Essential Starrcade
July 22nd, 2008Now here’s an interesting poll from WWE.com.
http://survey.wwe.com/starrcade/
Kind of makes you realize that the shows peaked in the 80s and it was mostly downhill from there as far as match quality goes.
Great American Bash 2008
July 21st, 2008The SmarK Rant for WWE Great American Bash 2008
- Live from Long Island, NY.
Damn you, Batman!
July 20th, 2008OK, so I taped the PPV tonight so we could check out The Dark Knight, but would you believe that the entire DAY of showings was sold out in advance, and thus we were screwed and now I have to wait until Tuesday to see the IMAX version in Edmonton. So I’m not going to be able to check out the Bash until tomorrow, so no spoilers please until the rant is posted.
Twenty One
July 20th, 2008The SmarK DVD Rant for 21 (Single Disc Edition)
“Winner, winner, chicken dinner”
- I don’t even really like that quote, but they say it so damn much in hopes of creating a catchphrase that I just had to throw it in here out of pity.
The Film
My wife LOVES Jim Sturgess. So her initial excitement over the movie somewhat skewed my original intentions to go see it in the theatre (which is to say, I had none) and then compelled me to get it on DVD as well.
Now, I’m not such a huge fan of Sturgess, but I do enjoy a good movie about math, so this was one I was willing to give a chance to. Unfortunately this one was a bit too much about math, seemingly generating a plot from an equation rather than any interesting human interest story. And that’s the really weird thing, because the movie is based on one of those true stories that’s so cool it can only happen in movies like this one. Read the rest of this entry »
Batman smashes records
July 19th, 2008http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/newsStory.php?newsID=3563
With an $18 million midnight take, plus Friday’s $66 million (!!!!!!), it’s on pace for $160 million this weekend, which is INSANE. So no worries from Warner about soft box office for this one, unlike the first one which had them sweating for the first couple of weeks. I’m seeing it Sunday, but it’s getting hard to hold off. The real treat will be the road trip to Edmonton next week, though, when we get to see it in IMAX.
Speaking of awesome:
http://www.empireonline.com/video/watchmen/
Why yes, I will be watching the Watchmen, thank you.
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - May 24 1986
July 19th, 2008The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - May 24 1986
- Your hosts are Tony & David
- And yes, Dusty didn’t go without a belt for long, as an excited David announces that Dusty and the Road Warriors have won the Six-Man titles from the Russians. Ric Flair immediately puts it into perspective: Yeah, well, he’s the World SINGLES champion, the only title people care about. And of course he has to run down Morton’s teen fans, Magnum’s skinny arms, and Hawk’s respirator (for going 30 minutes). I think we just peaked with the first segment.
MoreGames: The Rant Beyond (the previous rant)
July 18th, 2008The SmarK 24/7 Rant for Shorties: WarGames II
WarGames ‘91: Ric Flair, Sid Vicious, Barry Windham & Larry Zbyszko v. Brian Pillman, Sting, Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner.
Pillman’s shoulder is all taped up, due (kayfabe-wise) to a Horsemen attack covered in the pre-match video. Pillman starts with Windham and gets a flying clothesline with the good arm, and uses the roof of the cage for leverage as he takes Windham down with a rana. He chops away in the corner, and headfakes Windham into taking a missile dropkick. He misses a splash, however, but comes back with a low blow. All’s fair in love and Wargames. Barry hits the cage and starts the blood flowing early, so Brian gives him some extra treatment on the cage. Jawbreaker and he bites the cut and hammers it in the corner. Hiptoss and he goes ground and pound, and back into the cage goes Windham. Pillman goes up with a flying clothesline and another jawbreaker, and he tosses Windham into the second ring and into the cage again. Windham is just selling like nuts for Pillman here. Spinkick puts Windham down and Pillman goes to work on the leg, but Windham comes back and slugs it out with him. Windham tries a piledriver, but Pillman reverses and comes off the top with another shot. The first period expires and the heels win the coin toss (duh), so Flair is in next.
Stablewars, featuring ME!
July 17th, 2008Win Scott Keith’s New Book!
It is my pleasure to announce that Stablewars.com, Kensington Books, and
Scott Keith have teamed up to help promote Scott’s new book Dungeon of
Death: Chris Benoit and the Hart Family Curse. Kensington Books have agreed
to send 50 copies of the book to Stablewars when they become available in
November. These copies will be used as prizes as outlined below. I’d also
like to give a big thanks to Charlie who set up the deal. All I had to do
was confirm the details with Scott’s publisher.
Copies of the book will be given out as follows:
- 1 copy to the winner of each WWE and TNA PPV for the rest of 2008
- 1 copy to a random participant of each WWE and TNA PPV for the rest of
2008
- 1 copy to each person in the top 5 of WWE Stablewars Season 39
- 1 copy to each person in the top 5 of TNA Stablewars Season 27
- 1 copy to each person who wins at WWE or TNA championship in Titlewars for
the rest of 2008 (while supplies last)
Please note that the book will only be available in early November 2008.
Each person is only eligible to win the book once.
If you do not win the book but are interested in obtaining a copy you may
pre-order it at:
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Death-Citadel-Scott-Keith/dp/0806530685?ie=UTF
8&s=books&qid=1215396779&sr=8-2
As usual, submit your Play-Per-View picks here:
http://www.stablewars.com/ppv/registration.php?fed=WWE
Picks are due by Sunday, July 20th at 7:45 PM EST
Great American Bash Card
1 - WWE Championship - Triple H (c) vs. Edge
2 - World Heavyweight Championship - CM Punk (c) vs. Batista
3 - ECW Championship - Mark Henry (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer
4 - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE Tag Team Championship - John Morrison and The
Miz (c) vs. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder vs. Jesse and Festus vs. Finlay and
Hornswoggle
5 - WWE Divas Championship - Natalya vs. Michelle McCool
6 - New York City Parking Lot Brawl- John Cena vs. John Bradshaw Layfield
7 - Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
8 - Not Officially Announced - World Tag Title Match - Ted DiBiase, Jr. &
Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Cryme Tyme
9 - Tiebreaker - What will be the bell-to-bell time of the WWE Championship
match?
Victory!
July 17th, 2008Finally, after the trip to the ER and trying a few things listed on the blog, the combination of Excedrin Tension Headache (my new favorite pain reliever ever!) plus bottles of Gatorade plus mellowing out with the Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80s DVD set have all combined to destroy the evil forces of the flu virus, and I was actually bursting with energy at work today and sold a zillion electric kettles for some weird reason as a result. I can’t explain the powers I wield sometimes, I just use them for the profit of much larger companies. Anyway, to celebrate my newfound health and welfare, more WarGames are coming later tonight!
Bash ‘89 Reposted
July 16th, 2008I’m pretty sure that I reposted this recently in one of our X-7 v. Bash 89 debates, but I got a request for it so here you go again…
The SmarK Retro Re-Rant for WCW Great American Bash 89
- This is yet another one of those rants from 1996 that I was never entirely happy with, so here’s a redone version, now with proper play-by-play and match times. Most of my comments and feelings on the show still stand, though, so don’t expect much in the way of new insight here. This is being done from the Turner video, not the live PPV version, so it’s been hacked down to 125 minutes, albeit in expert form by the Turner video guys.
