Archive for August, 2005

Hurricane Relief

It’s 4:00 on the East Coast, and with each passing hour, the effects of Hurricane Katrina are looking worse and worse. New Orleans, a city that many people were celebrating and announcing as spared 48 hours ago has turned into an absolute wasteland. It literally looks like hell over there. Hospitals and stores are being [...]

The Finishing Moves Make the Man

Discussion of what it REALLY takes to be perceived as a main eventer in North American pro wrestling…

Raw 08.29.05

Here’s a post to discuss tonight’s Raw event. It was a hot show, and there’s lots of Hardy/Edge, Angle/Cena and possible Evolution reformation talk, so join in!

Stay Safe/Site Upgrade

To all of our community members from New Orleans and the surrounding areas: stay safe tonight. If you’re reading this, you’d better be hundreds of miles away from New Orleans instead of trying to ride out this thing.
Also: I’ve replaced the category support with tags. If you’re familiar with a website such as [...]

The Botterm Dollar: Question #1

So I’m taking over the Monday wrestling news slot at Inside Pulse for the next month, and I’m going to include a feature each week where I get responses from YOU GUYS here at twb. It’s pretty simple, really: I ask you a question, you respond in the comments, and if you have a [...]

For fans on the internet that have never seen ROH but were curious about what all the fuss was about… AND for all the ROH followers out there too… FINALLY there is VIDEO media available on rohwrestling.com. It’s a six and a half minute intro piece. The download time is slow, but once you [...]

W2J: Where 2 Jericho?

In the wake of Y2J’s website posting up a visual of Chris Jericho in his trademark pose, with the TNA logo behind his back, I pose the question: is this “4 Real” (TM Benoit) or is the internet being played like a fine violin? Jericho has been rumored to be gone, rumored to have signed [...]

Smackdown 08.25.05

Let’s talk Smackdown, shall we? I’ll edit this as the show goes on…

Shawn vs. Bret

I was reading through the last post and Karan made a remark about Shawn Michaels not being on Bret Hart’s level. I’ve got my own opinion on the matter, but I want to make this post as neutral as possible. Here’s the question: all goofy Montreal nonsense aside, who’s the greater overall worker, Bret Hart [...]

Michaels/Hogan

Lords of Pain has an excerpt up from the new issue of the Torch:
“For many fans, the quality of effort Shawn Michaels put into his match with Hulk Hogan likely gave the impression that he was thrilled to have the opportunity to work such a match. In reality, however, negotiations with Hulk Hogan brought the [...]