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Hello, fellow Wrestling Fans! An injury to my hand and no Smackdown coverage for the past three weeks may have stalled me, but nothing can keep me down for long! Thus, I have returned to Wring again! Will Smackdown return to new heights now that the CW Network has debuted? Will newly christened champion Cena keep up his feud with Edge, or find someone else to Five Knuckle Shuffle with? Will Vince & Shane keep their asses (both literally and figuratively) off of television for a while? All this and more we hopefully will find out this week!
Let’s get to the Wringing!
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RAW WRINGERS – SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
How did Cena get his old spinner belt back? Did he retrieve it from the river in Boston (or was it New York)?
Wow, how quick did that crowd turn on Cena, and I mean in a good way?
Why does Coach insist on introducing himself, and his job description, every single time he comes out? Is it because he’s used so sparingly now (and isn’t he thrilled about that, after having the play-by-play gig) that we’ve forgotten by the time he’s used next?
Isn’t Shelton Benjamin forgetting that there’s a black Champion over on Smackdown?
Are the only fond memories of football Vince has the opening weekend of the XFL, when that game drew a huge rating for the first, and only time?
If Lita and Mickie James have a confrontation, wouldn’t it be prudent to book them in a match, and not Lita and Candice Michelle?!
Boy, Nitro either has the best dry cleaner in the business, or one hell of a tailor, to make him and identical coat!
Okay, I have to admit, I’ve been laughing at some of the Cryme Tyme stuff, like the “Map Quest†line from tonight. But do they really want to give a tag team a “major crime†gimmick?
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ECW WRINGERS – SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
Wouldn’t King Booker’s arrival at ECW be a bit different and unique, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s at a Smackdown arena?!
In a company with a guy named the Boogeyman (who Booker has wrestled), he’s shocked by Balls Mahoney?
Who on Creative woke up high (in a good way) and decided to put Francine on television?
So Moore gets “Punked†twice in two weeks? And how about that crowd reaction for Moore…he sure lives up to his “Reject†name, doesn’t he?
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TNA WRINGERS – SEPTEMBER 21, 2006
Why would anyone wrestle with a videotape in their trunks?!
Why would Shane Douglas send his team up against seven teams at once, when they’ve basically been winning anyway?
Why in the world would Eric Young want Jarrett to see a tape that was obviously a “failure†of a mission?
Is Earl Hebner smart enough to have gotten a raise out of Cornette, after being fired and humiliated for weeks?
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SMACKDOWN WRINGERS – SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
Ain’t the new opening for the show cool?
Why didn’t the company program any really juicy cliffhangers last week on the “season finale†episode, so they could be resolved on this week’s “season premiere�! Is it because virtually no one would have seen them last week, due to the changeover in networks?
Who is going to be the first opponent of Finlay to be smart enough to start a match by going under the ring to find and take out the Little Bastard?
When Cole said Smackdown fans are “on their feetâ€ÂÂÂ, did you actually see any fans on their feet?
Can someone please put a muzzle on The Miz-rable Miz?
If Jimmy Wang Yang was so uncomfortable making his debut in Canada, why did he bother traveling there?!
The Mizard of Oz?!
Man, how over was Sylvan? Sylvan?!
How many times did Cena and Teddy Long shake hands in two and a half minutes?
Louis vs. Ali, both in their prime? Who in the blue hell is JBL kidding?
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MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS
I want to wish Trish Stratus all the best in her retirement. Congratulations to her for a long, successful career, and to going out on top!
Vince Russo is coming back to TNA as a major part of the creative staff? Lord help that company, and Lord help us all, as viewers!
Bye, bye, Boogeyman…though we knew you well, but disliked you immensely (well, I did, anyway)! Bye, bye, Boogeyman…maybe you can worm your way into an indy company!
I just have four words for you…Kurt Angle is INSANE!! I don’t care about the lighter schedule, I don’t care about the start date (whatever that will be), he’s insane, his handlers are insane for letting him do it…everyone is just out of their freakin’ minds. Okay, that’s a lot more than four words!
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