The LBTN Express

It's usually the night after with PPV's. UFC PPV's are usually on a Saturday and Bravo usually airs them the day after on Sunday at 9pm.

They show the Ultimate Fight Nights and Ultimate Fighter and I'm pretty sure they'll start airing the events that will air on HBO in the US as well as Bravo has a contract for all UFC shows produced.

The only thing we don't get is the specials leading to the PPV's, the hype shows.

Thanks for the feedback and to be honest I wasn't entirely happy with the middle section of the Rumble either, but it was how I intended it.

The entrance and his elimination were the main points in the match, the entrance more so than the elimination. Consider it as the opening chapter of a DVD as that was and is pretty much the aim with this diary. It's sort of a rundown of the DVD and will include excerpts from a 'The Life & Death of The Ultimate Warrior' book.

The first post was the advertisement and the Rumble is the first 5/10 minutes of the DVD, with the inbetween bit from Warriors entry to his elimination being condensed to show the highlights.

I don't want to give much away as regards to what's going to be happening but there may very well be a point where parts of the Rumble will be written again, detailing little things that wouldn't have probably been picked up on a first viewing of the match. This will probably be re-examined when the eventual meltdown comes.

So just stick with it, it'll pick up I promise. I'm still planning stuff out at this stage. I've got my beginning, I've pretty much got a middle and I've got an end. It's just fitting everything together to make it all make sense in the style I want to do it that's going to be the hard part. I'd say I'm 65% done with the planning of the content of this diary at the moment.

The Royal Rumble

The situation in the ring ~ The #17 entrant Chris Benoit has been in the ring for one minute and 49 seconds. There are nine other men still in the Royal Rumble and they are Ric Flair, Edge, Randy Orton, Rob Van Dam, The Sandman, Kenny Dykstra, Super Crazy, Gregory Helms & Tommy Dreamer.

The clock begins to countdown:

‘Unstable’ The Ultimate Warrior theme kicks in as the words ‘The Ultimate Warrior’ rotate around on the titan-tron. Several recent shots of The Ultimate Warrior in full Warrior get-up in a room surrounded by blue flames flash up before the camera focuses in on The Ultimate Warrior stood at the top of the ramp pumping his fists in the air and puffing his cheeks. 90% of the fans in attendance start jumping up and down going wild for the crazy old fool. He’s wearing multi-coloured trunks, multi-coloured boots with multi-coloured tassels with multi-coloured tassels around his biceps. His hair is frizzy but not to the volume of old and he’s carrying a bit of weight around the gut, but his arms are just as big as they were back in the day, if not more so.

The Ultimate Warrior after taking in the sounds of adulation from the crowd runs at what has to be considered full pace for someone pushing 50 towards the ring. He slides in and immediately goes for Super Crazy, nearly taking his head off with a clothesline. He then clotheslines The Sandman, Rob Van Dam & Gregory Helms before launching Super Crazy over the top rope with a military press. Tommy Dreamer then attacks him with a clubbing forearm to the back and Dreamer and The Sandman go to work on him as Flair is eliminated by Edge and Viscera heads to the ring as #19.

Kenny Dykstra has now joined the attack on The Ultimate Warrior. He, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman all continue to beat on him as Gregory Helms is eliminated by Randy Orton. #20 Johnny Nitro enters and he too joins the beat down on The Ultimate Warrior. The Ultimate Warrior powers up and starts shaking on the ropes as the four continue to punch him. It is no longer having an effect though and Warrior turns around and lays them all out with punches and clotheslines. #21 Kevin Thorn enters and is immediately eliminated by Viscera who is in turn eliminated by Randy Orton & Edge. The Ultimate Warrior then eliminates Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in quick succession as Rob Van Dam is eliminated by Orton & Edge. #22 Hardcore Holly enters. Hardcore Holly tries to eliminate Johnny Nitro as Edge & Randy Orton target The Ultimate Warrior. They do the old spot of trying to push him over the top rope in one corner as the action continues. #23 Shawn Michaels enters and goes to town, super kicking Kenny, Holly & Johnny Nitro, the last of which sends Nitro flying over the top rope. Michaels makes the save for The Ultimate Warrior and he and Warrior toss Orton out of the ring. #24 Chris Masters enters. Warrior and Michaels try to eliminate Edge. Hardcore Holly is trying to eliminate Kenny and Masters ends up pushing them both over the top rope and Chris Masters then makes the save for Edge. #25 Chavo Guerrero enters and is eliminated by Shawn Michaels. The same goes for #26 Montel Vontavious Porter. Edge & Masters and Michaels & Warrior pair up and they all go at each other and it ends up with Warrior eliminating Chris Masters. #27 Carlito enters and he goes straight for Warrior as Edge and Shawn Michaels try to eliminate each other. #28 The Great Khali enters. He takes everyone down but everyone then teams up to eliminate him, including #29 The Miz. Everyone battles for position as #30 The Undertaker enters. The Undertaker cleans house and eliminates The Miz and Carlito, leaving Edge, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker and The Ultimate Warrior as the final four.

Edge and Shawn Michaels go at each other, leaving The Ultimate Warrior and The Undertaker to deal with each other. They stare down in the middle of the ring and The Undertaker throws the first blow. Warrior responds and they slug away at each other. The Undertaker gets the upper hand and whips Warrior into the ropes. Warrior though ducks the resulting big boot and then ducks a clothesline and takes The Undertaker down with a flying shoulder block. Warrior pumps up and starts to shake the ropes. However, he doesn’t notice The Undertaker sit up behind him. As Warrior continues to shake the ropes The Undertaker comes up behind him and tosses him from the ring, leaving Shawn Michaels, Edge and The Undertaker in the ring. The Ultimate Warrior looks irate on the outside, but he eventually comes to terms with being eliminated and heads to the back.

The Undertaker goes on to win the match, to get the title shot at Batista at Wrestlemania.

Next Time on 'The Life & Death of The Ultimate Warrior'

~ The aftermath of the Royal Rumble. What was thought of The Warrior's performance by various people in the back and the reasonings behind him getting to the last four.

~ Plus, what happens when The Ultimate Warrior goes online to find people talking about him being on the juice again.

Warrior

1959 ~ 2008

"When I re-signed him, it was for a one time shot at the Royal Rumble. The fans reacted to him so well I offered him a longer deal. It's not my fault he ended up going even crazier."

Vince McMahon, speaking on The Self Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior: Part II DVD in September 2008

"With each passing day since the incident, I find myself wondering whether they made the right decision or not. Whilst he was ok at first and was getting along with everyone, he suddenly went crazy and wouldn't do a thing asked of him. They went with it because he was crazy and the fans were buying into it. The match with Hogan was something else."

Dave Meltzer, conducting a TV interview in April 2008

"He'd become a close friend over the fourteen months he was back. I can't believe what happened."

Michael Cole, written in an article on wwe.com in April 2008

"He was f'ing crazy, brotha'. I did what I had to do. It was either him or me."

Hulk Hogan, speaking to the police in March 2008.

"Do I regret his death? Was it my fault because I brought him back? He wanted to continue wrestling, I tried to take him off the road but he had an ironclad deal. It was his own damn fault that he died. Not mine."

Vince McMahon, speaking on The Self Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior: Part II DVD in September 2008

It seems as though Uriah Rennie will be relegated from the Premiership referee list to the Championship.

I seem to recall him being demoted before, although it could have been a cup game I saw him in charge of.

D'you think this means we're gonna start getting some MLS games on Sky Sports now?

If I remember right they didn't show an awful lot of La Liga until Beckham went to Real Madrid.

I'd like to see his debut, at least.

BBC Sport Cricket Explanation etc.

That's a good place to look, it'll tell you basic rules and set out aims of Test matches and One Dayers etc.

If you have any other questions about the game I'd be happy to help.

An average age of 19 or something, right?

Bahahaha. Bye bye Chelsea in a few years. Forever, seemingly.

I'm sure Chelsea aren't worried. They'll just buy all the other promising players on the planet.

Thusly making Abel the best defender in the world.

Bravo will be showing Daybreak and Blade soon. I'm looking forward to Daybreak but I'm not bothered about Blade.

I don't know if you would want to get into Daybreak with it being canceled after six episodes. I am not telling you to not watch it or anything as you said you are looking forward to it, but I am just saying that it could be a waste of your time to even bother getting into the show only to have it end after six episodes.

Jericho starts this Friday night on the Hallmark Channel in the UK which I bet most people have missed.

Heroes starts sometime mid February on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Battlestar Season 3 has just started on Sky One and it's looking as good as 1 & 2. Plus Lost will be shown 4 days after it airs in the US (not the usual 6/7 months it was on Ch4) which means I won't have to download it anymore, though I'll probably end up doing that as I won't be able to wait. Plus 24 aswell.

Bravo will be showing Daybreak and Blade soon. I'm looking forward to Daybreak but I'm not bothered about Blade.

Season 2 of Prison Break is on soon on Ch5 as well, but I'm already up to epsiode 13 on that anyway.

Plus Season 2 of the excellent The Unit should be starting soon on Bravo too. Anyone else watch this show?

No, when (seemingly) the ratings drop to the extent that Channel 4 didn't see any value in renewing the contract to show the 3rd series, there is something a little off there. Ratings don't seem to be as big a deal in the UK as they are in the US, but when such a flagship show as Lost isn't picked up again by the channel that brought it to the UK, they seemingly see no value in forking out the money for it.

Am I right in thinking that UFC doesn't allow kicks to the head? Or am I just dreaming this? If it's true, it'll be an interesting test to see Cro-Cop's well roundedness and how it stacks up against the UFC's heavyweight division.

It all depends where you have the 360 and on what type of surface. I got mine on release and I've never felt it get really hot, it's just two foot away from a radiator as well. When it has been hot it's never been hotter than what my laptop can get to.

If you have it on a wooden or metal stand with plenty of room behind it, it should be fine. If it's on the floor on a carpet or something like that, that's when you'll need an intercooler.

If I did need to buy one though I'd probably hold out for a better one or just stick a mini fan round the back of it.

In my third season as Charlton I'm currently in the Championship. I got relegated in the second season which I've never had happen to me before. Yet despite being relegated it's probably the most fun game I've had on any FM/CM. I seem to enjoy games more when I'm struggling.

We jumped out to around 25 points in 15 or so games in that second season and I thought Europe was possible but we went on one of the worst runs possible picking up just 13 points from the remaining 20 odd games. We needed to win the last game to stay up and Reading to lose. Reading lost and at half time we were 3-0 up but ended up drawing the game 4-4 and going down.

Currently 1st in the Championship with 88 points after 32 games (28 wins, 4 draws, 0 losses) and miles clear of Sunderland in 3rd place so promotion is pretty much a given as we've got the strongest team in the division by a long way. I'm aiming to finish with around 120. Despite going down I managed to keep all my players as I've turned Charlton into something of a financial force. We've got £32 million in the bank and I've got a transfer budget of around £20 million to ensure we stay up next season. We're currently the eigth biggest club in England, despite being out of the Premiership. The board expanded the ground over the first two seasons to 42,000 and we've got a lucrative deal set up with Miami for merchandising.

I'd like to point out Abou Diomande, he's in the Charlton Under 18's at the start. He came into the team due to injuries and despite not having the best stats all across the board he's got 16 in finishing and 20 pace and acceleration at the moment and I think everything is else is below or around 10 in mine. So far he's netted 14 goals in 11 starts and is keeping Henri Camara out of the side. Billy Sharp (signed from Scunthorpe for £2.2 million) is also knocking them in at about the same rate (24 goals in 31 starts).

So yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing how we do when we go back up.

What are the chances of Kimo in UFC? I'm guessing slim and none, but he was on the WFA card, IIRC.

I'm absolutely thrilled about this. It's been stuck in limbo for ever and I'm glad it's not getting made into a movie as it didn't quite fit (Unless it was done by Clint Eastwood, with Clint playing the Saints of Killers as well). I'd always hoped HBO would pick up the rights to make it into a 10 part mini series or a regular series running for 3 or 4 seasons.

1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

2. Zach Braff

3. Johnny Depp

4. Denzel Washington

5. Terrence Howard

6. Don Cheadle

7. Matt Damon

8. Benicio Del Toro

9. Steve Buscemi

10. Barry Pepper

The only one I know of was that the PS2 could be used to launch and control missiles, or rather parts of it were military grade and taken apart and could be used to build something that could potentially launch missiles.

I'll see if I can find a link to the story.

EDIT: Link

I'm really looking forward to Bioshock. I think it's got serious potential to top Gears Of War. There was a 10 minute or so video floating around of the developer playing through the game and it looked immense. The whole interaction thing with the 'Big Daddy' and 'Little Sisters' looks great and it seems to have a very advanced AI system in place.

1. Lost

2. 24

3. Prison Break

4. Battlestar Galactica (New)

5. Curb Your Enthusiasm

6. Stargate SG-1

7. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

8. Scrubs

9. Red Dwarf

10. I'm Alan Partridge

Anyone pre-ordered this from play.com?

I did, now it has disapeared from my outstanding orders and order history, I'm not sure what has happened, usually it will say processing or posted.

I don't want to order again, incase two turn up.

Hmm, same thing seems to have happened to me. What platform did you order it for? Mine's 360.

It's definately going to be awesome. Can't wait for it to come out, the trailer looks top class & as you said, what with it being QT, his part should be just as good. Is it definately two one hour movies? I was having a read around & there seems to be different opinions on time of the movies.

That was an assumption on my part. They may be longer, and I suppose it all comes down to the editing process which, since the whole thing isn't completely shot yet, has probably yet to begin.

Eko left because he'll be directing movie pretty soon about his life and his upbringing. He never committed to a long term deal and it was supposedly his idea to be written out during the six episode arc and not later in the season.

I'm betting on Pickett dying. He's shown tied up in the promo and IIRC Juliette says he's going to kill Sawyer so I'm thinking Juliette kills Pickett or something to gain Kate or Sawyer's trust. Although with recent teasers I don't see how this'll work now.

I doubt it's Ben. Michael Emerson is credited as being a regular and is not a secondary character.

From what I've seen it doesn't look overly hard. It'll be one of those games that's relatively easy on the normal diffculty level but be very hard on the higher difficulties.

Plus it's more of a find cover and shoot type of game (think GRAW) than a run and gun. So you'll be moving from cover to cover rather than running about all over the place.