Oh good greef Charlie Brown!

For those who want to know:

The following is the complete roster for the upcoming WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008: ECW Invades video game:

RAW:
Bobby Lashley, Booker T, Carlito, Jeff Hardy, John Cena, JTG, Ken Kennedy, Randy Orton, Shad, Shawn Michaels, Snitzky, Triple H, Umaga and William Regal

SmackDown:
Batista, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Masters, Edge, Finlay, Gregory Helms, Kane, Kenny Dykstra, Mark Henry, Matt Hardy, MVP, Rey Mysterio, Ric Flair, The Great Khali and The Undertaker

ECW:
CM Punk, Elijah Burke, Johnny Nitro, Marcus Cor Von, Sabu, Sandman and Tommy Dreamer

Divas:
Ashley, Candice Michelle, Kelly Kelly, Melina, Michelle McCool, Mickie James and Torrie Wilson

Legends:
Bret Hart, Mick Foley, Rick Rude, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Terry Funk and The Rock

Non-Playable Characters:
Armando Alejandro Estrada, JBL rocking a suit, Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross, Joey Styles, Jonathan Coachman, Justin Roberts, Lillian Garcia, Maria, Michael Cole, Mickie Henson, Mike Chioda, Nick Patrick, Shane McMahon in a suit, Stephanie McMahon, Tazz, Theodore Long, Tony Chimmel, Triple H rocking a suit and Vince McMahon in a suit

I like Sabu... but he was realeased quite a while ago... I say, the rooster in all ain't very well chosen... Many were released and there aren't enough cruiserweights.

I don't know how they can put thoes so called divas and not have the cruiserweights, come on. Like whoes really going to play with thoes waste of space divas.

Besides ''looking up'', the only other clue is that it has to be someone that Vince is sure won't get suspended, so it has to be someone who is drug free for sure, and also someone who is worthy of a top spot - Hornswoggle not likely.

It's most likely that new tall wrestler that just got hired.

The divas I undersand that nobody cares about them, but cruiser weights have interesting moves, yet they don't get much recognition. Kendric and his partner should've been there.

lol, Kendrick and his partner.

i highly doubt its gonna be one of those huge superstars like kahli as all of you are saying

. The only definition i got from "Looking Up" means something good, like things turning into a good direction.

But fuck that piece of shit saying, i highly doubt that kahli is gonna be his son, or hornswoggle, whoever the fuck he is, and you're right about what you said zentile, and im agreeing with what you just said.

Source: Pro Wrestling Torch

Apparently, Ric Flair quit WWE earlier in the week. The possible departure don't have anything to do with the recent drug scandal, he's simply frustrated with his push. Also, he hasn't had any encouraging communication from management.

WWE hasn't given Flair his release. WWE officials are trying hard to get him to cool off and not quit. They are having discussions to get things sorted because WWE doesn't want him to quit the company.

He's been jobbing! I understand he wants to stop doing that... but come on! His fame is all about yestearday, all about 16 championships long gone... He's just exceptionaly predictible now.

And now, Chris Benoit's brain seems to have been incredibly damaged at the time he murdered his family. Doctors are comparing his brain to that of an ''85 year old man with alzheimer's''.

so are we going to start the predictions process and see who calls it right about who's the illegimate son of vince ?

My vote its snitsky.....

Also I read on Lordsofpain.net
that Y2J got offered a 6 figure offer to come back to wwe asap....

Zentile, where did you read this?

By the way, HBO Real Sports did a story concerning NFL concussions and interviewed former WWE wrestler Christopher Nowinski about his experiences with suffering from them. Some of the symptoms include depression and dysmnesia, which can lead to anomalous mental behavior and even suicide among former nfl players.

It got me thinking of Chris Benoit and I thought that this could have been a major factor in what happened with him. Also, from what other people said about him sort of made logical sense about his brain being severely impaired. Stories about Chris suddenly wandering off and becoming quiet during conversations being one example.

About a month ago, ESPN's Outside the Lines did a similar segment on NFL concussions and had Nowinski on along with a doctor whom he's partnered with to do extensive study into the subject. here are the links to the YouTube vids:

Part One

Part Two

After watching that it was clear in my mind that Benoit suffered from the many concussions over his career and most likely the effects had greatly damaged his brain. As much as people want to use the steroid argument till the cows come home, perhaps the issue of repeated concussions and their after effects are more of an issue in some cases.

Still, what Benoit did was clearly wrong. However, with some of the evidence that's on the table and some very in-depth medical research illustrated in the OTL report, I just believe that Chris was damaged to the point where on those days he killed his family, he just wasn't all there mentally and didn't consciously know what he was doing at the time. He might have slipped into one of those moments much like a person with epilepsy goes into a seizure. Now, was it what he was taking that triggered that state or did he have regular occurrences of going into that kind of state? That we may never know.

Chris' heart was in wrestling and he gave that plus his body for the business. Sadly... wrestling took much more from him.


Ghostdragon

triple h

On the whole Benoit brain damage thing.... Anyone whose surprised by that needs to go back and watch clips of Benoit doing that Headbutt because.. To be honest he had it coming... the Brain damage...you do a move like that.. and you're almost guaranteed at most a migraine, if NOT a concussion.



I'll go on record as saying that if WWE hasn't already done this as a result of the Benoit tragedy in and of itself, they're gonna ban the Flying Headbutt as a move altogether...because that kind of move is dangerous...

Triple H can't be, he's his real-life son-in-law.


No wonder. Yet, he was still wrestling and nobody noticed him being a serious nutjob.
I remember someone saying that Benoit didn't make the difference between real-life and his character, that would explain.

Techniccaly isn't it more of just like...a belly flop? Its not like he litarally dives head first onto the oppenents head. But I have to agree doing that move alot probobly didn't help his head too much. But Zentile where did you hear that thing about his brain???

Don't you read the wrestling news sites? It's all over them!

Something else to note, it seems that Andrew "Test" Martin's stint with TNA is over:

** Martin never officially signed a deal with the company and was sent home from his first TV Taping after the Hard Justice pay-per-view where he teamed with Abyss and Sting. Some say he didn't "mesh" well backstage in the locker room. Martin was released from WWE this past February after being suspended 30 days for violating the Wellness Policy.

Poor Flair, finally realizing that's he's no longer useful in wrestling, and that it's finally time to retire! But fucking time is all I can say! It's been too long coming. I mean, don't get me wrong, I was entertained by him, but it's been time for years for him to retire! Now, if only Foley would come to the same realization!

Nobody cares about test and i'm glad to see he's gone and it was pretty obvoius he was using roids.

The Diving Headbutt is NOT just a belly flop AT ALL. Not only are you falling from a huge distance, your head always hits something. Weather it's the mat or the opponent's shoulder, chest, leg or gut, whichever part you go for, you're always hitting your head with huge impact.

I only read whats posted on here and whats on WWE.com

Which is exactly why you've got, no offense, no clue as to what's going on! I read the news sites every day, and sure some of what's printed is total bullshit, but they're right more often then they're wrong.

Hahahaha! "The Punisher" Andrew Martin a.k.a. "Test" is already through with TNA. Big Name Finished With TNA

BTW, that's the actual title of the story on their main page.

I'm just now watching RAW(taped re-airings air on Mun2) and WTF... Carlito got a haircut

And now,

it seems that King Booker is either suspended or sitting out his contract due to disagreeing with the new drug policy. This may either lead to him leaving the company, or to nothing at all really.