Archive for February, 2007

BBB’s Notebook: ECW on Global 02/23/07

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Mike Awesome tribute graphic.

Show opens with clips of Lashley vs. Kennedy.

Tonights main event will be Lashley vs. Kennedy vs. Hardcore Holly.

Flooooooooooooor!!!!

We are live from San Diego, Joey and Tazz in the booth.

Elijah Burke, Matt Striker, Marcus Cor Von and Kevin Thorn all head to the ring. Burke says pure skills beat the ECW originals last week. Striker says tonight they will teach the originals another lesson and any one of them can beat any original. They choose Kevin Thorn. Out come Tommy, Sandman, RVD and Sabu. They decide RVD will compete.

Rob Van Dam vs. Kevin Thorn - Thorn muscles Van Dam early, but RVD uses kicks to knock him to the floor. Nice plancha. The new breed jump Van Dam on the floor and chaos ensues. Everyone brawls.

Commercial.

Back from commercial Thron has the advantage in the ring. Everyone else has been banished to the back. RVD hits a spinning heel kick and both are down. Back up and trading punches and RVD wins. Arian has huge boobs. More kicks from Van Dam. Cross body for a 2. Van Dam hits the 5 star for the win. Watchable but nothing special.

Snitsky vingette.

Money in the Bank qualifier - CM Punk vs. Johnny Nitro - Melina has her new belt. Headlock takeover by Punk. Nice heel kick by Punk for a 2. Nitro hits a nice sprngboard kick of his own. The advantage changes hands many times. Punk takes over with knee strikes. Double underhook backbreaker for 2. Nitro hits a kick in the ropes after Melina distracts Punk. Nitro misses a corkscrew moonsault off the top and Punk drops Nitro on his knee for the pin. Pretty decent match. Punk is going to WrestleMania.

Rebecca is in the back with Mr. Kennedy. Holly interrupts him and says ECW is Hollys world.

La Resistance vs. Los Luchas (who the fuck??) - They jump the Luchas and take it to them. And after a double team neck breaker it’s over. Lame.

After the match Snitsky hits the ring to kick Lucha ass. He is an ugly fucker, and the sad thing is that it isn’t his fault.

Lashley sob story vingette.

Kellys expose. 3 broads dance. Yay.

Tazz and Styles plug Hennigs HoF induction.

Lashley vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Hardcore Holly - Kennedy and Lashley brawl early. Lashley fights back and takes it to his 2 opponents, but runs shoulder first into the ringpost. Kennedy takes it to him with nice boot scrapes. Lashley battles back with a belly to belly on Holly. Kennedy pulls Lashley to the floor but gets tossed into the steps. Holly hits the floor and tosses Lashley back into the ring and locks on a chinlock. Lashley backs him into the corner and takes on both men but gets caught in a snake eyes, and then Holly uses a chair. Holly hits the Alabama Slam but Kennedy pulls out the ref and low blows Holly. Kennedy tries to hit Lashley with a chair but hits Holly, Lashley hits Kennedy with the powerslam for the pin and the victory. Not bad but nothing special again.

BBB’s Notebook: Beside You in Time - Nine Inch Nails Live

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I don’t really know what to say about this other then it was incredible. The last live dvd (And All That Could Have Been) was awesome but this one is that much better because I got to see a show on this tour.

Anyone that knows me knows that I am a huge NIN fan and had been waiting to see them live for many many years. Now with this dvd I can relive it. The music of “Right Where it Belongs” coupled with the visuals that were cast on the curtain is something I don’t think I will ever forget.

Moks, you pick this up yet? Its fantastic. Also, I need you to email me your cell number again.

Enough already

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

All this Ryan Smith whining is seriously starting to fucking annoy me.

There are some facts that people are missing in my opinion. All the people who think "we got nothing for him" need to realize that no team is going to cough up too much for a player who is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Its just not logical.

And second of all, Ryan Smyth is just as much of a villain here and Kevin Lowe and the Edmonton Oilers. If the 2 offers were only separated by a few hundred grand, why the fuck can't he sign and play here for the Oilers offer. Does anyone question his loyalty to his team when he could have signed for what off he was given? No, but they should.

Anyway, just my $0.02 but what do I know….

BBB’s Notebook: WrestleMania XV

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

World Hardcore Title Match (Triangle Match): Bob Holly defeated Al Snow and Billy Gunn (7:06) - Standard-issue WWE Hardcore title match which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

World Tag Team Title Match: Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett defeated D-Lo Brown and Test (3:58) - Pretty short, not much to say.

Brawl for All Match: Butterbean Knocks Out Bart Gunn (0:35 - 1st Rnd) in a “brawl for all” match - So fucking good I can’t even tell you. If you’ve never seen it, have a look.

Mankind defeated Paul Wight (6:50) by Disqualification - Show’s forst WM, he beat down Mick quite well….

Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match (Four Corners Match): Jesse James defeated Goldust, Ken Shamrock, and Val Venis (9:47) - Not a bad little match.

Kane defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (11:33) by Disqualification - Nothing special, Chyna interferes for the dq and a emotional return to dX. Blah.

World Womens’ Title Match: Sable pinned Tori (5:06) to retain the title - Fucking garbge, I know… shocking.

European Heavyweight Title Match: Shane McMahon pinned X-Pac (8:41) to retain the title - HHH turns heel and joins the Coporation. Shane O’ Mac is fun.

Hell in a Cell Match: The Undertaker pinned Big Boss Man (9:46) - Pretty shitty match and the hanging at the end was kinda lame.

World Heavyweight Title Match: Steve Austin pinned Rocky Maivia (16:52) - First of 2 really solid matches at WrestleMania for these 2, Well done.

Ryan Smyth

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

So Ryan Smyth is no longer an Edmonton Oiler. I'm sure there wil be a pretty huge backlash on the way.

He is a free agent, I wonder if there are rules against him re-signing with the Oil in the summer. I could be mistaken but I think there is a rule that a player has to be away for a year before he returns to a previous team.

It will be an emotional night at Rexall tonight.

Oh yeah!

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Now I remember what it was. The XWF "lost episodes" or something like that. Its gonna suck, I can't wait!

Update

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

For those who are concerned about my life (however few there may be…) I am no longer at WCB but back at Best Buy.

They came to me and made me a pretty good offer to return and I decided to take it, so I'm back in the saddle again.

And the blackberry is back so you can expect more long-winded boring dvd and show reviews… Yay.

Watched "the breakup" the other day. It was decent, nothing overly great but I loved the ending. I expected a Hollywood 'they get back together' kind of ending but it never happened which was very refreshing.

Picked up some new dvd's over the past couple of days, excited about the new NIN live dvd and the Tenacious D movie came out today as well.

Yesterday I picked up a Kaiju dvd I've been looking for forever as well as a disc called "WWE unauthorized" which I'm sure will be all kinds of goodness. Also finally snagged the Silversun Pickups record. I bought something else as well but my memory fails me. I'm sure I'll remember later. Anyway, that's the latest.

BBB’s Notebook: WrestleMania XIV

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Tag Team Battle Royal: LOD 2000 (Hawk and Aniaml) won a “tag team battle royal” (8:19). The other teams in the match were: Savio Vega and Miguel Perez, Recon and Sniper, Chainz and Bradshaw, D-Lo Brown and Mark Henry, The Quebecers (Pierre and Jacques), The Rock-n-Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson), Jesus Castillo and Jose Estrada, The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), Too Much (Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher), Steve Blackman and Flash Funk, The Godwinns (Henry and Phinneaus), DOA (Skull and Eight Ball), Farooq and Kama, and New Midnight Express (Bob Holly and Bart Gunn) - It was a battle royal, what can I say. I hated LOD 2000 and I hated Sunny’s outfit.

World Light-Heavyweight Title Match: Taka Michinoku pinned Aguila (5:57) - I totally forgot about this match…. They put together a entertaining little 6 minute bout.

European Heavyweight Title Match: Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Owen Hart (11:29) - Slaughter was handcuffed to Chyna who managed to interfere and cost Owen the match, decent match.

Mixed Tag Team Match: Marc Mero and Sable defeated Goldust and Luna (9:11) - Horrible as I’m sure you can imagine.

Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match: Rocky Maivia defeated Ken Shamrock (4:49) by Disqualification. - Short but really tried to get Shamrock over as a loose cannon who can snap at a moments notice.

World Tag Team Title Match (Dumpster Match): Terry Funk and Cactus Jack defeated The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Jesse James) (10:01) - This was pretty fun to watch as they brawled all over the building. The legends won after a forklift came into play.

The Undertaker pinned Kane (16:58) - Nothing really special even though this was their first match against each other. As Randy Jackson would say, it was just ok.

World Heavyweight Title Match: Steve Austin pinned Shawn Michaels (20:02) - The drama was fairly compelling. Everyone knew Shawn was leaving and everyone knew he was hurting so it was great to watch him and Austin still put on a tremendous match.

A pretty underrated WM.

Surprise!

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Guns N Roses album not ready yet
Axl’s release is pushed back yet again

The release date for the new Guns N Roses album ‘Chinese Democracy’ has been pushed back yet again.Despite announcing March 6 as the release date, the band have are now saying the album is not running on schedule and they have no official date set for its release.

A post on the band’s official site said: “After some delays and scheduling difficulties, things appear to be moving along.”The message said the album is recorded and is currently in the mixing stages.The LP will be the first release from the band since 1993’s covers album ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’, although the only original member remaining is frontman Axl Rose.

The band are set to play shows in South Africa in April and May. –By our New York staff.

Well I am shocked and dismayed by this new development-I didn’t see it coming at all!!

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Friday, February 23rd, 2007



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