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[Absent Friend]

Originally Posted by lordbrandon04

Isn't that Claudio Castagnoli?

Yes.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HiJ_OIfhkwM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HiJ_OIfhkwM

Very European! I always thought his real name, Claudio Castagnoli, was Italian. So I thought his new name fit perfectly, as that sounded Italian to me.

I thought Aksana was gone and back in FCW, I don't like her, and even less of her when she's wrestling. I hope it doesn't last long, and their association just gets his name out there.

Jamaican me crazy

Mike Adamle is the worst I can remember. Funny listening to Art Donovan again. why is this guy here ? That was probably what I was thinking in 1994. 1994 and 1995 makes me appreciate 2012 a lot more.

I'm hoping the same as you , Aksana is useless. I wonder why they had to make him a former rugby player? well I hope he gets past that. I'm not holding my breath.

[SaintsDecay]

Wait, how long has Regal been commentating for FCW? Damn, it's been awhile seen I've seen anything from them.

Is he still working behind the scenes for the WWE, or is he just working in developments now?

[burtog]

Regal doing commentary - in FCW and on NXT - is always awesome. It makes me wonder why they stay with Booker T & King Lawler when they have a guy right there that's so much better than both. I don't think he wrestles that much anymore, but he had a bunch of good matches towards the end of last year.

And in terms of Aksana: I didn't care for her as a blonde, but I dig her character now that she has the dyed hair. All she needs is a pair of dark glasses and she'd be a dead-wringer for the Baroness from GI Joe, which is obviously a good thing. I wouldn't mind her managing a stable of international heels, or Cesaro/Ohno as a team.

[Absent Friend]

I'd say Regal is the best commentator today, even though he's not on RAW or SD. Booker is hilarious and I like him, but when it comes to arguing with Michael Cole, it becomes too much. Lawler is always bored and phones it in, plus he's the biggest Cena asskisser.

Regal can do what Lawler, Cole, and Booker can't do, and that's call wrestling moves. Not only he calls wrestling moves, but he can convey how painful or effective each one is. Not only that, he seems more into the action than the other guys. Lawler cares about kissing Cena's butt and insulting Vickie Guerrero. Cole cares about servicing Vince McMahon. Booker cares about being the craziest commentator today. Regal can be funny, but can still keep up a consistent, adequate job on commentary. Sadly, Matt Striker isn't doing much commentary now, so it's easy to say Regal's the best. Regal and Striker have called together a few times, and there's magic there. They both care about wrestling, but also know how to convey emotions. The experience of Regal, and the intelligence of Striker. Isn't that what the best commentary teams are? Lawler had experience, Ross had intelligence. Heenan had experience, Gorilla Monsoon had intelligence. Yeah they fit together.

Regal does stutter a bit, but it's become a form of humor now, and it's passable. At least he acknowledges it, and actually embraces it. You try and point that out to Cole, he will try to defend himself as too excited or something. Bullshit.

It was nice knowing him.

World Wrestling Entertainment has released the winner of the most recent Tough Enough season Andy Leavine, who was working in WWE developmental as Kevin Hackman.

Leavine was named the Tough Enough winner for the series' return to cable TV in 2010. Leavine, who was a standout football player in college, had been signed to WWE developmental before being cast for the series.

After winning the Tough Enough season, Leavine was only seen in vignettes about his training to become a WWE star and was never utilized again on the main roster. At one point, he was suspended for a violation of the company's Wellness Policy.

[Karmafan]

They should get Jim Coronet and have him call the show and make it uncensored. You would have the most entertaining wrestling show ever.

[Absent Friend]

Originally Posted by Alan Kellerman

It was nice knowing him.

HAHAHA! What the hell happened? Andy buried himself when he did a terrible job selling Stone Cold's Stunner from RAW when he was announced as the winner of Tough Enough. To make things worse, he got himself suspended for some reason, and he still had miles to go before being in WWE. I liked his story, and between him and Luke, I wanted him to win, as Luke was just so damn cocky, that if you put him in the WWE locker room, he'd be eaten alive. Andy, I thought would do fine, until that Stunner happen. Even so, my favorite was Matt. He actually was a part of ROH for a while, and the man was a former gymnast. If you watched just Tough Enough, you'd think the guy was good, but seeing more of him, holy cow, that man has serious talent. However, like the best skilled wrestlers, he has no personality. I think he shot himself in the foot when he sold some moves terribly, as he was called up on it.

Nobody in that cast was perfect really. Erik had a great afro, but that's it. Martin got himself injured, but looked like a goof. Luke is very talented in the ring, and would make a great showman, but his attitude is his biggest problem. Jeremy was green as goose shit (as Bill DeMott always said), and his recent interviews show him thinking he's getting blackballed, and felling pretty bitter over his loss. There was some other guy, but I forgot his name, he came across as a douche.

The girls? Ivelise, who's now in FCW as Sofia Cortez, was the only good one. She got injured though, but I would've had her win if not for the injury. The pale woman that dates Johnny Fairplay, obviously had emotional problems. Alicia Fox's real life sister, who's now one of Brodus' dancer, was an idiot. Sorry, but saying her favorite match of all time was Melina vs. Alicia Fox? From where? She just came across as a model wanting to make it. Speaking of model wanting to make it, Rima Fakih? Her body can't take it, and I feel she wanted to be in wrestling to keep her fame up, as a former Miss America tag doesn't last one long. Were there others? I don't remember.

Injuries, green wrestlers, bad attitudes, selling problems, the cast wasn't the best. It's sad though, because I think Stone Cold handpicked Andy to win, and you know, bottom line because Stone Cold said so, looks to not always be true.

If Matt had the charisma of Luke, the selling power of Martin, the afro of Erik, and the drive of Ivelise, he'd win.

That is probably the most memorable thing to happen on Tough Enough, the girl saying Melina vs Alicia Fox was her favorite match. I only saw a couple of clips of Tough Enough on youtube.

Just found out it funny that he takes a stunner the first night he is on Raw, and after that we never see him again. Pretty comical.

[Absent Friend]

Guess whose birthday it is today. This guy...



Cena's actually a couple months older than Lesnar. So, it's not like he's an old guy.