Trying a new format again. The PPV threads will stay monthly though.

Wow, I read the No Way Out results and it sounds like an awful show. Did anyone watch it?

No Way Out was last night? Did Kane win? (Grabs pitch fork)

Yeah, Kane won. Clean apparently.

Kane beats former World champ cleanly = Scrooge's new favorite PPV.

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE! YES! (waits for NWO on 24/7)

Wow. Booker T and Kane are having both of their best match ever on Smackdown right now. This is the best TV match I've seen in quite a while.

Ehhh. Khali's murdering Kane right now. Crappy finish. Still, can't diminish what was a great match.

Damn, I might actually watch Smackdown after I'm done taping it. Thanks for the heads up...

KANE!

Damn, that WAS a good Booker/Kane match. Pretty good week for the WWE with each show having at least one pretty good match.

Give Booker the title back, NOW.

He at least needs a run with the US belt, even if it means barely anything at this point. The greatness that was King Booker last year is slowly slipping away to make room for far less entertaining crap.

He could be the saviour of wrestling as we know it. That match with Kane made me a true believer.

Exactly. Normally Booker's had a reputation of working to his opponent's level, but ever since the King Booker thing came into play he's been proving it wrong and actually doing some carrying.

And that character was hilarious. It seemed just as soon as Booker started gaining momentum, they jobbed him to Batista. Who sucks.

That's how it goes with talent, my friend.

Booker's always been hilarious. I think his stuff with Goldust is even better than the King Booker stuff.

I've been a Booker fan since he called Hogan a n*****, but the King Booker period is my favorite ever.

Wasn't the good King supposed to retire way back in like 04? Thank god he didn't.

Yeah, he's threatened for like 5 years now.

Then we would have never had the joy of hearing "Thaddeus" uttered on SmackDown.

IIRC, he was planning on retiring in 2004, but was offered a good contract renewal, so he signed on with hopes that his push would improve. And it eventually did, even though he had to job to Boogeyman at WM22 <_<

Oh man. I had actually forgotten that. Boogeyman was funny when he was popping up backstage in John Cena promos, but not when he was squashing (soon to be) royalty.

I can't say I liked the King Booker gimmick at first. But I like the fact that with the gimmick, he can draw some strong old school heat.

Yeah, at first I couldn't believe that Booker's new, permanent gimmick, was that of a king. It seemed so random, as if the creative team was like "Hey, let's make Booker a king, hahaha, no really, let's do it." But dammit, Booker has made the gimmick work and I love it now.

Personally I still think that the King character sucks for Booker. It makes one of the bigger heels on SD a total comedy act.

A comedy act that can axe kick your ass off and win World Titles!

The fact that it seemed like a comedy act is what initially turned me off. However, I don't think the marks really find it funny as much as they find it obnoxious and want to boo the guy.

They killed any chance they had of me booing him when they paired him with Regal and Finlay.

But they have split since then :P

Yes. I wept a little on that day.

Yeah, it's a little sad, because I was enjoying seeing Regal get pushed again, and Finlay hasn't had as much direction since Armageddon.

Havn't Regal and Taylor not been on TV for like a month?

At least.

Yeah, they were announced for that canceled ladder match at No Way Out, despite not being on television, and have continued to be ghosts.

To be fair, both have the skin complexion for the job.

They should use Regal as the GM.

Regal talking = awesome. When was the last time he said besmirch? 2004?

Probably closer to two hours ago, it just wasn't filmed.

Damn Smackdown was pushed back to tonight because of college basketball yesterday. First time I've ever had that happen with Smackdown. I know it's more popular in larger areas, like in New York because of various sports broadcasts.

It kicks ass this week Scrooge, don't miss it. Only 4 matches, but they all go 10 minutes plus and are all well worth you're time, especially 'Taker/Finlay.