2013 Favorites

Nothing too in depth with reasons as to why I like some of these things from 2013.

Songs: 

"End Of Me" by A Day to Remember

"Way Out" by Yelawolf

"Industry" by The Browning

"Rap God" by Eminem

"No End In Sight" by Killswitch Engage (Couldn't find a full version that wasn't live)

"Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke (Guilty pleasure song)

"At the End of This War" by Trivium

"Molly" by Tyga feat. Wiz Khalifa (Another guilty pleasure)

"Get Straight" by Yelawolf

Video Games:

The Last of Us

NCAA Football 14

Saints Row IV

Liked what I played of GTA V

Matches:

Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena at Summerslam

Kevin Steen/Michael Elgin/Brian Cage vs. AR Fox/Ricochet/Rich Swann at PWG All Star Weekend N2

That Punk/Cena match from that Raw in Feb

Lol that's seriously all I have.  Didn't really watch a lot of new movies this year to make a list.  So there you have it, pretty small entry.

My ROH Collection from 2008 Match Ratings

Please note the overall rating only reflects the matches. That does not include segments and just because a match has a bad star rating doesn't mean it's not enjoyable. Also, Non Rated matches do NOT figure into the overall show rating.

NFL Week One Predictions With Showtime

Alright readers, time to break from the wrestling mold for a little bit and give you some NFL Week One predictions.  Joining me this week is Showtime from a very well known WWE Games blog.  You can hop onto his blog here for all of his thoughts and opinions on the biggest wrestling game franchise.  He's a huge NFL fan and I'm very happy to get him along for this one folks.  Enjoy.

Interview with Derek Cornell

Derek Cornell is ready for war.

In a first for The Spinning Backfist, we were able to secure an interview with a veteran of the Iowa independent wrestling scene, Derek Cornell. Derek Cornell has made his mark known in such promotions as Magnum Pro Wrestling, Adrenaline Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Phoenix, and countless others. I ask him some basic questions but never the less we are proud to bring you this interview.

PG Over?

CM Punk busted open on RAW.


So apparently there has been a lot of buzz in the world of wrestling, and social media about the main event match on WWE RAW this past Monday night. Not to mention that CM Punk actually main evented a show for once, but in a very rare turn of events. Jerry "The King" Lawler actually busted CM Punk open during the match. For a while now blood as been a big no-no in the WWE, ever since it went PG, but more so over the last year or so. Anybody remember the Punk/Rey match almost being stopped for blood? It's completely understandable why they don't want bloody matches anymore, especially with it now being a PG show, not to mention the health risks that are imposed upon the workers and the referees.

The thing is, people have been screaming out for the return of the Attitude Era, saying that PG is killing the WWE and making people less interested. Whilst I don't share that same opinion, I am of the opinion that I preferred the Attitude Era, because it gave me exactly what I needed. Some bad ass characters that did what they wanted, when they wanted, some awesome violence, sometimes extremely hardcore....and then some sensual divas when it was required. I mean, let's be honest here, the diva's division is a joke. There are a few credible wrestlers in there, most notably for me; Beth Phoenix and Natalya. So what is the point of having such scantily clad women on a PG show? And the whole Be a Star thing? Yeah...I love the idea of it, I think it's amazing that people are taking the effort to try and stamp bullying out...but the Wrestling Memes have pointed out so many flaws, for example: CM Punk: Don't be a bully, Be a Star - cut to the ring - CM Punk to Johnny Laurinitis: You're a loser, and you have no friends.

Yeah, it fits, right?

The PG Label is an excuse for the WWE to hide behind whenever the things that are going on or have happened in the past are brought into question, particularly during Linda's campaign. I personally couldn't give a rat's ass if she gets in or not. I watch WWE for the wrestling, not for her political gain. However, back to the original point before I started to ramble on....on RAW, Jerry "The King" Lawler busted CM Punk open, and that itself was then followed by a fairly brutal attack on Lawler by Punk. Forcing super-Cena to come running down and try to rip the cage door open (for a brief second I thought he was going to, and I would have turned the TV off had he done so) but having Cena screaming for them to get the cage up, and telling Punk he'd made his point and gone to far, added to the element, of....holy crap, he's beating the snot out of this guy right here. Let's face it....assaulting an old helpless man. I haven't been too fond of Lawler lately, in fact he's been downright pissing me off, when he says one thing and is contradicted by the crowd immediately, but that is besides the point. The two of them put over a good match and it seemed to push the boundaries of the PG Era. With Punk openly bleeding, and the ref having gloves at hand....(does that mean they had planned it?) and the match not being stopped, it might be the beginning of a new era. Not a return of the Attitude Era, because that doesn't make sense, but a new era.

New superstars, new champions, new storylines.

Hey, maybe even we'll get to see some proper old fashioned NO DQ matches and the like, and maybe if there is a "backstage assault" the camera won't "fail"

Who knows, but it most certainly seems that people are at least hoping that this match was a step in the right direction for the WWE.

P.S. Daniel Bryan and Kane's Anger Management sessions totally stole the show (especially Kane's speech)

#FuckTeamAmbition

So we leave Sunday morning and make the drive back towards Des Monies but instead of going into the city.  We're going south to a small blip on the map.  Milo, Iowa.  Really small place.  So we get to the venue. Looks great.  Could easily hold 500 people if APW gets big which would be great.  All three of us get there, shake some hands with a few people.  We find our seats way early because we get choice.  I love it.  Anyways, Tyler gets in the ring before the show to dick around a bit as he's had some training in the business.  Fun stuff to watch.  Brian Gott and Troy did a fun as shit thing just doing WWE Finishers for about five minutes.  Hilarious.

Friday and Saturday Thoughts

Wow its been a couple of weeks since my last entry but I've been busy during that time period.  My best friend, who now lives in Texas, came up for a week and a half or so.  Spent a lot of time doing fun stuff with him.  Anyways everything led to the last weekend Friday July 27th.  It was a triple shot weekend of professional wrestling around the state of Iowa.  Leading up to it there was debate on how we'd work this out to get to the places and what have you.  Obviously everything was done otherwise I wouldn't be typing about this right now.  Whole reason we went on this trip was to see Team Ambition leading up to Sunday when our friend was penciled to go against Davey Richards.

Craig's Half-Assed Draft Team Thing

So with all the debate about the Dream Team vs. this year's USA Men's Basketball team, it got me to thinking.  While both teams have their solid points about who is better, what if we combined two eras of basketball.  The Dream Team era and this current era.  So I'm talking about 1984-1992 combined with 2008-2012.  I know the latter only has a four year difference but from everything I've read the 1988 team was royally fisted by a biased coach who wanted his college players on the team.

Though everyone should thank him for messing up and allowing the the world to see the Dream Team.  However I'm not just going to handicap myself with just players in the Dream Team and this year's Men's team.  No, every player in those years are available for me to create a perfect balance of old and new.  I know it sounds like a horrible concept but I'm bored.  Go piss off.

First Person Shooters

I've thought a good while on what my first entry should be on this new Backfist and it took me some time.  I've figured it out now.  I love video games.  I find them to be a good hobby, way to pass some dead time, and away to hang out with some friends.  However this isn't me celebrating all that is great with video games.  There are a lot of fantastic things to go on about with games.  The playing with friends, the graphics, gameplay, story, etc.  There is a terrible downside to the video game market.

Update

Welcome back to what is The Backfist.  I know I haven't been keeping up on this at all and my subjects have been seemingly one sided to professional wrestling.  Things are going to change around here.  I'm into many different things in life so what better way than just wrestling.  I love music, movies, video games, and non fiction reading.  I really love talking about sports like football or basketball.  I've tried getting into MMA but the pace is just too slow for me to get into.  Nothing against those men but I want action, not two guys who dance about looking to punch the other before ducking out.

So what will the first full edition of the new Backfist be?  Not sure yet.  Still trying to get a grasp on a subject.  Stay tuned folks.

Rock vs. Austin WM17 Review

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. The Rock (c) for the WWF World Championship
Backstory: This is the best video package in WWF/E history. More so when it has "My Way" by Limp Bizkit with it. It sums it up all nicely when Austin says "I need to beat you Rock, I need it more then anything you can imagine."
Outcome: Steve Austin via pinfall after a gazillion chair shots.
Analysis: Paul Heyman sums this up. "This is the match both men need to win and neither man can afford to lose." But this is probably the single greatest match in the Attitude Era. And I'm not joking when I say that. It plays off of years and years of Austin's history and it builds to his heel turn. Think about this. Austin attacks before the bell. He uses his knee brace. He gets the ring bell in order to inflict more pain on Rock.

Super Dragon/Kevin Steen vs. The Young Bucks thoughts

So yesterday I watched the main event from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's last show of 2011, Fear. The match was between The Young Bucks against Kevin Steen and the returning Super Dragon. This being the return match for Super Dragon after three years of being away from professional wrestling due to concussion issues among other things already made this a bigger match. Then you got the Tag Titles put on the line and it's in the most violent match in PWG, Guerrilla Warfare. I'm honestly not too up on whatever the backstory might be between Steen and the Bucks but all I know is that I was expecting a crazy, brutal contest between the two teams.

2011 Wrestling Awards

I haven't done this in a few years so I figured I might as well give this a shot. The only promotions I watched a lot of where WWE or CHIKARA. There is some PWG or RoH but nothing as consistent as the other two.

The NFL Draft

In the matter of six days the madness will begin. I know its no longer March but the madness of the NFL Draft is fast upon us. I always seem to get pumped up every single year for this event, usually trying to purchase The Sporting News NFL Draft Guide which I always find to be utterly fantastic. Seems in this year's edition they put in a draft tracker so us draft geeks can write down every single pick that occurs.

I've been doing a top five round up lately on a couple of message boards so I'll get to that in a moment but first I'd like to discuss something about my favorite NFL team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last year was a pretty brutal year to go through with a new coaching regime and struggling to find the right quarterback to put under center. Seems the organization is content with Josh Freeman but we'll never know how good he really is until he gets someone to catch the ball.

With the release of Antonio Bryant who went to the Bengals, the only proven pass catcher on the roster is Kellen Winslow Jr. who is usually a HUGE injury concern. He could fall off of the bench and miss a couple of games. For all of the offensive woes, the run defense in Tampa Bay has always been a problem dating back to when I became a fan, which was the Tony Dungy era by the way.

Even when they had Warren Sapp the run defense always seemed to have a hole and once he left, it became an open invitation for opposing running backs to run through like crazy. I've been reading that that front office is in love with Suh and I really can't blame them. After his performance in the Big 12 Title game that really put him on the national spotlight, he became a darling amongst the media.

For as dominate as Suh was against the Texas offensive line, he's still not as great as most think he is. I remember during the season listening to the Nebraska/Iowa State game and I never really heard his named called. Now was Suh just disinterested in playing a school that they've dominated for decades or did the Iowa State offensive line that wasn't in the same league with the Longhorns O-Line, were they better?

It could've been a simple off game but the fact remains that why was there such a difference in Suh's games between the lowly Cyclones who he could've ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner and that Longhorns game. Half of me thinks that Suh is the answer for the Tampa defensive line but the other half thinks he'll end up as Gaines Adams, may he rest in peace.

In my opinion the safer pick is probably Oklahoma's Gerald McCoy who was more consistent and has a bigger run stuffing body in order to free the linebackers to make the play. Then Eric Berry is also an option but safeties never get picked in the top three for reasons that I can't comprehend.

I just hope that the ship gets steered in the right course. Tampa Bay needs to spend their top four picks on a DT, WR, CB and another WR. I know I'm harping on this WR position but the NFL is becoming a passing league and with the top WR on the team being the one year wonder, Michael Clayton, the need to start collecting in order to help Josh Freeman become that potential franchise signal caller.

Now that I'm done discussing my Bucs, lets look at the top five overall. All the teams in the top five have more then one need, obviously. With the first pick, the St. Louis Rams will probably end up getting Sam Bradford although I think that Jimmy Clausen is the safer pick at this point. I'm not huge on spread offense quarterbacks and their transition to the NFL because one just simply must look at the QBs that have come out of Texas Tech.

Huge numbers but its all in the system. Sam Bradford had tons of talent around him to catch the ball and I believe he was a system quarterback. Jimmy Clausen on the other hand was part of an NFL based offense. Sure they both have concerns about injuries or character in Clausen's case but Charlie Weis was the Notre Dame head coach who brought that NFL style that Clausen played in. Matt Ryan played in that same type of NFL system at Boston College and thus far he's looking like the real deal.

But the first pick is usually a bust so we'll see who manages to come out of this draft better then the other. With the second pick the Lions need to select Russell Okung. They need a franchise left tackle to protect Matthew Stafford because Jeff Backus allows too many sacks at that position. Look at David Carr. Guy had the talent but he spent too much time on his backside to really get a good look at how good he could've been.

With the forth pick, the Redskins filled their need for a quarterback after they got McNabb from the Eagles. So now they also have huge holes at the offensive line and it would be a reach to get another offensive tackle. They're set at defensive tackle with Hanesworth so they don't need to get Suh or McCoy if either of them are on the board. In my opinion the Redskins should trade down and try to get more picks so they don't need to reach. They should trade with the Bills possibly so the Bills can get a franchise quarterback. Though it probably won't happen, it'd be the safer thing.

The Chiefs with the five pick will probably look so hard at Eric Berry and end up passing on him because their front office prefers to fill the trenches as they proved last year. Much like so many other clubs in the top ten, they need a franchise left tackle to protect their investment at quarterback. I wouldn't be shocked to see the Chiefs get Bryan Bologa from Iowa with their selection.

I would go into the rest of the draft but its just too much to really get into and I don't want to waste all night talking about it. I believe Tim Tebow will get selected in the second round by the New England Patriots. I don't know why but it just seems like the type of place that would take him and use him better then others maybe. Though with his attempts to become a better passer, he might go sooner, possibly in the first round just because he's Tim Tebow.

Just six more days though. I can't wait.

Football Thoughts

So as we know last night was the BCS National Title game that featured the two top teams in the nation going head to head. Both teams wanting to hold that trophy and claim to be the best team of the past college football year. Of course you have to know I'm talking about Texas and Alabama unless you're either a non fan or live under a rock. I hope its due to the latter because everyone needs to love college football.

But the beginning of this game was so odd, I knew something was going to happen sooner or later. Nick Saban, who I'd actually like to punch, made a few horrid calls on the first drive. Then the Texas hero himself, Colt McCoy, got an owwie on his shoulder and left the game. Sure he MIGHT'VE been able to go back in because he did have his pads on during the second half which lead me to believe it actually wasn't all that serious.

I mean if it was a shoulder sprain and it was that bad, why not just have him take the pads off for the rest of the game. I just didn't understand why he couldn't get a shot and go back into the biggest game of his career, the last one of his college one too. If it was Tim Tebow, he would've gone back in with a broken leg to win that son of a bitch. But apparently McCoy's daddy wanted to keep him out because of his professional future.

Well Mr. McCoy, let me tell you where you went wrong. Because your baby boy didn't play, it might cost him a few rounds and quite a bit of money. If he had tried to go back out there, he would've been labeled gutsy. But now quite a few people are taking shots at your son for being a wuss. Perhaps in part due to what you've reportedly said but come on...

No matter, I suppose I should congratulate Alabama on a fine season. My stepgrandgather, may he rest in peace, is probably thrilled that 'Bama brought home the title this year. Mark Ingram looks to have a fantastic future ahead of him. So many times I thought he was down for a one yard gain but he turned it up field and churned out more yards because of a strong second effort. That's a football player. Not saying that Colt isn't but Ingram got a little dinged and went back in.

But now that the college football season is all over, except the Senior Bowl, its time we shift attention to the NFL Playoffs right? Wildcard weekend starts tomorrow afternoon so I'm going to take a bit of time to make my predictions for the games.

Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets

My Prediction: Alright its a rematch from last week, just like three other playoff games. Well the Jets won last week but the Bengals already had a spot clinched up so it wasn't that big of a deal. This is the first playoff game Sanchez and I really don't see it going all that well for the rookie. He started off good this year but he's really looked horrible since. I think the Bengals take this one. 24-16

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys

My Prediction: Last week the Cowboys wrecked the Eagles in an embarassing blow out for the Eagles. While I'm no fan of the Cowboys, I don't see the Eagles rolling over like they did last week. But the stats favor the Cowboys as they've done the best of any team this year against the Eagles big play offense. My real problem with the Cowboys is that Romo hasn't ever won a playoff game and Wade Phillips hasn't ever won one either. McNabb is a proven playoff player. This is a toss up. I think Romo FINALLY gets the monkey off of his back. Cowboys win in a closer one. 30-27

Balitmore Ravens vs. New England Patriots

My Prediction: Ugh, I hate this match up because I do not like either team. In a perfect world neither team would win but since there has to be a winner, I don't know if the Ravens can contain the Pats passing offense unless Ed Reed is in. I haven't heard anything lately. Plus I saw that Moss didn't practice for the Pats today. While I hate the Ravens, I hate the Patriots even more. So I'm calling the upset. Ravens win. 21-20

Green Bay Packers vs. Arizona Cardinals

My Prediction: The third repeat from last weekend. The Packers wiped the floor but the Cards didn't play it with much effort, already in and having home field for this game. This almost reminds me of their playoff game last year against the Falcons. However the Packers have a much more explosive offense with Aaron Rodgers calling the shots. If Boldin doesn't play for the Cards, that's a huge loss but Breaston has proved that he can step it up in Boldin's shoes. However scores more points in a wild shoot out gets this one. I'm gonna go with the Cardinals this time because Warner will play the whole way and it'll make the difference. 42-38

So there are my wildcard predictions. Agree with them or hate them, give me a bit of love with a comment if you want. Give me yours too. Until next time...

Random Thoughts

Before I get going with this one, I'd like to point out a few things about my new apparent name. First of all, it's about Jennifer Love Hewitt, as if that should really shock anyone if they've read the earlier blog where I basically cream my pants numerous times at the thought of her. Anyways, that about does it. Now the fun begins.

Thought One: I've been thinking tonight about the place where I went to high school at. First two football games of the season and they've been outscored 105-6. Yeah, pretty pathetic even for a Class A (Small, only above Eight Man football) school. Anyways, I joked around with a friend of mine I graduated with from there, one of the few people I manage to keep in touch with, about taking over the football program and installing the spread offense. Probably the option variation that'd you see at Florida or Utah but it'd be a better way to go then what they currently do. To hell with the Wing-T offense!

Thought Two: I recently came across Tommy Boy and Black Sheep in a double feature DVD pack from Wal-Mart. Its been years since I'd seen either movie. While Black Sheep is alright for the most part, Tommy Boy is one of the reasons I became such a movie fan quite some time ago. I remember back when we still had a dish or whatever it was and I'd always sit down and watch Tommy Boy when they'd play it on a movie network or what have you. "Fat guy in a little coat" is something I've done before although I've never ripped the jacket or coat, whichever happened to be on me at that certain time. Regardless, Tommy Boy is among my favorite movies, I'd just forgotten that for so long.

Thought Three: NASCAR is preventing ABC from Saturday Night Football this week. How lame.

Thought Four: If I was anticipating Trivium's "Shogun" album anymore, my head would probably explode into ten thousand tiny bits as the chunks creep down the walls. Gory thought am I right? But seriously, Trivium kicks serious ass and from what I've heard about this able, it's going to kick even more ass then I thought it would have. Also, I'm looking forward to the new Rise Against CD coming out as well. Should be a good one itself.

Thought Five: I haven't been playing any other video game (besides the given of Super Mario Bros. 3) other then NCAA Football '07 for the 360. I've found myself enjoying it more then '08 for the most part. Sure it doesn't have that Heisman mode or whatever it called itself that year but I find the dynasty more enjoyable as you're not confined to play as a singular player for four years. That and you can go deep into your program, build up a mid major into a huge power school. In all honesty, I'd probably take a College sports game over a Pro sports game any day of the week, except for baseball though. I hate the aluminum bats.

Thought Six: The real NFL season kicks off on Sunday. Giants/Redskins on Thursday made me want to carve my eyes out with a rusty spoon with it's boring ways so it doesn't count as a real game. I was hoping for a good day by Clinton Portis for one of my fantasy teams but it wasn't meant to be that evening. Oh well, I'm sure my other players will step it up on Sunday. I will mark if the Patriots lose to the Chiefs. Although I'd love to see the Bucs make the playoffs again this year but I just don't see it happening.

Thought Seven: Labor Day weekend was freaking insane for the most part. Thursday night I was out until around two in the morning. Friday was about the same although that day deserves a blog in itself at some point. Didn't do much of anything on Saturday besides watch college football. Sunday was a reunion of friends that was so much fun my head nearly exploded. Monday was just hanging out and watching Raw (BLEH!) at a friend's. Tennessee/UCLA kicked ten kinds of ass. I was pulling for the Vols but it happens.

Thought Eight: I still need money to get PWG Sells Out. Send me twenty five bucks so I can order it, thank you in advance.

Thought Nine: The Wrestler game on Facebook SUCKS! I've only won like one match in my last ten. I need to build up my moveset although I'm in a tag team with Rowe that I named the "MILF Hunters" without even telling him. He enjoyed it though so yay me for coming up with a kick ass name for a tag team. Although we did lose (mostly thanks to me) to a female tag team. A bit of irony maybe?

Thought Ten: Random ass links to what I do with my free time, which take up my reviewing stuff time.

http://z11.invisionfree.com/The_GWC/index.php?showtopic=3609

http://z11.invisionfree.com/The_GWC/index.php?showtopic=3610

Yes, I pretend to be a wrestler. Give me the dork label for life now thank you.

Closing Thought: Recently I've taken part in a new inside joke fad. It consists of kicking down a door, yelling out "I WALK ALONE!" before doing the Batista machine gun taunt during his entrance followed by the grenade portion. Make sure to do it in a public setting for maximum weird looks. That or slap your chest numerous times before throwing your arms out with your hood up. I did that once a year ago while walking to Wal-Mart, the old greeter dude thought I was on crack.

Anyways, take 'er easy folks and remember. If you have sex with a hooker and you don't pay, it's considered shoplifting.

Super Mario Bros 3

What comes to mind when someone thinks of Super Mario Brothers 3. They probably think of Mario. Luigi, the P-Wings, Warp Whistles and one of my personal favorites, ANGRY SUN!!! I love that thing, so mad and so easy to get rid of. But when people think of SMB3, they think of something near gaming perfection and it's awfully hard to argue any claims towards that statement. While made two decades ago I believe, it's still one of the greatest games, if not the greatest game ever created and here are my opinions on why.

Point One - Challenge

While it's not a challenge for some, it is for others. Personally, I can go through the game and clear all the levels before I start to stumble in World Eight. Seriously, the first seven worlds are nothing but a warm up act for World Eight. From Grass Land (What I've dubbed World One although I'm sure there's a technical name for it) to Pipe Land, it's all fairly easy to moderate. Although the top half of World Five and most of World Six is cheap death up the ass. Stupid clouds and ice, screwing me up.

Anyways, once you get to World Eight, it's suddenly almost like a new game. From the gun ships, air ships, the normal level and that first fortress (I've never passed that one.), it's all skill. People can luck their way through a great deal of the game but not anymore. World Eight is one of the hardest levels in a game I've ever encountered.

Point Two - The Boot






Yeah, it owns and it needed to be in more levels.

Point Three - Warp Whistles

Think you're badass? Get the first two warp whistles and go right to World Eight with no power ups and only like 10 lives at the most. Have fun.

Point Four - World Four

Giant Land ftw. What isn't to like about giant goombas, koopa, plants and hammer brothers. I love this world and you should too. If not, you honestly have no soul.

That's all I have for my points. But words can hardly express my love for this game. I only play the NES version as I think having save features like the All-Stars and GBA versions have are silly. Nothing beats just losing yourself in the game for about three or four hours, trying to beat your best time (until frustration kicks in during World Eight.) So yeah, go play.


Oh, as a side note, I am no longer ProjectSelfRevolution. My new name shall be revealed next time.

A Change Is Coming

I haven't been on here for a couple of months and there is a reason for that. I haven't really cared about wrestling much lately. I don't think I've started to hate it but it's just fallen out of favor for me. I'd much rather watch TV, a movie, sports or play video games then watch any sort of wrestling. Now I'm not saying I'm gonna sell off my wrestling collection or anything because I've put too much effort into it. I just don't see the need to be one dimensional anymore I guess.

So with this change, you'll be seeing a lot more varied talk in my blog here. I'll talk about some of my favorite movies, bands, video games, TV shows, etc. Keeping all of this in mind, I'm going to start this new change with an interesting subject (I find it interesting anyways.)

It seems like for the past ten or eleven years I've had a huge crush on a celebrity and I can't really explain why. Maybe it's the fact I find her to look fantastic all the time or I find that she's a better actress then people give her credit for. Ever since I mistakenly put on Party of Five one night, I've always had a thing for Jennifer Love Hewitt.

It's a bad thing sometimes having such a huge crush on her as one night, I went through at least fifty pages of images on Google, looking for conformation about her having a tramp stamp. Alas, there isn't one but hey, a fella could've hoped for a huge bullseye if you catch my drift. But I make sure to watch Ghost Whisperer every Friday night or at least try to.

I've sat through both Garfield movies just because she was in them. I watch Heartbreakers at least once a week because of her short skirts. The people that talk to me on the internet as well as my friends in real life basically say I have an obsession with her and I really can't argue their claims.

I just find JLH to be a great actress that never looks bad in anything she wears or no matter how curve she happens to get. Call me crazy but I like what I like.


On Slate For Later Posts:

Why Super Mario Bros 3 is the greatest game ever
My Favorite Movies (That don't involve Jennifer Love Hewitt)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force


Have a good one.

More Random Stuff

First up is something about the At Our Best Cage match between Samoa Joe and Jay Briscoe.

[QUOTE=Kevin Hardaway,Apr 22 2008, 06:49 PM] Joe vs. Jay Briscoe (At Our Best) - [b]**1/2[/b] (See it only for Jay getting a 0.8 on the Muta scale) [/QUOTE]

You seriously under valued this cage match. It had so many under lying stories to it. Jay knew for a fact he couldn't beat Joe head on so he had to take his spots and try to escape the cage whenever he possibly could. Mark trying to help him is a fantastic touch.

AJ hitting the Styles Clash was a payoff from the Briscoes vs. Styles/Joe tag team match from The Conclusion show in which AJ caused Joe to be pinned by Mark.

The whole Briscoes vs. Joe feud had a simple feel to it. The Briscoes knew that they were seriously over matched against him in the singles matches while they knew that they could take Joe in the tag team part of it.

The Briscoes came out looking like a million dollars because they were able to beat Joe and his assortment of partners while Joe looked great because he was able to dominate them in those singles match.

[b]***3/4[/b] for the cage match, easily.

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Next up is something I posted about CM Punk at another message board.

"I have tons of his stuff ranging from 2002 to more present day. He's come a very long ways as far as his in ring work goes. I have his match with Eddie Guerrero from IWA Mid South and it's was pretty middle of the road. Then his match against Colt Cabana at Ring of Honor's Final Battle 2002 was also just kinda meh but there was something about him even then, you could tell he was gonna be huge in the future.

Then came his feud with Raven. The Punk/Raven feud pretty much turned him into a huge sensation for getting some of the best matches of Raven's late career out of him. From their first match at Expect the Unexpected to their cage match at The Conclusion, it seemed that everyone wanted to see Raven just annihilate this cocky straight edge kid for preaching his ways down their throats every single night. Punk's promos from his feud with Raven, which spanned into England a few times even were out of this world for an independent wrestler or even someone up in the 'E.

His charisma is pretty undeniable as he's pretty much gotten over without saying too much in his time in the bigs. I mean, Ricky Steamboat and Mick Foley went to Vince about this guy. That's saying something. A wrestling legend and a promo master both going to the head of the wrestling world about a straight edge kid is pretty damn amazing.

Then there are his matches against Samoa Joe which were pretty great in their own right. Their hour draws at World Title Classic and Joe vs. Punk II are great themselves but the third and final match at All Star Extravaganza II is probably their best. However, they aren't for anyone who hates long matches with tons of mat work.

His feud with Jimmy Rave was set up so much like his feud with Raven, just this time, he was in the role of Raven. Rave was trying to make his name off of CM Punk and he pretty well did. After Punk was done with Rave, he finally moved onto his ultimate goal, the Ring of Honor World Title.

It was supposed to be his last night at Death Before Dishonor III when he faced Austin Aries for the World Title. But something happened that no one saw coming. Punk won the World Title and turned heel, perhaps the biggest one RoH had ever seen to that point and maybe this day. He turned heel, saying he was toying with everyone in the crowd and proclaimed to be the greatest wrestler in RoH.

His heel work while World Champion was out of this world as he plays a GREAT cowardly heel. See most of his FIP work for that. Once he lost the title to James Gibson, it was time for him to say goodbye the next night as he did it by facing his first RoH opponent and best friend, Colt Cabana. Punk's last entrance is nothing short of great. It's one of the few times I've seen a wrestler legit cry over leaving a promotion.

So, in order to really understand CM Punk, his RoH work, as well as some of his IWA MS, FIP and PWG work are nearly a must see. You just can't judge CM Punk on his WWECW work alone as it's totally different. In Ring of Honor, he was allowed to have a voice to cut promos, he was allowed to wrestle his style of making it a long, drawn out one. Hell, watch "When Hero Met Punk" from IWA MS that went 93 minutes.

But when you just look back at the total career of CM Punk, it's nothing short of phenomenal. Sure he's had stinkers in the ring but what wrestler hasn't? It's all about connecting to the crowd and making people care about you and CM Punk has done a masterful job about that. That's why he is one of the greatest wrestlers and entertainers currently in the wrestling business today."

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And finally, I ordered some DVDs today. I'm looking forward to my first three Pro Wrestling Guerrilla shows. Highspots had a hellva deal where you pick three from a certain list for a total of $19.99. So I figured it'd be a great way to really into myself into their world and see what they're like. Should be some good fun there.

I'm a total hypocrite but I ordered a couple of RoH DVDs too. However, one of them was the restocked Arena Warfare, which I've need for a few months to complete the Milestone Series. Then I said to hell with it and ordered Supercard of Honor 3. I'm a sucker for the Dragon Gate Six Man tags. Regardless, they both look to be decent shows.

The last one I ordered was Full Impact Pro's Redefined. I've heard some great stuff about this show so I figured what the hell. Strong vs. Stevens is usually solid plus there is Aries vs. Richards. I figure it's worth a gamble on and it certainly can't be worse then the FIP stuff I have already... from 2004 and 2005 where the cards were pretty much one match shows.

Maybe one of these days, I'll stop being a lazy ass and do another show review. And by the way... I'M NOT HOLDING A MICROPHONE YOU STUPID BITCH!

AJ Styles, Ring of Honor and other wandering thoughts

I posted this about AJ Styles on a message board earlier tonight.

"Where to start about AJ Styles... this is a toughie. If you would have asked me about three years ago, I would have gave him a higher score but in the past two years that I really began to watch his stuff on a more consistent basis, I can safely say he is one of the most overrated workers in the wrestling industry today, second only to Kurt Angle but I'm sure that's gonna be a different story for a different week.

AJ really got his start back when hitting tons of meaningless spots was the cool thing to do, which was around early 00's. He caught on because of the people he would work with. Christopher Daniels, Low Ki when he cared, Jerry Lynn (who was also spot based but he knew how to slow it down) and so on. Most of his X Division work is based upon the fact that it's about no limits and zero psychology most of the time.

Take one of his matches in the X Division and put them up to his stuff against the larger wrestlers in TNA, I always thought his work in the Heavyweight division tore the shit out of his X Division stuff because the bigger guys would at least force him to sell a beat, IE against Abyss which some of his best work was against (Tell me the match at Lockdown 2005 wasn't great.) Did AJ have something to do with it by his ability to sell the beating, yes but regardless.

His work in Ring of Honor was better but not by much. Most of his good stuff came against London and Danielson. His tag team work with the Amazing Red was so spotty, it's a wonder no one died in their series with the Briscoes.

Anyways, in my opinion, his best match came against Christopher Daniels at Bound For Glory 2005. Was it spotty, yes but it had a great story with history behind it and it was well executed. If Styles would preform on a level like that on a consistent basis instead of using that old sprint style that so many wrestlers are using in on the indy scene as well as TNA when they get the chance these days, he'd be better.

So that's what I think about AJ Styles, take it or leave it."

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2008 hasn't been a kind year thus far to Ring of Honor or at least what I've seen. The shows have been lackluster not too mention the Briscoe overkill. You know, it's amazing that in the past year, I've gone from eating out of their hand to barely give two shits about the product. I guess after seeing The Briscoes run through the tag division about five times with relative easy and only a few month vacation from the Tag Belts, it just sours me on everything.

I was excited to get the Wrestlemania weekend shows when they get released but now, I couldn't really care. I'm not saying I'm completely given up on Ring of Honor but it's getting close and I'm gonna stick to getting shows where the Briscoes weren't getting shoved so far down our throats.

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I'm looking to get more into other indy promotions now besides Ring of Honor. Been looking through Smart Mark Video and I'm really liking some of the DVDs they have, mostly from IWA Mid South and CHIKARA. If I come across some money soon, I think I'll get getting The Best of CHIKARA 2007 which looks like an amazing three disc set along with the 2004 and 2006 TPI Tournaments from IWA Mid South. It'll be around $100 when it's all said and done but there are like more then ten discs combined from those two shows and the best of disc which is pretty awesome.

But eh, only time is gonna tell how everything is gonna go as far as indy wrestling is concerned for myself. I've been trying to get back into the 'E but I can't sit through a full episode of Smackdown without wanting to change the channel. Since I have no cable, I really can't view Raw or ECW and TNA IMpact for that matter. Oh well... guess I'll just stick to going places to use wireless and downloading random matches.

Just keep on watchin'!