First of all, let me explain my absence Tuesday. I woke up Tuesday morning at 8:30, ready to watch Raw and knock out the column (yes, I’m back on evening shift). I get the tape rewound, I’m ready to make some breakfast, when at 8:32, I get a call from my boss telling me that I have to be in at 10. That left me just enough time to shit, shower, and vote before I had to get to work for a thirteen-hour day. And, obviously, the election coverage took priority after I got home. I never even bothered watching Raw this week. In addition, I just bought a new hard drive last weekend, and I’m still reinstalling a whole lot of shit. However, Windows is now humming nicely. I hadn’t done a new install for three years, so getting rid of the cruft was a good thing.
As for my Wednesday “column”, a lot of people were disappointed that what I said was all I did. I told Fleabag exactly what I was going to write under those circumstances, and I stuck with it (I also received a lot of compliments from people that I restrained myself the way I did instead of going off). From Fleabag, I also received word that a thread started on Wienerboard about that column being a possible suicide note. I find that humorous. I’ve got a bunch of better reasons to knock myself off than a stupid election. I’ll print some of the best comments in Tuesday’s Mailbag.
As for other things, I saw my shrink on Friday, and it’s back on to Lamictal for me, since Abilify wasn’t working. I’ll have the fun experience of trying out Risperdal as well as a replacement for the Abilify. So if I start going mellow again, like I did the last time I was on Lamictal, you know what to blame.
On to the Short Form…
THE SMACKDOWN SHORT FORM
Match Results:
Kurt Angle over Chris Narocki (Pinfall, rollup): I don’t know whether or not this should be in the Match Results or Angle Development section, really. I normally don’t give a shit about Tough Enough, but when it breaches categories like this, I have to cover it.
Kurt Angle teaches Chris Narocki a lesson in mat wrestling
Kurt Angle over Daniel Puter (Pinfall, rollup): Ditto.
Now Kurt Angle teaches Daniel Puter a lesson
Booker T over Orlando Jordan, Rematch From Last Week Match (DQ, Bradshaw-ference): Just thrown out there to show that Booker’s in form for SurSer. I didn’t take it seriously, and I hope that you didn’t either.
Booker T deftly avoids Orlando Jordan’s ring cross
Rey-Rey and Toke-Toke over Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak (Pinfall, Van Dam pins Reigns, Five-Star Frog Splash): Just by announcing the participants, you could have booked this match in your head. And it probably would have turned out a helluva lot better than the real thing. Spot, spot, lumber, lumber, spot, spot, spot, finish. Boring.
Rey-Rey puts his patented leg scissors on Mark Jindrak
Booker T and Josh Matthews over High-Quality Speaker Boy and Orlando Jordan, Beat Up The Little Bitch Match (Pinfall, Booker pins Jordan, scissors kick): Well, Tazz and Al Snow trained Matthews to do one thing: sell. And he sold big-time for Bradshaw and Jordan. So, on that level, this match was a success. On any other level, including angle enhancement for SurSer? I don’t think so.
Booker gives High-Quality Speaker Boy a foot in the chops
Josh Matthews with a flying cross-body on…Josh Matthews with a flying cross-body?!
Angle Developments:
A Simple Plan: Nice little bit of turnabout with TBS getting one over on the Dudleys. This whole TBS-as-face thing seems to be working a lot more than I thought it would. If High-Quality Speaker Boy survives SurSer with his belt still around him, I’d like to see the feud with TBS get the trigger. It could be interesting and leave some doubt as to the actual outcome. Hell, even if he drops the belt, a feud with TBS would do him good.
D’Von goes through the table…
…and Buh Buh Ray follows
And that’s put this puppy in the books. Next Tuesday, Mailbag! returns, a breakdown of Victory Road, and let’s hope I don’t get called into work again.
