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A good worker, who worked in probably one of the hottest matches of the 90s at Wembley, but just couldn't hold anyone's interest on the mic for long enough and that's probably why he was never given a serious push for the big one. Sycho Sid (Vicious/Justice)

When Shad Gaspard was down in OVW, he was called the HNIC. 'Head Nigger in Charge'

Correction. A slave, a pimp and a tribal savage. Also had Tony Atlas who had a short spell as Saba Simba, who came to the ring with a fucking spear to chuck. In fact when you think about it. Charles Wright has had a few stereotypical gimmicks thrown up at him. Kama Mustafa, the black militant. Godfather, the pimp and Papa Shango, a juju man.

Hanging about backstage knifing folk no doubt.

Hassan was a brilliant, edgy character. Probably too edgy for his time. His promos as mentioned above, had me nodding in agreement on more than one occasion. What he said was on more than one occasion true, yet the Redneck American audiences hated the absolute hell out of him. It was a masterstroke as well having Daivari there speaking in Persian (even though US audiences thought it was Arabic, but still generated major heat) as he was the lynchpin for the heavy heat to start. The WWE made a major arse of it by killing off the character after the London bombings, simply because of bad-timing. He could and would have been absolutely massive. Edited to add: Simply fantastic promo here from the next show following the Undertaker incident. You get the feeling that there is more than a hint of shoot here as he knows he's finished through no fault of his own. The American audience really show themselves up here as a small-minded lot as it was obvious the guy was talking from the heart.

You like Shane Douglas? Oh dear.

I'll go through the few I've watched recently on the Hard-Drive Toy Story - A classic. A film I've been able to watch again and again and is still as fresh now as it was 15 years ago (astonishing that it's 15). Cracking balance of comedy, seriousness, visual mastery and emotion. 9.5/10 From Paris with Love - A cracking, fast-paced but slightly clichéd action film. But I can forgive it as John Travolta puts in a fantastic performance and it's very funny in parts. Especially his first 20 minutes when we are being introduced to his character, Wax. 8.5/10 Funny People - Whilst I disagree with Andy in the post above me in some points he's spot on in others. I thought it was a decent film without being overly funny (which is rather disappointing) and was absorbing enough to keep me until the end, I did start to wane about the 2 hour mark, which is faaaaar too long for a film of this sort. They could have easily curbed it down to an hour and a half and Adam Sandler's character shows himself up as a total p***k. Was OK, but wouldn't sit through it a second time. 6/10 The Hangover - Unashamedly, one of my favourite Comedies ever. One I'll probably go back to in years to come and still laugh my arse off at. 10/10 The Heartbreak Kid - Decent turn for the Farrellys, not as funny as Kingpin and Something About Mary though. I quite like Ben Stiller, so will give any comedy he's in a spin. It had it's moments, but they weren't as full-on funny as I would have liked, still, I've seen far worse. 7/10 Toy Story 3 (3D) - Cracking Finale of a wonderful trilogy. I'm really glad they waited off on the 3rd movie and put together a strong script, rather than churn out meaningless sequels (much like the Shrek franchise has been doing) for the sake of merchandise. Emotional ending to the series and a genuinely funny film. By the time most 3rd films come about, the quality has dwindled rapidly. That's not the case here. Only downside was the loss of some of the other (albeit minor) characters, but I could understand that due to the amount of new characters added to the film. A cracker. 9/10

Sheiky Baby is a class act. He's always fucking arses and making people humble. I don't know if he goes through his entire life putting on his game face and acting as if life's all just a great big work, or if he actually doesn't realise that he's not in the 1980s anymore and now in a world where breaking kayfabe isn't a big deal. Some vidoes I think he's genuinely lost it, other ones though I reckon he's trolling.

It's a shame Mass Transit's dead. They could stick New Jack back in there with him.

Is this the match that ends with Strong knocking Danielson out and trying to roll him over, then Danielson comes to and just elbows absolute fuck out of him to end the match? If so I remember watching it a few months back and it looked like there was some legit heat at the end of it as Danielson and Strong's elbow in the closing stages looked increasingly stiff. Both men spitting on one another and Dragon going bush at Strong. Really intense, but I'm assuming it was a worked part of the match?

There have been dozens of rumours about him. Some say he's dead, others that he's a recluse living in a foreign country somewhere in Europe with a wife. I've heard the wheelchair rumour, he's now a door-to-door salesman and also that he actually lost his mind and disappeared off the face of the Earth without trace. He didn't even turn up to Killer Kowalski's funeral (who was his mentor and friend). The reality of the situation though is that he's completely dissociated himself with everyone and everything to do with wrestling in a bid to get himself totally clean, and now lives with his new wife in Minnesota.

I don't know if this is just me. But as a rule I generally don't listen to anything anyone tells me about best types of techniques for running, or fitness in general (i.e Weights, eating patterns, etc.)and simply do it my own way. (I'm a bit of a yo-yo type though, go through it in obsessive spurts, but i'm determined to keep it going this time around). I'm motivated enough that when I'm in the gym, I can do a solid hour and 45 mins of pure cardio and not slack off. I do all of my running on a treadmill, no matter what anyone says about the advantages or disadvantages of it, I just find it a better, more enjoyable run where you can switch off and not worry about those around you. Also for someone with terrible ankles which are prone to twists and ligament tears, it's ideal knowing that I don't have to watch my step in case I stand on a chucky and tear it apart (seriously, it's that easy for me). My gym routine seems to be at the moment..... 20-25 mins treadmill run (10.5-12.5km/h), on a 1.0% gradient. 30 mins uphill walk (7.0-8.0km/h) on a 15.0% gradient. 20-25 mins on the cross trainer (starting at level 9, stepping up 4 levels every 5 mins, then dropping 3 and repeating 4/5 times so it gets gradually harder) 20-25 mins on stepper (proper escalator treadmill stepper in my gym and it's an absolute killer) One Nautilus Circuit (15 weight machines, 1 set of 12 reps on each at heaviest I can manage, no rest period gives a full body workout) 10 minutes warm down on bike or rower. This is my routine 5 days a week (Monday, then Wednesday-Saturday), except the Nautilus, I'm only doing that 3 times a week. I also sometimes cut one or 2 of the exercises out on a Saturday and do a spin class instead.

I don't get all the Kane hate on here. He's apparently been offered another title run plenty of times down the years but hasn't taken them up on it as he'd rather help push younger talent. There have also been rumours that he's considered retiring since way back when they took the mask off him. He's been a good, consistent upper midcarder for the WWE and should have been given a far longer title reign when he first won it, a combination of dropping the title after 24 hours (Stone cold was so red-hot at the time, I think Vince feared a backlash from fans for taking the belt off him) and making him Taker's bitch on a regular basis hurt the character irreparably, especially after how terrifying they made him look in his first 6 months.

I've not watched a lot of WWE lately, but is Bourne's push a serious one? Do they honestly think he has what it takes to be a legit World Champ and regular main eventer? I mean he is about 180 right? On what little ring time I've seen of him, it's obvious he is a very talented young fella and his finisher is a thing of beauty, but most of the time ring talent is a distant second best to how marketable an individual is. Of course it's a moot question as they have the ridiculous situation of Rey Mysterio as a Heavyweight champ, and Bourne would be far more credible than him IMO, but Rey sells to the kiddies.

This is the first bit of Raw I've seen since the Anonymous GM was put in place and from looking at it, it seems obvious to me that it will be Cole. They have shifted his in the last couple of years from the wannabe 'street-talking' play-by-play commentator catering to the young hispanic audience beside Tazz on Smackdown (and failing badly at it), to a more natural role of a weasely type. Even since the start of season one of NXT back some 20 odd weeks ago, it seems as if he's being groomed for the cowardly heel GM role. This would be perfect for Cole, as people want to hate him and if he does nothing else right, he does draw a lot of heat, which probably isn't great for your main play-by-play guy.

I always thought it was more to do with the fact that he hadn't even made it to TV as Rikishi Fatu when Austin got hit with the car. That's certainly why I never considered him at the time.

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What was the reason?

I mean for fucks sake. If this is indeed legit, then they have well and truly fucked this entire angle right up. As a few others have said though, the fact that the camera focused on it for so long suggests that Vince wasn't particularly fussed about it. If he was he'd have ordered the cameras to switch almost instantly away from what was going on. It was quite probably the best part of the segment as it looked absolutely legit and showed off the brutality of the group. I'm hoping it's a work right enough, but the WWE have done so much in the last 5 years to fuck up any momentum they've had and so I wouldn't be surprised. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if he was continually 'showing up' on WWE television to disrupt goings on and assist the NXT stable. I'm sure we'll find out on Monday. If they work his firing onto TV for the 'brutality of his actions' then it will certainly be a work.

Jericho and Regal to lead them?

Had we still been in the attitude era, the crowd would have gone bush. I still think it's folly to say that the crowd didn't care though. At least they are trying to mix it up a bit and create something good for a chance.

A stunned silence doesn't neccesarily make for a dead crowd. The crowd seemed shocked at what was going on, at no point in that segment did it corss my mind that they didn't care, more that they didn't know what to think.

Ummm, no he hasn't. The lad who died was killed by a lack of proper medical evaluation by trainers at the wrestling school he and Khali attended. He'd taken a bad concussion a few hours before at a training camp and was told to carry on without any supervision or protective gear. Whether through neglect on his own part, or as a result of suffering the concussion he took either a back bodydrop or flapjack from Khali and simply didn't open his body out in time, landing on his head again. As shit a wrestler as Khali is, there was nothing he could have done about it, the move wasn't botched on his part. The training school were found entirely at fault.

Do you stand constantly at a football match when in a seated area? It's nothing like a gig. A gig, you stand as there is music, most people prefer to jump/bounce around which is easier to do whilst standing. Why you'd want to bounce around constantly through a wrestling event is beyond me.