Verder

Well, there was "Amusement Park" (the suck). After that, we've gotten "Ayo Technology", "I Get Money" and "Follow My Lead", and all of these except for 'Technology have been disappointing to me. Whereas "Stronger" has become one of my favourite songs ever. 50's album still has one single coming, called "Come & Go", Fiddy says it will be the new "In Da Club" but... yeah, surely it will

Luda is not as good as he used to be, T.I. is good. Most of the snap / create-a-dance songs nowadays are made by one-hit wonders anyway, so I'm not worried about it staying around for too long. I'm excited about Kanye West's stuff, but I'm more excited about him creating an avenue for guys like Common, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli in the mainstream. Weezy and Jeezy are both solid rappers as well.

Just waiting for Detox.

The book was a very good read, finished reading about four days ago, had to read it through in two days. I have to agree though with most of people here on the matters of characters dying. By the time Harry went to battle Voldy, there was a line that said Lupin, Tonks and Fred were all dead. "Lupin?" Did I miss the part where Lupin dies? Cause I don't remember reading such a moment. Granted, I didn't read absolutely every word but...

During the battle of Hogwarts, I just hoped all the time that McConagall (or however it's spelt) and/or Hagrid wouldn't die. And I'm glad they didn't, was good to see some characters from the very first book not named Harry, Ron, Neville or Hermione survive through the entire series.

Does anyone else agree, though, that the line of Kingsley's Patronus ("The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming.") is the best line of the entire series?

I'm looking forward to the new book. I started reading them when I was about 9 or somethin (not sure) and I've kind of lost intrest in them now, but I'll still read the book and see the new movie just for the sake of it basically. After reading them for that long I kind of have to know the end.

I was thinking about it the other day though, anyone else expect

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Regulas Black (Sirius' brother) to be R.A.B.?

A brand new trailer from E3 yesterday:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PUhzKYXuDWY

English voice acting (Y)

I've really enjoyed this so far. But just as a note, Jericho and Cena feuded in 2005, not 2006 - so when you wrote "last year" in the promos it should actually be "two years ago" (Y)

Oh and The End, I need to do that fight, one of my mates decided to sniper him earlier on at some point and screw with my camo collection scheme. Which camo do you even get from The End?

Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams, for sure.

"I walk alone, I walk alone. I walk alone, I walk-a..."

"...I walk alone... AND VODKA."

Yeah, thats 2003 for ya, not the games fault

I don't have Know Your Role, so I'll just have to deal with Here Comes The Pain, which is fucking awesome aswell, and I played it yesterday. For two hours. Actually, I had forgotten how great this game actually was, especially the season mode. Since you can start a new season AND retain the same title holders from the previous, plus all workers' stats remain untouched. Man, I loved it when you could start up a faction at Unforgiven and name it after an IRL stable. I always went with "Power Trip".

The pretty much only thing I don't like, is that King of the Ring has been replaced with... Bad Blood?

---Cleveland Gund Arena---

WWF World Heavyweight Championship

"The Game" Triple H © vs. Big Show

-The main event of the 1999 No Mercy features the reigning World Wrestling Federation Champion, Triple H, against his most menacing and dangerous challenger yet, the seven-feet tall, five-hundred pound Big Show. On the August 23rd episode of Monday Night RAW, Triple H smashed a steel chair over both Mankind's and The Rock's heads and blasted Mankind with the Pedigree to win the World title - Shane McMahon made the three count. Soonafter, the brand extension came to play and the revenge-woving Mankind was sent to SmackDown, while Triple H "remained" on RAW to meet new difficulties. Difficulties, indeed, as the monsterous giant soon made his way up the red brand ranks, and this all peaked a few weeks ago with Big Show beating Steve Austin in a number one contenders' match. This situation certainly pits "The Game" against huge odds, but you can be sure that he is ready to fight. Not only that, the RAW General Manager Shawn Michaels has also promised that he would not let Big Show leave No Mercy as the WWF Champion. What does this mean? Will Michaels interfere on Triple H's behalf? When the most decorated prize in our business is on the line, anything could happen.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Jeff Jarrett

-Over the past few weeks, Jeff Jarrett has declared that he's going to steal "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's thunder, and that he's going to be proud of it. From assistance from the destructive Big Show or sneaky attacks from behind, to insulting Austin's accomplishments, the Intercontinental Champion has seemingly done it all in order to piss the Texas Rattlesnake off. Usually that's something you don't do and you'll get beaten up because of it, but yet every time Austin has tried to get revenge, Double J has managed to slip out of the trouble one way or another. To prove his point of Austin being a 'wash-up', it was Jeff Jarrett who challenged Stone Cold to this match. Austin accepted, and that sealed the fact that we will be seeing a brawl at No Mercy. Jeff Jarrett claims this match will finish the feud, nobody has heard of Steve Austin's opinion - that remains to be seen...

Mark Henry vs. The Undertaker

-The WWF European Champion, Mark Henry, is a brave competitor. The "World's Strongest Man" has stood up to the Undertaker, who on the other hand has been causing havoc ever since he became the leader of the Ministry of Darkness. In the RAW brand, his actions only seemed to get more intense. This will be a hard-hitting encounter, and this could possibly end up being the most accurate portrayal of showing no mercy. Will Henry be able to overcome incredible odds and slingshot himself into the WWF main event scene, or will The Undertaker make him rest in peace?

Legion of Doom vs. Edge and Christian

-In the second tag team bout of the night, the legendary duo of the Road Warriors Animal and Hawk - the Legion of Doom - go head to head with two men, according to their own words, 'on the rise'... those two being Christian Cage and his brother Adam Copeland, better known as "Edge". This rivalry started when Edge and Christian teamed up with The Undertaker to take on Mark Henry and the L.O.D. The full-force Ministry prevailed, but an intense feud was started. Soonafter, the two tag teams delivered us a fantastic match that had wrestling fans around the world gasping in amazement. The concept of 'the past versus the future' was finally in use, and a rematch seemed neccesary. Very soon, it came official and that's how we've ended up here. Will the L.O.D get the win again, or will "E&C" find a way to walk out as victors?

Al Snow vs. Test vs. Goldust vs. X-Pac

-On Shotgun Saturday Night, the fantastic Al Snow adressed this situation concerning this year's No Mercy's card: there was room for one more match indeed, but no more! The space has been filled with a fatal fourway, elimination rules match, and Al Snow has even taken care of the prizes: the winner will receive a future shot at the WWF European Championship - currently in possession of Mark Henry. There has been no guarantee of the date of this shot, but the alone idea has got some superstars' heads buzzing. X-Pac wasted a little time answering to the challenge with friendly manners, and the powerhouse Test revealed his particiapation later on at Shotgun. It has just been informed to WWF.com today that Goldust will be the 'fourth man' to battle in this brawl. Is the winner of this match bound for glory? Is one of these four men the next Euro Champ? Only time will tell.

The Dudley Boyz vs. The Stooges

-So it has come down to this: Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco are going to wrestle in a pay-per-view. Patterson could almost be acceptable, but we're three months away from 2000, so... Nevertheless, you can expect there won't be much to see of these two, as their No Mercy opponents are the debuting dem-damn-Dudleys. Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley have arrived to Monday Night RAW, and they're ready to make an impact that cannot be forgotten. Then again, losing to the Stooges in your debut match would undisputedly be a shame hard to get off your shoulders.

PLUS: The RAW GM Shawn Michaels has promised to hold a speech at No Mercy concerning the state of his dear brand and some of the top names in the roster...

-Cleveland, Ohio

-October 2nd, 1999

The second month with the brand extension in use began with an episode of Shotgun Saturday Night, and this also marked the very last pit stop before the quite possibly mediocre pay-per-view event known as No Mercy. The evening started off with Aquarius taking on the mischievous Sho Funaki. These two japanese warriors had very different reactions from the Ohio crowd, as Aquarius got some cheers and some boos, probably due to the fact that his wrestling attire is somewhat silly, and Funaki just got no reaction at all. The man from the underwater got the victory in no time as he connected the Abyss Dive on Funaki for the three count. Aquarius continues his undefeated streak - yes, well, it's only 3-0 though, but you get the picture..

Last Monday on RAW, we saw a video package hyping up the nearing in-ring debut of Justin Credible. Now on Saturday, another vignette aired, but it wasn't Credible this time. Instead, we had Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley walking down a street somewhere, presumably Philadelphia, PA, and talking about coming to the WWF. Bubba Ray stated that 'they used to live here', but now they're 'moving' to a better place. He continued by noting that they know a few people are trying to make waves in the RAW brand's midcard section, but the Dudley Boyz would be making the biggest impact of all. D-Von added that they are grateful for what "Bruce" (a reference to the name Paul Heyman used while calling to the WWF telephone show titled something I can't recall and insulting Vince McMahon about his booking ideas) did to them, but now it's time to go and try in the WWF and get high, oh brother testify. Bubba Ray then said that the Dudleyz would be making their official debut tomorrow at No Mercy. The video ended with the words "COMING SOON" blasting towards the screen.

A video concerning "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and hyping up the greatest moments of his career, such as winning the WWF title at WrestleMania 1998, seemed to air. However it became soon crystal clear that it was all a prank set up by Jeff Jarrett: the actual video ended in a shot of Austin getting arrested, and then we cut to the smiling face of Jarrett. Double J said that he's heard about Shawn Michaels' decision to put the Intercontinental Championship on the line, when it comes to his match with Austin. Jarrett continued - no matter what Austin has done and accomplished, he can't beat the Tennessee country singer. Jarrett proclaimed that after he beats Stone Cold tomorrow in the middle of the ring, one, two, three, it'll be over, it'll be all over, and then Austin would have absolutely no way to defend himself...

Next on Shotgun, a WWF midcard regular made his 'anticiapated' comeback after the booking team had forgotten about him for a week. That's right, Al Snow made his mark known tonight, as he got on the microphone and said that since No Mercy is tomorrow and there's still room for one more match, he wants to fill that void. He laid down a challenge for a fatal fourway match that would prove the true meaning of showing no mercy. Snow added that he had figured this out with the magnificient Mark Henry earlier on, and thus the winner of the fourway elimination battle royal would receive a WWF European Championship shot... somewhat soon. Only one man answered, and that was X-Pac. He came down to the ring and ended up shaking hands with Snow. Thus far the fourway seemed more like a singles match, but that changed as the night went on...

Edge and Christian will be challenging the Road Warriors at the pay-per-view, but on tonight's episode of Shotgun Saturday Night, Adam Copeland had some other business to deal with. One man, to be exact, and this happened to be the very same man who announced a fatal fourway match-up just few moments ago, Al Snow. That could be a good match, and as for The Snowman and Edge, they put on one hell of a showdown here. In what was clearly the match of the night, Edge just managed to beat Snow, but read 'just' - he was literally on the verge of losing after Snow connected with the Snowplow and the referee counted two and a half. Soonafter, Snow tried to re-create the previous situation, but Edge countered the Snowplow attempt into a Buzz Killer and covered. This time, Al Snow got a shoulder up, which Edge clearly couldn't buy. He pulled Snow up and started to yell at him. Right then, Snow headbutted Edge, causing much trouble for his opponent to remain standing on his feet. Snow took some velocity from the ropes and went for a clothesline, but Edge saw it coming and hit a stand-still Spear (you know, Edge doesn't run at all. Sure seems like a spinebuster but it's not), which finally gave him the victory. The lesson of the story? Buzz Killer doesn't always 'kill'.

The Big Show proved Triple H exactly why the champion should be afraid of him, as we are just 24 hours away from No Mercy. This footage seemed to be from a house show few nights ago though, but atleast it's still fresh. The angry giant assaulted Triple H from behind with a clothesline while he was on his way to his locker room, and then blasted him with the Final Cut, leaving "The Game" laying on the floor of a hallway. Big Show took one last good look at the WWF Championship before kissing it and then placing it on Triple H's chest. The Cerebral Assasin is in for one hell of a task tomorrow. Can he topple the giant?

It's almost as if Edge had gotten extremely self-confident earlier on by defeating Al Snow - backstage, he and his on-screen brother Christian Cage attacked Road Warriors Animal and Hawk. From behind, of course. Everything heelish in the Federation happens... from behind, and that starts to sound a little perverse now, so let's just cut to the chase. Christian had a steel chair in hand and he punished Animal with it, as he hit the painted powerhouse in the back for approximately six times. Edge, on the other hand, got enough satisfaction from stomping Hawk. After it was all said and done, two more babyfaces were left down and out as the heel team walked away. Can E&C make it 1-1 against the L.O.D?

In the main event, the European Champion Mark Henry took on Test in a non-title match. Before the ME got underway, Test informed the announce team that he'd be particiapating in Al Snow's big Fatal Fourway match at No Mercy, and this lead to Michael Cole wondering if Henry and Test would possibly meet again soon for the title. That just might be if Test manages to pull off the victory tomorrow, but right now it certainly didn't seem like it. Henry started out with a running elbow that actually looked pretty fastly executed, and that's big time for this man. The "World's Strongest Man" then continued the beatdown, until Test managed to hit a Big Boot to the chin of the Euro champ. Test then started to furiously punch Mark in the head and punish him in other ways aswell. In the closing moments, Henry had managed to turn the game back on and was about to finish off his opposition with the Death From Above, but at that moment the bell tolled, AND the lights went out. This indeed marked The Undertaker's presence. The lights soon became back on and Henry was now standing face to face with the Deadman! Undertaker attacked incredibly quickly, even before Henry could throw a punch at him, and made an example of Henry with a (poorly done) Chokeslam!

The Ministry's leader, The Undertaker, then got out of the ring as the fans booed, and Andrew Martin got back up. He pulled up the WWF European Champion and ended it once and for all with the Pumphandle Slam for the count of three. Michael Cole then kept hyping up what a big and important victory Test had just gotten. Test kept on celebrating and, though nobody could hear his voice due to the music playing so loud, you could see him syncing together "doing big, it's my destiny". Whether is true or not remained to be seen, but nonetheless, Shotgun went off the air as Henry was out cold and The Undertaker walked up the aisle...

-Columbus, Ohio

-September 27th 1999

Monday Night RAW had an action-packed opening segment this week, as we started out by having a ring assistant handing a microphone to Stone Cold" Steve Austin himself. The Texas Rattlesnake said that it's only seven days until No Mercy, and despite having a chance to get his hands on Jeff Jarrett in just those seven short days, he can't help but feeling like opening a can of whoop-ass here tonight. Austin further explained that normally, it wouldn't be this way, but after getting his ass handed to him by Jarrett and "that vanilla gorilla bastard" Big Show three television shows in a row, he's slightly starting to have enough. Stone Cold then called Double J out, and the fans certainly were behind him on this one. Jeff Jarrett did not answer, however, and this lead to Austin marching up the aisle and going to the backstage - all because of getting some revenge on his Sunday night opponent!

Stone Cold really searched for Jarrett every place you could possibly imagine, but the Intercontinental Champion was nowhere to be found. Austin even grabbed a rat from the floor and took a look inside the little animal's backside, but Double J wasn't there either! He then headed to the boiler room, and unfortunately received a hard-hitting guitar shot from the welcoming committee. Jeff Jarrett stomped a mud hole on Austin and even gave him the middle finger - all of this whilst Steve was laying on his back on the floor. Jarrett then said that Austin had absolutely no chance in hell of leaving Cleveland as a winner. And J.J aknowledged that it sounded all too familiar to Austin from the times of Vince McMahon, so he added a little something of his own into the verbal assault. Not to say "Ain't I Great" would strike fear to my heart, but Austin was left beaten up yet again.

Up next, the recently signed Samoan Not-So-Submission Machine Rikishi made his RAW debut, and it was against The Ministry of Darkness' Gangrel. The Ministry's credibility took another blow as Rikishi defeated Gangrel in quite a short time, and that was pretty much just by using his backside. Of course, Gangrel did manage to hit a few punches here and there every once in a while, but in just three minutes time, Rikishi connected the Rikishi Driver. Which is a modification of Tombstone, which, again, is the Ministry's leader Undertaker's finishing move. Oh, the irony. The fat Samoan then dragged Gangrel to the southeast section of the ring and finished him off with the BANZAI Drop, also knows as the Rump Shaker. But let's face it, Banzai Drop sounds cooler, and the fact that it is BANZAI Drop is just plain menacing.

Rikishi wasn't the only one debuting tonight: The former ECW Heavyweight Champion, Justin Credible, also received airtime on tonight's episode of RAW. Credible wasn't in Ohio, though - he made his first WWF appearance via a taped vignette...

"So those wrestlers out there bust their asses off day in and day out. They do this for a living, it brings the food to the table. It keeps their families alive, and some even say that it's their burning passion. But if you look closer, you can see that all these men actually do is go into that ring, throw a few punches here and there and hit some fake, posed finishing move. Then they dare to celebrate and the people and the critics, and the politics behind the curtains say that the wrestlers gave everything they had. And they did it here in the WWF. They say it's fair.

Credible leaned forward towards the screen.

Well if it's fair, then I should be the damn World Champion by the very least right now. My name is Justin Credible, and if somebody does this for a living, it's me. I bled, I sweat, I broke my body in half in Philadelphia - and yet it took the Titan Towers something like two and a half years to sign me. Meanwhile, aaaaal of these fake wrestlers mess around, some even in 'Hardcore Rules' matches. Yet, they have no idea what being 'hardcore' even is. They do it, because that's what they are told to do. Well I'm sick and tired of it.

Credible now sat up, picked up the chair and threw it furiously against a wall. He then leaned towards again, staring at the camera in the lamplight.

"And that's why I'm going to do something about it."

He pulled out a contract with the WWF logo in it.

I was offered a WWF contract a few days ago. Well guess what, I am signing this little piece of paper. I am coming to the World Wrestling Federation. I am going to bring the pain, and I'm going to show you just what it's like to be for real, to really earn what you have. But I won't show you what being 'hardcore' is, at least not first. I'll rather take all of you down in your own game. And believe me - That's not just cool. That's not just great.

One last, intense, mean look at the camera before the picture faded out...

"That's just incredible!"

As RAW came back from a commercial break, the WWF Champion Triple H was standing in front of Shawn Michaels' office. He looked like a concerned man, perhaps slightly frustrated and somewhat in need of help. Just as "The Game" was about to knock the door, it opened and out walked the Big Show, who would be challenging the man right next to him in just seven days at No Mercy. Shawn Michaels soon came in to play aswell, and he managed to keep Show and Hunter apart from each other, saving the big brawl for Sunday. Michaels and Triple H then entered a discussion, and the Heartbreak Kid got right to the point: Hunter had something on his mind. Triple H confirmed that this was very much correct, but it might not be what Shawn thinks it is. HHH said that right now, he'd like to kick Michaels' head in for re-starting the #1 Contenders' match between Austin and the Big Show last Monday. The RAW General Manager answered back quickly by saying that he did what was best for the business, and now with HHH/Show AND Austin/Jarrett headlining the PPV, he had two main events instead of one. Shawn then added that he doesn't want to hurt their friendship, he just confirmed that the RAW brand benefits in a best way possible. Michaels then pulled HHH right next to him and said that when it comes to the WWF title match on Sunday, he is on Triple H's side in this one. The intense segment then drew to a close as Michaels promised that the Big Show wouldn't be walking out of Cleveland as the World Wrestling Federation Champion. Michaels then had 'business' to take care of, and he left the Champion alone. And the Champ didn't seem to trust Michaels too much now either...

Also this week on RAW, we got a little preview the upcoming No Mercy battle between the Legion of Doom and Edge and Christian, as Road Warrior Hawk took on Edge and Animal went toe to toe with Christian Cage. The match between Edge and Hawk took place first, but didn't really differ from the match between Cage and Animal. The first one lasted for nine minutes, and it all ended when Edge managed to hit Hawk with a Spear and got the three count.

Backstage, the reigning WWF European Champion Mark Henry attacked The Undertaker's manager Paul Bearer with his championship belt. This way, Henry tried to send a message to his opponent this Sunday, and how incredible is it that Henry is the babyface here and Undertaker is the villain of the story?

It was now E&C's Christian Cage's turn to take on a Road Warrior. Christian's foe was Animal, and the facepainted powerhouse certainly showed exactly why they call him Animal. If Edge lasted against Hawk for nine minutes and won, Christian's luck was so much worse. Animal threw him around the ring, until Cage managed to poke him in the eye. Christian went for the Impaler, but Animal somehow countered that into an Electric Chair Drop. He then pulled the poor man Christian up and blasted him with a Sit-Out Powerbomb for the win. Afterwards, Edge ran into the ring and tried to attack Animal with a steel chair. Animal got out of the way in time, however, and Edge's chair met Christian's skull instead! Animal then speared Edge and left E&C laying on the canvas, much to the fans' delight. Is this a taste of what's to come?

The seven foot tall, five-hundred pound one man wrecking crew Big Show was in his locker room preparing for a slice of tag team hell - up next!

In the huge Monday Night RAW main event, The Undertaker and the Big Show teamed up to take on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Triple H. Austin didn't seem to be in 100% due to Jeff Jarrett's attack earlier on, whereas Triple H was more prepared than ever to get his hands on the Big Show, his challenger this Sunday night. Both teams had their great moments and the advantage really was traded between the teams often. At one point the Big Show and the Deadman took Triple H down with a devastating Double Chokeslam, but Austin came back to the ring just in time to keep the match going, by attacking the legal man, The Undertaker. In the closing moments of the match-up, HHH blasted The Undertaker with a Pedigree. Austin then went for a Stunner on the Big Show, but 500 pound giant countered the attack into a big boot! Triple H then assaulted Show with the Pedigree and got the three count! The show ended as Stone Cold and Triple H celebrated in the ring, and JR wondered if the two warriors could overcome the odds again this Sunday. Shawn Michaels was shown in his office aswell, watching the closing moments of show very carefully and then closing the TV, and biting his upper lip...

Metal Gear Solid 2 is my number one. First of all, it features the awesome MGS theme song. Second of all, Sons of Liberty's version of the song is better than MGS1's. Third, it kinda shows you all the events of the game already, without actually spoiling anything. And four, it gives you a feeling that you really get to play the whole game through as Snake... which is not true after all

Then, well, somehow GTA: San Andreas' intro is somewhat appealing to me. True, it's not that special, but all the locations of the game are included and then there's the great opening theme. I love that theme.

The topic title says "WWE/TNA pictures", but by taking a look at this page I can see that it's not exactly the case anymore.

In short, I need a picture of Jett Taylor.

I think it haven't been the case in many, many, many months

Anyways, here's a Jett Taylor that I have:

Jett Taylor:

The topic title says "WWE/TNA pictures", but by taking a look at this page I can see that it's not exactly the case anymore. Therefore I'm asking if anyone has an image or picture WHATSOEVER of a wrestler called Jett Taylor. I searched via Google but got nothing wrestling-related. Then I took the basic Google search and found out that the guy has wrestled in a Pro Wrestling Iron event in the past, so he isn't a nobody either. And technically this shouldn't be a problem - yeah, no pic, big deal - but when you're playing as the WWE, the guy is the best technical wrestler in your promotion after about 12 months in OVW and he's almost in your Upper Midcard section, you'd kinda like to know what he looks like, right?

In short, I need a picture of Jett Taylor.

Positive...

1. Jessica Simpson

2. Elisha Cuthbert

3. Rachel Blanchard

4. Natalie Portman

5. Mickie James

6. Allison Mack

7. Rachel Bilson

8. Renee Zellweger (She is kinda older than the others in this list...)

9. Pink (the singer, preferably not that much make-up on AND with hair... Well of course the singer. Who else could it be? I don't know. Do you? I guess we'll never know)

10. Carmen Electra

Negative...

1. Paris Hilton

2. Nicole Richie

3. Anna Nicole Smith ^_^

4. Jennifer Aniston

5. Candice. Yes, the WWE diva.

-Columbus, Ohio

-September 25th, 1999

We see a short hype video featuring such stars as Goldust, Mark Henry, the L.O.D, X-Pac, Test and Sable (in bikini neccesarily). After it's over, we are taken inside the Anaheim Convention Center, where small silver pyros go off. Michael Cole and Howard Finkel welcome us to the show, which promises to be an action packed evening of RAW-brand action!

Aquarius & Scorpio vs. The Headbangers

-The announcers billed the babyface tag team as "Aquarius and Scorpio". Whether this means that the creative WWF bunch have actually come up with a stupid tarotzodiacastrologyshizzle thing storyline, or not, remains to be seen, but one thing was for sure: This was a sound tag team match. The Headbangers were still somewhat good, and Aquarius was just too good, and Scorpio was just plain awesome. He seemed to be in possibly the best shape of his whole career in this match, as he tagged with the man known in the indies as Yoshihiro Tajiri. The contest went on for as long as 7 minutes, which was very surprising, considering the main event. The ending was impressive, as Aquarius came on Mosh with the Abyss Dive (Moonsault), while Scorpio made Trasher receive the Tumbleweed. Scorpio then hooked the leg and got the three count. Afterwards Scorpio and Aquarius posed for the camera.

MQ 79% - CR 55% - OR 67%

The Champ's Two Cents

Or rather ten, because Mark Henry always gives all he's got and 110 percent. Nonetheless, here is the World Wrestling Federation European Champion at the interview area, standing all alone, so near the camera screen that you can almost see his breath against it.

Mark Henry: Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to talk a lot of smack. His name was Jeff Jarrett, and, somehow, he had once even managed to win the Intercontinental title from somebody. But that's not my point. This man, Jeff Jarrett, became so arrogant and so full of himself, that he dared to step up to a former World Champion, one of the baddest men on the planet, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin. Jeff knew that he couldn't beat Austin fairly, so he hired henchmen to do the dirty work for him. And so it continued. Well, that was until a solution was found: Mark Henry, "The Wrestling Machine", is here and fired up and all ready to go. Yo Steve, I know you're angry, but listen. Tonight, the "Sexual Chocolate" will beat the living hell out of Jeff Jarrett for you. A'ight, Jarrett, you punk ass sucka, I'm comin' for yo' sorry ass!

Fearsome and menacing, plain and simple. Or perhaps just something like those backstage promos of the WWF Attitude game's story mode. The Ahmed Johnson ones.

66%

The Second Day is Always Better Than The First

As we come back from the break, Christian Cage, who's holding a microphone and Adam 'Edge' Copeland are standing in the ring, wearing typical dark Ministry outfits. They look all business this time.

Christian Cage - This past Monday night, yours truly and my brother Edge here tried to put on a best of a showdown possible. We stepped into the ring and we busted our asses, and we just wanted to get noticed - after all, wrestling two bald and ugly has-beens really doesn't 'click' with the audience, right? I mean, hell! You barely even know who we are. Yes, you know he's Edge and I'm Christian, but what else? What else is there to it? You know we can pull off five star matches if we want to, you know we've beaten them all, and you know that we support the Ministry of Darkness and thus the Dark Lord himself, but seriously, what else? While all of you low lifes try to figure that out, here's my brother's two cents...

Christian hands Edge the mic.

Edge - I know you're confused. Christian didn't exactly tell our message in a clearest way possible, but the point is that if we want to get noticed and, like, actually, get into the mainstream in the WWF, we gotta get something big going on. This is what we've come to realize, and this is what we're gonna do. We are going to make it to the mainstream of this brand, and soon everyone in the RAW locker room knows exactly who we are, but until then...

Edge takes a look at the canvas before going on and handing Christian the mic soon after.

Edge - Until then, we've also still got some unfinished business.

Christian Cage - That's the message we're conveying, alright. Now, despite the unbearable fact that, yes, we did lose on Monday night - I think the art we produce in the ring with the Roadies is just too sweet to cut off this soon. One match ain't enough at all, so that's why, Road Warri-ahs', we're calling 'ya out! C'mon, what do you say, da E&C versus the Legion-uhh of Doom-uhh, Monday Night RAW re-match, a little bit over a week from now, at No Mercy! C'MON!

For the first time in about forever, Edge and Christian get pops. That's only due to requesting a match from the L.O.D though, of course...

"OOOOOOOOOOHHHH WHAT A RUSH!"

And the two younglings certainly don't have to wait long, because Animal and Hawk are out on the stage!

Animal: So you two just couldn't get enough of the L.O.D even though you got beaten and bruised. Some kids just never learn; We seriously thought you realized that you just can't beat us already.

Hawk: But we were wrong, I guess. If you want a match at No Mercy, it's plain and simple, and also... IT'S ON!

Edge: Well that's just too good. See you on the 3rd gramps.

The segment then draws to an unexpectable ending, as the Road Warriors nod their heads and Edge and Christian leave through the crowd.

71% - Christian Cage gained overness from this segment. Edge gained overness from this segment.

X-Pac vs. Viscera

-The big, bad and ugly Viscera is already standing in the ring as X-Pac runs down the aisle, his music playing. He slides into the ring and greets the Ministry's big man with a running forearm, and a thunderous series of blows. Unfourtunately, Viscera doesn't feel a thing, and blasts Pac with a Rear Naked Choke. Big Vis already has to gasp for oxygen and disguises that into the form of taunting the crowd - yet, he doesn't even get a reaction. Viscera drags X-Pac up and chokes him mid-air with his palms, as his opponent screams in pain - then, X-Pac kicks Viscera to jaw twice. The big man has to drop him down, and remember, Pacs always land on their feet. X-Pac then climbs to the second rope and manages to take down Vis with an Ax Handle. X-Pac then heats up the crowd, receiving somewhat loud pops. Viscera crawls into a turnbuckle corner, but X-Pac only seizes that as an oppourtunity - Bronco Buster time! After that is done with, X-Pac covers and surprisingly enough, that's it. Sean Waltman then poses for the camera.

Debra vs. Sable

-We bear to witness both womens' entrances and some bare skin, as the WWF tries to appeal to desperate thirty-plus males or young male teens, such as, say for example myself, before the match kicks off. Debra starts off with a slap, and gives away a whole lot of them, until Sable counters one and starts to pull Debra's hair. Steve Austin's 'wife' screams in an awe of pain as Sable continues to pull, and then hits an X-Factor. A cover, and Debra kicks out before the three. That's also going to make Sean Waltman look so poor, not to mention he's working in my upper midcard, but meh. Sable drags Debra up and hits a DDT, and then starts to stomp Debra into a mudhole. Rena Mero soon feels that Debra is beaten up enough to be finished, and hits the Sable Bomb for the three count - thankfully, this one is over with. It was an undisputed two-minute waste of time, and also managed to be the very worst match in my game thus far.

MQ 17% - CR 65% - OR 50% - Debra is losing overness because of her weak gimmick.

Big All Over

A video montage airs, and it showcases none other than the Big Show himself. Show throws his opponents around the squared circle like puppets, beats them up with Chokeslams and Final Cut's, and all in all just looks mad, intimidating and very, very big. The video comes to a close as it says "Big All Over"... And it's officially off the air. Surprisingly good reaction.

82%

Snap Back to Reality, There Goes Gravity

At the Saturday Shotgun interview area, Jeff Jarrett is boasting at the camera as the WWF Intercontinental Championship is shining on his right shoulder.

Jeff Jarrett - Earlier tonight, Mark Henry tried to adress me, tried to adress the fans, the public. Had I understood a damn thing he said, I wouldn't have to be here right now, wasting my precious time, cutting this interview. I'm not saying that Henry doesn't know how to talk or how to cut an interview - rather it's about the way he speaks. 'Dizzle', 'bling', 'yo' - all of this wannabe gangsta crap makes me sick to my stomach. Try to decide between a thug and this 'Sexual Chocolate' thing you've also been doing. And please, Mark, should you decide, try to do it quickly, so I can finish you off as fast as you can. Now, you call yourself a "Wrestling Machine"? Please, everyone knows you can't wrestle for a living. To call you a 'wrestling machine' is an insult and slap to the face of every single real wrestler in this business. You're just living inside your little Mark Henry-bubble in your little Mark Henry-world, living in a FANTASY. Realize this... Tonight, Jay-E-Dubya-F is gonna snap you back to reality.

And with that, Jarrett storms off towards the entranceway. And what was wrong with J.J. in this interview? Only a...

79%

Mark Henry vs. Jeff Jarrett

-The two had an intense staredown to kick off the bout, as Mark Henry held the WWF European Championship right in front of Jarrett's nose, and tapped the name plate that said "Mark Henry". Double J then literally pushed the WWF Intercontinental Championship towards Henry's face, and then slapped him in the left cheek to begin the match. The referee gave both belts to the ring assistant as Jarrett took Henry down with a forearm blow. Jarrett then stomped away at the Euro champ, as he dragged his slow Sexual Chocolate butt up from the canvas and had just enough power to perform a Bodyslam on Henry. A Hogan - Andre moment right there for sure. J.J took some speed advantage from the ropes as he ran against Henry, who, however, countered with a Choke Bomb. Henry then grabbed Jeff's feet and sent him into a buzz with a Big Swing. It's been a while since we last saw that. Henry took some time to pose and fire up the crowd with a dull taunt. He then picked Jarret up, but J.J poked him to the eyes, grabbed his opponent's legs and locked him into a Walls of Jericho-ish submission maneuver out of nowhere. Henry had to struggle and use his final powers to get a hook of the ropes.

Jarrett only saw that as an oppourtunity, however, as he awaited for Henry to get back to his feet. It was then the time for The Stroke to take it's toll. Jarrett made the pin and got the win in just 5:55. And no, I didn't describe everything that took place in this recap

MQ 63% - CR 76% - OR 72%

Shotgun then went off the air as Jarrett posed with his belt and yelled "Austin? Where is Austin?! Oh, he's at home whining!"

Overall Rating for the Show: 68%

RAW Gets A Stroke of The Market

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. has today made several new signings in order to make both of it's two brands, RAW and SmackDown, seem stronger in the critical eyes of the wrestling fans. As Thursday Night SmackDown! already had more star power, only one new superstar was sent to the blue brand, and that was Shane Douglas, a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion and a performer considered one of the most charismatic performers in the world today.

That's all of SmackDown, and now, moving on to RAW. It should be safe to say that you can expect a pair of brand new Tag Team title belts to be brought to Monday nights within a month or two - the first two new signings for RAW were Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley, together the Dudley Boyz. Both memembers of one of the most controversial tag teams in Extreme Championship Wrestling ever along with the Public Image (Ironically, also working for the WWF nowadays) signed contracts worth a healthy 120.000 U.S dollars a month. Look forwards to some tables get broken pretty soon on RAW and Shotgun. It is expected that the Dudleyz will be brought in as faces, but that is still unconfirmed and could change. It should also be noted that both Douglas and the Dudleyz were not working for ECW at all when they were signed - Vince McMahon apparently really does not want to hurt the 'Barbed Wire City' - or that's what he wants us to believe.

Some robbing from ECW, however, was done without any shame - the third new competitor signed wasn't just great, or just cool, nor he is from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he's Just Incredible. Credible, a talented ECW performer was glad to finally receive a job offer from the 'big leagues'. Not to say that the Land of Extreme wouldn't slowly and steadily be getting 'big', but this is the World Wrestling Federation we're talking about now. Credible, at just 25 years of age, is the youngest of the new signings made today. The first plan made by the creative was that Credible along with the Dudleyz would form a three man stable dubbed 'The Extremists' or 'The Rebels'. However, that plan was terminated soon enough, and now it appears that Justin Credible will be working as a single heel competitor instead.

Now I couldn't believe my ears as I heard the last name. Surely, he's a former WWF performer. Surely, he fits Vinnie Mac's idea of a "superstar". But after signing a bunch of guys like "The Franchise", demn dam Dudleyz and Justin Credible, bringing back Rikishi is something short of weird. Say what you want to say, but this 34-year old Samoan is now back in the WWF ring with a new identity. The performer previously known as Alofa the Polynesian Prince, J.R. Smooth, Fatu the Headshrinker and many more will now appear as a fun-loving, arse-shaking babyface who will use moves called "Stink Face" and "Rump Shaker" as his finishing touches. As temptating as this sounds, I think I'll still wait for the signing of Kurt Angle. It will come. Eventually. It has to. Either to RAW or SmackDown. There's no denying it.

He is a God!

I played a copy at my friend's house yesterday. Like everyone else has said here, it's pretty good and by far the best Grand Theft Auto clone thus far. I'd even say that it might actually be better than GTA for those players who are more into creating madness, havoc and chaos instead of focusing on completing the missions. It's pretty good.

By the way, has anyone of you heard of a game called "Just Cause"? It's a game coming soon for 'Box 360, X-Box and PS2, by a swedish game studio. It's yet another GTA-like game but it has been reported that the player's playground, a.k.a the gameworld, will be 30 times bigger than all of the worlds of ALL Grand Theft Auto's combined. Plus the graphics are pretty good....

Seriously, OVER 30 fucking times bigger than the entire state of San Andreas?!

Whoa. I guess I'm back with this diary, and I've got you a new format and all kinds of stuff. Just to let you know, I was *this* close to post another new diary. I've already started one diary after this one got kicked off, but I got bored about it too, and started thinking about new ideas. Everything from between stupid to IMO brilliant came to mind. For example, WWF 2002 with a newly-shaked roster split was one idea. Perhaps luckily, the Word document for that diary's first show somehow was gone, and I totally lost inspiration to do anything new. I knew it'd just fail.

So... I tried to continue this diary, and finish the sixth show. However, as I wrote the show, I realized - "This format isn't good. This is not that good. This could be better." And one thing led to another and...

Here we are with a totally new format. I personally think this is an improvement from the previous. It might be easier to read, the shows are faster and easier to write this way and, when I read through this show once, I thought to myself, "This is better." So here goes...

And in case you're wondering, yes, The Who's "Teenage Wasteland" has now officially and in a traditional HOSTILE TAKEOVER~! fashion done just that. So it's a goodbye to Whatstheirbandsname's "Thorn in Your Eye", and it's a hello to the EXACT SAME shortened version of "Teenage Wasteland" that CSI New York uses. Luckily, even the original CSI hadn't debuted yet in '99, so we're safe. Kiss my ass Bruckheimer.

-Anaheim, California

-September 20th, 1999

Out here in the field,

I fought for my meals.

I get my back into my living.

I don't need to fight,

to prove I'm right.

I don't need to be forgiven...

We were treated by a mix of old and new as Monday-Nite RAW began: The very same opening video as last week, a brand new theme music. Then again, this "new" music turned out to be The Who's "Teenage Wasteland", and that's an OLD song, so meh. Nonetheless, Jim Ross and Jim Cornette wasted a little time hyping up tonight's show that would be the WWF's last hurrah in California until WrestleMania 2000.

Public Enemy vs. The Stooges

I guess it should be taken as a positive note that the WWF can actually put the Public Enemy and The Stooges in to match to kick off RAW, and at the end of the day, that won't even be the 'big' tag team bout of the night. But then again, you've got Johnny Grunge and a 46-year old Rocco Rock taking on Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson, who, yes, are called "The Stooges". Now, I probably should have seen it coming: Stooges vs. Legion of Doom was slightly good only because, they just happen to be LO friggin' D, the most experienced tandem in the whole World Wrestling Federation right now. If it was somehow almost enjoyable, it CANNOT technically be good against the Public Enemy. Right? It's against the laws of psychology. Pure madness, and that's why this match was no good. The crowd hated it, thank God we didn't see any trashes in the ring, and the quality of the match was three letters, one word: DUD. If WCW could come up with anything as brilliant as the "I'm Jim Cornette, and that's my opinion" thing, this match would be what they would bash. Normally I would describe what happened in the match, but there's another problem. It wasn't really wrestling, it wasn't really sloppy brawling either, it was just there and it was a three minute waste of time. The former ECW superstars picked up the win by hitting the Drive-By on Patterson. NEXT.

MQ 62% - 59% - OR 60%

Kurrgan vs. Gangrel

Hey... I said NEXT. Please don't tell me... Wow. Just wow. The WWF is seriously spoiling the fans of technical wrestling nowadays. Public Enemy verses The Stooges, and NOW Kurrgan vs. Gangrel? Why the heck Gangrel? It's almost like the Federation wouldn't remember that Gangrel is a Ministry member = He should have supa-dupa powers. If Kurrgan wins, and The Undertaker doesn't do anything about it, I really don't know what to think. The match started off with a stiff clothesline by Kurrgan, who then wasted a little time in making his mark and prescense felt. Unluckily for Gangrel, it was him who felt that mark. So how about three spinebusters in a row? Arn Anderson would be proud right now. Kurrgan then simply picked Gangrel up, let out a big "ROOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRR" (Yeah, I have no idea) and blasted the poor half-vampire with the Kurrgan Shuffle for the pin. As the babyface monster celebrated his victory, I was thinking about the two minute match I had just witnessed, and I came to think that I can't really rate this match. It wasn't really that bad or that good. Gangrel was there to spoil it a bit, and Kurrgan was there to save something. Kurrgan is a good brawler, and the WWF will probably 'actually' notice it pretty soon. This match too was here basically to show off Kurrgan's amazing powers, as he demolished the Ministry of Darkness member here and there. You might also notice that I was bored while writing this.

MQ 64% - CR 47% - OR 55%

A promo video concering Goldust aired. All kinds of golden glittering, glitz and glamour were present, and clips from some of the "Bizzarre One"'s matches were shown as he promised us that there'd be a name you'll never forget... GOLDUST. We'll see...

84%

Goldust vs. Test

Some slight improving from the previous matches of the night, but not too much. Atleast Goldust and "Test" Andrew Martin were actually able to put on a good show, instead of throwing away a few punches here and there alá Public Enemy. Yes, I'll hate them 'till the night is over. Test came into this match playing the typical brash, arrogant, swimming-trunks young kid, and whose part was then to notice that the old golden bastard still has it. Need to remind that Test jobbed to Al Snow two weeks ago? There's credibility for you, and there's an ass-shot right to the face of Test. Yeah, I'll go the disgusting route and say that Test had a slice of Goldust's booty there. I'm sorry. Like the song says, "I don't need to be forgiven". After humiliating Test and making him look totally gay, Goldust picked him up and continued his bizzare actions on Test, pretending the blow dust at Test's face from his palms. Test seemed to have enough, though, and blasted Goldust with a knee to gut. Test went for a Pumphandle Slam in time of 4:36, but Goldust slipped behind his back and hit the Curtain Call out of nowhere. 1... 2... Wait... 3! Goldust defeated Test! Whoa, he actually did! Goldust rolled out of the ring with a smirk on his face, as Test couldn't believe who he had just lost to. Jobbing to Al Snow and Goldust? Man, is Test on a roll here or what?

MQ 76% - CR 70% - OR 73%

Up next was the WWF's top gun himself, the WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H. We saw a vignette where he was interviewed by RAW's own Mark Madden. They both sat on tall chairs and Triple H had the Attitude Era WWF Championship belt on his shoulder, as the interview began.

"So now then. Tonight, will you be watching the main event? Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Big Show will duke it out, and the winner will get a shot at THAT" *Madden pointed at the championship belt on HHH's shoulder* later. Tell me, who would you rather face, Big Show or Austin?

It was now the champ's turn to speak.

"Ya' know, it's really tough to pick between the two. Big Show? He's a giant, he's capable of slamming everybody around the ring anyway he likes. Stone Cold, he just might be the toughest S.O.B in this whole company. And who'd I rather face for the WWF Championship? We'll just have to wait until tonight, watch them beat the living hell out of eachother, and then we'll see who I wanna face. I guess whoever is in worse condition..."

The discussion then turned into the title match at No Mercy, and Triple H cut a very DX-style skit, telling the viewer to buy No Mercy via your local cable provider, and see nonstop wrestling action LIVE on pay-per-view. Madden then asked if Triple H and Shawn Michaels were interested in forming a faction again this year, but Triple H honestly denied it and said that "Surely, Shawn Michaels is back in town. Surely he's going to take control. And surely it was Shawn Michaels who made the Big Show taste some Sweet Chin Music seven days ago. But yet, it was not a sign of things to come. No, no, no - we both have our own paths now, and besides, just because he's the Commissioner, it doesn't mean we couldn't hang out, right?"

Madden understood and thus ended this segment, which was very well received by the Anaheim crowd.

91%

Legion of Doom vs. Edge & Christian

A match that ALMOST broke the 80% mark, but unfortunately 'almost' doesn't count. You can only imagine what these two teams could produce if the Road Warriors would be in their top shape from the 1980's, and Edge and Christian would be in their... Well, 1999-2000 shape. That's only dreaming, however, and this is what we've got here - A pretty good contest nonetheless. It's funny, you could actually say this was a blow-off match to a short feud that wasn't really a feud; If you look back at the previous five shows, you can see some small hatred between these two teams, and last Saturday during the six-man tag team match at Shotgun, that hatred turned into bad blood. Edge and Road Warrior Animal started things off here, and Edge immediatedly showed why he's definitely a force to be reckoned with. That's because he dominated Animal for a good while until the L.O.D turned the tables and started to gain the upperhand, as Hawk entered the ring and gave Edge an asswhooping of his own.

In the end, the multi-time tag team champions made the young Adam Copeland crawl to his corner and tag in his "brother", Christian Cage. Cage, now, did not seem too happy when he realized that Edge wasn't really able to put on a fight against the L.O.D, and that Hawk and Animal hadn't even broken a sweat. Christian decided to give it try, anyway (You could see him spelling "What the hell, use the bell!" on his lips), and that turned out to be just foolish. Jim Ross had such a good time during this match, watching the youngsters getting totally beaten up by these relics straight from the 'golden era'. The Road Warriors eventually finished the match in 6:53, with the Doomsday Device. I don't want you to get the wrong idea - This wasn't a squash, it's just that Edge and Christian were seriously teached a lesson in this match, and that's what the fans liked.

MQ 89% - CR 70% - OR 79%

We then entered a dark room where a wooden table was placed at the center, and a candle was on it. The candle was barely burning, but it provided just enough light to reveal two characters standing behind it. The other one leaned towards, and turned out to be none other than Percy Pringle, Paul Bearer. Bearer held the urn tight as he started one of his weird promos that consist basically of the words Oh, yes, my, mine, our, Undertaker, revenge and foolish boy. This was directed at the WWF European Champion, Mark Henry, who's bodytype doesn't exactly remind of a college boy, so Bearer should pick his words more carefully. The Undertaker then leaned towards too and said that Henry's grave would be digged to Cleveland, Ohio, and that on Sunday, October 3rd, Mark Henry will rest... in... peace.

Which remains to be seen. The Undertaker accepted Mark Henry's challenge nevertheless. We've got ourselves a MOTY coming at NM.

86%

Elsewhere, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin stood in front of a RAW is WAR logo and was very soon joined by Howard Finkel, who was apparently ready to interview the Texas Rattlesnake about his soon-to-be match with the Big Show.

"Excuse me, Steve, would you want to share your latest thoughts with the fans of the WWF?"

"The latter part sounds pretty good alright, but who the hell are you?"

I told you, it's a The Who night. Who are you?!

"I'm Howard..."

And I'm Stone Cold...

"Stern? 'Ya know what, I changed my mind, I don't give a damn what your name is, at the end of the day, you're here to interview Stone Cold Steve Austin like Shawn Michaels or somebody else told you to, and now while you're here, and now while you decided to waste my time, that's damn rightee what'cha gonna do. So let us start this lil' Q & A."

Howard Finkel, understandably, wasn't exactly pleased by Steve Austin's anti-authority attitude, but he had a job to do so...

"You're just moments away from going head to head against the Big Show. He is the largest athlete in the United States, and perhaps in the world, and it will all be for the right to face Triple H at No Mercy for the WWF Championship."

Austin didn't seem happy.

"So lemme' get this straight. You came here. You interrupted Stone Cold Steve Austin. You sat on your fat ass, on Stone Cold Steve Austin's locker room chair. And then, when you have a slight chance of Stone Cold forgiving you, you 46-year old greesy cheesy bastard decide to tell me something that I've know for a week. Something that I've been thinking about the whole night. Yes, I'm about to step into the ring with the Big Show, and I'm about to whip his Ted Turner-rejected sorry ass like it's never been whipped before! It's gonna happen sooner that later, within 30 minutes, wham, bam, Stone Cold Stunner, and when it's all over, and when the dust has settled, Austin 3:16 has demolished that overgrown fatty."

Austin walked off as his theme music hit the speakers, leaving Finkel standing alone, looking stupid with a mic on his hand.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Big Show

So, the glass shattered and Steve Austin came out, and somebody yelled "IT'S THE BIG SHOW!", and the Big Show came out. Plain enough? Good. The two big men started brawling, and it was made clear from the beginning that the Big Show is bigger. He actually did something that pretty much nobody has been able to do thus far, and that's to badly beat up Steve Austin. Massive Bodyslams and walk-overs were a problem to Austin in the early portions of the match, however, in the time of about three minutes, the "Texas Rattlesnake" finally turned the tide on Show and started to hammer away at him with hard right hands. Austin even tried to clothesline the Big Show out of the ring, but he couldn't do it even when Show was leaning on the ropes, gasping for air - "He is that damn big", Jim Ross made clear at ringside. The Big Show then retaliated with a hard chest chop, so hard that Austin's man boob turned red from one shot. The Big Show gave another one, that seemed even stiffer and then blasted his opponent with a Back Body Drop. He then shouted something along the lines of "YAAAAAAARRGGAAAAHHHH!" before continuing to annihilate Austin.

The WWF Champion Triple H was shown watching the match backstage from his luxury locker room, from a modern plasma TV. In 1999, those weren't exactly in their finest form yet, but still pretty good. And to tell you the truth, Triple H didn't seem too happy as he was forced to watch the Big Show beat up one of his best friends right now. Worse yet, after it'd all be done, the five-hundred pounder might actually come and challenge Triple H for the title at No Mercy, now would that be a giant problem or what? Back in the ring, the match had been going on for about six minutes and sir, the situation has gone nowhere. Steve Austin is still getting manhandled by the 7-foot tall Tampa native. The Big Show now had "Stone Cold" in a Dragon Sleeper Hold, and Austin seemed to have no way out of it. However, eventually he solved the problem with something I'd like to call semi-Stunner. This did not keep the Big Show distracted for long, but was enough to give Austin a break and a chance to hit the Big Show with a clothesline. Another one, and a third to make it fair. "Stone Cold" then went for a Shoulder Block, but here's the problem: It's not going to work against the Big Show. Uh-oh.

In case you are still reading, the Big Show took the Victoria native down with a MASSIVE Military Press. This was followed by pure brutality, as the Big Show placed his foot on Austin's chest and walked over him. J.R spitted as loud as he could at ringside, yelling something like "MAIGAWD HIS BONESAH WER' CRUSH-D IN THAT CRASH!". Thanks, Jim. The Big Show then dragged Austin up from the canvas and started to run his mouth, telling Steve that he had no chance in HELL to go to the title match... And just then, Austin blasted him with the Stone Cold Stunner! A frenzy, one big frenzy was released at the arena, and the crowd went absolutely ballistic by the Stone Cold Stunner's effect! For the first time in this match, the giant, Paul Wight is really down, and we're coming closer to the nine minute mark all the time.

Both men were down, as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin took some support from the red ropes in order to get back to his feet. However, just about then, SHAWN MICHAELS slid into the ring out of nowhere and blasted Austin with the Sweet Chin Music! The referee called for the bell and thus, the Big Show was DQ'd, giving Steve Austin the WWF title shot against Triple H at No Mercy!

MQ 75% - CR 89% - OR 84%

"Not so fast!", were Michaels' first words as he was handed a microphone. Dressed in his typical commissioner attire - A fine suit, a ponytail and shining boots were all present - the Heartbreak Kid announced that this match couldn't end via a disqualification. Therefore, the #1 Contenders' match would continue under Shawn Michaels' special advision. As Jim Ross stated that this was totally uncalled for and absolutely disgraceful from Shawn Michaels, the Big Show lifted Steve Austin up and made him taste the bitter Chokeslam. Big Show covered and the referee was forced to count 1, 2, 3. It now seems that it's actually the Big Show who's going to the championship match!

This was proved true, as Shawn Michaels announced that Triple H vs. Big Show for the World Wrestling Federation Championship would be 'the match to leave it's mark' at No Mercy, on Sunday, October 3rd. As the Big Show's theme music started to play, Shawn Michaels just about flied out of the ring, leaving the Big Show standing alone over fallen Steve Austin's body. Jim Ross ran down the details about tonight's happenings, from the Big Show becoming the #1 Contender, to the Texas Rattlesnake going home battered, bruised and beaten for the third night in a row in the WWF programming, and from there to Shawn Michaels once again almost mixing the role of an authority figure and a wrestler together. Jim Cornette added his fair share, telling us to tune into Shotgun on Saturday. RAW then went off the air with Big Show taunting in the middle of the ring, doing his usual pose...

88%

OVERALL RATING: 79%

TV RATING: 6.10

ATTENDANCE: 3293

TICKET SALES: $197580

Grrr, Kojima should do a re-make of MGS 1 for Playstation 2, like he did for GameCube in form of Twin Snakes. I've played Sons of Liberty through twice and now I'm re-playing Snake Eater on European Extreme (It's. Kinda. Hard.) I mean, I have played the original game with my friends once but experiencing the graphics in that game after playing the sequels was a bit... Meh.

But SOL should have all the videos and cutscenes in the game collected to one section, like in MGS 3's Demo Theater

So uh, if you don't mind, I'd like to know what is/are the reason(s) behind quitting this diary sooner than later. Is it like with your old WCW diary that you just don't have any ideas left or think this is fun? Are you going to start a new diary of some sort? Have you, *gasp*, found a life?

Naah, whatever the reason might be, it's been a great great diary and hopefully these last few months will be the best of them all (Y)

Can I ask why Jerry Lynn would be a legend on a WWE game? Unless they added ECW legends, and even then I wouldn't see Lynn being added at all.

Hillbilly Jim, Jerry Lynn, the A.P.A and Goldust are all that you need. But since I have nothing to do right now, a.k.a I have time, I'll list some guys that I'd seriously like to have included. There's no order for these whatsoever:

-Jerry Lynn (Well, yeah...)

-Dean Malenko

-Razor Ramon or Scott Hall

-ONLY ONE Hogan, and that's the nWo version

-Matt Hardy, c'mon

-Umaga

-Burchill

-Owen Hart

-Mr. Perfect (They did a T-shirt for him this year, why not to include him?)

-Rick Rude (Same as above)

-80's Ric Flair with a long blonde hair

-Mick Foley as Mick Foley, Cactus Jack and Dude Love

-Eddie. 100% sure he will be there, he's so easy to add in.