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#1 Total-KO
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JK Rowling is not a great author, but a brilliant storyteller.

Nowadays, writing novels are just about the money.

People like Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and James Joyce did it for the love of the game.

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has a yellow badge with a diagonal black line through it, with a horse's head on the top part of it?
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[QUOTE="Total-KO"][QUOTE="Mu5uk0"]

While what you say is true, to be fair to Chicago_Nut his post was about the hate being undeserved, not that it didn't exist.

Mu5uk0

I know it exists and I'm pretty sure he does too.

I know... that's the whole point...

He's saying that the hate which IS there is undeserved.

I know what he's saying. I read it. Dude, wait...what?

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While what you say is true, to be fair to Chicago_Nut his post was about the hate being undeserved, not that it didn't exist.

Mu5uk0

I know it exists and I'm pretty sure he does too.

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Ladies and gentlemen, The Great Khali is your new World Heavyweight Champion. :|

http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/articles/5053332/khalivictory

Hey how much bleach will I be able to drink before I forget this event ever happened?

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First off, define 'over'. Most would say that it is the ability to put onto the crowd a front, that you are who you say or your character says you are. For instance, if Triple H is hated by the crowd and is a heel, he is over with THAT crowd. The same applies to a face. If a good guy wrestler pulls off to the crowd that he or his character is genuinely a good guy, then he is over with THAT crowd.

With the Wrestlemania 22 and 23 crowd, he was NOT over. With SummerSlam 2005 & Summerslam 2006, he was NOT over.

With the regular audience who watches WWE, is he over? That's debatable. Certainly, WWE merchandise sales for John Cena certainly suggest so.

But John Cena, for some reason bah gawd, John Cena is not always over. In particular, the events I mentioned above were where? In the North West of the US. A professional wrestling hotbed. Hell, why do ya think ROH is located there? The North West is full of hardcore wrestling junkies who know what they are talking about? And what trend can be set there apart from Cena hate?

They are all in the 16-30 demographic who majorily attend wrestling shows. That's why the hate is so deep and resoundful. This area of 16-30 males tend to dominate attendance of wrestling shows because it is such a hot bed to them.

With that said, FACT: John Cena is not majorily over with the North West to Mid-West crowd.

But to the World? Well, that's hard to say.

I think Cena is over, because wrestling, moreover WWE, is particularly appealing to kids and the older demographic is turning to UFC so no wonder Cena is over. The sexy single moms who bring their kids wanna make Cena their new kids daddy so no wonder they cheer. Kids & moms/women alike are blind too. You really think 10 year olds care about Jeff Hardy being a spot monkey? Or how Batista is slower than a Fiat Panda going 1mph?

No. All they care about is who is most publicised. Who gets the limelight more often. When Benoit and Eddie got their 2004 push, EVERYONE was behind them. When they gradually faded for the generation of Cena and Batista, they all fell for those who were pushed.

What am I saying? John Cena's fans are blind. Just as blind as the haters. Just my opinion.

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Well, it's most likely gonna be moved from its present country to another one. If it is, and that country which the 2010 WC is in Europe, then I'm gonna go to it.
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If the rumors of Trips' return to SD! are true, could we see Trips as Champion?

Most likely Kane or Rey Mysterio will become Champion again if Triple H goes back to RAW.

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Originally Posted by Lance Storm Enough Already
July 16, 2007

I am reaching a level of frustration that I doubt I have ever reached before in my life. The stress and frustration created by the Benoit tragedy and the resulting media coverage has reached dangerous proportions for me and I feel I need to vent now in an attempt to not explode later. I believe I have managed to put behind me the stress and anxiety of the actual events, but am ready to explode with frustration over what is being done after the fact, by both the business and the media as a whole.

I've been following as much media coverage as I can and with very few exceptions have had all that I can take. I am ready to scream "ENOUGH ALREADY!" to both the media and those representatives of this industry who seem to be more concerned with spin, denial, and damage control than addressing real issues and perhaps saving lives.

How many times are we going to hear the same people, saying the same things? I think we all get the fact that Chris Benoit was loved and respected by everyone who knew or worked with him, and that his actions that weekend were horrific and unexplainable. I'm not trying to down play what happened or how horrible it was, but continually stating how horrible and inexplicable it was accomplishes nothing. Three people are dead and the media seems content to just point fingers of blame and throw buzz words like "Roid Rage" around instead of looking for solutions. On the other hand the Industry on the whole seems content to just deny and redirect, in hopes of moving past it all.

This is what has gotten to me the most, the denial. We've seen countless drug-related wrestling deaths in the last 10+ years and we (me included) have always managed to grieve, accept, and move on. In the past I think we have all managed to look the other way accepting that, for the most part, drug-related deaths are self-inflicted, and those who died had made their own choices and suffered their own fates. That doesn't wash anymore! Two very innocent people are dead (Nancy and Daniel) and drugs in the wrestling business were at least, to some extent, a contributing factor. We can't look the other way any more, attitudes about drugs and drug use in this industry have to change and they have to change now, before more people die.

This industry does have a drug problem and people need to start admitting it and addressing the problem at hand. I'm not saying that WWE is at fault here or that it's roster consists of nothing but a bunch of drug crazed pill addicts and steroid monsters, but WWE's constant spin that they, "Put smiles on people's faces" and that they focus on and promote "Entertainment" not "Size" is a bit hard for me to stomach. I was so disappointed with The Larry King show with Cena and Jericho. Yes, WWE does put smiles on people's faces, and yes they will promote entertainment in addition to size, but neither of those statements have much to do with anything except changing the subject and avoiding the issue.

In my opinion WWE needs to stand up and say, "Yes, drugs are a problem in our industry" and admit that they now realize that their wellness program isn't doing enough. I truly believe that they implemented that program with good intentions yet they seem to defend it with half-truths and obfuscation. I think this business has been stuck in the old Kay Fabe era of wrestling so long that everyone still spins and denies out of habit. Steroids and pain pill addictions are a very real problem in pro-wrestling as they are in society as a whole, yet no one wants to admit what at this point should be painfully obvious. Now is not the time for denial or even blame placement. Now is the time for change. Now is the time for cleaning up this business, and saving lives. The status quo isn't working; people are dying.

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#10 Total-KO
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Luckily the holes in the PSP are just your size. :P