And then he spends the next several weeks belittling that person's size/color/sexuality/voice/whatever until it's obvious the guy "stepping up" is going to lose and you have to pay $49.99 to see it happen.

James Storm has new music and tron video..hmm

BS. His old music was Awesome.

I hope Bischoff's "son"'s tattoo of "Bischoff" as a nametag isn't real...or he really is related to Bischoff.

He really is Bischoff's son.

oh..well then its still dumb but anyway

Didn't they try to hide that fact when he first showed up on TV?

Feel like they did, but still "quietly hinted" at it.

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Yes, that was the point of the whole storyline. He went under the name Jackson James to hide the fact that he was Bishcoff's son/in Immortal's employ.

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John Cena rises above hate

From humble beginnings growing up in West Newbury, Mass., to his nearly 10 years as a WWE Superstar, John Cena has absorbed more punishment than he’d probably care to recall. Whether he’s squaring off with The Miz & R-Truth in a Handicap Match on Raw SuperShow or competing in front of a hostile crowd, the stalwart Superstar doesn’t just shrug off animosity, he rises above it.

At Vengeance, on the same night his mission to capture Alberto Del Rio’s WWE Championship ended at the hands of the diabolical tandem known as The “Awesome Truth,” Cena’s new attire and the self-empowering message emblazoned in red, white and blue on the front – “Rise Above Hate” – provided the members of Cenation with some much-needed inspiration as their hero faced seemingly insurmountable odds.

“I wanted to make a positive statement,” Cena told WWE.com in describing his latest shirt, which features the logo of the anti-bullying “be a STAR” campaign printed on the sleeve. “I have a varied group of loyal fans out there that will literally back me through thick and thin. I’m known for crazy graphics and colors on my shirts, and I’ve pretty much run through the entire rainbow. I didn’t want the message to be drowned out with a graphic or anything like that, so we went real simple [with a black shirt] and put the words ‘Rise Above Hate’ with ‘Hustle, Loyalty, Respect’ on the back.” (PHOTOS)

Cena continued, “It really dawned on me when the phrase ‘Never Give Up’ became popular. I’ve never really said it on TV – maybe once – but everyone kind of associated it with me because it was on my T-shirts. I get so many messages on Twitter and questions like, ‘Hey, I’m being bullied at school. What do I do?’ Those are very personal situations, and each requires a unique approach to handle, but ‘Rise Above Hate’ is a way to tell someone to be the bigger person. Because if anyone gets bullied around here [in WWE], it’s me.” (FOLLOW CENA ON TWITTER)

At Vengeance, Cena also debuted new ring gear, replacing his iconic “jorts” with shorts featuring a variety of camouflage designs.

“The jean shorts, for the moment, have been retired,” Cena said assertively. “These are military-issued camo, and I think they will stand out. I have every U.S. Military service branch represented: Army, Marine Corps., Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard. I’ll be changing it up from time to time.”

However, Cena was quick to clarify that he hasn’t ditched the denim completely.

“They’re always in the closet,” Cena said. “Maybe when they come back in style 30 years from now I’ll bust them out for the WWE Hall of Fame or something.”

Just seen a 1997 hype video for Brakus. Never heard of him whatsoever.

After Canadian Stampede, they had a Raw in Canada straight after, then San Antonio and they're back in Canada again now.

That schedule is ridiculous, but it is awesome to see the main faces and heels switching every week almost. In the Canadian ones, the Hart Foundation could take someones mother to the ring and gang rape them and whoevers mother it was would be popping like crazy.

I complained about ROH that I couldn't hear the promos for the crowd. Right now with a Shawn Michaels promo in Canada it's the same thing, but fucking hell this crowd.

I saw the Raw before the Summerslam with Shawn v Hogan and the heat he got there, but this is incredible.

I watch Smackdown for the random-ass comments from Booker T.

Yo dawg, this is my dawg right here. This dawg watches SmackDown! for dis here crazy nigga, dawg. He definitely in my fave five.

Anybody? :-\

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Calling someone for free Summerslam tickets live on Raw. Called some other guy before that and there was a recorded message saying there were phone issues in the area. Gutted.

Have they ever connected to someone on the first attempt on one of these giveaways?

lol I remember the thing they did at SummerSlam 97 with keys and no one won the big prize.

And it was sponsored by Discovery Zone, lol.

Watching this now. Remember how the main event ends (Bret spits on Shawn, Shawn swings with the chair nailing Taker insted) but no idea how the rest of the matches go.

Almost pulling for a Hart Foundation clean sweep.

Pretty sure Owen and Bulldog win their matches, as Bulldog loses the Euro title to Shawn on a British tour and Owen loses the title to Austin on a Raw where Austin's neck gets broken (IIRC, it could be here where Austin's neck is broken)

Love how Mankind doesn't come out with the tag belt, but Dude Love does.

Thought we were already on the newer cage design in 1997

Chyna slamming the cage door on Mankind's head is the worst thing I've ever seen him take.

Even worse than when Undertaker threw him off the Cell, then through it?

I meant to the head.

It looked worse than Rock's chair shots at Royal Rumble 1999

Todd Pettingail brings out the governor of New Jersey to a chorus of boos.

I see, in that aspect I completely agree with you. As brutal as RR '99 was, that may've even hurt him more.

One of the guys who was in the 1 million may not have won, but was flown out to Summerslam for free and basically had Sunny pressed pretty close to him while barely wearing anything, so I'm sure he was fine.

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I'm a man! I got a beard!

The best thing is going to be when he actually cashes in before Mania and out-right loses.

I think it's going to be at Mania, but have his match before the Rumble winner who is also going after the WHC.

Either lose the first match or win it and be a 2 hour champion.

They should definitely push this "Pro-Beard" gimmick on TV. Might get him over a bit.

They need to bring back Eli Cottonwood. Moustache vs Beard match.

"I'm a man, I have a beard" might be the greatest thing I've heard come from Dragon.

Did he have a beard when he held the US title?

If not he could make something in a promo where the length of the beard equals the amount of time he hasn't held any gold and the longer the beard the more angry he gets like recently.

I'm assuming he's going to get more and more annoyed with people bugging him about it, and he's going to get more and more "angry" in the ring, and build up some steam heading into Mania. I'm assuming then he'll lose, and copy the ROH walk out after he loses (basically saying if he's not good enough to win the world title, he doesn't belong here, and he leaves.) Except this time, instead of going to Japan ,coming back, and winning the title, I expect him to just come out on the next show, snap, and try to cripple the champion.


You gotta admit, DB losing to Henry at Mania, coming back two weeks later, snapping, and essentially breaking his leg or arm would be bad ass.

I'm assuming they'll have too, as it's going to get pretty ridiculous looking.

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They've acknowledged his "not shaving until WM" thing, but yeah, he could be using it to get himself over.