Archive for June 2011

RAW Satire for 6/20/11

Last Week: Stone Cold Steve Austin had no idea who anybody was or what any of the angles were, so he just yelled at people and drank for three hours. Plus, R-Truth did not win the WWE Spinnin Title at “Capitol Punishment” but he did get to be offended by Fake Obama. And what’s the deal with Zack Ryder and Sin Cara? Maybe we’ll find out…TONIGHT!

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Everybody loves voting for things! But letting fans vote for RAW is stupid. That’d be like letting me book the show, and we all know how that’d go down. You know who probably agrees with me? CM Punk, who’s in the ring.

CM Punk: You think I’m not down with the Internets? I have the Twitter! I’m on MySpace! I vaguely heard of Zack Ryder one time! He’s one of the 18,000 people in Game of Thrones, right? Anyway, I’m just out here because I figure now’s as good a time as any to demand a WWE Spinnin’ Title match. You out there tonight Demon Girl? I know you kind of booked yourself another week off, but this is pretty important.

Michael Cole: Guess who I just got an e-mail from?

Punk: Oh come on. Would it kill her to call just once? E-mail is so impersonal!

Cole: This is from RAW General Manager Demon Girl, and while she says that CM Punk is quote, “a certified hottie”-

Punk: I cannot disagree.

Cole: “-he’s also ‘Straight Edge’ which goes against everything a Demon Girl like me stands for. So if he wants his WWE Spinnin’ Title shot he’s going to have to earn it.”

Punk: I’m the best guy on both shows! What else do I have to do? Train a dog to walk upright and be my valet? Hire Vladamir Kozlov to be my personal ring announcer and announce me down to the ring every week in Russian? I’m not even sure that guy knows Russian! I’m just going to lay down in the ring here and you guys can go ahead and have matches on top of me. I don’t care.

Cole: Tonight, you’ll be taking on Alberto Del Rio and Rey Misterio in a Triple Threat number one contender’s match!

Punk: Oh…That’s it? Yeah, ok then.

Backstage, the votes are flying in! Who will face Brie Bella in a Divas Title Match tonight? My money is on Yoshi Tatsu! Jerry “” Lawler, of course, votes for himself.

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And the results are in!

Kelly Kelly Kelly: 99%
Beth Phoenix: 1%
Eve Torres: -37%
Newt Gingrich: Not an actual option

Kelly Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella (w/ Nikki Bella)
For the WWE Undefined Divas Title

Michael Cole immediately makes up a Diva’s Title win for Kelly. To be fair, I couldn’t remember if she ever won the Divas title either. I’m pretty sure I had it for a while last year. I was the best Divas Champion the world has ever seen. I don’t care what anybody says, the Bellas have the best ring gear in wrestling today. Sorry, AJ, your Converse boots just don’t’ cut it compared to silver wings. Kelly with a roll-up (That’s Her Move!) for the win. Kelly Kelly has done it! She’s the Divas Champion! After the match, she tearfully says that this moment has been her dream for her entire life. Which is ridiculous, of course, because the Divas Title is only a few years old.

The question we’ve all asked ourselves at one point or another. Who would we want to see beat the crap out of Evan Bourne? The answer, of course? Yoshi Tatsu.

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The Vote:

Mason Ryan: Infinity percent
Jack Swagger: All Smiles
Sin Cara: Not a real person
Another Different Evan Bourne: 75% (Disqualified)

Mason Ryan vs. Evan Bourne

Even Evan Bourne is like, “Huh?” Backstage, Sin Cara delivers a PEDIGREE TO SWAGGER~! and starts screaming to Kevin Dunn that somebody is screwing with his votes. Somehow, they’re going to find a way to blame this on Kelly Kelly. The crowd chants for “Dave” Batista “Davidson”, which is sweet. He’s had a rough year. I’m pretty sure that either somebody backstage is screwing with us, or the WWE Universe literally has no idea what’s going on and is just texting random letters. Bourne does a backflip, and Ryan punches him in the face for the win.

Backstage, Mark Henry is going around spreading his stank.

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Here’s Mark Henry with some words of wisdom.

Mark Henry: Just like my music says, somebody gonna get they’re ass kicked. Somebody gonna get their wig split. Beat ‘em up, beat ‘em up. Break his neck. Break his neck. Bea ‘em up, beat ‘em up-

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So, what kind of match will Henry and Kane have? I accidentally voted for Yoshi Tatsu, so I’m disqualified.

Arm Wrestling: 1%
Bodyslam Challenge: .01%
Over the Top Rope Challenge: .001%
Needs More Kane Challenge: .000000002%

Mark Henry vs. Kane
In an Arm Wrestling Challenge

I think some of this voting is extremely questionable. Are you trying to tell me the WWE Universe doesn’t want to see More Kane? Sorry, guys, I’m not buying it. Mark is still rapping his theme song. Doesn’t he know that rapping is so two earlier this year? What’s in now is insane black guys! If you want a title shot you have to wear a confederate uniform and talk smack to little kids! Kane goes to lock up for the arm wrestling portion of our show, and Mark Henry eats the podium. Then he body slams Kane and throws him over the top rope. Well, it’s nice to see he had contingency plans. Then he goes to ringside and starts screaming at a little kid. Alright! Now you’re on track!

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Speaking of which, here’s the innovator, R-Truth.

R-Truth: I can’t believe it! First I job to Little Jimmy and his glass of water, and now Mark Henry’s stealing my gimmick? Y’all better vote me into some kind of title match tonight, or I swear I’m going to go back to being K-Kwik and find a way to bring back Road Dogg! Don’t test me! I will do that!

Chris Tian: You think you got it bad? I finally win the World Title, and I think everything’s going great. Next thing you know, I’m losing to Randy Orton every ten seconds, even though the guy has a concussion and has the worst beard in the history of terrible beards!

Truth: How would you even know if Orton had a concussion?

The crowd, for their part, is chanting for “Little Jimmy.” Man, that guy is over! Sadly, though, we get The Miz instead.

The Miz: You want to bitch? You guys are going to have to get the hell in line! I went from feuding with John Cena and The Rock and being WWE Champion, to feuding and jobbing to Alex Riley! At least you guys are losing to people who are over!

Truth: I still got it worse!

Tian: No, I’ve got it worse!

Miz: I’ve got it worse times infinity!

Truth: I’ve got it worse times infinity plus one!

Theodore Long: Playas, you’re all the victims of terrible circumstances. Some of them of my own doing! So to make it up to all of you, I’m booking you in a six man tag team match against your rivals right here tonight!

Tian: That doesn’t make anything up to anybody! You’re just asking us all to job again!

Truth: And I’m pretty sure you still can’t book matches on RAW. The GM here is that little girl.

Long: Holla Holla!

What kind of match will Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Johnston have? Ugh. Is…“None” an option? No? Ok, fine. I can do this. Don’t vote for Yoshi Tatsu. Don’t vote for Yoshi Tatsu….

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Dammit! Ok, let’s see what won.

Cole Miner’s Glove: 98%
No Vickies, No Vickies and STOP!: On a Whammy%
2 out of 3 Falls: 2/3%
Kofi Kingston Doesn’t Have a Submission Match: 1 1/3%

Kofi Johnston vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero)
In a Cole Miner’s Glove Match for the WWE United States Title

Each guy has to wear a life size doll of Michael Cole on each of their hands. I was really hoping they’d have to actually wear Michael Cole! Sadly, this extra weight grounds most of Kofi’s high flying offense, so all he can do is stand around and look sad and be Shelton, while Dolph Ziggler flails his pale, pasty appendages at him. “Vintage Cole Mine!” states Michael Cole, mostly to himself. Kofi attempts to leave so that he can just get counted out in disgrace, but he can’t even get through the ropes with his gloves, so he takes a head butt from one of Dolph’s Coles.

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I’m pretty sure that at least one of these Cole Miner’s Gloves is actually Yoshi Tatsu in disguise, so I’m going to declare that as a moral victory on my own behalf. Kofi’s now using the Coles as stilts to make himself taller, which isn’t helping him in the match at all, but it’s doing wonders for his self esteem. Finally, Ziggler just gets so sick of this match that he takes off one of his Coles and just decks Kofi in the face. You can’t do that! Johnston wins! Not the title though, because that would be stupid. Kofi and his Coles do a cancan in the ring for no reason.

What match will Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk, and Rey Misterio have? Can I vote for a Drinking Contest?

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Here’s Alberto. I miss Ricardo Rodriguez.

Alberto Del Rio: You know what word I haven’t said in a while? Destiny! It’s my Destiny to destiny the destiny! You hear that, Big Show? You can’t destiny destiny destiny that destiny’s destiny! Dest-

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Here are your results:

“Falls Count Anywhere but There” Match: 50%
Destiny Match: 25%
“Oh God Whatever the Stipulations for that Last Match Were Already” Match: 15%
Winner Leaves WWE Match: 10%

Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk vs. Rey Misterio
In a “Falls Count Anywhere But There” Match for the Number One Contendership to the WWE Spinnin’ Title

Oh man. My favorite gimmick! I hope they try to pin each other there! They’re going to be so embarrassed! I kind of wonder, if all he needs is to have 1,800 matches against a Mexican guy without a mask on, why doesn’t Sin Cara just feud with Alberto? Unless he thinks that Alberto’s patented Armbar would make him unable to hit the Pedigree. Rey goes for a pinfall on top of the barricade, but WWE RAW Referee Chad Patton is all “No, not there!” Oh! You just got burned, Rey! Also, I’m pretty sure Punk’s shoulders weren’t down.

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Lawler has no idea how many people have voted tonight, so he just guesses “100 million,” which Cole thinks is laughable because that’s as many people as exist in the whole world. I’m having trouble figuring out who’s stupider. I’m going to go with Justin Roberts. Screw you, Justin Roberts! Del Rio locks the Armbar in on Rey right next to Punk, so I’m not sure he’s real clear on the concept. Rey gets a 619 on Del Rio, and Punk tosses Misterio and gets the pin on ADR! Punk wins!

Punk: To quote my Livejournal, “I’m quitting y’alls. Laterz!”

Um…Ok? Anyway, let’s just go ahead and move on to the thrilling feud that is Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan!

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Your results:

No Count Outs Match: 100%
No Backsies Match: 0%
Everybody Has to Wear a Bag: 0%
Cody Rhodes Banned from Ringside: 0%

Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan
In a No Count Outs Match

Aw man, I wanted to see everybody wearing a bag. Fun game of the night: Try to figure out why WWE RAW Referee Jack Doan is wearing rubber gloves. Fess up! Which one of you has a communicable disease? Well…Both of them now, I guess. So wait…Falls Count Anywhere followed up by…No Count Outs? Well, I will say one thing for us, WWE Universe, we certainly know how to be lazy. Cody Rhodes tries to be the Phantom of the Opera to start, but Daniel Bryan isn’t phased. I’m sort of curious whether or not Bryan is keeping in touch with Gail Kim. Trying to get his mojo back, as it were. I’d ask him on Twitter, but all it is is a string of jpegs of Cats and retweets of Rebecca Black, so I don’t think so. Bryan with a roll-up for the win. The Kelly Kelly Kelly Offensive! Brilliant! I don‘t think anybody event went outside the ring, so there were NO count outs! Ted DiBiase runs out, and just stands around for a minute, and then Daniel Bryan puts on a bag for the satisfaction of the 0% of the audience who wanted to see him wear one.

Dance Contest next! Of course! This is Yoshi Tatsu’s time to shine!

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Your votes:

Michael Cole: 100,000,000 votes (the population of the entire world)
Jerry “” Lawler: 234 votes
Booker T: 8 votes
Yoshi Tatsu; 1 vote

Vickie Guerrero vs. Michael Cole
In a Dance Off

Yoshi got robbed there. I demand a recount! Has Booker been out here all night? Aw man. Sorry Book! I guess I just…never listen to anything the announcers or wrestlers say. Ever. EVER! Vickie notes her extensive exotic dancing experience as “Peaches” back in the day. You know, exotic dancing might be the only profession with nicknames stupider than professional wrestling. She then proceeds to pop and lock and do the cabbage patch for an hour. Michael Cole counters by doing the Carlton. WWE Dance Dance World Champion Shawn Michaels is prancing in his grave right now. Matt Striker declares Michael Cole the winner because…You know what? Matt Striker doesn’t have to justify what he does to you. Get off his back!

Oh man! John Lennon is endorsing RAW now? Dying turns you into such a marketing whore. Anyway, don’t forget to put in your vote for the main event! I’ve already got my phone queued up to vote for…wait…pictures of cats? DAMN YOU DANIEL BRYAN!

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Somebody apparently forwarded WWE that video of that kid from YouTube. I’m honestly sort of flabbergasted that they’d acknowledge that somebody filmed at a WWE show, which you’re not supposed to do. Also that it hasn’t been pulled off of YouTube for violating WWE’s copyright policy. Anyway, what kind of match did we get? Daniel Bryan kept photo bombing me so I couldn’t vote for Judy Bagwell on a Pole.

Elimination Match: 87%
A “Match”: 6%
Another More Different Match: 4%
Boggle: 3%

R-Truth, Th-

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R-Truth, The Miz, and Chris Tian vs. Alex Riley, Randy Orton, and John Cena
In an Elimination Match

How could you guys screw up Boggle? Seriously? I wonder what Randy Orton really thinks about playing second banana to Cena. On second thought, I don’t think I want to know what Randy thinks about anything. Alex Riley knows he’s just cannon fodder, and is really happy to be out here tonight. That’s an attitude I wish more guys would have. Then again, he gets pinned before the match even starts by Christian, so maybe it’s not the most productive attitude.

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Just so we’re up to date on who’s left in the match, it’s everybody but Alex Riley. Ok! You’re all caught up! Truth and Miz spend about an hour beating up Cena while Orton trims his beard at ringside. Christian tags in and immediately realizes he’s not going to beat either of these guys, so he tags back out and Miz gets hit with the AA for the pin. Oh! It’s all evened up! I’m on the edge of my seat now. Truth is so upset by this that he tries to jump into the ring and he falls over. Orton wins! Randy finally wakes up long enough to pose, but that gives Christian just enough of an opening to hit a Spear. Orton’s out! What a turn of events! It’d be a huge win for Christian if he can…Oh wait. Never mind. Cena with an STF for the win. Afterwards, Randy and Cena celebrate together as if Orton did anything. But hey. In your face, Alex Riley!

Next Week: Raw Roulette is back, so Spin the Wheel and Make the Deal, because nobody wants to, you know, actually book a show. Shawn Michaels will show up and show these kids how to have a dance contest. A bunch of people who are NOT ON THIS SHOW will be on this show.

Elsewhere….

Zack Ryder: Seriously, bro? I wasn’t even a nominee! How are you going to have a show with internet voting and not have the Internet’s favorite broski?

Tough Enough Jessie: Come on now, Zack, do you think Mason Ryan was an actual choice? It was supposed to be you in there, and no doubt you would’ve beaten Sin Cara too.

Ryder: Bro! It makes so much sense! I’ve got to get on Internet Superstars and make him pay!

T.E. Jessie: Do you think that’s going to work? You’re just going to go in there and take on Sin Cara on some internet show? Zack, we need to cut this snake off at the head.

Ryder: Take out Averno?

T.E. Jessie: Ugh…No. We’re going to destroy him. Unmask him and expose him for the fraud that he truly is. Then, we’re going to drag him through the dirt and mud and grime until he begs us to stop. We’re going to put him on trial and make him pay for the crimes he’s committed against us and against the wrestling business.

Ryder: Wow, bro. That’s pretty harsh. I didn’t expect you to be so serious!

T.E. Jessie: Winning Tough Enough changes a person.

To Be Continued….

YouTube: Perform…Wait Ew

Confession here: I love Weird Al.

He comes out with a new album every handful of years or so, and he’s always got some great material. It’s not always “current,” but the guy is a straight up great musician and his material is always really really polished.

His lady Gaga parody is both timely and good. And after a brief spat with Gaga’s management about whether or not he could put it out, it’s great that we all get to see it.

But the video is…creepy. Watch as a half naked person with a CGI Al Face writhes around in a bubble dress. It’s just…Ugh.

World of Warcraft Wednesday: The Black Temple

Lore:

The former most holy site for the Draenei hasn’t been so great these past few years. Orcs and the Burning Legion over ran the place and used it as their base of operations in Outlands, killing babies and women and all kinds of bad things.

Illidan Stormrage was supposed to go in there and stop them. And he did…sort of. By taking it over and being worse than they ever were. The night elf Priestess Maiev Shadowsong has chased him down there, and she’d really love your help taking him out. Are you prepared?

Degree of Difficulty: Hard

From the entrance in the sewers to the citadel’s peak, you’ll face wave after wave of fairly easy, but really numerous and annoying trash. For a group of 85s, it’s not terrible, but soloing it is still quite difficult.

As bosses go, it varies. High Warlord Naj’entus has a shield that you need to break by grabbing items he drops, AoE, and a stun, but he doesn’t hit horribly hard. Supremus has an AoE and a really hard single strike in Phase 1, a slow, a knockback, and an AoE in Phase 2. Akama has adds and hits hard, but not much else. Teron Gorefiend is like a PC warlock, DoTs and adds and AoE, all of which can get bad. Gurtogg Bloodboil has an AoE and a Berzerk. The Essense of Suffereing has a DoT, Desire has a shield and an AoE, and Anger has an AoE and a DoT. Mother Shahraz has a cleave, a teleport, an AoE, a Silence, and rotating damage immunity. The Illidari Council is probably the most difficult fight. It consists of a priest, Lady Malande, a mage High Nethermancer Zerevor, a paladin Gathios the Shatterer, and a rogue, Veras Darkshadow, who act like their PC counterparts.

The final boss, of course, is Illidan himself. It’s a rough fight, with a lot of AoE, a lot of single target damage, and a DoT or two. The fight is five phases, a regular tank, a flying phase (you have to kill two adds to get him to land), another tank back on the ground, a more powerful “dark” form, and the final tanking stage where you’ll be aided by Maiev Shadowsong.

Special Features:

The actual questline for this instance takes you through several different raids and instances. It’s pretty epic, but not required. This is the place where you can get the legendary dual swords, the Warglaives of Azenoth, which are still highly sought after today.

Recommended for Levels: 70

Lots of people love running black temple now. For the rep, for the achievement, and for a shot at getting the legendary weapon. Also because this raid was so difficult at the time it was released, that not many people got to see it when it was new. So you can imagine now that several ilevels of gear have passed, and priests are kitted out today like Paladins were then, a lot more people want to run Black Temple.

So getting a chance to see it won’t be hard, and it’s definately worth your time. Even if all the ancillaries aren’t your thing, it’s the actual finale of the Burning Crusade expansion, and if you played at all during TBC, you owe it to yourself to finish out the story and see Illidan come to an end.

YouTube Monday: Muppets!

I can’t help but be a little excited for Muppets. I don’t know why. I watched Muppet Babies when I was a kid, but I was never big on The Muppets proper. I mean, I love parts of the shows (Stadler and Waldorf especially) but the whole concept never gelled with me.

Still…Amy Adams, Jason Segel, and a truckload of Muppets? Yes please. For some reason.

Hock Show Weekend Top Five for June 12th – 18th, 2011

1. Beautiful Riot. In a photo that probably defines our generation, for better or for worse, a photographer in Canada accidentally caught Australian Scott Jones and his Canadian girlfriend Alex Thomas kissing on the street in the middle of a riot after Vancouver lost the Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins. It really speaks to everything we’re about, really.

2. Your Big Movie Was a Disappointment. Both the Green Lantern and Mr. Popper’s Penguins opened to disappointing box office takes this weekend. Lantern, the Super Hero Movie Nobody Asked For, was strongly acted, but poorly scripted, spending almost its entire running time trying to set up a sequel rather than actually tell a story. Popper’s was a Jim Carey movie starring penguins, and I think I can say, as a nation, we’ve moved on from that.

3. J.K. Rowling Launches a Website Dedicated to “The Future of Harry Potter.” Speculation has been running rampant following the site’s launch this week about what this could mean for Rowling and her franchise. Here’s an idea: She likes money. I’m just throwing that out there. I wonder why she would put out a website based on her popular book series. Oh wait. To make money.

4. E3 Was Boring. Of the things that were announced…nothing caught my eye. Mass Effect 3, maybe, but we already knew about that. Sony spent their entire press conference waving their hands around trying to make us all forget that their internet security was just a sign in their office that said, “Please don’t compromise internet security.” Microsoft spent the entire time showing rail shooters and saying “Future of gaming” a lot in the hopes that you would believe them. And Nintendo introduced the iPad that’s tethered to your TV. Great jorb, guys.

5. Happy Father’s Day. To all you dads out there, you are some of the most important people in the lives of your kids. Thanks for being there, and I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

RAW Satire for 6/14/11

Last Week: RAW General Manager Demon Girl is on summer vacation, so she punished Stone Cold Steve Austin by giving him her job for the week. R-Truth made every attempt to outdick Tracy Morgan by dressing up as a Confederate soldier. And Tough Enough finally ended, and the spoils went to Tough Enough Jessie! Congratulations start…TONIGHT!

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Here’s The Miz. He came to play WWE All Stars. He’s going to play as himself and pretend he’s still relevant and not feuding with Alex Riley right now.

The Miz: So now I’m starting to figure out what Edge was talking about. I mean, I lose one match, and suddenly I’m persona non grata on RAW. I mean, when was the last time anybody tuned into RAW to see what The Miz was up to? Do I have to tweet a picture of my penis to Maryse to get attention? Because I will do it. That’ll get me out of a feud with Alex Riley and into…counseling, probably. Maybe I can steal a bus with Hugh Morris’ dad on it too. That sounds like the kind of angle that would relaunch my flagging career. I mean, that’s the way we did things in 2000, and 2000 is what’s “in” right now, right?

Stone Cold Steve Austin: Miz, let’s face facts together, ok? The reason you’re not getting pushed is because you’re short, thin, and you look kind of dorky. That’s not what gets over in this business. Oh, sure, you got your little title run, but for now you should just feel glad that you didn’t just get booted back down to FCW for your big feud with G-Rilla.

Miz: Hey, G-Rilla’s a big movie star now!

Austin: Yeah? Ask me how The Condemned did.

Miz: How did-

Austin: What?

Miz: Steve-

Austin: Ah, I’m just messin’ with you Cabbage Patch, go backstage. We’ve got Rowdy Roddy Piper back there to give you a pep talk.

Miz: Greeeeeeaaaaaat.

Austin: Well, anyway, since I’ve got you all out here. I’ve decided that, as my first order of business, I’m-

Ricardo Rodriguez: Albertoooooooooooooooooooo Del Rioooooooooooooooooo!

Alberto Del Rio: Woah! Steve! I know you want to be me, but I don’t think you can really lay claim to being Alberto Del Rio! I mean, where’s your luscious head of hair? Your expensive rental car? Your clumsily worn ascot?

Austin: You know, there’s something I’ve been wondering, and I never got a chance to ask Eddie about this, but do you actually sit in those seats in your ring gear?

Del Rio: Yes.

Austin: That cleaning bill so that they can wash the ass sweat off those chairs must be a fortune! Anyway, here’s some more Kane.

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Alberto Del Rio (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) vs. Kane

Alberto is wearing tights with a big “A” on them for “All Star Night.’ That was mighty forward thinking of him! Cole falls all over himself trying to drop the “Briscoe Brothers Body Shop” that he forgets entirely to call the match. Del Rio locks in the Armbar, but Kane makes the ropes. Which would be great, except Alberto is too busy trying to bar Kane’s arm, so he never lets go and Kane wins by DQ! After the match, Big Show comes rumbling out in yellow gloves and with no apparent injury to his leg. He bypasses Alberto, who wisely is halfway to New Jersey by this point anyway, and he just beats the crap out of Ricardo for an hour.

Kane: Show! Stop it man, you’re going to kill him!

Big Show: So? Doesn’t that sound like something you would do?

Kane: Maybe the Old Kane. But ever since you introduced me to Tough Enough Jessie, it’s like there’s a whole wealth of new options! Did you know that if somebody spills coffee on you, it’s ok just to laugh it off? Or that burying your dad in oatmeal’s kind of a crappy plan? So this dude ran you over with his car? So what? Grow up, Show.

Show: You’re right. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Kane: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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Daniel Bryan, Ezekiel Jackson, and Sin Cara vs. Wade Barrett, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes

Sin Cara, of course, gets his own entrance and lighting throughout the match, because he’s the biggest star in WWE history. I’m kind of impressed that he can spit water through his mask, I can’t lie. Daniel Bryan, on the other hand, has lost a lot of luster since he disappeared for the past few months. I don’t even think he’s sleeping with Gail Kim anymore. Rough, man. Zeke goes on a rampage, taking out Barrett and then Rhodes and DiBiase at one time. He goes to make the pinfall, but Sin Cara tags himself in. PEDIGREE TO BARRETT~! finishes things. That’s great and all, but THESE PEOPLE AREN’T ON THIS SHOW! After the match, the ghostly visage of Tommy Dreamer chases Sin Cara out of the ring.

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Hornswoggle is in the ring shooting T-Shirts into the crowd. And I’d just like to go on record as saying that nothing good is ever going to come out of a segment that starts with that sentence.

R-Truth: Hellspawn! What are you doing out here? You shooting John Cena T-Shirts into the crowd? Not cool, man!

Hornswoggle: Like I care whose T-Shirts I’m shooting. I’m just seeing if I can get girls to change into the free shirts while I’m watching.

Truth: That’s creepy, man. How come you’re not the heel?

Horny: Haven’t you been watching Game of Thrones? Lecherous midgets are in!

Sin Cara: Sean Bean is my favorite actor-uh! What a good looking man-uh!

Chris Tian: I really sympathized with his character in Lord of the Rings.

Truth: Team Joffrey!

Truth punts Hornswoggle across the ring.

Truth: Actually, I don’t even watch that show. Sorry, man. Maybe next time load up some R-Truth T-Shirts, though. Or at least some Zack Ryder ones.

Steve Austin: Hey, R-Truth! I have no idea why in the world I’m getting involved in this crap for a second week in a row. So I won’t. Here’s another guy.

Austin: The guy from Glee? I love that show! You and Truth can have a match!

Morrison: But, my neck is still, like, broken. What the hell am I doing here?

Austin: Haha! Welcome to the club, brother.

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Sheamus vs. Santino Marella

The crowd is literally begging for Zack Ryder. And you know, the crowd in Long Island usually blows, so maybe they should run him out here. Just to…punt Hornswoggle or something. Santino loads up and hit’s the Cobra, but Sheamus completely no-sells it. Someday, somebody’s going to not sell the Bicycle Kick, Finisher of Champions or not, and you’re going to be sorry. That person is not going to be Santino, though, as he eats the Finisher of Champions. Then Sheamus locks in the Texas Cloverleaf, for no reason other than I think he wants Dean Malenko and WWE RAW Referee Nunzio to beat the crap out of him.

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Oh Dear God….

Randy Orton:

Haha! A page out of the R-Truth playbook!

Orton: It is I! Ranky Q. Morgan, Legend Kill Guy and concurrent holster of the WWWYKI Girl’s Chocolatechip! I’m soggy that I’ve been off Monkey Night Rod for so long, but your wake is finally odor. That’s ripe, Ranky is back! And this Someday night, I will be taking on Cryption at the Caterpillar Pomegranate pay per viewed. But I liberally cannot wake that long! So Cross Chen, come out here and flight me!

There he is on the Titantron walking around!

Chris Tian: Hey, Randy! Do you think I’m stupid? I’m a heel now! I can’t have you booting me in the head or beating me, because you’re, like, the only face on Smackdown. So I’m not stupid enough to come down to the ring and get beat up! I’m the smart one!

But while he was walking and talking, he accidentally walked down to the ring!

Tian: Whoops.

Thankfully, The Police separate Randy and Christian before Tian can get usurped as Smackdown’s top heel by…Yoshi Tatsu or whoever. Sting and Christian exchange pleasantries while Steve Austin appears on the Titantron.

Stone Cold Steve Austin: Randy, I hear you got a concussion. I don’t know how the doctors would be able to tell, but if you touch Christian again, I’m going to strip you of the World Title.

Theodore Long: Hang on just a second, playa. You can’t do that! You’re just the temporary RAW General Manager! That’s a Smackdown title!

Austin: Shut up and go bet on horse races, peanut head. The adults are talking here!

Long: Eh. Like I care anyway! Hollah Hollah!

Michael Cole: I just got an e-mail from RAW General Manager Demon Girl! She met Goofy, and rode the teacups, and had her picture taken with Cinderella, and she wouldn’t go, but her mom took a ride on Space Mountain.

Ric Flair: WOO!

Austin: What does that have to do with this segment?

Cole: Nothing. Hey, I just read the e-mails as I get them, man.

Austin: Christian versus Rey Misterio! Right this second!

Tian: You really, really can’t just do that, man.

Austin: And that’s the bottom line, cuz Stone Cold Said So! There! I can do anything!

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Chris Tian vs. Rey Misterio

I can’t decide if Christian’s T-Shirt is awesome or terrible. If I wasn’t unemployed and broke, I would probably rather spend my money buying Scott Stanford T-Shirts instead, so I guess it’s terrible. What is awesome, however, is Tian taking a header into the bottom rope, and then struggling mightily to get back up to the bottom rope to set himself up for the 619. To be fair though, Christian does move again, and Rey whiffs. Then he gets tossed, so I guess it’s time for a break. Man, this is a lot of breaks for a two hour…Oh God. There’s a whole ‘nother hour and a half left of this isn’t there? AAAAAAAAAAAAA-

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I screamed through that whole ad break. I don’t think I have any lungs left. Christian has had enough of this crap too, and just sits on Rey and punches him until WWE RAW Referee Chad Patton calls for the bell. Oh man! Somebody remembered the “Ref Break DQ” finish again! Expect every match on Smackdown to end this way. Rey jumps on top of CM Punk, who is out there to keep him from Tweeting anything stupid, but Mason Ryan grabs Rey and politely sets him up for the Killswitch, which Christian hits. It’s always really nice to see the heels getting along!

Backstage….

Stone Cold Steve Austin: A movie where I play a door to door yarn salesman who’s out for blood when a Russian spy steals the secret of Facebook from the United States? Hell Yeah, I’m interested. I-

Vickie Guerrero: EXCUSE ME!

Austin: I’ll have to call you back. A cheerleader and a guy’s widow just walked in. Yeah, I’ve heard that joke. Bye. Ok, what can I help you with, boring people?

Vickie: Can you book matches for the PPV?

Austin: I dunno. Probably. I can do pretty much do whatever I want.

Vickie: Well, can you put Dolph into a match against Kofi Johnston?

Austin: I don’t even know who that is. Sure!

Dolph Ziggler: He’s Shelton. Also, can you do me a personal favor? I feel awful about what I did last week. Can you give Zack Ryder a spot on tonight’s show? Put him in the background or something? Please?

Austin: Only if you fire Vickie Guerrero.

Dolph: Done!

Vickie: Hey!

Dolph: Honey, think of Zack Ryder!

Austin: Hahaha! Oh man. I was just kidding. I’m a powerful guy, but I’m not a miracle worker. Zack’d be lucky if he made it onto Internet Superstars.

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R-Truth vs. John Morrison

Truth is out there, but no JoMo. Well, I mean, the guy isn’t supposed to be back until next year or something, right? He’s not exactly John Cena here. Truth doesn’t seem especially surprised about this, but rather than have WWE RAW Referee Jack Doan count him out like an intelligent person would do, Truth walks out too. Double count out! Tonight is full of great finishes! Truth goes backstage, and to our great shock, John Morrison is laid out.

John Morrison: I…regret that I came back…six months ahead of schedule….

R-Truth: I regret that I didn’t make my catchphrase Shazam! Now, I’m going to push this cart of TVs onto you, John!

Morrison: Alas, it’s what I deserve.

WWE RAW Referee Nunzio: Oh no you don’t! Look, I’ve had it up to HERE tonight! First Sheamus steals my finisher-

Dean Malenko: Ahem!

Nunzio: Ok. OUR finisher, and now you’re just going to dump a bunch of TVs on a guy? Hell no. Not on my watch, pinhead!

Truth: Guys! I think I saw Nidia and Lita getting beat up by some…rabid…clowns!

Malenko: Doink! DEAN SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!

Nunzio: Let’s roll, Dean! Sorry, Morrison, you’re on your own here.

Dean and Nunzio dash off.

Truth: Ok, now I’m totally going to push this cart onto you.

Morrison: That’s kind of what I figured.

So he does. Ow!

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Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) vs. Evan Bourne and Kofi Johnston

Dolph and Vickie are still arguing about whether or not she is equal to one Zack Ryder. Dolph gets his own video package though, so I guess I’ll finally get that Ziggler DVD I’ve never been waiting for. I do have to say, I really think WWE missed out not putting together a Nunzio/Malenko tag team. They’re under contract! There’s still time! Make it happen and I will love you forever, Vince! Evan wins by doing a backflip! Kofi almost goes a whole match without being Shelton, but then he gets it in there right at the end.

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Piper is out. What musings shall he ramble this time?

Rowdy Roddy Piper: A lot has changed since the last time I was here. I got cancer. I beat cancer. My daughter was in 38 really awful movies. I beat up Mr. T again, just for fun this time. One of the best wrestlers in the industry died, Randy Savage, and there was a guy who was ok with retiring. He didn’t have the sickness. But in my day, you couldn’t rub two boots together for a dollar and if you wanted to win a WWE, which it wasn’t called WWE at the time, or even WWF, this was in the days of the WWWF, and the extra W stood for “wombat” because it was, and this is a little known fact, originally the front for an animal fighting ring that we used to run in the back, but actual wombats were too expensive, and eventually Bruno’s wombat guy spent 18 years in federal prison, though not for wombat smuggling, though they weren’t too happy about that either let me tell you, no, he went to jail for trying to steal a picture of Jimmy Carter from the White House, and to this day I-

The Miz: Well, if it isn’t Rowdy Roddy Piper! You know, I used to look up to-

Piper: -and I said to the guy that I wanted to kick ass and chew bubblegum, but I lost all my gum buying money in the wombat fighting game, so I was all tapped out of both cash and bubble gum at the time, so the guy lent me a nickel, which was good enough to buy a pack of gum at the time because inflation really hadn’t kicked in yet to the level it has today, I mean what can you buy for a nickel these days, even penny candy costs a dollar and a half, which is incidentally how much money my daughter’s last film made, it was called-

Miz: -mean, I was on The Real World, so I understand what makes good televison. So when I say, “Alex Riley is too doofy looking to play a good face,” I know what I’m talking about, because I-

Piper: -get on a Twizzler account like The Ulitmate Warrior and rant and rave about how I can’t wear make-up and my wig anymore, because my face is falling apart from all the drugs and booze I-

Alex Riley: Hey, guys, do you think I could-

Miz: -why I’m challenging you to a match with $1,000 of my own money on the line, because “beating up an old man in a dress” is on my bucket list.

Piper: I don’t knoooooow.

Riley: Do it!

Piper: Who the hell are you? You know what? Don’t care. Make it $5,000 so I can fund my daughter’s next horrible, horrible film. That’d be twice the budget of our starring turn in Lights Out.

Stone Cold Steve Austin: Alex Riley! I’m promoting you to referee! You can referee that match, and then nobody will ever say your name on television again!

Riley: Hooray!

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Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. The Miz
For $5,000 with Special Guest Referee WWE RAW Referee Alex Riley

Alex Riley would fit right in as the valet for the Nunzio/Malenko stable. I sort of wonder what Disqo is doing, but I also kind of realize that I probably don’t want to know. Riley apparently shops at Fat Locker for his referees shirt. Seriously, who do they have on staff that’s that big? The fattest referee they have is WWE RAW Referee Jack Doan, and he only looks fat because he’s short. Piper with the sleeper about two seconds in. It’s just been one of those kind of nights. Miz battles out of it, but immediately gets pushed by Riley into a roll-up for the win. Piper should see about getting a title shot on Smackdown!

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Alicia Fox, Tamina, Rosa Mendes, Melina, Maryse, Nikki and Brie Bella vs. AJ Lee, Kaitlyn, Natalya, Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly Kelly

Ugh…Is this everybody? Ok, great. Despite absolutely loathing each other, the possibility of seeing the Yodeling Guy in action brought Kelly and the Bellas together long enough to shoot an episode of The Price Is Right. I saw it, and Drew Carey was kind of a jerk for suggesting that Kelly and the Bellas should go into the Price Is Right’s Wrestling Hall of Fame so they don’t offend fans. I demand his WWE Hall of Fame ring! Mostly because I want super powers. This match ended, like, ten minutes ago when Kelly pinned one of the Bellas. Brikki, I think. That match went on so long, Natalya forgot to take off her coat. Then, for no real reason, the Face Divas do a can can dance. Neil Patrick Harris would be proud! Or, you know, probably not.

Backstage….

Stone Cold Steve Austin: So, Silent Rage, how does it feel? You lost WWE Tough Enough to a girl who wasn’t on the show, and now you’re sitting here backstage, not even booked.

Silent Rage: ….

Michael Tarver: You took my job, man!

The three of them drink some beer.

CM Punk: AH! Busted! You claimed Straight Edge on the show, but I caught you drinking beer! That’s twenty demerits! You can’t come to Straight Edge camp this summer.

Silent Rage: ….

Well, his mouth said “….” but his body said “L”

Punk: Stone Cold Steve Austin! We meet at last! Our great Twitter feud finally realized!

Austin: Am I supposed to recognize you? Are you that “Zack Ryder” that literally nobody backstage is talking about?

Punk: No! I’m CM Punk! The guy who is slowly quitting this company over Twitter, but can’t leave until he has his dream feud with Steve Austin so I can finally scare you out of being an alcoholic wife abuser.

Austin: Aw, shucks, kid. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Punk: Can you say the alphabet backwards?

Austin: Nope!

Punk: Actually…me neither. Anyway, I think this will count as a feud in my dream journal. Thanks for participating!

Austin: Zack, I like your moxie. I suddenly have an urge to put you into the main event against John Cena!

Punk: Aren’t you going to ban The Nexus from ringside or something?

Austin: I have no idea who that is, but sure. He’s banned too!

Punk: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!

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Now Austin’s driving down to the ring on an ATV. Well, it’s certainly more practical than a $200,000 car.

Stone Cold Steve Austin: What? Man, I’m just messing with you guys. Long Island usually sucks, but not tonight for some reason.

Michael Cole: I just got an e-mail from RAW General Manager Demon Girl! She’s at the Epcot Center Laser and Fireworkstravaganza right now, trying to get the hell out of the Norway souvenir trap. Just thought you’d like to know.

Austin: Well, damn, son, that sounds great. I always loved that Troll ride. Anyway, since I’m the GM, I’m just going to go ahead and abuse my powers once again and book next week’s show too.

Cole: You can’t do that!

Austin: I can’t do lots of stuff. But I do anyway. That’s what the little girl gets for taking a week off. Anyway, remember how awful that Cyber Sunday/Taboo Tuesday pay per view always was? Well…We’re doing it again next week! You get to be the RAW General Manager! And you can’t possibly be any worse than me! But I know you’ll try your damnest.

Cole: Oh! I just got another e-mail! She got a bag of cotton candy and accidentally condemned Tigger to the eternal depths of hell.

Then Austin gives the Stunner to the computer. STUNNER! STUNNER! Bah God that Stunner is broken in half! Then he pours some beer over it and drives over it with his ATV. Which would be awesome, if this hadn’t happened before, and Michael Cole hadn’t just gone and bought another computer. And an iPad to prevent this from happening again.

BAH GAWD!

President Obama sure does give a lot of press conferences.

Chris Tian: Can you get me a WWE title match?

Barack Obama: I’m pretty sure I have bigger things on my plate right now. Besides, you’d make an awful WWE Champion.

Cody Rhodes: President Obama, is it legal for me to Tweet a picture of my Cody Rhodes to a girl I like?

Obama: I…guess?

Rhodes: Here comes a Tweet, AJ!

Sheamus: If I called you “Fella” would I get shot by secret service?

Obama: Just try it. Just go ahead and try it, Fella.

Hornswoggle: How are you planning on solving this economic crisis?

Obama: I dunno. Do you have a pot of gold?

The Great Khali: Pakistan! Am I right?

Obama: Hahaha. You know it.

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CM Punk vs. John Cena

They soak up the crowd noise for, like a half hour, while the crowd chants for everyone, including WWE RAW Referee Mi-Mi-Mi-Miiiiike Chioda, who is just happy to be there tonight. This seriously is the first time I think I’ve ever heard or seen the crowd at this building cheer for anything or anyone. They’re like the Bizzaro Canadian fans, in that they don’t care about anything. Or maybe this is just the start of a riot. Who knows? Punk goes for the GTS about two seconds in, but Cena fights out, so he just settles for dumping Cena over the ropes.

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Cena beats the crap out of Punk for about twenty minutes until he can lock in the STF, but he does it, like, right under one of the ropes. So that was kind of a waste of time. OH! Unless he holds it past the five count and gets DQed! I haven’t seen that finish in over an hour! In the crowd, R-Truth is offering his bottle of water to a little kid in exchange for a John Cena hat. The kid, however, is holding out for a Zack Ryder T-Shirt, two Rey Misterio Key Chains, and a bottle of Sprite (chilled and unopened). Well, yeah. You don’t know where R-Truth’s been! Cena is so distracted by the fact that the kid is so willing to give up his John Cena merchandise, that he totally misses CM Punk hitting him with the GTS and getting the win. Truth comes to the ring wearing the hat, so he must’ve caved to the kid’s demands. Softie. He wails Cena with the Spinnin’ Title, and runs off to go drop more things on John Morrison.

Next Week: That epic Yoshi Tatsu/Trent Barretta Iron Man Match we’ve all been craving finally comes true. Plus, I hear there’s going to be a literal riot. One of the Bella Twins told me. I think it was Bruce. And new WWE Champion R-Truth recaps the entire Capital Punishment PPV for us in beautiful semaphore.

Elsewhere….

Zack Ryder: What the hell! I go through all this trouble to get myself over, I make myself my own title belt, I Tweet for weeks about how excited I am to come to Long Island, and what happens? They don’t even book me on the show!

A Mysterious Voice: You actually did have a spot on the show, once, Mister Ryder. You were booked in a match that would’ve truly showcased your skills.

Ryder: What, putting over Sheamus? I’d rather stay off the card.

Voice: No! Originally it was going to be Wade Barrett, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes taking on Daniel Bryan, Ezekiel Jackson and…Zack Ryder!

Ryder: But-

Voice: And you would’ve gone over!

Ryder: Then the one who’s holding me down is….

Voice: Say it!

Ryder: SIN CARA!

Tough Enough Jessie: Yes, Zack. But this rabbit hole goes even deeper than you realize. Come with us and you will see.

Ryder: “Us?”

The Ghostly Visage of Tommy Dreamer: US! ECDub ECDub!

T.E. Jessie: Knock it off, Tommy.

Dreamer: Aw….

World of Warcraft Wednesday: Battle for Mount Hyjal

Lore:

This is another wing of the Caverns of Time, and the first (and to date only) raid offered there. So, Archimonde, one of the Chief Lieutenants of the Burning Legion lead an attack on Mount Hyjal to destroy the World Tree and rid Azeroth of Night Elves forever.

This seems like a pretty good idea to the Infinite Dragonflight, so they send a contingent of their dragons back in time to aid the Legion in killing off the scrappy band of mortals what killed them the first time. So now you have to go back in time too.

Degree of Difficulty: Hard

The plod up the mountain is actually not all that difficult. It’s just a lot of sitting around at hubs waiting for mobs to spawn and helping the NPCs kill them. Waiting for the mobs to spawn really is the hardest part, because none of the trash hits particularly hard.

Bosses range from fairly easy, to difficult. Rage Winterchill is a lich who doesn’t do a ton of damage, but has plenty of health and absorbs a lot of extra melee damage. Anethron is a demon with adds, two stuns, heels, AoE, and does plenty of damage. Annoying. Kaz’rogal is another demon, with Cleave, a Stun, and mana burn. Also annoying. The demon Azgalor is very similar with Cleave, adds, and an AoE replacing the stun. Still quite annoying. Archimonde is the final boss demon, with a Fear, a throw (you can protect from this with an item gained in the instance, Tears of the Goddess), an instant kill fire spell (which can be moved around), and
an instant kill curse for anybody who dodges the fire. If you get him down to 10%, the raid becomes invulnerable and you win. But good luck getting there, as you’ll probably die to one of the stupid deathtraps, even at 85.

Special Features:

None anymore. The Attunement questline for this instance no longer exists in the game, so anybody can get in there now. Completion of those quests originally gave the title [Hand of Ad'al], which is now highly sought after since it’s obviously not in the game anymore. If you started the questline before Wrath of the Lich King dropped, however, you are still allowed to finish it and pick up your title.

Recommended for Levels: 70

Even gimmick raids these days tend to avoid Hyjal. It’s a great storyline and, especially with Hyjal now a zone in the game, it’s worth taking a look at for historical value and significance, but people rarely do.

With the Archimonde fight being more about luck than skill even at higher levels, a lot of people are gun shy about investing any time on this, even just get the achievement or reputation with the old Scale of the Sands faction. You might be able to get a pug together just to check out old content a lot of people have never seen, but don’t expect too much out of it.

Movie Time: X-Men: First Class

Let me start off by telling you what X-Men: First Class is not. It is not, as I had expected, a *wink wink* reboot of the franchise like J.J. Abram’s Star Trek. It is not X-Men Origins: Origins like was promised when the original Magneto movie was announced. Familiar actors in different settings, trying to tell you a whole new story.

The truth of the matter is, I’m not sure what First Class is, and I don’t know if it does either. In between scenes of Kevin Bacon hamming it up and James McAvoy playing Charles Xavier as half brilliant professor/half Austin Powers, there’s some real meat here, especially in scenes that follow Michael Fassbender’s broody, steely eyed Magneto.

But most disconcerting is that it’s a prequel movie that doesn’t quite know where to go with its concept. On paper, it’s a lot of great ideas. Magneto/Xavier origin stories, how they meet, how the X-Men team is formed, the X-Men as a division of the CIA, Cuban Missile crisis! But even at over two hours long, it’s never content to settle on any of it, so major plot points are diluted into montages and major character developments are delivered in weird monologues. Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique is especially shafted, as she does a fantastic job of telling an entire character arch through what essentially boils down to three awkwardly written conversations with Xavier, Beast, and Magneto.

But what owns to probably the most grievous of the films errors is how self aware it is. The film holds itself rather closely to the previous three X-Men movies, to the point where there are two rather large cameos that seem to exist for the purpose of generating a laugh and pointing out that this is the exact same X-Men Universe. And it sort of kills the suspense involved in the Magneto character’s entire existence if you know that by the end of the movie, he’s going to be the villain.

Which, of course, begs the question of where you go with the inevitable sequels? I mean, there are still stories to be told, but not too shortly, James McAvoy has to morph into Patrick Stewart. It just seems like a weirdly limiting idea for a franchise reboot.

But, fear not True Believers, because as most of my concerns aside? This is just a good, fun movie. Most of my critiques didn’t hit me until the credits were already rolling, because even at two hours, everything moves at such a frenetic pace that you don’t have time to really think about what’s going on until you’re past it.

Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender are the stars of the movie. Their portrayals of Mystique and Magneto, and their struggles to come to grips with their sordid pasts and present mutanthood really carry the film. James McAvoy is good as Charles Xavier, but like I said, it’s an odd take on the character. He’s never struck me as the “Groovy, baby!” type.

The minor characters are all fairly well done, though none really take much of an active role in the plot. Kevin Bacon’s Sebastian Shaw feels like he’s from a whole different movie made in the 1980s, but he’s never around long enough to get offensive about it. January Jones isn’t asked to do much and she doesn’t. Rose Byrne does a good job facilitating for the humans as Special Agent Moira McTaggert.

Nicholas Hoult as Beast was a good casting choice, but he never really hits his stride. That might have been the script though, as all he does is drone about how nobody likes him because of his big feet, and it’s really hard to relate seeing as how nobody had apparently even noticed for twenty years, and he has Jennifer Lawrence slobbering over him for a majority of the film. The rest of the supporting cast pretty much just gets one or two scenes to show off their powers, and then stand around in the background, and all of them were fine.

So, in the end does it overcome it’s faults? Yes. It’s an experience worth having just to get a scope of the X-Men Universe, and a slightly different take on the characters in it. Some of the acting performances really do shine here, and it’s worth seeing to catch some of the up and coming stars of this generation (and January Jones).

8/10

Should You Go?: Yep. It’s a fun “lose yourself” Hollywood movie, that delivers on the action and acting if nothing else. Bring a friend and tear apart the plot holes afterwards.

YouTube Monday: Friday Friday

Katy Perry released an ambitious new video this week about Fridays. Now, you may think that we’ve had one too many Friday videos this year, and you’d be right, but this is…something.

From the shameless video game marketing, to the 1,001 cameos (Rebecca Black, natch, but also half the cast of Glee, Hanson (!), and Kenny G(?!)), to Katy with 80s hair and horrible braces (even when she’s supposedly sexied up), it’s sort of endearing.

Check it:

Hock Show Weekend Top Five for June 5th – 11th, 2011

1. Some People Should Not Have Twitters. Look, if your name is “Weiner” that’s already a strike against you. But I think the lesson we should all take from this is that guys, no matter what, no woman anywhere wants to see your junk. So don’t tweet it.

2. Your Least Favorite Sport Is Having Finals. Mavericks over Heat? Cleveland’s owner is all over that more than Mark Cuban. Vancouver and Boston? I didn’t realize the NHL was still around! The Belmont Stakes? Bet on whatever horse has the worst name!

3. Arbys for Sale (30 cents off with Coupon!) Wendys is trying to sell off the Arbys arm of its corporation as part of a restructuring process. The company comes with restaurants across the country, curly fries, and a small jamocha shake. However, whoever buys it will have to come up with a better catchphrase than “It’s good mood food.” Please.

4. Nobody Tell Them About Think Geek! Best Buy issued a Cease and Desist order last week against internet retailer New Egg. Why? Because New Egg was starting a new “Geek On” marketing campaign which is too close to “Geek Squad.” Really guys? That’s what we’re going with. Wait until Robert Heinlein’s ghost finds out!

5. The Creator of Mad Libs Is Dead. (Exclaimation)! I feel so (Adverb) about this (Noun)! I could just (Verb)! (Name of Someone in the Room) was a true visionary. His (Noun) will be (Past Tense Verb).