The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2010
- Live from Atlanta, GA.
- Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker.
Archive for January, 2010
The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Cru Plug
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Hey Scott,
I've enjoyed re-reading your Rumble rants. I had forgotten how much I hated the '99 Rumble until revisiting it. Thanks!
Anyway, this week the Cru Jones Society is dedicated to professional wrestling. We've got wrestling themed articles all week, and I especially enjoyed writing today's offering: 5 Pro Wrestling Matches Even Non-Fans will enjoy.
http://crujonessociety.com/2010/01/26/5-pro-wrestling-matches-even-non-fans-will-enjoy/
Each match was chosen for a different reason, and I'm interested in your take. I realize trying to get someone who's already made up their mind that wrestling is stupid to change their mind is largely a pointless exercise, but this was fun to write anyway. If you feel so inclined, I'd love to hear your thoughts on my choices.
Also, if you feel like giving this a plug, we'd always appreciate it. Otherwise, hope all is well with you and thanks again for the re-posts.
E Dagger
Definitely an interesting list, although I find that non-fans are non-fans for a reason. Royal Rumbles tend to be really good at sucking people in, and I also found that old school ECW attracted curious eyes as well among casual viewers. I think Hogan-Savage from WM5 is a better choice than Flair-Savage, though, because it’s a similar storyline (in reverse) and the players are big and cartoonish enough that you don’t have to be a wrestling nerd to “get it”. Or even one of their older, shorter MSG matches where Savage is arrogant super-heel and Hogan is super-face.
Justice Plugs of America
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Not sure if you've been keeping up but the blog just hit the big one.
http://jlurevisited.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/justice-league-2x11-12-a-better-world/
Ah yes, I loved that episode. But then I’m a huge geek for alternate universe stuff. That episode reminded me a lot of the Squadron Supreme, in the general sense of the theme and storyline.
Royal Rumble Repost Countdown: 2009
Saturday, January 30th, 2010The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2009
- Live from Detroit, MI
- Your hosts are Cole, JR, Tazz, King, Grisham and Matt Striker.
Canadian of the week: #9
Friday, January 29th, 2010Thanks for the plug last week on the Top 10 Wrestlers, I'm told it helped set a daily record for canadianoftheweek.com.
Here's #9 if you'd like to continue with this... http://bit.ly/cbJ0Cu But, I don't think you're going to love this selection.
He was a good guy, but yeah, that one’s kind of iffy to me.
Michael’s Impact Review
Friday, January 29th, 2010More Best of Decade
Thursday, January 28th, 2010WWE Classics 24/7 recently debut a show called "10 Count" where host Matt Striker counts down a Top 10 on whatever the topic is that month. This month was "Top 10 WWE Matches of the Decade." They were selected based on crowd reaction, historical impact, excitement, and in-ring skill. They were:
Royal Rumble Repost Countdown: 2008
Thursday, January 28th, 2010The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2008
- Live, in HD, from Madison Square Garden. This rant will also be presented in widescreen, so adjust your margins to 100 columns to match.
- Your hosts are Michael Cole and The Coach and Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler and Joey Styles and Tazz.
Royal Rumble Repost Countdown: 2007
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2007
- Live from San Antonio, TX
- Your hosts are Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole, JBL, Joey Styles & Tazz.
Savage Steve v. John Cusack
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000134.php
I found this link via discussion of Hot Tub Time Machine (which looks like it might be the surprise crazy hit of the winter, actually), and it’s an interview with the super-genius Savage Steve Holland. I fucking love Steve Holland’s stuff, as he’s currently one of the big brains behind my favorite show right now, Big Bang Theory, and he was the creator of one of the best absurdist cartoons ever (Eek! The Cat) and of course he directed Better Off Dead, which is so funny that you have to be retarded not to love every second of it. The desert that gets up and walks nearly had me choking on my popcorn when I was a kid and it’s only gotten better with age.
Anyway, the bombshell of the interview is that John Cusack HATED the movie and now won’t even talk to or acknowledge Steve Holland in any way. And thinking about it, yeah, Cusack won’t talk about Dead or One Crazy Summer even though both were brilliant (c’mon, the burger flipping scene? GENIUS!) so it kind of makes sense, but it’s like choosing between your favorite relatives in a big family fight because I also love Cusack in Grosse Point Blank and of course High Fidelity.
Anyway, interesting stuff to read about.
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