Carlos(from myspace) : undertaker vs mysterio    please tell me its a bad joke. is shawn gonna 
end the streak?

That's actually the only match at the Rumble I'm interested in. I'm curious to see how good a 
match they can have before Batista runs in. As for the Undertaker's streak & Shawn Michaels, one
would think them doing that match two years in a row would indicate MAYBE this time, especially
if it's in the main event slot for the big gold belt(as one would assume it will be), but I 
still think UT's streak is sacred ground that they won't let anyone touch unless they are 1,000%
behind a younger guy, especially with Michaels going on a lighter schedule after WrestleMania.


Ed(from myspace) : TNA Biggest night a little anti climatic or was it just me. What effect do 
you think the apperance of hogan will have on TNA?

Some surely share your feelings. We'll be discussing Jan. 4th on our Season 3 Premiere! As for 
the effect Hogan will have on TNA, it's difficult to tell. The coming weeks will tell if they 
only spiked for a night(on Jan 4th, and it looks that way already, at least for the time being),
or if that was enough to get them on Mondays every week(not a special every once in a month) 
where they can really start building momentum long-term. 


Dustin : Hey guys, the show is great to watch on youtube and how you all go over differnet 
subjects, but one subject i want to know is what should WWE do this year for music value at 
Wrestlemania.  Last year at 25 i watched the Kid Rock short-concert thing and I'm thinking to 
myself, what if they got someone that won't bore us to death and be good to perform this year. 
I mean this year its just WM 26, it doesn't matter, but if they did get someone to perform, they
would have to get someone heavier than Kid Rock, which is a problem because of WWE's PG rating 
and all that.  During the attitude era they got up into say 2005 they got The old Kid Rock, 
Underground Union, Limp Bizkit, and Motorhead to perform on TV and PPV, but know we got to sit 
through theme songs that are in the category of just plain rock and that we don't care about. I 
was impressed when No Mercy 2008 came around because they used All Nightmare Long by Metallica, 
which matched Jericho's and Michael's fued, but now its just boring song after boring song as 
theme songs for crappy PPVs. The reason I believe that people aren't watching PPVs that much is 
because although the card might suck, ther's no theme to go behind it. They want that one song 
to go behind say the main event. I remember watching NYR 2006 right before the Elimination 
Chamber match and they played a little video with a snippet of Stricken by Disturbed and I was 
impressed because it matched what the match was going to unfold to, 6 superstars that are 
stricken with the fact they are forced to torture each other for a world title. If they got 
Metallica to perform, Disturbed to perform because Disturbed is one of my favorite bands, and 
Slipknot because their performance would just be crazy and it would portray more male fans like 
ourselves to watch the show because we like watching crazy stuff like that all the time. Can't 
wait for the new season.
Thanks

Firstly Dustin, thanks very much for the compliments. Secondly, as it pertains to music at 
WrestleMania or wresting events in general, we answered some music questions on the last Q & A 
Submission Round on our 2nd season's finale, which you can watch here : 





I sincerely doubt the reason PPV buyrates are down has anything to due with the lack of 'cool' 
music to hype an event. Not saying it's a complete non-factor, but close, heh. Granted, music is
an important part of an event and definitely get you more hyped for it(in that sense, can ad 
maybe a few buys), but the numbers they are down has a lot more to do with people not wanting to
spend money on what they've being given(even the economy) than it does the hype music. 


Brian Robers : Big fan of your show. Just wondering if you plan on reviewing Bloodstained 
Memoirs on your show? Some people are saying its amazing, some are saying not. The reviews seem 
to be all over the place, really dividing people.

Thanks a lot, Brian! There are no plans to review Bloodstained Memoirs on the show at the 
moment, but there's always potential I might check it out in the future.


Steven Jackson from England : 
I was born in 1992 meaning I didn't get the chance first time around to watch great WWF & WCW 
matches of the 80's and early 90's. Instead I started watching WWF & WCW during the high point 
of the Attitude Era in 1999. However now that I am older and I have had the chance to go back 
and watch many WCW & WWF from the early to mid 90's before the "Attitude Era". Of course the 
wrestling is so much better as it can actually be classed as "Wrestling" as opposed to "Sports 
Entertainment". But from watching many of these matches, moments and PPV's, I see so much more 
Attitude in the product than before the actual "Attitude Era". The product seemed much more 
controversial and ground-breaking to me before the "Attitude Era". Whereas the "Attitude Era" I 
feel is just sexual innunedos,bad comedy and Foreign Objects. It didn't really have any real 
"Attitude" like the "Pillman's got a Gun" moment or the "Austin vs Bret" feud or the formation 
of the NWO. It just seems like stale entertainment with terrible humour and gimmick matches. 
Everybody says the "Attitude Era" officially began with the formation of DX, whereas to me it 
was the night after WM 14. The product changed for the worse overnight and in the process caused
the biggest downfall of real "Wrestling" and "Attitude". "Wrestling" and "Attitude" can go 
together but only in small doses, not in a full company's product as ECW found out because it 
just doesn't work. It needs to have the right performers and feud to make it properly work and 
cause real "Attitude" in the product.
I know this theory is highly philosophical and complex and may even be wrong to you, but as you 
want to hear views on certain subjects, I wanted to give you my view on an ground-breaking era 
in professional wrestling. I hope you have some alternative interpretations of what I have said 
and hope it makes sense.

You're actually pretty on the money, Steven. By the time WWF had labeled itself "Attitude" it 
had pretty much exhausted most of it's truly 'controversial' or 'cutting edge' material, like 
the ones you mentioned, and instead primarily consisted of stunts(Austin's vehicles, explosions,
etc.) and sensationalizing(tits & ass women stuff, sacrifices, etc.) for the sake of it rather
than actually truly doing something revolutionary. At least in my opinion. 


Kofi : 
Do you believe in the media sentient that Dana White is turning himself into the new "Vince 
McMahon" such as this article suggests:
www.associatedcontent.com/article/1954620/dana_white_the_worst_person_in_mma_pg3.html?cat=49
or is that more of the media not liking Dana White's attitude and the way he carries himself as 
an executive?

Well, I read the article, and really, they're right ; Dana White is a hypocrite and talks out of
both sides of his mouth on a daily basis. Does he underpay most of his fighters? Probably. He 
really is the MMA equivalent of Vince McMahon and will truly be when he takes MSG later this 
year more than likely, ha. 


lazorice from YouTube : 
I really like the show, and I just want to give my, very late, opinion on CM Punk cashing on 
Money in the Bank on Jeff. All I'm gonna say is, with all the shit that happened at Unforgiven 
in 2008, why in the hell of it wouldn't Punk cash in on Orton?

Thanks a lot. As for the question, well, Jericho's the one who took out Punk, wasn't he? And 
Undertaker has the belt Punk was screwed out of now. Am I missing something? 

I was a wrestling fan from the nwo era to the whole wcw/ecw invasion 
era. Then I sort of just lost interest in it. I recently "tried" getting back 
into it. I started off watching monday night raw and boy was I dissappointed. 
Everything just seems boring. There are no good matches and its just silent 
because the fans are not into it either. And the commentators couldnt be any 
lamer. I have always loved the good guy commentator and the bad guy commentator. 
I believe you need both to call an entertaining match. TNA was doing it right 
until they brought in TAZ to commentate. I was thinking that he would take over 
the bad guy commentator role nicely, since was had association with the MEM, but 
no. Now you have two guys saying the same stuff week after week about how good 
both competitors are in the ring. I really miss the days of old Jerry Lawler and 
Brain Heenan. They both personified the bad guy commentator to perfection. Back 
to TNA, I have been leaning more towards this organization. This past week was 
one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. I was amazed at the AJ Styles 
and Chris Sabin match and loved the finisher Doug Williams put on Suicide. Also, 
I thought Raw was suppose to be the better show over smackdown. I did not see 
the entire show, but the match between John Morrison and Rey Mysterio was ppv 
caliber. You had both men pulling out all the stops and the crowd would roar 
with every kick out. It was alot more then I every seen on Raw. I wrote this 
just to get it off my chest and see what you guys at wrestlingroundtable have to 
say about this. By the way, big fan of your show, always waiting for the next 
show to get uploaded onto youtube.
-Leon

Well, as you may know, I don't watch wrestling on TV at all anymore. However, when I do hear 
something is good, like the Mysterio/Morrison match, I will YouTube it(The other guys on the
panel still watch stuff either routinely or occasionally, but they're not answering here so 
you're stuck with me, heh). From all accounts, SmackDown is doing real well right now critically
because they're 1. Actually pushing younger stars 2. Giving them time. They've done a pretty
good job in this regard and seems like they're really putting RAW/ECW to shame. Mysterio especially
has been on fire this year with delivering some excellent matches and he just put Morrison over
on his way out for suspension, so Morrison/Ziggler is set to be a decently featured match for the
reinvigorated IC title on PPV at Breaking Point. So far, so good, BUT, PPV is the real measure
of where the company is going, so let's see how they handle these younger guys on "The big stage"
with the guys from the "A Show." Thanks for writing!
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Hi guys.  I have to say that I am very big fan of your show, however, 
you all continue to just point out the bad in WWE and other organizations today.  
Why is that?  You all never seem to be satisfied with anything.  Like at 
Wrestlemania 25; HBK and 'Taker put on a great wrestling match and you still had 
negative thoughts about that.  I am just wondering why.
-Ryan Means

If you only hear negative, you obviously don't listen close enough. As for Undertaker/Michaels, it's
my fault people overrate that match to an obnoxious level. As I said on the show, it's not even,
imo, the best match those two have even ever had, let alone "best WM ever" level praise it's 
undeservingly getting. And frankly, these "you guys are just negative" comments are beyond annoying
at this point and I won't address the subject anymore since I just keep saying the same thing over
& over. 
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Do you think when Owen passed away in that horrific way would you 
have gone out and wrestled in your dead friends blood?  I look at everyone on 
that card from Foley to JJ and have to question them as well not just Vince.  If 
my friend died I would not go out five minutes later and begin working in his 
blood.  There can be no forgiveness and I dont believe in god but if he is out 
there can these men be forgive as well?  
-Nate

Of course not, I couldn't, you couldn't, but I guess most wrestlers are so indoctrinated in
their boys-club fantasy world(whoops, I mean, 'being professional'), that I guess they
didn't think twice. I don't hold it against them as much as I hold the facilitators(McMahon
& co.) responsible. The wrestlers should be asking for forgiveness for never standing
together against WWE or other promotions to form a Union with benefits, but that's another
thing for another time.  
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I am writing this email at 6am after staying up all night to watch 
WM25 in the UK. I have been a wrestling fan for 15 years and have grown up with 
the WWF/WWE but now I think I have finally lost interest.  WM for me is supposed 
to be the biggest and the best, the end of the feuds, the big show where WWE 
shows us what they can do.  Given the fact that this was the 25th anniv mania 
(well sort of) it didnt feel special.  Austin going into the HOF didnt seem a 
big deal, th erock coming back last year seemed bigger.  Mania itself was just 
lacking a spark. MITB was ok but why let Punk win it.  His last run didnt really 
help him get more over so why would this one seeing as we now have 2 babyface 
champions (unless he's going for ecw title)  would it have been so hard to let 
christian, kofi or mvp win in and cash in that night to suprise us...but no.  
Thats the problem for me (ignoring the other major flaws).  Its too predictable.  
HHH wins, Cena wins thye build up people and destroy them just as quickly.  I 
want to watch wwe and be suprised and excited and want to tune in.  At the 
moment i am seriously loosing interest and they need to do something because 
mania this year to me was unacceptable. Majors flaws include: 15 kid rock 
concert, diva battle royal when we didnt know who was in it (or out of it) HBK 
taker not going last, HHH going last (and winning) another dull triple threat, 
austin not getting involved anywhere and stunning someone.....you know what I 
could go on and on but thats it for me.  Im giving wwe a rest for a while and 
may come back later, but i will rmemeber the good times via old raw episodes on 
you tube.   What did you think of mania?
-Matt Corney

You can watch our views on WrestleMania 25 here :
                             

Love the show guy wish i was on the staff..... well my self a fan of 
22 years wanna know if u guy think wresting is dead and hasn't been worth 
watching since eddie die things just seem different since he died
-Marcus Smith

Well, wrestling is dead to US, but wrestling's alive and treading water. WWE does big profit still 
especially their big show(WrestleMania) but that aside, profits are down in most areas except TV
license fees and maybe one or two others areas. TNA hasn't grown the US audience in a long time and it
wasn't that big to begin with. Everyone else is either breaking even or about to burst(and that 
includes internationally, except maybe AAA), so for the question of whether wrestling is dead or not, 
it really depends on who you are. Being a fan of 22 years, like us, the answer is probably 'yes.' I 
can't even watch the shit anymore, as my viewing is reduced to just PPVs if I even feel motivated to 
watch them, checking the occasional TV segment on YouTube the next day if I hear it's good, or old
stuff on YouTube, 24/7 or DVDs. The current product doesn't appeal to us at all, and that's probably
part of the reason WWE isn't even bothering to cater to us anymore and is angled towards children. The
other reason is most of us are totally into UFC/MMA for our athletic drama fix, so WWE figures since
they're not going to change their format to attract us, they might as well hook the kids who will 
accept their ridiculous circus show because they haven't sat through it a million times either. It's a
landscape that doesn't look to be changing anytime soon, and then on top of being stale, uninteresting,
boring, and repetitive, there's the added scumminess of having our 'heroes' popping pills, lying,
dying and killing their families, so that really, really doesn't help. Quite the opposite.
So for me and myself only, the answer is 'yes.
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I just wanted to say thankyou for informing people about the animal cruelty that is happening in 
Dragongate you did not have to do this but you did it anyway. I'm glad you guys are using what power 
you do have to try and help to try and fix corruption in the world.
-Tom Roach

Thanks very much. As we can see, the fucks at the famous wrestling news sites never so much as said a
word about it to this day, but are happy to run their ads! Glad to see the truth takes a backseat 
to money in their world, but not in ours. "We can't let animal abusers be punished if it means
messing with a wrestling show!" I mean, crimes against humans have been going on in wrestling since the 
beginning, why would animals have it any better?
Anyway, I love animals, and I hate animal cruelty. It breaks my heart, and that was so sad & 
disappointing to find out. Wrestling, and wrestling fans, try to brush things to the side rather than 
face reality ; they'd rather continue seeing everything through rose-colored glasses, but I live by a 
sense of honor and an obligation to the truth, so I couldn't just let that slide. I had to say 
something, because part of the whole idea of this show was to build a community, and hopefully affect 
things in a positive way, however we could, however little that might be. Thanks for appreciating that. 
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would you agree the bash totally sucked
-Carlos

I couldn't, because I didn't see it. All I saw was the Jericho/Mysterio match, which I think is WWE's 
best match of the year so far		
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Hey guys, 
I'm a really big fan of your show but theres two things I dont like about the second season. The first
is the new and guest members on the panel, I think it was better when it was just the five members who
gave very intresting input into the show, the new members sound like they watch raw and think theyre 
experts and secondly I think you rundown hhh a bit too much, hes a great talent and an exellent worker,
if anybody is holding the company down its john cena. 
Wishing you all the sucsess with the show
-Brian Macdonald

Firstly, thanks for being a fan! Secondly, I disagree on the new members of the panel we've had on in
Season 2. I think they've brought a lot to the (literal) table, new perspectives/insights and humor. No
one is claiming to be an expert, we're just fans of different views and experiences. As for HHH/Cena, 
until Cena is sitting in on creative meetings - deciding the fates of not just himself but others, 
getting finishes changed and making himself look good 8/10 times along the way - after marrying the 
boss's daughter, then I'll think he's the one 'holding the company down' :) 
-E, Wrestling Roundtable
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Apparently Owen would've wanted the show to go on(according to Russo & Ferrara).
-Luis Rizo

They're still full of shit, heh. (For those unaware, Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara, who were the writers
of the WWF at the time of Owen Hart's accident, claim that Owen would have wanted the show to go on
the night he died at the beginning of a PPV because when Pillman died, the next day at Badd Blood,
Owen was sad but went to wrestle anyway). Pillman didn't die in the ring that day(after a history of 
not abusing drugs, I might add), so it's not quite the same thing at all, heh. 
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hey guys I was just curious what would you think of wwe finally utalizing the talent that christian has
and have him go on smackdown and beat edge for the world title.
-Gilberto Campa

I think WWE was utilizing Christian's talents just the way they should have been 7 years ago. He was an
IC-level heel to me, and I don't buy him as anything more. The thought of him feuding with Edge for a 
world title(probably inevitable) makes me want to watch less, if that's even possible, heh. 
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I am of the opinion that one of the many problems with wwe is that 
all their wrestlers seem to wrestle the same way. I do not mean they have the 
same moves, or even same exact styles. What I mean is that when I watch a 
wrestler in another promotion, they have their own style and way of pacing 
matches, telling stories, etc. But when they sign with wwe, they seem to fall 
into a structure of matches that everyone else is already doing. For example, 
and to clarify, watching CM Punk in ROH was very different than in wwe. Not just 
the moves he does now, but in the way the match is paced. Do you think wwe has 
some sort of prescribed or preset way in which they require their performers to 
follow, or do you think it has more to do with time constraints in matches? If 
wwe does require performers to wrestle a certain way, why do you think this is 
so? Thanks.
-Kevin McCarthy

Of course they do. They'll take an indy guy like a Punk or Cabana, or a WCW guy like Sean O'Haire or 
Mark Jindrak, and force them to fit in to their own image of what wrestling on TV should be.
Now, part of the reason WWE forces wrestlers to "tone down their style" as it is perceived to be is,
in a nutshell, to protect their own main eventers. When Juventud Guerrera was given a tryout in 
2002 or 2003 he was told basically not to 'give away too much' or to tone down his usual style 
because in WWE's minds, if the crown gets too hot early on, then they won't have the energy to be
hot for the real stars in the main event. Serious. This happens even on the indies where guys on the
undercard are told they "did too much," which really means, "waaa, I have to try hard now!" because
realistically if the guys following that could keep up & do just as good if not better or bring 
something else to the table, then wouldn't the people then stay hot? It's not as if there's going to
be a moonsault in every match, but if the guy before you does a 450, why exactly does that take away
from what comes afterwards? Think of something they'll care about! All this "don't do too much" shit is
is a way for people to protect their own spots & not try as hard, plain & simple. 
Anyway, there's also the TV restraints. In some ways, a lot of these indy guys benefit from having to 
be restricted by time because that means all the dead time and filler has to be cut out so they can
feature their best spots. For instance, I find the Samoa Joe people were first exposed to on a 
national level when he debuted for TNA on cable to be a tighter package and more presentable than when 
he was in ROH and took his sweet time. Of course, WWE will say they also ask people to tone down their
style to avoid injuries, but that's a fucking lie to because they do Elimination Chambers, Money In The
Banks, table spots, ladder match, etc. all the time. Not every week, but you get my point.
So it's a combination of WWE editing wrestlers' styles to fit their own ego-pleasing vision of 
wrestling & TV restraints.
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I don't think this would fix all of the problems WWE has right now, and not one 
single thing can obviously, but don't you think it would be better if they went 
back to single "brand" PPVs?

Yes, it makes less money, and from time to time, you will get absolute trash 
PPVs (*COUGH*Armageddon 2004*COUGH*), but I think it allows for the midcard the 
actually prove themselves on a bigger stage, so we're not stuck with HBK, HHH, 
Undertaker, Batista, or whomever Vince has "chosen" to be the next star.

It would allow for the TJ Wilson's, or the Brian Kendrick's (who is by far and 
away the best heel in WWE right now, too bad he's getting buried) to get a spot 
and prove themselves.

Not to mention, the maineventers would get spaced out a little, so you wouldn't 
have to worry about fitting HHH, HBK, JBL, Batista, Cena, Jericho, Orton, and 
Edge all onto one card, and you can actually have them in the mainevent, because 
there is enough space for it.

It would also allow for more buildup, so we wouldn't have these three week 
storyline bullshit unless it's Wrestlemania.

So anyway, of course, if the booking is horrible, this won't help it get better, 
but I think it could really help them in other situations big time.
-Alex Bartiromo


Considering their PPV numbers are dropping(and that's why they combined the brands for PPVs again in 
the first place), you can bet there's no way they're going to risk having less main event level stars 
headlining every month just to give new stars a chance. Perish the thought! As for do I think it would
be better? Slightly. All it would mean is more midcarders from each brand - if there is truly such a 
thing as a brand split anymore, anyway - would get more face time on the big stage every month, and
while that sounds nice, if they're not used any better than they currently are, then it doesn't quite
do much, does it? Truth be told, the brand split is so meaningless I don't think having all brands on
PPV is bad either. It should at least create the illusion that PPV is the big stage everyone gets 
together for once a month, which isn't quite emphasized either. But bottom line, I think the "one PPV
a month" format is a great format, brand split or not, and having all brands on the PPV is no excuse
for not coming up creative ways to get everyone a chance to shine.
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Though he's already holding the number 2 spot on the current WWE Roster for 
World title reigns at 8, do you think Edge is anything more than a transitional 
champion when you get right down to it?
-Ryan Schramm


If you've won 8 world titles in 3 years, how can he be anything but? heh. I still can't believe he's 
won that many world titles.
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I'm stopping by saying your show is awesome and keep up the intelligent 
discussions on pro wrestling.Also do you guys think the Rise and Fall of WCW dvd 
will be accurate with detail? The reason I asked b/c the lack of credit given to 
Sting in the Monday Night Wars DVD.There are plenty of reasons why WCW did well 
and then went out of business besides the whole nWo bullshit.Keep up the good 
work.
-Harvey Pullings

First of all, thanks very much! Secondly, I seriously doubt it. Although there were a couple high 
points in the Monday Night Wars DVD & the Legends Of Wrestling discussion on the MNW, they came from
Bischoff in defending WCW & explaining what happened. I suppose he felt in those forums - and in his 
book - he's made his case well known enough, or something set him off, because obviously he turned
down appearing on the WCW DVD & raised my fears of getting a first-hand perspective of an executive
from their most important time frame(the MWN). I'm sure we'll hear from Flair, Watts & Ross, but they
aren't Bischoff, Turner or Russo, none of whom will be on to give their side of the story, no matter
if their bullshit stinks as bad as WWE's, heh. At least in the Rise & Fall of ECW we had the man, 
Heyman, to lie to us directly! But seriously, no, I don't think WWE will truly get it right for the
most part. Maybe it's up to someone else to, in some form, tell the real story. Someone who has an 
internet talk show perhaps... ;)