Archive for May, 2006

Last year, ECW one night stand was all about ECW. It had classic feuds, and classic characters. It did a great job of chronicalling what ECW was, for old and new fans alike.

ECW Fantasy Draft

Paul Heyman drafted Rob Van Dam from Raw and Kurt Angle from Smackdown.
Let’s give him 4 more picks from each brand.
Each brand can protect 5 guys.
Raw (Cena, HHH, HBK, Edge, Kane) Smackdown (Mysterio, Batista, Orton, Undertaker, Lashley)
Everyone else is fair game.
Who do you take?
 

As promised, here’s Part 2 of my look at the direction of the individual members of the WWE roster, along with some suggestions, as Mania approaches things start to get shaken up heading into the summer. Missed Part 1, posted well before Mania? Here you go!

Episode for Wednesday, May 31st:
2/22/2001 - Wrestling Observer Live
Guest: Evan Tanner / Bad News Allen
The date is Thursday, February 22nd, and Dave is snowed in at the site of UFC 30, the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Evan Tanner stops by to discuss his upcoming main-event fight with Tito Ortiz. He also discusses growing [...]

Two Quick Notes:

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Episode for Tuesday, May 30th:
2/16/2001 - Wrestling Observer Live
Guest: Jim Herd
After Dave and Bryan spend the first hour going over current news, Jim Herd, Executive Vice-President of WCW from 1989-1992, stops in for hour two. Herd discusses current wrestling, the XFL, and the difference between ‘television wrestling fans’ and ‘venue wrestling fans.’ Jim Herd’s name [...]

Oh TAG!

Lance Storm had some interesting comments on Tag Wrestling a few months ago (last July I think) but I never got around to doing a commentary on it. With Victor’s tag team “challenge” below, I thought I’d post this now…

RAW 5-29-06

Wow.  This night is off the hook!  Old Kane vs. new Kane, Angle in ECW, Nitro making his first appearance on RAW, and its only 10:20!  Anyway, I had to start this thread now to go ahead and get some thoughts on all this awesome stuff going on.

Tag Team Wrestling.

Here’s a topic that’s an old stand-by for wrestling chatter…the state of tag team wrestling.
Just for giggles, can anybody name 10 full time tag teams scouring the rosters of both WWE and TNA?
*Without including the respective tag champs (Spirit Squad, Hooliganz, AMW)*

PWInsider and WWE.com are reporting that Orlando Jordan has been released from his contract. The former United States Champion was let go due to having an unauthorized person with him at various events. He had previously been sent home from Smackdown Tapings for this, and it is clear that the plans for Jordan’s [...]