The SmarK DVD Rant for Ring of Honor: Joe v. Kobashi. Gotta admire them for honesty in the titles. Anyway, I previously had done a review of the main event on the blog, but I figured that I'd sit down and do the whole show because I wanted to watch the match again, just for kicks. Or in this case, chops. - Taped from Manhattan, NY - Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Lenny Leonard.

"Hey Scott, This is Matt Foster, fos4545 from the blog.  Sorry I haven't been at the blog for a while, I just got married and started a new school year at a new school and the kids are kicking my ass right now. Anyway, I have a question/statement/musing: With all of this McMahoning going around on RAW and the DVD, it seems like the pinnacle of Vince being all over TV.  Raw just doesn't seem motivated, the characters are bland, and the writing is at best boring, and at worst offensive. My question is, what if this isn't Vince's fault?  I think the Attitude Era worked because Vince was tempered by creative, extroverted personalities like Austin, Rocky, Foley, HBK, the Undertaker, and the rest.  Even HHH was a thousand times more entertaining when he was getting over as the best wrestler in the world.  It was entertaining because each guy was in to their gimmick and running with it full force.  Now the only people that seem to do that on Raw are Edge, Umaga, and Vince...