The Final Countdown

I'd accuse you of being cynical...but I wouldn't be surprised if you were right. Even during that beatdown, part of me expected Superman Cena to make a comeback and take out all 8 rookies by himself.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="-laz-" data-cite="-laz-" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>i hope nxt tonight is 45 minutes of michael cole gettin his ass kicked</div></blockquote><p> Some people would probably call that overkill.</p><p> </p><p> I would call it great television.</p>

I don't even like Mahoney, but it was worth it just for the Nana promo they showed on the HDNet show where he kept talking about Balls.

I probably enjoyed seeing Danielson kick Cena in the head more than I should have.

<p>Well...</p><p> </p><p> That was rather unexpected.</p>

They got my vote.

That's funny; I thought it was one of the worst things they've done in a long time. Maybe it's just hard for me to believe Kane could be so upset about something happening to his "brother", considering all the things he himself has tried to do to him over the years. Suspending disbelief is one thing, but that was over the top for me. Of course, they've pretty much retconned (is that the word?) Kane's entire character over the years, so it's hard for me to ever take him seriously or be interested in anything that he does.

That's fine. I understand the arguments against replay. I don't agree with them, but I get it. It's about tradition, and not tinkering with the rules of the game and all that stuff. Like I said, I don't agree with that opinion, but I understand it. I just had a problem with the "real fans" bit of your post. It probably would've worked better if you'd said "purists", or something like that. Here's a different question: will we see expanded use of instant replay in baseball? Not "should" we, but "will" we?

So...what do you think should main event? In any other location, I'd say Tyler/Davey easy. But with the show being in Canada, Steen/Generico might be the match the crowd is most interested in. Not really sure which match is more deserving of the main event slot. Unless Davey takes the title, that is. That would certainly warrant a main event spot.

I'm not a "real fan" because I want to see some form of replay system? Whatever you say.

I'd be in favor of that.

I don't see how anyone can watch that play and say MLB shouldn't have replay. Saying "Well, it's part of the game" is ridiculous, IMO. If they have the ability to get the call right, they should use it. I do agree that they shouldn't stop to look at every little thing, though, as baseball games are pretty damn long as is. I saw a guy on ESPN earlier today who suggested they give the power to the managers to call for a replay, and give each team one replay per game. That way, if a controversial call pops up during a game, it can be reviewed, but you wouldn't be making the games much longer. I'm not sure if that's the perfect solution, but it would still be an improvement.

Yeah, that was unreal. I feel terrible for the pitcher, but kinda feel bad for the ump too. The dude sounded genuinely emotional about blowing that call in that situation.

I agree. But I'd say quite a few of them know that Mr. Perfect's last name wasn't "McGillicutty."

Christopher Daniels isn't his real name, for the record. My biggest problem with the name change of Joe Hennig is that they more than once referred to him as the son of Mr. Perfect. Either acknowledge him as the son of Perfect and let him keep his last name, or make no mention of his lineage and change it to whatever stupid gimmick name you want.

You're definitely not alone. For all this talk of Otunga having "charisma" and "it factor", I thought the guy was boring as hell.

As a Danielson fan, I liked that pairing the minute it was announced. I saw the storyline possibilities. (And, since I saw you say you stopped watching NXT several weeks ago: either they DID know what they were doing all along, or they called an audible, because the booking of Danielson and his tirades against Miz and Cole over the past few weeks has been awesome.) The only way I see the Kaval/LayCool thing having any chance of working is if LayCool recruit someone to "teach him a lesson" after Kaval basically ignores them for weeks on end. Where else can they really go with it? As hysterical as I personally would find a tree of woe double stomp on McTaker, that's not happening. With Bryan/Miz, you were waiting for Bryan to become fed up with Miz's garbage and floor him. You know that Kaval isn't going to be attacking either member of LayCool, so that element of payback isn't there.

It was funny how all the Pros were arguing that any one of them could have won the competition as well if they'd had Wade Barrett, because Jericho is actually a huge reason why I was entertained by Barrett. I almost wish they HADN'T included Kaval in the next season. Without him, I'd surely be skipping the show, but now I feel compelled to watch it. I watched this season pretty much only for Danielson, and found it pretty brutal until the last few weeks--ironically, AFTER Bryan was eliminated, since he's become far more interesting since then.

The other "Founding Father" of ROH, Christopher Daniels, would be feeling pretty left out.

What a huge drop-off as far as the Pros are concerned.

Why did they build up "Mr. Perfect's son"...and then change his last name? Just silly.

Michelle & Layla as the "Pros" for Low Ki??? Wow.

So all of the eliminated rookies who actually answered the question said Barrett should win. That means he's screwed.

I think it's a bit different for Raw or a PPV, which air live in most places. Smackdown's a different story, since it's taped. At least that's how I see it.

Seriously. I think the Interwebs just exploded.