The Chosen 1

So I just recently read Foley's last book, The Hardcore Diaries... and recently heard Mick Foley on the Opie and Anthony show... AND just now saw Mick Foley on a crappy episode of the TNA Spin Cycle...

And in EVERY SINGLE one of those situations, Mick told a "hilarious" story about how during the 2nd This Is Your Life segment with The Rock, Jimmy Snuka came out and in reference to Mick's 60+ year old former school teacher and was supposed to say how he "LOOOVVED PIE!" but instead he got his foods mixed up and said "Brother Rock,.. the Superfly... LOOOOVES CAKE!" THAT'S the punchline. He said cake. He didnt say pie. He said cake, that's what gets the big laugh for Foley.

So after hearing Mick tell this story a bunch of times I decided, "Oh hey,... it's 2010... I can just click three buttons on YouTube and see the segment for myself.... and what do I see?



He said pie. Just like he was supposed to. He said pie and that's that.

Mick Foley is a dirty liar.

NXT Is...Surely In the Can

But...

TheGreatWhiteDope

These 2 (Team LayCool) really do the beautiful people better than the beautiful people

TheMaverickMJ

Angelina Love ought to kick you in the head for that statement.

The current version, sure, LayCool beats.

TheGreatWhiteDope

I was talking about the current version. comparing week to week Laycool just kinda kills'em

ZAH

Angelina Love and Velvet Sky totally NEED to re-team again as the Beautiful People. Until that happens, I'll go with LayCool being the next best option.

TheMaverickMJ

Well, the way things are looking right now, we may very well see that happen. Unless something radical changes (i.e. Someone gets hurt) over the next several weeks, we're definitely on the road to a Velvet face turn and at least a reason to align with Angelina (against Madison Rayne and the biker chick who will turn out to be Tara even though its already obvious that it is Tara). So it could happen. Different dynamic now, though, that they'd be babyfaces and have come off angles against one another. May not even be a permanent pairing, but very likely to happen in the near future. By Bound for Glory at the earliest, end of the year at the latest.

TheGreatWhiteDope

well if I worked for them...I think I'd have one or two words for management as well.

And I'd figure Heyman would see Joe as a golden child. I figure if Heyman ever came in he'd treat Joe like a God.

TheMaverickMJ

Well, considering that virtually NO ONE does time calls these days (except SHIMMER and the occasional Indy fed), and it has NEVER been done in TNA... EVER (at least to my knowledge), Joe's not wrong. if you never call out how long the match has gone, then suddenly start doing it... yeah, you pretty much gave away your finish.

A - you have to do something like that for a while before you can start going to time limit draws with it.
B - you need to do it for EVERY MATCH if you're going to do it
C - not doing either of these things, if you're going to have time calls at all, is STUPID

Bundorama

Lol @ the post that Joe would be used better in The WWE. You mean like Kaz, Chris Harris, and Gail Kim were/are?

ZAH

1. Kaz wouldn't cut his hair. WOULDN'T CUT HIS HAIR. That told management that he was a self-absorbed douchebag. Not WWE's fault.

2. Chris Harris failing miserably is his own damn fault. Sure he was saddled with a horrible nickname, but his in-ring was atrocious and he looked out of shape. Just horrible on his own part.

3. Gail Kim looked pretty damn good last night in her match. She had the bump of the night and is doing a great job of helping the other YOUNGER & NEWER talent get over. She's performing in her role extremely well.

Having said all that, I agree that WWE would totally have no clue how to use Joe properly.

wolfchild

If you guys are going to look at the negatives... Look at the positives too...

- Marcus "Monty Brown" Cor Von: He was used, pretty much, exactly like he was at TNA. I thought he was used pretty well for the short time he was in ECW. Of course, the point being that he was only used in a short time frame so he didn't develop. Just because you were in TNA doesn't mean you'll be reduced to comedy only.

- R-Truth: Is another good example. He's part of the "Cena Five" and has been a pretty good staple on Raw as of late. He's been a champion and could get another opportunity against the Miz.

Of course, I believe that if Joe does go to WWE, he'd have to pay some dues and stuff..

-Christian being the example here. His tenor on ECW looked as punishment but he also left WWE to go to TNA so that's probably the factor (if any) on that end.

If Joe went to WWE, and I really doubt he's gonna, I could either see him booked with the Uzo's or Kurt Angle 2.0.

Just my opinion tho...

Canadian Bulldog

Would Samoa Joe get over in WWE? It's impossible to say. Depends on WWE's mood at that point in time - if they see TNA as "competition", they could always bring him up in an impressive manner just to show other guys in TNA what else is out there should they ever jump ship. That's a best-case scenario, and while unlikely, it's possible.

But they've also had opportunities to bring him in over past years, pre-TNA, and (at least, according to Mick Foley), didn't like his "look". That may change now that most of the WWE roster are skinny as a rail and at least Joe looks different.

One thing is for sure: If Samoa Joe ever jumps, they'd have to change his sh*t sandwich of a name. It sounds like what you'd call a Samoan on an episode of Seinfeld.

James Guttman

I'm completely with Bulldog on Samoa Joe's name. I was thinking about this yesterday and it's really an indictment on TNA. They never should have let him use that name at his debut. They spent years getting him over under a name that would never be marketable. It's the biggest disadvantage he's got and what most of his political detractors point to when arguing against him. "How can we push a guy named Samoa Joe?"

I mean, we're all used to it by now, but let's be straight here. All things considered, it's a pretty stupid name.

Aaron Wood

It's funny. I just realised that if you ask anyone what the best TNA match ever, they are likely to say AJ vs. Joe vs. Daniels from Unbreakable 2005 (and it was such a great match, I didn't even need to look that up. I just know when that match happened). Today, Daniels isn't with the company anymore. Samoa Joe has been suspended for his anger at his sh*tty, sh*tty booking and AJ cut an interview yesterday where he basically had nothing all that nice to say about the company.