Diverticular Disease

info via WebMD, for those dying to know how Vince’s stool is looking right now. The less gory version is he’s not getting enough fiber in his diet, so his intestines have essentially narrowed and things must not feel fun.

info via WebMD, for those dying to know how Vince’s stool is looking right now.

The less gory version is he’s not getting enough fiber in his diet, so his intestines have essentially narrowed and things must not feel fun.

somewhat tougher enough

UFC on Spike TV – Reality TV 20 “athletes” (I’m thinking that means “untrained but look the part”) earn a PPV spot over 13 weeks. Sounds vaguely familar. Unless they’re going to cut in half early on, that’s a lot of people. The show starts airing in Janurary, with taping starting in September. No day/time … Continue reading “somewhat tougher enough”

UFC on Spike TV – Reality TV

20 “athletes” (I’m thinking that means “untrained but look the part”) earn a PPV spot over 13 weeks. Sounds vaguely familar. Unless they’re going to cut in half early on, that’s a lot of people.

The show starts airing in Janurary, with taping starting in September. No day/time is mentioned.

This is one of those things that have been vaguely mentioned by the likes of Dave and Wade so long you’re actually a little surprised to see it in print from someone else.

Spike TV does love to do cross promotion on RAW. Wonder how it’ll work out here.

I don’t think this is the right format to get UFC more interest (best case is curosity buys to see how the winner fares on his first show), but I’d guess their idea is it’s a trial ballon to “prove” UFC themed stuff can get ratings and more importantly advertisers. We’ll see.

Edit: Dave says they’ll be 4 winners out of a cast of “16-20”. If you’ve got have multiple winners, I think the ideal number might be 3; you can build a one on one match on TV, and you still can get “Reality TV Show Winner vs Real UFC Fighter” on the card.

4.5 Earthquake

Right when I started that GAB post, I thought my room started to shake. I thought something must’ve exploded in the garage below or a plane was flying really low overhead (there’s a small airport near here) or something, because it kinda felt like what an earthquake would feel like, but obviously there couldn’t be … Continue reading “4.5 Earthquake”

Right when I started that GAB post, I thought my room started to shake. I thought something must’ve exploded in the garage below or a plane was flying really low overhead (there’s a small airport near here) or something, because it kinda felt like what an earthquake would feel like, but obviously there couldn’t be an earthquake in the Chicago area. I did quickly scan ChiTrib and the gov’s earthquake site and saw nothing, so I figured I just lost my mind for a second there.

Turns out, no. 41 miles away. How completely bizarre. I hope this doesn’t mean the earth is splitting open to swallow us whole, because I’d find that unfortunate.

GAB Quick Thoughts

2 (Rey, Mordecai) for 6 predictions. The early lineup was 2 (sorta) of 8 right, so at least I beat that. Chavo Classic leaving explains why there was no Chavos/Rico/Haas tag team title match. I think they’ve given up on Jindrak – or at least don’t see him as anything more than a background character. … Continue reading “GAB Quick Thoughts”

  • 2 (Rey, Mordecai) for 6 predictions.
  • The early lineup was 2 (sorta) of 8 right, so at least I beat that. Chavo Classic leaving explains why there was no Chavos/Rico/Haas tag team title match. I think they’ve given up on Jindrak – or at least don’t see him as anything more than a background character. The Cena/Booker vs RVD/Rene got smushed into one match, and it might have been better if they hadn’t, just to prevent other stuff from being filler.
  • Bradshaw vs Eddie has been an interesting TV feud – when it has been interesting, it hasn’t been because of any interaction between them, it’s been Eddie doing Eddie things and Bradshaw being ticked off about CNBC. They’d be insane to drag (and I mean DRAG) it out another seven weeks.
  • Knowing that, I’m surprised they didn’t take the US Title off Cena, and maybe they will in the near future. Without doing a title switch on TV, I think the best SD! part of the SummerSlam card is JBL/Cena, Eddie/Undertaker or I guess Mordecai, Undertaker/Heyman or a wrestler stand in. Though I don’t know if Cena should win the big title so soon and I don’t know that he should get another big loss, so there’s a problem.
  • Watch free TV to get the explanation about the PPV ending? They’re stealing from TNA! How rude.
  • Chavo and Rey getting all that time probably is more a result of not wanting to do a lot of time for a lot of stuff on the show. It’s nice to dream. For self-assuming/boring content purposes, I actually grabbed all the SD! show dates from now till SummerSlam to What If a WWE Super J tournament, but I found out there’s a lot of shows, and it’s possible they haven’t announced the last few yet. Plus they like to cancel things. Plus it’s fantasy booking. Plus I haven’t gotten to it.
  • I don’t think there’s anything that happened that people are going to be kicking themselves for not seeing.
  • It probably wasn’t feasible because of HBK’s schedule, but they really should’ve made the HitC PPV the last of this three in four weeks PPV bit. Because I could see someone
  • They should’ve built up the Bull Rope match more than “hey! it’s a object you can hit someone with!” before Sunday. Like, instead of Holly nonsensically beating Jindrak, his arrogance catches up to him and a smaller person catches him by surprise for a three count, then they do a Bull Rope example match the next week, with Jindrak’s power/size giving him a huger than normal advantage because of the gimmick, which plays into Bradshaw/Eddie.
  • I wonder how giving away the show free to military is going to affect the buy rate numbers. The deal is, if you want it for free, you buy it like normal and send your bill in. Does that mean it’ll show up as a buy when they do the numbers?
  • Either way, it’s still going to be the lowest number in some time.

info updated

Updated some of the factoid stuff: US Title History and Cruiserweight Title History reflect GAB results, and RAW and SmackDown! Info pages have gotten the quick once over. Feel free to remind me of corrections in the comments.

Updated some of the factoid stuff: US Title History and Cruiserweight Title History reflect GAB results, and RAW and SmackDown! Info pages have gotten the quick once over. Feel free to remind me of corrections in the comments.