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[Karmafan]

Same. Scott Steiner is a riot. He should have came back when Rybeck made his heel turn and be Rybeck's manager.

[Rick Sanchez]

Originally Posted by Karmafan

Same. Scott Steiner is a riot. He should have came back when Rybeck made his heel turn and be Rybeck's manager.

"You see JAWN SHEENA, your a nobody white trash just like all the white trash here in Richmund Wereginiaa but come Payback, I will stick my shoe so far up your ass you'll floss with my shoe laces. Then take Nikki Bella to the moon so she can howl all night long while screaming BOOK SHAKA LAKA. BITCH"

Little article about the Undertaker in my local paper.

http://houstonchronicle.com/life...ys-4596924.php

[Karmafan]

Originally Posted by philon1

Little article about the Undertaker in my local paper.

http://houstonchronicle.com/life...ys-4596924.php

Gotta be a subscriber to read the story.

[Absent Friend]

Here's the article, available for free.

He is the Undertaker — the biggest, meanest, toughest superstar in WWE wrestling rings around the world. His 21-match winning streak at WrestleMania — forget it — no one will ever come close to breaking that. Outside the ring, in a rare interview, the Undertaker is breaking character as Mark Calaway, who grew up in Houston, was in the Astrodome when Oilers legend Earl Campbell ran for 199 yards against the Dolphins on “Monday Night Football,” cheered on the Astros and Nolan Ryan, played basketball at Waltrip High School and was voted “Most Humorous” his senior year.

At WWE shows, the Undertaker, naturally (or supernaturally), is billed from Death Valley.

“Not too many people know that Death Valley is

really T.C. Jester in Houston,” he said.

Real-life undertakers are rarely known for their sense of humor.

“I guess my career went in a different direction,” Calaway laughed.

Calaway is breaking character for a good reason

— he is raffling off his prized West Coast Chopper motorcycle, and every penny is going to the America’s Mighty Warriors veterans support group and SPUR Compassion Ministries of Lake Hills Church in Austin.

“I had this motorcycle

— it’s actually the last one I own — and wanted to do something positive with it,” he said. “Lake Hills Church told me about America’s Mighty Warriors. I met the founder and learned about their mission. So that was a no-brainer. It was a nice combination with SPUR Compassion Ministries. So I felt comfortable donating the motorcycle, having a raffle and supporting these groups.”

The bike is a custom West Coast Chopper called “The Ghost.”

“Jesse James designed it. It’s one of a kind. It’s got a 126-cubic-inch motor. The paint and detail work are phenomenal. I’ve donated my other bikes to charity, but I always hung onto this one. It’s a really special bike.

“It’s a monster.”

To buy a raffle ticket — they’re $10 each — click on spurraffle.com. Act fast. The deadline is 11:55 p.m. Friday.

“It means a lot for me to be able to help veterans groups. My father served in World War II, and two of my brothers served in Vietnam. I’ve been able to achieve my dreams because of the sacrifices of veterans and active servicemen,” Calaway said.

If the raffle winner wishes, the Undertaker will autograph the motorcycle, even though “my signature may mess up the paint job.”

Supporting charitable causes isn’t new for Calaway — he’s behind the Zeus Compton Calaway Save the Animals Fund at Texas A&M — although he usually stays in the background to protect his WWE persona.

“This time, the church and I figured we could raise more money if the Undertaker’s name was attached to the raffle. That’s why I’m doing this interview,” Calaway said.

The last time I saw Calaway, it was WrestleMania 29 in April. Undertaker was running his Wrestle-Mania winning streak to 21 matches. It was a grueling, gut-wrenching, brutal match against CM Punk. As usual, Undertaker’s match stole the show.

Undertaker won, but he sure looked beat walking back to his dressing room. Each year, it becomes a drama played to the final scene … will Undertaker overcome his injuries and surgeries from last WrestleMania to make another WrestleMania?

I asked him, why do you keep doing this?

“Honestly, I love it, that’s why,” he said. “I’ve got 26 years in the business and all these injuries, but WrestleMania has become so huge, it’s just hard to walk away from it. I want the audience leaving the stadium going ‘Wow!’ It’s a responsibility I have being a top dog in this business. The crowd will let me know when it’s time to leave. They haven’t yet.

“And if I didn’t perform at WrestleMania, in some strange weird way, I’d feel like I was letting Vince Mc-Mahon down. I’ve been in the WWE for so long, and he’s done so much for me.”

I asked Calaway, what do you do when you’re not the Undertaker?

“I spend a lot of time with my family, my children. I also work on my horrible golf game. I love golf, but I’m awful. For some reason, I go out there and make myself miserable because I’m so bad it.

“But most of my time is spent healing up … so I can be the Undertaker again.”

Undertakers, at least this one, can be funny.

[Absent Friend]

Thoughts on Main Event, Wade Barrett joins Matthews on commentary!

1.) I saw this match two days ago dammit! Cody Rhodes and Miz. Sigh, at least it was longer. Cody Rhodes had more of a chance to win, working on Miz's arm and damaging it. This made Wade happy as he feels he's got an easy shot at going over The Miz. So yeah, Miz had to fight that uphill battle, and did so. Ending it with a schoolboy pin attempt into the Figure 4. Touting it as just an impressive way to slap it on. Yeah it was okay, Ric Flair wouldn't have done that, but it's just a fact of generational differences. The match was fine, Wade's commentary was great, and thankfully he stays past this.

2.) An awesome video on CM Punk is played. Footage always shown, but just that it's hyping his return. Will he return? If he does, awesome. If he doesn't. Awesome, the fans in the arena wouldn't like it. After that, Damien Sandow makes his way to the ring, talking about he needs to speak more slowly for the fans to understand. I think he's been in the main roster for exactly 1 year, somewhere this month. I think so. Anyways, he said he will "decimate," which means beat up, Sheamus. You may not like it, but you will learn from it. You're welcome. Okie dokie. I like it though.

3.) Wade Barrett was fully prepared for commentary, he has notes! You could see him holding a pen, totally professional. I thought that was nice. He mentioned Sin Cara's lights ruining his sight on his notes. Alright, now it just hit me. As earlier mentioned by Ptenisnet, Sandow's finisher looks like the Side Effect from Matt Hardy. Now that I think about it, it also looks like the Box Office Smash. It's the finisher of potential WWE signee, Mike Bennett. This time I paid strict attention to it, and it reminds me of that move. Yeah, short match with Sin Cara, who came out in slightly newer ring gear, featuring a vest. That doesn't make him any better, easy show for Sandow. It will be the complete opposite in the Payback KICKOFF. Not pre-show, like names matter.

4.) After that is a hype video for the Cena and The Ryback match that will sadly main event the show. They specified the lumberjack match to feature 30 men. That's going to be a clusterfuck.

5.) You know, for a second, I thought the Usos were going to lose against Tons of Funk. Clay hit his small splash on one of them, and I was totally thinking that this supposed glimmer of hope of a push for these guys, dims. Well apparently that wasn't the case. The pin was broken up, and The Usos would avoid Tensai and Clay's charges at them. With a dual superkick and splash to end it, they just might give these guys a shot against The Shield in a tag team match. Money in the Bank maybe? Short match, fill up the remaining minutes of the show, but at least the Usos won.

Thoughts on NXT

1.) Thank goodness! William Regal on commentary instead of Brad Maddox. Sami Zayn and Antonio Cesaro, the rematch! Holy cow, their first match was reported to have high praise from the back, but that their rematch was thought to be even better. That's true, because now it's an even game. No upset story since it was already done in the first match. Therefore, the match was more equal to both men's performance. Cesaro did great, Zayn did great. It was a damn good match, and Regal even said it was one of the best matches in the history of NXT. For sure, including when it was on SyFy. Regal also sold the effectiveness of Cesaro's chinlock. It's important to note this because the commentary there established how strong it was when it helped Cesaro put Zayn to sleep, and finish off with the Neutralizer. Basically, it came off like a sleeper, believable too since Cesaro's a fantastic hand in the ring. Zayn is too, it's only natural you put two gifted wrestlers together and you see something awesome. Someday, these two will have a match in the main roster. I hope that first match is not marred by typical RAW wrestling format.

2.) Sylvester Lefort talked more like a stereotypical French men, though he's legitimately French. It sounded nice, especially since you aren't used to French accents and speaking in WWE. Most of the foreign stuff, I noticed to be Spanish, or British. Regal man. Okay, being fed too much Brad Maddox on commentary just makes me appreciate Mr. Regal more. See, he put over this new team in D-Squared: Scott Dawson and Garrett Dylan. See, he made you sure you realize that for 95% of the match, the team kept one guy in the ring. The other guy got the tag, but only lasted mere minutes, as the team crushed him and picked up the win. Sylvester Lefort didn't really get involved, he just stood there wearing sunglasses and looking like a sweaty Frenchy. Given that one of the D-Squared guys drinks JR's BBQ sauce, watch. Just watch, when they debut on the main roster, Cole and/or Lawler will plug the shit out of JR's BBQ sauce. That will be more over than this team!

3.) Anyways, first round match for the NXT Women's Championship. Alicia Fox facing Bayley, who now sports an actual gimmick. As it appears, she looks more innocent, wearing some hair band, shaking hands with Alicia and giving her the biggest hug. However, when the switch goes off, such as a slap in this match, she gets more aggressive and dominates Alicia. Sadly that meant little as Alicia would come back and hit her axe kick for the win. DAMN! I wanted Bayley to win, but Alicia's going to lose to Paige, so it's not all bad.

4.) So here it is, the moment I've been waiting for. Not really, but it was even more discouraging to see that Langston totally outclassed Bo Dallas. Strength, duh, I mean athleticism. The guy showed some serious spring in his step in some moves that it was surprising given his size. Langston actually was undefeated in NXT, and the key word is "was." Why? Bo Dallas won. Not only he won, but he did so in a way that clearly inches him closer to being a heel. Regal though said it was fate, that the turnbuckle padding just happened to come off, and it wasn't intentional. Right, but then why did Dallas use it to his advantage? He would've acted more like the John Cena he wishes to be and ask the ref to fix that. That wasn't the point though. Speaking of which, this guy got booed tremendously. Every time he had an offensive move, a steady and loud boo rung through the arena. For good reason, Dallas, even as a potential heel, has this flatness to him. I think they're looking to make that into a positive. He's so boring and unexciting, that you boo him, like you're supposed to. Not quite like John Laurinaitis, but the broad idea is there. Trying to look at the bright side, Dallas is really the first heel NXT champion. Rollins was heel as champion but just because he already made it big as a member of The Shield. Langston alternates and lives a double life as heel and face. So Dallas is the first, plain heel. He has to be a heel, never mind the "tears of joy," and excitement implied when he was interviewed by Renee Young after the match. He's a heel, so boo. Unfortunately there's nobody else they'd give the title to. Mostly because those potential ones are not really there yet. Which brings me to who can hold the title next. Using their cup of coffee time as a team, it would benefit if Adrian Neville would eventually be the guy to dethrone Dallas. By that time, the guy should be well into his NXT run and be accepted as champion from all fronts.

[Love Buzz]

Undertaker will retire when the crowd lets him? REALLY? How the feck can we dictate that? It just doesn't work. He is semi-retired anyway I guess, he just doesn't want to say he stays on for the money. To retire properly he will have to be beat at Mania then announce it after the match and break kayfabe but I don't think WWE will allow that. I can't have him go out without making it official because rumors would always be spread.

[Rick Sanchez]

Why do they still have Alicia?

[Karmafan]

Originally Posted by Love Buzz

Undertaker will retire when the crowd lets him? REALLY? How the feck can we dictate that? It just doesn't work. He is semi-retired anyway I guess, he just doesn't want to say he stays on for the money. To retire properly he will have to be beat at Mania then announce it after the match and break kayfabe but I don't think WWE will allow that. I can't have him go out without making it official because rumors would always be spread.

When he goes out and the crowd is dead sitting on their hands he will know its time to retire.

[Rick Sanchez]

This needs to happen, because I don't give a flying fuck about what's trending on Twitter or whichever dumbasses on tout that they decide to use or that shitty fucking App that doesn't even work, and they plug that shit all the fucking time all the while taking airtime away from more important things, like giving superstars a chance to get over. Outside of the hilarious opening segment and the epic showdown between Bryan and Rollins, this past Monday Night was just a big fucking commercial. I'm sick of this bullshit.