http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:39:33 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-410244 Plus they're jobbing all the ECW guys (even Sandman tonight). The main events don't even feature ECW guys. At this point, I can't even figure out why they call it ECW. I gave it a try. But nope. No argument here. Thanx for the comment. -Glen ]]> 410244@blogcritics.org Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:39:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-410237 OOOOOHHHHH YEAH! Let's market the EXTREME brand of professional wrestling on a major cable network... And immediately banish our star wrestler as soon as he does something TRULY EXTREME!!! The WWE is so screwed, really... Their handling of this situation is more like the 1980s WWWF, when Superfly Snuka was punished fr his misdeeds, than the so-called "modern WWE"... Would "Degeneration X" support RVD if they existed in real life? Damn straight. But they're just a bad joke now. Screw the WWE. ]]> 410237@blogcritics.org Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:01:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402945 Rayvin, Nope, the writing is pretty much as bad as you remember. Theres also been a decided up-tick in the ammount of times male ass is shown on TV. Exactly what the wrestling audience demands right? But wait, Vince knows his audience better than anybody...right? Thanx for the comment Rayvin. -Glen ]]> 402945@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:13:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402913 I have only just gotten back into watching wrestling in the last two weeks, after an absence of about two years. Now, I highly doubt that things have changed that much since then, because the writing is still horrific. THAT is reason number one that ECW is destined to fail. I always loved ECW a heck of a lot more than I ever enjoyed WWE. The last two weeks of ECW are reminiscent of the reason I quit watching wrestling altogether in the first place...the plot lines seem like recycled WWE failures. Has anyone else come to the same realization? Or is it just me? ]]> 402913@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 18:33:36 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402870 I don't know Matt...that gash on the back last week that Sabu took the hard way doing that atomic arabian facebuster sure looked like blood to me. Anyway, I agree the product started out looking pretty bad...and I actually gave them a pass of sorts for the first week's disaster. But its looked a little better the last two weeks. They were headed the right direction I think. The darkened arena and especially the move to the small arena this week had me somewhat encouraged. Theres no way this is going to be exactly like old ECW just because I don't think McMahon wants to deal with all those injuries. But this thing with RVD and Sabu sure doesn't help matters in terms of the long-range plan does it? -Glen P.S. I thought Big Show looked awful in that match you describe as decent. RVD completely carried that match. ]]> 402870@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:10:40 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402798 "the enhanced physiques Vince McMahon seems to like to push." Or the one McMahon himself has... ANYway... ECW's first show was a disaster. Their second show was a disaster. The past few weeks have been mildly better. They have one hour and don't make enough use of it. The Big Show/RVD match was their longest one yet, and while decent, it's nothing like ECW. Aside from Sandman, no one has even bled yet. It's hard to imagine why they're not giving us a real ECW product. Surely they know what the brand is/was. I can't imagine their reasoning for not pushing it like they should. However, the ratings have been incredible, so maybe they'll stick with what they have. ]]> 402798@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:14:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402769 If you wanna do drugs, guys, do it on your own time. Not when I chose both of you in the WWE Fantasy game. Do you realize you guys (especially Sabu) cost me a ton of points?! ]]> 402769@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:23:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402766 Wes, Agreed on all counts. What more can I say? Thanx for the comment. -Glen ]]> 402766@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:19:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402757 RVD and Sabu deserve what they get for getting caught, but this relaunch isn't doomed to fail because of what's happening to RVD. It's doomed to fail because Vince McMahon is an insufferable prick with an unrivaled ego. I'm not going to go into the myriad reasons for this...I'm sure you know them all. But this new ECW is going nowhere fast. RVD and Sabu are helping it get there quicker, but this never had a chance to begin with. A damn shame, too... ]]> 402757@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:04:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402734 Ruvy, Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura was never involved in the Extreme Championship Wrestling brand. He was a wrestler in the then WWF (World Wrestling Federation), now the WWE for many years dating back to the seventies. I believe he got his start, like fellow old school great Roddy Piper, in the regional Portland, Oregon wrestling promotion. Big difference between the wrestling of that era and the more violent style of ECW. Hope that answers the question. And thanks for the comment. -Glen ]]> 402734@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 13:25:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/05/122229.php#comment-402716 I have a dumb question. For how long was former Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura, involved with this "Extreme Wrestling". Or is my memory going fsster than my money? ]]> 402716@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:54:15 EDT