JBL doing commentary? HOO-RAH for the mute button! He's one of the main reasons why I DON'T watch Smackdown (the Undertaker is another reason)

Appreciate it XD.

Thing is, I seem to hve a mix of XD and Irishman's opinion of JBL.

Bradshaw was for years a solid mid/lower-card worker who had spent a good portion of his career stuck in the basement of the syndication program Shotgun Saturday Night.

But he had a pretty good run with Simmons(now relegated as a sad joke) forming the Acolytes. At least back when the WWE Tag Team divison meant something.

I never bought "JBL" as a world title contender, but its not like he wasn't watchable. He simply is like many other Smackdown! workers: Not even a kid would take them seriously as "players", if you get my drift.

As announcer, he's basically Jerry Lawler, just if Lawler was stoic, never emotional while working, and never hyperactive in the shilling of the corporate product.

Whats sad as well with the "fake" ECW is that Joey Styles is always having to prep up losers that now are "threats". He's too talented to be stuck with this shit.

BTW, I finally caught the much-hyped Angle/Samoan Joe brawl at the recent TNA PPV. Wow.

It lasted less than 15 minutes, but what a good fight, and while Angle was limited because the Olympic Champion was still recovering from his numerous painful injuries(plus a pill-popping addiction), this is a match that WWE hasn't displayed in a good long time.

Really, I'm watching TNA full-time now.

BTW, I dug how Angle blows Joe off after their fight. Angle the arrogant jock competitor. Good to see that he's back.

Me either! And ronnie, checking out TNA. My favorite part about their show is the ongoing feud "the New Age Outlaws" have with Vinnie Mac. Was that your first time watching TNA (for the Joe/Angle match?). BTW, XDCX, have you caught TNA yet?

I watch TNA every chance I get...which isn't often enough. The storylines could be better, and the show BEGS to be 2-hours long. But the in-ring action is second-to-none. Very high-impact...and the 6-sided is a very clever twist.

My favorite wrestler from TNA has to be "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. The guy is simply incredible.

XDCX we forgot to add Mike Awesome to the list of the people who WWE Dropped the ball with....even to a lesser extent the Dudleyz.

I've seen You-tube clips of TNA, and have they learned nothing from WWE??? You know, World WRESTLING Entertainment.... people don't want to see WRESTLING on WWE they want a soap opera [/sarcasm off]

VKM mocks DX

I got to see my first WWE Pay-Per-View in years. The tag team ladder match easily stole the show (match #2 on the night). Joey Mercury was in PAIN after he took that ladder to the face courtesy of Jeff Hardy. Not bad but it was a Smackdown Pay-Per-View after all and I think I would have enjoyed it more if the mute button was on

From WWE.com



They were afraid that Joey may have broken his frontal bone. That would have required plastic surgery and up to 2 months of recovery. Thankfully it was only a broken nose (albeit a rather BAD broken nose.)

I heard tha Sly Stallone will be on Raw tonight. 3 hour show tonight.

He sure is Mig. Hopefully that Battle Royal/Royal Rumble type match will steal the show tonight

Did you turn it off when the Undertaker wrestled Mrrrrrr Kennedyyyyyy? Just playin with ya

No, it was actually a decent match but I still hate the Undertaker. BTW, where's Rey?

Didn't he have some knee surgery?

I haven't watched Smackdown since the summer

Rey's been sidelined with another knee injury. Rey-Rey and Chavo had an "I Quit" match about a month ago. The match ended with Chavo repeatedly hitting Rey in the knee with a steel chair. This acted as an on-screen explanation for his real knee injury. He should be out anywhere from 2 to 4 months.

Any news on if and when King Booker will regain the title?

Has anyone noticed that Chris Masters looks just as big as he did before he left? I swear he looked smaller when he came back.

Damon shows off WWE loyalty

Among the WWE fans in attendance to celebrate the Lakeland Center’s first WWE event was New York Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon. Joined by his son Jackson, Damon was on hand for the SmackDown/ECW live event in Lakeland, Fla. and spoke to WWE.com.

“I grew up watching Hulk Hogan, Junkyard Dog and Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka,” Damon admitted. “It’s amazing how much bigger and how much more athletic the Superstars are these days.”

Whereas his father mentioned more vintage names, Jackson, who has been a WWE fan for more than two years, named Batista his favorite Superstar.

Damon, who attended high school in Orlando and has been playing Major League Baseball since 1995, is finding himself to be a sports-entertainment fan all over again with Jackson’s passion for WWE.

“I was a fan growing up, back in the day,” said Damon. “Now [Jackson] seems to memorize the names and the moves better than I do. It’s like a family tradition.”

Tonight serves as the battlegrounds for the first SmackDown and ECW events of the year, adding up to a night that neither Johnny Damon nor the Lakeland Center may ever forget.

Source: WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of the following talent. WWE wishes them all the best in their future endeavors.

Sylvester Terkay
A decorated Mixed Martial Arts fighter and three-time All-American, the man-bear Sylvester Terkay is the 1993 NCAA Division I National Heavyweight Champion. While in WWE, Terkay registered several notable victories.

Source: WWE

WTF!? Why would you release this man??

My guess is they just couldn't find anything to do with him. A lot of people end up blaming Vince for the releases...but most of the time...the Superstar in question is just as responsible for their release. Maybe he didn't have enough drive to take his game to the next level...maybe he had a bad attitude...who knows?

I for one will MISS him. I really loved his short tag team work with Elijah Burke

Well he was really only brought in to start with angle, so there is really no point in having him anymore. Also I'm loving Burke, hopefully he gets a push.

Man, Vince sure did have a "cleaning" today. I think around 9 people were let go.

BTW, I saw John Cena's THE MARINE.

If you've seen a Michael Bay or Rob Cohen action movie in the last 10 years, then you've already seen the editing and over the top, "you got to be shitting me!" movie physics.

Except, imagine this being done with only $25 million, and John Cena lacking the charisma of the Rock, nor the action-credibility. Basically, its Nic Cage but with muscles, a white rapper gimmick, and no nervous ticks.

Still, you do get to see a proud Robert Patrick absolutely embarrased in having to do humiliating TERMINATOR jokes, and trying to make Cena, in vain, a credible adversary, since thats what actors playing villains do.

THE MARINE (2006) - *1/2

My only beef with The Marine is Cena didn't use his signature FU on anyone

The Marine ** 1/2
(First Viewing)

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

WWE films succeeds again in its second endeavor The Marine, although it wasn't superior to it's first release, See No Evil. This movie did for explosions what Assault on Precinct 13 did for head shots. I counted at least 13 explosions throughout the course of this movie, so nobody has any substance in their argument that the movie didn't have explosions or action. Also, it wasn't as well done as Crank but it was still an enjoyable action movie with some pretty modest humor. I am looking forward to (and might actually see, depending on how the trailer looks), WWE's third feature length film, The Condemned starring 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin due to be released on April 27th.

Scott "Bam-Bam" Bigelow Passes Away

From WWE.com

WWE.com has learned that former WWE Superstar Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow has passed away in Florida.

Kevin Doll, the Public Information Director for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Bigelow was found dead early this morning in his home in Hudson, Fla.

"We can confirm that Scott Bigelow was found in his home this morning. At this time the cause of death is unknown," Doll told WWE.com.

Doll also confirmed that the Pasco-Pinellas Counties medical examiner has taken the body and an autopsy will be performed.

Bigelow, 45, worked for WWE, ECW and WCW extensively throughout his 20-year sports-entertainment career. A former ECW Champion, ECW Television Champion and WCW Tag Team Champion, he is perhaps best known for his rivalry with Lawrence Taylor that culminated in the main event of WrestleMania XI in 1995.

Stay tuned to WWE.com as more on Bigelow's passing becomes available.
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Man, this is terrible!

Rest in peace, Bam-Bam.

This sucks.

He will be missed. Big man, but he was a really good worker. He had to resurrect his career at ECW after that Lawrence Taylor Wrestlemania sillyness killed his street cred.

Steve Austin Confirmed For Lengthy WWE RAW Return Soon

From WrestlingNewsWorld.com

Credit: Various

Due to his new WWE Films project, "The Condemned" set for release in April, legendary WWE superstar "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will be making his highly anticipated return to WWE television shortly.

The current plan at this point is to integrate Austin back into some sort of regular storyline, as to get use out of him at WrestleMania 23, to co-promote with his movie project in April.

More details on this story as we receive them.

Hopefully this is true (I say hopefully because a lot of times you can only take this kind of information with a grain of salt.)

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is my favorite Superstar of all time (along with Bret Hart). He doesn't even necessarily have to be in a wrestling role. Just having him on TV will make the RAW broadcast MUCH better. It'll be great having him back on television.

I concur but he needs to start brining back the "What!?" gimmick. That was too classic and the crowds STILL do it years later

Does anyone here have the WWE 24/7 on demand? If so, how do you like it? I've been dying to get it, but they don't have a deal with DirecTV

irishman its pretty good, the only reason I have it is for the Monday Night Wars, they play Nitro and Raw from 95/96 when they were really battling each other.

Then they replay some of the old PPV's but the other things they have are like H.O.F. matches (which are pretty bad) then short matches based on the theme of the month and then some ECW/Territories but for some reason the ECW I watch on there just isn't the same feeling of back in the day