The SmarK Rant for WWE NXT – 02.12.14 Happy Valentine’s Day! Or as most wrestling fans know it, Friday. I have to say, I’m starting to get a real bad feeling about the direction of this show ever since the main WWE monkeys noticed that it’s a thing that exists and is airing on their new network. Nothing good ever comes from that, but hopefully it’s an aberration that ends once they get it out their system with the live show next week. Taped from Orlando, FL.

The Netcop Rant for Backlash 2000 - Live from Washington, D.C., proud home of Marion Berry, Tammy Sytch’s favorite mayor. - Your hosts are JR & The King. - And we get a bit of shock right away, as Debra comes to the ring, three months early for Fully Loaded, if you know what I mean. We’re talking Scott Hall terroritory here. And she’s the RING ANNOUNCER for the first match? Alcohol and microphones don’t mix, kids.

Hey Scott, Two quick questions about your rating of last night's Hell In A Cell match between Undertaker and Triple H:  (1.) Would that match have been ***** without Shawn Michaels as the special referee? and, (2.) If so, was HBK's performance the most influential of any referee in history?  No disrespect to Taker or HHH, but it seemed like HBK was nearly as important to the match as the two combatants because of the emotion he displayed.   Well last year there was no Shawn and it was ****1/2, but I don’t tend to rate matches based on the referreeing job anyway.  So for question, I’d say yes.  As for the second question, I’d say Earl Hebner probably will hold the record for a while yet. 

The SmarK Rant for WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII Live from Miami, FL Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler

Wrestlemania XXVIII Date: April 1, 2012 Location: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida Attendance: 78,363 Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler America the Beautiful: Lillian Garcia As I wrote out that title, I almost started shaking. Today is Wrestlemania Sunday. In less than two and a half hours, the show is going to begin. This is the day that we as fans wait for all year long. Everything ends tonight and at the same time, everything begins. You all know the card by now, but for those who might forget, the main event is John Cena vs. The Rock, Once In A Lifetime (until ratings go down and we need a rematch). Let's get to it.

Hey Scott, Thanks again for participating.  I just posted the feature on my blog.  Hope you enjoy it.  Thanks again! http://acaseoftheblog. blogspot.com/2012/03/true-or- false-4-with-scott-keith.html   No worries.  Hopefully I can destroy your blog as well. Since we're on the topic of the big show, let's do some predictions!

As previously reported, Triple H hired Canyon Ceman to be the new Senior Director of Talent Relations. Ceman replaces Ty Bailey and will be heading up the developmental system. Ceman is an All American volleyball player as well as a volleyball executive. Some have questioned how he can be the right guy to scout and develop talent, but WWE officials are said to be high on him and are touting his sports management knowledge. Source: Figure4Online I was all for Triple H taking over for Vince McMahon, but due to this decision I am starting to second guess it. The problem people have with Johhny Ace because of his lack of knowledge, but at least Ace knows something about wrestling. I'm unsure about what a guy who played volleyball and is a volleyball excessive knows about wrestling. If he's going to have a major role in scouting the talent, I'm not saying WWE is going to go out of business, but if this guy knows nothing, they're making the same business decisions that ...

(Someone had requested a repost of this, and since I can’t retrieve the 2012 Scott sez version from the other server at the moment, you’ll have to settle for the boring unadorned version.)  The SmarK Rant for WWE Wrestlemania 26 - Live from Phoenix, AZ - Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler & Matt Striker

The SmarK Rant for WWE Wrestlemania 27 (2012 Scott sez: Oh, wait, this is 2012 Scott. Never mind.) Live from Atlanta, GA. Your host is THE ROCK. Plus Josh Matthews & Jerry Lawler & Michael Cole, who is trapped in a GLASS CASE OF EMOTION.

"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...