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I can see that point I guess, but the way I see the AL teams are usually losing a middle of the order bat out of their lineup when they lose the DH. They are then forced to either go without that player, or play them in the field which weakens their defense. I see that as an advantage for the NL team all around.

I find this stuff between JL and Teddy Long to be pretty funny. I hope it continues. Makes for an interesting storyline at least.

I don't see any reason to have the DH come to the NL. Reportedly the amount of interleague games will be the same it is now. The only difference is there will always be an interleague series going on. I don't see why anything would need to change. It's just as much of a disadvantage for AL teams playing in NL parks as it is for NL teams playing in AL parks. NL teams don't have true DH's, and AL teams lose the DH and are forced to hit their pitchers. Even playing field. Absolutely no need to change the rule. It's fair for both sides the way it is.

I love Mark Henry. I'm glad others share that opinion with me. I was pissed when his push basically ended. Hopefully he gets another shot. He was really over as a monster heel. I enjoy it when he plays that character. Also, Khali is pointless and needs to go away again. They proved he was pointless by eliminating him from the Chamber and Battle Royal in about a minute. Why does he then get more tv time? Lame.

It really does suck though. I like Wade. Feel bad for him that he'll miss WrestleMania. He's worked all year for a spot there, and now he get's it taken from him. Rough business. That's a big paycheck he'll be missing too, and to make it worse it's gonna be a long and hard recovery for him.

Just saw a report. Barrett dislocated his elbow, a la Andrew Bogut. He's likely out for a very long time. Everyone else who got hurt in that match came out ok, and will be fine. Overall, I thought Raw was pretty good this week.

As much as some people are against HHH/Taker 3, everyone has to admit that it being a Hell in a Cell match is pretty epic.

Hammond needs to trade Ersan ASAP. His trade value is as high as it will ever be, and he'll be vastly overpaid this offseason. No way the Bucks can afford him after throwing that ridiculous contract at Gooden. They shouldn't sign him anyway for the amount of money he'll command.

Well, guys I'll give my live report now. Had an awesome time! Went home happy despite any results. Got there before 6 and they weren't letting people in. Lines were ridiculously long. Took until almost 6:20 to get in. The place was completely full by the time the show started. Announced attendance was a sellout, over 15,000. Great crowd. There was a dark match to start out Riley vs. Hunico. Most of the crowd wasn't in yet, so it was pretty dead. Hunico won. Then the crowd started filling in so it got pretty hyped in there when the show was about to start. I think everyone was pretty shocked that the WWE Championship match went on first, but it also caused a lot of excitement. The crowd actually popped pretty hard when the lights went out and Jericho came out. He's still not really getting full heel heat at all. The crowd wasn't really completely against anyone during the match. Pretty mixed reactions for everyone, except Punk. Thought the match was fantastic, lots of good spots. The only part that was confusing was that Jericho got knocked out without being eliminated. Don't think a lot of people knew what was happening or if he was returning to the match. I guess it was a good way to not have him get pinned by Punk though, so it's fine with me. I was surprised they chose to leave Miz in until the end. Maybe he doesn't have as much heat as everyone thinks. The crowd obviously loved Punk winning. It was a good way to kick off the show all and all. They showed a Santino video package of how he got the last spot and that got a good pop. Some Cena sucks, let's go Cena chants started as they showed his video package. The crowd was split down the middle on Cena tonight. Next was the divas title match. A ton of people chose to get up and go to the bathroom, get food, etc. during this match. No one really cared at all. Crowd was completely dead. No one really got into Tamina at all. Crowd seemed more into Beth actually. Then she won and that was about it. Not much reaction, pretty lame. Match was decent though I guess. I didn't really care about it. Next they showed the first of some pretty hilarious Santino training videos, which the crowd loved. They were clearly trying to push him for this match. I knew right then he wouldn't be replaced. They then showed Jericho still with doctors to further sell that angle. Then Johnny Ace came out for his big announcement, which wasn't a big announcement at all. He got pretty good heat. Del Rio got a good pop when he came out to endorse Laurinaitis for SD GM. Then Henry also came out and didn't get much reaction. Then Christian came out to a pretty big pop actually and also supported Johnny. I guess the announcement was actually the return of ADR and Christian and that JL was trying to get the SD gig too. Next was another Santino segment, which again got a great pop. Then Show had a backstage interview, which was pointless. Then the SD chamber started. There was more heat on the heels in the intros. Khali got a pretty big pop, and Bryan actually got really good heat. Was kind of surprised that Show and Barrett were chosen to start, but I knew Bryan would enter last. This match may have topped the Raw Chamber in my opinion. Lots of good spots throughout, the crowd was pretty into it the whole way. Santino got a massive pop when he came in, and the crowd was with him all along. Show breaking into Bryan's chamber also got a huge pop. I thought that was awesome. Me and the guys around me called Khali getting eliminated in seconds, which was hilarious when it happened. I really didn't expect Show to go so fast either. The crowd really got behind Santino, especially when he got those pins he got massive pops. It was actually deafening when he was setting up Bryan for the Cobra at the end. A ton of people thought he would win at that point. I knew Bryan would win, but by the end I was loving Santino too. He is so over right now it's ridiculous. He actually needs a push. He's the most over face in the business right now honestly. Bryan got big heat for winning. Then Sheamus got a huge pop when he came out to attack him. I'm glad they're going with Bryan/Sheamus at Mania. Should be a great match. They then did a backstage segment with Hornswoggle which was pretty funny. He took a jab at Vickie, which got a good pop. They then had Swagger/Gabriel for the US Title as the throw in match. The crowd really wasn't into it all, as expected. Swagger did get pretty big heat though throughout, and especially after he won. It was a decent match for a throw-in I guess. They then aired the vignette for the Kane/Cena match. The Cena sucks/let's go Cena chants got going again. By this point my voice was almost gone so I really couldn't partake. The let's go Cena chants were very shrieky tonight. Lots of women and children as expected. Mixed reactions on both entrances. The crowd really wasn't into the match like I expected. Except for the big spots with the announce table and the AA off the ambulance. I thought those were great spots though. I expected Cena to win, so I wasn't that disappointed. It was a pretty good match. Could've had Kane put up more of a fight though I think. I would've loved to see Rock at the end to start up the road to Mania with Cena. Would've been a better way to end the show. Instead it was kind of lame with Cena celebrating. A lot of people seemed disappointed at the end. All in all I had a great time, and thought the PPV was great. The chamber matches were both fantastic, so that made the show for me. The two throw aways didn't affect the show much, and the Cena/Kane match was good enough. The biggest surprise was the deafening pop Santino got, and how the entire crowd was 100% behind him. The biggest let down was no real surprises, and no Rock. I think we all expected something out of the ordinary to happen. Still it was the best show I've ever been to. Raw was announced for Milwaukee on August 27 as well, for anyone interesting. Time to go look at my pics to see if I got anything good. It was hard with the lighting and the chamber. I'm excited for Raw tomorrow.

I'm going, I'm sitting towards the top of the lower level, on the tv side. I'm psyched. First PPV I've ever been to. Although I've been to plenty Raws and Smackdowns before.

There's rumors going around of a major surprise tonight. Possible multiple surprises. I've seen The Rock mentioned as a possible surprise. Not gonna lie, if Rock shows up I'll be marking out big time. I'm a huge fan of him.

This site basically shows every event there is on every day of the year. I've found it usually has stuff well before it is announced elsewhere. I'm not sure where to find one just for Wisconsin events, but I'll take a look. There's usually quite a few in the Milwaukee area, but I'm not sure about your area. http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com/

Sure thing, I'll do it first thing when I get home tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to it. I've been to plenty of events, but not a PPV. Mainly because there's only been 3 ever at the Bradley Center.

I'll pass, I'd rather have Izturis honestly.

I don't really care what else they throw on there honestly. The 2 Chamber matches will carry the entire show anyway. No one will really care about anything else.

This is especially important this year with the Bucks playing through the entire month of April. There will be extra WMLW games.

This is amazing. I despised WMLW. Now I don't have to waste my time complaining about it anymore. About time.

That makes sense seeing as he was pulled to begin with, but then why did they even bother bringing him back to Smackdown? They had to have known he wouldn't be ready to begin with. I really thought they'd just wait and have Christian as a surprise entrant. I still could see that happening. Henry shows up pissed that he wasn't given the spot, attacks Santino, then Christian comes out to take his spot. Everything I've read is that Christian has been ready for awhile and they just haven't brought him back yet.

That's a good point as well. Barrett even jobbed to Khali on Smackdown, which is a joke. I'm sure Khali will eliminate Cody or Barrett, or both, in the Chamber too. I just don't understand it.

We've seen Ziggler pull double duty on PPV's before, no reason he can't do it again.

Oh man, that video is absolutely hilarious. Really random, and hilarious. Classic T-Plush.

I sure hope you're right, because I have no interest in watching Santino in the Chamber match. I do find him entertaining in his own right, but he has no business in this match. Then again, neither does Khali. But still, I'd like to see Christian or Mark Henry take his spot. Someone from Raw entering after losing, a la Edge, would be interesting, but the Raw Chamber will likely be the main event.

Last year I went around to 5 different stadiums, all of which I liked better than Maryvale. I really hope the Brewers get a new facility. The D'Backs/Rockies facility is outstanding. That one was my favorite by far.

Yep, I agree. He is and was very relevant. Santino is not. I was pissed that Henry was hurt and couldn't compete to begin with and was replaced by the boring Khali.

Yeah, I just posted that last night.