Megan Fox… AWESOME

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Sand Animation… This is deep.

This is awesome.

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Balou.

Booking 101. WRESTLEMANIA

Hey there, you glorious bunch of wrestling fans! I’m back again and full of pep! Now, during today’s broadcast (Jan 24^th 2010) we all got into a discussion of what we wanted to see at ‘Mania this year. The big question was, “What would you like to see at Wrestlemania; HHH vs HBK or The Undertaker vs HBK?” Both Ryan and Steve went on opposite sides. As I usually do in these times, I give two answers. One logical/probable answer and the other is what I would see in fantasy booking. My probable answer was Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker. The real life logical answer IS a one on one match. And I would like to see that match to be HBK/Taker 2.  However, sometimes I’ll dive into things that may seem completely out of left field, for the sake of discussion which is why I’d like to throw out the idea of a Triple Threat match.

When I mentioned this on air, Steve brought up a strong argument that if they went this route, they would likely over book it to hell! Not to mention it would leave the WWE Title match up in the air, so for this week’s Booking 101 I offer you this fantasy booking possibility.

First off a look back at history, You’ll remember back in 2004 they pulled a Triple Threat angle for the title with Chris Benoit, HBK and HHH. They booked that outside of the ring, with Michaels signing the contract intended for Benoit at a match versus HHH at ‘Mania of that year. Bishoff came out with lawyers and pulled the gimmick that both technically had the right to the match. So in turn they made it a Triple Threat. That was too non-action for me, which is why I’d prefer if they did this in the ring.

First off, I would book The Undertaker to go over Mysterio at The Royal Rumble. I wouldn’t have HHH or HBK win the Rumble match, but I would make them look as strong as possible. Maybe have them in the top 3. Who wins the Royal Rumble match? TED DIBIASE! I know, I know in my first column I said they should do a slow build. But this is a strong alternative. Like I mentioned on air, I don’t believe that Shaemus should remain WWE Champion through Wrestlemania. I honestly don’t believe he’s strong enough to carry a match on “The Grandest Stage of Them All.” I’d book Orton over Sheamus at The Royal Rumble and have Dibiase win the Rumble match itself. From there you just troubleshoot the break-up. Have Ted come out somewhere during the show and say stuff like it would be an honour to face Orton at Wrestlemania. Have Cody come out and congratulate him. Once again, have the Guest Host come out and say he’d love to see that match tonight. Only he can’t really do it, so instead it’ll be Legacy vs Orton and mystery partner as the main event of Raw. Re-use the Cody turn on Bob Holly angle. It would cement Ted Dibiase’s face-turn. This would also really get people to start hating Rhodes, the ultimate turncoat. After which, you would have great interest in seeing Orton and Dibiase go at it at Wrestlemania!

Now onto the World Heavyweight title picture, Coming out of Rumble Taker is Champion and its without an official opponent for Wrestlemania, In February, at the Elimination Chamber pay per view I’d have a Chamber match for ‘Taker’s World title. This would be a interbrand matchup, and would see HHH, HBK, and Kofi Kingston representing Raw, while Batista, Rey Mysterio and CM Punk would represent Smackdown.  Book the match to be awesome. Give them the time to make each other look strong. When it comes to the finish this is where it might get a little TNA’ish. Have HHH, HBK and CM Punk as the last three in the match. Eliminate CM Punk and then pull a “double knockout” angle. Have both, HBK and HHH’s shoulders on the mat while they cover each other. It’s sketchy, I know. But those guys are strong enough to make it work in the ring. Besides, They’ve done weirder with Edge. So the next night on Raw, have Vince come out and say he’s too busy making Bret Hart’s life hell to deal with this drama, so he’s going to take the most logical route in this situation and officially announce a Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship. From there it’s easy to book that angle. They only have 4 or 5 weeks to NOT screw it up.

So there you have it, with a bit of randomness to keep people guessing, you now get two possibilities for Wrestlemania main events! I’ll try to remember to post up my Wrestlemania and fall-out predictions the week before the event.

Be Awesome folks,

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Booking 101 The Miz

Hey there, you glorious bunch of wrestling fans. This is Booking 101 with me, Tony Ironhide Stabile.  I’m back again and this week I’ll be taking a look into the man they call The Miz. He is our generation’s version of Chris Jericho. He’s got the new look of a true Superstar, and the promo skills that rival the best in the industry. We’re going to go over some of his past and explore the awesome future this man will have in the WWE.

Mike Mizanin is a 29-year-old former Reality Show Star. Before wrestling, Mizanin’s claim to fame was the fact that he was so hated on MTV’s The Real World and Road Rulez. It was then that people saw that he was big on wrestling. He even sported a replica heavyweight championship belt occasionally on screen. His need to join the combatants of the squared circle pushed him to join Ultimate Pro-Wrestling (UPW). He got his basic training there. Mizanin made his in-ring, pro debut in 2003 with the promotion. He even competed in the Mat-Wars tournament. Then in 2004 he appeared on the fourth and final version of WWE’s Tough Enough. Although he didn’t win the competition he was probably the most memorable of that year’s contestants.

After Tough Enough, The Miz disappeared from TV to further his training. He was sent down to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). While there, it became evident that The Miz had phenomenal mic skills. He got to exhibit his talents weekly during his segment: Miz TV. He was finally called up to the main roster in 2006. His debut wasn’t all that memorable and for month he served as “host” of Smackdown! The Miz and Ashley Massaro were used as hosts for the 2006 Diva Search competition.

Once the competition was over, The Miz returned to Smackdown, ready for action. He seemed to be floundering during those months. Then what can be seen as a catalyst to The Miz’s first push happened; he was drafted to the ECW brand. He got a very nice push in ECW. It was during this time that he was given a streaming show on WWE.com along with John Morrison. The Dirt Sheet showcased both men’s ability to cut a promo and display their sense of humour. Through The Dirt Sheet, both men teamed up and feuded with other tag teams. They became two-time Tag Team Champions, and won WWE’s 2008 SlammyAwards for Tag Team of the Year and Best WWE.com Exclusive.

After losing a Unified Tag Team Championship match and being drafted to Raw, The Miz and John Morrison broke up and both men’s careers exploded on their respective brands. The Miz was quickly pushed into a feud with John Cena. Every week, The Miz would come out and cut a promo on Cena and call him out to no answer. He would then claim a count-out victory over The Doctor of Thuganomics. This was a direct rip-off of the Jericho-Goldberg feud of WCW. The blow-off came when The Miz lost a loser leaves Raw match to Cena. Now, the beauty in this feud was that, Cena had to do nothing but beat The Miz. It was all The Miz’s doing that got this over. People just wanted to see him get his face kicked in. Which is good wrestling folks. What makes this feud even more amazing is that it got over even with almost every fan over the age of 20 knowing exactly what was going to happen because they had already seen it. The mere fact that he got this angle over is a testament to his ability and talent as a wrestler and performer.

After a short absence from Raw, The Miz returned after winning a “Contract on a Pole” match; wrestling as The Calgary Kid. The following week, The Miz came out as a reinvented man. He ditched his dorky looking shorts and hat for a pair of speedo trunks and kick-pads. Since then, he has gone on to improve on his match quality and even his promo skills. Week in, week out, he is a high light of Monday Night Raw. He is the current reigning United-States Champion.

The parallels between The Miz and Chris Jericho are very evident. Both men are incredible on the mic. The have very similar styles, in the sense of wrestling and in looks. They are both smaller guys. However, this will not hold back The Miz as much as it did Jericho because our generation’s wrestlers are all much smaller thanks, in part to the Wellness Policy. I remember watching the episode of Raw where The Miz debuted his new look. My friend brought up the fact that Jericho did the same not too long before that.

His repertoire of wrestling moves isn’t very vast, but he doesn’t waste much movement in the ring, as most of what he does is pertinent to the story of the match. The one thing I do see holding him back is The Skull Crushing Finally. It’s a finisher of the likes to anything used by Jeff Jarrett. Which means it is crap. He was smart in coming up with his “Awesome” stuff, as it can push him both ways. As a heel it gets under people’s skin and as a face it will be something interactive with the crowd like “Hell Yeah” or “Suck It!”

Big things are in the future for Mike The Miz Mizanin. He’s going to pull The WWE one day. The Miz’s experience in the Reality Show world, and urge to constantly learn are things that are pushing him to the top. Within the next 2 years, I can confidently say that The Miz will be a perennial main event player. He is of the class of young lions like John Morrison, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston and CM Punk.

That’s it for this week’s Booking 101.

Be Awesome folks,

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3.14…

Here’s an awesome Pi poem written by Daniel Tammet.

PI

Three, One, Four, One, Five, and On
The numbers recount their endless tale.
Three – Barefoot green, a silent voice.
White as hunger, One is twice
Bright like babies’ eyes.
Four is timid, envious of E.
Five, Punctuation or a pregnant sigh
Precedes proud Nine, colour of falling night.
Two, an unfastened knot,
A wayward wind, the hollow of Six resounding.
Nearby, Eight, a cloud of fireflies above a lake
Over which I skim Sevens
Remembering that Zero is nothing but a circle.

PI

Trois, Un, Quatre, Un, Cinq, et ainsi de suite
Les chiffres racontent leur histoire sans limite.
Trois – vert, les pieds nus, une voix silencieuse.
Blanc comme la faim, Un est vif
Comme les yeux d’un bébé.
Quatre est timide, envieux du E.
Cinq, ponctuation ou soupir lourd
Précède le Neuf fier, couleur d’une nuit tombante.
Deux, un nœud défait, vent rebelle,
Comme le creux du Six qui résonne.
Tout près, Huit, nuage de lucioles au dessus d’un lac
Sur lequel je fais des ricochets avec les Septs
En me souvenant que Zéro n’est rien qu’un cercle.

Daniel Tammet is an autistic-savant. He’s a really interesting one too. Most autistic-savant can’t really explain what goes on in their minds. However, Tammet can. He has said that all numbers have colours, textures, sents and feels. That’s pretty awesome to a guy like me. (editor’s note: Tonysucks at math, hense the extreme impressed-ness) If you guys have a chance check out his blog. This dude is smart and pretty awesome.

Be Awesome.

Balou

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Be Awesome.

How to book a break-up!

Happy New Year everyone! This is what hopefully will be the first of many articles on the site by me. I’ll start off with some introductions. I am Tony Romera. I’ve been a life-long wrestling fan. I’ve been around the Montreal indy scene for a few years now as well.

I will use this weekly rant as a means to voice my opinion and views on different subjects within the wrestling world. One week it could be what I see as a fantasy booking, or what I feel was write or wrong with recent bookings and storylines.

Legacy. They are Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase. They were a really hot item in 2009. They were properly booked. They came off strong. The purpose of Legacy was to create and push new names for future “one on one” feuds; more specifically, feuds for Randy Orton. Mission accomplished. Both Rhodes and Dibiase have very strong looks and are good wrestlers. However, much like the Diamond of Evolution was Orton, the diamond of Legacy is Ted Dibiase. He’s got the looks, the size and the brains to be a main eventer.

There was talk back in the summer of a Dibiase face turn for December, in time to promote his feature film debut: The Marine 2. It was smart of WWE to hold off on those plans, mainly because he isn’t quite ready. The people aren’t ready to cheer him either. However, with the right booking and enough time, 2010 will be the year of Dibiase.

In 2004, almost all the elements were in place for Orton to branch off of Evolution and make it on his own. The people wanted it. This was clear when he was heavily cheered while the face Edge was booed. The timing was on. As it was only logical for Evolution to suffer it’s first defection. What was working against him was his backstage attitude and lack of main event opponents. Creative dropped the ball and were forced to fodder feed him to Triple H. His backstage attitude at the time was piss poor. This clearly didn’t help as he was immediately dropped to mid-card status after dropping the belt some 3 weeks later.

In 2010, we find ourselves watching history repeat itself. This time however, the diamond is ready to shine. The reason I see Ted as the Diamond and not Cody is simple. Dibiase has those poster boy looks of John Cena and the wrestling ability of Randy Orton. His backstage attitude seems to be in check, as the dirt sheets have nothing on him. To be Vince McMahan, I would be salivating right now. The big question now is: How do you break up Legacy and push Ted Dibiase? The answer is slowly.

The people are itching for Legacy to break up. Not because they are sick of seeing them week in, week out. They want this much like people wanted to see Darth Vader throw Darth Sidious down the energy shaft at the end of Return of the Jedi. It took 3 movies for the true evil to be vanquished. Therefore, logically it should take many months for the break up of Legacy to be finalized. It nearly broke my heart when I watched Raw last week and saw Orton contemplating the end of Legacy like a pussy. They shouldn’t even tease fans with this blow-off break up. It would ruin a huge pay off for everyone.

They should begin now for a Summer Slam goal. There’s no need for a title to be involved just yet even. Cody and Ted should stop teaming now and begin focusing on singles matches. You don’t need to bury Rhodes, just don’t let him out shine Ted with bigger victories. Keep Orton close. Have a US title tournament with Dibiase becoming No. 1 contender. All this time, they should keep the belt on Miz because his heat is nice and strong that it would help the people complete turn Ted face. This should go down around the time of Backlash. Have Ted go on a nice win streak with the belt.

This is where WWE can be brilliant! Put the world title on Orton around June. This would create much jealousy within the group, as Rhodes would be the only one without a title. Tease Orton booting Cody out. Have Ted stick up for his partner, only to receive an RKO for his efforts. The next week’s Raw would have a confrontation between Ted/Cody and Randy. All the meanwhile, the powers that be (guest host or GM) announce a Battle Royal for the No.1 Contender slot for the WWE title. It’s not important how but both Cody and Ted are in it. Have Ted win. Now you have a full-blown feud.

The following week on Raw, Orton takes the night off. Have Cody congratulate Ted and challenge him to a US title match. Give the 2 guys enough time to show the crowd why they’re the future. Then just as Ted is about to continue his hot streak, have Orton cost him the match and title. Reveal that Cody and Orton had planned this out. In doing this, you get the remaining people who weren’t behind Ted to cheer him. You also get Cody over strong as a conniving heel, and Orton the extra heat for the road. By this time you should be at Summer Slam. You have your main event. You have a new face in Dibiase, and 2 strong heels for him to build off of.

Will WWE be smart in the evident turn of Ted Dibiase? For everyone’s sake I hope so. This was just how I would do it.

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