willierko

Posted on 2/24/08 8:20 PM

One huge thing we and the big companies fail to realize is when a Wrestler does not need a World title to become over or even more over. What i mean is what is the point for someone who can draw a crowd anywhere, is over as hell either as a face or a heel, and sells merchandise need the World title for. What good would it really do ?

Example #1: Hulk Hogan

Let us use the Grand master of Sports Entertainment himself : Hulk Hogan. Like my good ol' Pal Spinnernet (youtube.com/spinnernet1 subscribe now !!!) has pointed out after Hogan had relinquished the WWF World title in 1989 it took him a while to regain that title. It was a well deserved break from Hogan as our champ while others like Ultimate Warrior and Sgt. Slaughter had their chance to shine. Now did Hogan tank in his ability to draw a crowd ? NO ! Did his t-shirt's stop selling like hot cakes ? NO! Was the WWF still successful, possibly but the fucking company did not burn to the ground because Hogan did not hold the title for 4 more years straight.

Example #2: Our Favorite Wrestler John Cena

John Cena is the man right now. Not wrestling wise, not even promo wise. But he is the WWE's golden boy. He is untouchable in the WWE's eyes. That is why it would make no sense for him to come back and dominate the WWE again and have 2 1/2 more years of Cena with the title. Whether he does it or not he is still going to be a draw, going to sell merchandise and is still going to be marketed how the wwe wants him marketed.

Now I can understand some people will debte this so let us argue another point : Some wrestlers NEEED the title to get over.

Example #1: Triple H

After being Shawn Michaels running buddy and always playing second fiddle it was kind of hard for fans to take him seriously as a top contender and proclaiming he was going to " run with the ball ". The wwe had to be very cautious at the time in how to turn Triple H in to a serious threat for the World Title. So they had him beat some of the top guys in The Rock and Mankind. And even after that it was hard to accept him as a serious champion even after he won it. Eventually though the fans bought it and it worked out because he was proving himself as a Champion by doing two things: Becoming a cerebral champion, doing anything to win the World title, even tricking the boss's daughter into Marrying him, and then beating his own father-In-Law into a bloody pulp. And #2: By surrounding himself with people that live to serve him I.e Degeneration-X and Evolution.

Example #2: JBL

Lets face it would we ever think in 2003 that the very next year Bradshaw was going to become the WWE champion ? For those who were fans at the time, you can not honestly say that you thought it would happen. JBl had to be shoved down our throats just like Batista and Cena are today. But JBL also did the same 2 things that Tripe H did to be taken as a serious champion. He alligned himself with people who served him, I.e The Cabinet. And he was ruthless, I.e his promos and matches against Eddie Guerrero.

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Posted on 2/21/08 7:54 PM

ECW = Best wrestling show on television

You can disagree with me all you want but in my opinion ECW is the BEST wrestling show on TV right now. Now you may be thinking " how could a 1 hour show with no big names be the best ? "

Well morons lets see this is why I think ECW is the best

CM Punk:
Punk is one of the most over guys in the wwe today. But also he is a different type of " over ". If you watch some of punk's matches it is clear that the fans are into it. Unlike guys like Triple H, Batista, and randy orton, Punk's matches are always enjoyed by the fans. There are very few guys in the wwe that can hook a crowd like Punk can, like Jeff Hardy, Sahwn Micheals, Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker and everyone's favorite John Cena. Along with Punk, these guys exemplify how to have the crowd be into their matches.

Morrison/Miz Vs. Dreamer/Delaney
Some of you guys argue on how this ECW is not like the old ECW. Well you got a storyline going on that is a ripoff of an old ECW storyline. Delaney is the new Mikey Whipwreck. Sure maybe Mikey's old storyline is a little different and maybe it seems as if Colin is just a glorified jobber. But damn don't you think that it is going somewhere if they do this every week. Now it has even evolved. They have brought in Dreamer as Colin's " guardian angel ". It IS going somewhere trust me, and Colin Delaney is not a bad wrestler folks trust me I have seen his Chikara matches they are good.

No Bullshit
ECW is a pretty straight forward show, some good wrestling, some promos and honestly no bullshit. It is a National televised Training center. Guys have improved marvelously and guys like Shelton Benjamin, Elijah Burke, Stevie Richards, John Morrison and others get highlighted like they wouldn't on smackdown or raw. We have seen wrestlers improve like The Miz, disagree all you want but Miz is not half bad anymore, and I have always thought he was decent on the mic. You think about the matches between Punk and Burke, Stevie richards and Thorn Matches were good, Punk and Morriosn had some of the best matches last year on TV including their match of the year candidate when Punk won the titles.

Listen thiis is my opinion. When I do not want to deal with leprechauns getting pushed over 90 % of the guys on raw I know ECW is on the next night. I can not judge smackdown to be honest because I dont watch it half the time because its on a night where I would rather be hanging out with my friends. And iMPACT! wow do not get me started although it is getting better it still is not a good television show.

And again if you do not like my opinion well thats too bad go suck on something for all I care.

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Posted on 2/20/08 12:12 AM

To be honest I am kind of sick of people on here talking about cena this or hardy that or " look what triple h did now. "

I dont really care anymore so I have decided to change the subject and the promotion. Sadly not enough people on here will apy attention to this blog due to tis about something not a lot of people know about. But I honestly do not give a shit.

Now I live in New York and this show will take place at a venue I ahve been to multiple times and i would like to go but still am unsure due to me not having enough money for a lot of different things besides the cost of admission. Anyway lets get on with it......

Delirious Vs. Human Tornado

OOOOH this is definitely one reason I would love to go and see Human Tornado live. I've seen these two work together in IWA and in WXW. They seem to have good chemistry and work very well together My prediction is going to be Delirious due to Human Tornado not being on the ROH roster.

Prediction : Delirious

Kevin Steen Vs. Joey Matthews

Not really sure what to think here i think these two can work together and im not sure if they have ever had a match against one another. Should be interesting to say the least. I will go with Steen for the victory for some damn reason that I am not sure of.

Prediction : Kevin Steen

Grudge Match : El Generico Vs. Brent Albright

I have come to the conclusion that El generico can have a good match with practically any wrestler in the world. That is how good Generico really is. And he and Albright can have a good match. I know generico wants some revenge on Albright after the brutal tag team table match at Final Battle but it wont be on saturday I will go with Albright for the victory.

Prediction : Brent Albright

First Time Ever : Austin Aries vs. Go Shiozaki

After seeing what Shiozaki did with Danielson last year when ROh was In japan I can not wait to see how good of a match he can have with my favorite wrestler in ROH : Austin Aries. I have not kept up with Aries progress and I am going to guess he is continuing his semi-heel ways with Shiozaki. I am going to go with Shiozaki for the victory and am going to guess that Aries finnaly snaps after the match.

Prediction : Shiozaki

SHIMMER Title Match : Sara Del Rey (C) vs. Daizee Haze

Sara has been SHIMMER Champ for a while and I can see her losing the belt here. These two can put on a good match after seeing what they were able to do at Rising Above I know they can have a show stealer. I am going to take a chance here and say Sara retains though. I can definitely see it going either way though.

Prediction : Still Champion Sara Del Rey

ROH World Tag Title Match : Rocky Romero and Davey Richards (C) Vs. Jigsaw and Ruckus

This is another match I can see going either way with all the swerves ROH has pulled in the last 2 months I dont know which outcome would be more shocking. I can see Romero and Richards retaining due to what happens in the next match.

Prediction : Still Champions Davey Richards and Rocky Romero

FIP Title Match (No Dq Triple Threat) : Roderick Strong (C) Vs. Erick Stevens Vs. The Necro Butcher

I can see only one of two things happening either Rody loses back the title after only having it back in one week. Or He retains it and goes on a power trip with Richards and Romero. I will take my chances and say Strong will win this match and retain the title.

Predictions : Still Champ Roderick Strong

ROH World Title Match : Nigel McGuinness (C) Vs. " American Dragon " Bryan Danielson

Part of me tells me that ROH wants to keep major title changes within pay per views only. Another part tells me that Nigel's bad luck will continue and still not be able to defeat Danielson. There is always the possibility that it will be a screw job finish where McGuinness retains and still does not defeat Danielson Cleanly. But i am going to take a risk here and say that McGuinness will retain cleanly and possibly lose the title at the 6th pay per view in Philadelphia.

Prediction : Nigel McGuinness retains
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....Should be a great show.

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Posted on 2/18/08 3:06 PM

I really enjoyed this pay per view, it was a solid outing an 8/10 in my opinion.

Chavo Guerrero Vs. CM Punk: ECW TITLE MATCH **3/4

Good solid match between these two which saw a lot of kicks and some nice strikes on both parts. I dont know why they decided to have Punk do an Eddie impression bad idea in my opinion unless they are turning punk heel. The ending could have been much better and like a lot of people said chavo winning cleanly was stupid when he is infamous for cheating.

SD Elimination Chamber: Undertaker Vs. Batista Vs. Big Daddy V Vs. The Great Khali Vs. Finlay Vs. MVP ***

To be honest very ok match at the beginning but after Khali and Big daddy V got eliminated it got much better. I enjoyed how MVP got eliminated and that was no easy bump. Finlay took a nice enjoyable choke slam on the steel floor which was good considering Finlay's age. Undertaker and Batista had a great finish after both men kicking out of each others patented power bombs. Taker wins with the tombstone and is headed to Wrestlemania.

Mr. Kennedy Vs. Ric Flair **1/2

Pretty good match here. Not much to say pretty short and it was sweet though. Better than MVP and Flair at Rumble. Flair wins with the figure Four.

Rey Mysterio Vs. Edge: WHC Match *3/4

Okay match. Gotta give rey props on going out there injured took a lot of guts. Edge wins with the Spear.

Big Show Returns/Mayweather Confrontation.***

Very good well done segment. Nice how Show turns in an instant and those stiff shots from Mayweather were awesome.

Cena Vs Orton : WWE Title ***1/4

Not enough people are giving this match its due. I enjoyed it very much, very good story telling which you would not expect form cena or orton. I found the ending hilarious to be honest and it works story wise.

Raw Elimination Chamber : HBK Vs HHH Vs Y2J Vs Hardy Vs JBL Vs Umaga ****

Very very good match here. I really enjoyed it thought it was well booked. The beginning with Jericho and Micheals was awesome. I dont thnk you could have picked another pair to start this match any better. When Umaga came in i was worried but he did a fantastic job, his double samoan drop on HBK and Jericho was amazing. Even JBL did what he could in this match. The final 2 were Hardy and HHH and I have to hand it to the WWE they really made it look like hardy could win. I'm glad Hunter the Barbarian didn't completely bury Hardy and had to give him 2 pedigrees to win the match.

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Posted on 2/14/08 9:13 PM

This is my opinion and i will state some facts to open your minds.

1985 - Would Hogan be willing to work a program with Rick Steamboat if Steamboat agreed to turn heel? No. Give him Big John Studd instead.

1986 - Hogan-Savage is tentatively planned for WM 2, after the two had feuded in house shows which Savage had won by DQ or countout. Hogan nixes the idea of facing the dynamic, atheltic Savage at 'Mania, even though he would be booked to win. Hogan handpicks King Kong Bundy to embarass in a cage match. Savage wrestles George Steele far down the undercard.

1986 - Hogan agrees to work with Paul Orndorff, but won't do the job to him. Hogan agrees only because he is guarenteed a win at a huge event. He defeats Orndorff in a cage match on SNME to end the feud.

1987 - Hogan again turns down the idea of feuding with Savage; but suggests turning him face, so Hogan can step aside for awhile, film a movie and get some needed rest.
Savage turns face that summer.

1988 - Hogan agrees to "drop" the belt to Andre, but only under questionable circumstances to preserve his character. Hogan agrees to "give the rub" to Savage at WM IV. Hogan only agrees because he is promised he will get the title back at WM 5.

1988 - Six months later, as Savage is having a successful run, Hogan suggests putting them together as a team "Mega Powers" and they headline Summerslam. Hogan is no longer the champion - but still in the main event.

1989 - Hogan finally meets Savage at Wrestlemania V. Hogan beats him for the title. Rather than face Savage in the anticipated rematch at Summerslam, or a program with Rick Rude as creative suggests - Hogan deccides to go a different route.

Hogan suggests a tag team match, pitting himself and his close friend Brutus Beefcake, against Savage and an ACTOR, Tiny Lister who played Zeus in the Hogan film "No Holds Barred". The film opened that summer to decent business, so Hogan uses a WWE PPV to promote the film, while "giving the rub" to his friend Beefcake.

1990 - Hogan agrees to drop the belt to Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania. Only with a guarentee of an extended break and the promise he would get the title back. A month after 'Mania, Hogan is "attacked" by Earthquake and off TV for a few months. After teasing retirement on TV, Hogan returns at Summerslam as "Immortal" and vanquishes his good friend John Tenta (Earthquake).

1990 - To preserve the Warrior character, creative decides he will drop the title to someone OTHER than Hogan. Despite the allure of a Hogan/Warrior rematch - Randy Savage is rumoured to be the man Warrior will drop the belt to at Royal Rumble '91. Hogan suggests Sgt Slaughter. Slaughter has just returned as an "Iraqi sympathizer" and Hogan pushes for Slaughter to beat Warrior, then he can beat Slaughter to regain the belt.

1991 - Hogan defeats Slaughter a few months after "Desert Storm" starts. He waves his flag and defeats the Iraqi villan at Wrestlemania. After headlining Wrestlemania for the past two years, Savage and Warrior are reduced to the undercard.

1991 - Hogan again decides against a rematch with Warrior at Summerslam, and suggests they team together against Slaughter & The Iron Shiek. Six months after he had beaten Slaughter for the belt, he feels the feud is not over and that fans will tune in to watch him team with Warrior against "the enemy".

1991 - Hogan agrees to drop the title to Undertaker, but refuses to do a clean job to him. Ric Flair interferes in the match with a chair and 'Taker gets the win.

1992 - McMahon decides that Flair will win the title at Royal Rumble, then drop the title to Hogan in a "dream match" at Wrestlemania VIII. Hogan decides he wants to take another extended break after 'Mania. He suggests Flair drop the title to Savage instead and he can work with Sid Vicious and "give him the rub".

Despite the fact that Flair/Savage is the WWE Title match, it is placed in the middle of the show. Hogan and the lumbering Sid Vicious close the show. The first time the WWE Champion has not been in the main event of Wrestlemania.

1993 - Hogan agrees to return to team with Brutus Beefcake against Money Inc. at Wrestlemania and it appears to be the first time he will NOT be in the main event.

When Hogan learns that WWE Champion Bret Hart is scheduled to drop the title to Yokozuna, he informs McMahon that this will be the first Wrestlemania that a face doesn't win the main event and the "people aren't gonna like it". Hogan suggests "surprising" the audience by challenging Yoko immediately afterward and beating him to win the WWE Title. Vince McMahon agees. Hogan beats Yoko to regain the title.

1993 - McMahon and WWE creative suggests Hogan and Bret Hart engage in a face vs face match at Summerslam that will see Hogan "pass the torch" to Hart and drop the title.

Hogan turned the idea down, and agreed to drop the title back to Yokozuna, who in turn would drop it to Hart at SS. Some critics believe, however, that Hogan simply didn't want to drop the title to the new flagship of the company.

Hogan drops the belt to Yoko at KOTR (but doesn't drop it cleanly), while WWE goes with the failed Lex Luger "US Express" idea. Hogan leaves WWE two months later and does not appear at Summerslam.

1994 - Hogan signs with WCW after being courted by Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff. Hogan insisted on "complete creative control" over the Hulk Hogan character and a certain perrcentage of EACH PPV TOTAL REVENUE.

1994 - A three match series is planned with Hogan/Flair. Hogan would win the first, Flair would regain it and Hogan would win the finale. All parties agree.

Hogan wins the WCW World Title from Ric Flair in his first match back in a year. When the time comes for Flair to regain the title, Hogan refuses, saying the fans "weren't ready for him to drop it".

Flair later admits in his book, that fans were already booing Hogan at shows, but that WCW was dubbing in a "cheering crowd soundtrack".

The subsequent PPVs featuring Flair/Hogan fail to sell.

1994 - Hogan negotiates for former WWE stars and Hogan allies Brutus Beefcake, Earthquake and Typhoon to join WCW.

Creative suggests Hogan face Sting in a face vs face "dream match" at Starrcade. Hogan decides it makes better sense for him to face Beefcake as the heel, "The Butcher". The PPV flops.

1995 - Hogan convinces Randy Savage to leave WWE and join WCW. Instead of starting a feud between the two former WWE Champions, Hogan insists on teaming with Savage against Kevin Sullivan and his 3 Faces of Fear.

1995 - Hogan agrees to work with Vader, but the program soon falls apart when both acuse the other of "not selling for the other".

Fans are steadily losing interest in WCW. The company begins to falter seriously, as executives point at the Hogan contract and "creative control" agreement as being a main culprit. Hogan takes extended time off - but remains the highest paid man on the roster.

1996 - With WCW desperate to compete with WWE, WCW signs Hall and Nash and plot the NWO angle. Hogan is booked to turn heel and he agrees. The angle is a smash. Within weeks, Hogan wins the World Title from The Giant.

Instead of milking fresh matchups as a heel, Hogan decides that WCW should bring in Roddy Piper. Despite the possibility of a Starrcade matchup with Lex Luger or The Giant - Hogan faces Piper in a cage match in the main event. Hogan puts over Piper via the sleeperhold, in a NON-TITLE match.

1997 - Hogan feuds with Piper and Savage, while turning down suggestions he put over Luger or Diamind Dallas Page for the title. He appears weekly, but rarely wrestles on TV, while still remaining the highest paid star in WCW.

1997 - In his much hyped Starrcade match with Sting, it was decided that Hogan would beat Sting after an alleged "fast count" by referee Nick Patrick. WCW's newly contracted Bret Hart would accuse Patrick and have the match restarted with Sting winning by submission.

Hogan reportedly paid off referee Patrick, to count normally and make it look like Hogan had pinned Sting cleanly. When this DID happen, the planned finish played out - but fans booed because it was clearly botched and made Sting look bad.

1998 - Hogan agreed to put over Goldberg cleanly on Nitro, but with the condition that Karl Malone & DDP get involved to prompt a Hogan/Dennis Rodman team to debut on PPV at Bash At The Beach. Hogan promoted the match on "The Tonight Show" and later teamed with Bischoff against DDP and Jay Leno HIMSELF!

The Hogan celebrity tag team matches stole all the attention while WCW Champion Goldberg was all but ignored.

1999 - After six months without the title, and still being the top guy, Hogan regained the title from Kevin Nash in the "Fingerpoke of Doom" incident. Openly flaunting his creative control clause. He would lose the title, but not cleanly to Ric Flair.

When the NWO angle began to lose serious steam, Hogan turned face again. Randy Savage had recently turned heel and regained the WCW Title.

Once again, this time conviently as a face, Hogan defeated Savage to regain the title.

Despite having names like Hart, Luger and Sting to work with Savage - the title went baclk to Hogan. At his request.

2000 - Hogan begins feuding with WCW booker Vince Russo over how he's being used. Russo wanted to push younger stars and to appease Russo only, Hogan worked with young Billy Kidman.

When a WCW Title match with Jeff Jarrett was booked, Russo had Jarrett winning. Hogan refused, because his contract with WCW was almost up and he feared Russo wouldn't use him on future PPV events. Meaning Hogan would lose out on serious cash.

Russo pulled a swerve on Hogan by having Jarrett lay down for him intentionally. Hogan did so, winning the belt - then was immeditaely stripped of it.

Hogan was never seen in WCW again.

2002 - Hogan accepts an offer to return to WWE and reunite the original NWO, with the understanding he would be in a featured match with The Rock at Wrestlemania X8.

Hogan scored a huge deal from WWE, and agreed to put over The Rock. He suggests they close the show as he felt "they had drawn the crowd" - but McMahon and specifically Triple H refuse to put the WWE Title match in a secondary role.

Hogan is later booked to win the title from Triple H, but is dissapointed when it comes with the condition he drop it to Undertaker a month later.

After being booked to lose to Kurt Angle at KOTR 2002, Hogan decided he needed time off again. Despite only having been back for all of four months.

Hogan is convinced to stay long enough to get in a quick tag team championship win with Edge. He is then asked to put over Brock Lesnar, which he does.

He is dissatisfied with his role, because he isn't be portrayed the way "he thought he would". He takes another "extended brea" after the Lesnar match.

2003 - He returns at the request of VinceMcMahon and the promise of a big Wrestlemania payday. Their street fight is a featured match on the card.

With the WWE Title now revolving around much younger wrestlers, Hogan is frustrated by Creatives decision to book him in a secondary role on Smackdown and he leaves WWE again.

2004 - Hogan is openly courted by TNA Wrestling, but the deal hits a snag when Hogan was reportedly told he would have to put over Jarrett at some point. Hogan begins to complain of "knee problems" as the deal falls apart.

2005 - Hogan is inducted into the Hall of Fame, and agrees to the idea of a Hogan/Shawn Michaels match at Summerslam.

McMahon proposes two matches, with each winning one. Hogan agrees.

After spending all of his comeback as a face, HBK agrees to turn heel to sell the match.

Michaels carries a clearly laboring Hogan through a decent match at Summerslam, and HBK does the clean job to Hogan.

The second match in the series is called off, when Hogan began to complain "his knee was acting up again".

Hence, the Hogan win over HBK stands as their one and only meeting.

2005 - Hogan proposes the"Dream Match" scenario of Hogan vs Steve Austin to WWE Creative for Wrestlemania. Austin says no - citing the HBK scenario at Summerslam. He refuses to put Hogan over.

2006 - Hogan is asked to appear at Summerslam and face Randy Orton. He agrees with the rumoured condition that WWE pushes his daughter Brooke's debut CD.

Instead of putting over "The Legend Killer", Hogan flexes his "creative control".

Despite being 53, having wrestled one match in over a year, and bad knees, Hogan defeats the 26 year old former World Champion via clean pinfall.

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