[Mikey]

Well, we've made it to the Final Four. This semifinal pits Pittsburgh Regional champion and top seed Kurt Angle against the Hollywood Regional champion, second seeded Chris Jericho. Angle disposed of, in succession, Mr. Perfect, Edge, and then finally Bret "The Hitman" Hart in a thrilling one vote victory to advance to this point. Jericho dealt with Bryan Danielson, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Mick Foley before upsetting the top seeded Rock to slip into the Final Four. Can the Olympic Gold Medalist rise to the top of the wrestling world yet again? Or can Y2J crack Kurt's code and knock off another top seed to advance to the championship final?










POLL CLOSES FRIDAY NIGHT MIDNIGHT EASTERNISH.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Tough choice. Kurt Angle has shone brighter but for a shorter period of time. I'm leaning towards Angle on this one but I'm not 100% convinced either way. As as much as I like both guys I don't think either is deserving of winning the tournament. Luckily both Flair & Michaels are and they are in the other bracket.

[bdbdbd]

Angle beat Hart? Bret Hart? This is the worst April Fools since they told me I'm not adopted.

[Jack Quinn]

I voted Angle on this one because he entertained me more recently, but I won't be upset with either winner here

[The Jewish Cunthead]

There's only one person I'd vote for against Angle... and it ain't Jericho.

[Deadly]

Jericho.

[Courtney]

Anyone have to guess who I voted for?

[Tommy]

Jericho. I love Angle - but until he pulls something similar to "The Man of 1,004 Holds" he's behind Jericho.

Plus Jericho beat Austin and Rock in the same night. Angle didn't.

[Angle]

This is by far the toughest choice of the whole tournament for me. I've gotta go with Jericho though.

[Moreofabreadguyanyway]

Really tough choice here. I really like both of these guys better than Flair and HBK, so whoever wins here hopefully will win the whole ting.

[Riot Act]

I called Jericho going to the Final Four from the beginning and I'm voting for him here.

Simply put, Jericho has entertained me much longer and while Angle is hit-or-miss with me these last several years, Jericho continues to be one of the main reasons I keep watching.

[gooker]

I'm going Y2J fairly easily. I just liked him more for a longer duration.

Still, thanks Serg, for posting that Angle vs. Shane match in the Hart-Angle thread. I had forgotten how unbelievably awesome that match was.

[Batman]

Damn it. Much like Jericho v Foley, this should at least be fuckin' close. Y'all way over-rate Y2J.

[Fire-Babe]

I voted Angle.

HA!

[Batman]

You went with Angle, and Jericho still has twice as many votes?

Fuck.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

This MIGHT be more shocking than Owen beating Sting. 12-6? Really?

[Lou]

12-7

[Mikey]

12 of you are idiots.

SAVE.US.AN61E

[Fire-Babe]

sergeial said:

You went with Angle, and Jericho still has twice as many votes?

Fuck.

April Fool's. No way I vote against Jericho.

[bdoriginal]

When did I start not liking Jericho? Maybe it's just who he's been paired off against. I just think Angle is better overall. This coming from a guy that saw most of Jericho's stuff since 97 or so. I rather watch Angle in the ring than Jericho, I rather listen to goofy Kurt talk about wanting to play with little boys then Jericho call Steph a ho. When Angle flips on his "intense" mode it just comes off as "fuck, somebody's about to die" I still remember when Eddie was handcuffed and Angle came to the ring with that intense death glare and there was nothing Eddie could do but take his ass whooping.

I liked the 1004 hold thing, apparantly, not as much as everyone else, but I think just about everything he did as part of Team ECK and with Austin/McMahon, is equal too, if not better.

So the crazy wrestling machine who apparantly wants to wrestle Randy Couture gets my vote over the Ayatolla of Rock and Rolla.

[Batman]

bdoriginal said:

When Angle flips on his "intense" mode it just comes off as "fuck, somebody's about to die" I still remember when Eddie was handcuffed and Angle came to the ring with that intense death glare and there was nothing Eddie could do but take his ass whooping.

Oh, FUCK, yes. The look on Eddie's face was priceless. "Oh God, I'm gonna die."

[Jack Quinn]

you know, a few years ago this probably would have easily been Jericho for me. In his WCW days, especially with Ralphus, Jericho was the highlight of the show. But then, Jericho decided he wanted to go off and be a rock star, or whatever (and hey, more power to him) and Angle started growing on me. I liked badass ECW Kurt, I liked psycho Kurt that got released/fired/quit the WWE, and I damn sure love TNA Kurt. Since he came back, Jericho hasn't done a damn thing for me. Floating from feud to feud and none of them have had a satisfying payoff. He says he is going to save us from Orton, and that gets, what, one match? Then he moves into a feud with JBL that gets a couple, and one decent promo. Then it is on to Hardy where he gets the belt hotshotted to him because Jeff is a crackhead. Now, Punk? Maybe? Who knows. Since he is back, Jericho really seems to be going through the motions. All the while you have Kurt bringing the awesome on a pretty regular basis on TNA, whether it is his funny interactions with AJ, Tomko and JB or his serious badassery with Joe.

Taken as a whole? Eh, I am not even so sure I would go with Jericho anymore, I think Kurt is as good or better than Jericho in every way right now.

[Mikey]

Moose, you are a smart man. EVEN THE BLIND CAN SEE THE TRUTH HERE, PEOPLE!!

And yes, that sequence on SmackDown with Eddie and Kurt was beyond awesome. One of those moments where you totally get sucked into it and completely suspend disbelief. THAT is what pro wrestling is all about.

[gooker]

It just sucks that both men have now lost a lot of their luster, with me at least. Jericho's basically stuck where he was when he left, except as a face, and Angle's pretending to be an ultimate fighter every week, from what I've seen of TNA lately.

[creepy]

Angle annoys the crap out of me and I nominated Jericho, but I think I've been convinced enough by Serg and now Moose to vote for that annoyingly crazy motherfucker Angle.