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When did Jillian turn heel and how?

She didn't. If you're asking why she was teaming with Krystal on Smackdown against Layla & Ashley... I think it was just a numbers question. They had four divas and only one who was a heel (Krystal), so they had Jillian team with her so as to keep the two Diva Search winners as babyfaces.

Nigel McGuinness vs Bryan Danielson - ROH in LiverpoolMaddog Maxx vs Matt Vaughn - SWCW Empty Arena MatchSpud vs Team Charming - SAS Episode V: The New HopeSweet Saraya vs Rebecca Knox - AWA United Kingdom "Summer Legends"

What was the on screen reason for the spirit squad break up?

There wasn't one. DX killed them for the millionth time, then stuffed them in a big box with the label "Destination OVW: Louisville, KY"The next week Kenny Dykstra turned up alone with no explanation.

Has KENTA vs Liger or Kobashi vs Morishima ever happened?

No to the first one.Probably no to the second one too... at least, not since Morishima broke through.

Who all wrote TV in 2000 for WCW, ECW and WWF?

WCW - Kevin Sullivan (Until April), Vince Russo thereafterECW - Paul HeymanWWE - Chris Kreski (Until November), Stephanie McMahon thereafterThere might be the odd assistant here and there, but those are the primary writers.

Kreski was the one that died a few months ago wasn't he?

Yep. Cancer, I think.Shame about him, really. WWE TV in 2000 is a golden age, and it's rarely been as good since. Shame Steph thought she could've done better.I wonder how Kreski would've handled the WCW Invasion, for example??

Who all wrote TV in 2000 for WCW, ECW and WWF?

WCW - Kevin Sullivan (Until April), Vince Russo thereafterECW - Paul HeymanWWE - Chris Kreski (Until November), Stephanie McMahon thereafterThere might be the odd assistant here and there, but those are the primary writers.

Just wondering how Ted DiBiase turned from being in the nWo to managing The Steiners. How did he turn face?

If I remember rightly, The Outsiders did an angle to injure Scott Steiner, then took on Rick Steiner in what was now a handicap match. I think Nash took the padding off the top turnbuckle, and took great delight in dropping Rick's face on it from the Snake Eyes... over and over again. Ted, at ringside, was trying to indicate that they'd done enough, but Nash perservered and beat on Rick some more. DiBiase left in disgust at the nWo, and came back some time later as the Steiner Brothers' manager.That's all from memory, so some details might be sketchy at best.

Why in clips i have seen (such as 5 star sights and sounds part 2) do fans start chucking chairs into the ring? E.g. I've seen a clip of a TNA show when this happened. Why?

It happened once in an ECW match (someone else will come in and tell you which one - but it had Terry Funk in it), and it became part of the ECW opening title sequence and became very famous.As with everything cutting edge that ECW did, every new wannabe promotion rips off the gimmick. TNA did it (when they ran the ECW Arena), ROH did it (Cabana vs Homicide), I think 3PW did it, and there are probably more.

Has Al Snow trained any wrestlers who have gone on to become well-known?I know of the Blue Meanie but wondered if there have been any others.

I know he trained UFC Champion and NWA Champ Dan Severn.

Intercontinental Champion Johnny Nitro, plus any of the Tough Enough kids.

A fair point. But Knox has appeared/will be appearing on several Irish/British shows this year, so surely she deserved a mention in the 50?

Can we not just agree that this Top 50 is a ranking of the "next best wrestlers after Rebecca Knox"?

I think DDP revealed in his book that the mystery benefactor was going to be Kimberley, but they never got around to showing that on screen.

One of the stars of "How I Met Your Mother" on BBC 2 & 3, regularly outshining co-star Alyson Hannigan in the hotness stakes... the amazingly named Cobie Smulders

 

 

In a similar vein, I also present Rena Sofer, who I used to watch regularly on Melrose Place. She also starred in the US remake of "Coupling", which I've never seen but would love to see.

 

Best match I have seen from RoH this year of the show's I have seen would be Bryan Danielson vs Jimmy Rave from the fourth anniversary show.

YEAH~! That match was fucking incredible. Anyone who doesn

Isnt it weird that Reyes was squashed when he has been squashing people for quite a while?

Yeah, but Shingo is awesome. He therefore deserves a huge push where he can throw little guys around and pose a lot, followed by a title reign of some kind.

Agreed.As far as I know, Shingo is hanging around in the US for quite a while, right? I wonder if there's a chance he could be on the Liverpool/Broxbourne ROH shows?

Are there any wrestlers left in WWE who call a match in the ring, as a recent magazine article I read claims that almost all WWE matches are choreographed move-for-move nowadays? Any specifics would be appreciated. Thanks.

That's probably true for TV matches, as things are so heavily scripted and have to be very precisely timed. On the road, guys are being encouraged to call matches on the fly more and more as it teaches them how to adapt, how to listen to the crowd, and how to cope with the unexpected. I remember Randy Orton and someone (Shelton Benjamin?) getting high praise for a completely unscripted match a while back which, for two guys with very little experience, is pretty awesome.

Funnily enough, I'm 90% certain it was Randy Orton and Maven that did the unscripted match. They let Maven go soon after

Had anybody before Jericho in 2001 won both a light/cruiserweight title and a heavyweight title in their careers?

Tatsumi Fujinami I think held a lightweight and heavyweight title in New Japan.I can't think of any in American wrestling.

Correct about Fujinami. He held the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title and IWGP Heavyweight Title (Also the NWA World Title in 1991). Nobuhiko Takada also accomplished that feat, winning the Jr title in the 80s and heavyweight title in 1996.Sabu was the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champ in the mid 90s, and was the NWA World Heavyweight Champion in 2000 (although the NWA World Title meant nothing at that point - he won and lost it to Mike Rapada)

Konnan said on WOL a couple of weeks ago that they were trying to get Low Ki into TNA to be part of LAX. Given that Machete was pretty awful on the PPV, I guess they need him even more now.

Why is it that everyone wa sso offended when The Sandman got crucified that time, but when Undertaker puts people on his symbol thing it looks exactly the same and nobody minds?

People did mind. But what made it a bigger deal in ECW was because Heyman made Raven go out afterwards and apologise out of character to the fans (because Heyman was courting Kurt Angle's services, and Angle was horrified).Vince, as usual, didn't give a shit.

1) Who performed the first moonsault on WWF tv? The first I remember was seeing The Genius do one (not televised) at a house show in Cardiff I think... funny those little things you remember.

Earliest I've seen is Blue Angel (aka Blue Blazer, aka Owen Hart) in '88 in a match against Barry Horowitz.

Edge's theme music is stuck in my head.I'm pretty sure it's Alterbridge but what's the title of the track?

Metalingus

ECW One Night Stand

Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff (Survivor Series)Jerry Lawler vs Muhammed Hassan (New Year's Revolution)

HustleCZWLAW

Steve Lewington (aka Steve Sonic)

I weep that people are so stupid that they'd nominate The Dicks based on half a dozen short TV matches.LOD 2005Wild Soldiers (Manabu Nakanishi & Kendo Kashin)Osama & Da Beast (OVW)