Oddly enough, I never did an actual rant on this show last year, so with it airing on WWE 24/7 it seems like a good enough time to revisit it.
- Live from Orlando, FL.
- Your hosts are JR, King, Cole, yada yada.
Oddly enough, I never did an actual rant on this show last year, so with it airing on WWE 24/7 it seems like a good enough time to revisit it.
- Live from Orlando, FL.
- Your hosts are JR, King, Cole, yada yada.
The SmarK Rant for WWE No Way Out 2009
- Live from Seattle, WA
- Your hosts are JR, King, Tazz, Striker, Grisham and Cole.
Hey Scott,
Thought a discussion about potential Royal Rumble winners would be quite interesting after Jeff Hardy won the WWE title at Armageddon. After Survivor Series I was sure that Jeff would win RR 2009 and challenge Edge at Wrestlemania but now it's up in the air. Any thoughts? I think it would be nice to have a heel win after 9 years of face victories. Admittedly the last heel to win (Vince) was a big letdown but if an actual wrestler wins, it can give them huge credibility (and heat) - e.g. Austin in 1997, HBK in 1995, Flair in 1992.
Frankly after 18 million title changes this year, I don't think there's much special they can do as far as a main event goes, but Randy Orton could use the win to really put him over the top as far as being a top main event guy. Either that or the obvious one with Batista winning and challenging Cena.
Hey Scott,
I'm interestng in hearing your views on the "underdog" Jeff Hardy winning the title despite his WWE wellness suspensions and personal demons.
I think it's a year and three jobs to HHH too late to matter in the grand scheme of things. The cynic in me says that he's just there as a transitional champion for the shitty russian guy because no one else wants to put him over and thus Hardy fans shouldn't get their hopes up for a long reign.
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for WWE Tribute to the Troops 2006
Never seen this one before and the matchlist looks interesting, so what the heck.
- Taped from Baghdad, Iraq
- Your hosts are Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler
How are you buddy?
Long time reader of your colums. Really like the setup you have now.
I was reading through some old posts and I saw you mention that Shawn Michaels was supposed to do the JOB to The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 2000 but HHH had to take his place because Shawn was to messed up to perform. I seemed to have missed this at the time time and was wondering if you could elaborate more on the topic as I thought Shawn had no thoughts of performing between basically Wrestlemania 14 and Summerslam 2002.
It was Wrestlemania X-7, actually, and Shawn wasn't going to wrestle, he was going to interfere and give HHH the win over Undertaker. Then he showed up in no condition to do much of anything and the result was changed to punish HHH, who had basically gone to Vince and vouched for Shawn's sobriety.
If you could pick one guy who could end the streak of The Undertaker at this years Wrestlemania who would it be and why?
I don't think there's any value in ending the streak at this point, but if you HAD to give the win to someone, the only logical choice is John Cena.