Nomad

[QUOTE][i]Original Quote By Dark Death[/i] By the way, what is the program you use? It's not GIMP is it?[/quote] Dark Death: What's GIMP? I use a program called Ulead Photo Express 4.0 My Scrapbook edition. Agatio: I'm still working on your banner, I accidentaly deleted it. Arkadyz: Right on.... :) anyway, here's another banner with the same shape, but with Kakashi on it. I got the shape of the banners from a different banner I saw somewere and liked the way it looked.

hey, now i want peoples opinion on this one. It's a new matrix banner. How's it?

[color=darkblue]Boy, I haven't posted here in a while, huh? I'm not going to go through the trouble of ressurecting my old thread, I'm just gonna post right here. Anyway, as I alreadys stated I have a new poem I wanna share. I dunno, I haven't written anything in a while. So what do yall think? [b]Death[/b] Death has its own way of messing with you, hurting you, controlling you. It can be seen as a disaster, a sacrifice, a sign. Death can happena at anytime, with little or no notice, whenever it feels the need. No one can stop death, control it, postpone it. The only thing to do is to prepare, make arrangements, hope you've done well in life, hope when it does come, your death will be quick and painless. Death brings its touch upon you, because of your actions, sins, good deeds, whatever it needs to take you to another place. It shouldn't be feared, only by those who have wronged, murdered, caused pain. You cannot overcome death, it is unstoppable, unprventable, and unpredictable. May it bring its touch upon you, only to take you to a shangri-la, a heaven, a paradise, a dream world. END so.....? [/color]

[color=darkblue]Great banner, yet there is the exsiting problem of the font. And if the picture was a better one (less pixel like) then it would be an awsome banner.[/color]

[color=darkblue]Great banner, the only thing that makes it bad is the font. I can give you a site to get you the Matrix font, if you pm me. Anyway as I said before, great banner, hopefully a new font will make it look much better. I don't like to give ratings because, I don't, heh.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DarK DeatH [/i] [B]You can get hints and tips by looking at people's banners and things like that, and also searching for some online tutorials, and, of course, having Photoshop =P[/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]Actually you don't need Photoshop exactly. Any program that'll let you make images (i.e.; programs that allow you to make a tranparent image, a trace tool allowing you to cut out images, and a good creative eye.) Like me, I don't use photoshop, I use a completely different program. anyway, Niobe [i]is[/i] in both the Movie and the Game. In the movie she plays a somewhat small part, while in the game, half of it revolves around Niobe (while the other half being with Ghost [I think that's his name]) Back on topic, I made another animated banner, except it's for Schrat. I wanna get yalls opinion on how it looks.[/color]

here's a new wallpaper I was workin on, can't find good pics yet

NEWS AND RUMORS FROM LAST SUNDAY [spoiler] News and Rumors for Sunday, May 11 Hey yo, welcome back for another edition of the news and rumors here at --------.com. It's been kind of a slow week for WWE and with it being a busy weekend for me (guess who turns the big 2-5 on Monday...me!), I was going to bail on this update but then I thought better of it, especially since I've been slacking off around here lately. Anyway, hopefully there's enough material out there for me to make this report worth reading but I guess we won't know until I start rambling. So with that said, here are the weekend news and rumors... WWE presented its weekly Raw program on Monday live from Halifax, Nova Scotia and for the most part, I enjoyed the show. For a change, I thought the positives clearly outweighed the negatives though as always, there was some stuff that turned into a disaster. Steve Austin and Eric Bischoff experienced their first day as co-GMs and as expected, they had several mini confrontations that served and delivered as almost comedic and/or humorous purposes, something that has been missing from Raw as of late. Even though it's a storyline we've seen time and time again, Austin was brilliant in his new role and despite my initial reservations of how effective he will be in a non-wrestling capacity, I think he can really boost the "entertainment" aspect of Raw. Meanwhile, Triple H and Kevin Nash had a long and extremely boring fight segment which was so brutal that the fans either booed Nash or stayed silent. Other highlights saw Jim Ross return as the Raw play-by-play commentator, Chief Morley get fired, more problems in the Scott Steiner/Test relationship and the in-ring TV debut of La Resistance. If you need results, check out the Raw Report. WWE Smackdown! on Thursday was another sub-standard show with just too much focus on the Mr. America storyline which now seemingly includes Stephanie McMahon in it as well. Though it was not suggested either way, it seems as if they are building towards another Hogan/McMahon clash, which is surprising since the first one at Wrestlemania didn't set the world on fire. Nothing else of extraordinary significance happened, though two of Smackdown!'s better performers in Chris Benoit and John Cena jobbed to Big Show and Rhyno, respectively. The rest of the show was littered with ongoing angles including Sable, Torrie Wilson, Team Angle and Los Guerreros. If you want a quick recap of this show, head on over and read the Smackdown! Report. Ratings for both Raw and Smackdown! are in and it was the typical results which most everyone expected. Raw fell to a 3.5 composite rating, down from the 3.9 the show drew a week earlier. Of course, that can be explained by the fact that the show two weeks ago was the night after a PPV whereas now we're just plodding along towards Judgment Day. Still, a 3.5 has to be disheartening to WWE as Goldberg is now firmly on the roster and Steve Austin is back. However, I've said this before and I'll say it again - ratings for Raw won't just turn around overnight; instead, it will be a gradual process so the only way to evaluate WWE's progress is to compare ratings of today to whatever the show will pull over the summer. As for Smackdown!, it ended up generating a 3.2 broadcast rating, pretty much the same as what it's done for the past month or so. Weekend ratings didn't fare too badly as Sunday Night Heat jumped to a 1.2, while Velocity and Confidential drew a 0.8 and 0.6, respectively. Let's start with the good on Raw - the Steve Austin/Eric Bischoff exchanges that were dispersed throughout the program, culminating with Austin's beer bash. Like I said before, this type of a storyline has been done numerous times before and most recently with Ric Flair and Vince McMahon as co-owners but based on what happened on Raw, it still has a lot of promise probably because both Austin and Bischoff have strong, conflicting personalities. Austin for his part isn't going to be wrestling any time soon and that has been well documented. His neck is in such bad shape that even one match could seriously and permanently damage it beyond repair. He won't just come out and make it official by saying "yes, Wrestlemania was the last time I will ever wrestle" which leaves open the possibility that somewhere down the road, he could return for a big money-making match (against Goldberg perhaps?) but the fact remains that he will exclusively work out of his GM role until further notice. I mentioned this last week, but it's a perfect role for Austin because wrestling has always been only one part of his character. What makes him so popular with the fans is his attitude and aura and as GM, he is still able to convey that - through interviews or even physical encounters as needed. On Raw, we saw Austin spend the whole show butting heads with Bischoff, while also bringing back fan favorite Jim Ross and giving Jonathan Coachman a Stunner for good measure. I think as long as he does that and continues to be "involved" on Raw, he will be effective. Goldberg meanwhile has no real opponent as of this time as the Rock has taken a leave of absence once again and no one credible has really stepped up to challenge him. So what they're doing right now is feeding Goldberg all those mid-carders who he can just destroy match in and match out as his character continues to build in anticipation of bigger, more important feuds. Though it hasn't really been touched upon, I don't expect Goldberg to be in a one-on-one match where he'll get a challenge. In other words, I see him wrestling Christian or maybe involved in handicap match (or perhaps even tagging with Booker T) against Three Minute Warning - something that will allow him to get the pin and show off his dominant abilities. If you ask me, this is what they should have done BEFORE he wrestled Rock because let's face it, this is how Goldberg became a phenom in the old WCW. Instead, they just brought him in with minimal fanfare and just expected the fans to buy into the Goldberg name which wasn't a realistic expectation because a) oldschool WWE fans are conditioned to hate WCW superstars and b) the wrestling audience turns frequently and there are so many people out there who have no idea who Goldberg is, especially after a two-plus year absence. Anyway, it is expected that maybe as early as June, Goldberg will move onto feud with Chris Jericho or Triple H - just in time for the brand exclusive PPV "Badd Blood". Oh yeah, I just want to comment on the ending Raw segment that saw Goldberg and Steve Austin interract, namely on whether it was a smart move to do this. People who argue that it was stupid likely are either holding out hope that Austin and Goldberg will feud in the near future or want Goldberg to be a doesn't-have-any-friends, solo type guy. In reference to the first reason, just read the paragraph above - Austin isn't going to wrestle and this surely played into the decision to keep him on Raw and to have him befriend Goldberg if you will. As for the second point, WWE has already killed the theory that Goldberg has no friends as he's already had pointless little segments with Goldust, Booker T, etc.. In a way, having him in the same ring as Austin further validates his face role because Austin doesn't have beer with any ol' wrestler. So bottom line, I didn't have a problem with the segment at all and I actually liked it as it gave off an almost surreal feeling - Austin and Goldberg in the same ring for the very first time. Moving on, the Triple H/Kevin Nash brawl bombed bigtime with the live audience though it's unclear exactly why. One reason could be the obvious - Kevin Nash is hardly suitable for the top face role in the company and the fans just aren't and can't get behind him in a program against Triple H, who is much easier to cheer for. The second could be that the show was in Canada and just moments before, Nash had man-handled and chucked Chris Jericho away which could have made many of the proud Canadians angry - weird I know, but it happens. Either way, the segment ran wayyyy too long and really served no purpose other than to try and put heat on their feud and upcoming match, neither of which was accomplished. Despite the negative reaction (mainly towards Nash), WWE is going ahead with this as the Raw main event for Judgment Day and there is serious backstage talk that Kevin Nash could actually come out of the PPV with the championship. From my understanding, there's a ton of backstage politics in play here (mainly on the part of Triple H and Nash) who are lobbying to get their feud extended for at least a month more. Triple H is reportedly lobbying to get his program with Goldberg pushed to the fall as he feels as if Goldberg isn't yet ready to challenge him for the title. Whether this happens or not remains to be seen, but I have a feeling that they may have succeeded in convincing Vince McMahon and I point to the finish of the Backlash six-man match as supporting this theory. Originally, the finish was supposed to be Nash pinning Triple H, thus setting up their Judgment Day match where Triple H would retain his title. Instead, Triple H pinned Nash which would indicate to me that it will be Nash going over Triple H at Judgment Day because it will probably be argued that Nash needs the win. Then from there, they will probably end up having another rematch where Triple H will regain his belt before heading off to feud with Goldberg. Speaking of backstage politics, here's another one that I'm sure will come into play - who will be the first to pin Goldberg. Triple H will likely push very hard to be the guy to do it, but the Rock will also be angling to be the one as well. This is just my theory, but this may explain why the Rock is rumored to be returning later this year now instead of early next year as originally expected. Maybe he thinks that if he waits until next year, the luster surrounding beating Goldberg will have worn off, especially if Triple H beats him to the punch so to speak... WWE via Steve Austin announced this Monday that they are bringing back the Intercontinental championship at Judgment Day. The belt will be awarded to the winner of a battle royal comprised of former Intercontinental champions of which only Chris Jericho is confirmed. There's a bunch of other possibilities of wrestlers to take part in the match including Test, Rob Van Dam, Kane and Lance Storm (all of whom are on the Raw roster right now) but there's also expected to be some returnees and Billy Gunn was one guy mentioned though, reports now indicate that he will be remaining on the Smackdown! brand. Nonetheless, the decision to bring back the IC title is a long time coming in my opinion as it will at least give the mid-card guys something of a purpose. Right now, there's no point in getting behind youngsters like Hurricane or Test or even Scott Steiner because it's almost automatically assumed that they will never win the World title that Triple H currently wears. The only potential downside to the move is that the IC belt has been cheapened so much over the years that the risk is there that the fans and even WWE management will treat it like crap, much like they do to the other secondary titles currently being competed for. Over on Smackdown!, Mr. America continues to play a pivotal role on TV storylines to the point where he is arguably the central figure on the show, even moreso than WWE champion Brock Lesnar. The latest development has seen Hulk Hogan deny being Mr. America though Vince McMahon, after seeing him in person for a second time, refuses to believe him. Their shenanigans led to Stephanie McMahon getting physically harmed which I guess means she's going to be the one in the middle of this struggle. I mentioned something last week about how WWE could move this along "Blue Blazer" lines in that when Mr. America does get unmasked, it will be revealed to be someone other than Hulk Hogan. After watching Smackdown! this week, it seems like this could still happen but obviously this is all headed in the direction of Vince vs. Hogan, part two. As for Stephanie, recent rumors have indicated that she's been pushing to get more involved on Smackdown! from a storyline perspective. She actually got behind an idea that would have seen her involved in a side storyline with Sable and even though this doesn't look like it will happen, perhaps the angle with Vince and Mr. America is the first step in making her a regular Smackdown! character. Does the show really need Stephanie McMahon to spark ratings? My answer is an emphatic no, but she's the head writer and the owner's daughter so it doesn't matter what I or anyone else thinks. Stephanie's character, as far as I am concerned, has been all downhill ever since Triple H got the plug pulled on the love triangle storyline that also involved Kurt Angle. Other Raw thoughts...so Chief Morley was fired by both Austin and Bischoff on Raw; this probably means he'll be returning to the Smackdown! brand though I think there is an outside chance he could resort to the Val Venis character and enter the Intercontinental title tournament...it looks like WWE is going ahead with a Test/Steiner feud with Test likely the one turning heel and losing Stacy Keibler as his girlfriend in the process; if you ask me, I'd much rather see Steiner turn heel as he's already burned out as a face...I still think the APA will be returning to WWE soon to feud with the newly debuted La Resistance...why on earth is WWE hellbent on changing Goldberg's character? First they had him in a comedic segment with Goldust, then they totally killed his music and now they have gotten rid of the blank trunks that he wore in WCW - is it Vince's preoccupation of hating everything WCW-related?...Austin stunning Coach seemed a bit weird to me, because Coach has always played a face role while on TV - does it mean that Austin will give the Stunner to anyone he wants to do it to or is it just a way for Coach to join Theodore Long and gang?... Other Smackdown! thoughts...a bikini match between Sable and Torrie, what's the point when everyone has seen both of them naked before...a couple readers asked me about this and I guess it's worth mentioning it here - if Vince is paying Hogan to sit at home and Stephanie signed Mr. America to a contract, does it mean Hulk Hogan is getting paid two salaries?...I don't know where the Legion of Doom will wrestle (if they even are signed, that is), but what exactly will LOD bring to the table? Their last tenure as the LOD 2000 was a complete disaster, confirming to everyone that they are way past their prime... Chris Benoit is being buried on Smackdown!; he wasn't on last month's PPV and it's getting dangerously close to the point where he won't have a match at Judgment Day either. So sad... I guess we can just about kill any hope of Lex Luger appearing in WWE over the summer as police found an abudance of illegal drugs in his home while investigating the death of Elizabeth Hulette. Luger was released from jail on bail but he will no doubt be in some serious legal trouble over this, including spending some time in jail. Even if WWE was considering hiring him before this fiasco, it's awfully doubtful that they still want to sign him - at least not until he gets all his personal matters sorted out. I may come off sounding like a callous ***, but this is actually good news (as far as WWE goes) because they don't need a Lex Luger working for them at this moment. Meanwhile, the inquiry into the death of Miss Elizabeth continues. Nothing official has still been released, but conflicting reports continue to surface about the cause of her death. Most recently, details of Lex Luger's 911 call yielded more insight as it appeared Elizabeth started choking on some food. Whether this leads to the reason she died remains to be seen, but we'll find out more in about a month or so. Even though Lex Luger may not be in their plans, WWE is looking to bring in some more people, perhaps as early as Judgment Day. The first is the Ultimo Dragon, who has already signed his WWE contract, though the promotion is not acknowledging it. Dragon has already informed the Japanese media of his signing and impending departure and he's also told people that he will be wrestling at the upcoming WWE PPV. However, reports are now indicating that he will be backstage meeting with the other wrestlers, road agents and officials but won't be on the card. I guess this implies that he could make an appearance in a non-wrestling role, but they may want to wait until Smackdown! to do that. Though nothing has been confirmed, Ultimo Dragon is strongly rumored to be joining the Smackdown! brand with a good possibility being that he enters into a storyline with Rey Mysterio, whether it be on his side or against him. His debut will probably signal another try by WWE to make the Cruiserweight division work, but count me as one of the people who believes it will never amount to anything. It will probably always just be there off to the side, but when WWE makes Mysterio job to Big Show, it doesn't help the credibility of the division or the small wrestlers at all. The Legion of Doom will also be getting a tryout next week at either Raw or Smackdown! after which it will be decided whether to formally offer them contracts. A report from the most recent Wrestling Observer Newsletter indicates that the real reason Jeff Hardy was released from WWE was because he recently failed his second drug test. That wasn't the exact reason he was fired, but reportedly WWE asked him to check into a rehab clinic for his problem(s) but Jeff refused which basically ended up forcing WWE's hand into terminating his contract. With that said, there are some conflicting stories regarding Jeff's contractual status, namely whether he can wrestle for another promotion or not. Some believe that WWE will argue in court that because he was released, he should be artifically bound to the company until his old contract expires while Jeff's lawyers will probably assume that his release for all intents and purposes makes him a free agent. It could end up being a moot point because Jeff apparently has no interest wrestling for any other promotion except WWE and the belief is that if he gets his act together and takes the rehab, WWE will not hesitate in resigning him to a contract. As has been stated before, Jeff was no main-eventer for WWE but the company viewed him as a very valuable talent because of his ability to cater to the rare teenaged female demographic. Well that does it. Nothing important to say here so enjoy the rest of the weekend and all that other stuff that I usually say here. Later[/spoiler] NOW FOR DIFFERENT MISC. NEWS [spoiler] Submitted by Richard on May 17, 2003 at 11:23 PM The following tidbits come re-written from the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter. Subscription details and prices can be obtained at pwtorch.com. For those who missed the announcement earlier this week, MTV has chose not to renew Tough Enough?s contract for a fourth season. The deadline to renew or pass on the show was this month and MTV executives have decided to let it pass due to creative conflicts with WWE producers. TNN is the frontrunner to pick up on the show since WWE does own the rights to Tough Enough, however, the show?s future is definitely up in the air. Lead trainer Al Snow will remain as a commentator on Sunday Night Heat until a decision is made. Judgment Day is live tomorrow night on PPV and many backstage in WWE have to hope that the event does better than last month?s Backlash PPV which is said to have done 250,000 buys at most. These numbers have caused panic in the WWE executive offices as sources within the cable industry suspect that Judgment Day will do less than 200,000 buys. These numbers are getting close to the 150,000 buys the WCW events were doing before the company finally sunk. While things are not the best financially in WWE, they continue their cutbacks after laying off between 10 and 15 employees the past few weeks. WWE has hired a new v.p. in charge of marketing who has already had to watch carefully as an astonishing 20 percent of his staff has already been let go. It should also be noted that WWE has eliminated their investor relations department. ------------------------------------------- Submitted by Richard on May 16, 2003 at 1:52 PM The following tidbits come re-written from the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter. Subscription details and prices can be obtained at pwtorch.com. Nothing new to report coming out of the Sting/WWE negotiations, one source has openly said that the job is Sting?s if he wants it. Talks continue between the two parties, however, no one is quite sure how serious things are. Contradicting previous reports, Nathan Jones will not be sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling for additional training. WWE is holding Jones out until Undertaker returns from his recent elbow surgery. The current plan is for Jones to turn heel and feud with Taker. Vince McMahon was reported to have been so upset with Big Show for not taking care of Rey Mysterio during the violent segment on Backlash he would not even talk to the Big Show afterwards. The original plan for the segment called for Show to slam Mysterio into the ringpost and simply lean the stretcher against the ring apron. Instead, Show chose to drop Mysterio face first while his hands were strapped into the stretcher, giving Mysterio no protection. Nevertheless, Mysterio was not made at the Big Show who apologized repeatedly. Rey is expected to be back shortly to continue the feud with Big Show. ------------------------------------------- Submitted by ----- on May 15, 2003 at 4:24 AM The following news and rumors are re-written from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Subscription information & prices available at wrestlingobserver.com. - Ultimo Dragon officially starts with WWE on May 18. Reportedly, the reason he has signed with WWE is because he wants to accomplish two of his lifelong goals: wrestling at Madison Square Garden and being a part of Wrestlemania. Obviously if he is at Wrestlemania XX next year, he'll accomplish both of those goals. - According to backstage sources, Stephanie McMahon's role in writing isn't as significant as it's made out to be and she ends up taking more criticism than is justified. Apparently, every segment on both Raw and Smackdown! are approved and directed by Vince McMahon, whereas Stephanie is more of an "administrator" of the writing staff and the meetings. - The rumor right now is that Goldberg will not wrestle again until the Badd Blodd PPV in June where he would face Chris Jericho. That match would then build towards Summerslam where Goldberg is speculated to be wrestling against Triple H, however, there is still thought being given to move Triple H/Goldberg to Badd Blood instead. [i]Source: Re-written from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Subscription information & prices available at wrestlingobserver.com[/i] ------------------------------------------- Submitted by Richard on May 14, 2003 at 4:23 PM The following is the complete match listing for Sunday?s Judgment Day PPV: -HHH vs. Kevin Nash w/ Flair & HBK in the corners for RAW title -Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show in stretcher match for SmackDown title -Mr. America Hogan vs. Roddy Piper -IC title Battle Royal w/ Storm, Y2J, RVD, Christian, Kane, Test, Booker T, & Goldust -Team Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero & ??? -Torrie Wilson vs. Sable in a bikini contest -Chris Benoit & Spanky & Rhyno vs. Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli & John Cena -Test & Scott Steiner vs. Sylvan Grenier & Rene Dupree -Fatal four-way match for womens title with Jazz, Trish, Victoria, and Jacqueline[/spoiler]

thanks for the information Logan. I have a banner this time, although I still have a wall left. So how's this banner I just made?

She might be in the movie, yet again I haven't seen the movie. She might been in just Enter The Matrix. Niobe wallpaper now.

i don't really know, because I ain't see the movie yet, either. I'm hopin to see it tomorrow. I just made a wallpaper because I had images and stuff. Again with a new wallpaper. Persephone.

looks like a big stick to me. Actually I don't know what in the world that is. eh, what chya gonna do? Anyway here is another wall, with the Twins this time.

great banner, in my little demented mind I think I see a dragon, wolf and a tree, lol. Told ya my mind was demented. I like it.

[color=blue]*mellooooow, mellooooow, melloooooow* sorry a little Cheech and Chong flash back. Any way back on subject. I like the first one, it gives a more calm approach to wallpapers, the exact opposite of any wallpapers I've seen in a while, and opposite of the ones I make. Although I like the first one, I love the second. Gotta have a nice laugh every now and then, huh? Anyways, great job Kaisuke. -Nomad[/color]

It's pretty good. But, there seems to be too much space between buu and the text. If you could either get a bigger picture of Buu or make the banner slighty smaller it would look great. That's all just my opinion though.

cool, I got another one (actually a few more). Here's Morpheus

it's supposed to be like that, that image was the Teaser Poster for the movie. So here's another one, this time of Agent Smith.

I reposted it above, go up there to get the URL. And I made a Matrix Reloaded Wallpaper. Featuring Neo. I have walls of Morpheus, The Twins, Persephone, Agent Smith, Trinity, and Niobe. COmments please.

i made a new banner for Logan, and Logan couldn't pick one to use, so i made an alternative, heh.

Agatio avi, here ya go, how is it?

here's the banner I made for Agaito

[size=5][color=blue]SMACKDOWN! SPOILERS[/color][/size] [spoiler]May 6, 2003 Halifax, Nova Scotia Report by: Jasin Pettis, --------.com reader Smackdown! OPENING.... Vinnie Mac..... Vince grabs the mic and says hes glad that everyone wants Hogan to be there but the fact of the matter is that he has Hogan Via. Satelight in Tampa. So he's sorry to say Mr America won't be here..... The Crowd chanted "*******" and "You Screwed Bret"... to which he replied something to the affect "you damn right I did and I can screw anyone I want"... He called Stephanie out and asked what the details of the contract was. She said, to sum it up, Mr America cannot be suspended or fired unless he is unmasked to be revealed as Hulk Hogan. Then He had Hogan VIA sattelight (wink wink) to tell him his schenadigans were up and that he would unmask him to be Hogan. Hogan swears that he is not Mr America, but thinks Mr America is great, and liked it the other night when he kicked Mc Mahons ***. Mc Mahon vows to unmask him.... Now pardon my order... Matt Hardy W/ Moore, Crash Vs Eddie Gurrero For some reason I am fuzzy on the outcome but I think Eddie wins. Team angle comes out and steal the Medals back..... Brian Kendrick vs Jamie Noble (short on unhurt talent?? they should bring up some fresh OVW talent like Nova or Basham. Wierd to see Noble fight twice). Great Match. With Kendrick hitting the Sliced Toast 2 ( think I heard someone say that what it was called) *winner Brian "Spanky" Kendrick They Show a bunch of wresltlers in the back hanging around when Mr America Walks by.... Hogan urrr.... Mr America comes out to the loudest PoP of the night. The CRowd went off for about 10 mins. Great to see Hogan in person. He played the crowd well and Halifax loved Hogan.(probably the loudest/longest pop for anyone in all the tapings here in Halifax) Vince came out, and then called out Steph. They get in the ring and Vince low blows M.A. He tries to remove the mask. M.A throws Vince off, knocking him into Stephanie. M.A gives Vince some python punches and then carries Steph off to the back. Sable comes out. Torrie Vs Dawn Marie Very Short Match, with a roll up by Torrie for the win. At the end , Sable grabs the mic and again harasses Torrie. Challanges Torrie to a bikini contest. (REMEMBER THE HAND PRINTS PEOPLE???) Rikishi & Tajari Vs Team Angle I forget who gets the pinfall again , but I do know that The Gurreros come out and steal the medals back and also the picture of Kurt Angle... Kendrick comes out again, to do ringside commentary.... Rhyno Vs. The Man with the Ph.D In Thuganomics... John Cena (crazy underground video on Cena... that rocked *Note previous ----- Post) Great Match.... Cena came out and rapped dissing Spanky and Rhyno. Funny freestyle. See saw battle, Kendrick interfears and Rhyno wins. Future Spanky/Cena feud a brewin'... They show the FBI in the back locking Brock Lesnar in his locker room, soldifying the door with a forklift. (The door at which they actually broke instead of holding shut). Which left Benoit with no partner.... Crippler Benoit Vs A-Train & Big Show... Large pop for Benoit. (He was first class at the press conferance last Thursday, he put the mayor of Halifax in an armbar....he shoulda applied the Crossface..haha) Benoit puts up a good fight for a while and actually locks in the crossface. But these two simply overpower Benoit, and he loses with a choke slam by the Big Slow. Then they strap Benoit to the Medical splint and Lesnar pops out. He beats Albert and Slow for a minute, including an F-5 to Albert. But they beat him down, and Show chokeslams him. Then he gets the, "I got a mean angry face" look and leaves Lesnar in the ring. Show Over.... Lesnar gets up and salutes the crowd in Halifax... (too bad we didn't get to see Lesnar actually wrestle) Big Pops. This was an incredible two days. Two tapings in a row was just too much. My only gripes with Smackdown was that there was no Piper's Pit (the Hagus??) . On the preview on WWE.com, they even billed "Pipers Pit". I Had no signs this time to plug ---, I was in the Club seats, which were plush and awsome, but positioned right beside the camera spot in the centre of the arena. So there was almost no chance we got on TV... Nonetheless, had great seats to see a great 2 days of shows... Hopefully next time it will Be a PPV!!! [/spoiler] [size=5]Now For Some News and Rumors[/size] [spoiler] [b]ULTIMO DRAGON INFO[/b] Submitted by ----- on May 06, 2003 at 9:03 PM - Ultimato Dragon has officially signed his contract with WWE and has been asked to start later this month, likely at Judgment Day. When it was first decided that he'd be brought in, it was going to be on Smackdown! with Paul Heyman booking him but since Heyman has been demoted, it remains to be seen when or how he will debut. Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter. ------------------------------------------- - Reader Infestasyde sent this in: CIMA defeated Ultimo Dragon on 5/6 in Korakuen Hall, defending his new UDG Title. After losing in 20:04 after a Mad Splash, Dragon finally announced that would be leaving Toryumon to go to the WWE. The match was put over as a passing of the torch to CIMA, who was one of Dragon's first students. [b]STRATUS INFO[/b] Submitted by Richard on May 06, 2003 at 11:05 AM Trish Stratus recently did an interview with The Halifax Herald Limited. Below are some highlights coming from the article. -She confirmed once again that she would not for Playboy Magazine. As many are aware other professional wrestling superstars such as Chyna, Rena Mero, and Torrie Wilson have all posed in the magazine. Trish was quoted as saying, "It's not my thing...It's so huge I think it might overshadow anything I might do in the industry or the ring." -The piece talked about Stratus going from a medical student at York University in Toronto, to a fitness model then into the unexpected career as a professional wrestler. -Trish commented on wrestling by saying, "My favorite part about wrestling is probably the fact that I get to be athletic and entertaining at the same time." -The article confirmed that RAW last night sold over 9,000 tickets in Halifax at the Metro Centre. - Stratus went on to talk about her fans and how they are everything to her success. Stratus confirmed when she is not traveling with WWE she does not leave her house and spends a lot of time watching movies, playing games, and other things that don?t require much energy. - Stratus also touched on Torrie Wilson, Jazz, and trying to overcome the stereotype of being the eye candy. [b]TOUGH ENOUGH, STING, STEPHANIE MCMAHON INFO[/b] Submitted by ----- on May 05, 2003 at 8:13 AM The following news and rumors are from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Subscription information & prices are available at wrestlingobserver.com - As reported before, it appears as if WWE's Tough Enough series has been cancelled. WWE took down their Tough Enough website and removed the show from its listing of programs apparently because MTV did not want to run another season and may not want any wrestling on their network. - As of this writing, Sting has not signed a WWE contract and internal sources from within the company have conflicting reports on whether he's coming in over the summer or even if talks have taken place. - Stephanie McMahon has been pushing to get more involved on Smackdown! from a storyline perspective, specifically to work a side program with Sable. Source: Re-written from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Subscription information & prices available at wrestlingobserver.com. [b]ROAD WARRIORS[/b] Submitted by Richard on May 03, 2003 at 4:19 PM Various sources have been reporting that The Road Warriors have came very close to landing a WWE contract and should be in the company very soon. From what I have heard, Vince McMahon plans to bring them in for a dark match so he can take a look at them. We will have more if we get official confirmation that they have signed. [Source: 1Wrestling.com] [/spoiler] That's it for now, so what do you all think of all that information?

Slipknot is awsome, to me. Although I like most music that'll give your a headache in just five minutes of listening to it. I like Stone Sour too, but it seems a bit toned down to what I'm used to Corey singing like. My favorite songs on Slipknot would be; (SIC), Spit It Out, Wait and Bleed, Me Inside. On Iowa they would be People = ****, My Plague and Heretic Anthem. Metal Music will always be with me. I grew up on old music that would be called Hard Rock, which started going into a more metal age. Metal..... Slipknot, Mushroom Head, Flaw, Mudvayne....

here's a banner I made for Mage Prince, i wanna get yalls opinion on how I did. so....

I saw the movie this afternoon, and I must say, it was much, MUCH better than the first (to me anyway). I loved how they had my two fav mutants in the movie, Nightcrawler and Collosus, even if Collosus had only a few lines. I especially liked how they made NC disappear and reappear, with the added noises. My bro had gotten two comic books from a local comic shop and they were X2 comics, involving Wolverine and Nightcrawler, and the reason why I mention this is because it had the introduction of Nightcrawler (how he was at the circus and did this and that and ended up at the facility with Stryker and how stryker had Kurt do the president thing, and alot of other info that made me able to see why Kurt was doing the things he did in the movie), and what happened after Logan left the school and before the X2 movie. All that probably had nothin intresting to any one here, but if you were to read those comics and then watch the movie, your understanding of what happened at the beginning would have been much better. Other awsome parts in the movie were the times when you got the hint of [spoiler]Pheonix in Jean with her powers messing with her. Then at the end (didn't know if I should put the tag there or not) when you see the Pheonix under the water, where Jean supposidly(sp?) died.[/spoiler] I also liked Mystique's part in this one than in the first, especially the little finger gesture when she slid in the door. I would've like to see more of the rest of the Brotherhood in the movie, but then I might have gotten lost trying to figure out what was going on with all the people. I would've, also, liked to have seen Angel (Archangel to some) in this movie. A great addition to a great movie was the introduction to Pyro and the more involved part of Iceman. What else can I say *thinks*.... ok, what about when [spoiler]Mystique diguised herself as Lady Deathstrike and went into the building and printed out the Stryker made Cerebro (i think i spelled it right), and when she was looking through some names I saw a name that suprised me. This is a bit off topic but the name was Jamie Madrox. Nothing big and most ppl here dunno who he is and if you don't just ignore this part of the post.[/spoiler] Then there was the part on the news when Dr. Hank McCoy (Beast) was talking that was great. Well that's all I can think of about the movie right now. Wow, I do believe that this is the longest, hand typed, post I've made on OB in the time I've been here. [color=green]I added a couple more spoiler tags. --Endymion[/color]