8/26/2004
On tv last Wednesday...
Woke up just in time to see the end stages of the Dubai leg of The Amazing Race. Twins Kami and Karla, the most hated pair this season, did finish last but were fortunate enough not to be eliminated. If they win, I tell you, that show is scripted and a lot of things are going on that are edited out.
So far, Brandon and Nicole, my team for the season, are doing well finishing second behind the other guy-girl couple of Colin and Christie. I do hope that they win. No team that I like has won the race so far.
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This has become a habit. Meet John Doe, he appears in Star World every Wednesday at 11am, just right after The Amazing Race in another station. Although in the same genre somewhat of CSI or Roswell, it had me at ‘Hello’ when its opening sequence three episodes back was in a blackjack table in a casino and Doe was explaining the probabilities of one getting his desired card.
Being color blind, it made John Doe look at things at a more logical and analytical way undistracted by unnecessary details. All right side of the brain, yes.
For someone who loathes anything that has numerical figures, this sure was a welcome sight. Mathematics applied in everyday situations, something that math professors have overlooked time and again. To them, writing and talking to the blackboard is already considered as passing of knowledge.
Three episodes later, seems that there is more to him than analyzing the logic of things in a crime situation. And I am with him in finding out who he really is.
Being in Star World, there is a big chance they are already seasons behind, and there is a chance that I missed some episodes. If there is in anyway I might know what happened before without accidentally bumping into what would occur in the future, please tell me.
As what they usually say…
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No spoilers please
Finally got to see a more or less complete episode of WWE Raw after missing it for some weeks now. It is nice to get reacquainted to an old buddy.
The show started with Triple H on the ring and William Regal near the entrance. They were arguing something about Eugene and his part in the schemes of things. Later on, things started to heat up to the point that one challenged the other with a match that very same night.
And it was indeed bloody. Not letting Triple H do his usual pre-match routine, Regal attacked Hunter at the ramp up to the announcer’s table. After both combatants reached the ring to formally begin the match, H gave Regal a hard punch with his brass knuckles that bloodied the Englishman.
While Helmsley was reaching for his favourite weapon, the sledgehammer, from under the ring, Regal recovered and did a number on his adversary. Grabbing the knucks, William Regal was about to hit The Game when the latter underhanded him with the hammer, knocking Regal unconscious.
It was around this time that things got messy the ringside officials were getting confused which is staged and which is real. This was apparent when one guy in black went in the ring to restrain Triple H, but got the ‘they’re still okay’ sign from the referees, who were outside at that time. He stopped and went down the ring while Hunter continued to beat the life out of Eugene’s trainer.
Medics finally arrived to put Regal on a stretcher, while Mr. Stephanie McMahon was gloating up and down the ramp. Not yet over with his assault, H taunted the helpless William Regal some more and pushed the stretcher down to the groans of the crowd.
Pleased with what happened, Raw GM Eric Bischoff ‘rewarded’ Triple H with a Summer Slam match against Eugene. Heel he is, and heel he forever will be. At least, he is not going after World Champions anymore.
As a precursor to their Summer Slam bout, La Resistance and the unlikely duo of Tajiri and Rhyno had a non-title match. The latter came out smoking, beating the hell out of the Quebecans, thus winning handily.
Hopefully, this angle ends on Summer Slam. It’s obvious that the writers have no other storylines to offer midcarders Rhyno and Tajiri (both coming from Smackdown!) that they turned them into a tag team. Either they are just there as fodder for the more legit partnership of La Resistance (whose anti-American angle has become so passe) or they might become the unlikely tag team champions, just like what they did with Rico and Charlie Haas in Smackdown!
In other Summer Slam matches, it would be Batista, Chris Jericho, and Edge for the Intercontinental belt. We’ve got a heel and two faces. Who would be the other de facto heel for that match since you can’t have two faces uh… face each other?
What happened last night was still inconclusive. In the Highlight Reel, the fans were booing Edge for being a loser. After attacking Jericho, Edge went for the steel chair but stopped himself from hitting his fellow Canadian and instead helped Y2J up his feet, which Jericho responded with a wallop of his own.
In their six-man tag with Chris Benoit against Evolution, Jericho accidentally hit Edge, thus further cementing their ‘rivalry’ for Summer Slam. Speaking of that bout, I’ll get back to that.
Matt Hardy proposed in front of the whole world his marriage to Lita. Not to be outdone, Kane did his own proposal with a Till Death to Us Part match in Summer Slam, the first ever Till Death to Us Part match. Whoever wins gets Lita’s heart and uh… unborn baby.
They didn’t have this during Macho Man and Elizabeth’s days obviously. Neither during real life couples Stone Cold Steve Austin and Debra’s nor Jerry “The King” Lawler and Terri Runnels’ time.
Returning to Lita, I don’t know if it is just prosthetics or is she actually is getting uh… meatier in some parts of her body, particularly the arms and the belly? It’s easy to see who would win this one. It’s just WWE’s way of ‘showibizing’ romantic success stories within their talents. Matt and Lita have been an item for more than a year now.
Smackdown! cards in Summer Slam include Undertaker versus John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE crown, and the return of Kurt Angle in action against “Latino Heat” Eddie Guerrero.
And then, there is Randy Orton and Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship. Something tells me that they are pushing Orton to be the next champ.
There are the signs. He RKO’d Benoit in their six-man tag to end the Raw episode. At 24, he would be the youngest World Champion ever, further cementing his claim of “Legend Killer” and “Living Legend”. Besides, it has been a month now since Evolution held any title. The ultimate heel, Triple H, wouldn’t want any of that.
I wouldn’t mind that. Orton is one heel I would want to cheer.
I know that WWE news reach the Philippines one month late, so please be considerate and avoid posting spoilers. I would appreciate that.
So far, Brandon and Nicole, my team for the season, are doing well finishing second behind the other guy-girl couple of Colin and Christie. I do hope that they win. No team that I like has won the race so far.
-----
This has become a habit. Meet John Doe, he appears in Star World every Wednesday at 11am, just right after The Amazing Race in another station. Although in the same genre somewhat of CSI or Roswell, it had me at ‘Hello’ when its opening sequence three episodes back was in a blackjack table in a casino and Doe was explaining the probabilities of one getting his desired card.
Being color blind, it made John Doe look at things at a more logical and analytical way undistracted by unnecessary details. All right side of the brain, yes.
For someone who loathes anything that has numerical figures, this sure was a welcome sight. Mathematics applied in everyday situations, something that math professors have overlooked time and again. To them, writing and talking to the blackboard is already considered as passing of knowledge.
Three episodes later, seems that there is more to him than analyzing the logic of things in a crime situation. And I am with him in finding out who he really is.
Being in Star World, there is a big chance they are already seasons behind, and there is a chance that I missed some episodes. If there is in anyway I might know what happened before without accidentally bumping into what would occur in the future, please tell me.
As what they usually say…
-----
No spoilers please
Finally got to see a more or less complete episode of WWE Raw after missing it for some weeks now. It is nice to get reacquainted to an old buddy.
The show started with Triple H on the ring and William Regal near the entrance. They were arguing something about Eugene and his part in the schemes of things. Later on, things started to heat up to the point that one challenged the other with a match that very same night.
And it was indeed bloody. Not letting Triple H do his usual pre-match routine, Regal attacked Hunter at the ramp up to the announcer’s table. After both combatants reached the ring to formally begin the match, H gave Regal a hard punch with his brass knuckles that bloodied the Englishman.
While Helmsley was reaching for his favourite weapon, the sledgehammer, from under the ring, Regal recovered and did a number on his adversary. Grabbing the knucks, William Regal was about to hit The Game when the latter underhanded him with the hammer, knocking Regal unconscious.
It was around this time that things got messy the ringside officials were getting confused which is staged and which is real. This was apparent when one guy in black went in the ring to restrain Triple H, but got the ‘they’re still okay’ sign from the referees, who were outside at that time. He stopped and went down the ring while Hunter continued to beat the life out of Eugene’s trainer.
Medics finally arrived to put Regal on a stretcher, while Mr. Stephanie McMahon was gloating up and down the ramp. Not yet over with his assault, H taunted the helpless William Regal some more and pushed the stretcher down to the groans of the crowd.
Pleased with what happened, Raw GM Eric Bischoff ‘rewarded’ Triple H with a Summer Slam match against Eugene. Heel he is, and heel he forever will be. At least, he is not going after World Champions anymore.
As a precursor to their Summer Slam bout, La Resistance and the unlikely duo of Tajiri and Rhyno had a non-title match. The latter came out smoking, beating the hell out of the Quebecans, thus winning handily.
Hopefully, this angle ends on Summer Slam. It’s obvious that the writers have no other storylines to offer midcarders Rhyno and Tajiri (both coming from Smackdown!) that they turned them into a tag team. Either they are just there as fodder for the more legit partnership of La Resistance (whose anti-American angle has become so passe) or they might become the unlikely tag team champions, just like what they did with Rico and Charlie Haas in Smackdown!
In other Summer Slam matches, it would be Batista, Chris Jericho, and Edge for the Intercontinental belt. We’ve got a heel and two faces. Who would be the other de facto heel for that match since you can’t have two faces uh… face each other?
What happened last night was still inconclusive. In the Highlight Reel, the fans were booing Edge for being a loser. After attacking Jericho, Edge went for the steel chair but stopped himself from hitting his fellow Canadian and instead helped Y2J up his feet, which Jericho responded with a wallop of his own.
In their six-man tag with Chris Benoit against Evolution, Jericho accidentally hit Edge, thus further cementing their ‘rivalry’ for Summer Slam. Speaking of that bout, I’ll get back to that.
Matt Hardy proposed in front of the whole world his marriage to Lita. Not to be outdone, Kane did his own proposal with a Till Death to Us Part match in Summer Slam, the first ever Till Death to Us Part match. Whoever wins gets Lita’s heart and uh… unborn baby.
They didn’t have this during Macho Man and Elizabeth’s days obviously. Neither during real life couples Stone Cold Steve Austin and Debra’s nor Jerry “The King” Lawler and Terri Runnels’ time.
Returning to Lita, I don’t know if it is just prosthetics or is she actually is getting uh… meatier in some parts of her body, particularly the arms and the belly? It’s easy to see who would win this one. It’s just WWE’s way of ‘showibizing’ romantic success stories within their talents. Matt and Lita have been an item for more than a year now.
Smackdown! cards in Summer Slam include Undertaker versus John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE crown, and the return of Kurt Angle in action against “Latino Heat” Eddie Guerrero.
And then, there is Randy Orton and Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship. Something tells me that they are pushing Orton to be the next champ.
There are the signs. He RKO’d Benoit in their six-man tag to end the Raw episode. At 24, he would be the youngest World Champion ever, further cementing his claim of “Legend Killer” and “Living Legend”. Besides, it has been a month now since Evolution held any title. The ultimate heel, Triple H, wouldn’t want any of that.
I wouldn’t mind that. Orton is one heel I would want to cheer.
I know that WWE news reach the Philippines one month late, so please be considerate and avoid posting spoilers. I would appreciate that.
// posted by Unknown @ 22:38 
