Capital Ex

Went to Capital Ex last night, had a great time. It really filled the Stampede void quite nicely. The kids really seemed to enjoy it, especially my big kid ;-)

The only thing I can't figure out is how the dogs do those fireworks.....

ECW Main Event Next Tuesday

It appears it will be Batista vs. Show for the belt next Tuesday in New York.... And the fans will....

Worst Match of All Time

For years now I have told people that the worst match I've ever seen was "The Genius" Lanny Poffo vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. Unfortunatly I don't have a date but I'm pretty sure it's very early 90's.

Anyway, I have changed my vote and the new worst match is the New Japan "Island Deathmatch" featuring Hiro Hase vs. Tiger Jeet Singh.

The write-up on the tape says:
New Japan counter the first Jungle Death Match with the Island Deathmatch.

Hiroshi Hase regarded as one of the best wrestlers in New Japan faces Tiger Jeet Singh, a legend of hardcore wrestling brutality. The two men ride boats an island where a ring has been set up. There are no fans, just cameramen and two wrestlers bent on destrying each other.

What I got was what felt like 2 hours of absolute shit. A chinlock held for 10 minutes, so much walking a punching I wanted to gouge out my eyes...

Anyway, check it out if you can. I dare you :-)

Big Brother 7

I missed Tuesdays episode because a power outage screwed up my VCR. They've been advertising that you can watch full episodes on CBS.com so I headed over there to watch Tuesdays show and all I got were commercials for CBS shows looped over and over. Boo.

Now I won't get to see Chicken George make all kinds of sacrifices for the veto. Luckily for me I got a great recap explanation.

ECW on Sci Fi 07/25/06 Review

Show opens with Mike Knox and Kelly in the ring. Knox says Kelly can't take her clothes off anymore and he didn't abandon her last week after she was caned by the Sandman. Which leads to...

Sandman def. Mike Knox by DQ - Kelly enters the ring to try and shield Knox from cane shots from Sandman, Test enters and he and Knox beat down the Sandman. 1:15 of.... blah.

Backstage Test and Knox discuss their unstoppableness untill they are attacked by a trash-can-wielding Tommy Dreamer.

Also backstage, Sabu is "talking" with Paul Heyman. Sabu wants a title match against the Big Show but Heyman says he won't make the match... ever. Paul E. tells Sabu to take the night off. In the corner Little Guido is taping up when Heyman approaches him saying he heard Guido muttering something under his breath. Heyman has his riot-police security dudes beat up Guido and drag him to the ring because his match is NEXT!

The Vampire guy who I don't think has a name yet def. Little Guido - Basically a squash, finished off by a razors edge.

CM Punk promo... Says he lived on the street and fought for everything he ever got and he debuts next week.

Justin Credible def. Balls Mahoney by DQ - The odd push of Balls continues in a watchable match that had moments of sucktitude.... Credible gets the dq win after getting pasted by a chair in a non extreme rules match...

Backstage Show asks Heyman why he can't take on Sabu. Heyman says Show needs to worry about Kane.

Kurt Angle returns next week.

Big Show def. Kane - Was built similar to the Ric Flair match.. It built to a pretty hot finish. Kane was taking it to the Big Show with his usual offence untill Heyman pulls the ref out of the ring in a pinning attempt allowing Show to grab a chair and nail Kane with it. Chokeslam on said chair and that's it.

Sabu appears out of nowhere (kinda) and hit Show with a Van-Terminator of sorts off the top to end the show.

Sloan's New Record

One of my favorite times every couple of years has finally come. Sloan have released the first single from their upcoming album.

Track is called "Who taught you to live that?" It's a Jay and it's very cool, almost a 70's kinda feel to it.

The record is called "Never Hear The End Of It" and will hit stores in Canada on September 19th. I'm excited.

Taste of Edmonton

Last night Chantal took Jonny and I to Taste of Edmonton. I'd never been before so I didn't know what to expect but it was really cool. Churchill Square is really nice, there were 2 stages with music and lots of great food. I had a really great time.

Liver

What the hell is going on with Smackdown's livers? So far Lashley, Khali and now Super Crazy are all out with liver problems and Kid Kash has been suspended for what looks like a violation of the "wellness" policy. Weird.

Big Show vs. Kane on ECW this Tuesday... My soul is slowly dying.

G.A.B.

Anyone tape the Bash ppv last night?

Tex

Make no mistake ladies and gentlemen, Tex Gaines is a very intelligent man. He has shown me my mistakes and has tried to push me in the direction I want to go in...

Thanks Tex, I appreciate what you had to say tonight.

Hey Moks

I agree with you. I have several Numan songs on my MP3 player and everytime one comes on it takes me back to many different times and to many different places. Some of the best written and crafted music that the masses have never heard.

He's playing Toronto and Montreal in August... Damn I wish he'd come out here.

Blah

Hot

It was so hot last night. Hot sweaty and gross. My life sucks and I am unhappy.

ECW on Global

WWE has secured a TV deal for the ECW brand in Canada. ECW will begin airing on Canada's Global Television Network on 8/11 at midnight. The show will also air on the Xtreme digital channel on Saturdays at 1:00 PM and 9:00 PM as well as Sundays at 4:00 AM.

The deal also gets RAW and Smackdown on in Quebec. Global will now air RAW starting August 7th at midnight on CKMI and Smackdown starting August 11th at 12:30AM ET on CJNT.

Medium?!

This is a fucking medium? Look how it is aptly dwarfed by the Michael Jackson DVD. A medium? I thing someone is funnin' me...

Solid score for The Score as TV network lands WWE's Monday Night RAW

TORONTO (CP) - World Wrestling Entertainment found a new Canadian tag-team partner Wednesday as the company announced its flagship show, Monday Night RAW, would be moving to The Score television network.
TSN's 11-year run as host of RAW will end when the show moves to The Score on Aug. 7. The Score will also move its WWE show SmackDown - currently the top-rated show on the network - from Thursday to Friday night.

RAW has been a steady ratings machine for TSN for years, especially in the 1990's when the sports entertainment business enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to performers like (Stone Cold) Steve Austin and The Rock. The business has cooled somewhat since then, but the Canadian market has remained strong.
TSN averaged a solid 375,000 viewers for RAW this year, a six-per-cent jump from last year. But last fall the network secured exclusive Canadian rights to air NFL games on Monday nights. That opened the door for The Score, which does not have the same reach as TSN but is still available in almost six million Canadian homes.
RAW was occasionally bumped a few hours or even into the next day's programming in the past. The Score general manager David Errington said the show will get a consistent 10 p.m. time slot.

"There shouldn't be a pre-emption whatsoever and that was really key to getting the deal done," Errington said.
The WWE brought out some of its top performers for the news conference, including world champion and Orangeville, Ont., native Edge, Richmond Hill, Ont., native Trish Stratus and the legendary Ric Flair.

"We are at the point in this industry, in television and in sports entertainment where we don't have to take a back seat to anybody," Flair said. "The Score has come up and said, 'We're going to put you guys where you need to be.' We'll still be on Monday night and in our eyes that's a big coup for us."

A few hundred fans braved the heat and piercing sunshine for a spot near the red carpet to catch a glimpse of the performers outside the downtown theatre. The loudest cheers were for Flair, who is still going strong in the squared circle at the age of 57. With his ring entrance music blaring, the 16-time world champion treated the crowd to his trademark 'Whoooooooo!,' before entering the building.

RAW is the top-rated program on specialty TV in Canada. DeMarco said that was a big reason why several Canadian networks were in contact with WWE over the last few months.

"It really came down to scheduling," he said. "We really left (TSN) on good terms together and we've got a lot of respect for each other. We had a great relationship over the years."

RAW will be recorded an hour before it's aired on The Score, which will allow the network to give the show a consistent time slot. It also means The Score doesn't have to worry about its live programming limit since the show is taped and allows for an hour of editing time if the programming - which offers everything from bikini to steel cage matches - proves to be too intense.

Errington said some scenes could be edited out if the network is uncomfortable.
"We have to be responsible as a broadcaster," he said. "But we've had SmackDown for six years and I don't think we've had more than five complaints. So I'm not too concerned about it."
A WWE spokesperson said the company is close to announcing a deal to air its new ECW program in Canada. Errington said it won't be on The Score.

"We've got our fill of wrestling and we've got the No. 1 wrestling show and that's what we wanted," Errington said. "We targeted RAW, we got it and we're airing it at a consistent time slot on Mondays. We're done."
The Score also plans to air a one-hour wrestling analysis show on Sunday evenings. Both RAW and SmackDown will be repeated after each week's broadcast (RAW at 12:30 a.m, SmackDown at midnight). The Score will also air the WWE Diva Search Finals on Aug. 16 at 9 p.m. ET.

Ok, so good news is that someone in Canada has picked up ECW, bad news is that RAW is now on ticker-happy Score. Oh well, take the good with the bad.

Joel Siegel Didn't Like Clerks...

July 19, 2006 -- DON'T joke about women, donkeys and bestiality if you expect Joel Siegel to watch your movie. That's what director Kevin Smith found out when the pun-loving "Good Morning America" film critic stormed out of a press screening of Smith's "Clerks II," which opens Friday - an act that's sparked a vicious war of words between the two."Time to go!" roared Siegel to his fellow critics. "First movie I've walked out of in 30 [bleeping] years!"

His tirade came 40 minutes into the long-awaited Weinstein Company sequel to Smith's 1994 cult classic about two foul-mouthed Long Island convenience store clerks who razz customers and goof off.In the scene that sent Siegel to the exit, the characters graphically discuss hiring a woman to perform sexual favors on a donkey.

Siegel told Page Six: "It was so foul and mean and repulsive. I finally realized I could not say anything positive . . . I wasn't ready for this kind of smut . . . I hope he doesn't make any more movies."

An apoplectic Smith fired back on his MySpace blog: "Getting a bad review from Siegel is like a badge of honor. This is the guy who stole his mustachioed-critic shtick from Gene Shalit years ago, and still refuses to give it back. This is a guy who seemingly prides himself on his own nyuk-nyuk wordplay. For 'Pirates 2,' he made us all titter with 'Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Fun' . . .

He made us squeal with delight when he wrote, 'Wheelie Good Time for "Cars." ' I mean, Fozzy [bleeping] Bear laughs at this guy."And there's more: "I don't need Joel Siegel to [bleep] my [bleep] the way he apparently [bleeps] M. Night Shyamalan's, gushing over his flick ['The Lady in the Water'] before he's even seen it, but [bleep] man, man - how about a little common [bleeping] courtesy? You never, never disrupt a movie, simply because you don't like it. Cardinal rule of moviegoing: Shut your [bleeping] mouth while the movie's playing."I don't come down to your job and slap the taste out of your mouth for coming up with a line like, ' "Shark Tale" Is a Halibut Good Time' - so don't [bleep] with my stuff while it's still screening . . .

What are you, a 12-year-old boy cutting loose with your pals at a Friday night screening of 'Scary Movie' 4' while your parents are in a theater down the hall watching 'The Devil Wears Prada'? Leave the diva-like behavior and drama-queen antics to the movie stars, not the movie reviewer, ya' rude-ass [bleep]."



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ECW on Sci Fi 07/18/06 Review

Show opens with Kellys Expose which is as usual broken up by Mike Knox which leads to:

Mike Knox def. The Sandman - On the floor, Knox pulls Kelly in front of a cane shot by Sandman. Low blows in the ring by Knox... 1,2,3. Not great.

"The Reject" Shannon Moore shown in the back staring at the camera.

Paul Heyman promo - rehashes what he said last week which brings Tommy Dreamer to the ring. Dreamer says Pauley owes he and the fans and explanation. After a dramatic pause Heyman kisses Dreamer (?) and Test runs in and demolishes Tommy. WTF.

Balls Mahoney vingette similar to last week.

Sabu def. Stevie Richards - A non-extreme rules match designed to prove Sabu can wrestle with the best of them. A solid match I enjoyed, Sabu gets the victory with the camel clutch.

CM Punk vingette talking about how he has trained all over the world and has many styles and immense discipline. Debut him already, he is saving my love of this show!

Vampire vingette talking about Show vs. 'Taker. Ariel draws the death card.

Big Show nc. The Undertaker - Not great but watchable considering the sources. Match goes to a NC after the Great Khali interferes and Show and Khali double chokeslam 'Taker through the announce table.

I give the show a 6.

It's becoming increasingly evident that the purpose of ECW as of now anyway is to further Raw and Smackdown storylines. Blah.

Spam

I'm getting spam comments now, totally annoying.

Grr...

I hate getting called in on my day off.....