Martha Hart sues WWE… Again.

(2021 Update: Yeah, so this has aged poorly.)

So yeah, Martha Hart is suing WWE again. It took me a while to figure out that she was Owen’s widow. Apparently she’s out of money from the last settlement she had ten years ago, so back to the well she goes.

I figured that if she were to sue because of WWE’s continued usage of Owen footage, she would have done it years ago when the Bret Hart DVD came out.
But whatever. I’m not a grieving widow who doesn’t want anything to do with the wrestling business and yet married a guy who was part of a huge wrestling family.

This family, sometimes… I just don’t know.

RAW (June 21st, 2010) – Bret Fired, Rookies Hired, Gold Turned to Shit

Two weeks ago, they had a goldmine angle in their hands. One week ago, they fucked it all up. This week, the angle is pretty much shitcanned, as all the former NXT rookies now have jobs. Great job, guys. Now no matter how much they try to recoup from this, I’m never going to get my hopes up ever again.

Now that I think about it, I’m sort of glad Bryan Danielson was fired. Saves him the embarrassment of being part of something that fell apart really fast.

Oh yeah, the NXT guys “apologize” and then beat up Vince, who’s a special enforcer in some match nobody cares about.

But on the bright side, Sheamus is still YOUR WWE Champion.

WWE Fatal-4-Way 2010

Tonight’s WWE Fatal Four Way Pay-Per-View is brought to you by the letter F, the letter A, the letter I, and the letter L. What do those letters spell? F.A.I.L.

Because when you’re running low of stupid gimmick PPVs, you do one after a match where four guys fight each other for a pin… or to be more realistic, two guys fight while the other two pretend to be incapacitated until it’s their turn to do stuff. Fatal 4-Ways are often a lazy attempt to get as many guys (or gals) in a match as possible and trying to make them interesting has been a tall order.

Spoiler alert: This didn’t get the job done.

Besides that, the only thing that is remotely worth a damn is to catch for whatever follow-up to the NXT invasion bit might come up, even if the shine has since been dulled. I mean, seriously; Bryan Danielson or no Bryan Danielson, WWE had a goldmine with this thing and not even a week later, in the first segment no less, they fucked it up. They’re going to need to do something BIG in order to recover from that.

(Spoiler alert from the future: They never did.)

But enough about FAIL. Let’s talk about the PPV and discuss the matches:

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PPV Predictions – WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

Tonight’s WWE Fatal Four Way Pay-Per-View is brought to you by the letter F, the letter A, the letter I, and the letter L. What do those letters spell? F.A.I.L.

Five whole matches on PPV. Mind you, three of them are four-way matches and they’re all title matches, but really, five whole matches? That’s the best you can do? Are you going to wing it for the rest of the card?

I guess five matches is enough for them to fit in the NXT invasion bits, which is the origin of our four letters today. I mean, seriously; Bryan Danielson or no Bryan Danielson, WWE had a goldmine with this thing and not even a week later, in the first segment no less, they fucked it up. They’re going to need to do something BIG in order to recover from that.

But enough about FAIL. Let’s talk about the PPV and discuss the matches:

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More E3 Recaps

Saw a couple more videos from other people, here are some brief thoughts:

– So I saw a couple of Spoony’s E3 videos where he rambles about a couple games he saw. Last time I checked, this guy was an entertainer too and yet he’s not in his angry reviewer mode. In fact, I think his “fake anger” moments in this video is more believable and feels more legit than all three days of the AVGN combined. He’s only got the first day, along with an hotel video and an interview regarding Fable 3, but other than that, it’s a nice E3 presentation.

– Speaking of which, I saw a good chunk of Screwattack E3 videos and coverage comprises a brief video for each game they saw. Who appears in some of these videos? James Rolfe… as James Rolfe. This leads me to believe that the decision to have him parade as the AVGN on Gametrailers is a GT decision. But I’m not jumping that boat. Only the boat that says the AVGN E3 videos suck. It’s true, it’s true.

– Just out of curiosity, decided to venture to Gottgame and check out the lone E3 video featuring the Irate Gamer… watch Chris fumble his lines and Bore me to tears. Just about the only thing that remotely peaked my interest was the brief mention of a new Kid Icarus game on the 3DS. Other than that, more crap about the Old Republic that I could’ve gotten from a more reputable source. Sorry, guys.

– The only E3 “report” that I’ve enjoyed tremendously was Classic Game Room. And say what you will about the guy’s reviews being too monotone, but I think Mark did an amazing job with some of these videos. Oftentimes, you forget you’re watching an E3 report and instead are interacting with him on some video conversation. The guy seems like a pretty cool guy to hang around with and his E3 videos exude that kind of friendly atmosphere. Checks out as much as possible, but focuses on some of the “smaller” stuff while asking about flamethrowers and Cosmic Carnage. Thank you, sir.

And that’s it.

The Nerd Tries His Hand At E3 Recapping… He Fails.

For the past couple years, James Rolfe has been going to E3 along with the Screwattack crew and had partaken in some videos covering the event.

This year, a decision was made to have James Rolfe do a couple quick E3 videos… as the Angry Video Game Nerd.

God shoot me.

Here are a few quips:

“I’m surrounded by electronic video games. I didn’t even know they still made video games.” You know, I think James Rolfe is an exceptional entertainer at times, but that has to be one of the stupidest lines I’ve ever heard. Really? You didn’t know they still make video games? This is bordering IG-levels of incomptence.

So he shows off the line for the Nintendo 3DS and whines about how he’s not standing in line. Not yet… I think he’s on cruise control with this. At least when Screwattack showed off the long-ass line to try out the Wii a few years back, it was mildly entertaining. But the Nerd just points to a crowd and whines about not wanting to wait… What’s the point?

He shows off Donkey Kong Country Returns… which is actually the first time I’ve heard of it. And from what I can tell, it looks really nice and similar in style to the SNES games of old… but much cleaner and more vibrant.

“Since when did Diddy Kong use a fucking jetpack?” What does it matter? Since when did Mario wear a Penguin suit?

The last one he played was Donkey Kong 64… yeah, so? That was my last one too before the series turned to Mario-Minis and Kongo Bongo games.

“Does anybody know what a Skyward Sword is?” Um… yeah. It’s a sword… that’s skyward.

The Nerd would like to see a dark grim-and-gritty Zelda game… at this point, I would like to kick his head in. The urge is rising. You know, Hudson and Konami tried that with Bomberman a few years back and that game was FUCKING HORRIBLE.

Kirby: Epic Yarn… wow, now that’s a rather neat concept, judging from the screenshots. But why spend 20 seconds on the damn name? Are you kidding me? Really? Ladies and Gentleman, we have dipped far below IG-levels of stupidity… I mean, that barrier has been penetrated. Un-fucking-believable.

And that’s just Day 1. I tried watching his other two E3 videos and I just want to shoot myself after doing so. This is absolutely horrendous. Pure donkey shit is what I’d call it. Unbelievable.

You want an entertaining E3 overview? Check out Classic Game Room. Mark does awesome stuff… and has unhealthy obsessions with Cosmic Carnage and flamethrowers… but I actually enjoyed that.

Okay, okay… it should be noted that in addition to the AVGNE3 Trilogy of Shit, James also appeared in a couple of the Screwattack recap videos where he appears as himself and not the Nerd persona. Why he couldn’t have done this (be himself and not the fucking overrated Nerd) with the GT videos – I don’t know… maybe it was a GT decision. Still kinda stupid.

But yeah… Classic Game Room.

RAW (June 14th, 2010) – That didn’t take long…

Before we dive in, I want to highlight this page at Inside Pulse Wrestling, which chronicles WWE Champion John Cena sending a series of Twits expressing his wanting Daniel Bryan Danielson back in WWE… presumably to get back for this kick he got. Whether this is legit or work, it’s nice to see Cena’s voice tossed out there and perhaps maybe… JUST maybe… he isn’t simply a corporate shill after all.

Then again, this could all be an elaborate work.

Anyway… RAW…

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Cena Wants His Win Back… From Daniel Bryan Danielson

According to this page at Inside Pulse Wrestling, WWE Champion John Cena sent a series of Twits expressing his wanting Daniel Bryan Danielson back in WWE… presumably to get back for this kick he got. Whether this is legit or work, it’s nice to see Cena’s voice tossed out there and perhaps maybe… JUST maybe… he isn’t simply a corporate shill after all.

Then again, this could all be an elaborate work.

TNA Slammiversary VIII (2010)

Eight years ago, Total Nonstop Action held its first weekly PPV show, featuring human dicks, gauntlet battle royals for the NWA World title, country singers doing songs, and the epic feud between Jeff Jarrett and elderly statesman Bob Armstrong. How far we’ve gone since then? Now we’re feuding over WWE Hall of Fame rings while the TNA titles are mere afterthoughts. Amazing.

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