[Lucky]

That would certainly answer much of my confusion.

[Demko]

May 20, 2008 11:05:07 GMT -5 DevSop said:

Please don't hate me vote talliers and graph/chart makers, but I have to do this.
1. Women wrestlers - Each and every true woman wrestler has been on point for the longest time and in all honesty, I could have done a ballot like Lucky with all women, but I really can't distinguish now. Kim and Kong have been great in almost every single one of their matches including Impact's. Roxxi has skyrocketed up the list of people I want to see every week. Angelina and Velvet have become two of the best heels in wrestling and they are getting better. Traci, Hemme, Salinas, and the rest of the actual Knockout division all play their roles to a tee. Raesha/Melissa in either form is awesome whether it's what she portrays with her eyes or no-selling a heart punch. And anyone else I may have forgotten from TNA, they're still great...except Lauren-she sucks at being pretty. And just so I'm clear that this isn't a TNA wanker thing, Mickie, Beth, Melina, Natalya, Victoria, McCool, and future 12-pack Katie have been all on top of their game too for the most part. Mickie and Beth hadn't really been clicking, but I think the added dynamic of Melina in the middle has helped as it was a damn good match Sunday. I'm not happy with the possibility of Mickie/Cena, but then again if it gets her on TV more I'm not going to complain. Oh, indy women like Del Ray, MsChif, Lacey, etc. are all part of my love of women's wrestling right now too...basically if you have talent in the ring and your name isn't Daizee Haze, I love you right now.

On one hand, I hate you, because I'm one of those guys doing charting/tallying... but on the other hand, I completely agree with you. I'd have to say that women's wrestling is on the rise, on the whole. And I'd have to say that this is in no small way, due to the Knockouts Division upping the standards of women in wrestling.

This is what is meant when people say that TNA is good for the wrestling industry, because it makes Vince take notice. You can't deny at this point, that Vince is trying to ramp up the quality of women's wrestling on a weekly basis lately, in the hopes to compete on some small level with TNA.

[wld]

Nope, I meant rational, but it was probably not the best choice of words. I've rewritten this post three times trying to get it right, but I'm still not sure it'll make sense to anyone else.

Regal’s character is power mad, but he’s not the over the top, frothing at the mouth kind of power mad we usually get from an evil GM. He’s been relatively calm and reserved, even when he’s doing ridiculous things. You'd expect him to go ballistic when he’s confronted by HHH or Cena, but he holds his temper and finds a way to screw them over. It just seems like a different dynamic to me.

[Batman]

Lucky: I was the one that called Regal "bad-ass" and it was the week of his coronation. His coronation promo, his brawl with Kennedy, and his screaming at the director to end the show all struck me as very bad-ass.

Since then, I would agree with you that he's mostly just used his authority without backing it up physically like he was at first.


Dev: I imagine I'd handle it the way I did ultimatejobber's vote for "ECW" last week. I'll make a new row for "Women wrestlers" and put your vote there, but I'm not going to try to split those 6 points among all the women wrestlers or anything.

[Demko]

May 20, 2008 12:39:00 GMT -5 wld said:

Nope, I meant rational, but it was probably not the best choice of words. I've rewritten this post three times trying to get it right, but I'm still not sure it'll make sense to anyone else.

Regal’s character is power mad, but he’s not the over the top, frothing at the mouth kind of power mad we usually get from an evil GM. He’s been relatively calm and reserved, even when he’s doing ridiculous things. You'd expect him to go ballistic when he’s confronted by HHH or Cena, but he holds his temper and finds a way to screw them over. It just seems like a different dynamic to me.

It does make sense. Whereas Snitsky would be seen as psychotic, Regal's character was seen as psychopathic, which is a huge difference. Is this what you mean?

[Mr. Dashbee]

May 20, 2008 11:05:07 GMT -5 DevSop said:

Please don't hate me vote talliers and graph/chart makers, but I have to do this.
1. Women wrestlers ... words ...

Personally, I have no problem with this vote, they deserve the love.

But from a 12-Pack coordination perspective, this is like voting for Ross Perot or Ralph Nader. Vote wasted.

But I respect it, and don't think you should change it.

[Mr. Dashbee]

Re: Regal - Don't know if this has been talked about yet (I haven't checked Current Wrestling), but Regal got hit with the 60-day suspension.

It seems like Long is taking over. I'd rather they go with 2 months of anarchy, only to have McMahon show up and acknowledge that the inmates are running the asylum, and he needs a stern hand to rule over it. He brings back Regal, once again with his full endorsement.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Another blah week of wrestling. How blah? Eric Young was No. 7 on my list, simply for thumbing a ride from a masked luchadore.

1. Miz and Morrison: Beating Kane and then beating down Punk on Tuesday got them on the board, but beating them both at the PPV made them No. 1 on my list.

2. Awesome Kong: Best free match of the week. If it wasn't for Michaels/Jericho, it would be top match, period. But that's what you expect from Michaels and Jericho. Kim and Kong, on the other hand, had a match that kept me in suspense throughout. Even with two botched moves (because of Kong's hugeness), the match was still a winner.

3. Jeff Hardy: Returns to WWE and beats Umaga, then beats MVP at the PPV. I really don't care as a fan, but those are a nice pair of victories.

4. Angelina Love: Shaves Roxxi's head last week, and injures Gail Kim this week. She's BAD!!!!

5. Gail Kim: For being the other half of the Kong/Kim match.

6. Dudley Boys: For getting back into the tag team mix by beating the crud out of Hector Guerrero.

[Jobber Blitz]

1. Gail Kim – I considered making it a tie for the top, but I hate ties, and I thought she was what made that incredible match so special.

2. Awesome Kong – She was one half of the best women’s match I’ve seen since their no-dq one. For the first time ever, it’s wrestling as opposed to ‘women’s wrestling’.

3. Booker T – He’s into heel mode, and everything he did on Impact was with so much intensity. Instead of feuding with Roode, he’s back where he belongs. The top.

4. The Beautiful People – I was one of the only ones that didn’t rank them last week due to my general hate of the Hair-shaving. But now I can’t deny that they are incredible heels.

5. Samoa Joe – He’s Joe. He’s just been doing everything right for weeks now. Whenever he is on my screen, I’ll be watching.

6. Shawn Michaels – Now this is the HBK of old that I love. The promo with Jericho was awesome.

[snelson66]

Wow. Hard time coming up with a top six. Not that there was so much to choose from. Just the opposite. I really thought it was a very down week for the sports entertainment ilk.

6. Melina (WWE Raw) - She took a good beatdown from the Glamazon and still managed to continue looking hot. Yes, I'm shallow for basing my votes on that.

5. Beth Phoenix (WWE Raw; WWE Judgment Day) - Sweet beatdown on Melina and awesome double back breaker on Melina and Mickie James. And I'm starting to think she's looking cute too. God help me. Though I disagree with those that think the PPV match was the best Diva match in three years. C'mon... Trish has been away for less than two.

4. Gail Kim (TNA Impact!) - Best showing against Awesome Kong to date. First time I actually saw her as a legitimate opponent to the Awesome force of the Knockout division.

2. Shawn Michaels & Chris Jericho (WWE Judgment Day) (tie) - Very nice match. Best I've seen out of Jericho in a while. Usually he's a plethora of missed spots, but HBK brought out Y2J's inner wrestler. Loved the spots of Jericho nearly walking into Sweet Chin Music but then kept collapsing to his knees over and over. Nice.

1. Samoa Joe (TNA Impact!) - Great promos, good solid work in the ring. I think what I like about Joe is his transition between moves. They flow so smoothly between one move and the next. An extended program of Joe and Booker T could work nicely until Angle returns.

[Mr. Dashbee]

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