The Death of the WWE

[Chris the Human]

It's not dead by a long shot, I've just been very busy with work and University lately. I've got the next lot of shows from both WWE and TNA ready to write up and will endeavour to do so as soon as I have some spare time.

[MGW]

I read a similar diary somehwere else and loved it. Can't wait to see where this goes. keep it up.

[Guest MichaelZ]

I like the return of Raven a lot, and I'm not turned off by Garrison Cade PI.

[Chris the Human]

The First Wave

It was inevitable that following a change in leadership, TNA would experience a changeover in terms of talent. TNA's roster was bloated by any standards, with many workers appearing to occasionally serve as 'squash fodder' before disappearing for several weeks at a time. Names such as Lex Lovett and Bilvis Wesley had since been dropped by TNA, but the new management made a point of releasing talents who were seen as 'extraneous'. Apolo, Cassidy Riley, Jerelle Clarke, Lance Hoyt, and Shannon Moore were all released in one fell swoop. Most were unsurprising - Apolo had never set the world afire whilst Clarke andRiley had been essentially jobbers for the company. Hoyt, who had debuted in a tag team with WWE star Kid Kash, had attained some level of popularity with fans and his release was something of a surprise. Johnny Ace, himself obsessed with big men, was said to have been against the move - but later developments would show that he would continue to indulge his 'hoss' fascination in TNA. Shannon Moore's release was, to many, a surprise - given his credibility following a run in the WWE as Matt Hardy's protege and then as a cruiserweight competitor. Apart from a failed feud with AJ Styles, Moore's run in TNA had been anything but successful.

Of course, the firings weren't the only major changes to take place on the TNA roster, with the new booking crew going on a Fox funded signing spree in an effort to bring more mainstream credibility to the promotion. Although Christian Cage and Sting were seen as credible draws, names such as Raven, Rhino, and Jarrett had either lost their lustre or had lost mainstream credibility following lacklustre WWE runs. Every major player from the Monday Night Wars was mentioned - from Randy Savage right down to Dennis Rodman, although (thankfully for TNA fans) the latter was never formally approached. But Fox demanded that no stone was left unturned in the pursuit of ratings - even if it meant signing potentially 'dangerous' talent. It's no surprise that names such as Scott Hall and Ultimate Warrior were soon being whispered amongst TNA enthusiasts. Was their truth to these rumours? Time would tell.

Raw and Smackdown Results

RAW

Mickie James defeated Ashley Massaro © to become Woman's Champion

Shelton Benjamin © defeated Rene Dupree to retain the IC Title

Ric Flair defeated Rosey

Shawn Michaels defeated Carlito

Steven Richards defeated Trevor Murdoch

Triple H © defeated The Big Show to retain the WWE Title

Steven Richards, as part of the build up to ECW One Night Stand, was given a win over Murdoch in an 'ECW Pride' match, whilst Rene Dupree's loss came as a result of John Cena interfering.

SMACKDOWN

Shane McMahon defeated Captain Birchall

The Undertaker & Mark Henry defeated JBL & Booker T

Ken Kennedy defeated Animal & Brian Kendrick

Chris Benoit © defeated Funaki to retain the US Title

Josh Matthews defeated William Regal

Batista defeated Randy Orton in a non title match

The two major results here concern Shane McMahon and former backstage announcer, Matthews. McMahon's own in ring return came as he was announced as the commissioner of Smackdown and immediately showed his heelish ways by mocking the increasingly popular 'Captain' Paul Birchall. Matthews' own in ring debut was something of a lucky stroke by the WWE. The storyline itself was of Matthews being mocked backstage by Regal (Matthews often got mocked by WWE workers at the time, both heel and face) and so laid down a challenge. Of course, Matthews had competed in both Tough Enough and the XFL - so could work a passable match, particularly when his opponent was an accomplished technical wrestler. Amazingly, Matthews began to get over almost immediately.

The Return of Hardcore

The week's episode of Impact, their first taped exclusively for Fox - was designed to highlight some of the promotion's stars - with a huge main event promoted to pit Christian Cage & Sting against Raven and a 'mystery opponent'. Obviously TNA fans were skeptical following the revelation of Lance 'Gareth' Cade as the last mystery debut, but TNA's new booking team assured fans the debut would be something worthy of excitement.

The episode began with Raven in the ring delivering his standard gothic promo reiterating his challenge (which had been made via TNA's website) to Christian Cage and Sting. He promised that his partner would be 'extreme'. At the time the WWE were building towards their ECW branded show 'ECW One Night Stand', and many saw this move as a subtle attempt by TNA to remind the WWE that they had many of ECW's biggest names (including Sabu, Raven, Shane Douglas, The Dudley Boys, Terry Funk, and Rhino) on their pay-roll.

The first match of the evening saw The James Gang clashing with America's Most Wanted, continuing the slow build towards a James Gang/Team 3-D confrontation. The match itself was typical of AMW matches - with Gail Kim getting involved on behalf of Planet Jarrett. Whilst she distracted BG James, James Storm struck him with a chair. The referee managed to catch it despite the interruption, giving The James Gang a win by disqualification.

The next match of the evening was twofold in its purpose. Firstly, it allayed fears that Terry Funk would be Raven's surprise partner as the veteran hardcore worker came out to the ring to mock TNA's style and ts young stars who were 'afraid of getting dirty'. This brought out Lance Hoyt who, in his farewell TNA match, would be taken to school by Funk. Whilst Hoyt had never been popular with TNA fans on the whole, he did have a very vocal supporters' group who were most displeased with the way he was sent off. It was Johnny Ace, Hoyt's biggest supporter, who suggested the move. Unable to keep Hoyt on the roster, Ace made the business move to crush his credibility to ensure that the WWE wouldn't be able to pick him up and make immediate use of him.

Whilst it may seem ludicrous due to TNA's low ratings at the time, one must remember that the promotion had just been picked up by one of the largest network's in the world - and even the most casual of wrestling

fans now had access to ninety minutes of primetime TNA on a Thursday night. If WWE picked up Hoyt, chances are fans would remember him as the guy who an old man had beaten senseless.

The matches kept on coming as TNA brought out a trademark six man X-Division match that saw Samoa Joe, Shannon Moore, and Nigel McGuinness up against the team of Juventud, Sonjay Dutt, and Chris Sabin. The match itself was a memorable affair full of spots and near falls, and many were surprised to see Moore getting a solid send-off rather than a simple one on one squash. The brewing feud between Samoa Joe and Juventud, slated as a possible X-Division title affair at the upcoming pay-per-view, gained momentum after Joe pinned Juventud following the Muscle Buster. To further the point, Samoa Joe bloodied Juventud with series of blows before locking him in the Cochina Clutch until he went blue in the face. Many had been put offside by the ending of Joe's streak, and TNA management were doing the best they could to placate both the fans and the man himself.

The popular Gareth Cade storyline also gained momentum on the night, as Cade confronted the most likely suspect in the assault on Gayda, cornering Jeff Jarrett in his dressing room and demanding answers as to Jarrett's whereabouts. Ever the cocky heel (and getting genuine heel heat after several months away from the title) Jarrett mocked Gayda and Cade, but assured he hadn't been involved.

The next match further muddied the waters as Jeff Jarrett took on AJ Styles in a great showcase of two of the company's more recognisable faces. Styles came out looking strong but soon Jarrett and his heelish ways saw him gaining control. Even with momentum on his side, Jarrett couldn't get Styles to stay down for three and inevitably went for his trademark guitar shot. As he swung however, Gareth Cade was on hand to disarm him. Jarrett was momentarily distracted and this allowed AJ Styles to hit the Styles Clash for an upset victory. Cade backed up the ramp as Jarrett vented his frustration by slamming his guitar across Styles' head.

Jarett then took a microphone and set up the next major TNA debut, putting a bounty on Cade's head. The bounty? $100,000 to the man who puts Cade out of action - by any means necessary. Some names were immediately on the lips of wrestling fans as to possible people to cash in on the bounty - whilst others simply saw the move as a way to isolate Cade from the entire TNA roster and further his 'hero' status.

The main event rolled around and fans (and ratings) went up as Sting made his way out to the ring. Although he'd only signed on for a swansong year, the TNA booking team were hard at work trying to secure Sting's signature for another few years. Christian Cage's own entrance was further indication of his status as a genuine draw. The WWE (and, ironically, Johnny Ace) hadn't seen it - but each week Christian Cage was looking more and more like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock had for WWE when they had desperately needed stars. Of course, in a cyclical industry, it was inevitable that a cast-off would become a major player in the next major wrestling war.Raven skulked out next and the commentary team debated over who his partner would be. Rhino? Sabu? Terry Funk? Shane Douglas?

(Coincidentally, Shane Douglas had requested that he be used in the angle but TNA management thought that fans might not be able to buy TNA's backstage interviewer suddenly being a force in the ring again).

The expectation built, the crowd chanted, and Tommy Dreamer made his TNA debut.

Dreamer, as iconic of ECW as Raven or Rhino, came out to a huge pop waving a Singapore cane and ready to fight. Of course, Raven and Dreamer's relationship in ECW had been one almost entirely based on antipathy - but here they were united. The fans chanted 'ECW' as the two veterans of the legendary company made their way down to the ring. Dreamer and Raven were, despite TNA's best intentions, getting babyface reactions out of a mixture of nostalgia and respect. They had two choices - try and contradict the fans (a move that almost single handedly destroyed John Cena's credibility in late 2005) or go with it.

Thankfully, they went with it.

Tommy Dreamer and Raven proceeded to bust out every old school ECW move in their repetoire, as the match became a no DQ affair featuring weapons of all kinds. Of course, this favoured the hardcore pairing - but the class of Sting and Cage showed throughout, as the company's two most over babyfaces played underdogs brilliantly. In particular, Cage took a beating - 'paying his dues' by getting good and bloody at the

hands of Raven. Sting's hot tag came and got the fans really pumped - as for the second week running a Sting appearance marked the highest point in the night's ratings. The conclusion came with Cage about to nail Dreamer with the Unprettier, only to have Raven blast him across the face with his own championship belt. The Raven Effect followed and Raven - the legal man - covered. Sting was cut off with a stinging Singapore cane shot, and the night ended with the fans alternating between ECW and TNA chants.

It's important to note that, through this, TNA did not make mention of ECW themselves. But, with ECW One Night Stand on the horizon (and already being built towards on WWE television) - TNA simply reminded fans that they had the heart and soul of ECW. Sure, the WWE had Rob Van Dam and Paul Heyman on their books, but the lion's share of ECW's big names were right there on Fox. It was a masterstroke. Casual fans didn't know that TNA wasn't affiliated with WWE and just assumed that it was all one big cross promotional event. Whilst this did mean added interest in WWE programming, it benefitted TNA far more. Every episode of Raw and Smackdown was, in its own way, reminding fans of ECW and how great it was - and they'd tune in every Thursday to see the guys they used to love watching doing battle on a rival promotion.

"It was spitting in the face of Vince McMahon," Paul Heyman revealed in an interview on the topic years after the fact, "Because Vince was pouring money into 'resurrecting' ECW and TNA were giving it away for free. They were saying 'Why buy One Night Stand? We've got the best of ECW right here, and we won't make you see JBL or John Cena'. I loved it".

Over the coming weeks, TNA would continue to ride the nostalgia attached to the ECW, cashing in on the WWE's publicity whilst continuing to provide fans with the kind of matches and stars that had made the extreme promotion great.

[MGW]

Tommt Fuckin' Dreamer! I love it, really nice history book feel to it, especally with the heyman comment towards the end. The reults are detailed whilst bieng easy to read.

Can't wait to see where this goes.

[edcq]

good so far... very easy to read, not too long, yet detailed.

[Chris the Human]

The Road to Slammiversary

With TNA gaining momentum on the back of the debut of superstars such as Sting, Christian Cage, Juventud, and even Gareth 'Lance' Cade - Slammiversary had to be a big event to capture the hearts and interest of pro wrestling fans. The two weeks leading into Slammiversary would ultimately prove crucial, as TNA rushed to create a card that would both interest fans enough to pay for the pay-per-view, but also leave questions unanswered that would require them to tune into Impact after the event.

At the time TNA had been known for often 'hot-shotting' cards - building a core of solid matches and then announcing filler matches at the last minute, often through their website. This wasn't always a bad thing, as these lower card matches were often show-stealing X-Division clashes. With two weeks remaining before the 2006 Slammiversary, the announced/anticipated card looked something like this:

Team 3-D © vs. The James Gang for the NWA World Tag Titles

Christian Cage © vs. Raven for the NWA World Heavyweight Title

Juventud vs. Samoa Joe © for the X-Division Title

Rumours at the time also had Cade and Jarrett having their first in ring confrontation, Ultimate X making an appearance, and some kind of 'ECW themed' match to continue cashing in on WWE's upcoming One Night Stand II.

Pro Wrestling's Jezebel

The love triangle of Adam 'Edge' Copeland, Matt Hardy, and Amy 'Lita' Dumas had been one of the biggest stories in pro wrestling in 2005. Hardy and Lita had been together for some time when Lita had an affair with Edge (who was not only Matt Hardy's best friend, but also married). Hardy's response to finding out was an immature outburst on the internet that cost him his contract and, in a stroke of luck typical of the WWE, the fans came out en masse to demand Hardy's re-hiring. Vince McMahon is a great many things but he was not stupid - and the re-hiring of Matt Hardy lead to a memorable series of matches between Hardy and Edge. Of course, when Edge inevitably 'won' the feud (as he had to do, given he would become WWE champion for one brief moment in 2006) - things slackened off for Hardy and, to a lesser extent, Lita. Lita had been one of the staples of the WWE women's division prior to an injury and the controversy and as Edge's own career improved in leaps and bounds, she soon became lost in the shuffle. Shortly after Wrestlemania Amy Dumas was released.

TNA needed star power and Dumas was a certified star with or without being attached to Edge or Matt Hardy. It seemed like a match made in heaven, and it's no surprise that TNA were quick to secure her signature.

Impact, Week One

The episode of Impact that saw the debut of Amy Dumas on TNA television came two weeks before Slammiversary and was, largely, the sole remarkable occurence on the show. The night started off with Christian Cage coming out to the ring with the gold over his shoulder and a microphone in his hand. Even with Sting in the company, Cage was still far and away it's most popular babyface. Whilst that may seem par for the course as you read this, bear in mind that when Cage had left the WWE he was a popular upper midcarder who was seen as 'too small to main event'. Whilst today his name does get mentioned up alongside the likes of The Rock and Triple H - one must bear in mind that he had humble beginnings just like everybody else. It's a tribute to his talents that he was able to make the transition from perennial comedy heel upper midcarder to mega-popular babyface main eventer in a few short months.

Cage was, of course, out to address the debut of Tommy Dreamer during the previous week's Impact. He called Raven a coward and challenged Dreamer to a match with a style of his choosing. He made special mention of 'eating vomit' (during his hugely unsuccessful WWE stint Dreamer had been portrayed as someone 'willing to do anything', including eating his own vomit on live TV). Dreamer came out with a Singapore cane in his hand, and fans cheered as the announce team made the bold leap - the two men would face off in a Singapore cane match later in the evening!

The first match of the evening was a fairly predictable clash that saw Team 3-D successfully defend their tag titles against the Latin American Exchange (represented by Homicide and Konnan). Many at the time were fuming at the misuse of Homicide, who had not only been stuck in a stable, but had been forced to endure the ignoble death of said stable off-screen. With Apolo's sacking earlier in the week, the Latin-American Exchange was just two men. Of course, the match was here to set up the Team 3-D/James Gang match at Slammiversary, and the James Gang predictably laid down their challenge post match to make it official.

The next match was more of the same, Samoa Joe going over Jay Lethal easily to continue his run going into Slammiversary. Many believed that this run of easy wins was a way to placate Joe (who was still furious over having his streak end without any real build up), but events that would play out at the pay-per-view would show that something more was in store.

Johnny Swinger defeated Sonjay Dutt in a filler match of no real quality, Dutt dominating but Swinger getting the win after Simon Diamond had interfered on his behalf. With David Young having been released earlier in the week, the announce team made no mention of the largely unsuccessful Diamonds in the Rough stable. Instead they talked about Diamond & Swinger reuniting to take on the tag division. Where would Elix Skipper end up in the shuffle? Time would tell.

The first real 'segment' of the night saw Gareth Cade in his dressing room, complete with trench coat and five o'clock shadow. Discussion boards had been abuzz over recent weeks discussing the mystery of who had attacked Gayda and, most importantly, what Gayda had brought Cade in to uncover. There's a knock on the door but when Cade opens it, there's nobody there - just a note. Cade opens it, reads silently, and then nods grimly. Without another word he heads out to the ring.

Gareth Cade may have been becoming a success as far as story-telling went, but his matches were fast becoming the lowlight of Impact, as Cade stumbled through a passable match with Team Canada's Booby Roode to continue his unbeaten streak in TNA. His post match celebrations were to be short lvied however, as the rest of Team Canada as well as America's Most Wanted, Gail Kim, and Jeff Jarrett hit the ring to attack the private investigator. Jarrett warned Cade to give up before his career was ended.

The highlight of the night from a match quality standpoint was the clash between Juventud and Christopher Daniels, two of the division's most respected and recognisable workers putting on a clinic full of spots and chain wrestling to the delight of fans. Of course, with Juventud slated as the man to face Samoa Joe at Slammiversary - it was a foregone conclusion that he would win, doing so cleanly with a Juvi Driver. The post match saw another of Samoa Joe's brutal post match beatings, the big man demolishing both men with a chair. This brought out AJ Styles who received a similar treatment. This was somewhat reminiscent of the previous three way feud involing Daniels, Styles, and Joe.

The night's main event was a strong one, as Christian Cage and Tommy Dreamer had a good old fashioned brawl that ebbed and flowed. The longest match of the evening, it featured liberal interference from Raven at ringside - the fans going crazy when Cage nailed Raven with the Unprettier only to cop a brutal chairshot to the head from Dreamer. The referee however, had been dragged from the ring by a woman in a hooded jacket that conveniently concealed her face (there were scattered 'You screwed Matt' chants at this point, in truth, as some closer to the action had caught sight of Amy Dumas in the car-park prior to the event). Dreamer attempted to hit a DDT on Cage but the champion showed his underdog spirit, blocking it and nailing Dreamer with an Unprettier for the 1-2-3. Dumas' distraction had failed at its original purpose, with Cage brandishing the Singapore cane and preparing to lay in to a felled Dreamer. Throwing caution to the wind, Dumas finally revealed her identity as she climbed to the top turnbuckle, tore off her jacket, and hit a dropkick on a stunned Cage. Raven quickly seized the fallen cane and took to Cage with it. Dreamer and Raven beat down Cage some more, holding him stretched out so that Dumas can hit her 'trademark' senton bomb on the champ. With the beating done, Dumas finally takes a microphone (yes, despite her well documented inability to cut a promo, TNA couldn't resist). The bulk of her five minute promo was unremarkable heel talk, but it ended with a line that would act as an unofficial tagline for Slammiversary. "I screwed your brother, Christian, and now I'm here to screw you".

Amy Dumas, a hated valet in the WWE, had just become one of TNA's top heels. Some may say that this is an indication of how weak TNA's upper tier was at the time, and they'd be right. Jarrett's time at the top had hurt his popularity, Monty Brown couldn't convince fans whether he was a face or a heel, Abyss was always seen as Kane II, and only Samoa Joe loomed on the horizon. TNA needed to get out and buy heels.

Raw & Smackdown

RAW

Shelton Benjamin © defeated Big Show, Goldust, and Super Crazy to remain Intercontinental Champion

Mickie James © defeated Ashley Massaro to remain Women's Champion

Matt Hardy defeated Trevor Murdoch

John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels

Kane defeated Ric Flair

Rene Dupree defeated Chris Masters

Triple H © defeated Edge to remain WWE Champion

SMACKDOWN

Pirate Paul Birchall defeated Lashley

Booker T drew with Batista

Trish Stratus defeated Mickie James, Ashley Massaro, and Victoria

The Undertaker defeated Palmer Cannon

The Cabinet (JBL & Orlando Jordan) defeated V2 (Viscera and Val Venis)

Chris Benoit © defeated Rene Dupree to remain United States Champion

Randy Orton © defeated Mark Henry to remain World Heavyweight Champion

Raw's key feature was the ironically booked main event that featured Edge (the man who had, up until a month ago, been managed by Lita). Dumas' debut on Impact just days later would be all the more significant due to her former client's presence at the very pinnacle of the WWE. Smackdown itself was an interesting show and quite good by the standards of the time. Trish Stratus scored an unexpected non-title win over the major contenders in the women's division in a good four way, The Undertaker destroyed network representative Palmer Cannon (the WWE had recently been publically warned about their flagging ratings by the network), and the continued unlikely popularity of Pirate Paul Birchall. With Bad Blood set to go head to head with Slammiversary, many expected the upcoming event to be something of a litmus test with regards to TNA's progress. It wasn't expected to beat Bad Blood, but fans were about to get a real test of faith. Which promotion did they want to see more?

(It should be noted that TNA had originally scheduled Slammiversary for the third week of June but Fox requested the move so as to gauge the strength of their investment).

Each promotion would have one week to 'sell' their respective pay-per-view to the wrestling community - what a week it would be.

[NobBe Nobbs]

The only two things I'm not liking is Joe losing his first match to Juvi - because Joe's first TNA loss should really have come to a real main event player, or one of the guys he was feuding with (and probably, for that matter, at Slammiversary) - and the use of ECW. While ECW obviously would be a good idea for TNA, it does seem like TNA is just riding on the coat-tails of the WWE when it comes to this.

That said, Amy Dumas' appearance was a great idea and Gareth Cade, too, is becoming an Impact highlight - he may not be a good guy for game ratings, but his stuff is still pretty entertaining. The whole concept of this all being a book 'from the future', as it were, is a good one, and it's all looking good.

Edited March 25, 2006 by Be

[Tarheels.]

I'm with Ze on the Samoa Joe loss thing, but I like the way ECW is being used. In real-life TNA would do this if they really needed the ratings, and if they had a company like fox trying to control things then they would be pushed to do what it takes to get ratings. I love the way this is going, one of my favorite diary's on the board CWB, keep up the great work.

[Chris the Human]

As I've said, the Samoa Joe thing was a huge cock-up on my part (and was to Monty Brown, not Juvi, who simply interfered). Initially I'd planned to use it as an 'excuse' to have Samoa Joe jump to the WWE - but with the signing of Johnny Ace the main advocate for Joe in the WWE was no longer there.

[IDOL]

The Death of the WWE (From the Beginning to now.)

- About four sentences in and I'm realizing that it might be harder to leave feedback in this diary than I thought as it is going to be written as a book. I really like this idea but its gonna be a bit harder to comment on...

- Unifying the Tag Titles at Mania to me says that the brand extension is about through, same goes with the release of Long.

- I thought Melina was dating Nitro, you have Mercury down. Maybe I'm wrong though.

- Dinsmore is going to be very hard to turn into a legit threat as Eugene was pretty much career suicide, you're going to have you work cut out for ya.

- Its Finlay not Finley

- Your writer is changing history. He says "Edge, who had won the previous shot, never once had to defend it." But as I recall he faced Hardy in a match with the shot on the line, the match that sent Hardy to Smackdown.

- Damn TEW sure has the WWE in a cluster fuck. The thing I hate about it is that even though WWE has a brand split put together the fuckers still put the wrong guys on the wrong shows.. ugh.. oh I'm off topic.

- glad to see Red and Gen Next back.

- It's really hard to give feedback on the show in the way that it is written. The promos and matches aren't written out, but they need not to be in the way you are writing this diary. I was however surprised that you booked Sting in action on iMPACT!

- I'm interested in how Cade and Dinsmore are going to be used, as its already stated they're a big part of things. I don't like Finlay coming back as a road agent though, the bugger has wanted to return to competition since he signed with the WWE years ago.

- Holy fuck what the hell was WWE thinking with Ashley going over?

- I hate the booking system in TEW, no wonder why they're going to lose the war the god damned idiots.

- What do you have in store for Funk. That crazy ol' bastard is just that, hopefully he feuds with a younger star to put them over.

- I was dreading that Funk was coming in for Sabu, and he did

- I'm guessing Gayda's announcement is gonna be one of the WWE cast offs or Haas, but none of those is really earth shattering.

- An NAO/Dudleys feud will have older fans licking their chops.

- You've changed up the way you're writing the results here, the other way really worked better for the feel of a book as it reminded me of Keith's "Tonight in This Very Ring"

- I also notice that while trying to give more detailed show results you're switching between past and present tense, just a little something to watch out for.

- I haven't really heard Jarrett say slapnuts in a while now

- The mystery man is.... GARRISON CADE!!!??? Yeah I'm not really marking out, but prove me wrong. I do agree with the age thing you pointed out though.

- Aha, the split is over - didn't I say it was coming?

- Hardy gets squashed, good the no showing little bastard. I see Brown v. Joe in the finals..

- I don't really like the whole OVW champ McGuinness part of all this. The game makes some awful decisions, but surely WWE has legal grounds for something such as this wouldn't they?

- I do like what you're doing with Cade however, the whole thing about Jackie having something on Jeff never got answered in the real world, something that pisses me off.

- I knew Joe was going over.

- gah! Jarrett over Cage, get him the fuck out of there.

- I knew it was only a matter of time before iMPACT! got the plug pulled its like one bad show and they drop the show in every game I've played. Rave X sucks balls.

- Tell me Juvi did NOT just dominate Joe?

- Job that bastard out. I don't care if its to McGuinness or whoever, but teach him a lesson for no showing yet again.

- Really don't know whats up with that Cade/Gayda/Abyss altercation.

- you're right Team 3-D do need new challengers

- K I REALLY don't know whats going on with it.

- "Jarrett was accompanied to the ring by Jackie Gayda" I think you mean Gail Kim? You have switched between the two a couple times, I'm sure you mean Kim or none of this makes any sense.

- So I'm assuming Raven attacked Gayda, theres still some unanswered stuff between the two of them I remember.

- Oh god... FOX!?

- You'll be eating your words about Fox if they shit on TNA too

- Cage and Raven I can dig, Monty is really boring me in this diary, and thats a trend I'm seeing in most TNA ones. In real life he's like Rock on the mic but in diaries he comes off as really generic sometimes.

- I'm noticing some more mispelled andwrong words, you should prolly give a quick run through spell check just to make sure they dont pop up.

- Juvi is a real mother fucker backstage, hopefully this comes out in the diary.

- Good for London on wanting to get out of that hell hole.

- Ace was one of those guys that the wrestlers seemed to hate, wonder how he'll fit into this story as it progresses.

- Sad to see Hoyt go but he hadn't really been used.

- Bahahahahahaha! If Warrior shows up I'll laugh my ass off.

- "Of course, Matthews had competed in both Tough Enough and the XFL" Since when did Mathews play football? You mean XWF

- what a bastard giving the nod to bury Hoyt

- The bounty on Cade should lead to some interesting TV.

- I hope Dreamer had gotten into shape before that match because he was one fat motherfucker at ONS.

- "It was spitting in the face of Vince McMahon," Paul Heyman revealed in an interview on the topic years after the fact, "Because Vince was pouring money into 'resurrecting' ECW and TNA were giving it away for free. They were saying 'Why buy One Night Stand? We've got the best of ECW right here, and we won't make you see JBL or John Cena'. I loved it". One of the best lines of the diary IMO.

- The ratings are dying to be incorportated back into the show

- What the hell does Cade have on Jarrett!?

- I'm really not digging Juvi/Joe.

- "I screwed your brother, Christian, and now I'm here to screw you" brilliance

- Having Palmer Canon squashed because UPN pissed them off is so something that the WWE would do.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Wow that took a lot longer than I thought it would, but you were the next on my list from the "Diary Buddy" thread and here I am 3 hrs later putting the finishing touches on this little post. I came in here thinking I was going to get something different and I certainly did. This diary has alot of potential, and despite some bum sentences here and the odd mispelling there, there's not really too many things I can point out. You have me interested and I'll continue to read.

[JStarr]

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