Taz is/was my favourite ECW wrestler of all time. I was even a fan of him from early 2000 to mid 2000 in the WWE when he won matches against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and won both the Hardcore title and ECW title in the same week in April. Of course, this was before his injury in which after he returned, he turned into a jobber for the rest of his WWE wrestling career (although he did win a match against Eddie Guerrero at one point). I'm not against Samoa Joe for being a "rip-off" of Taz. It only goes to show that Taz had influence. Still, I enjoyed Samoa Joe's run in ROH and although the whole "undefeated streak" is getting old now, I still look forward to seeing his match against Angle.

Vince: Please push for a Hardy Boyz reunion. And please push for a permanent one in the near future.

Vince: Please fire Cena.
Vince: Please push Nitro for a WWE title shot.

Survivor Series Just got better

DAMN!

Thats all I have to say.

yeah I agree about ron simmons. first thought came to my mind first seeing simmons was: geez, where'd they dig him up

Wouldn't it been more awesome if it were...say...the Brooklyn Brawler though?

Can't wait till Wrestlemanai 23 in Detriot...:biggrin:

Meh this don't mean much but I'm done with wrestling~~ Long live WCW and fuck WWE.

now if only they could restore ECW's former luster

Wow, that last TNA show was really good...Really action-packed and with lots of cool segments (the "Target" one was great, I thought...Definitely a Russo idea come back from the dead). I'm seriously looking forward to this show more I did even a couple months ago. They actually have several match-ups I want to see even more than the whole WWE roster can put together (Joe vs Angle...again. Ironman! And I'm a big fan of both Styles and Daniels, so seeing those two in a lengthy feud would be great. And I've always been a Sting fan and he can give anyone a great match).

Piper can barely walk, so no surprise he's injured. At least he got to wear some more gold before he retired.

The whole thing with Styles and Daniels is that they've already been in a fued multiple times and its getting really old now...

In a scary situation, Piper was found to have Cancer. Thankfully, he should recover.

I agree. I enjoy the Styles/Daniels match-ups, but I am also growing tired of seeing them feud over and over again. Granted, the roles reversed might freshen things up, but only so much...

to quote Jim ross "Rowdy Roddy Piper's tougher than a 2 dollar steak" so he'll pull through this. Personally I've gotta say that based on Survivor series last sunday, I must give big ups to CM punk, he's certainly impressed me

Have you seen CM Punk in the indies such as ROH? He was awesome in ROH too. The couple of times I've seen him on Heat when he was starting off in the WWE, he was pretty impressive technically against Val Venis.

I remember hearing about his "5 star" matches with Samoa Joe and that got me interested in him. He hasn't disappointed me. The staight-edge bit is a great wrestling gimmick...Sort of like the whole Stone Cold thing...It's something people can identify with.

Then again, Eugene is something people can identify with too, but he isn't exactly the perfect implementation of it.

LOL @ Flair last night...The chemistry between Orton and Edge was priceless, though the main event was a rip. For some reason, I'm psyched about Hardys vs MnM.

Seems WWE actually stepped it up a tad, now that TNA has...Or am I just imagining things? I felt little inclination to flip Packers-Seahawks on last night.

Oh man, CM Punk cut some of the best promos in ROH. He had excellent matches against Samoa Joe and they had series of bouts. That's not all though. He had some great matches against Colt Cabana, Jimmy Rave, Austin Aries (who CM Punk defeated for the ROH title), and Christopher Daniels too.

Wow, I don't usually get to watch the beginning of ECW on Tuesday nights, but...

the big rumor now is that the undertaker will continue his WM streak, seeing as how it's in his contract to do so, and that his next big match at WM will be one that apparently has been a year in the making. here it is:

Wrestlemania 23: The Undertaker vs the (at that time) Undefeated Umaga

Two words...
HOLY SHIT!

And for those of you who don't know, the VKM = James Gang = New Age Outlaws

I think it's semi-anticlimatic given that they accepted the challenge AFTER it was made. Oh well...

I'll be interested to see what happens since all impacts for the month are taped after the ppv

Paul Haymen is now gone from ECW, and the future of the company is in question...

From PW Insider:

THE WHOLE STORY ON PAUL HEYMAN LEAVING WWE
by Dave Scherer @ 5:41:00 PM on 12/4/2006



As Mike reported a few minutes ago, Paul Heyman is gone from WWE. From talking to a number of people in company, the impression I received was that Vince McMahon was irate about how awful the PPV was last night and wanted to pin the blame on Heyman for it. Anyone who knows anything about Heyman's booking, as I have for years now, have a pretty good idea that the show was much more McMahon than Heyman. But according to people I spoke with, Heyman got pinned with the blame for it with the theory being that "he is caught in the past and doesn't understand the new vision of ECW". You know, the vision that ends PPVs a half hour early and makes the fans boo what WWE creative books for them.

The problems started yesterday at the ECW PPV when everyone realized that the show really stunk. Heyman was said to be unhappy with the way that the show was booked (big shock right) and sources backstage told me that he voiced that concern both before the show and after it. People at TV told me today that it was obvious that there were issues between Vince McMahon and Heyman because of the how the show played out on pay TV, with everyone knowing it was a disaster. Problems carried over from last night and led to the incidents that happened today.

A number of sources told me that there was a meeting today around two o'clock with Heyman, Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque at the building. Heyman came out the meeting and seemed like his normal self, with no one I talked to having any idea that something bad had happened. Shortly thereafter, Heyman gathered his things and left the building to go home.

The word going around from everyone I talked to is that this is not a storyline in any way and he is legitimately done with the company.