EVIL AUTHORITY FIGURE #2,473.
Hey Paul, those "You sold out" chants weren't for the heel turn, they were shoots to you personally. Did you really expect Vince McMahon to let you do ECW the way you wanted to? You should've left it dead.
On the bright side, I think they effectively killed off the rest of the hardcore ECW fanbase, and the mainstream WWE fans are so brainwashed that they'll never accept any promotion that's not theirs. Hell, half of them reject Smackdown. |
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| Slamiversay! or however you spell it... |
[Jun. 19th, 2006|01:03 pm] |
Another good choice for this month's PPV purchase as I gambled and opted for this instead of One Night Stand II. I think that this was possibly the best all around TNA PPV I've seen to date.
3D Vs. James Gang - Both teams are stale, but this was a decent garbage brawl. I like how LAX got involved when they crossed the border. Its a dumb storyline, but at least they are consistant with it. Grade: C+
Bobby Rude/D'Moore Vs. Rhino - Weakest match of the night, but it wasn't that bad. D'moore is impressive in the ring, but it was ridiculous for him to get as much offense as he did concidering that he's portrayed as a manager. Grade C-
*At this point, my friend Marchant, who watches no wrestling at all comes in. I'll provide his comments.
*March: "See? This is why I don't like wrestling."
6 Way X-Division Match - This match ruled. Marchant thought Sharkboy was funny and was impressed by Sonjay Dutt right off the bat. Dutt and Shelley have an awesome sequence with a lot of unique moves.
*March: "I've never seen that before. I think one of these two guys will win."
I inform Marchant that Sharkboy will be eliminated first because its TNA Law, and I am proven correct. We get to the end with Senshi going crazy with some vicious kicks to go on to win with a vicious double stomp off the top rope to Sonjay's head. Grade: A
*M: "I don't see how that didn't hurt for real!"
Nash Vs. Sabin: I thought Nash put forth a solid effort. I'm sure people didn't like Sabin losing, but Sabin bores me, so I don't care. Besides the story was told that it required Shelly's help to get him the win. Grade: C
*M: "There's no way Sabin will beat Nash."
AMW Vs. Dream Team - Not quite as good as last months much, but the crowd was volcanic for the end. Some manly woman debuts to take out Gail Kim. AMW finally loses the belts. This was good all around as it gives Daniels and AJ something to do other than the X-Division. Grade: A-
*M: Marchant was watching the Braves job at the time.
Joe Vs. Steiner - Pre match promo is awesome. Crowd is red hot. Steiner comes to work and blows away anything he did during his entire WWE run. Seriously, the guy was at the level he was during the waning days of WCW, not near what he could do back in the day, but still believable. The ending really hurt the match though as they botch a spot where Steiner was supposed to be dropped on the top rope by Joe. He just sorta landed on his feet and bounced off it. Add to that Joe finishing with a powerslam of all things and it was a weak finish to a good match. Grade: B
*M: "What a surprise, Samoa Joe won." He called it based on all of Steiner's trash talking.
Main Event - Pretty typical TNA main with crazy brawling and screwy finish. I had never seen King of the Mountain, so it was an interesting match. Having to hang the belt up is kind of pointless though. Jarrett wins and the crowd goes INSANE. Now again, I don't mind this, because it seems to set up Cornette being the new Sheriff in town and putting an end to this crap. If that's the case, then its a good last hurrah for Jarrett's cheating ways. If this is just another excuse to put the belt on Double J again, then forget it. Time will tell. Grade: B+
A very satisfying PPV. When you have non-fans interested in it, you know they are doing something right. |
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| The Second Fall of ECW |
[Jun. 14th, 2006|12:05 pm] |
Last night was an embarrasing time to be a wrestling fan. I was on the phone with a friend of mine discussing just how bad last night's ECW premiere on Sci-Fi was bombing. RVD came out to mostly indifference and an alarming amount of boos. Cena's interferece saw a smattering of cheers. ZOMBIES, nuff said.
As we watched the car crash of a wrestling show, my friend made a great point.
"Its like NWO Nitro."
And that nailed it. NWO Nitro was one of the biggest bombs in recent wrestling history. Now a lot of its failure was due to half hour celebrations of Hollywood Hogan's greatness, but the main factor was that you had a heel faction completely running a show in WCW country.
ECW is doomed to fail as long as they tape it with Smackdown. There is simply no way to make it work. Whereas the Hammerstein Ballroom was filled with 18-30 year old hardcore wrestling geeks, a Smackdown taping has a mixture of fans of all ages, many who are casual fans at best.
Another problem is that THIS ECW is hardly Extreme. A striptease that is no more revealing than a WWE Divas special is hardly Extreme. A "hardcore" battle royal full of cookie sheets and trash can lids is hardly Extreme. The Big Show was the same old Show we've seen for 10 years. At least Kurt Angle showed a more vicious side with a choke as his new finisher.
Right now, ECW is in need of a major overhaul already. Some suggestions:
1. Buy or lease the ECW Arena. If the E did this, they would be guaranteed a responsive crowd each week. In addition, they'd probably save even more money than taping ECW with Smackdown, because they wouldn't have to move equipment each week.
2. Less interaction with WWE shows - Right now, ECW might as well not even be a seperate brand as much as they are crossing over with Raw. It defies the purpose of a seperate brand to have no boundaries.
3. More ECW talent from places other than Raw or Smackdown. There's already too much of a WWE vibe to the show with Big Show, Angle, and Edge. Get some guys that aren't associated with those shows like Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome, Perry Saturn, or New Jack. There are also plenty of WWE guys who haven't been on WWE TV in awhile that could get a fresh start and make ECW seem unique like Lance Storm or Dean Malenko. Even Chris Jericho making a surprise appearance would change things up.
4. Sandman coming out to anything other than Enter Sandman = LAME. Just suck it up and pay the royalties. The WWE CD's are pretty good sellers. You can't tell me they couldn't cut some sort of deal with their record producers to get Man in the Box for Dreamer, Enter Sandman, and a few others.
5. Bring back fan weapons. Getting hit by an NES is no worse than getting hit by a cookie sheet, but its so much COOLER. Last nights battle royal would have been so much more fun with VCR's, kitchen sinks, and cheese grators. |
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| Dream DVD's |
[Jun. 12th, 2006|12:52 pm] |
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Here's something I'm gonna start doing. I'm gonna post a fantasy DVD. This week, it will be my dream Ghostbusters DVD. Now don't get me wrong, Ghostbusters has one of the best DVD's out there, but it is lacking a few things. Mainly a commentary track with all four Ghostbusters: Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murry, and Ernie Hudson. Add to that some of the pages from Ackroyd's original script. |
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| ECW ECW E..C...*snore* |
[Jun. 7th, 2006|12:14 pm] |
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Well, the E has officially made me not buy One Night Stand 2. That's an amazing feat considering last year's event was my favorite PPV of all time. Let's take a look at some of the many reasons they've dropped the ball:
-No Benoit Vs. Malenko: I would've bought the PPV for this match alone. Not exactly their fault since Benoit is having surgery...
-No new ECW faces: Sandman, Balls, Dreamer, RVD, Sabu...That's fine and dandy, but we saw all these guys last year. They brought Funk in, but they needed more to counter...
-Too many WWE faces: Ok, Angle's great, but he makes no sense for ECW. Even if you are talking about a "new" ECW, Angle just isn't the guy I'd go with. It makes no sense from a character perspective. And who is he wrestling? Orton???? Ok, so we have a match that has two guys that have never wrestled for ECW at an ECW PPV...that makes sense. Sabu fighting Rey is fine since Rey has a history, but RVD is facing Cena. Now, I think that RVD/Cena is an interesting match on its own, but when you add it to the the Angle/Orton match, its just making this too WWE.
-WWE Title matchs: Ok, does ANYONE believe that Vince is gonna let one of his champions lose to an ECW guy even though he owns it all. These is the same guy that put Dusty Rhodes in Polka Dots and dressed Terry Taylor up as a Rooster just to humiliate them, even though it cost him money. So what's going to happen?? You have the ECW guys job in both matches??? Yeah, that's gonna make the crowd happy. Actually, I see it going down like this. Rey will beat Sabu clean. RVD will beat Cena using something like a Van Terminator...something that would be illegal in a WWE match. Vince comes out on Raw and says it doesn't count. Paul E says screw you and gives RVD the ECW belt. Now this is probably the best way to go, but it totally cuts the nuts off of Cena as champion. Does the E want to do that after putting so much effort into building the guy up? I don't know. |
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| Trogmoffy??? |
[May. 24th, 2006|01:37 pm] |
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Ok, here's probably the most random thing from my childhood. It was a movie that we watched in school when I was like in 1st grade. All I remember is a red monster, and I think his name was Trogmoffy.
I have tried googling and wikipedia to know avail. Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about??? |
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| My newest interest |
[May. 22nd, 2006|02:38 pm] |
Kites.
Yep. I'm diggin' the kites. They are fun and they don't take much physical effort. But I needed something outdoorsy to do. I've been buying some off of ebay. I've got this 25 foot cobra that's wicked awesome. |
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