Archive for April, 2008

10 Thoughts On Raw - 04.28.2008

I’ve been out of the loop for ten days, which means I’ve missed a two Smackdowns, a Raw, and Backlash. I’m a bit out of the loop. That said, I’ve heard rumors that the venerable Matthew Michaels is going to try to start doing 10 Thoughts on ECW and Glazer over on Pulse [...]

King of the Ring special… discuss.

1) We know we’re in London because Regal calls JBL a “pillock” and it draws a huge crowd pop and a “Re-gal” chant. Wiki tells me that “pillock” is a British insult meaning something like “dick.” Nice. I love the British.
2) Chris Jericho’s comments probably cut a little too close [...]

10 Thoughts coming tomorrow. For now, discuss.

Your Thoughts On Smackdown

Apparently I’m having trouble working Smackdown back into my life. Baseball season is making it even harder. Post your thoughts here.

Maria Makes CBS Hottest Athlete List

Because there’s nothing else more important and because women = ratings, CBS put up a list of the “Hottest Female Athletes”.
Maria Kanellis made the cut. Along with the world’s worst picture of Stacy Kiebler and Candice Michelle and 27 other terrible, terrible pictures.
I mean, come on CBS… you’re going to give a list of [...]

The WWE made one of two-or-three yearly swings up to Albany tonight and, for the first time in a while, I kinda/sorta felt bad that I didn’t live up there. It didn’t do much for me when I was on blackout, but now that I’m back in to Raw and Smackdown, I wished I [...]

The new owner of a WWE wrestler’s former home has found a stash of HGH and other drugs in his attic. The man’s children were playing in the Locust Grove, GA home when they found a shoebox full of HGH and other drugs. They also found memos from the WWE and a copy [...]

In response to one of the commenters in the Wrestlemania wrap-up, the WWE does not handle their own pyrotechnics. According to Newsday, the work is contracted out to Zenith Pyrotechnology out of Deer Park, NY. The company has handled the WWE’s pyro work for years along with concerts, New Year’s Eve in Times [...]

WWE Thwarts TNA

According to an article at PWI, TNA did hire a plane to fly over the Citrus Bowl to promote their brand. According to the article, the WWE found the airplane company and “convinced” the guy not to take off. TNA later brought a truck to Raw to promote the brand.
At this point, is [...]