WWF/WWE/ECW/WCW

It's just not as much fun without your input akeldama so I'm calling it a night.

Oh yeah, and Alexa got totally naked on this show.  I hope you got it on DVR. 

tohostudios wrote:

It's just not as much fun without your input akeldama so I'm calling it a night.

Sorry man, I have been watching it and am at the commercials before the Total Bella skits. I got called to be a witness for an investigation at work so I had to type up a statement. Let me go back and read your posts and give input, I was trying to hurry cuz I knew after tonight you're gonna be too involved in MLB so I wanted to talk SD Live.

tohostudios wrote:

I miss Mauro Ranallo on play by play on Smackdown.

I'm not sure what's going on with him and WWE.  A few weeks ago he was the play by play announcer on Premier Boxing on CBS and he hasn't been back on Smackdown since.  I was amazed when he showed up on CBS as a boxing announcer because typically Vince likes his announcers to only do WWE events. 

The first Smackdown he missed they said it was due to the snowstorm in the northeast.  Last week they said he was sick.  Now he's not on the broadcast again. 

And interestingly, there's a PBC boxing event on FS1 in 45 minutes.  I'm going to flip over to that to see if Ranallo is calling boxing again.

I like his calling style for WWE.  He's like Jim Ross in that he calls it like it's an actual sport.

Mauro suffers from bi-polar disorder and has to check out at times. I wondered if that was the case since He first missed. I like his play by play style too.

tohostudios wrote:

Layfield is on a roll!

Ellsworth comes out to introduce Carmella and JBL says "Is this the National Geographic Channel?".  Then later he says "He's like a cross between a manatee and an ugly earthworm."

That was hilarious! I almost yakked when Ellsworth put Carmella's gum in his mouth and chewed it.

tohostudios wrote:

Oh yeah, and Alexa got totally naked on this show.  I hope you got it on DVR. 

Ya know, I used to feel bad I'd hear "Tohostudios" sung to the tune of "Sussudio" but not anymore. That was low, Toho. Low.

That segment was so freakin' hilarious! The pitter-patter of little feet part had me rolling.

The HLR part... damn!!!!

That whole deal with Miz/Maryse confronting Cena/Bella about the skits would actually have that being one of my more anticipated matches at WM.  Even though we all know Cena and Bella are winning it. 

But after those skits and the in-ring confrontation I have to admit I'm curious about how the whole match will go down.

akeldama wrote:

The HLR part... damn!!!!

That was golden wasn't it?  And probably a little too close to the truth.

It's just so embarrassing how much Nikki is a stray dog that found a home towards Cena and how he's just putting on an act. Last Tuesday on Talking Smack when Nikki was talking you could see on Cena's face that he just wanted her to shut up.

I watched Total Bellas with the wife in one sitting and John and Nikki were utterly horrible.

And you're right.

I'll probably still be posting here about RAW and Smackdown next week because the Cardinals open their season Sunday night on ESPN and are off until next Wednesday.  But after that I probably won't be around in this thread nearly as much.

akeldama wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

I miss Mauro Ranallo on play by play on Smackdown.

I'm not sure what's going on with him and WWE.  A few weeks ago he was the play by play announcer on Premier Boxing on CBS and he hasn't been back on Smackdown since.  I was amazed when he showed up on CBS as a boxing announcer because typically Vince likes his announcers to only do WWE events. 

The first Smackdown he missed they said it was due to the snowstorm in the northeast.  Last week they said he was sick.  Now he's not on the broadcast again. 

And interestingly, there's a PBC boxing event on FS1 in 45 minutes.  I'm going to flip over to that to see if Ranallo is calling boxing again.

I like his calling style for WWE.  He's like Jim Ross in that he calls it like it's an actual sport.

Mauro suffers from bi-polar disorder and has to check out at times. I wondered if that was the case since He first missed. I like his play by play style too.

I've flipped over to FS1's boxing coverage and he's not part of it.  Poor guy.  He's so good at what he does.  Even my Dad said he loved his boxing commentary because he brought some life to it.  And he had no clue he also announced on Smackdown.

I hope he gets whatever help he needs because he's too good at his job to just retire.

As a Braves fan I just keep quiet since they suck!

akeldama wrote:

As a Braves fan I just keep quiet since they suck!

But they're doing what the Cubs have done.  They've stockpiled a bunch of good, young players for when they move into that new stadium.

They also acquired a bunch of good, veteran pitchers in the offseason.  One of whom is former Cardinal Jaime Garcia.  If all those veteran pitchers can stay healthy, 1) they'll be a good influence on the young Braves pitchers coming up and 2) the Braves might be better than you think this year.

Regarding Mauro: On 205 Live one night he tried saying "he cleaned his clock" and ended up mispronouncing clock and said... "rooster" on accident and every week up to his absence AA and Graves gave him so much crap about it and Mauro didn't help matters cuz he kept saying it every week but said it right but they'd ask him, "cleaned his what, Mauro?"

tohostudios wrote:

akeldama wrote:

As a Braves fan I just keep quiet since they suck!

But they're doing what the Cubs have done.  They've stockpiled a bunch of good, young players for when they move into that new stadium.

They also acquired a bunch of good, veteran pitchers in the offseason.  One of whom is former Cardinal Jaime Garcia.  If all those veteran pitchers can stay healthy, 1) they'll be a good influence on the young Braves pitchers coming up and 2) the Braves might be better than you think this year.

It's possible. I was so disappointed in them I paid no attention to their offseason. I won't keep up with MLB until at least after NHL is over.

That tag match was atrocious. Plus they put the Andre Battle Royal on the preshow.

akeldama wrote:

Regarding Mauro: On 205 Live one night he tried saying "he cleaned his clock" and ended up mispronouncing clock and said... "rooster" on accident and every week up to his absence AA and Graves gave him so much crap about it and Mauro didn't help matters cuz he kept saying it every week but said it right but they'd ask him, "cleaned his what, Mauro?"

Doesn't surprise me.  AA and Graves are ruthless on commentary.

What did you think of Bray vs Harper, Toho?

tohostudios wrote:

akeldama wrote:

Regarding Mauro: On 205 Live one night he tried saying "he cleaned his clock" and ended up mispronouncing clock and said... "rooster" on accident and every week up to his absence AA and Graves gave him so much crap about it and Mauro didn't help matters cuz he kept saying it every week but said it right but they'd ask him, "cleaned his what, Mauro?"

Doesn't surprise me.  AA and Graves are ruthless on commentary.

They were a golden trio. As much as I can't stand AA he made a believer outta me on commentary. That's what made me end up liking KO as a wrestler as well.

akeldama wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

akeldama wrote:

As a Braves fan I just keep quiet since they suck!

But they're doing what the Cubs have done.  They've stockpiled a bunch of good, young players for when they move into that new stadium.

They also acquired a bunch of good, veteran pitchers in the offseason.  One of whom is former Cardinal Jaime Garcia.  If all those veteran pitchers can stay healthy, 1) they'll be a good influence on the young Braves pitchers coming up and 2) the Braves might be better than you think this year.

It's possible. I was so disappointed in them I paid no attention to their offseason. I won't keep up with MLB until at least after NHL is over.

Trust me, they are building.

MLB Network raved about their acquisitions last year and during the off-season.  Unless all those guys end up being busts (which isn't likely), they also added R.A. Dickey (knuckleballer), Bartolo Colon (former fastballer who learned how to actually pitch) and Jaime Garcia (a lefty, groundball specialist who has also had every surgery a pitcher can have).  Add Teheran to that rotation and if everyone stays healthy, that could be a great starting staff.  Plus with that variety of veteran starters and the stuff that they throw and have been through, they can be a world of help to up and coming guys the Braves have in the minors.

I hate how many "close but no cigar" wrestlers WWE has. It's especially frustrating that they have Harper that way.

akeldama wrote:

What did you think of Bray vs Harper, Toho?

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

You knew all along who was winning that one.

I'm more curious about what they're going to do at WM.  I'll completely HATE it if they put Orton over Bray.  But that's what I expect to happen.