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Subject: Opening Night 3/29 Action Thread


  Posted by: Great One - [141172214] Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 20:54

well MLB isn't the only sport with opening day in the next 12 hours... Lets go Edge!

There will surely be spoilers here, so be forewarned you west coast guys...

I know this has been done - but for the 10 of us - Where are you living now? I am up here is Jersey now...


 
1Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 20:56
PA

Check challenge.wwe.com and vote.

Y2J brings back the highlight reel tonight. Glad I drafted him. ;)
 
2Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:05
tough choice...

I went with the one on my team - I need her to get more exposure. But if I could choose 1 girl - for one night - it still would be Torrie.
(to marry... Mallory Snyder of The Real World).
 
3Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:08
I took Gail Kim too, that picture is downright amazing.
 
4Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:19
NY

I hope Foley beats the crap out of Orton and takes that belt from him. And I could see that happening. Then maybe Orton beats Benoit/HBK for the title and HHH gets jealous and those 2 go to war.
 
5Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:23
was that Cade, Conway, and Grenier with Tajiri backstage? I looked away for a minute and just caught the tail end of it.
 
6Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:24
yep. interesting group...
 
7Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:27
go Johnny Spade go... lol...
 
8GoatLocker
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:31
Easy Vote......Gail Kim....Hands Down.
Or, is that Hands up.... ;)

Cliff
 
9Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:33
something's up after staring at that picture for a while... mmm...
 
10Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:42
i wasn't watching it for a second; who did Batista say hey to before he ran into Benjamin?
 
11Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:42
All 3 legs......
 
12Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:42
Woo-hoo----return of Lance Storm! And HHH on every 5 seconds! (I know, I know)
 
13Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:43
Mike D - interesting that the guys we considered trading are squaring off...
 
14Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:44
I know, 2 guys I like a lot......
 
15Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:44
oh.. I'm sorry.. Rhyno just beats Lance in 30 seconds. lol... My team isn't looking so bad afterall.
 
16Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:45
The new guy got the rub
 
17Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:45
Mike D- did you mean the 3 evolution guys?
 
18Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:45
No, that was a f-up to Cliff and GO......can't answer your question Farn......
 
19Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:47
yeah, he was chatting with the reunited Evolution about how they were getting everything back together and straightened out etc... then - "look over there - its Shelton who was laughing at you when you got traded... blah blah"

Shelton is the man though. Disappointed I couldn't get my hands on him.
 
20Great One
      ID: 141172214
      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:49
three weeks in a row for Rhyno - US Title shot 2 weeks ago, WWE Title shot last week, then a dominating win this week - all from a guy I considered dropping.
 
21Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:51
Yeah, I wanted him and Storm..........oh well
 
22Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:53
guess it worked out that Test was my leading scorer anyway... don't think Rhyno makes it back to me in the third round.

stupid f'n Knicks can't cover a 1.5 spread. Now I am pissed. And I don't mean drunk like my English friend says.
 
23Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:55
Right. Johnny Nitro is guest reffing a Title match. Makes f'n sense.
 
24Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:56
this has always bothered me about the WWE. They just haphazardly throw matches and rivalries together with no setup whatsoever.
 
25Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:58
thought I recognized that Ref... wasn't he involved with VKM somehow last year in Canada?
 
26Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 21:59
oh wait... thats my own guy! haha... they were calling him another new name... haha...
 
27Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:05
and the freaking Heat don't cover by .5 too... this is ridiculous. I hate this.

Johnny HenniNitroSpade has a pretty good frame actually. Didn't know he had some height/size to him. Thought he was smaller like London or and old Kidman.
 
28Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:09
YES!!!!!

DOWN WITH EVOLUTION

YES!!!!

 
29Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:10
oh this is BS

I am sick of this Evolution garbage. I am fed up with Vince's crap booking.
 
30Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:12
Shawn and Benoit - Kev and Tree... get robbed - by my amazing guest referee! - what kind of points do I get for his performance?
 
31Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:12
Brownie
 
32Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:12
I gave him 5 for being the ref. That's it.
 
33Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:18
well he got points for other scene too I guess. Not bad. Maybe he can get a match where he gets a beat down next week because of this too.

I hope Shelton puts on a great show. We need the new blood like him stepping up.
 
34Farn
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      ID: 451044109
      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:20
I would love to see Shelton put up a good match. HHH isn't a champ so he could stand to put him over. But we know his massive ego would never allow that.
 
35Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:21
Shelton finds a way to essentially win but Evolution interferes and beats him down?

Trish looks pretty damn good.
 
36Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:23
I'll drink to that. Her voice is cracking though. Nervous.
 
37Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:25
I love Y2J as a face. He is certainly hilarious.
 
38Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:26
this reminds me of when he made funny of stephanie for weeks on end.
 
39Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:27
yeah, with the Rock, that was funny as $hit.
 
40Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:31
The highlights of this Grizzlies/Hawks game are gonna be pretty good. Who'd ever thought we would EVER say those words together in the same sentence.

Posey 35 footer to push Double OT and Sura almost with the triple double...

Sucks for me if Edge doesn't actually wrestle til the PPV. Though he will likely get the miraculous "comeback win."
 
41Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:42
who gave Benjamin the pep talk before Foley? I think there were 2 of them but I was busy typing up a paper.
 
42Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:47
I saw Benoit, Hurricane, Foley.
 
43Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:50
HHH/Benjamin is your main event........I like new match ups.
 
44Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:50
yeah, that's who it was. Thanks.

Let's all use our mental energy and try to will Benjamin to a huge upset.

Current Vegas Odds of a Benjamin win via pin: 500:1
 
45Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:54
I will take it for 1000 bucks.
Gotta win back what the NBA just cost me anyway.
If Sura doesn't get the TD, I jinxed it.

Shelton! that was great - "you were that close" exchange... thats just great ring psychology. Great.
 
46Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:55
this kid has real potential. he could main event a PPV in a few months.
 
47Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:55
My brother is even cheering him on. He doesn't even watch wrestling, but is annoyed by HHH... Benoit and Shelton is one heck of technically talented duo.

And WWE takes a break. Haha... thats hilarious.
 
48Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:57
Should Flair and Benoit get 5 for match interferance based on their current involvement?
 
49Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 22:58
I would say yes anyway, but I am sure they will get more involved regardless.
 
50Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:00
Wonder if Shelton will change is ring attire finally. He had new music. Kind of sounded like N.E.R.D. to me.
 
51Farn
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:09
YES!!!

I love it. He jobbed. I am shocked and thrilled.
 
52Mike D
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      ID: 41831612
      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:12
HHH has put people over before, most recently at Wrestlemania. But USUALLY there are no belts on the line, like tonight. I remember Spike Dudley, RVD, and even Taka Michinoku having fantastic matches with him when they were newcomers.
 
53Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:12
HHH has been almost respectable with letting some guys actually pin him the last few weeks. Gives the WWE hope of heading in the right direction.

Congrats Shelton and whoever drafted him.

quote of the night from JIM ROSS. "and its all about the benjamin's here on Raw".. who fed him that line?
 
54Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:15
those Grizzlies highlights are on now!

wanted to show you this post from November from a guy in my Yahoo Public Hoops league... he is currently 11th out of 12...
this was hilarious then - and funnier now.

"Alot of people said they were sure wins, while others said who they thought had good drafts. Yet, my team wasn't mentioned because i didn't guarentee victory and people evidently don't think i have a good team.

I just wanted to say that I'm #1 in this league without many games having been played. If you think you have a better team then me, you better think again because i defintely don't plan to drop down to #2 or worse even for a day unless someone goes nuts and hits that 82 mark before i'm even at 50. I win these leagues like they are nothing because I know my basketball and winning is contagious and I've had it for more seasons then i can count.
 
55Mike D
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:17
youngbuck? ;)
 
56Great One
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:22
sure sounds like something he would say.

There were a dozen other posts just like it too.. all equally funny. Its been a strange race too - guys in 1st and 2nd just ignored game limits had like 30 point leads - and now us in 3rd and 4th have been chopping off a point or so a day for a couple weeks... its been fun.

Like a guru-rotation or something at the end of the season and watching your WWR go tumbling down.
 
57Species
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      Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 23:54
Just saw the challege link. Gail.....oh baby.

Fascinating to see HHH get Benjamin over. It is DEFINITELY a good thing if you drafted any of the "lottery" picks.
 
58Tree
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 06:46
Shawn and Benoit - Kev and Tree... get robbed - by my amazing guest referee! - what kind of points do I get for his performance?

what did i miss? i'm in the midst of fighting a cold so i was in bed waaaaaay early...

and benjamin beat HHH? damn, i knew i wanted to draft that kid...MITH, you bastard!
 
59Mattinglyinthehall
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 07:03
You know, that is something that I frequently remember to bring up and then subsequently forget about. I'm pretty sure that the original rules as they were written and never changed say that being a guest referee is only worth 2 points. We've been scoring it as 5 points, which would seem much more appropriate. I think we should continue to score guuest-ref spots as in-ring vignettes. If anyone disagrees, then I'll bring it up as a proposal, but really having a guest-ref spot be worth less than an in-ring vignette doesn't make sense to me.
 
60Mike D
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 08:25
Agreed MITH.

Tree, Benoit and HBK had won, were announced winners, and were celebrating with the belts. This was a VERY late reversal by Johnny Nitro, saying Flair was not the legal man in the ring, and the match must continue. This was after a Benoit diving head butt from the top, AND an HBK superkick.

Benjamin/HHH was a well designed match, and hopefully isn't cast aside by management.....as sometimes occurs.
 
61Great One@ Work
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 08:42
Mike D - I'd appreciate it if you called him Johnny Whatever. :)
 
62Mike D
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 08:48
I'll get right on that. ;)

He certainly has bulked up and let his hair grow. Looked a lot different than in TE.
 
63Great One@ Work
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 08:56
Like I said earlier this thread, I honestly thought he was a tiny little cruiserweight like Spanky etc... He actually has some "presence" to his frame in there, standing among all the other big guys - he looked comfortable... I am intrigued to actually see him wrestle now.
 
64Species
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 11:26
Johnny looked kinda uncomfortable in the one Bischoff backstage vignette (where he was supposed to "find" Edge) I saw, but he definitely looked more buff......he was by far the most athletic TE guy from that season (I watched it a fair amount) so I'm interested to see how he is in the ring.
 
65Mike D
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 11:32
He did look uncomfortable in the back. He was more relaxed in the ring. Especially with Benoit knocked him out with the crossface.
 
66Great One@ Work
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 12:49
he had two skits backstage before going out?
 
67Mike D
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 14:01
Nah, the one with Bish.
 
68Great One
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 18:07
wondered how long it would take someone to get Mick Foley.
 
69Farn
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      Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 18:25
I thought he had been drafted or I would have thrown a claim in last night. Not that it matters now...