The Ominous Thoughts News Report 4.29.07

First things first, a big thank you to Ryan Byers for covering last week while I was on my vacation from life. I owe you one, big man. I also want to give a shout out to Brian Papa for trying to help a brother with a flat tire out at the ROH show in Long Island and also to Jimmy for coming up with the wrench that made it all happen. Also, I got a lot of positive feedback for Volume 1 of Wrestling Logic this past Friday in That Was Then, so it’ll definitely be back sooner than later. Thanks all for writing in with your compliments.

Now, let’s get to the NEWZ!!

The Real News

This one actually broke early last weekend, but since I was on vacation and didn’t get a chance to chime in with my thoughts, I want to discuss the Randy Orton situation. Word leaked out that Randy Orton was sent home from the European tour last weekend and details are scarce, but what we do know is that Orton caused $50,000 worth of damage in the hotel and this is the main reason he was sent home. Though they tried to keep it quiet, word leaked out and WWE briefly (and perhaps grudgingly) posted an acknowledgement of the situation on their website, noting that Orton had been sent home for unprofessional conduct and that they were taking action against him. The blurb was gone from the site the next day, and no more information has come out since then.

I’m not going to make any comments about Orton’s abilities (or lack thereof) either in the ring or on the microphone here because it’s not relevant. What I can say is that the guy has a history of disciplinary issues with WWE, and time and time again he’s been let go for situations for which any other worker would have been fired a long time ago. It seems to me that WWE knows they have a huge problem on their hands with Randy Orton, but don’t know what to do about it. They don’t want to fire him and let TNA get their hands on him, but what’s their alternative? He’s a guy they’ve been trying to push forever, but has never gotten over the way they expected him to. I doubt they have any thoughts about trying to put a World Title on him at this point considering what a nightmare he’s been, so what do they do? Suspend him again? It’s been done before with no benefit.

What’s more is that I really have to wonder what he did to cause 50 grand’s worth of damage to a hotel. Most of you reading this have probably been in a hotel room, right? You make a list of all the stuff you see in a typical hotel room (including the room itself) and I still doubt that it would add up to $50,000. Was he running around the hotel trashing the place, or what? I really wish there were more details about the incident coming out because I really have to wonder not only what he did to generate a number like that, but what could have caused him to go off in the first place. This isn’t something accidental, you don’t accidentally drop something and say “Oops, I just accidentally broke something worth 50 grand.” What I will say is that Orton had better watch himself from here on out, because he hasn’t exactly been setting the world on fire lately, and I have to think that as high as they are on him, he’s rapidly running out of chances.

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Another story that broke while I was away was WWE dropping Deep South Wrestling as a developmental territory. It’s well known that WWE hasn’t been happy with DSW almost from the very beginning, and it all seems to boil down to DSW owner Jody Hamilton’s inability to run the business to the satisfaction of WWE. There were several factors that WWE had problems with, such as the inadequacy of the house show schedule, Hamilton letting Bill DeMott still come around and bully the talent even after WWE fired him, and the fact that Hamilton scored a TV deal with the Fight Network in Canada without WWE’s blessing. Bruce Prichard was down there a few weeks ago and came back to Stamford with a very negative report, and that was basically the end. Mike Bucci came down to sever the relationship and supervise the removal of WWE equipment from the premises. Steve Keirn’s school in Florida seems to have been selected as the replacement for DSW in the WWE farm system, and both the ring and the developmental talent at DSW are said to be on their way to Florida.

Jody Hamilton, in the meantime, has decided to shut down operations and retire. Deep South Wrestling was dependent on WWE’s financial backing to stay alive, and once that was gone they were unable to survive financially. Hamilton wasn’t said to have taken the news very hard, as he said that this is far from the worst thing that’s ever happened to him in this business. Though he never said so, I have to think that he saw this coming a long way away. Within weeks of the territory setting up shop, word was leaking out that WWE was unhappy with the way it was being managed and we never heard that anything had changed. Granted, we don’t always hear all the positive news coming out of Titan Towers, but anyone could see that OVW was held in far higher regard than DSW was.

One other thing I want to say is that even though WWE didn’t technically own Deep South Wrestling, the fact of the matter is that it never would have existed in the first place if WWE didn’t want a second developmental territory. They were the ones who took Bill Behrens and Jody Hamilton and agreed to help finance their company if they agreed to help develop WWE’s young talent and WWE essentially gave them the money to start a company which never would have survived on its own. I shed no tears for Jody Hamilton because since the company never would have existed if it weren’t for WWE, they didn’t deserve to stay in business if the job they were doing wasn’t satisfactory to those in Stamford. I don’t know much about Keirn’s school, and actually thought they would have done better to try and forge an official relationship with UPW in California (which has produced several national and top indy stars), but if they’re committed to a relationship with Keirn, let’s hope it works out better than, as WWE put it, the “failed experiment”.

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The much talked about Memphis show being headlined by Hulk Hogan vs Paul Wight took place this past Friday night. I have to be honest, I had no idea what the card was going to consist of other than the main event, and once I saw what it was, I can understand why because it was full of guy who are probably at least 15 years past their prime. Here are the full results from the undercard:

-Moondog Cujo defeated The Barbarian
-Greg Valentine defeated Mr Hughes
-Jazz beat Christie Ricci and Miss Passion in a three way match
-Abdullah The Butcher and Big Al Greene had a brawl that apparently turned into quite a bloodbath, but never made it into the ring for an official match
-Bill Dundee and Jimmy Valiant defeated Koko B Ware and Bobby Eaton
-Brutus Beefcake and Bubba The Love Sponge defeated the New Assassins. This was said to be as bad as you would imagine.
-Brian Christopher defeated Buff Bagwell
-Ricky Morton and Kid Kash defeated Too Cool 2 for the Southern Tag Team Title

This brings us to the main event, which was said to be about 10 minutes long and ended with Hogan slamming Wight and giving him the legdrop for the win. I don’t know what the rest of the match was like, but at 10 minutes I would be willing to bet that it was Wight doing all the work and Hogan was just there to fulfill his commitment and get out of there. Seriously, for as big a deal as they were making out of this show and for all the press it’s gotten, for the match to only last ten minutes is a little insulting. There’s a lot of things that I think Hogan gets a bad rap for and a lot of the time I think it’s undeserved, but stuff like this isn’t among them. I’d be more than willing to bet that he only even went through with the match because it was being filmed for Hogan KnowsBest. Listen, I appreciate as much as anybody what he did for the business and how hard he worked in the 80s, and I do think that he does deserve a little bit of leeway both because of that and because of how old he’s getting, but 10 minutes? That’s a bit insulting. Come on Hulk, these people paid much higher ticket prices than they usually do on the promise of seeing you, and no, you didn’t do a 2 minute squash or anything, but I’ve never seen a Hogan match that’s gone less than 15-20 minutes. I mean, it’s Hogan’s business and all, but he’s the biggest name in the history of the business and I feel that even in his semi-retirement, some responsibility for putting on a show comes with that. I guess we’ll see for sure when I see the video (if I do), but this sounds like he was disappointed with what WWE did to ruin the show and half-assed it because he was going to sulk.

The Other News

WWE

Rob Van Dam has turned down WWE’s offer for a contract extension, and word is that ECW creative has been told to tone down the emphasis on RVD in case he does leave. His current contract is thought to expire in July.

Can you imagine how heavily pushed Rob Van Dam would be if TNA got their hands on him? I think it would be a great fit, and being in a new situation where he’s instantly a top guy would probably give Van Dam plenty of motivation to do some great work. It definitely sounds like he’s burnt out on WWE right now, but even if he doesn’t go to TNA, he’d be a HUGE draw on the indy circuit. This’ll be something to keep an eye on over the next three months.

Super Crazy suffered a torn MCL during a match in Germany last week.

Oh mercy, no! Not Super Crazy! How will Heat ever survive without Super Crazy?

Mickie James defeated Melina and Victoria for the Women’s Title in a triple threat match in Paris this week, then lost the title back to Melina later in the evening. The finish for the first match was botched when Victoria missed kicking out before 3 and the second match was done to correct the mistake. WWE is acknowledging the title changes since the news spread so quickly on the internet.

This is a totally dumb situation because even though it is possible for the workers to mess up and miss getting the shoulder up, the generally accepted way of handling these situations is for the ref to stop counting right before 3 and take the heat for looking like an idiot instead of having an unplanned finish like this. The people in the ring might look stupid to the fans in attendance for a few seconds if there were such a visible faux pas, but if they do what they ended up doing instead it becomes an internet story and everyone looks dumb. Good job, guys.

WWE has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Dale Gagner, owner of AWA Wrestling Entertainment, alleging that Gagner and his company are using trademarks and copyrights that WWE purchased from Verne Gagne in 2003, along with the AWA video library.

I’m surprised it took them this long. Dale Gagner may have once worked for Verne Gagne, although I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I doubt that there’s a legitimate family relation as he claims. I don’t care what he says, the guy’s been pushing his company as a continuation of the old AWA for years, and since WWE owns the old AWA, I knew it was just a matter of time before Dale began getting calls from WWE Legal. From the moment he made his official, grandstand announcement that he was recognizing Hulk Hogan as a former AWA World Champion, I knew the was full of shit and a carny scumbag among a business full of them. He’s making a big show of being defiant and running his mouth now, but I really don’t think he has a leg to stand on legally, and I definitely think he’s going to have his ass handed to him if this goes to court.

TNA

Shark Boy has settled out of court with Dimension Films over the use of his ring name. The settlement was for an undisclosed amount, but entitles Shark Boy to continue using his gimmick.

Awesome, now he can make his quarterly appearance on Impact without fear of legal entanglements!

TNA has announced that it will make its Massachusetts debut in June, running Hyannis, MA on 6/21/07 and then Cohasset, MA on 6/22/07.

I believe that these shows will be the furthest north that TNA’s run yet, and I might actually be inclined to make a road trip to one of these shows if the card looks strong enough. After all, it’s not like I can see Samoa Joe at ROH shows anymore. Thank a ton, TNA!

Everything Else

Former WCW wrestler Sean O’Haire has been charged with aggravated assault and battery for the brawl he got into in Florida a few weeks ago. He is currently being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center awaiting prosecution.

Just in case this still matters to anyone. I still think it’s great that Mr Badass MMA Guy got his ass handed to him in a barfight. By all accounts, Sean O’Haire is a real dick, so fuck him. Fuck you, Sean O’Haire, you’re a dick.

ROH Results: Friday, April 27th in St Paul, Minnesota

ROH returned to St Paul, Minnesota this past Friday, for what is apparently the last time. Word has come out that there just weren’t enough people coming to the shows to make it worth the long trip out there, and the decision was made to cut St Paul for now. It’s eight hours away from their next furthest market, Chicago, which is a huge strain on the talent and crew that are coming from the Northeast. It’s always a bummer to hear about a market being closed down by ROH (like Buffalo and Cleveland), and as somebody on the ROH message board put it, I live in the New York City area, and not only is New York one of, if not the top market on ROH’s schedule, but there are several others close by and I can’t imagine what it would be like to have ROH shut down my area and have the next closest place be eight hours away. Major bummer for St Paul fans.

However, if they were going to get shut down, word is that they got one hell of a main event on their way out, as ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima demolished Austin Aries en route to another successful defense of the ROH World Title. The story going in was that Aries had taken his first ROH World Title from the seemingly unbeatable Samoa Joe, ending his 21 month reign with the title in the process, and Aries hit Morishima with the same combo that put Joe away, but it wasn’t enough, and Morishima rallied to retain.

The No Remorse Corps had a strong weekend to cement their status as the top faction in ROH right now, as team leader Roderick Strong successfully defended the FIP Title against Christopher Daniels via countout. Daniels caught his ankle in the guardrail and was unable to free himself in time to beat the count back in. Also, Rocky Romero won a Four Corner Survival match against Jack Evans, Delirious, and Erick Stevens. Jimmy Rave made his return to ROH after suffering a broken jaw at the hands of Nigel McGuinness, interrupting a Do Or Die match and getting a quick submission win over his opponent (whose name I wasn’t able to get just yet) with the heel hook.

The Briscoes retained the ROH World Tag Team Title in an Ultimate Endurance Match which was Mark Briscoe’s official return to action. They won all three falls singlehandedly, beating Pelle Primeau and Mitch Franklin in the first fall, Gran Akuma and Hallowicked in the second, and Mike Quackenbush and Jigsaw in the third. SHINGO defeated BJ Whitmer in what was said to be a very good, hard hitting match and Adam Pearce & Brent Albright teamed up to defeat Colt Cabana and Homicide in another huge brawl. Albright got the fall on Cabana with a sick German suplex. Finally, in a SHIMMER match, the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Lacey & Rain) defeated the Dangerous Angels (Sara Del Rey and Allison Danger) when Lacey pinned Allison Danger after an implant DDT.

ROH Results: Good Times Great Memories, Saturday, April 28th in Chicago, Illinois

This brings us to last night’s show in Chicago, Illinois, named Good Times, Great Memories in honor of the departing Colt Cabana, who faced longtime friend and fellow Chicago native Adam Pearce in the main event.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get too much more information about the show than that because ROH’s website was overloaded with traffic and crashed. I don’t have the results of Cabana’s match or any of the others, but apparently Christopher Daniels turned heel and left the company. Again, I wasn’t able to get full details on what was said, but according to Mike Johnson at PWInsider, after wrestling Erick Stevens to a draw, Daniels turned heel on the company, saying that he wishes he had never come back after TNA yanked him in 2004, and that he was starting his own farewell tour, which would end when he made it back up the ramp. Word is that this is not an angle or the start of a new storyline, Christopher Daniels is totally done with the company, but the idea is that if he ever does come back, he’s got a built in storyline waiting for him. From what I heard, the entire place had turned against him by the time he left the ring, which is amazing considering what he’s meant to the ROH fans over the years and how popular he is.

Right now, that’s all the information I have on the show, but hopefully the ROH website will come back up sooner rather than later and we’ll get a little more info. Either way, it sounds like ROH had one hell of a weekend.

I LOVE FEEDBACK!!!

James Page had the following to say about my recent look at Hell In A Cell 98 in True Feats Of Manliness:

Dear Sir,

I was irritated enough to write to you about your “article”.
It was error filled and ended on a deeply disrespectful note.

shame on you.

Well thank you, I’m glad that my “article” was so thought provoking for you. Why was it disrespectful? Just because I wasn’t being complimentary to the Mick Foley of today? The thing that really cracks me up is that there’s a segment of people out there who are just WAITING for some internet columnist to say he didn’t like something so they can write in and tear into the writer. Listen, I think Mick Foley’s a disgusting parody of what he used to be, but that’s my opinion, okay? It’s not disrespectful, it’d be disrespectful if I were to say “Mick Foley uses the Make-A-Wish Foundation to keep his name floating around and he doesn’t really care about the kids, and by the way his kids are ugly.” That would be disrespectful and also incorrect. And the column was not error filled, by the way, but the point wasn’t to accurately pinpoint every minute detail of what happened and when, the point was that the guy showed a huge amount of sack by taking two sick falls and grievously injuring himself, yet voluntarily continued the match and took even more punishment because that’s the kind of man he was. Remember kids, when it comes to writing, minute detail does not always equal quality.

Mike in New Orleans wants to ask my opinion on Wrestling vs Sports Entertainment:

I’m an old school wrestling fan from Louisiana………..I’ve been a fan and enjoyed it for about 30 years+. I saw Hulk Hogan in the Superdome when he was just starting out, I saw Terry Funk wrestling Harley Race in a match in the Dome, and we had Ric Flair pull up in his limousine at Municipal Auditorium, turn around, and give a big, “WOOOOOO!” when I was a little boy.
My question is this…………back then, wrestling was WRESTLING………….the storylines were there, but not the bullshit with Diva’s, ect…….. Do you think it’ll ever slide a bit back into actual wrestling? My opinion is a resounding, “NO!”, because todays fan doesn’t appreciate the psychology that goes into an hour match………they want 4 minutes of flying all over the ring, a few chair shots, and then onto the “bra and panties” match.
Thanks for your time!

Always a pleasure to get an email from an old school fan. I agree that today’s fans just don’t have the patience for psychology or anything, but real wrestling is still thriving in Ring Of Honor, which is one of the reasons I love that product so much, because I am an old school fan with an appreciation for psychology and long matches. As far as the mainstream goes, unless there’s a significant shift in American culture and average attention span, I sadly think that real wrestling psychology in the mainstream is a thing of the past. But it IS still out there if you know where to look for it.

Matthew ALAN Roberts wants to take me to task for some comments I made in a recent news column. Let’s take this piece by piece:

Dear Sir:

I just finished reading your latest column and had some feed back I wanted to send in on it.

Oh boy! Like the title of this section says, I LOVE FEEDBACK!!!

1. You are wrong that people should be able to gamble as much as they want wherever they want and that government only regulates it because they want a cut. Illegal high stakes gambling such as this is always tied to organized crime and the proceeds go to fund the criminal’s other illegal endeavors, such as drugs and murder. That certainly was the case with Disco Inferno, which is why he and everyone else involved are facing drug charges. There are many legal places for legitimate high stakes gamblers to toss their money away at.

You’re absolutely right, there’s certainly no criminal activity of any kind going on at legal gambling establishments. Perish the thought. So illegal high stakes gambling leads to drugs and murder, huh? I can just picture Disco Inferno sitting around with his crew now:

Disco: Come on guys, let’s start an illegal gambling ring!
Thug: An illegal gambling ring? But Glen, WHY??
Disco: So we can fund some murders. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By the way, there were people there with drugs, but I didn’t know Disco was one of them. Did I miss a news post somewhere? But seriously, I think that’s an important message to send to America’s youth, so here’s a public service announcement: Remember kids, don’t do illegal high stakes gambling, because when you gamble…PEOPLE DIE. And while we’re at it, everybody should know that when you download MP3s, you’re downloading Communism.

2. Vince McMahon and NBC / Universal are totally right in this case and they have every right to protect their talent and intellectual property. They would not let the cast of Law And Order Special Victims Unit appear on CSI for free, so why should McMahon let his talent appear on VH1 for a rival promoter for free. Jerry Lawler did all this behind McMahon’s back, so Lawler and Hogan have coming to them whatever they deserve. McMahon was an extremely nice guy to offer to bail Corey Macklin out of this mess, but Macklin is drunk on the Hulk Kool Aid, so he would rather have the show and lose a lot of money.

First of all, they’re not protecting anything. Cory Macklin is not a rival promoter, he’s a small-time local promoter who WWE approved their talents appearing for, otherwise they would never have been advertised in the first place. It’s not like they’re appearing for TNA or ROH or anything. And Lawler did not do anything behind McMahon’s back, he has an announcer’s deal, not a wrestler’s. What this means is that while he’s expected to be at Raw and PPVs to do color, the rest of the time he’s allowed to work wherever he wants as a wrestler, and he does just that quite often. Make no mistake, he was pulled from this show because WWE wanted to rain on Hogan’s parade, and Macklin’s been around the business more than long enough to not be mark for Hogan.

Memphis wrestling has been dead for well over a decade and this event was not going to do any business any way. It is interesting how Hogan says he does not need McMahon, but he can not put a show together without McMahon’s talent. Big Slow Paul Wight is just a despicable fat slob and I wish I could make him black and send him back in time to Georgia so he could really learn what it means to have a slave name. The show will tank and after some blustering by Hogan, he and Big Slow will be back with McMahon for Wrestlemania 24.

Memphis may very well be a shadow of what it once was, but he’s not the one putting the show together, and don’t even act like it’s not possible to have a show without WWE talent. And though I highly doubt that Show’s returning to WWE anytime soon, that line about making Show black and sending him back in time to be a slave in Georgia may be one of the most insane statements I’ve ever heard. People thought my Owen Hart column was bad? THAT is some fucking offensive stuff right there.

3. There is no denying the legacy of The Dudley Boys and that they are the most decorated team in wrestling history. Sure, they have sucked ass since they left the major league of professional wrestling (WWF) for the minor league (TNA), but they were once great. It is cheesy of them to use their title belts on the air and I hope they get sued for it. However, they got over as a tag team and main evented pay per views (something none on the other teams you listed did) in an era where tag team wrestling is actively discouraged.

Oh, I see where you’re coming from: you’re one of those people that thinks WWE rules and everything else sucks. Okay, that explains the last paragraph, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Dudleys still suck. They’ve always sucked, and Bubba Ray looked so goddamn fat on Impact this week that I’m surprised he was able to squeeze through the ropes without getting stuck. And though they were at least somewhat entertaining in ECW, they sucked from the moment they walked into the WWF and on, they became a couple of undertalented cartoon characters who got over by doing the same tired act over and over for YEARS. And I highly doubt they’re going to get sued for using old title belts on TNA TV. Wow, you’re really full of anger there, aren’t you? That’s enough feedback for this week.

The Final Word On WWE Backlash 2007

Backlash 2007 is tonight live on PPV starting at 8pm, and as usual, we’ll have live coverage of the show right here on 411wrestling.com. It is co-headlined by three big matches, each for one of the World Titles. Probably the top match of those three is the Fatal Four Way for the WWE Title with WWE Champion John Cena defending against Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Randy Orton, assuming Orton doesn’t get pulled from the show at the last moment as a bait and switch. In the Roundtable preview, I predicted that Cena’s walking out with the title, but I think that this has the potential to be really good…if they give it enough time. Cena and Shawn Michaels went almost an hour on Raw this week and it was probably the best TV match of the year in WWE so far. Even with Orton in there, I think the other three are good and hard enough workers that if they got a half hour or 45 minutes, this could actually top the Raw match. Again, I think Cena is going over, but if everybody’s got their working boots on, this could be a MOTYC sneaking up on us.

In other action, the Undertaker defends the World Title against former champion Batista in a Last Man Standing match. Listen, the Batista experiment has failed. He got over big when the fans made him a superstar in 2005, but that crowd support is long gone, and now he’s just another prima donna with a superstar attitude and no drawing power to show for it. I’m glad Undertaker beat him at Wrestlemania, but if he doesn’t win again here, then there’s something very wrong when it comes to main event decision making. The other title match will feature Bobby Lashley defending the ECW Title against the trio of Umaga, Vince McMahon, and Shane McMahon. I consider this a World Title match in name only, the ECW Title is a secondary title at this point and anybody who disagrees should really look at where it stands in relation to the WWE and World Titles on the card. Lashley’s made his name by beating up Umaga this year, and I think that this match will see that trend continue, except that this time around he’ll probably end up beating Vince or Shane. Come to think of it, this’ll probably end up being an excuse for Vince to show off his bald head for comedy again.

Oh wait, did I say the other title match when referring to Lashley vs Umaga/Vince/Shane? I shouldn’t have, because the entire card is made up of title matches. Wow, is this like those WWF PPVs from 2001 when all the WCW Titles were defended on every show too, or what? The rest of the card is filled out with Matt & Jeff Hardy defending the World Tag Team Title against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, Melina defending the Women’s Title against Mickie James, and Chris Benoit defending the US Title against MVP. Cade and Murdoch are glorified jobbers and probably have no chance of regaining the title. The Women’s Title match will hopefully be error free unlike the match in Paris this past week, but as much as I’d like to see Mickie James win the title back, I think Melina’s keeping it tonight. As for the US Title, I predicted that MVP would get the title at Wrestlemania, but since he didn’t, I don’t see him going down two in a row, he’s getting the US Title tonight.

Wow, only six matches? I totally just realized how short this card is. At three hours, that’s a lot of time to fill, and without all the bullshit time-filling crap like they have at Wrestlemania, I’m hoping that this means that the Fatal Four Way is going to go long. If they get at least a half hour, that will be a MOTYC, mark my word. In any event, live coverage begins here at 411wrestling.com with the preshow at 7:30pm and the main show at 8. If you’re not buying the PPV, come hang out with us tonight and we’ll give you the play-by-play. Hell, even if you are watching it, check in with us and see what we’ve got to say.

We Got Links Out The Ass

Check this out man, I’m like Jesus…I’M EVERYWHERE! First stop this weekend is the 411 PPV Roundtable Preview of WWE Backlash 2007!

After that, I go head-to-head with my good buddy Ari Berenstein in WEEK FOUR of Buy Or Sell. Ari agreed to do it after I apologized for that little Chris Hero email a few weeks back and lent him my Best Of Virgil DVD from RF Video. They’ll sell anything.

Up next, I rate how Wrestling Logical the Beach Blast 93 mini-movies and the Undertaker Death at Royal Rumble 94 are in That Was Then.

Of course, Saturdays aren’t complete without a little Friendly Competition.

Larry has a pretty new banner in Wrestling’s 3R’s!

Zac Calhoun talks about tits in The Ripple Effect.

Sat & Uncle Trunx give us the High Road/Low Road of Tri-Branded PPVs.

Joe Estee has the Keys To The Game for tonight’s four way main event for the WWE Title.

Phill Feltham tackles the tricky subject of why wrestlers are more often choosing not to resign with WWE in The Quick Talkdown.

Finally, my friend and yours Ari Berenstein is back with yet another excellent, riveting edition of Column Of Honor.

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That’s it for me for this weekend. Remember that we’ve got live coverage of Backlash starting right here on 411wrestling.com starting at 7:30pm. Until next week, this is “Weekend Warrior” Stuart Carapola signing off. See you next week!