ECW on SyFy – December 22, 2009

A little late this week, due to the holiday, but I finally got time to watch the remainder of this week’s shows. I already have Superstars & Smackdown, both were posted up early on Thursday, but this is the first chance I’ve had to watch anything this week. Coming off a mediocre episode of RAW, which was still better then the last few, tonight we have ECW, and the continuation of the number one contender tournament, so let’s get this show going.

1. Savannah introduces Jack Swagger to a chorus of boos, guess we’re opening with an interview, what is this RAW lite? Swagger says finally the show is worth watching again, and recaps the tournament rules and prize. Jack says a lot has changed since he left ECW, and lots of new faces, but lots has stayed the same, like Christian, who Swagger calls a chump, and then calls Dreamer fat. We then get a video of Jack Swagger’s best moments, followed by Swagger calling himself the former and future ECW champion. If Jack wins wouldn’t that be a demotion from the RAW brand, back to ECW?
2. Zack Ryder v. Tommy Dreamer. Zack comes out with the always stunning Rosa Mendes, looking killer hot in her silver dress!! This is supposedly Tommy’s final show with the WWE after 8+ years, not sure how true that rumor is, but after all Tommy’s done in the business he’s earned the right to retire. We start with Zack whipping Tommy in, but then Ryder gets taken down with a shoulderblock and pair of arm drags. Tommy clotheslines Zack to the floor, but gets distracted by Rosa, and Zack on the offense rolling Tommy back in. Zack hits the Rough Rider for a near fall, followed by a face wash, boot to the face in the corner. Ryder caught up top by Dreamer with a superplex as Rosa looks on horrified; both men slow to get up, but Tommy with a nice backdrop then a powerslam for a two count. Zack catches Tommy in the corner, but once again gets caught off the top into a slingshot. Tommy sets Zack for the Tree of Woe followed by the low dropkick and Tommy goes for the DDT but Ryder slides out and hits a hotshot, into the Zack Attack for the win. 3/5 nice TV bout as Dreamer is always solid in the ring and I think Zack is very impressive. He’s much better as a singles wrestler, then as a tag team, but whatever happened to Curt Hawkins?
3. We now go to Tony Atlas welcoming Abraham Washington, who comes out to a lot of boos. Washington plays his character so well, and I agree with him, he is entertaining; at least it’s not Reo Rogers. Abe says he’s too classy to make a Tiger Woods joke, as he calls Tiger a pimp and says Woods is a big fan. Abe says nothing wrong with playing more than 18 holes, which Tony then explodes in laughter. Abe finally gets around to introducing his guests Trent & Caylen, who come out to their much worse new music. Abe asks if their out of their minds for jumping on the couch. Trent & Caylen say they will be the next big tag team as they make fun of Abe having empty cups. Abe says this is ECW not RAW, and he only brings out drinks for the stars. T&C say by next year they’ll be tag champs, as Tony says he was champ once, and gets cut off and told he’s old. Abe defends Atlas and says no one talks to him like that, Tony says he didn’t know Abe cared, Abe says he doesn’t they’re out of time and Tony needs to close the show, which he does. We go backstage to Tiffany and Jack Swagger, Jack asks how she can still be running the place. She responds by saying it’s easier without him around, as Swagger says without him ECW has nothing. Hurricane then flies into the scene and says his superpowers are limitless, and he can do anything, expect fix Jack’s speech impediment. Swagger says whatever and walks off, as Tiffany laughs.
4. Vance Archer v. Goldust. Winner of this match joins Ezekiel Jackson & Kane in the number one contender battle royal. I assume Archer will continue his undefeated streak heading into the battle royal. Vance quickly powers Goldust in the corner, Goldust counters with a slap and then the butt bounce. Goldust whipped hard into the corner and Vance gets a near fall, Archer with a big slam then into a chin lock, which Goldust fights out of, but once again gets overpowered. Vance continues to stomp Goldust down and back to a chin lock, c’mon Vance show some semblance of a move set? Vance misses the clothesline but Goldust doesn’t, Goldust with the low uppercut then the bulldog for a near fall. Goldust sets up Vance for Curtain Call countered into the reverse DDT, which really needs a name, for the win. 1/5 not a good match at all, Vance with two chinlocks in a five minute match, was not needed. Vance’s finisher really needs a name though, anyone have any good ideas?
5. Jack Swagger v. Yoshi Tatsu. Next week is Evan Bourne v. Matt Hardy which should be a great match, I hope. Yoshi Tatsu, the new Funaki, comes out to a nice pop from the crowd. Swagger starts out with some nice amateur moves to keep Yoshi down; Yoshi able to use his quickness to gets the offense. Tatsu with a nice dropkick, and now both men slug it out, Jack powers Yoshi in the corner and hits a series of shoulders to the midsection, followed by the corner clothesline. Swagger locks in a wristlock on Yoshi, as the crowd is solidly behind Yoshi Tatsu, Swagger goes for the gut wrench, but countered as we go to commercial. We come back and Swagger has a submission hold on Yoshi and pounds Yoshi in the back. Jack hits a nice belly to back Suplex for a near fall, and Swagger is getting frustrated as Tatsu keeps kicking out, Swagger hits the urunage on Yoshi then does some pushups. Swagger drops a series of elbows, then the leg drop for another near fall, Swagger back to the wristlock. Jack goes for the belly to back again, but Yoshi slides out, but gets hit hard, Swagger whips Yoshi in and misses the charge. Yoshi now with a series of kicks, and then a bulldog, Yoshi hits the running knee but Jack counters the spin kick into a rollup, counted into a near fall for Tatsu. Tatsu tossed to the apron, but climbs the ropes, and hits a nice spinning wheel kick, and almost wins the match. Jack Swagger hotshots Yoshi into the top rope and rolls him up for a near fall, Swagger hits the reverse lariat and Yoshi kicks out again! Swagger hits an Oklahoma Stampede, shades of Steve Williams, and now goes for the Vader Bomb, and another near fall, Tatsu will not stay down. Swagger picks up Yoshi but eats a buzzsaw kick and then gets pinned, as Yoshi goes to the battle royal! 3.75/5 great match, both guys were on their game and it looked like it was going to go either way. Great way to end the show, as we see the graphic showing Jackson, Kane, Archer & Tatsu in the battle royal and four spots remain.

A mediocre episode of ECW this week, the main event really saved the show, as Archer/Goldust was pretty bad. Zack/Tommy was good and Tatsu/Archer was great.

Match Recap

1. Zack Ryder over Tommy Dreamer 3/5
2. Vance Archer over Goldust 1/5
3. Yoshi Tatsu pinned Jack Swagger 3.75/5

My Christmas Forget list! These are the things I would get if christmas was a huge deal around my house.

These are the things that I really wanted for various reasons. The thing I wanted most would be the Air Jordan 12s! Slowly but surely these things will be my own.

Finally, Nintendo has released the original Super Smash Brothers for the Virtual Console!  For those unfamiliar with the game, the player chooses from a host of Nintendo characters and fights their way through a series of skirmishes.  Players can also fight against their friends, as the game can be 1-4 players.  The game that started the Smash series is a must have for any Nintendo fan.

Price: 1,000 Wii Points

Dear Santa,

Since it seems like London won’t happen for the new year, here is my list of material delights.

Yes! It’s a 3MP Lego digital camera! Just for novelty’s sake!

This artsy necklace by Tatty Devine and Rob Ryan is one of many unique pieces found in this Londoner’s website. I love it!

Yes, the director of Alice in Wonderland. Well my “little” brother loves a Nightmare Before Chrtistmas so this is for him.

It includes unseen works from Tim Burton archive and the best thing is it’s illustrated with moving-image stills, puppets, maquettes and painted art. It can be found in MoMA’s store.

Sometimes I feel like being a French man or perhaps Charlie Chaplin! Now with these mugs from Peter Ibruegger I can be whoever I want!

Where have you been all my life?! This 12.3 MP retro-looking Olympus is the world’s smallest SLR with interchangeable lenses! It also includes art filter effects such as pop art and pinhole effect. oh I love you.

Super Nintendo lovers reunite! …Since Snow White’s temptation seems to have been sold out it would be an honor to have Yoshi eat my apple instead.

Oh and I would very much like world peace.

Thank you.

I will leave you piña colada under the palm tree (just for a change).

So, YoshiMacPro readers, after a bit of a break from blogging, I have come back and the following post will contain a mix of recently past news! Sorry about the delay, I have moved to Seattle, WA, And I had to drive from Nova Scotia, Canada so it was long. Here are the past two weeks biggest news hits for Apple:

iTunes Movie Bundles.

iTunes has begun to release “bundles” which are like boxsets in RL. The idea of it is simple, to boost sales through packages like the Godfather 1 & 2 which is being sold for 14.99 where as individually bought they are 9.99 each. I believe it would be a brilliant idea for iTunes to roll out deals like ‘Buy One, Get One Half Price’. Whether or not that happens in the future, I would think it would really boost sales of popular and classic movies. A question I have is, Will we see this kind of “bundle” deal with Artists and they’re albums?

iPhone has passed Windows Mobile.

In October, the iPhone surpassed Windows mobile by almost 2 Million users. The iPhone sits around 9 Million now where as Window Mobile sits at around 6.5 Million. This is a brilliant accomplishment, we still have a far bit to go until we hit close to RIM’s user bracket but with Windows Mobile sitting around the same amount for Feburary, May, July and October, shouldn’t be too hard. After all, we’re placing second. iPhone ftw.

Intel and the tale of the 32-nm Arrandale Processors.

Intel has given word that the highly anticipated Arrandale and Grantdale Processors will be at CES, The Consumer Electronics Show on the 7th of January. The Arrandale has been given alot of light from blogs and news feeds due to rumours of Apple adopting them for the next generation of MacBook Pro’s. On the contrary though, some reports have left people thinking that Apple may skip this set of chips.

Lets say, iPhone is a hit in Japan?

The iPhone has been reported to have a 46.1% win of the smartphone market in Japan. The report says that Japan user count of the iPhone is around 3 million, showing a 10% increase. I believe when the iPhone first hit Japan, it wasn’t looking as good as numbers have turned out now, All across the board we could say that the iPhone is a winner, Internationally.

Verizon burnt they’re bridges or just getting started?

Anthony Melone, Verizon’s Chief Technology officer has said in an interview that Verizon has made upgrades to their network, and even enough to be able to handle a larger network traffic created by the iPhone. I think once mid 2010 rolls around, we may be seeing a massive increase in the iPhone smartphone market share. Remembering, AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity has been rumoured to run out in the new year.

There was once a lassie named Lulu who wears a long black skirt and a white shirt, with a black hat. She got pregnant with a child that she named Kimberly Ann Possible. The father of the child didn’t stick around, and would never be mentioned again.

Skipping ahead fourteen years….

Lulu decided to move to a small island where only one other family lived: The Ziaglotzus. They were a family of Pokemon: Eevee (the mother), Char (the father, a Charmander), Jolty (the son, a Jolteon) and Vapor (the daughter, a Vaporeon). Logically,  a Charmander and Eevee can’t have children but ignore that fact. Eevee was not a normal Eevee, though. She was a God-like creature, able to control anything and everything simply by making a vooooosh sound. They also have a black cat named Xavior who is obsessed with bacon and has the ability to speak.

Jolty was always messing around with electronics, and Vapor loved trying to make robots. Kim was a fashion guru, and Lulu was simply….dumb. In human years, Jolty and Kim were the same age, and eventually they became very close. They began to “date”, and Vapor became jealous because she didn’t have her best friend (Jolty) around anymore. Vapor became more involved in her robotics, and finally succeeded in creating a working one.

Vapor named this black and grey creation FBI. After that she created many more: Red, Kristi, two sisters for Kristi, and eventually CIA. They were pretty much her servants. Meanwhile, Lulu had decided to adopt a girl named Betty Lou who was Kim’s age. She started off as the devil incarnate, but would later transition to a ditzy bubble of nothing.

Jolty frequently had wars going on with aliens who would randomly show up and destroy the houses on Ziaglotzu Island. Kim and Jolty were very on-and-off through the years. When she wasn’t with Jolty, she was usually with CIA who had taken a quick liking to her. At some point, Kristi and her sisters moved in with Lulu, Kim, and Betty Lou.

Eevee and Kim became rather close friends….but she had to keep it quiet because the humans weren’t supposed to know of Eevee’s existence. Eevee was the last of her kind other than her idiot brother (a big stuffed Eevee) who was married to a human and had half-fuzzy children with mutated tail things. However, Eevee and Char were not doing well at all and eventually they split up.

Char and Lulu then got married. Kim’s birth-father’s father showed up for the wedding, randomly enough. Apparently, Kim’s father was a grasshopper, just like her grandfather. Her grandfather would live with them until his dying day. Jolty managed to defeat the worst of the alien clans attacking the Ziaglotzu’s (for the Eevee powers) and the surviving aliens became servants.

Vapor got lost on the mainland (true story: Angela lost her in the layout and didn’t tell us until we had torn it up…). So, her robots were now free to do whatever they wanted…causing slight mayhem. Jolty was now usually engrossed in his destructive creations, or the occasional make-up gift for Kim. The most successful of which being the Yoshi he created her, and later on a Poshi to be Yoshi’s girlfriend. The ‘Oshi’s had many kids…but they all seemed to die after a short amount of time.

Without Vapor to maintain the robot’s health, Kristi and her sisters slowly decayed and ceased to exist on Ziaglotzu Island. For some reason, the male robots were just fine.  Red and Betty Lou began to date, while Kim and Jolty split for the final time, vowing to never be together again. So far, they have stuck to it.

Due to old age, Eevee’s powers have begun to ebb. Jolty and Kim have both graduated high school. Jolty runs an orphanage/fast food service while caring for Yoshi and Poshi because Kim does not want them anymore. Kim is running a school for the orphans. Xavior is the principal of Kimberly Ann Possible’s School for Orphans. The aliens have  been released from their service to the citizens of Ziaglotzu Island and have returned home with the understanding that if they attack again, there will be no survivors.

The End.

…..for now…..

WWE Monday Night RAW: December 14, 2009

After a very impressive PPV last night, and some new stars at the top, tonight should be a very interesting Monday Night Raw. Tonight is the Slammy Awards hosted by one of my favorite comedians, Dennis Miller, and the preview says there is a 4 man tournament tonight, which I assume the finals will be Cena v. Undertaker since there is no way Vince can wait till Wrestlemania for that. So let’s get on with the show.

We open the show with a preview of tonight’s Slammy Awards, and surprisingly no recap of the PPV. I assume that’ll come later, unless they plan to overturn the Sheamus win, which I can see happening. RAW is live and we have Undertaker v. Orton & Cena v. Punk, winners face each other for the Superstar of the year. Like CM Punk has a chance in hell of winning that.

1. Justin Roberts introduces our host for tonight, the great Dennis Miller. This guy is so cool and funny; when he left SNL is when I pretty much stopped watching. Dennis says after the pyro went off he’s deaf and incontinent. Dennis makes some jokes about the awards, Vickie Guerrero and D-X jokes. I think some of Dennis’ jokes are a little over the head of the crowd and especially Michael Cole. They show a picture of Cena & Obama and the crowd boos, and Dennis says one went thru a table, and one has brought nothing to a table. Dennis plugs the Tribute to the Troops show and his organization, which was pretty classy and cool. Dennis introduces our first presenters Jillian Hall, who looks amazing tonight, and R-Truth. Jillian is in a very nice black dress, and has a nice pair…of Slammy Awards! They are presenting the tag team of the year, I vote for Jillian for best tag team!!! Jillian tries to sing, and R-Truth cuts her off and tells her to shut up, what a jerk. Nominees for Tag Team, D-X (who probably wins), Legacy, Hart Dynasty (who I’d like to see win) & Jerishow (who should win). Jillian announces the winner is Jerishow! Nice to see the team who deserves it most wins, maybe this isn’t all kayfabed, sucks they lost the titles last night. Jericho is the most entertaining part of the WWE right now. Jericho says were you expecting someone else? He continues by saying he could feign surprise, but why bother. Jericho says he wants to thank two people, the cowardly Edge for getting injured, and himself, for choosing Big Show as his partner. Big Show says the microphone is made for shorter people as he has to lean over to talk. Show says he will retain, Jericho corrects him with regain, the tag titles in the near future. Chris says he is invoking their rematch clause tonight. We get the same three man team from last night, Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole and Matt Striker. The go over the recap of last night’s PPV and Sheamus’ shocking win. Matt Striker says Tiffany and Teddy Long will present an award later tonight. We get the vote for diva of the year promo, I voted for Mickie of course!

2. Ruthless Roundtable v. Christian, Kane & Great Khali. William Regal, Ezekiel Jackson & Vladimir Kozlov in the ring and Regal has the microphone. Regal says despite what happened last week, they are on the same team tonight and he challenges Christian and two others for a match tonight. Christian comes out limping and introduces his tag team partners, let me guess Kane & Knox, and I was half right! I’m in the minority but I’m glad to see Khali back, I’m his only fan but I think he’s awesome. We start with Kozlov & Khali, Kozlov goes for a kick and Khali pushes him back, Kozlov goes for a takedown and a series of head butts, Khali catches him with a big boot. Kozlov takes in Zeke, who gets taken down and Christian comes in from the top rope with a crossbody. Christian nails Regal, but gets caught by Zeke with a backbreaker; Regal gets tagged in and gets pounded by William. Christian hits a forearm to make the tag to Kane, who destroys Regal with the side slam. Kane up top and hits the flying lariat for a near fall, as Kozlov break the pin and Zeke in, clotheslining Kane down and Kozlov tags himself in and eats a boot. Khali tagged in, hits the chop for the win. 3.25/5 I enjoyed the match, but I like 5 out of 6 of these guys, so I’m biased. Still a nice opening match. We go back to Dennis Miller who introduces Tiffany & Teddy Long for Breakout Star of the year. Tiffany looking good in a red dress, very hot! Nominees are Drew McIntyre, Sheamus (who should/will win), and Yoshi Tatsu & Abraham Washington. The winner is the new WWE champion, Sheamus! Sheamus comes out to a chorus of boos, and says now people should take him seriously. Sheamus says he beat Cena and put him through the table, as the crowd starts the stupid “What” chant, as Sheamus goes over the Hall of Famers who never won a title. Sheamus proudly holds the title high as the fans chant “you suck”; he says Cena will never get the title back. We go to commercial and come back to Cole & Lawler kissing John Cena’s ass, as Striker tells them to put on an orange shirt and shut up. We get a promo of the other 3 in the running for Superstar of the year, which Punk should win.

3. Cody Rhodes v. Kofi Kingston. This should be a good match, as Cody has improved so much since his teaming with Hardcore Holly. I love that Kofi lost night and still has that big grin, does have any idea he lost? Kofi has his shoulder heavily bandaged after blocking the punt; the crowd is chanting Cody which is surprising. They start out in the ropes and Cody goes for the arm, but Kofi gets out of the way. Kofi with a shoulderblock, which hurt him, Kofi hits a nice dropkick and the jumping lariat, then the boom drop as DiBiase makes the run in and out comes Evan Bourne, as we probably get a tag match now, otherwise this is a DUD. Dennis Miller comes out and says he got a Slammy for best Guest Host for restarting the match as a tag match, just like I figured. Kofi & Bourne dive on Legacy as we go to commercial; we come back to DiBiase with an arm bar on Kingston. DiBiase works over the arm, and tags in Rhodes who nails the arm and tags Ted back in. Kofi tries to fight back with one arm and gets taken down again. Striker makes a Marine joke about DiBiase as Cole plugs the Marine 2. Legacy continues to work over the arm over Kofi Kingston with a series of quick tags. Kofi finally makes the tag to Evan Bourne who hits a nice Hurricanrana and spin kick on Rhodes, followed by the knee drop in mid air. Kofi and DiBiase on the floor as Evan then kicked Cody Rhodes to the ropes. Rhodes counters and hits Cross Rhodes for the win. 2.75/5 quick paced tag match, glad they made it a tag match instead of just ending there. Dennis Miller apologizes for the show open and says he should just come out and yell suck it! He introduces the presenters of Santino Marella & Vickie Guerrero; this should be comedy gold as they present the Shocker of the Year. Nominees are Randy Orton DDTs Stephanie (should win), Batista’s heel turn (will win), CM Punk retires Jeff Hardy & Sheamus putting Cubin throw the table. CM Punk wins; I’m surprised as I thought Batista would get it. CM Punk comes out proudly and gets cut off for commercial. We come back to CM Punk’s speech as he insults the crowd, and says he wants to thank himself for having a great year as he goes over his accomplishments for this year. He forgets to mention, he’s made Festus entertaining!

4. CM Punk v. John Cena. Yeah, like Punk has chance of winning this match! John Cena comes out and the crowd cheers, I can’t for the life of me figure out why. We start out as Cena knocks down Punk, Punk returns with a series of knee lifts. Punk hits the knee to the corner/bulldog combo for a near fall. Punk locks in the arm bar, and Cena powers out, kicking Punk, Punk counters to the GTS, Cena reverses to the STF. Punk almost makes the ropes, and Cena pulls him back and locks it back in for a quick win. DUD way to squash Punk, what a waste of time that was. Way to not even give Punk a chance in this match, why he’s in the dog is beyond me. Someone please gag the idiot that keeps screaming, she’s driving me nuts. Cena does the usual crying after losing the title as he apologizes for failing last night. I think Cena fails as a wrestler, he’s overrated and undertalented, he doesn’t deserve to be where he is in the business while guys like Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas & William Regal get no respect. Cena says people may have lost faith in him, but he says that’s ok, and to those who still believes he says he won’t give up. Cena says his road to Wrestlemania starts tonight, and he can’t be stopped. Cena steals Swagger’s gimmick by saying he won’t lose another match, of course you won’t, because you’re Vince’s cash cow. We go back to Dennis Miller, who thanks the WWE for the Tribute to the Troops. Dennis introduces Triple H to present the Match of the Year. Triple gets Dennis Miller’s name wrong and says D-X will defend the titles tonight. Nominees are Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels (will win), John Cena v. Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy v. Edge (should win), Raw v. Smackdown 14 man tag match. Shawn v. Undertaker wins, of course, and Shawn comes out. It was only a good match because the rest of the show sucked. I say Edge/Hardy was ten times better then that match and truly deserves it. Triple H says he had to follow the match, and didn’t stand a chance. That’s because Triple H/Orton at Mania was horrible, as was the rest of Wrestlemania. Shawn is out to brag about the match, but why not Undertaker? Shawn grabs the award, and starts to leave as the fans chant “HBK”; Shawn challenges Undertaker to a rematch. Shawn says he can beat Undertaker and wants a rematch at Wrestlemania 26, let’s hope not.

5. Undertaker v. Randy Orton. I still say Undertaker wins this match, to set up Cena/Undertaker main event tonight. Don’t know if that will be better then Orton v. Cena match number 2753, but at least it’s fresh. Undertaker starts out with a shoulderblock and goes for Old School, which is countered by Orton. Cole & Lawler ignore Striker who says Batista should be the champ, and I agree, and I hate Batista as much as I hate Cena. Both men slug it out and Taker with an advantage, as he hits Snake Eyes and Big Boot combo, as Cole yells out vintage. Taker gets a near fall and goes for the Chokeslam, Orton counters and clotheslines Taker over the top rope, both men outside the ring. Undertaker hits the apron leg drop on Randy Orton, who gets distracted by Legacy. Orton hits an RKO on Undertaker outside the ring and Orton slides in the ring for the win. DUD another complete waste of time, these matches have sucked so far. Legacy roll Undertaker back in and start yelling at him, Undertaker takes Legacy out and chokeslams Orton. Undertaker stands over Orton, as we get Orton v. Cena tonight, yawn. We come back from commercial to Dennis Miller, who says we’re two hours into a seventeen hour show, it feels like it. Miller introduces Vince McMahon, whose music cuts off Dennis Miller’s jokes. Vince McMahon presents the Guest Host of the Year Award. Vince asks if the crowd is dead as he says the audience is lousy, no Vince the show has sucked so far. Nominees include Bob Barker (should win), Seth Green, Shaq (will win) & Osbournes. Vince announces Bob Barker wins the award, and he’s shown on the big screen. Bob says thanks to the RAW audience and he’s proud to have won the award and he had a great time being on RAW. He looked like he had a lot of fun when he was hosting, so I’m glad he won that, may have been the highlight of RAW. Vince asks Dennis who he’d name as Guest Host and Dennis replies with Bret “Hitman” Hart and the place erupts!!! Vince mentions the Montreal Screwjob and says he would not do it, Dennis asks the crowd and we get a hell yeah! Vince just walks off the stage, looking pretty pissed off. Wonder if we will ever get Bret as guest host, it’s been rumored for a while. After the commercial we get Dennis Miller backstage with Chris Jericho, who thanks Dennis for showing him respect. Dennis starts one of his legendary rants!!! I love it!!! Dennis calls Jericho a black hole and makes a Kayne/Taylor Swift joke. I hope Jerishow wins the belts back tonight, because RAW is going to suck without him.

6. D-X v. Jerishow. Jericho has his arm and leg both bandaged as Lawler mentions Little People Court, so we’re not letting that die? Jericho and Triple H start the match, and Triple H does a school boy push over on the ref, and that’s the match. DUD seriously, that’s the match. What the @%#^ was that, what a load of garbage if they don’t have the match. Triple H says that was your one rematch you get, so Jericho is done and needs to leave RAW now. This is the most ridiculous pile of crap I’ve ever seen, this show is failing fast. D-X calls out the D-X army of R-Truth, Hurricane, Finlay, Cryme Tyme, Christian and Shelton Benjamin. Jericho turns around to yell at the army and eats Sweet Chin Music, as he rolls out of the ring the D-X army pushes his up the ramp and out of the arena. We may have a new contender for worst episode of RAW ever, as we see Jericho being pushed out of the arena. Carlito, Chris Masters & Eve come out to present the Extreme Moment of the Year award, as Masters does his boob bounce move, I’d rather see Eve do that!!! Carlito says he can do it too as he asks Eve if she can do it, he says he’ll never know. Nominees are Kofi’s Boom Drop on Orton through the table (will win), Big Show throwing Cena through the light (should win), and Jeff Hardy dives on CM Punk & Triple H’s home invasion. Jeff Hardy wins in tonight’s WTF moment, as Matt accepts the award. Matt Hardy says Jeff is honored to have won the award, Carlito says he won, why Matt is accepting. Carlito clobbers Matt Hardy and accepts the award for him, as Carlito does a great acceptance speech as Eve takes the award. Masters locks Carlito in the Masterlock and throws him to Matt who knocks Carlito out. They then play the trailer for Marine 2, who cares?

7. The Miz, Zack Ryder & Drew McIntyre v. John Morrison, Yoshi Tatsu & Mark Henry. Well, I guess this is a way to get six guys on the show, as you know the matches have been so long tonight, yeah that’s sarcasm! Nice to see the young guys get some camera time; let’s hope for a good long match. Striker points out the mistake he made last night about the title changes in Texas, which I pointed out in my TLC recap!!! John Morrison lost his fur coat, looks strange without it. It looked well, until the introduced Mark Henry, the talent level took a huge drop just then. It’s cool seeing the IC and US champs on the same team. Mark Henry and Miz start up, as Mark Henry powers Miz up overhead and drops Miz. Henry tags in John Morrison who hits a side leg sweep on his former partner. John with the standing shooting star for a two count, Miz tags in Drew, John pulls him down and misses the run kick as Drew tags out to Ryder. Yoshi begs to be tagged in and John obliges. Zack whips Yoshi in and Tatsu with a shoulderblock, nice little sequence there, Tatsu with the kick for the three! 2/5 way to quick a match should’ve been a lot more time for this match, whatever, let’s just end this damn show now.

8. Mickie James, Melina, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, and Maria & Bella Twins v. Michelle McCool, Layla, Rosa Mendes, Natalya, Beth Phoenix, Maryse & Alicia Fox. I give this less than five minutes for this match, as the divas get no respect ever. All the girls are in evening gowns, so this means it won’t be long, Michelle has pick up Layla and help her in as her dress is too tight. I really don’t care anymore, as this is going to be quick but still painful. The bell rings and Rosa kicks Mickie to start and pulls her down, wonder if we get a slip like on TNA two weeks ago, Lawler hopes for a slip too. Mickie hits a Hurricanrana on Rosa and the DDT for the win. DUD what was the point of introducing 14 divas when only two were in the ring. This show is a complete and utter waste of ^$@#^ time. Goldust and MVP come out to introduce Diva of the Year, which Michelle probably wins. MVP announces the Slammy goes to Maria, what the hell, why? She’s been gone for months and done nothing, sure she’s hot, but she’s useless, might as well have been Rosa winning. To quote Bart Simpson, “I didn’t think it was possible to suck and blow at the same time”. Batista comes out and does a Kayne West thing to Maria, whatever. Dennis Miller introduces the next trainwreck, his words not mine, Abraham Washington, Tony Atlas and Big Dick Johnson, who announce the Oh My moment of the Year. Tony Atlas can’t stop laughing, which is making the show, which shows how bad this crap has been. Nominees are Chris Masters’ dancing pecs, Shawn superkicks a little girl (will win), Michael Cole puking & Santino gets pied (should win). Michael Cole win, and he jumps on Lawler and runs up the ramp, like the tool he is. Cole gives a stupid speech about JR, and Dennis Miller comes back out. Dennis says he has to take his eyes out with a power drill after seeing Bick Dick Johnson, got to agree. Eighteen minutes to go, I think I can, I think I can. We get some more D-X crap, which I fast forward, thankfully as I see Hornswoggle involved that saved me 5 minutes.

9. John Cena v. Randy Orton. Eleven minutes left, and I still see Sheamus losing the belt before we end. Cena starts out quick pounding Orton and hits a poor fisherman Suplex for a near count. Cena with a big slam and elbow drop, Cena misses a bulldog and Orton throws his out of the ring. John Cena rammed into the ring post by Orton and thrown back in the ring for a near fall. Orton stomps on Cena, as the announcers care as much as I do as they recap the Slammy winners and talk about Shawn challenging Undertaker. I’d love to see Orton score an upset, but so not happening. I can see why as Orton is still stomping on John and doing his facial expressions he does so well. Orton goes for a slam, Cena reverses into a bulldog, and Cena climbs the ropes and drops the leg for a near fall. Vintage Orton, as Cole says, with the backbreaker for another near fall. Cena tries to pull himself up and Orton punches him down, then a quick clothesline for a two count. Orton with a Garvin Stomp, can there be a stupid move in wrestling? Orton misses the knee drop and Cena with a pair of shoulderblocks, followed by the fistdrop. Cena goes for FU, countered to RKO, countered to STFU, countered again; Cena hits FU for a near fall. Orton rolls out of the ring, catching Cena with the DDT on the floor. Orton rolls Cena in and Cena of course kicks out as Orton continues the facial expressions. Orton readies for the punt kick and misses, Cena with the FU for the win. 2.5/5 well, was better than expected, but ended as expected. Sheamus appears on the ramp showing the title to John Cena as the show mercifully ends.

Match Recap

1. Christian, Kane & Great Khali beat Ruthless Roundtable 3.25/5
2. Legacy beat Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne 2.75/5
3. John Cena squashed CM Punk DUD
4. Randy Orton win via countout over Undertaker DUD
5. Jerishow beat D-X by disqualification DUD
6. Yoshi Tatsu, John Morrison & Mark Henry beat Miz, Drew McIntyre & Zack Ryder 2/5
7. Team Mickie beats Team Michelle in about a minute DUD
8. John Cena beats Randy Orton 2.5/5

Slammy recap

1. Tag Team presented by Jillian Hall & R-Truth, won by Jerishow
2. Teddy Long & Tiffany present Breakout Star of the year, won by Sheamus
3. Santino & Vickie present the Shocker of the Year, won by CM Punk
4. Triple H presents the Match of Year, which is won by Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels
5. Vince McMahon presents Guest Host of the Year, won by Bob Barker
6. Carlito, Chris Masters & Eve present the Extreme Moment of the Year, won by Jeff Hardy
7. Goldust & MVP announce Maria wins Diva of the Year
8. Abraham Washington, Tony Atlas & Big Dick present Oh My, won by Michael Cole
9. John Cena wins Superstar of the Year

What a horrible excuse for a show that was, it’s bad when Khali has match of the night. It was just three hours of crap and the matches were rushed, especially the diva match. I’m too fed to talk anymore about this show, bring on the good show, ECW. I give this show an F, worse than last week’s Impact, which sucked. Only good things were Dennis Miller and Bob Barker.

ECW on SyFy: December 8, 2009

After another lackluster episode of RAW I’m looking forward to this week’s ECW.  I don’t even know what the matches are, but ECW never fails to entertain. I just read the match listings for this week’s TNA Impact and wow does it ever look bad. This may not be a good week for TNA Impact, but for now let’s focus on the soon to be extinct ECW.

1. We open the show with Josh Matthews in the ring talking about the Christian and Shelton ladder match in 5 days. Suddenly Vladimir Kozlov’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring. Kozlov grabs the mic and calls out Ezekiel Jackson, and Jackson comes down the aisle. Both men start slugging it out and Regal comes out to break it up. Regal struggling to keep his team together as he is on his knees begging them to not fight it out, when suddenly Shelton’s music hits. Shelton asks Regal what he’s doing, and starts a chant of “Let Them Fight”, William Regal responds by saying this has nothing to do with Shelton and there are three of them and one of him, which brings out Captain Charisma and Yoshi Tatsu. I smell a six man tag tonight, good thing this happened or we wouldn’t have a main event tonight. Kozlov says something in Russian and Christian responds with “That’s what she said”. Shelton throws out the challenge for the six man tag and Regal says none of you have any authority, which of course brings out Tiffany who says she has authority. She offers a choice; either a six man tag or Kozlov & Jackson can fight each other. Regal responds that tonight will be a six man tag; Jackson grabs the mic and says he wants Kozlov tonight, which leaves Kozlov who decides he wants the six man match. Thus giving us the six man tag main event tonight, should be a good match.
2. Vance Archer v. Tommy Dreamer. We’re finally going to see Lance Hoyt in a real match tonight, let’s hope he does better then Braden Walker, he’s been here longer! Tommy with a go behind, Archer with an elbow, followed by the shoulder block. Vance misses and elbow but backs Tommy in the corner.  Tommy able to counter a backdrop but gets caught in a full nelson bomb, Archer with a near fall. Vance chokes Tommy in the corner by placing a knee in the back of the head of Tommy, impressive looking. Vance whips Tommy in the corner and then stands on Dreamer’s head. Dreamer tries for a back slide and gets hit with a short arm clothesline; Archer then hits a nice vertical Suplex. Tommy tries to fight back and gets a nice elbow and a flying clothesline, followed up with a neck breaker and a cross body for a two count. Tommy on the ropes and Archer runs at him and misses, tumbling to the floor, Tommy follows up with a baseball slide and the running somersault off the apron. Archer rolled back in and Dreamer to the top rope, but gets caught by Vance who goes for a superplex, but Archer knocked down and Tommy hits a frog splash for a near fall. Dreamer readies for the DDT, but Archer counters with the big boot. Archer then hits the reverse DDT for the win. 3/5 Impressive actually, Tommy helped pull a good match out of Archer. Very good opening match and I have to admit, I’m slowly being impressed by Vance. We get a recap of the masked Burchill attacking Hurricane last week. Paul and Katie backstage in masks with Tiffany. Burchill says he is the Ripper and never lost to the Hurricane. Gregory Helms comes in and Tiffany says great, the Justice League is here. Tiffany says Ripper can earn his contract by beating Hurricane. Now over to Rosa & Ryder who are arguing who’s sweeter. Zack introduces Dreamer as a dinosaur, he says he used to be a fan of Dreamer and his time is over. Zack says he wants to be the guy who ends Dreamer’s career and then walks away.
3. Trent Barreta & Caylen Croft v. Mark Franks & Danny Vaughn. No recap needed as this is obviously a squash match for the two newcomers. 2.5/5 quick and easy victory for the team of Barreta & Croft.
4. Christian, Yoshi Tatsu & Shelton Benjamin v. The Ruthless Roundtable. This should be a good match, four talents and two powerhouses. We start with Christian and Jackson, Christian with a go behind and Jackson powers Christian to the corner. Christian uses his quickness to avoid the big man, but Jackson catches him and slams Christian down twice and then makes the tag to Regal who comes in and gets backslide. Christian tags in Yoshi who then tags in Shelton. Quick series of tag with Christian’s team as they hold Regal in the corner.  Regal finally gets some offense and tags in the big Russian, Christian then brings in Tatsu. Yoshi with a series of kicks on Kozlov and then tags in Benjamin. Benjamin gets lifted on the shoulder of Kozlov, but slides down and hits the spin kick. Kozlov powers Shelton to the corner and throws Benjamin over the top as we go to commercial. We come back and Regal has Benjamin in the Stretch, Shelton fights out but gets taken down as Jackson tagged in. Jackson with a big clothesline in the corner for a near fall, Jackson continues to pound Shelton down and tags in Regal. Regal drops the knee on Shelton, and brings in the Moscow Mauler who kicks Shelton in the ribs. Kozlov with the head butts followed by the belly to belly Suplex. Kozlov with a reverse bear hug as Benjamin fighting his way out, but gets powered into the corner. Shelton gets the knee up on the charging Kozlov, but Kozlov continues to pound on Benjamin. Shelton tries to crawl his way to his corner while Kozlov still squeezing Benjamin, Kozlov goes to a chin lock as Shelton fights his way up. Benjamin with a nice forearm from the top rope, but Vladimir able to get a hold of Benjamin again and tags in Regal who continues the pounding on Shelton. Shelton makes the tag, but the ref did not see it and Shelton back in the Roundtable’s corner. Jackson continues to make Benjamin play the Ricky Morton role in this match, as Shelton really needs a tag. Regal goes for a clothesline but Shelton counters and tags in Tatsu as Regal tags in Jackson. Yoshi with the buzzsaw kicks on Ezekiel but goes after Kozlov and gets clotheslined. Jackson goes for the tag and Kozlov drops down and walks away. Jackson goes after his and knocks Kozlov down. Regal tries to slow down Jackson and Jackson counted out. 4/5 excellent main event, great match between six excellent athletes.  Shelton flies over the top rope on Regal and Jackson after the bell. Christian & Yoshi grab a ladder and Christian sets it up in the ring. Christian climbs the ladder and Benjamin springboards off the top rope to the ladder and both men at the top of the ladder as the show fades out. That is going to be a great match.

Match recap

1. Vance Archer over Tommy Dreamer 3/5
2. Trent Barreta & Caylen Croft beat Mark Franks & Danny Vaughn 2.5/5
3. Shelton Benjamin, Yoshi Tatsu & Christian beat Ruthless Roundtable 4/5

Yet another great show from ECW, three good matches on tonight’s show. Nothing else to say, but very enjoyable episode.

For a while there I was getting bored of the Wii, but I think that Nintendo was reading our minds. Why mess with something that worked so well?

Nintendo has re-introduced the side-scrolling traditional platform video game. A game that many of us grew up loving. The new Wii Super Mario does not disappoint.

So far, I’ve noticed elements from the first Mario Bros on the Nintendo, the third Mario on the Nintendo, the Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo, AND the Mario World on the Nintendo 64. The music, the castles, the secrets, the Yoshis, the goombas, right down to Bowser’s minions; will all have you smiling down memory lane, with new levels of course.

This version has incorporated it all into one fabulous and entertaining video game. You may be asking yourself, well what’s new with it then?

 Cooperative game play.

Super Mario Wii can have 4 players playing at the same time going through the levels. Will you play as a team, or will you run through leaving your comrades behind? As you get further into the levels, you realize that you really do have to work as a team. If you do not cooperate, you will indeed fail. Of course, you can still play solo, but it’s always more fun with friends or family.

If not too late, this game makes a wonderful Christmas gift for kids and adult kids, like myself. I will reveal nothing further, go and see for yourselves!

 ~Darleya~

These are like the funnest things ever.  I wish I could have interned at the Shrinky Dink factory one summer.

Barkley got the sweetest care package the other day from his friend Yoshi. It was full of toys and treats—tennis balls, toys, a food/water bowl, and his favorite of all: the rope bone.

Thank you, Yoshi! You’re the best. <3

Buff1 “It’s A 1derful Life”

Crown Royale (Buff1 & DJ Rhettmatic) “Photographs”

Midwest heavy hitter Buff1 delivers his newest
project It’s A 1derful Life. Though it’s billed as a
mixtape, those aware of Buff1’s catalog know
that this is no karaoke show. It features
some of his most acclaimed features, new
collaborations & exclusive material.
Click The Cover To Download.
Enjoy.

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Sorry about the language, this is not my video, just ignore it.

After asking Luke about the compassionate and sentimental side of the story would be like, he gave me a list of relationships that will be the main focus of the movie. And wow, quite frankly saying there will be a lot just doesn’t come close:

Oroku Saki & Oroku Nagi

Oroku Saki & Hamato Yoshi

Hamato Yoshi & Tang Shen

Turtles & Splinter

Turtles & Turtles

Baxter & Wife/Daughter

^ Yes this is good, very good, finally some interaction between ‘each other’ in this movie. Honestly I’ve felt things grow cold between the turtles, and even between Splinter. While not all these relationships feature love and growth as a family (such as the turtles will have in the movie), each will have a unique theme from the other. Take Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi for example, it will be of conflict and how things turned for the worse between them. With some detailed information about these relationships we can clear your thoughts of doubts and idea’s you may think will be relevant to the purpose of each relationship, but for now, I’m afraid you’ll just have to keep those doubts and idea’s till the time that I do have the information XD.

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Well changing the subject, let’s talk about the turtles weapons and how the turtles weapons greatly match their personalities:

So where did they get their weapons, was Splinter involved?

As the person who trained the turtles and understands their abilities and character better than anyone, Splinter would have also decided who shall use which weapon. Ensuring the right turtle receives the right weapon is a huge responsibility. The sword is suited for a different personality than the sai, and only the right personality will bring out the weapon’s true potential. This is something only a ninja master would know, like Splinter.

So why were the turtles chosen to use their weapons?

The first thing that must be done is to analyze each weapon to better understand how they would compliment the user. The weapons in our vision are their own character and possess their own personality. In a sense, this allows us to create a relationship between each turtle and their weapon. The more they understand each other, the more powerful they will become together.

CONTINUE READING.

Truly, now that I’ve viewed that article, I can see why each weapon was chosen for each turtle. Now, if only I can see a REAL ninja turtle action scene, far more played out and detailed (I even hope to see some matrix styled action 83) then even the latest CGI-Film released back in 2007.

Okay guys, that’s it for now, stay tuned for the next update =D.

Happy Black Friday!!!!! If you are not from the U.S., it is just like Boxing Day in Canada.

For the Maze, I can’t really explain it so here’s the map.

Step 1: Go to the Ski Village

Step 2: Click the Red Button

Step3: Click the Red Button to show the Map.

The Map will look like this:

How to get the Yeti Costume:

Step1: You will need to find the end of the maze

Step 2: Go inside and it will look like this

Step 3: Walk over to the Big Bin That Says Prize

How to Get the Blue Pom Pom Toque:

Go to the Ski Hill

Click on the Big Bin That Says Free

This should come up, Click “Yes” and you now have this item.

New Sleds

Snow And Sports Catalog Cheats:

Click the Green Penguin’s Face for the Green Hockey Jersey

Click The Lime Green Penguin’s Face for the Green Goalie Gear

Click the word Ice in Ice Skating for the White Pom Poms