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On a slightly related note, they tried a bit of "power sharing" over on SD! to start the year. Taking this from another site I go to: Sheamus > Alberto Del Rio The Big Show > Sheamus Alberto Del Rio > The Big Show It was a fun little rock-paper-scissors dynamic that got old pretty fast because of WWE's propensity to over-use certain match-ups (*ahem*Ziggler-Kingston*ahem*) So what's the point? There is none, really. Punk cements himself as the top face to Cena's heel, with a face Ryback making things competitive against Cena to help elevate him while a rising heel (Barrett? Ziggler?) makes things hard for Punk. Like you said, it's arm chair booking, but at this point, WWE's got to start somewhere and a heel turn for Cena would certainly have shaken things up.

It ends in only one way-- with static playing, followed by LOOK IN MY EYES! WHAT DO YOU SEE? THE CULT OF PERSONALITY!

I liked an idea someone (I'm not sure where I read it) suggested wherein Cena turned heel at WM and runs roughshod over the WWE's faces, only to meet a returning Punk (who will be greeted with a huge hero's welcome, of course). Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon-- except in my dreams

LATEST ROH EVENT SPOILER: Apparently, Jay Briscoe beat Kevin Steen for the title tonight.

THIS!

At least two of those diaries caught my eye: d_w_w's MDC2: The Battle Rages On and Monkeypox's Mark Cuban Does DaVE! as well as one of my favorites: BHK1978's RIPW: The Ballad of Henry Lee I'd like to help extract them and sort them out if you need a hand. This is good work that you're doing, mistaken, and I just want to say that I appreciate it

Nice compilation you've got there, mistaken... any classic real world diaries? Diaries like TFC's ROH game: http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39102 or Nobby's TNA game: http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78107 Stuff like that... Those two are basically the ones I came up with when I joined GDS, so if there are other ones, maybe you can add 'em to my wish list?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rone Rivendale" data-cite="Rone Rivendale" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>lmao@CZW being a good company. I watch all the botchamania videos including the recent CZWMania videos, I know better.<p> </p><p> BTW, this is the WWE thread. All this Extreme Revolution and ECW and CZW stuff should be somewhere else. </p><p> </p><p> Sooo, allow me to get things back on track:</p><p> </p><p> What happened to Santino's awesome push? He was one moment away from winning the Royal Rumble. Then he was a fraction of a second away from his first World title at Elimination Chamber. He wins the U.S. Title (and still has it). So what gives? Now he fueds with Ricardo and does a match every once in a great while, often in tag matches that have nothing to do with the U.S. Title. The crowd LOVES him and the crowd was INTO him both times he was inches from stepping into the main event. If WWE can give Ryder a chance, surely they can give a serious push to a guy like Santino who is funny but has the wrestling skill to be something more?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Well... he's got a shot at a MITB briefcase. Granted the odds are slim, but at least he's in the match, right?</p>

I'm still crossing my fingers and hoping the Kings of Wrestling make it to the WWE.

Apparently Claudio Castagnoli has officially in FCW: http://twitter.com/#!/AntonioCesaro They changed his name, too. (Thanks to the guys at gamefaqs for the heads up)

Kinda like Ted Dibiase back in the Legacy days? Crowd was chanting for him to hit Orton after Orton RKO-ed the Million Dollar Man, but poor Ted had to take it like the little b*tch that he is.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Astil" data-cite="Astil" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>/nod <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> SCUUUM! <img alt=":eek:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

<p>saw this in the gamefaqs board, thought i'd share it here:</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1574/forumsigf.png</span></p>

Brian Cash-Man, is that you?

Here's hoping Dallas gets game 6, as well. So far they've shown that they have the heart of a champion (cliche, but true) while the Heat have not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=foaPMZxtzx4#at=31 This is why I can't stand Lebron and other superstars. SMH (also, if anyone can teach me how to embed properly, that'd be much appreciated)

<p>I know it's a day late, but I just gotta say that performance by Dirk was one for the ages. </p><p> </p><p> I'm rooting for him to finally win a Championship this year <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="27836" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm not sure what you mean by "revisionist history"? My point is nobody has had the same success afterwards. O'Neal won once, when Wade was the focus. Horry had already won two rings as a role player for another team and would win even more elsewhere. Otherwise Steve Kerr is the most successful Jackson coached player to go off on his own, as far as rings go. Will Purdue got a ring for sitting on the bench, so he's tied with Shaq on that score.<p> </p><p> Oh, did you think I meant that Shaq was the star and the rest of the Heat were role-players in 2006? How would that make any sense re: my thesis that Jackson is necessary or that most guys don't have success without him? Let alone Wade obviously being the reason the Heat won that series.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, I read your statement wrong. That's why I was asking you about it, because it didn't make sense when I read it as "Shaq and role players"</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="27836" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Again though, Jordan never won a title without Phil, even though he was a dominant player. Shaq and Kobe had been together three years and went 0/3 before Phil. <strong>Only Shaq and role players have won outside of Phil's system after winning with him.</strong><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Revisionist history? Shaq wasn't even the Finals MVP the one time he won without Phil Jackson...</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: or did you mean Shaq, and other role players (like Horry)?</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Candyman" data-cite="Candyman" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="27836" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So who IS the best coach of all time in your book? I'm geniunely curious. Especially since you're a Celtic fan and I KNOW you're not going to say Red Auerbach is the best. I know he is overrated in your book as well. After all, he's the only coach in NBA history who had MORE talent than Phil. And Red's teams did something Phil's never did - they kept winning! Red retired, and they immediately won two more championships! That's more than all those Hall of Famers Phil coached won without him COMBINED.<p> </p><p> Lazorbeak said everything else I could say, and probably better than I would've said it. The anti Phil arguments just don't hold any water.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> He's probably gonna say Gregg Popovich or Jerry Sloan (maybe) <img alt=":rolleyes:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

Ah, well, I'm a Kobe fan (not a fan of the person, but moreso because of the circumstances surrounding him-- that is, he has a lot of haters ), but that's just about the only reason I want the Lakers to succeed. Still, nice to see the Mavs do well. Hopefully it's a Mavericks-Heat finals, with the Mavs gaining revenge and retribution for the injustice that was committed by the refs 5 years ago

I am not surprised that you are

Yup, Filipino-Chinese, actually. Born and raised here

yeah, everytime that team shows a lot of promise, they somehow manage to screw it up