Combat Hooligans.com exclusive: Rules for the TNA DVD board game

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Yes, I posted the press release for this new venture earlier today, and now as a result of a high level source in a low level place, I have obtained a partial list of the rules for the TNA DVD Board game.

1. All players who have ever played the WWE board game start out with a million point lead, while anyone who never played the WWE board game is shunned and loses a turn.
   
2. This rule also applies for players joining the game in the middle.
   
3. There are 2 sets of categories, we'll call them profitability points and popularity points. The goal is to sacrifice the number of profitability points you have to increase your popularity points only for it to end up not making one bit of difference.
   
4. In the middle of the game, one person is instructed to go find their significant other and drag them in to play the game on their team. The couple must then spend most of the game fighting and rrandomly not fighting.
   
5. There are billion point bonus questions, but as the instructions state "these are as rare as a TNA title change".
   
6. At certain points in the game when it looks like a player is about to land on a big square (code named highspot) everyone must look away and pretend to miss the thing completely.
   
7. I can confirm the game will have a reverse dice roll level where you must fling the dice in to the nearest ceiling fan.
   
8. At one point in the game, all but 1 player is locked in a ficticious penalty box for 2 turns while the remaining player shouts "I'm king of the mountain, hahaha!"
   
9. The player who chooses to play as the Samoa Joe game piece can't win.
   
10. In order to win points, while playing this game, it is encouraged to remind everyone how great the WWE board game was when you played it 5 years ago.
    
11. Most important. If you are starting to have success in the game and the game's "booker" doesn't want that to happen because you never played the WWE game, they are allowed to ignore all of the rules and do whatever it takes, no matter how stupid to ensure you're defeat.
    

There you have it, a partial list of rules for the upcoming board game for TNA.




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UFC 77 'Hostile Territory' Round by Round coverage

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Art was scheduled to do this tonight, but his ISP is humbling him old country style so it looks like I'm in charge.
Coverage will begin around 10:00 PM ET. I'll try to have prelim results posted before then. You should know the deal by now, hit refresh to get the latest updates.

Notes: Read our staff predictions such as they are, here
If you want to hear the Casey and Euan preview of the event Download here
Weigh-in results for the show are here

Preliminary Contests

1. Lightweight Bout: Matt Grice Def. Jason Black (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
   
2. Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman def. Forrest Petz (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
   
3. Middleweight Bout: Demian Maia Def. Ryan Jensen via submission rear naked choke 2:40 R1
   
4. Middleweight Bout: Yusnin Okami Def. Jason Macdonald via Unanimous 30-27 Decision
   

We're here with coverage. Randy Couture's segments were kept in the pre-taped preview of the show.

Goldberg and Rogan host, the texting for the main event is pretty close.

Televised Bouts:

1. Middleweight Bout: Alan Belcher Vs. Kalib Starnes
   Referee: Yves Lavigne
   
   R1: Starnes tries an early takedown but eats some strikes from Belcher for his trouble. Starnes already busted open. Kalib takes him down but Belcher back up quickly. They clinch for awhile and Belcher nails a big knee. Starnes starts to land some strikes of his own and his standup has improved since we last saw him. Belcher starts to return fire with knees and uppercuts and Starnes is bleeding pretty good. They trade more shots, uppercut by Belcher and then he throws a couple of knees and some big kicks. Leg kick from Belcher and a second at the 30 second mark. Starnes hanging tough but eating some shots. 10-9 for Belcher
   
   Dr. checks the cut, Starnes able to continue.
   
   R2: More standup to start with Starnes getting the early advantage. Then Belcher responds with leg kicks and we know how Krazy Horse feels about Leg kicks. Fight haulted so the Dr. can check Starnes' cut. This fight is called by the Dr. Starnes drops an F-bomb, and it was directed toward his corner.
   
   Winner: Alan Belcher - R2 1:39 via Dr. Stoppage
   
   
2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Stephan Bonnar Vs. Eric Schafer
   Referee: Big John McCarthy
   
   R1: Crowd behind Bonnar. Not much happens on the feet. Schafer takes Bonnar down and gets his back. Bonnar defending against Schafer's submission attempt, less than a minute left in the round. Round comes to an end. 10-9 for Schafer
   
   R2: Schafer pulls guard early but Bonnar won't go down the way he did in the first. Bonnar hits some shots and then they transition to half guard. Bonnar starts to lay in shots, but Schafer doesn't defend. Finally, McCarthy steps in and ends the fight.
   
   Winner: Stephan Bonnar - R2 2:47 TKO
   
   
3. Lightweight Bout: Alvin Robinson Vs. Jorge Gurgel
   Referee: Mark McFeaney
   
   R1: Big pop for the Cincinnati fighter Gurgel. They start trading right away. There was an audio drop, we've actually had several throughout the night. Fight goes to the ground with Gurgel doing most of the work and moving to side control. Mount by Gurgel at the end of the round. 10-9 Jorge
   
   R2: Robinson wants to trade early, then takes Gurgel down. Gurgel works and ends up on top. Robinson is no slouch of his own and switches back to the top. Robinson is laying in with hammerfists and has bloodied Gurgel. Robinson laid in the beating to end things. Robinson 10-9, 19-19.
   
   R3: Robinson takes Gurgel down immediately to start the round. The third round starting the way the second round ended. Rogan is plugging UFC's video on demand. Robinson is being active so the referee is not considering standing them up. Robinson has passed and is close to Gurgel's back, and the announcers are already talking about a disappointing loss. Robinson just lays in shots to end the round. 10-9 for Robinson, 29-28 Robinson.
   
   Winner: Alvin Robinson - Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)
   
   Joe Rogan interviews Brock Larson...er...Lesnar as Rogan screwed up the name.
   
   They've made no mention of the Couture situation yet.
   
   
4. Heavyweight Bout: Tim Sylvia Vs. Brandon Vera
   Referee: Yves Lavigne
   
   Sylvia gets a mixed reaction. Now they note that the winner of this could face Nogueira for the title.
   
   R1: They clinch early and spend the early round in this position. Crowd gets hostile to the clinch work and they're finally separated. Sylvia nails a big shot, Vera answers.Vera with an elbow, Sylvia with a knee. Round ends to some major booing. Sylvia 10-9
   
   R2: Vera hits a right to start but it is back to the clinch. A very loud, and noticeable boring chant erupts. It ends when Vera takes Sylvia down and in to side control. Vera hits some knees to the body. Sylvia gets up but takes an illegal knee to the head as he still had one knee down. Sylvia is given time. Vera hits some body kicks and a flurry to finish. 10-9 for Vera.
   
   R3: Sylvia starts the round strong and pushes Vera up against the cage again trapping him. Sylvia nails more shots, lands everything and easily wins the round. 10-9 Sylvia, 29-28 Sylvia.
   
   Winner: Tim Sylvia - Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)
   Euan had better not hate this Sylvia performance or we'll take away his mustard.
   
   Sylvia calls out...Cheick Kongo.
   Vera puts Sylvia over as a nice guy and says he shouldn't be booed. He also said he broke his hand and went against the gameplan.
   Vera asks the crowd if Sylvia whooped his ass, they respond with "nooooo" and he says: "I'm still at heavyweight then, bitches!" I love this man.
   
   Rogan says something kind of stupid. He says that upsets are more common than expected. Um, aren't the point of upsets that they're all unexpected? Isn't that why they call them upsets?
   
   Rich Franklin comes out to "Welcome to the Jungle" and to a jufustitastinormus pop from his hometown crowd.
   Anybody who knows what song Anderson Silva came out to, let me know. The boos for Silva aren't as loud as I expected.
   
   
5. Middleweight Championship Bout: Rich Franklin Vs. Anderson Silva
   Referee: Big John McCarthy
   
   R1: Franklin hits strikes early, he avoids Silva's clinch attempts and takes him to the mat. Silva able to get back to his feet. Silva hits a body kick, Franklin responds with a right and Silva blitzes with a series of strikes. Silva blitzes Franklin again and rocks him at the end of the round dropping him at the bell. Because of the strong finish, Silva's round 10-9.
   
   R2: Silva just comes back out and fustigates Franklin in the second round. Lays in knees after knees after knees and the fight is stopped by Big John McCarthy.
   
   Winner: Anderson Silva - R2 TKO
   
   
6. Middleweight Bout: Demian Maia Vs. Ryan Jensen
   Referee: Big John McCarthy
   
   R1: Inside leg kick by Maia and takes Jensen down right away. Maia passes guard back to side control. Maia has good jiu-jitsu. Maia takes Jensen's back and is looking to finish. Maia chokes Jensen out. Impressive performance for Maia. It is too bad he's a middleweight and that's the house Anderson Silva lives in.
   
   Winner: Demian Maia - R1 2:40 Rear Naked Choke
   

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The Melvin Costa Controversy: Questions of racial pride, individual rights Vs. corporate responsibility and the double standards in society

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I wanted to let this all settle in my mind before I weighed in on it.

It all started with
this post at fight linker

wherein this photo of Melvin Costa who has fought for King of the Cage, a company now owned by ProElite Inc., and you're not imagining things that's a swastika on his chest.

Sam Caplan mentioned the potential PR nightmare for ProElite which is a publicly traded company.

Caplan also got comments from both Gary Shaw - EliteXC's President of Live Events

and ProElite CEO Doug DeLuca

and also did a Q&A with the fighter at the center of all of this, Melvin Costa himself

First, I credit Sam for doing such a thorough job covering a story that definitely had some interesting angles and would urge you to read all of them. I would especially call for you to read the Q&A with Melvin Costa. The image you have of Costa just from reading this post or looking at the picture probably won't fit with the image that he projects of himself in the Q&A.

After looking all of this over, I guess these are my thoughts. When I was in high school, I was on the debate team and the first thing we learned about debate on the first day is that for it to be a true debate both sides of an argument must contain elements of truth.
We also learned how to examine evidence and use logical thought to make the most convincing argument possible in order to impress a judge.
I want to say that I don't agree with Costa's choice of symbol. I also don't agree with his assertion in the Q&A that it is the only symbol he could've used to make his point and have people immediately recognize the point he was trying to make. Because the truth of it is that people don't immediately recognize his point. He spent a fair portion of the Q&A trying to illustrate the difference between a Neo-Nazi and a White Nationalist. However, I would argue that the Swastika is such a symbol of the former that just showing it to someone on the street will result in a response toward the former and not the latter.
I don't have a problem with Costa trying to be proud of his white herritage. I think it is a hipocritical stance to tell minority groups to be proud but look down on the whites for doing the same. I've never really understood why it wasn't ok for the white man to feel pride in his herritage because he's in the majority. If we went to a country where white men were the minority would we tell the majority group in that country to feel shame for that fact the way that is if not implicitly stated then certainly strongly implied by certain factions in America?
I think there is a double standard, it is considered far more acceptable for someone to push black pride than it is for someone to push white pride. Me personally, I don't spend any significant time being proud of the fact that I'm white, but I also wouldn't object to anyone of any race or what have you demonstrating pride in their background. I think the double standard goes beyond race as it is considered far more acceptable to push the vertues of feminism than it is masculinity.
Another point worth examining is freedom of speech. At what point does Costa's right to freedom of expression come in to conflict with the right of ProElite to project the type of public image it as a company sees fit. Freedom of speech is a powerful tool but it is not an unlimited tool For example, I can't charge in to a movie theater and yell out "fire!" to watch the resulting chaos just because I think it might be funny. I think that ProElite could probably make the case in the courts that Costa's freedom of speech could cause undue backlash on itself as a company and use that as grounds for a fair dismissal. As much as Costa has the right to express his beliefs in a non-violent way, so also ProElite has the right to construct its own image that it projects to its stockholders and the public at large.

Costa comes off pretty well spoken in his Q&A and so it is hard for me to completely dismiss him and really I didn't leave the column thinking that the guy was a racist or anything. However, my suggestion to him would be that you could find better ways of expressing your beliefs than something that carries such a strong negative stereotype. How about instead of a swastika, you start with a "White Pride t-shirt"? Certainly if he had done that in the first place, there wouldn't have been such a fuss. At least, I'd like to believe there wouldn't have been.

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UFC 77 'Hostile Territory' Preview and Predictions

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This UFC 77 ‘Hostile Territory’ preview is going to be shorter than is typical for me. The fact is that I’ve been busy as all hell the past couple of days working on site related things which I’ll wager most people won’t even appreciate if they even notice at all but which will make the site better.

Lightweight Bout:
Matt "The Real One" Grice: 25, 5'8, 155, 9-1-0
Vs.
Jason Black: 34, 5'8, 155, 22-3-1
I know nothing about either guy really accept they both lost in their UFC debuts. Black is the heavy favorite so I’ll pick him to win because I’m tired.
Winner: Jason Black

Welterweight Bout:
Forrest "The Meat Cleaver" Petz: 31, 5'10, 170, 19-4-0
Vs.
"The People’s Warrior" Josh Burkman: 27, 5'10, 170, 19-4-0
I seem to always under rate Forrest Petz for some reason. Maybe it’s the Meat Cleaver thing. Anyway, both these guys are talented and both could use the win. Burkman’s competition of late has been better, he lost to Karo Parisyan in his last bout while Petz defeated Luigi Fiorvanti last time out. I’ll take Burkman but it is a tough one.
Winner: Josh Burkman

Middleweight Bout:
Demian Maia: 29, 6'0, 185, 6-0-0
Vs.
Ryan Jensen: 29, 5'10, 185, 11-2-0
I again know nothing about either guy really, Maia is making his debut while Jensen is coming off a loss to Thales Leites. I’m picking Maia to win because his name is cooler.
Winner: Demian Maia

Lightweight Bout:
Jorge Gurgel: 30, 5'9, 155, 14-2-0
Vs.
Alvin "Kid" Robinson: 24, 5'8, 155, 9-2-0
Gurgel is coming off a win over Diego Saraiva at UFC 73 while Robinson is coming off a loss to Kenny Florian. At 0-1 in the UFC Robinson definitely needs a win but unfortunately for him Gurgel is a real tough out. I’m picking Gurgel to take this.
Winner: Jorge Gurgel

Middleweight Bout:
Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald: 31, 6'3, 185, 19-8-0
Vs.
Yushin Okami: 25, 6'2, 185, 21-4-0
The winner of this fight could get a title shot which is kind of sad since Rich Franklin beat both of these guys earlier this year. Okami lost to Franklin his last time out while MacDonald, a Franklin victim at UFC 68, defeated Rory Singer at UFC 72.
MacDonald is more of an exciting fighter while Okami is less so but wins way more than he loses and nearly tapped Franklin in round 3 at UFC 72. I’ll go with Okami if only because while MacDonald does well against members of the Ultimate Fighter, it is only cast members he beats and Okami never was one of those.
Winner: Yushin Okami

Middleweight Bout:
Kalib Starnes: 32, 6'1, 185, 10-1-1
Vs.
Alan "The Talent" Belcher: 22, 6'2, 185, 10-3-0
I picked Belcher on the little preview show Euan and I did, so I’m sticking with that here.
Winner: Alan Belcher

Light Heavyweight Bout:
Eric "Ravishing Red" Schafer: 29, 6'3, 205, 9-2-2
Vs.
"American Psycho" Stephan Bonnar: 30, 6'3, 205, 13-3-0
Picked Bonnar on the show, sticking with my choice. I’m really exhausted, maybe even moreso when I recorded that show that’s why it is just easier for me to tell you to listen to it.
Winner: Stephan Bonnar

Heavyweight Bout:
Brandon "The Truth" Vera: 29, 6'2, 223, 8-0-0
Vs.
Tim "The Mainie-ac" Sylvia: 31, 6'8, 255, 25-3-0
Welcome back to the UFC Brandon Vera. He gets a tough opponent in the former champ in his first match back. I am not nearly as down on Tim Sylvia as my friend Euan but as I’ve mentioned several times I am a pretty big fan of Brandon Vera. I think both men have something to prove which is why I actually expect this to be a pretty entertaining brawl. I think it all comes down to Sylvia’s reach. If Vera can close the distance and not allow himself to take many big shots then he should be in good shape to win.
Winner: Brandon Vera

Middleweight Championship Bout:
Rich "Ace" Franklin: 32, 6'1, 185, 24-2-0
Vs.
Anderson "The Spider" Silva: 33, 6'0, 185, 19-4-0
Lots of intrigue in this fight. How will Anderson Silva handle being so roundly hated? Is Anderson Silva still in Franklin’s head after last years beating? Can Franklin resist the temptation to stand with him and take this to the ground? Honestly, I’ve thought about this a lot and while I’m not as automatic on this as Euan, Euan tends to make more extreme statements on fights than I, we both give this one to Silva. He’s on a role and I’m not picking against him this time after looking so bad the last time I did it.
Winner: Anderson Silva

Well there you have it, a very quick preview. I’ll remind everyone that Art Shimko will have live UFC 77 coverage tomorrow on the site so you’ll want to be around for that and Art can provide in his picks the time he’ll ramp up his coverage but for sure it will be at 10:00 PM ET.
Speaking of others picks, you can read the rest of the staff’s picks and make your own right here



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Site Poll: Our Halloween Costumes

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A revealing site poll has been concluded, asking which of 2 choices for Halloween costume for each staff member would be most appropriate.

1. • Casey/Emperor Palpetine - He's a tirant and a slave driver!: 2 (20%)
     
   • Casey/SNM gear demonstrator - Anyone who covers Bound for Glory must like it rough: 4 (40%)
   
   
   I'll bet Art and Euan voted for the first choice and everyone else voted for the other. Oh, and never let it be said I can't take shots at myself...SNM gear demonstrater, baby!
   
   
2. • Art Shimko/Drug Dealer - He's already got the outfit: 1 (10%)
     
   • Art Shimko/guy who reviews DVDs - just to see if it can be done: 5 (50%)
   
   
   Art, I think the public is giving you a not so subtile hint here.
   
   
3. • Ric Gillespie/3 toed transexual - then he would have to wear the work clothes out in public: 5 (50%)
     
   • Ric Gillespie/Ric Gillespie's biggest fan - so we could see what a fan of Ric's would look like: 4 (40%)
   
   
   Why was Ric the most popular person to vote on in the site poll? I guess that proves that internet popularity and real life popularity aren't the same thing.
   
   
4. • Euan Taylor/Klansman - We've listened to the audio show, it fits: 6 (60%)
     
   • Euan Taylor/Mustard inspector - What would that look like anyway?: 1 (10%)
   
   
   I guess people do listen to the show.
   
   
   
5. • Mark Danger/Jar of mustard - He wants to go trick-or-treating at Euan's house: 5 (50%)
     
   • Mark Danger/Randy Orton - He wants to go trick-or-treating at Ric's house: 3 (30%)
   
   
   Euan is buying extra deadbolts right now.

Well, that's it for this. Art and I are the most visible site members in that our names are seen on a vast majority of the buylines but yet Mark, Ric and Euan all got more response than us. I don't want to say there were Florida like happenings to explain this, but for the 3 of you...it doesn't mean shit.

Next up, a pretty straight forward question.

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TNA Wrestling's 'Bound for Glory 2007' Live Coverage

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Welcome to Combat-Hooligans.com's live coverage of TNA Wrestling's biggest show of the year, or so they say. We've got gauntlets, reverse battle royals, Ultimate X matches, Monster's Ball, matches with Enforcers, Tables matches and matches with title belts on the line.

The coverage starts at 8:00 PM ET tonight at which point you can refresh your browser for the latest and greatest.

Our preview and predictions can be accessed here

Preshow note, I may not be as verbose as usual, exhaustion is setting in. Some of you would argue that less of me is better, so tonight, you win.

According to the video package, guys have stuff they want to prove tonight. Fun!

1. Ultimate X: Triple X Vs. Latin American Xchange
   Winners of this match become top contenders to the tag team championship.
   
   A super-hot crowd tonight.
   
   Hella-good match that inspires chants of "this is awesome" for a Skipper dive of the X-structure and "Holy Shit" for a neckbreaker spot also by the structure with Homicide and Senshi. Finish sees Hernandez bordertoss Elix to the floor on to Senshi and LAX grab the prize for the win.
   
   Winners: LAX
   
   Earlier today, Kurt and Karen Angle arrive separately and Kevin Nash is also in the house.
   
   West and Tenay run down the card.
   
   Crystal AKA Random interviewer girl #2 interviews Christian Cage.
   
   Ok, 16 guys start out on the floor. First 8 in the ring then have a regular battle royal. Last 2 wrestle to a pinfall for the finish. Sound complicated? Yeah!
   
   
2. Fight for the Right Reverse Battle Royal:
   Ok, so in edition to what I just said, the 8 wrestlers will be in a tournament to be held on iMPACT and the point of this battle royal is to determine seeding. We get down to the final 8 pretty quick which means the outside portion was quick. James Storm was the last man to make it to the ring, and then was the first man tossed out. So Storm is seeded 8th and will face the winner of this match in the first round of the tournament. Fatu out next so is seeded 7th. Chris Sabin is out third so is seeded 6th. Kaz is 5th, Hoyt is 4th and Shelley is third. Now it is down to Roode Vs. Young to see who the top seed is.
   
   
   Young hits a small package and wins this thing.
   
   The matchups to take place on iMPACT:
   
   #1 Eric Young Vs. #8 James Storm
   
   • #4 Lance Hoyt Vs. #5 Kaz
     
   • #2 Robert Roode Vs. #7 Junior Fatu
     
   • #3 Alex Shelley Vs. #6 Chris Sabin
   
   
   Winner: Eric Young
   Not as bad as the first, and really the match was fine once they got in the ring which was fairly quick in the process. Why you need to be so complicated to seed guys for a tournament I'll never know. I suggest though that UFC borrow this concept to crown a new UFC Heavyweight Champion.
   
   Team Pacman cut a promo, a new member is debuting or something. His name is Consequences Creed. Pacman cut the best promo of his life. Then Kurt and Karen Angle are fighting.
   
   
3. TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: AJ Styles & Tomko Vs. Team Pacman
   The new guy's name is Rasheed Lucius "Consequences" Creed, it must suck to sign his check. I see we are getting a lot of visiters wanting info on this man. I'll say this much, I don't know who the guy was but he looked acrobatic in the match. Meltzer wrote that TNA wanted Scorpio for the role but it most definitely was not Scorpio.
   
   A fun match with a make-it-rain spot with Pacman making it rain and instead of counting the resulting pin attempt, Earl Hebner is too busy picking up the money. Yeah, that's not tasteless or anything, got to love the family friendly company! A double team move that I guess Tomko and Giant Bernard use in NJPW wins the belts for Styles and Tomko
   
   Winners: AJ Styles and Tomko
   Styles and Tomko are set to meet LAX at some point in the future.
   The match was ok, crowd was in to it because of the Pacman and AJ Styles ties to the area.
   
   Karen Angle is talking with Nash. She drops hints about Nash returning to the ring. The gist of it was that she threatens Nash, to get him to talk to Sting or else she and Nash might both lose their meal ticket if Kurt loses the belt.
   
   A Christopher Daniels Vs. Jay Lethal video package airs.
   
   
4. TNA X-Division Championship: Christopher Daniels Vs. Jay Lethal
   good match, crowd was in to it and Lethal retained the title. He missed the big elbow after kicking out of the BME and fighting off the last rights. He hit his Rock Bottom/Back breaker thing for the win.
   
   Winner: Jay Lethal
   
   Random interviewer #2 is with the steiners. It would seem that Scott Steiner is a fan of caffeine tonight.
   
   
5. Tables Match: Team 3-D Vs. The Steiner Brothers
   Rick went through the table first. Then Scott frankensteinered Brother Ray through the second table. The Motor City Machineguns come out as Team 3-D is about to attempt to injure Scott with a chair. A Bulldog through a table wins the match for the Steiners thanks to the MCG assist.
   
   Winners: The Steiner Brothers
   
   Backstage, ODB, Angel Williams, Talia Madison and Shelley Martinez are around. ODB does the talking running down the other 3 and she's not a bad promo.
   
   
6. TNA Women's Championship Gauntlet
   Standard TNA Gauntlet rules apply, 1 minute between entries, down to the last 2 women it becomes pinfall or submission.
   Ms. Brooks and Ms. Jackie Moore are the first 2 women in the match. Shelley Martinez is third and Awesome Kong is 4th. Kong's music kind of sounds like Samoa Joe's. By the time Kong gets to the ring, ODB's music hits and she is #5. Ms. Brooks and Shelley Martinez are both eliminated by Awesome Kong. Kong then eliminates Ms. Jackie and it is her and ODB in the match. Angel Williams is #6. Christy Hemme is #7, good luck to her. Kong is fustigating everyone. Gail is #8 and finally 3 girls eliminate Awesome Kong. Talia Madison is #9 and Angel Williams is out via Gail and ODB. The last person is Roxie Laveaux. Madison and ODB are eliminated back-to-back and it is Gail Vs. Roxie to crown the champ.
   
   Gail wins the championship.
   
   Winner: Gail Kim
   This was fun, especially Kong crushing people. I want to see Awesome Kong Vs. Samoa Joe right now.
   
   Nash is talking to Angle. Angle says Nash has lost his edge and that he should buy a front row ticket and watch the match with the rest of the idiot fans. Memo to TNA, it might not be a great idea to imply that a front-row seat can be had at the mid-way point of the show.
   
   Video package for Christian Vs. Joe.
   
   
7. There Must be a winner: Christian Cage Vs. Samoa Joe
   Matt Morgan as special enforcer
   Crowd treats Joe like he's a superstar, too bad TNA won't take note of this. Hot crowd for what is in the initial stages just a Joe beatdown. The crowd is so hot for Joe that Tenay and West shut up for a few seconds so we can hear it for ourselves. Best few seconds of audio in company history.
   
   A fun match which mostly sees Joe pounding on Christian with stiff kicks and clotheslines and power moves. Joe keeps going for pins and keeps getting close nearfalls much to the disappointment of the crowd.
   
   Finally, Tomko tries to interfeer but he and Morgan brawl. Styles tries to sneak in but Morgan catches him and then chases them off. Christian cheats and hits an Unprettier but it only gets 2. Christian hooks a rear naked choke but Joe escapes. Musclebuster by Joe, then kokina clutch and Christian taps out.
   
   Winner: Samoa Joe
   I wish I could grow extra thumbs to point up for this.
   
   JB with Nash in the back. Sting comes in and cuts a promo saying it is all about respect. Nash says he needs Angle, he says Sting is in the main event, and this is as close as Nash is going to get.
   
   
   
8. Monster's Ball: Raven Vs. Black Rain Vs. Rhino Vs. Abyss
   They make a note of the fact Abyss has been in all 4 Monster'S Ball matches and has yet to be victorious.
   
   Weapons, plunder, spots, the trademark go through the wall spot...and the crowd is still super hot for all of it.
   Just a lot of stuff happening, people bleeding and tacks and glass and a black hole slam on Raven in the tacks/glass mix wins it for Abyss.
   
   Winner: Abyss
   Another fun match.
   
   Sting and Kurt Angle video package.
   
   
9. TNA World Championship Match: Kurt Angle Vs. Sting
   Another fun match. A ref bump as Sting had Angle beat. Nash did some interferring on Angle's behalf. Sting fights both Nash and Angle off, deathdrop on Angle, victory for Sting.
   
   Winner: Sting
   Sting celebrates to send the fans home happy.
   
   My thoughts: Thumbs up show!
   
   

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Site Poll: Appropriate Halloween costumes for the C-H.com staff

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Memo to the staff, you can't vote for your own costume, only the ones for your fellow co-workers.

Each of 5 staff members has 2 costume choices listed, and you have to pick between the 2 as which is the most appropriate.

Wade, you can take some revenge for the HG poll.

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TNA Wrestling's 'Bound for Glory 2007' Preview and Predictions

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Welcome to the big preview and predictions column for this Sunday’s bound for Glory event. This is it, the big show, the signature event, TNA’s Wrestlemania. Well, now we know what Wrestlemania would feel like if it were booked by TNA.
If you like stipulation matches and matches with illogical build then this is the show for you because we’ve got plenty of the first and no shortage on the second. Lets run this card down and see what we’re dealing with at Bound for Glory 2007.

Ultimate X Match:
Triple X Vs. The Latin American Xchange
Ok, as near as I can figure it here is the build for this match. Both Triple X and LAX have X in their name and are thus qualified to be in Ultimate X because we’re required by law to have an Ultimate X match on this show.
The 2 teams have had minimal interaction save for being on opposite sides of an 8-man tag on the 2 hour debut of iMPACT. Really, this match is just on the show to have a good match on the show. I ordinarly don’t object to that sort of thing but the few fans TNA does have are in to both of these teams and would like to see some attention paid to them.
This will open the show and it is a risk because there is potential that nothing else on the card will be able to top it. Really, picking a winner here doesn’t matter because it isn’t as though either team will advance past this point but I’m going to take LAX.
Winners: LAX Homicide and Hernandez

Fight for the Right - 16 man Reverse Battle Royal for Future Title shot
Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jimmy Rave, Lance Hoyt, Eric Young, Petey Williams, Robert Roode, James Storm, Chris Harris, Kazarian, Junior Fatu + others
TBA
Yes, it is back, the worst gimmick match I have ever seen and the reason I’m recapping this show. Hey, if TNA is going to book it, I am going to be there to make fun of it. As a tease, during the show, I will reveal my top 10 needed reverse gimmick match ideas.
An explanation of the rules since we’re not going to get one from TNA. All 16 men fight on the floor. The first 4 men to make it in to the ring will then fight with the man scoring the winning pin getting the future title shot. Why we couldn’t just pick 4 guys and have them wrestle for the title, I don’t know but it likely has to do with the need to get everyone on this show. I expect that Sonjay Dutt, VKM and maybe Sharkboy are 4 of the five remaining participants.
You can eliminate Shelley and Sabin because people like them so it isn’t going to happen. Eliminate Eric Young and Petey Williams because who cares? Eliminate Kaz and Robert Roode because they seem to be off in their own deal. Really, Junior Fatu, Chris Harris and James Storm are the only viable choices of the one’s we know so far. Well, the Chris Harris push stalled out over the summer, James Storm and Kurt Angle are both heels and Junior Fatu used to wrestle in WWE. Only way it is one of the mystery dudes is if one of those is RVD. Oh, and if Jeff Jarrett returns in the reverse battle royal I’ll laugh my ass off and he’ll win, thus ending the laughter.
Winner: Junior Fatu

Monster's Ball Match:
Raven Vs. Rhino Vs. Black Rain Vs. Abyss
Well, this match is different because this will have all of the blood and weapons and such. I’ll give TNA credit for this much at least they have the 4 best possible guys on the roster in this kind of match, well 3 and Black Rain who is useless at everything. Judas Mesias was supposed to be in this match but his injury in Mexico had to scratch those plans for the time being. I see Abyss as being the only viable winner. Rhino gains nothing with a win and loses nothing with a loss. Raven is way past the point of interesting and Black Rain is so useless that he’s practically guaranteed to go over just because of that fact.
I’ll go with my pick though and say Abyss goes over even after taking a big bump of some kind.
Winner: Abyss

Tables Match:
The Steiner Brothers Vs. Team 3-D
I cared about the first meeting between these 2 teams but don’t really care so much about the rematch. Way to build up a feud, TNA! Steiners won the first go-round so I’ll say Team 3-D does some cheating to even things up and prepare us for another wacky stipulation match in the future.
Winners: Team 3-D

TNA Women's Championship Match - 10 woman gauntlet
Gail Kim, Amazon Kong, Angel Williams, Shelley Martinez, Talia Madison, ODB, Christy Hemme, Jackie Moore, Ms. Brooks, Roxie Laveaux (earned the right to
enter the match last)
I know that Amazing Kong has signed a TNA deal. I don’t know what kind of deal the other 4 women are under, so it will either be Kong or 1 of the original Knockouts. I think that Kong winning the title and being set up as the monster for the other women to try and conquer would be the most interesting story. Plus, she’s already got a victory over my beloved Gail.
Winner: Amazing Kong

There must be a Winner: Matt Morgan as special Enforcer
Christian Cage Vs. Samoa Joe
I love matches that must have a winner because it implies that all other matches must not have a winner. What the company is going to do here is so obvious everyone but the announcers can see it coming. Christian will get all up in Morgan’s business, Morgan will punk him out and Joe will get the win. Thus Christian can say he only lost because it was 2 on 1 and as another bonus, Joe gains nothing from the win. Everyone loses which is standard opporating procedure in TNA.
Winner: Samoa Joe

TNA World X-division Championship:
Christopher Daniels Vs. Black Machismo Jay Lethal
Believe it or not, this match actually has a couple of months build behind it and even more amazing is that it kind of makes sense. Lethal pinned Daniels in a tag match at Hard Justice while Daniels was #1 contender for the X-title. So Lethal took Daniels’ place as top contender and then beat Kurt Angle to win the belt. Then, Daniels pinned Lethal in a non-title match.
TNA has screwed up bad when it comes to Jay Lethal. They didn’t even need an hour to start ruining any momentum he might have gained by beating Angle when he was punked out like a random jobber by Samoa Joe later in the show. Then he lost to Daniels on the next week’s iMPACT and then he and Sonjay were beaten down by Team 3-D on the 2 hour debut. Yeah, this guy is the X-division champion. Reportedly, Kurt Angle hasn’t been happy with the way Jay Lethal has been treated and maybe that’s what caused him to go on a drunk driving excursion.
As for who wins, who cares? Daniels has no defined character and Lethal has been made to look like a joke. Lethal’s last title reign only lasted a week so he’s already got that bested.
Winner: Black Machismo Jay Lethal

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match:
AJ Styles and Tomko Vs. Ron 'The Truth' Killings and Pacman Jones
So help me in an odd sort of way, Team Pacman is growing on me. Pacman Jones’ is the worst interview ever but he’s so bad I end up being entertained.
The trouble is that you can only do what they’ve done with him for so long before people catch on and people are catching on. So as funny as I find it to watch them do everything possible for him to avoid contact, I’m afraid my amusement is coming to an end.
I think it is time for the belts to go to Styles and Tomko. Plus, I think they can then annoy Christian by pointing out that they have belts and he does not.
Winner: AJ Styles and Tomko

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Sting Vs. Kurt Angle
So get the logic of this match. Kurt Angle tells Karen to pretend that Sting slapped her so that Kurt has an excuse to go in to a rage and go after Sting’s own family. Kurt Angle is hoping that this will make Sting mad enough that he’ll revert to the Sting of old for the PPV and be at his very best.
So wouldn’t Angle attacking Sting’s son without any false motivation have accomplished the same goal. I mean the reason for the attack was already bogus so why do we even need a bogus reason in the first place when no reason at all would’ve theoretically accomplished the same thing.
As for who is going to win. Well, seeing as how Kurt was arrested for drunk driving and TNA has a strict drug policy, he should probably do the job. However, given that the previous line is a bunch of shit and given that Sting is unlikely to sign for another year in TNA, the drunken champion will probably retain.
The more interesting question, and not by much, is whether or not Kevin Nash costs Sting the bout as I theorized in my iMPACT coverage. Sting said to Nash that he was losing his edge and in Vince Russo’s world those comments are always a hint of something to come. So, since the buzz has been a Nash return to the ring, why not get it started here? Plus, talk has been of maybe Waltman and Hall coming in because TNA isn’t 1997 enough as it is so why not say that the whole thing was foreshadowed the whole time even if it really wasn’t so?
Winner: Kurt Angle

Despite my better judgement and mainly due to the fact I can make fun of a reverse battle royal, I’ll have live coverage of this show as it happens.

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I hope Nick Hogan is proud of himself and can't wait for the next round of defense.

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Art has his say on Nick already but I've got my own thoughts and will express them thusly.

John Graziano, the passenger in Nick Hogan's car on one of his joyrides to prove how big of a stud he is, is likely nursing home bound for life why oh why do I have my doubts as to whether Nick will learn his lesson?

Oh yeah, it is because people who have an influence over this kid's life go above and beyond to defend the kid and in a backwards sort of way even justify his behavior. That's why I have my doubts that Nick will learn anything long-lasting from what happened to his friend.

Honestly, I don't see much difference between this situation and if Graziano were hit by a drunk driver. I'm not going to say more than this right now because really what good will it do? The only difference is that Graziano was a willing co-conspirator on the need for speed show.

Graziano will pay for that for the rest of his life. It is too bad the same can't be said for Nick.


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IFL Championship Series: Preview and Predictions

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Welcome to my preview for the IFL Championship Series between the New York Pitbulls and the Iowa Silverbacks. New York, coached by Renzo Gracie, went 3-0 in the season and defeated Tokyo in the Semifinals. Pat Miletich’s Iowa went 2-1 in the regular season and avenged their loss defeating Los Angeles’ Anacondas in the Semifinals.

If this preview seems rushed or below normal quality it is because I’m very tired while writing it. I also am less familiar with most of the guys fighting than I am for a typical UFC card. However, I brought my 1979 quarter with me and judging by the beating it gave me on Fight Night 11, it will probably have a few things to teach me here.

Lightweight Bout:
Bart Palaszewski: 24, 5’9, 155, 28-8-0 (Iowa)
Vs.
Devidas Taurosevicius: 30, 5’9, 155, 8-2-0 (New York)
Palaszewski is one of the top Lightweight’s in the entire IFL and seaded third in the upcoming grand prix. Deividas Taurosevicius replaced Erik Owings on the Pitbulls for their series with Tokyo and got New York a key victory over the Sabers’ Savant Young.
Palaszewski only has one blemish on his IFL record and that is to L.A.’s Chris Horodecki. The experience both in MMA and in IFL competition lies with Palaszewski. He’s a very well-rounded fighter and I may be short changing Taurosevicius but it is because I don’t know him as well. I’m taking Palaszewski to win.
Winner: Bart Palaszewski
Coin Picks: Deividas Taurosevicius

Welterweight Bout:
Jake Ellenberger: 5’10, 170, 15-2-0 (Iowa)
Vs.
Delson “Pe De Chumbo” Heleno: 29, 5’11, 170, 11-3-0 (New York}
Heleno is ranked #1 in the IFL at Welterweight in their upcoming Grand Prix. Of course, Heleno is also coming off a decision loss to Antonio McKee in the IFL Semifinals back in August.
Ellenberger has competed in Bodog and is a substitute for regular Silverbacks competitor Rory Markham.
Heleno’s Jiu-jitsu is pretty good but then you can say that about many who were taught by a Gracie. I don’t know much about Ellenberger but his winning this bout would be an upset of large proportions and there just aren’t as many of those in the IFL as in the UFC.
Winner: Delson Heleno
Coin Picks: Delson Heleno

Middleweight Bout:
Ryan McGivern: 27, 6’0, 185, 10-5-0 (Iowa)
Vs.
Fabio Leopoldo: 30, 6’0, 185, 5-2-0 (New York)
These 2 have met before way back on 09/23 of 2006. In that fight, McGivern was submitted by Leopoldo’s kneebar in the second round.
While the conventional wisdom would be to predict a repeat victory for Leopoldo and while it is possible, McGivern has improved a lot since then and is one of the promotions better Middleweights. I’m here to prodict an avenging of the prior loss by McGivern.
Winner: Ryan McGivern
Coin Picks: Ryan McGivern

Light Heavyweight Bout:
”Mike C” Mike Ciesnolevicz: 27, 6’0, 205, 13-2-0 (Iowa)
Vs.
Andre Gusmao: 6’2, 205, 4-0-0 (New York)
Another match that was originally contested on 09/23 of last year. In that contest Andre Gusmao was the victor in that fight. Gusmao and Jamal Patterson have been splitting time as New York’s Light Heavyweight fighter but Gusmao has amassed a 3-0 record in the IFL thus far.
You want to know why Iowa is contending for another championship and looking to win it in back-to-back seasons? It is because you can pretty much make the statement that all 5 of their guys are in the top or close to it of their respective weight classes. Ciesnolevicz is no different. He had a setback against Alex Schoenauer in the first match of the Silverbacks’ season but was able to take the rematch in the IFL Semifinals. He just keeps getting better and better every time he fights. I think he’s out to prove something and I’m going to project a win for him.
Winner: Mike Ciesnolevicz
Coin Picks: Andre Gusmao

Heavyweight Bout:
”The North Star” Ben Rothwell: 25, 6’5, 265, 26-5-0 (Iowa)
Vs.
Ricco "Swav" Rodriguez: 30, 6’4, 250, 26-6-0 (New York)
Rodriguez is a former UFC heavyweight champion brought in at the last second to replace Tom Sauer who was a replacement for Bryan Vetell. Rodriguez is a talented if disappointing fighter who has had issues with his weight in the past.
Rothwell is the top sead in the Heavyweight grand prix to be contested in November. A criticism of Rothwell is that he’s not facing a lot of tough competition because the IFL’s Heavyweight Division is so thin. Rothwell is just a big powerful guy though and perhaps has earned the description of a man among boys when it comes to the IFL. Rothwell is going to face his toughest test to date in the promotion in Rodriguez. If the right Ricco Rodriguez shows up then Rothwell could have a tough time. If the lazy Rodriguez shows up Rothwell should win easily. I’m taking Rothwell because you just don’t know what you’re going to get from Ricco these days.
Winner: Ben Rothwell
Coin Picks: Ben Rothwell
I’ll keep the prelims short and sweet…


Lightweight Bout:
Ryan “The Lion” Schultz: 5’10, 155, 16-9-1
Vs.
Aaron Riley: 5’9, 155, 23-9-1
I’ll take Riley.
Winner: Aaron Riley
Coin Picks: Aaron Riley

Welterweight Bout:
”Bad” Brad Blackburn: 30, 5’10, 170, 10-9-0
Vs.
Travis Cox: 170, 4-4-0
I’m vaguely familiar with Blackburn and know nothing about Cox.
Winner: Brad Blackburn
Coin Picks: Brad Blackburn

Light Heavyweight Bout:
Jamal “The Suit” Patterson: 6’0, 205, 3-1-0
Vs.
Chris Baten: 27, 6’0, 205, 5-2-0
Experience lies slightly in Baten’s favor but I’m more familiar with Patterson having seen him fight on a few episodes of Battleground.
Winner: Jamal Patterson
Coin Picks: Chris Baten

Heavyweight Bout: Rolles Gracie: 6’4, 265, 0-0-0 Vs.
Sam Holloway: 6’4, 265, 4-0-0
Gracie is making his debut but because he’s a Gracie I think he’ll be prepared. I’ve had good luck predicting victories for guys making their debuts lately so…
Winner: Rolles Gracie
Coin Picks: Sam Holloway

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WWE 'Unforgiven 2007' Preview and Predictions

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The Unforgiven Report written as it happens

Welcome to my Unforgiven 2007 Predictions. The more things change in WWE, the more they stay the same and the more that sucks ass. I’m back and so is my 1979 United States Quarter to do battle in Round 5 of Hooligans Vs. Coins.

WWE Tag Team Championship: Deuce and Domino Vs. Matt Hardy and MVP
If I were going to watch any WWE programming it would be the Matt Hardy and MVP dynamic. I know eventually, one will cost the other the tag titles and they’ll have their U.S. title match. I just don’t think now is that time, they can do so much more with it. I’m going to predict a victory for the team that doesn’t suck.
Winners: Matt Hardy and MVP
Coin Picks: Matt Hardy and MVP

World Tag Team Championship: Paul London and Brian Kendrick Vs. Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch
It is time for the other brand’s tag title match. I care about MVP and Hardy don’t care about this. I’ll pick the Rednecks to beat the Cruiserweights. Why, because I want to move to the next match.
Winners: Cade and Murdoch
Coin Picks: London and Kendrick

Women's Championship: Beth Phoenix Vs. Candice Michelle
Candice is improved to the point she may get my award for most improved this year. Beth Phoenix is a women’s wrestler. The Glamazon to take the belt from the Godaddy chick.
Winner: Beth Phoenix
Coin Picks: Candice Michelle

ECW World Championship: Elijah Burke Vs. CM Punk
CM Punk makes his first title defense against Elijah Burke. A guy we haven’t seen do anything on ECW in ages and that’s on a show with like 5 guys. Elijah Burke isn’t John Morrison therefore he’s not beating CM Punk on this show.
Winner: CM Punk
Coin Picks: CM Punk

The Undertaker Vs. Mark Henry
Welcome back Undertaker, I’ve missed you. Send Mark Henry back to the buffet table or whatever. Move on to bigger and worse things in Great Khali. Undertaker can’t lose, he’s just like HHH but without the family ties.
Winner: The Undertaker
Coin Picks: The Undertaker

Carlito can't be DQ'd: Carlito Vs. HHH
Carlito can’t be DQ’d but HHH sure can be. That would suggest that HHH is going to be DQ’d but that’s too obvious for me. I’m going with an even more obvious choice which is that HHH overcomes the odds and defeats Carlito by near fustigation.
Winner: HHH
Coin Picks: Carlito (bwahahahahahahahaha)

World Championship: Rey Mysterio Vs. Batista Vs. The Great Khali
Ok, here’s how I’m doing this with the coin. I’m flipping between the 2 challengers and then between the winner of that and Khali. Ok, now that I’ve explained that lets get to reality. Rey isn’t getting the title because people want to see it. Big Dave isn’t getting the title because with where they’re going next they’ve already been there. So, that leaves Khali who drops the gold to Undertaker eventually.
Winner: Great Khali and me for not watching this.
Coin Picks: Great Khali

WWE Championship: Randy Orton Vs. John Cena
I can see the headlines now on all the sports sites. Wrestler, involved in signature pharmacy scandal, wins WWE’s top championship. I can only see that in my head. John Cena has held the belt since last year’s Unforgiven and will be a day shy of a year at this show. I think they should reward him by letting him make the 1 year plateau. I think Cena’s destiny is not to lose the belt to Randy Orton, no matter how much Ric wants it to be so and cries like a girl when it doesn’t happen. I changed my mind at the last minute at SummerSlam even though I was proven right, but not this time.
Winner: John Cena
Coin Picks: John Cena

I’m not watching this show no matter how bored I am, besides the Patriots and Chargers is the Sunday Night Football game and that will interest me more than last week’s Cowboys-Giants game did head-to-head with No Surrender.
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***It Returns~!***

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Welcome to the return of Casey’s Old Country Corner. A column so great it makes the best Wandering Euan's Eutube Extravaganza column look even worse than the shittiest TNA iMPACT ever when compared side-by-side.
If you’re unfamiliar with the Old Country Corner, seriously castrate yourself for being so far behind the rest of the world. The Old Country Corner was a feature where I sorted through the Old Country Historical archives, a vault of information so vast it needed to be contained on not 1 or even 2 but 3 3.5 inch floppy discs.
I would pour over the historical texts in search of information that was at risk of being forgotten completely if not immediately broadcast to the world. That information usually dealt with Wrestling history, either taking a look at a forgotten promotion or worker and on rare occurrences a this day in Old Country History piece.

So, because Karl Stern is back and working again and because Euan brought his clearly inferior piece out of retirement, I thought it time to put out the fire that was threatening the Old Country Library and get back to work. A quick word of advice, shoeboxes do not make for the best in Old Country Libraries, construction kind of sucks and they do burn easily. However, they are about 3 or 4 or 100 times the space necessary to hold the vast archives.

We’re going to look back at a fondly remembered character in the old country rings at least among those fans who’ve suffered 10 concussions or more, Long Wang Penisinski.

Long Wang Penisinski was born of Russian and Chinese descent in the year that came after that one everybody thought was a big year but ended up being less eventful than the 1 that came 5 years later, You know which one I’m talking about.
He came to the old country wrestling circuit in either 1534 or 1672 the records are kind of vague and written on Snickers wrappers.
The Pollish, and I’m not talking ancestry here, promoter Vinimir Russomov was credited for introducing Penisinski to the Old Country Ring. It isn’t really known if he did or just took credit for it because in all recorded interviews with Russomov he just kept saying look at the ratings for Old Country Fighting And Grappling (OC FAG) since I’ve been here.
If you want to know the highlights of the career of Long Wang Penisinski, hey so do I. Fact is he wrestled at a time where wins and losses weren’t treated as important and all the bookers were more focused on curving the audience. Its nice to know some things haven’t changed.
Besides, looking up wins and losses and names of opponents would take time and probably require a 4th floppy disc and there’s just not room for that in the Old Country Historical, zombification and Reanimation budget.
We do know though that Penisinski’s career ended during the big Hemorrhoids scandal of 1392 (Yes, his career was over before his debut, and I can’t really explain why without calling Stephen Hawking and I can never tell if I’ve got Dr. Hawking or his answering machine). Hemorrhoids were at one time responsible for an unusually high rate of death in the wrestling industry. The Hemorrhoids scandal caused the death rate among wrestlers to jump to 284 to 1, as compared to the rest of the population. The industry was nearly ruined until the son-in-law of the promoter who used the name Hextuple J was forced to retire due to Hemorrhoids.
The promoter Mic Vinmanicus immediately instituted the well-ass policy and all was right with the world. The storyline became focused on Mr. Gandhi...Gandhi as Vinmanicus' bastard-in-law and the company reached new hights in empty buildings, declining ratings and plunging buyrates. Until Hextuple J kicked the bucket and then died from a related foot injury, Vinmanicus had maintained that the company had no record of Hemorrhoids in any talent but did have the Herman's Hermits greatest hits album which they played at every stockholder's meeting.
You may ask what that has to do with the career of Penisinski and that's a logical question. Unfortunately, there's no place for logic in wrestling (Yet another thing that hasn't changed) but the truth is, Penisinski was just around so the writers could make Dick jokes and besides he was never able to disprove the perceived shortcomings in the eyes of bookers like Peter Peterson.

I hope you've enjoyed the reintroduction of the Old Country Corner. If you didn't enjoy it, just reread it until you do or your eyes fall out, either way. I don't know when the OCC will return, it takes litterally seconds upon seconds to make up...er...research these articles.


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EliteXC's 'Uprising' Preview and Predictions

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Reminder to the staff, time is running out and Euan is the only brave one thus far.

Welcome to my predictions for EXC ‘Uprising’ which will air on Saturday 09/15 on Showtime. I’ll have live coverage of the Showtime portion, but the Proelite.com portion and I may not yet be on speaking terms.

Anyway, lets break it down and the 1979 United States quarter is back for another humbling. The quarter I’m using is 2 years older than me, which is kind of creepy.

Bantamweight Bout: Albert Manners Vs. Tyson Nam
Manners’ nickname is “Always Bad” because I guess his Manners were always bad as a child. If this is true, I’m going to pick him to win because to a man with bad manners breaking the rules is no big deal. So Manners will win by kicking Nam in the testicular fortitude.
Winner: Albert Manners
Coin Picks: Tyson Nam

Welterweight Bout: Brandon Wolff Vs. Chad Klingensmith
I’ve got no idea but it takes a big man to admit when he’s got no idea. Chad has a very long last name. It is the type of name that might prevent me from picking him due to not wishing to type it more than once. But Mark Danger always says I’m hardcore so…
Winner: Chad Klingensmith
Coin Picks: Brandon Wolff

Bantamweight Bout: Mark Oshiro Vs. Nui Wheeler
Sure, Wheeler is making his MMA debut but that’s not altogether a bad spot. As crazy as it seems, people do actually win their debut fights. In fact, I lean toward picking a guy in his debut because it isn’t like his opponent has a lot of tape to study. I’m not leaning that way in this one so watch Wheeler own Oshiro.
Winner: Mark Oshiro
Coin Picks: Nui Wheeler

Middleweight Bout: Mark Kurano Vs. Jose “bomber” Diaz
Kurano is making his MMA debut. He and Gina are probably related even though they don’t even spell their last name close to one another, but who are we to consider minor details such as that when writing one of these columns?
If Jose Diaz is anything like Nick Diaz, he’d better hope not everyone on the card is drug tested. I’m going with Kurano because hell Diaz only has 1 fight whereas in the above match Oshiro has 9. Yes, I freely admit to having 0 clue on any of the dark fights and no, I don’t have the good sense to just not make a pick.
Winner: Mark Kurano
Coin Picks: Jose Diaz

Middleweight Bout: Jeff Cox Vs. Kala Kolohe Hose
This fight allows me to practice 2 of my scientific prediction principles that have been proven to work a percentage of the time. The first is when in doubt go with the man who’s name is cooler. The second is to pick against the guy with the bad nickname. Fortunately in this fight, I can do both because Kala Kolohe Hose is a cool name and “Pee Wee” is kind of lame.
Winner: Kala Kolohe Hose
Coin Picks: Kala Kolohe Hose

Women’s Bout: Gina Carano Vs. Tonya Evinger
Now we’re in the fights I know something about. Evinger at the press conference for this fight on Thursday said she’d be glad to make out with Gina or knock her out which ever Gina wants. I personally don’t think that Carano should get a vote and it should be my choice. However, we’re getting off the point here and not talking about the actual fight and you should know by now I am against that practice in my fight predictions column. So anyway, the fight.
Evinger is a wrestler by skill and Carano is a Mui-tai fighter and a pretty good striker. I wasn’t really all that impressed with Carano’s ground game against Julie Kedzie and so if Evinger can get her there we could have trouble, and by we I of course mean Gina. I’ve seen nothing to suggest that Evinger can compete on the feet but when it comes to striking it only takes one good one. I’m going to take Carano but Evinger winning wouldn’t surprise me in a single way.
Winner: Gina Carano
Coin Picks: Tonya Evinger

Welterweight Bout: Jake Shields Vs. Renato Verissimo
In this fight you’ve got a couple of guys who both like to keep things on the ground. Usually that’s where fights like this end up with one looking to prove he’s the more dominant fighter on that level but sometimes it takes awhile because they want to see if they can expose a striking weakness in the other.
I think highly of Shields and believe he’s the best Welterweight not in the UFC or the WEC. EliteXC is hoping Shields’ next fight is for a Welterweight Championship.
Verissimo isn’t someone to be looked past however. He trains with BJ Penn and has some experience in some of the bigger promotions including an appearance at UFC 48. A knock on Shields is that he’s had trouble finishing fights and while he’s beaten some big names he’s not finished any of them. I believe that there’s a first time for everything and Shields has something to prove.
Winner: Jake Shields
Coin Picks: Jake Shields

Middleweight Bout: Riki Fukuda Vs. Joe Villasenor
I first saw Riki Fukuda at the first EXC show in February and he was impressive even if his opponent left a lot to be desired. However, the issue isn’t Fukuda it is Joe Villasenor. I picked him over Robbie Lawler at Pride 32 and he was flattened. I picked him to lose to David Loiseau at the first EXC show and he was victorious. I picked him to defeat Ninja Rua for the EXC Middleweight title in June and he lost. Since I’ve been making MMA Predictions, I’m 0-3 with this guy and I don’t have that bad of a record with anyone else, though I’m 0-2 in Randy Couture fights.
Villasenor looked good in the first round of the Rua fight on his feet but it fell apart in the second. I must admit though to being gunshy about picking this fight. Even though we’ve got a horrible record together I do enjoy watching Villasenor fight. I guess since I like the guy the easiest way to ensure a victory is to pick Fukuda and so that’s what I’m going to do.
Winner: Riki Fukuda
Coin Picks: Joe Villasenor

Welterweight Bout: Mike Aina Vs. Nick Diaz
These 2 are both going to want to keep the fight standing. Diaz is making his return to MMA after serving a suspension for observing 420 near and possibly during his fight with Takanori Gomi at Pride 33 in February. Diaz won the Gomi fight but his Rob Van Dam impersonation turned it to a no contest. Aina does a lot of his fighting in Hawaii and seriously, it is Hawaii so who could blame him?
I’m not really a Diaz fan though he impressed me with his initial victory over Gomi who was/is/will be? The Pride Lightweight Champion. He doesn’t have powerful shots but he does hit a lot of them. I think the number of his strikes more than anything else will be Aina’s undoing.
Winner: Nick Diaz
Coin Picks: Mike Aina

Middleweight Championship Bout: Robbie Lawler Vs. Murilo “Ninja” Rua
I said in the Showtime Media Predictions Poll I participated in that this was going to be a close fight. I still believe that to be the case. Lawler is the Icon Sport middleweight champ after taking the belt from Frank Trigg while Rua is coming off his victory over Joe Villasenor in June.
I predicted Rua by third round submission and I stand by it. I believe that he’s way better on the ground than Lawler is and I believe that the striking may go to Lawler but it is closer than people think. They’ll engage on the feet but if Rua senses trouble he’ll look to take him to the ground and that’s where his advantage will be more clear. I made my prediction of a third round submission over a week ago and have had plenty of time to change my mind. I’ve done nothing but become more certain of a Rua victory.
Winner: Murilo “Ninja” Rua
Coin Picks: Robbie Lawler

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WEC 30 Preview and Predictions

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Welcome to my preview and predictions for WEC 30. August was a rough month for me in the predictions department, so hopefully we can get back on track in September. This is also round one of Hooligans Vs. Coins and I couldn’t be happier about it. My coin is standard issue U.S. quarter, the year will not be revealed because it is sensitive about its age.

Bantamweight Bout:
Ian McCall: 5’7, 135, 5-1-0 Vs.
Coty “Ox” Wheeler: 5’7, 135, 6-0-0

This is a tough fight to call as both men are about the same in experience and both making their WEC debut. Wheeler may be better on the feet but McCall should be better on the ground. It will come down to who can keep the fight where they like it. I’m going to predict a Wheeler victory.
Winner: Coty Wheeler
Coin picks: Coty Wheeler

Welterweight Bout:
Joe Benoit: 24, 5’9, 170, 6-0-0 Vs.
”Disciple” Blas Avena: 23, 6’0, 170, 5-1-0

Poor Benoit, he’s got a name which is now a blackmark in the world of combat sports. However, he is a good ground fighter and I don’t know if he would try the crossface but if he did it might be over. Avena defeated Tiki Ghosn at WEC 29 but hey, everyone beats Tiki Ghosn.
I’m going to take Benoit because he should take Avena down and pound him in to submission. There’s just too many offensive jokes so I’ll be moving on to the next match.
Winner: Joe Benoit
Coin Picks: Blas Avena

Lightweight Bout:
Kenneth “The Black Ninja” Alexander: 5’9, 155, 5-2-0 Vs.
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone: 155, 7-0-0

Donald Cerrone is one of the stars on the Tapout show which airs on Versus. Alexander is a late replacement for Sergio Gomez who was also on the Tapout show. Cerrone is a kickboxer but has one all of his MMA fights by submission, in other words the man got skills! I can only route for one Alexander this weekend and it will be Houston not Keneth. Sure, the logic is flimsy but I’ve got to fill this out somehow.
Winner: Donald Cerrone
Coin Picks: Kenneth Alexander

Middleweight Bout:
Bryan Baker: 6’3, 185, 4-0-0 Vs.
Jesse “Kid Hercules” Forbes: 22, 6’2, 185, 5-2-0

Jesse Forbes is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighter 3. That’s about the most interesting thing I can think to say about this fight. My coin predicted Bryan Baker and to be honest I don’t feel like arguing the thing.
Winner: Bryan Baker
Coin Picks: Bryan Baker

Lightweight Bout:
Scott “Alaskan Hammer” McAfee: 5’8, 155, 6-0-0 Vs.
Marcus “Wrecking Ball” Hicks: 31, 5’6, 155, 6-0-0

McAfee is making his WEC debut here, Hicks is a WEC veteran. A Lightweight battle so expect some action, I’m going to go with Hicks because I didn’t argue the coin on the last fight. Sure, again I’m being brief and not analyzing the fight but I’m tired so sue me.
Winner: Marcus Hicks
Coin Picks: Scott McAfee

Welterweight Bout:
”Jungle Boy” Marcelo Brito: 5’7, 170, 6-1-0
Vs.
”The Natural” John Alessio: 28, 5’10, 170, 25-11-0

Brito is a Brazilian Striker, just like Anderson Silva, although probably not quite that good. Alessio is more of a ground fighter. If it stays standing it could be tough for Alessio, if it goes to the ground, Brito is in trouble. I predict that it goes to the ground, Brito is in trouble and takes a second round submission loss.
Winner: John Alessio
Coin Picks: John Alessio

Bantamweight Bout:
Miguel Torres: 26, 5’9, 135, 18-1-0 Vs.
Jeff Bedard: 37, 5’6, 135, 10-0-0

This bout could determine the challenger for the Yahya Vs. Beebe winner. Bedard is an up-and-coming fighter, which I guess is obvious because otherwise he wouldn’t be here. However, he is unique because he’s up-and-coming at the age of 37. I don’t know much about Torres but I’m disappointed that Jeff Bedard isn’t the 6’4 he was once listed as on his WEC profile page. I’m going to predict Bedard to control the fight and win a decision.
Winner: Jeff Bedard
Coin Picks: Jeff Bedard

Light Heavyweight Bout:
Jeremiah Billington: 29, 5’8, 205, 10-1-0 Vs.
”All American” Brian Stann: 26, 6’1, 205, 4-0-0

Stann is a Marine who has served in Opporation Iraqi Freedom. It is because of his service that he is one of the WEC’s most publicized fighters. After serving time overseas, fighting MMA should seem like a day at the beach. He’s a tough guy and he’s also smart for training with Randy Couture, who I think you may have heard of.
Billington is making his WEC debut and has an experience edge over Stann in this fight. These guys both like to finish fights in round 1 and both are more than capable of the KO. So I don’t think you’ll see this hit the ground although it would be interesting to see what Stann is capable of on the canvas. I just can’t pick against a guy like Stann in this situation. I’ll predict a first round KO.
Winner: Brian Stann
Coin Picks: Brian Stann

Bantamweight Championship Bout:
Rani Yahya: 22, 5’6, 135, 12-2-0 Vs.
Chase Beebe: 22, 5’7, 135, 11-1-0

Yahya made his WEC debut at WEC 28 in a featherweight bout against Mark Hominick. He’s dropping to Bantamweight to take on Chase Beebe for the title. Yahya is a strong jiu-jitsu practitioner who is great with submissions, just ask Hominick. Beebe took the Bantamweight title from Eddie Wineland by Unanimous decision back in march and is making his first title defense. He fancies himself a wrestler and so expect this fight to go to the ground.
The experience edge doesn’t exist in this fight as both guys are at about the same level. I’ve seen them both fight and have been impressed by Yahya’s Jiu-jitsu and by Beebe’s ability to get out of sticky situations.
In the end, I believe that Yahya is just a little better all around and will take this by 3rd round submission. Beebe may have the edge on the feet but as a wrestler might not look to exercise it.
Winner: Rani Yahya
Coin Picks: Chase Beebe

Lightweight Championship Bout:
Rich “Cleet” Crunkilton: 27, 5’7, 155, 13-1-0 Vs.
”Razor” Rob McCullough: 30, 5’8, 155, 14-3-0

This is one of those strikers Vs. Wrestlers matchups that the kids are all the rage about. Crunkilton seemslike a nice down-to-earth guy, the kind of guy you’d find it easy to route for in a fight. If he can take McCullough down then he’ll have the advantage but if it remains standing he could be fustigated pretty quick.
McCullough is a man after my heart though and I’m going to predict him to be the victor. The reason for this is that he gives awesome quotes in his WEC profile.

[quote” TARGET=“_blank”> Thoughts on opponent, Richard Crunkilton? I hope he has medical and life insurance. [/quote” TARGET=“_blank”>
[quote” TARGET=“_blank”> Did you go to college and if so what degree did
you earn? School of Hard Knocks and I got a PhD in Bad Ass. [/quote” TARGET=“_blank”>
I now have a strong urge to interview this man. Anyway, I’m going to predict McCullough by second round KO.
Winner: Razor Rob McCullough
Coin Picks: Richard Crunkilton

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Combat-Hooligans.com's guide to what's on: September 2007

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Welcome to the first ever Combat-Hooligans.com guide to what’s on. This column is going to break down the major MMA and Wrestling shows this month (sorry boxing fans, but I’m still learning about your sport so I don’t feel qualified to list the bigger boxing events here in comparison to these others) and I’ll prioritize them for you from must watch to must skip. We’ve got 6 major shows this month in the U.S. and two more overseas. I’m not including things such as the IFL Championships, which aren’t being broadcast until well after their conclusion.

So, from best to worst, you’re watch guide for the month.

1. UFC 76 ‘Knockout’ 09/22/2007 (PPV)
   The UFC is holding 3 cards in the month of September, but this is the one of the three that packs the most interest for me. First, you have Chuck Liddell and how he’ll respond to his loss to Quinton ‘Rampage Jackson back at UFC 71 and he’s taking on Keith Jardine who was upset by Houston Alexander on that same show. It is an intriguing main event to be sure.
   You also get the UFC debut of one of, if not the best, 205-pound fighters in the world in Mauricio Rua as he takes on a much-improved Forrest Griffin. You also get a key matchup in the Welterweight division as Diego Sanchez looks to bounce back from his first ever loss against a man looking to climb in to the top 3 of the division in Jon Fitch. Plus, in a lightweight bout, Thiago Tavares takes on Tyson Griffin and Griffin doesn’t have boring fights.
   If you can only buy one show this month, make it this one. If you can only watch one show this month under penalty of divorce, make it this one.
   
   
2. UFC Fight Night 11: 09/19/2007 (SpikeTV)
   I recommend this show over some of the other shows you can see for free because of its familiarity. Chris Leben, Nathan Diaz, Kenny Florian, Din Thomas and Mike Swick…those are all names of guys who are known by the UFC audience because of the Ultimate Fighter. I think the main event between Din Thomas and Kenny Florian could be a very interesting fight excitement wise, but may be important if Sean Sherk is stripped of his Lightweight title. The winner of this would join Joe Stevenson and BJ Penn as guys who could be in the mix to take that belt. Plus, this show leads in to the premier of the Ultimate Fighter 6 and that’s not too shabby.
   
   
3. WEC 30 ‘Crunkilton Vs. McCullough: 09/05/2007 (Versus Network)
   You probably expected UFC to take the top 3 spots but that’s ok, the punishment for your being wrong is merely death. Anyway, I rank this ahead of UFC 75 for a couple of reasons. The televised portion of this card is going to air live in the United States, which is always a plus, and it features the lighter weight classes. I think the most compelling match on this show is Beebe Vs. Yahya for the Bantamweight Championship. The one drawback for the casual fan is familiarity. Unless you watch the sport a lot you’re probably not going to know about Crunkilton and McCullough before it airs but that can also be advantageous because it makes for some unpredictability. I might’ve ranked this show higher if not for the injury that took Jens Pulver out of his bout with Cub Swanson.
   
   
4. UFC 75 ‘Champion Vs. Champion’: 09/08 (SpikeTV)
   Yes, you get Dan Henderson Vs. Quinton Jackson in what could ultimately be the only unification match between Pride and UFC champions. However, there are several drawbacks to this show that made me drop it to 4th on the list and truthfully I almost put it at #5.
   The first drawback is that this is a tape-delayed event. So, not only do you have to go the whole evening without being spoiled but it also allows SpikeTV to insert more commercials than they would in a Fight Night show or other live event.
   Plus, outside of the top match there’s not a lot to look forward to seeing. Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo is a battle of strikers and could be interesting but if neither is eager to engage it could be very boring as well. Michael Bisping Vs. Matt Hamill is interesting to those who remember the Ultimate Fighter 3 and why we didn’t see that matchup sooner but Bisping’s appeal will be for the live audience more than the PPV audience. The other guaranteed televised bout is Houston Alexander Vs. Alessio Sakara and while I love Alexander and want to see if he can follow up on his performance against Jardine, there are better fights this month. But, I can’t dismiss this show completely because of the title fight and the fact you don’t have to pay for it. If this had been a PPV I might feel differently.
   
   
5. Elite XC ‘Uprising’: 09/15 (Showtime)
   I’m personally looking forward to this show more than UFC 75. There is a curiosity factor around this show. If you’ve not ever seen Gina Carano or Women’s MMA then this is a show to check out. I’m curious to see the return of Nick Diaz and I believe the Main Event between Murilo Rua and Robbie Lawler for the EXC Middleweight title is a very interesting matchup between 2 quality fighters. You can also see one of the best Welterweights not under UFC contract in Jake Shields.
   So if I like this show so much, why rank it below UFC 75? Remember, this is my guide for what I think the casual fans will want to see, not necessarily myself. Since that is the case, familiarity is a factor. Robbie Lawler’s time in UFC came before the boom, Diaz is definitely a known name but outside of that there isn’t much for someone who doesn’t know these people to get excited about. However, if you have the chance, watch this show because EXC has not put on a boring show yet and I don’t see it starting to with this one.
   
   
6. Cage Rage 23 ‘Unbelievable’: 09/22 (ProElite.com)
   I’d love to recommend this higher but I simply can’t do so for people in the U.S. In the states you’d have to watch this over ProElite.com and the familiarity factor is lower for this show than for any of the ones listed above it. If you’ve got time while waiting for UFC 76 then check out the stream (I’m assuming it will be available but don’t know for sure) and if you don’t then come to combat-hooligans.com as Euan will have a report up shortly after the show ends.
   
   
7. WWE ‘Unforgiven’: 09/16 (PPV)
   It is tough for me to recommend this show without knowing the card. I also find it tough to recommend because WWE shows have the potential to be good but most are never $40 good if that makes sense. Add to that the fact you can wait a month, buy the DVD of the event for $14 and have a permanent copy with extra features and it is a tough sell. However, it isn’t as tough a sell as…
   
   
8. TNA ‘No Surrender’: 09/09 (PPV)
   I can’t recommend this show because of the TNA Boycott. Even if there were no boycott I wouldn’t recommend this show because of how awful last month’s show ended up being. Add to that it is on opening day of football season and that Pacman Jones is advertised to wrestle but won’t be doing so, oh and don’t forget the horrible booking, and even at the $29.95 mark I’m telling you to skip it.
   I will say that usually TNA PPV events do feature good wrestling matches but the booking and general direction of the company far outweighs any of that. If you’re a fan of Kurt Angle though, he is scheduled to wrestle 3 matches on this show.

I hope you have enjoyed this month’s guide to what’s on. You’re welcome to leave your own list in the comments section and stay tuned for this columns return to examine October in about a month.


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It just has not been my weekend

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If you read this post from earlier today
You will note the fact that I changed 3 of my SummerScam picks from Friday's column.

I went from Umaga to Kennedy, Morrison to Punk and Cena to Orton.

Fuck, shit and mother fucking fuck. So in the coarse of 2 days, I went against Randy Couture was the only one to do so and was the only 1 wrong. So I decided not to make the same mistake twice in a row, picked Randy Orton to go along with everyone else and was once again...wrong!!! You'd think that I'd be comforted by the fact that at least everyone was wrong in this case, but the fact I could've been the only right 1 if not scared off by the prior night eliminates that from being possible.

The only thing I can say about this is, for those of you who think: "Boy, everyone gets made fun of on that podcast a lot, but Casey less than the others", listen to this week's show. I can about guarantee I'm in for it all show long and I can also damn near guarantee that I myself will lead the parade of insults.

I'll have full prediction results later when the cloud of rage has passed.

Until then I remain humbled and if you're looking to bet on a winner next month between myself and my coin, I've got the coin at -1000000 right now and me at +63,000,000,000,000,000,000 or the amount of money Mike Vick was sued for by John Riches.


For those who don't know what that means, that means you need to bet $1 million on the coin to win $100 and if you bet $100 on me you win 63 quintillion dollars. After my bad weekend I personally think the coin isn't being favored enough.

Once again, fuck me.

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