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<p><strong>War Games Match: Team Flair ("Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Sting, Sean O'Haire and AJ Styles)</strong> vs. The Empire (King Corino, Chris Candido, Chuck Palumbo and TAKA)</p><p> *If Team Flair wins: Flair gets 5 minutes alone in the cage with Eric Bischoff</p><p> *If The Empire wins: Flair must retire</p><p> </p><p> I get the feeling it's finally time for the faces here to win pretty big.</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: Rick Steiner vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Douglas continues his reign.</p><p> </p><p> Cruiserweight Championship: "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels vs. <strong>American Dragon</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Really tempted to go the other way but I get the feeling there is more to the story here.</p><p> </p><p> No DQ: <strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p> Seems hard to put under RVD in a situation like this.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner</strong> vs. The Unnatural</p><p> </p><p> Also it'd be a really hard sell to put Scotty under here.</p><p> </p><p> Jeff Hardy vs. <strong>CM Punk</strong></p><p> </p><p> Think Punk can do something pretty dastardly here to secure a victory.</p><p> </p><p> Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki vs. <strong>The Jung Dragons</strong></p><p> </p><p> I'll take the Dragons.</p><p> </p><p> Billy Kidman vs. <strong>Psychosis</strong></p><p> </p><p> I think you're in the process of establishing Psychosis so he gets the win.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Davey Boy Smith</strong> vs. Disco Inferno</p><p> </p><p> Free point for everyone? LOLDISCOJOBS <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Punk vs Hardy</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? Goose egg.</p><p> </p><p> Who will start the War Games match for each team? O'Haire and Palumbo</p><p> </p><p> Who will earn the submission in the War Games match? Flair. Happy ending needed here.</p><p> </p><p> Who will submit in the War Games match? Candido. I think he has a little heat.</p><p> </p><p> Will Rey Misterio Jr. announce his return during Piper's Pit? Yes. Sure.</p><p> </p><p> Will we see Kimberly tonight? Yeah. Maybe she helps Punk?</p><p> </p><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques: Welcome back.</p>

Over/under on how many drinks Vince had after a bad show review?

Aw. But then the joke isn't as funny for Americans!

18 points. Three more and I'm old enough for a beer.

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T</strong> {©}</p><p> I like Booker.</p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys</strong> {©}</p><p> The Hardys continue.</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p> Shane continues his title reign.</p><p> </p><p> Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles </strong>{©}</p><p> I'm a fan of continuing with AJ Styles here.</p><p> </p><p> World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita</strong> {©}</p><p> When in doubt go with the champion retaining.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> RVD is one of your biggest stars.</p><p> </p><p> Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire</strong> (King Corino and TAKA)</p><p> Empire continues their push.</p><p> </p><p> Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> Christopher Daniels feels like the eventual foil for AJ Styles.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> I flipped a coin.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Jung Dragons</strong> vs. ???</p><p> Sure.</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? I'll go with the tag title match.</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 0</p><p> </p><p> What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) Road Warriors.</p>

<p>I really like Hell's Bouncer in terms of bringing in a monster. Fine enough bell to bell, love his menace. Not a black hole of charisma either.</p><p> </p><p> Three MAW guys I also really like. The Dynamite Express(Syd Collier and Cameron Jones) are a really good tag team and can be pretty decent individually too(though I often find I have more luck with Syd in those singles outings usually) and I also really like The Architect because he often can turn into a good promo guy to compliment his decent technical ability.</p>

World Heavyweight Championship: Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Booker T {©} If it ain't broke...Booker's been great as a heel champ. United States Heavyweight Championship: Mark Jindrak vs. Shane Douglas {©} Shane moves on to something a little different. No DQ match for the World Tag Team Championship: The Hardys vs. True Heroes {©} I think it's time to give the babyfaces something big here. Cruiserweight Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. AJ Styles {©} This goes with the continued development of Styles. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. King Corino Every once in a while even if he is in time decline Flair needs to win big so victories over Flair mean something I think. This feels like a Flair win. Rob Van Dam and The Steiner Brothers vs. Salvation Something tells me there's going to be some sort of wacky DQ. Manami Toyota and Etsuko Mita vs. Chaos Going name. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Buff Bagwell I don't think Buff is worth much of anything at this point. Davey Boy Smith vs. Lex Luger Lex is ment more for laughs than victories at this point. Jamie Knoble vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels I think this is the eventual challenger for Styles. What will be match of the night? I'll go main event. How many championships will change hands? The tag belts. Will the Natural Born Thrillers accept Eric Bischoff's offer and join The Empire? One of them does. I think O'Haire has more potential than Palumbo so he joins.

<p>I kind of feel like the group needs an injection of youth(at least comparatively speaking) in the time frame. <strong>Steve Austin</strong> is the no brainer on that front.</p><p> </p><p> But I think I might throw a curve ball for the second one. <strong>Dustin Rhodes</strong>. A story on corrupting Dusty's kid promising him fame that his name hasn't actually brought him would be really entertaining to see play out.</p>

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Diamond Dallas Page vs. <strong>Booker T</strong> {©}</p><p> Might be done in a way to continue this program.</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: Mark Jindrak vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p> Shane might hold this thing for a while.</p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: <strong>The Hardys</strong> vs. True Heroes {©}</p><p> Kind of thinking a DQ finish here.</p><p> </p><p> Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. <strong>AJ Styles</strong> {©}</p><p> Wonder if a heel turn is brewing here.</p><p> </p><p> World Women's Championship: <strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Etsuko Mita {©}</p><p> Gambling on a swap here.</p><p> </p><p> #1 Contender: <strong>Rey Misterio Jr.</strong> vs. The Destroyer</p><p> Rey-Rey vs Booker at the top wouldn't be a bad idea.</p><p> </p><p> Sting vs. <strong>King Corino</strong></p><p> Might be a screwy end but the heel wins here.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner</strong> vs. The Unnatural</p><p> Scott has a ton of business here.</p><p> </p><p> Doomsday vs. <strong>The Natural Born Thrillers</strong></p><p> Coin flip for me.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Alexis Laree</strong> vs. Daffney</p><p> I just like one better than the other. XP</p><p> </p><p> Yang vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> Think there's millage to eventually put Christopher Daniels as a challenger in the cruiserweight division.</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Main event. Booker vs DDP. DDP while on time decline has delivered in big situations. This should be no different.</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 1</p><p> </p><p> Will Lex Luger make it to the show? Yes. Even though Gene will be complaining about something.</p><p> </p><p> TIEBREAKER: How long will the main event be? (minutes and seconds) 21:09</p><p> </p><p> Who will be the next World Heavyweight Champion? (worth 3 points) Debating between Jeff and Rey-Rey. Ultimately I'm going Jeff Hardy due to his high star quality and getting him more mic time will only improve what is probably the weakest part of his game at this point.</p>

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: <strong>Booker T</strong> vs. Rob Van Dam {©}</p><p> </p><p> Something tells me there's going to be a little more to the story. A heel Booker cheating to win out of desperation is what I think will happen.</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: Chuck Palumbo vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Douglas seems to be money for you right now. And I don't really view Chuck very highly in a singles situation.</p><p> </p><p> World Women's Championship: Toshiyo Yamada vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> When in doubt have the champions retain.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>American Dragon</strong> vs. Vampiro</p><p> </p><p> Even though I think he'll throw up a stink to put him over...you'll order Vampiro to put Dragon over.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Manami Toyota, Alexis Laree and Melissa Anderson</strong> vs. Takako Inoue, Shinobu Kandori and Daffney</p><p> </p><p> I think I'll go with the babyface team here.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Hayabusa</strong> vs. Evan Karagis vs. Shannon Moore</p><p> </p><p> There are strong Japanese influences and ties throughout your roster. I think you continue to promote that here.</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night?: RVD vs Booker</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? A goose egg. Zero.</p><p> </p><p> THE MAYHEM MATCH</p><p> </p><p> Name the two mystery entrants (one point each): Steve Austin and DDP</p><p> Multiple announced entrants will not actually compete in the match. Name one: I'm going to gamble and actually say Sting. My theory on that is The Empire mugs him.</p><p> Most eliminations: Scott Steiner</p><p> Longest time in match: Jeff Hardy(he's been the stronger performer of the two)</p><p> The Final Four: Austin, DDP, Steiner, Jeff Hardy</p><p> Runner up: Scott Steiner</p><p> Winner (worth 3 points): Steve Austin. A new huge babyface ready to start feuding with the top heels in the promotion.</p>

Woah. Long time listener. First time caller so to speak. That'd just put you on a whole different level if you got Steve Austin, especially considering I think Bret was always friendly with Steve and the level of star he is if his head's on straight for you. Jaw on the floor to say the least on that one. Just hope he isn't on time decline.

A thought off the top of my head for Des is you could put him in a stable with a capable talker cutting promos for him(he's not bad at it per say but a better talker helps). Maybe a reborn Chase Agency(A rename wouldn't be a bad idea though) with Remo(who again, not the worst talker but give him a manager and I think he really grows into the next level as your alpha heel) as the main client(to give it teeth and credibility right off the bat) and then you can put Des as the second and then you can always find the right pair of young, hungry guys in a team to put with them and see what he does in a role like that. A heel Des that's corrupted by the money feels like a natural foil for Joey Morgan or a Valiant or Gillmore even. You also have potential feuds with people like Rogue or even Brandon James himself if you don't mind either of them working the face spot. Idea is if he does well enough as the second in command you give him more to do later and see how he takes off in that sort of spot. But character wise in this incarnation I'd make him a spoiled athlete living the high life, flaunting it a little, and then just doing whatever it takes from a mental standpoint to keep this new found lifestyle to give him some depth and add an element of desperation at times from a character standpoint. It's a thought though.