@Bono:

I see what you're saying about DX now. Had DX not broke that door of pushing the envelope, Steve would've never been allowed to push his character.

Regardless, with DX and without Austin -- WWE is called WCW today. Maybe with Vince McMahon as president, but WCW was immensly popular with a horrible product, but better promo. Most of the wrestlers would've eventually jumped ship to WCW, and McMahon wouldn't have even had them without Austin. Austin might not've BUILT WWF, but he SAVED WWF from it's envitable end.

Bono wrote:

Ali wrote:

I have common sense,  but I think the problem is your definition of common sense is tantamount to presumptions that suit your pre-existing notions of how this situation unfolded.  You say Axl surely knew that dirty tricks were used by Big FD to get Slash/Duff to sign over the name.  Unless there is some recording or paper trail where he gives explicit instructions to try and coerce Slash/Duff into signing over the name, or he was actually in the room when it happened (which we know is not the case), then you have bases to say he SURELY knew.  Is it possible he knew?  It's possible.  Is it a certainty as you claim?  Absolutely not.  IMO, that is a more reasoned assessment than what you stated.

Ali

I love when people make a conscious effort to sound smarter than they are by using ridiclous vocabulary. Ali we're on a  Gn'R message board, not a court room. Seriously drop the act already. You know how I know it's an act? Cause you'd never talk that way in real life to any of us.  I've never seen anyone buy into their own online persona like you do. The more people suggesed you act like Gn'R's attourney the more you play it up. It's so fucking weird.

You know what's so asinine about this post?  You don't know me.  You don't know how smart I am or am not and you don't know how I talk in real life because, again, you don't know me at all.  And yet, you're writing about me trying to sound smarter than I am and how I would talk in real life.

Please don't presume to know me because you don't.

Ali

Breat hart on HHH:

"Bret Hart spoke with Wrestle Talk TV Extra. Here are some of the things he had to say about Triple H.

"I have a certain amount of respect for Triple H. I remember when he first came in, I remember commenting on stuff that he did. Because I'd usually give wrestlers my thoughts and try to help them on stuff... Triple H has always been a good wrestler. But great? What is he now, a 1,000 time world champion? How great really is he?

"I look at [CM] Punk... I can look at certain wrestlers and I go, this guy is an innovator. Like a Rey Mysterio, who's done stuff that no one has ever thought of before. Punk has done stuff -- really unique moves and you go, 'gee I've never seen anything like that before.' They innovate all the time, and they create new sequences and moves and things.

"Then you look at someone like Triple H. When I look at him -- he's always had a good look as far as his body went -- he always had a pretty muscular physique. But you look at someone like Hunter and you wonder, what has he really done. One move that he ever created that nobody ever saw before or some highspots or an idea for a match... He's mostly a guy that just showed up and they made him. He's always been a decent wrestler -- I would consider him a good wrestler and pretty talented. But great? I don't know, I don't think so.

"What has he ever done that's great? He's never had a great match, I don't think ever. Whenever I look at Triple H's matches, including the last one he had with Undertaker -- and I don't really mean it as a knock -- but I told myself before I watched it because I'm trying to like Paul now these days, that I want to see him do something to make me think he's got greatness in him.

"Before Triple H wrestled Undertaker last year, I remember watching it and going, 'I can picture the whole match in my head, I can tell you exactly what this match is going to be like and how it's going to go. And I remember watching it and it went exactly how I predicted it... I thought it was mediocre at best, maybe a 4 out of 10, or 3 out of 10.

"I think Paul is a little overrated... overrated for being great. I can sit here and tell you that there was one match that he ever had with anybody that I thought was great. It's kind of a shame, he should have a great match somewhere with somebody. And you'd think that he would have had it by now, but I don't think he's a great wrestler.""

uh oh... And he just squashed his beef with HBK. Here we go again... But I love his honesty:

I'm trying to like Paul now these days,