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Spoony | Mar 15 2010 | more |

* Huh. Turns out Abyss drove the Hummer.

* It has now been a full month since Samoa Joe was abducted by ninjas. I’m sorry I keep harping on this point, but I seem to be the only person alive who cares.

* The show kicks off with AJ and Ric coming out to bitch about stuff. Gee, that’s new.

* You know why Ric Flair is awesome? Because the man will punch himself in the face until he bleeds while screaming “I HATE JEFF HARDY,” and that’s just in a promo kicking off the show. The man looks like a goddamn maniac.

* Y’know, Jeff Hardy is fine, but his involvement in this AJ Styles feud with Hogan and Abyss is beyond pointless, especially when Jeff is screeching something about flying to the ring on the backs of his “CREATURES OF THE NIGHT!!! AAUUUAAAOOOOWWW!”

* Oh, apparently Beer Money are heels now. In case you missed that memo. There had to be a memo, because it certainly wasn’t developed on television.

* No. Just, no. I can’t even bear to type this. Team 3D & Spike Dudley vs. Nasty Boys & Jimmy Hart. I honestly retched in the middle of that. Not even drugs would make someone want to watch the Nasties in the ring, because drugs that good do not exist. Whoever keeps booking the fucking NASTY BOYS on a national television show is truly mentally deranged, or actively hates the world.

* Angelina Love looks like a hooker. Not that I would know.

* Scott Hall is actually wearing a gray t-shirt with the word “WOLFPAC” drawn on it in black Sharpie. I am not making this up. Nash bets Hall a wad of cash that he can’t last five minutes in the ring with him. This is a safe bet, since I doubt Hall can stand upright for five minutes without blacking out from alcohol poisoning. And remember, last week we saw Eric Young beat X-Pac clean in less than two minutes. This is actually going to be on the PPV. Again.

* The Pope is still selling a beating he took two weeks ago. This is why he’s a better worker than John Cena will ever be. I still absolutely hate that Nigel McGuinness is getting made to look like a complete idiot, but I guess that’s his role now.

* Ken Anderson jumps Angle after the match and cuts him open with the Army medal. Again. This is absolutely stunning to me. It used to be that TNA would book this shit backwards, but now they’re booking it…backwards and circular? Why would anyone want to see this resolved on a PPV? Seriously, tell me. This feud is OVER. No, really. It’s over. It’s DEAD.

How dead? They had Angle kill Anderson dead two weeks ago with a chair, kill him again the next week, and then had about fifty Army soldiers stomp on his prostrate corpse after Angle got his medal back. You can’t finish a feud more decisively than that. Anderson looks like a complete clown now, but even worse, we’re right back to square one here. Now Anderson has the medal again, busted Angle open with it again, and this whole thing will repeat. We’ve officially wasted a month of time booking this feud, resolving nothing, and now you’re booking it again. What idiot wrote this garbage?

* So Sting just chills out in the rafters all night?

* Hogan calls the Stinger out, and the program slows to a complete halt while Sting slowly takes the stairs and heads to the ring. No joke, this is about three minutes of dead air.

* Bischoff Segment Count: 5. He books Hernandez vs. Beer Money, with Jeff Jarrett as the referee. He calls it Jeff going “back to the future.” I’m not really certain I follow the metaphor, but I’ve always had a problem thinking fourth-dimensionally.

* I refuse to watch Hot Tub Time Machine. Seriously. Fuck your movie.

* Nash and Hall proceed to have a predictably dire match. The way Hall shambles around the ring, you might as well have him in a rubber Godzilla suit and it’d be more compelling wrestling. X-Pac hits the ring in the middle of the match, chop-blocks Nash, and handcuffs him to the rope. Hilariously, the ref refuses to call for the bell, causing even Taz to question what the hell the fucking point of this match was. I laughed out loud when the ref just shrugged at the audience, like even he couldn’t believe the reasoning here. Hall and Pac grab the $25,000. This is unbelievable.

* The A-plot of this show is that Bischoff (Segment Count: 7) wants to shave Foley’s hair because, y’know, that’s his real problem. Foley rebels, knocks Bisch out with the mandible claw, and behold, the silver fox is embaldened. Incredibly moronic stuff afoot here.

* Shannon Moore looks like a complete dork. Howls of derisive laughter when he mentions some “Book of Dilligaf” and screams “GOOGLE IT, WOMAN!!”

* The Motor City Machineguns are dressing like some feeble proto-Road Warriors. Can’t they just get beyond Thunderdome? The Young Bucks have an Ultimate-X match against them at the PPV, raising the question on whether or not it’s better to look ridiculous or just generic.

* It’s not a good sign when even the commentators wonder aloud why the hell AJ and Jeff are having a match.

* You know how not to book your world champion? By having him lose, clean as a sheet, the week before the PPV to a guy who’s been around exactly 5 minutes.

Anonymous

Proof that Samoa Joe is the man…..he has stopped tweeting. The man has gone old school and dropped off the face of the earth to sell an angle.

Anonymous

Not an angle man, he’s been taken off TV to lose weight. And may be leaving for good.

Anonymous

If that’s the case, I hope he goes back to ROH. TNA has been sapping his passion for the business for a long time now, there were reports 3-4 years ago of how unhappy he was. He should go back to ROH where he’ll be appreciated, and then maybe later he can pull a Dragon and go to WWE for the retirement money.

Anonymous

Beer Money turned heel last week, siding with Bish over Double J and agreeing to a 2vs1 match against him as part of the “Jeff is Bish’s bitch” storyline (which is the reason he was involved in this match). The “back to the future” comment was due to the fact Jarret started in the business as a ref at his dad’s promotion before becoming a wrestler. Y’know, if you were on the same drugs Jeff Hardy obviously is, a Nasty Boys match might be tolerable. Then again, you might think his new haircut was a good idea too.
MizuStorm

Yeah, this creatures of the night thing. Is that new or was he doing that last time he was on tna? Oh and did Ric Flair Elbow drop his coat like you wanted? lol

Anonymous

He did it last time too, that was his thing with the black lights etc. He’s exactly the same this time around, even bringing back his self receorded entance theme.

Aersmith

Its cool when you talk about wrestling Spoony. Somehow you make a sport I loathe seem awesome
Quicksilver_the_Archangel

Spoony, whenever they finally DO rescue Samoa Joe, a party should be thrown.

… NOT a Party Mania party. The regular kind. Yes.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5813622 Nick Tolman

I think the drugs went to Jeff Hardy's head.
Threque

I think they heard your rant and listened. Everyone's bleeding at the drop of a hat on TNA now.
They Call Me The Fizz

The irritating thing about the Nasty Boys/Team 3D is that this is yet another ECW original coming back to thunderous applause only to get squashed by Hogan's buddies… Ugh…
droge085

Is Russo still writing?
UCGav

Yeah im pretty sure what passes for writing at TnA is basically Dixie, Hogan and Bischoff sat in an office getting drunk while playing madlibs.
droge085

And are they REALLY going to start a Sting/RVD fued? Please say it ain't so..
dsprox

If he walked down the stairs any faster than he did, the universe would explode.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000476106589 Brian Smith

Hot Tub Time Machine? Did they seriously rip off Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law? Really… season 3 episode 6 – Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs.

http://video.adultswim.com/harvey-birdman-attor…
MrZer0

going back to your suggestion Noah, the top of that ramp really should just be a fleet of segways or scooters or maybe like a little tram system, just chauffeur those slow fuckers into the ring, save us all the time. The only wrestlers who ever made a slow entrance even close to good were Taker and Kane and even then, after seeing that whole entrance ritual the first time, you got sick of it pretty fucking quick
Ronin_the_Silent

I'll miss Joe. If I had any freakin' clue who he was anyway. I kinda ignore the overblown matches like the TNA you reviewed. I really cracked up at your other commentary here, too.
DMHitmanfan

I don't even know where to start. TNA just needs to go back to the drawing board and change EVERYTHING they're doing. At this rate they're going to be WWE-lite forever.
dennett316

Creatures of the Night??? When the hell did Hardy start stealing concepts from the Undertaker??
As for putting him over AJ….he was massive in the WWE, what do you expect? Any sort of loyalty to a guy who's busted his ass in TNA for 7 years? Nah, way better to reward the guy who screwed the promotion over the last time he was there by showing up several times, “in no condition to perform”, as they like to politely call being off his tits on drugs. Also, there's the possibility he's facing jail time on drug trafficking charges….gotta put over the guy who might not be there long term.
Then again, this IS the company that allowed the ex Val Venis to go over Christopher Daniels on PPV without him having an actual contract. Wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't done that before…COUGHRikishiHACK….they really have a boner for the ex-WWE guys don't they?
chachibouman

Did you hear when tazz said that he was going to start saying vintage.
http://echo-hotel.pip.verisignlabs.com/ Echo_Hotel

Hasn't Sting ALWAYS sat in the rafters playing batman? I mean god he's been pulling that shtick for well over 15 years now and you are just now calling bullshit?
Also for his part Samoa Joe's twitter feed has been totally blank this last month except for a cryptic “OM” today from him… I guess nobody really cares or even tried to message him…

http://twitter.com/mr_neptune_man Steven Emanuel

Sting tends to go back to the rafters depending on the storyline. But, ever since he stopped feuding with the nWo, he’s mainly been rafter-less. So, yeah, it was a bit of a surprise to see him chill in the rafters in TNA again.

Tron1981

Why does Vince Russo still have a job? As Lance Storm and Jim Cornette have said, for someone who's been in the business for so many year, he knows absolutely shit about wrestling. This man needs to be banned from any building associated with wrestling. And could Dixie Carter possibly be this stupid to not see these guys fucking her company up? And they have the nerve to call this the new Monday Night War? What war? So if Iceland throws a rock at China, is that considered a war too?
Tron1981

Yes, he is still writing.
http://www.google.com/profiles/Neuronin Neuronin

I hope when (if?) Samoa Joe comes back, he's just full-on a ninja. A 250-pound Samoan ninja, scratching people with cat's claws and throwing smoke bombs all over the place. He'll use his powers to steal the Hall of Fame Ring and give it to the writers so they can gain super-booking powers and quit stomping on our crotch every week.
http://www.facebook.com/robbieelliott Robert Elliott Simmons

Please stop doing this to yourself on our account.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Adzy-Wells/523130028 Adzy Wells

Not that I don't appreciate the epic levels of dumb that you endured to bring us this text review. I still would have prefferred if you'd done the video. I tend to have you playing in one monitor whilst I work.
Since this is my first ever comment on TSE I guess I should say I really enjoy your reviews and they're a brilliant counterweight for when I'm working.

GO SPOONY!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Adzy-Wells/523130028 Adzy Wells

Maybe he's Out of Mana
http://www.facebook.com/people/Adzy-Wells/523130028 Adzy Wells

conversely if he walked down any slower he'd be going back up.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Adzy-Wells/523130028 Adzy Wells

The man… do you reckon he'll glide in on a petrified four foot bat and missile kick Hulk Hogan in the face?

Anonymous

I don’t think there are Beasts of the Night in Ninja-Land. It would be awesome if Samoa Joe glided in on a petrified ninja and missile drop kicked Hulk Hogan, but that can’t happen because when ninjas are injured, they either gush with 25 gallons of highly pressurized blood or they disappear in a giant puff of ninja smoke. Either way, no ninja-hang gliding for Samoa Joe.

Maybe he could surf in on a wave of ninja blood though.

http://www.facebook.com/chrishominski Chris Hominski

TNA should not be putting on a wrestling show if they do not know how to do so.
johnnyfog

Pretty sure anyone left who's still paying for PPVs is doing it in order to fantasize about they could write a better show. Mildly nauseating, that.
jackass00

I don't know. Maybe I'm alone on this. But you seem to go for the worst and worst. You rarely make reviews now, despite the fact that this is the thing your most popular for. You mostly post stupid Vlogs when you rant about a game for 40 minutes. No editing, no humor, only your lazy ass talking about stuff. But hey, I got nothing against Vlogs, if they were an addition to reviews. But now reviews are an addition to vlogs! And know you started to talk about wrestling. Oh my god… Does it get any worst, than a guy talking about a lame ass, boring tv show, which he additionaly DOESN'T SHOW US? Dude… You used to be funny, man. I loved your FMV reviews. Let's Play Phantasmagoria 2, was awsome too. Heh. I know that my words won't mean much, and I'll probably get flamed but I just don't know what happened to you. Lady Scarlett should kick your sorry ass, so you would get to work, and start making real reviews, that are proffesional, witty and funny, just like you used to.
http://shortfatotaku.blip.tv/ Short Fat Otaku

Hey spoony, I’m a fan but have never posted anything on the site/send emails/anything before. So Hi.

I’d like to draw your attention to Mick Foley’s appearance on the March 15th 2010 ep of the daily show – If you ever decide to do another video about wrestling there might be something there you can use! :p
DerKork

jackass, he can't show us for copyright reasons (they could take him to court/get him kicked off blip with a DMCA report if he did).

Spoony is currently working on something like 9 to 12 projects at the same time. Writing takes a lot of time, so does shooting and editing. He also likes to toy around with the basic concept (as he stated in the 'Party Mania'-commentary) of the Spoony Experiment.

A Vlog is relatively easy to shoot and edit in comparison to a usual Spoony review since they do not have to rely on a script. And if there is something on Spoony's chest he needs to get off, he'll do a vlog – or a blog entry.
He's working on reviews but allow him to take his time – it wouldn't necessarily be better if he had a completely enforced schedule as it may feel rushed.

Thanks if you read all the stuff I wrote.
jackass00

Hi.
I know about the copyrights, but that raises a question is it worth to review it at all, if he can't present the content of the show anyway.
And yes, I did hear that he works on many things now, and I know it takes time, but I just observed that lately he rarely post something really good. The only decent ones this year are Captain America reviews. Well, maybe the FFX review gives some hope for future, but it just the first part so I won't count it yet.
Well I hope I'm just bitching, and that he will make funny reviews again.
Anonymous

The plight of your wrestling posts is that I’d have to care about/watch it enough to identify with any of these obscure references to characters/plot lines/archetypes and I only care enough to go “haha wrestling sucks” the first time you bash it. Now it’s almost like a masochistic wanking ritual, “I hate wrestling, despite the fact that I’m well versed in every subtle nuance and backstory fap fap fap”. You obviously like it and that’s cool, but I’m a bit surprised by the amount of attention you’ve given it lately.

I love your site and all, but honestly, anything with TNA in it I plan to skip over form now on. It’s a bit like picking on a retarded kid now.
Salenstormwing

Spoony, you really shouldn't torture yourself with TNA like that. You should have watched some wrestling-related media from The Daily Show last night, where Mick Foley explained how politics is just like wrestling.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-15-…
http://bluehighwind.blogspot.com/ BlueHighwind

Spoony, I think you've gone a little overboard with the wrestling. You've become like this weird kind of muckraking community advocate for weaknesses in the sport. I've never seen somebody so obsessed with documenting, categorizing, and endlessly observing a show that he doesn't like and worse makes him very unhappy. If its so bad, don't watch it, that's all there is to it. This is not even all that funny anymore (unless you're a serious wrestling fan). Get help, man!
http://cassave.deviantart.com/ Cassavius

These wrestling rants are becoming esoteric (at least to a Europe-dweller). “Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage” made more sense.
But I think I can relate. I once got really pissed off at a book.
Kevin_Holsinger

I was just about to post this, so thanks for saving me the trouble. It's also a good way for Spoony to transition from wrestling to politics, since his Twitter account seems to indicate that he's slowly heading towards that arena (hope this place doesn't explode when he does).
Hymirvetr

Its true,i actually don't understand jack shit about whats written up there.Yet i find it strangely fascinating.

Also,the tale of Samoa Joe who was abducted by ninjas should be made into a blockbuster movie.Dunno,get some German guy as villain.I could probably do it,my Hitler is pretty good,and just cram a bullshit story in between and maybe splice stock footage in between,like Bruno Mattei.
novaargh

Dude
why do you watch this crap o.O

i've seen your blogs of it, and thought i'd give it a go..

you know hogan is a childhood hero.. so maybe it whould be oke..

well, NO way..

even the audiance is lame
everything on TNA is scraping the shit barel

the acting is below par, and what the hell is the deal with that scott hall rippoff
wearing blue shots with metallica fonts, that shit really pissed me off.
they should be canceld right now, they cant be so stupid for thinking they can compete with WWE?

the people on TNA they have no merrits
the only names known are hogan flair hall and nash
the rest should be trown in the trash or someting god almighty
even the divas are frikkin'awefull. after seeing this shit, WWE is oscar worthy

TNA is watching the product of incest come full circle.. really.. i feel like killing myself after watching that shit

i really hope TNA stops to exist, and maybe hogan find some peace, becouse i really feel sorry for him
novaargh

Dude
why do you watch this crap o.O

i've seen your blogs of it, and thought i'd give it a go..

you know hogan is a childhood hero.. so maybe it whould be oke..

well, NO way..

even the audiance is lame
everything on TNA is scraping the shit barel

the acting is below par, and what the hell is the deal with that scott hall rippoff
wearing blue shots with metallica fonts, that shit really pissed me off.
they should be canceld right now, they cant be so stupid for thinking they can compete with WWE?

the people on TNA they have no merrits
the only names known are hogan flair hall and nash
the rest should be trown in the trash or someting god almighty
even the divas are frikkin'awefull. after seeing this shit, WWE is oscar worthy

TNA is watching the product of incest come full circle.. really.. i feel like killing myself after watching that shit

i really hope TNA stops to exist, and maybe hogan find some peace, becouse i really feel sorry for him
theryno665

I decided to flip back and forth between Impact and Raw last night, not because I actually wanted to watch wrestling but because I'm depressed and had nothing better to do with my life. A part of me believed that Impact was actually more entertaining than Raw just because watching what the hell Impact can come up with at random is more entertaining than boring-ass Raw. Raw should not feel this unimportant right now, especially leading up to Wrestlemania and especially with Stone Cold Steve Austin too! I think I just ended up turning off the TV at about 10:45.

I went to TNA's website and they had a headline that said “TNA Remembers Corsica Joe” and I thought it said “TNA Forgets Samoa Joe”.

Also, you forgot the fact that Mr. Anderson decided to end his promo and bloodletting on Kurt Angle with a bit of good ol' dry humping. Seriously, he straddled Angle for a good 15-20 seconds until the commercial break and I'm surprised I didn't hear a collective stammer of awkwardness from the crowd. The kicker was Anderson lazily spitting his gum out onto Angle's forehead like the world's weakest money shot.

Ryan
sarcasmatron9000.blogspot.com
Quicksilver_the_Archangel

This year, as in 2010? Because if you go back to January 2010 to look at the reviews he's done/appeared in character in, here's the list: (in reverse chronological order)

1. FFX Part One
2. 5 Things I Hate about Star Trek Online
3. Party Mania
4. The Madness of Roland
5. Captain America Part Two Death Too Soon
6. Captain Ameica Part One
7. Battlefield Earth
8. Ripper (Finale)
9. Ripper (Act 3 Part 3)
10. Ripper (Act 3 Part 2)
11. Ripper (Act 3 Part 1)
12. Ripper (Act 2 Part 3)

That's not counting commentaries (Madness of Roland and Party Mania each has one), the 4 Robocop videos, Shutter Island: Puzzle of the Flesh, or Repo Men 5 Seconds (because I wasn't sure if you'd qualify those as 'reviews'). That's 12 reviews in the 3 months that we've had of 2010. I really don't think this is slacking off at all, especially considering Spoony doesn't update on a set schedule.

Now, let's look at the Vlogs (these are in chronological order)
1. Monday Night Wars Part I
2. Monday Night Wars Part II
3. Vlog 1-22-10 Part I
4. Vlog 1-22-10 Part II
5. Vlog 1-22-10 Part III
6. Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2 Reviews (2-16-10)
7. Vlog 2-27-10 TNA Impact
8. Vlog 3-5-10 Even Moar Impact

Far less Vlogs than reviews, especially if you consider that the multi-part vlogs are posted on the same day as one cohesive unit. I would even count the Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2 as reviews, but given your description of him just sitting and talking about games, I decided in fairness to include it here. Are there plenty of Vlogs? Yes. Are they overtaking reviews? Not that I can see. If Vlogs are being used to fill in the gaps, there are still some people who like them and appreciate the updates; I know I'd rather hear what's going on then to have NOTHING. Hell, when it comes to the Wrestling, Spoony himself said he didn't expect them to be as popular as they are, but since they are popular, why not keep making them? I agree that they aren't my favorite things on the site, and I know next to nothing about wrestling, but I still find them entertaining to listen to.

This isn't meant as a flame post at all, but it just seems like your initial observation is unfair. Your later views seem equally so, if only because they're so subjective. What's “really good” differs from person to person, afterall.

TL/DR: Vlogs don't seem to outnumber actual reviews, and while I'm sorry you're personally disappointed, I'd disagree with the statement that Spoony “rarely posts something really good,” in you words.
http://www.deans-arcade.co.uk Mr Deanster

Hmm maybe a few spoiler tags would be nice, since us Europeans haven't watched that show yet :P But still I am a bit annoyed by RVD getting squashed last week, every match lasts about 2 minutes at the moment and they are ALL squashes.
http://soldierhawk.wordpress.com/ SoldierHawk

Well it IS called a “live blog.” The spoiler part's kind of implied, no?
http://soldierhawk.wordpress.com/ SoldierHawk

“I refuse to watch Hot Tub Time Machine. Seriously. Fuck your movie.”

I love you so much for this comment, Spoony. I think you just restored a small part of my faith in humanity.

In other news: I. Love. This. You write very well, and honestly I think these observations come off much better (and much funnier) when written, rather than videoed. Not that I mind the videos, but my unsolicited opinion is, keep blogging. It just works.
hayatodb

AJ styles looks like the bigges wimp now .. If they let him loose his title I will rage, they completley ruined him!

Also I see no other outcome then abyss winning on sunday ..
Unrelented

I think you're on to something with that Godzilla suit idea.
steelabjur

DILLIGAF

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and you guys can figure out the rest.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

I think the Nasty Boys should be in a three way match for the heavyweight title. They can then both pin Aj at the same time becoming co-champions. Then they could have a year long feud with Scott Hall. This is what awesome TV would be made of. Scott Hall rules! Nasty 4 eva!
jackass00

Hello.
You say that my observation is unfair, and maybe it is, but you on the other hand seem to give him too much credit. Let's recap these reviews.
FFX – ok
Star Trek Online is Joes review. Spoony was guest starring there, so thats one down.
Partymania is not a review. And its creepy… But ok, lets count it in.
Madness of Roland. Again, not a review. Its just a short montage. A cool montage, but not a review. For a guy with his skills its not much work.
Captain America movies should be counted as one. Even videos are called part one and two.
Battlefield Earth. Once again, Spoony was guest starring there. But I have to say he was hilarious.
Ripper.How can you count half of Ripper lets play as 5 separate reviews? Its should be counted as one.
So, the way I see it we got 4 reviews so far. If we count the vlogs the same way we get 5. So yeah, maybe I overreacted when I said that reviews are an addition to vlogs, but it still ain't as impressive as you are trying to show it.

Anonymous

“You say that my observation is unfair, and maybe it is, but you on the other hand seem to give him too much credit. Let’s recap these reviews.”

No. Your observation is just unfair, unwarrented and unneeded. Therefore, stop fucking talking. Your sentence should have stopped there.

Also, He deserves all the credit in the world. He’s spoony. He’ll say whatever he likes to say. You have zero influence on that, random-nobody-commenter-on-the-internet. Thank you. The end.

Anonymous

Then how about you go and suck his dick?

Strelnikov

I said it before, I'll say it again: Samoa Joe needs to suddenly reappear wearing a suit made out of smashed ninjas.

Yes they could make a movie out of it, or make Joe into a Samoan ninja, or both and make it a mashup ripoff of “Apocalypse Now” and “The Street Fighter”*, but nothing would be more shocking than if Samoa Joe strides into the hall wearing a SUIT of SMASHED NINJAS and says NOTHING – the silence alone would speak volumes.

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* The Sonny Chiba flick, not the joke with Van Damme.
Charles218

They shaved Bischoff's head AGAIN? First in WCW, then WWE, now TNA. What is it with this guy? Does the whole creative team get together and say, “Our ratings are plummeting. Solutions?” then Bisch stands up, claps his hands, and shouts, “I'll have my head shaved on camera!” Or does the team all get together, ask for solutions, and in silence everybody turns suspiciously to Bischoff?
ApatheticOne (the original)

Boooooo!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Vasquez/100000519971578 Joe Vasquez

LOL at abyss in the hummer when I saw that.
natethedestroyer

yea i know poor samoa joe, Noah i think we should form a search and rescue party and go find him ourselves lol becuase apperntly noone else is, you'd think they'ed at least mention that someone went looking for him.. di dhe piss off someoen and now isnt allowed on tv for some reason? or is he secretly beign trained by the ninjas, and is goign to return for the PPV and kick everyones ass becuase they didnt come lookign for him? ..yeah.. um WHY in the HELL is scott hall EVEN ALLOWED NEAR a wrestling event of any kind? an dto he with 6 pac i mean what in the hell its like you're drunk uncle who jsut hangs around all the time hopeing for attention, the “WOLFPAC” shirt was jsut the most pathtic thing i'v eevery seen on a wrestlign show, and thats saying alot. its funyn how NASH is the only one who seems to want to let himself be seen on camera with them.. and seriously.. they might as well of made a classic HIAR MATCH for foley vs. bishoff at least it woudla been semi entertaining, this is what the 3rd time bishoff has had his hiar cut in the ring? can he jsut not afford a barrber? yeah its offically the BRAND X division now. as in the genric brand, i dont evne know anythign about the entire division admittedly i've only started watchign TNA agian recently but you'd think they'd do more with it. so yeah hopeing my friend gets wrestlmania as he dose every year, so i dont have to pay for it, lol at least i can watch crappy wrestlign and get drunk with friends instead of doign it alone lol
mvdcm

Early numbers – RAW 3.7; Impact 0.7.

AAUUUAAAOOOOWWW that's gotta hurt.
tlhobo

Impact was, well… pretty cut and paste. It was like they booked it on EWR.

segment, match, run in and beat down with weapon over and over. The Nastys feared SPIKE DUDLEY. It's nice for them to give Jeff a good outing before his trial. Abyss despite his Red and Yellow Lantern schtick looked like a badass killing Flair with AJ shitting himself watching it (if only he wasn't essentially Evad Sullivan 2010). Hall in the grey home made Wolfpac shirt looked pretty much right out of latter day WCW.

Essentially the most compelling part of TNA's programming has been Mick Foley and Eric Bishoff. Bisch's reaction to being shaved and trying to put his hair back on his head was hilarious (as was his appearing in the background of a JJ/Mick segment just after having been in the ring that was almost parodying the fact he's in every segment).
BerserkChip

I don't know why I like it when you watch TNA, I just do. I really shouldn't because the only reason “I” endure it is because I've been a die hard Sting fan ever since the age of 7 back in 97 when he went with that crow, baseball bat toting, trench coat wearing, “Batman of Wrestling.” I'm kinda disappointed that all you have to say about Sting is “oh, he's in the rafters again.” I'm more annoyed that they're trying to make him into a heel. This. NEVER. EVER. WORKS with Sting. He has too many diehard fans and they're always going to cheer for him unless RVD or some other hotshot is there to appeal to the younger wrestling fans.

They tried this back in wcw ten years ago, and it didn't work because everyeone refused to believe sting was a bad guy. Besides, he really can't sell “evil” well. You wouldn't think it'd be that hard with the make up and and black clothing and everything, but he's just too adorable. I don't think I've ever even seen him curse before, even when he was extremely angry at a charact- I mean wrestler.

I mean, if I think really really hard, I could probably write a script based on the stuff that's been done with Sting in TNA already and turn him heel, but I really really really really REEEEAAALLLY doubt that the writers in TNA are smart enough to even come up with a good heel excuse for Sting.

IF they want to turn him heel, they'd have to use reference his “Quest for respect” and say that not only did it fail and the older wrestlers are still not respected, but now Hogan and Bischoff are in charge, two people he's been against avidly since the WCW days, and that every wrestler has to “earn” their place. Even the older wrestlers, I.E. Sting, and he doesn't feel like he has to “earn” his place anymore than he already has, considering he's a 3 time TNA world heavyweight champion and all. Like he told Trixy, he doesn't owe anybody anything.

If they can somehow connect the dots they've made, they could use that and that'd be a pretty good angle if I do say so myself, but, again, I REALLY REALLY REALLY doubt they're smart enough to do that.

Srsly I should just apply for TNA's writing staff and see what happens. I do need a job and all XD
Tron1981

You've missed the context. He wants to like it, most of us do, but TNA keeps the fans frustrated. TNA has so much potential to be something great, but for every one good thing that they do, they end up doing 5-10 different things to fuck it all up. When they're on point, it's pretty damn good, but that good thing gets ruined within seconds. His rants are because he IS a wrestling fan, so like most of us he won't stop watching. And, to counter your advice, if you don't like his rants, then you don't have to read or watch them, and then comment on them.

And if you think his rants are bad, you've obviously never listened to Jim Cornette.

http://bluehighwind.blogspot.com/ BlueHighwind

I think I’m actually rather glad I’ve never heard of Jim Cornette, whoever that is.

Anonymous

Because complete ignorance always makes statments look credible, informed, and relevant, amirite? Stop talking if you don’t know what this is about or who that is. It’s as simple as that.

TotallyNotBob

Seriously? It's not funny anymore. I didn't care at all about wrestling to start with, but watched because you're usually enjoyable. But this weird obsessive streak has sucked out all the fun.

Spoony, remember how you were afraid of becoming type cast as “that guy who harps on FF games”? Ya, you're at the point where it might start happening with wrestling. If it's what you want, I mean your site, your call. But you're probably going to lose a lot of fans, myself included.

Anonymous

I’m in his canoe.

dragonfly82

Awesome Live Blog Spoony,
TNA is full of lulz
BerserkChip

I heard it was 0.8. so yeah!…..umm…. nevermind…. and stuff….
qman311

Wow I was just getting ready to say the same thing.
http://www.facebook.com/chrishominski Chris Hominski

Russo's the type of guy who throws shit at the wall until something sticks. Its very much like EWR.
http://www.facebook.com/chrishominski Chris Hominski

I think he makes these videos for the disillusioned audience of wrestling fans that watched when things weren't necessarily better, per se, but the ideas were fresh and guys like Rock and Stone Cold were able to draw in viewers. Wrestling post-2002 requires that new wrestlers be forced to lose aspects of themselves to become the next Rock or Stone Cold, rather than become the first John Cena for instance.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

All TNA has to do is make a good show then the blog won't seem so negative. That aside, if you're into wrestling, these posts are a hoot. I can't bear to watch TNA mainly because of all that talking, but the recaps are entertaining.

I'll also add that a text writeup is much better than a V Log for this kinda thing. It takes the older 67 minute format and condenses it into a much more manageable 5 minute read. I deeply appreciate that.
Dasyati

I don't think Maffew likes you…
https://me.yahoo.com/a/SVaUEG85oeTWalsdMvqoPcTApmk-#d2b3e cvb

Come on Spoony. Don't waste your time with wrestling. Talking about tna (and wrestling in general) is not good for your global audience.
Adam_F

Lol. I actually was a little surprised that Bret was faking the injury because I figured they were using it as an excuse to why he was going to suck in the ring.
wuggy

ANOTHER wrestling post?

Ok, I might be a bit biased here because I quit watching wrestling around the age of 11 (around that time I realized how stupid the concept actually is, not to talk about the execution which makes it even worse). I just really hope that you'd get back to games and movies. Or at least that you wouldn't take wrestling as a weekly subject.

Just a opinion.
Gunwild

This is pretty good, and all, but I think it loses some of the effect without seeing the show (which I'm not interested in doing) or hearing you whine and scream and make those shocked expressions that remind me of myself.

So, talking about wrestling is cool and all, it's your site and you should ignore anyone who tells you not to cover what you want to cover. But you've got too much screen presence to be live-blogging these small comments when you could do vlogs or, if you had the time, write-ups. You don't even have to put on nice clothes to get in front of the camera, just shave and wear some pants. It's not like we can smell you!
http://www.facebook.com/roger.koenig83 Roger König

spoony, are there no movies or games to be reviewed? i mean, for me you are a wwe-fanboy bitching about tna.. i mean, if u dont like it, dont watch it. thats it. u should watch wwe and wrestlemania XXVI is next. i mean, i am really excited about it and it will be one of the best wrestlemanias in the last few years.. and why dont u tell the people whats good about wrestling and the shows.. u cannot really mean, that nothing is good in wwe or tnaw.. u seem to be a feel bitter for something.. everything is fine :)

greetz and i am a big fan :)
http://www.facebook.com/ThatDragonGuy Austin Dragovich

So, how much actual wrestling was there this week? I was busy watching RAW. I saw a little bit when RAW was in commercials but I switched back as soon as RAW was back on.
MasterTalon

I actually started watching TNA due to Spoony's vlogs on the show…and I love his comments and videos on the stuff. He's there, entertaining, and giving us some content, it may not be a new game review or some such, but he's giving you something. I like his wrestling stuff, I watched his 90 vlog beginning to end and laughed all the way through, then started watching TNA and laughed some more.

The night of the Hulk and Flair match, me and my dad both sat down and watched it, we were laughing so hard by the end of the show, my sides hurt. TNA is the worst sort of show, it's stupid, has terrible writing, and bad actors, but dag, it's funny as all get out. This show will never reach babylon 5 in writing (heck, it wouldn't reach Star Trek Enterprise level writing), but not all shows are meant to be great. I myself might be a loser in life, but heck, at least I take comfort in the fact I'm not a TNA writer.
Mokonax

Your wrestling Vlogs were just noise to me. Something to listen to. I've come to your site every few days hoping for something that isnt wrestling related. You've lost a fan, not that you would care anyway…
taranaich

I can't understand the people complaining about the wrestling blogs. We just had Final Fantasy X, Star Trek Online and Party Mania, and yet when Spoony's shrunk down from hour-long V-Logs to a simply live blog, you think wrasslin's taken over the website!?! Calm the hell down, people.

If you don't like, guess what? Don't read/watch/reply about how you didn't like it. I didn't watch the Party Mania review, but did I complain about Spoony doing reviews of something I don't like? Of course not. It isn't as if this is taking too much time away from the stuff the site is built upon (because making reviews of atrocious movies and games is *such* a superior endeavour, apparently), and it's only been a factor for the past month or so to begin with.

Seriously, he's an internet blogger doing stuff he enjoys. Freaking… let him do the stuff he enjoys.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

Good God! It's one update a week!
jewbagel

I for one enjoy these blogs/vlogs, and I don't even watch wrestling (anymore). If some people don't enjoy it, then… don't read or watch. Spoony's done plenty of other videos in the past two months aside from TNA stuff to occupy you.
MasterTalon

I wasn't overly wild about the Party mania review, but I watched it, and enjoyed it for what it was. He tried something different instead of the same old same old. Same for his 'wrassling' related stuff, it's a break up from the usual gaming stuff, plus it's easier for him to pop out a rant on this stuff while we wait for his writing up a review/playthrough or what have you, which is more likely easier on him and still he is providing entertainment. But still, I doubt some people out there will appreciate his work, even on this stuff, which is sad…and sadness makes a panda sad. :/
crassapfel

I imagine Spoony probably likes getting feedback, afterall there is cash involved directly correlating to the ads on the right and the traffic the blog gets and he basically already tried to plug products, haha. One could argue that the amount of attention TNA has gotten lately would imply that he intends to make it an ongoing segment of the site, and well, the more crap I skip, the less likely I am to come back. It kind of seems as though we're in the minority, there are more people who will tolerate/like it, maybe you could even seduce the wrestling demographic, maybe dixie carter will invite you onto TNA and get Rick Flair to judo chop you for your blog, maybe then TNA will try to draw on spoony's market and introduce characters with eastern RPG emo hair and pastel vests that are too small for them.
MasterTalon

I'd watch a match between the Monster Spoony and Rick Flair, that'd be awesome to see them in the ring. Haha.
thehenryspock

So after capitulating about how awful the state of modern wrestling is with a 'tonights show wasn't that bad', this is now 'The Wrestling Experiment?' Hm.
tk2000

Hey spoony did you hear that the WWE has Banned Chair shots to the head?
RPGaholic

Oh yeah. Since Ric Flair was said to be able to have a 3 star (out of a potential 5) with a broom handle. Spoony would definitely be able to give Ric more potential than a broom handle.
hadokenboom25

Lol I love the Back to the Future Reference. The third one, right? You know, when they are talking about the train and bridge and all…
wuggy

You know, that doesn't really work in a scenario where you've already seen all of Spoony's old content and are just waiting for new.
Matrim

Sure it does, just watch old stuff. I've probably watched the Phantasmagoria 2 review about 6 times now, I let it run in the background while I work on other stuff.
NoTimeForThatCrap

I love how these self-centered little fucks keep crawling out of the woodwork like cockroaches around here, and immediately bitch and whine about every single solitary topic that Spoony talks about, if it JUST happens to not be one of the few topics they self-centeredly want to hear about 100% of the time, as if it was anywhere near within their prerogative to whine about such a self-absorbed thing.

In short, fuck off.
NoTimeForThatCrap

I love how these self-centered little fucks keep crawling out of the woodwork like cockroaches around here, and immediately bitch and whine about every single solitary topic that Spoony talks about, if it JUST happens to not be one of the few topics they self-centeredly want to hear about 100% of the time, as if it was anywhere near within their prerogative to whine about such a self-absorbed thing.

In short, fuck off. Glad you're leaving. You're not wanted.
NoTimeForThatCrap

You're a big fan, eh? That's odd. I couldn't tell. You come off as more of a dipshit troll, actually.
NoTimeForThatCrap

You are biased. As for your “opinion”, it's worthless, since it's singularly based on whining like a bitch when someone mentions one thing you personally don't want to hear as if the human race consisted entirely of yourself. Fuck off. Thanks.
NoTimeForThatCrap

I love how these self-centered little fucks keep crawling out of the woodwork like cockroaches around here, and immediately bitch and whine about every single solitary topic that Spoony talks about, if it JUST happens to not be one of the few topics they self-centeredly want to hear about 100% of the time, as if it was anywhere near within their prerogative to whine about such a self-absorbed thing.

In short, fuck off. Spoony deserves far better fans than fickle little self-important shits like you. Please do leave.
NoTimeForThatCrap

I love how these self-centered little fucks keep crawling out of the woodwork like cockroaches around here, and immediately bitch and whine about every single solitary topic that Spoony talks about, if it JUST happens to not be one of the few topics they self-centeredly want to hear about 100% of the time, as if it was anywhere near within their prerogative to whine about such a self-absorbed thing.

In short, fuck off.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=516883373 Phil Gaudreau

Should Tweet these and see what your pal from TNA has to say…
http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

Dammit spoony. I was on Spike.com watching a video by AVGN, and I discovered that TNA is available to watch online, and my curiosity got the better of me, and I watched this episode. It's just… ugh. Way worse than WCW was when I stopped watching that (during the Wolfpack era).
Zibs

No, it's not “every single solitary topic”, it's just the wrestling ones.

People became regulars because they liked the movie and game reviews (and perhaps Let's Plays as well), and suddenly half of the content is wrestling crap. Of course people are going to complain.
Mokonax

Looks like you've got a case of INTERNET IS SERIOUS BUSINESS syndrome. If a simple trolling attempt can whip you into a flurry of butthurt rage, I cant imagine what everyday life must be like for you. .

in short, you are a lame retard.
in short, you should take a shower.
in short, be less “whiny”
in short, say that to my face not online motherfucker and see what happens
in short, lrn2internets
in short, ps3 has no gaems
in short, MLG IS COOL
in short, HALO HAS A DEEP AND ENGAGING STORY
in short, maybe if you would stop being a manchild, you would have better things to do.
in short, stop being awkward and get some pussy
in short, lol nvm you are too ugly and you penis stinks
in short, you are pitiful ^___^
in short, I dare you to rage and prove my point!
in short, nigger
in short, nigger nigger
in short, nigger nigger nigger

in short, Mokonax out!
bradentonmuffinchucker

Im not sure why you are getting so bent outta shape, Mokonax was just stating his disappointment in that spoony has diverted from his usual good stuff in favor of wresting vlogs, the old stuff was good, there is so much more to be done, he isnt ranting for several paragraphs and making obscene remarks, chill broseph just chill a little
http://twitter.com/EpicCardboard Epic Cardboard

Mokonax that entire post was retarded and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Mokonax

Implying I care?
http://twitter.com/startiller startiller

I don't mind his wrestling reviews, it's just when it causes him PAIN is when I start getting worried. :(
http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

The thing is, it's not like he's taking time out from his other stuff to talk about wrestling. Go back and look at his update schedule. He's still pretty much on the same level as he was then, if you take out the wrestling stuff. This stuff is basically bonus content for people who don't mind hearing about wrestling.
rudy023

OK everybody, I've got a TNA drinking game. Take a shot every time you see Eric Bishoff on screen. You may be drunk off your ass by the end of hour #1!
http://twitter.com/EpicCardboard Epic Cardboard

God you're such a tough guy. I wish I was as cool as you.
Mokonax

Exactly what I wanted to hear! :D

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