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"Even when we are involved in the most uncommon experiences we still do the same thing: we fabricate the greater part of the experience and can hardly be compelled not to contemplate some event as its 'inventor.' All this means: we are from the very heart and from the very first—accustomed to lying. Or, to express it more virtuously and hypocritically, in short more pleasantly: one is much more of an artist that one realizes."
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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"One bad general does better than two good ones."
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"Oh, friend John, it is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes, and troubles; and yet when King Laugh come he make them all dance to the tune he play. Bleeding hearts, and dry bones of the churchyard, and tears that burn as they fall—all dance together to the music that he make with that smileless mouth of him."
Bram Stoker, Dracula (Prof. Abraham Van Helsing)
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from THE UNDERGOD
FARCHRIST TALES - BOOK THREE
Approximately 69,000 words Copyright © Eric Lanke, 1991. All rights reserved.
Amanda took my father's advice to leave the City Beneath the Castle. She left the very next day, after the body had been found and as the town began to buzz about the possible scandals and reasons for the death of one of their finest. She heard many rumors, some of which were shockingly close to the truth and others that could only have been made up by a madman. It was a warm sunny day when my mother fled from the city of her birth to seek anonymity in one of the smaller hamlets of the Farchrist Empire. She took everything she could pack onto one stubborn mule she had bought from a family friend for three silver pieces and headed out on the North Road. She spent a night in Ladysmith, but decided it was too close to home, and moved on the next day on the East Road. The next town was a small one called Scalt and, as she rode through it, she saw a sign in the window of a small tavern. She tied her mule to the hitching post, took down the sign, and went into The Quarter Pony to start a new life.
Brisbane was kicked awake by Snaggletooth a few minutes after dawn. The ork grumbled at him and roughly helped him to his feet. The night on the ground had left him even more stiff and sore, and he could still feel the tautness in his face that could only be swelling. The orks had either already eaten breakfast or had skipped that meal because they were all packed and ready to continue on their journey. Within thirty seconds of being kicked awake, Brisbane was back in his position in the line-up, fighting with the rope that connected his feet to match the tireless pace of the orks. He did not remember the dream he had the night before.
He was miserable in the early morning sun. He felt terrible, his entire body one massive ache with small regions of flaring pain, one in his stomach, another in his face, and the last in the small of his back, where Snaggletooth had delivered a particularly swift kick. His hands had gone numb again and his twisted shoulders were beginning to develop a numbness of their own. He felt like he was choking on his gag and the rag in his mouth had lost all of its moisture during the night. It now tasted like dust.
But his physical misery was nothing compared to his mental anguish. Brisbane simply did not see how he was going to survive another day of the forced march. His hunger had returned with the morning, but unlike the sunrise, it seemed larger than it had been the day before. Knowing the orks, he could expect no food until they camped again for another night, and his stomach complained loudly that was much too far away. The hunger left him strapped of all his energy, and he wondered how much longer he would be able to shamble along like a zombie freshly returned from the grave.
For the first time he found himself wondering why he hadn't just died when he plunged over the falls above the lost temple of Grecolus. The thought entered his head for the first time and it was quickly followed by the angry, and yet somehow still pacifying, voice of Angelika.
No! Do not entertain such thoughts, Brisbane. You and I are destined for better things.
He raised his head and fixed his reddened eyes on his sword, still being carried in the eternal clutches of Snaggletooth.
Angelika, he thought. I just don't know how much farther I can go.
There's not much farther to go, Brisbane. Our journey will end today.
It will? How much farther is it? How do you know?
It helped Brisbane a little. Today. If he could stay up just for today. Sometime today the hell would end. It was enough to keep his mind pushing his body ever onward. It did not ease his pain like, say, a healthy rub of Stargazer's healing ointment—oh dear Grecolus, do you remember that stuff, it was in your former life, you spread some on Roystnof's back after the attack of the ogres and the bruises faded a little right before your very eyes, do you remember that, Gil, can you remember that—might have, but it allowed him to endure the pain for a little while longer. He did not concern himself with where he was going to be and what was going to happen to him when he got there. He didn't care. He only knew that before he had been lost in an eternity of one foot in front of the other, and now, there was the promise that this eternity wasn't an eternity after all. It was just a long time. He knew because Angelika had told him so.
And so he was able to push on. He drove his body to the point of exhaustion, and then he drove it a little farther. He had to stay up just for today. Today this madness would end.
Snaggletooth and the other orks did not notice any superhuman effort coming from their prisoner. They knew where they were going and how long it would take to get there. The human was just extra baggage. They were glad he had given them as little trouble as he had. They were only concerned about getting home, and when they got there, the big human with the star around his neck would no longer be their responsibility. For them, it would be feast, drink, and old stories around a hot fire.
Brisbane did not care how she knew it, but Angelika had been right. His forced march ended that day. It was in the afternoon, far past noon but still early enough not to be troubled with finding a place to camp for the night. The sounds of bustle and activity could be heard from a long way off, but Brisbane was walking in a stupor of deaf ears, and he had no idea they were approaching the orkish settlement until he was brought to a halt by the ork holding onto his dead arms.
He looked up. He saw Snaggletooth had stopped and he was talking to an ork he had never seen before. This new one was also dressed in a mismatched set of black armor and he carried a shield with a large red eye painted upon it. He had a sword belted at his side and in his free hand was the leash of a dog, the breed of which Brisbane had never seen before.
It was a large animal, about as high as the ork's waist at the shoulder with fur speckled in black, gray, and white like the fine grains of sand on a beach. It had a short snout and tall ears. Its eyes were bright orange and its teeth glistened white, wet with spittle. The dog was sitting at attention beside its ork master, growling deep in its throat.
Snaggletooth and the Dogmaster were exchanging what sounded like pleasantries in their brackish language. Brisbane wasn't really paying attention to the sounds of their speech, but he seemed somehow attuned to the word groo-mack and, at its mention, he saw the Dogmaster begin to look him over suspiciously.
Snaggletooth then held Angelika up for the Dogmaster's examination but he did not give the weapon to the ork. Talking all the while, Snaggletooth pointed out the large emerald in the base of Angelika's pommel and then tried unsuccessfully to draw her from her scabbard. From a forgotten place deep inside of him, Brisbane's wrath began to build at the sight of the ork handling the sword, but Angelika's voice quickly echoed in his brain and calmed the tremors.
Snaggletooth and the Dogmaster talked for a little while longer and then the Dogmaster walked his dog down the length of their line, stopping beside each person to let the dog sniff them over. The dog approached Brisbane first, still growling low in its throat. Under other circumstances, he might have been embarrassed when the dog came up to him and sniffed at his crotch, but in his present condition, he just added it to the list of his personal tragedies since he had left his friends. Some of the orks laughed when the Dogmaster had to forcefully pull the animal away from Brisbane.
The other orks extended their hands before the dog got close enough to invade their private areas. The dog reacted favorably to each of the orks and, after the initial sniffing had been taken care of, each ork gave the dog a friendly pat on the head. The Dogmaster then returned to the head of the line and Snaggletooth slapped him on the back, barking out what could only have been a warm goodbye. Brisbane was shoved forward again.
The party continued over the rise of another hill and Brisbane thought about what he had just experienced. It had obviously been some sort of checkpoint, to control the flow in and out of wherever it was they were going. That was interesting in itself, that the orks would be organized enough to post and maintain such a patrol. It was the kind of thing that required strong leadership to work properly. It was the kind of thing one would expect to find around a fortification like Farchrist Castle, but it was a bit remarkable to find it out here in the wastes of the Windcrest Hills among a group of orks. But what really caught his attention was the dog, and more directly, the Dogmaster.
The domestication of animals was something Brisbane was sure most people would have put past the ability of an ork. Most people thought of orks as little more than animals themselves. But the Dogmaster had definite control over his animal. He remembered the way the dog had sat, seemingly at attention, while its master chatted with Snaggletooth about him and Angelika. That dog had not just been domesticated; it had been trained, probably to do much more than to sniff at the genitals of strangers. At every turn, Brisbane was seeing that these orks were much more than most people thought they were. He decided most people were full of shit.
The small group topped the hill they were climbing and started down its other side. Brisbane saw ahead of him, sprawled in a short valley amidst a high group of rocky hills, the large extent of the ork settlement.
It seemed to have little organization. There were a few ramshackle buildings scattered over the village, the most notable being what was obviously a kennel of some sort, giving its function away by the barks of dozens of fenced-in dogs. Figures moved randomly around the settlement, concentrated the thickest around the buildings. The settlement seemed to grow more dense as it neared the sheer side of the hill on the opposite side of the compound. The hill appeared to have been cut off by some mechanical means and a large cave mouth had been dug into it. Periodically, figures moved in and out of this cave mouth, and he could only assume the orks had some sort of underground complex in there.
As he was marched down the hill and into the settlement itself, Brisbane lost sight of his overview of the area and began to see more and more detail. Most of the orks moving about were dressed in ordinary, if dirty, clothing, but a few among their ranks wore the typical set of black ork armor. Of those in regular clothes, females were by far more numerous than males. They looked a lot like their male counterparts, big and solidly built, having snouts and tusks smaller than those of the males and less hair around their faces and necks. But they were most easily distinguished from the males by the large pair of breasts each of them seemed to have, pushing out the fabric of their dirty tunics. As Brisbane looked around, he did not see a single female with anything near to what would be considered normal for a human female. Some were almost freakish in their proportions.
Nearly all the females were engaged in some kind of handiwork. Mending clothes, preserving meat, or cleaning weapons, they all seemed to have some task to perform. Each of them also seemed to have a small litter of orkish children dancing around them, making a good deal of noise and doing their best to turn the attention of the females away from their work. As Brisbane was led through the settlement, the children paused in their activities to watch him walk by, their eyes wide with avid interest, only to lapse back into their foolishness after Brisbane had passed.
He also saw a number of small tents scattered between the few buildings. Their front flaps were open but he saw almost no one sitting inside any of them. The day was warm, and Brisbane figured they would stay empty until nightfall, when it would be necessary to put all the unruly children to bed.
His impression of the settlement as a whole was one of order amidst chaos. Out here in the wilderness the orks had obviously carried on a productive society for some time. There seemed to be no logic in the layout of the area—buildings, tents, and people scattered any which way—but in the actions of the men and women he had witnessed so far, Brisbane could see each ork had a job to do in their society and each ork did that job well.
These perceptions did not rattle off in his head like a lecture in sociology, he was in much too much physical distress for that. But the inklings of them were there, tugging away at the fringes of his conscious thoughts, reinforcing his idea that these orks were much more than anyone had given them credit for being.
After marching Brisbane through the center of the village, Snaggletooth stopped him when they arrived within a hundred feet of the cave mouth Brisbane had seen from the distance. There were many more armored orks in this area, all of them male and all of them carrying shields with the red eye symbol. Lined up next to the cave mouth, radiating out away from the small cliff face, were a row of structures that, from the distance, Brisbane had thought were just another group of run-down buildings. They were not. They were familiar for he had seen such things dozens of times in his life, but they seemed out of place here in the ork settlement. They were circus wagons.
There were five of them, lined up like a train, the hitchings for a team of horses laying uselessly on the ground and extending under the raised floor of each one's neighbor. They were not the happy, colorful models, the ones used to transport the circus people from town to town in relative comfort. They were instead the ones used to transport dangerous animals, constructed of heavy wood with two walls of thick iron bars to cage the animal apart from innocent onlookers. They were not derelicts. They were being used by the orks to cage animals, and those animals were human beings.
Brisbane suddenly began to fight against his bonds and his captors. The ork who had control of him from behind, Brisbane thought it was Floppy, held firmly onto him and cruelly twisted his arms, forcing him toward the circus wagon closest to the cave mouth. Had Brisbane been rested and healthy, he might have been able to wrench himself free from Floppy's grasp, but in his weakened condition, it was no contest. He was pushed steadily and painfully forward.
Snaggletooth took a key off a hook driven into the wood of the wagon and opened the padlocked door on its front. There was a small window in this door, guarded by small iron bars, which must have once been used by the circus masters to look in on their animals. When Snaggletooth had the door open, Floppy wrestled Brisbane up a step or two and drove him into the circus wagon.
The floor was covered with dirty straw and he stumbled face first into it. Before he could rise to his feet, Brisbane heard the door shut behind him and the locking of the padlock. Snaggletooth came around to the side of the wagon and he waved the key mockingly in front of Brisbane's swollen face. The ork then clipped it to a ring at his belt and then, with Floppy and Half-Pint and the other two orks in his charge, disappeared into the cave mouth.
The other orks in black armor who stood around the area each looked Brisbane over for a while, but they kept their distance and did not pester him. They muttered amongst themselves, but their voices were low and, even if he could have understood their language, he would not have heard what they said. Brisbane tried to ignore them as he mentally went over his situation.
It did not look good. Here he was, hurt, tied, and gagged, locked in a circus wagon deep inside an ork encampment. He did not know where his friends were and he could expect no help from them. The only orks he knew by sight were the ones who had captured him, and they thought he was some kind of wizard. They had gone into the cave with his sword, surely to report to their superiors, and he did not know when they were coming back and who they would bring with them.
That was the down side. If there was any up side at all, Brisbane supposed it would be that he was still alive. The orks had beaten and starved him, but they had taken great pains to capture and bring him here alive. They obviously wanted something from him, and as long as Brisbane withheld it, he would retain his life if not his freedom. The problem was he did not know what the orks wanted.
His thoughts suddenly turned to those of the other people here in the orkish prison. He was alone in his wagon, but he had seen other humans in the other cars. He wished he could remove his gag so he could talk to them, so he could gain some kind of solace in the company of misery, but with his hands tied behind his back, it was impossible. Who were they? How had they been captured? What were the orks doing with them? Did the orks eat them as Shortwhiskers had said? Use them as slaves? Had any of them ever escaped? Could any of them help him? He had so many questions and so few answers.
Some of the orks still watched him, but they did not approach or try to communicate with him, and Brisbane soon found himself with little else to do besides wait. He tried to make himself comfortable in the dirty straw, but his injuries and hunger made it difficult. How did this ever happen to him? It seemed that one moment he had been standing in the hand of Grecolus, looking into the nest at the two eggs and the dead ork, and the next he was being tied up with Snaggletooth on his back. The attack of the bird-monster had been so swift he barely remembered it happening. Its dark shape had appeared like a vision, slammed into him, and knocked him from his perch in less than a second. The fall to the lake and over the falls was a wet smear on his memory, and somewhere along the way he had lost consciousness. It was terrifying to think his life could change so drastically in such a short period of time. It was as if he had no choice at all.
Brisbane did not know what was going to happen to him but Angelika had promised they would have their revenge on these orks if he would be patient and be strong. Well, he intended to do just that. In his position, Angelika's promise was better than no promise at all, and Brisbane clung to it like a lifeline, a line to what his life had once been. If any part of it was up to him at all, he was going to get his old life back.
And so he sat there in the dirty straw, being patient and being strong, waiting for something to happen which he could control. He didn't know how long he was going to have to wait in order to get his chance, but at that moment, he was ready to wait until the end of time.
Brisbane sat in his prison for about an hour before the orks took more than a passing notice of him. A group of the armored orks with the red eye shields began to gather in front of his wagon. They remained a respectable distance from him, but they were obviously waiting for something to happen.
That something was the re-emergence of Snaggletooth from the cave. The ork came striding out in the daylight—without Angelika, he left Angelika somewhere in that cave—followed by another ork whose appearance and dress were like nothing Brisbane had ever seen before. He was small for an ork, a little smaller than Half-Pint, and was dressed not in black armor or dirty rags, but in rich red robes. They flowed down the length of him with small sashes and belts of white to hold the many folds in place. He wore a small pointed cap between his two pig ears and his face and hair were immaculately clean. The ork wore a black patch over his left eye. Both the new ork and Snaggletooth came forward and stood directly in front of Brisbane's cage.
The new ork, Brisbane being too shocked at his appearance to think up a name for him, studied Brisbane for many long minutes and then turned to Snaggletooth and muttered a few sentences to him. Snaggletooth nodded his head and slowly backed away from the new ork, stopping just before the gathered group of his black-armored comrades.
The new ork took a step closer to Brisbane's wagon and planted his fists on his hips, pushing several folds of his robes away from his feet. He fixed his single eye on Brisbane's face and, for the first time, Brisbane noticed the ork's eye was red.
"Well now," the ork said. "What do we have here? A wizard?"
It took Brisbane a moment to realize the ork had spoken in the common tongue, and not his orkish language. His teeth and lips gave the words a guttural accent, but they were understandable. Brisbane tried to say something to the ork but only mumbles could get past his gag.
The ork held up a placating hand. "No, no, please don't try to say anything. You'll just embarrass yourself. We know how to handle hostile prisoners, regardless of their personal powers."
The ork had quite a command of the common tongue. No simple animal here. Brisbane saw his hopes of early escape slip down another notch. These orks were sharp.
"Personally," the ork went on, "I don't believe He-Who-Watches would grant the power to a member of a race as weak as yours, but as others have said, it is better to be safe than sorry."
The ork then went silent and bowed his head. He raised his arms and began to growl in the back of his throat. At first, Brisbane could distinguish no difference between the growls of the ork and those of the dog they had met at the perimeter of the settlement. But as he listened more closely, he began to hear familiar tones and syllables in the ork's low speech. It wasn't common tongue and it didn't sound like the orkish he had heard since his capture, and yet it was still familiar. It was—
With a shock Brisbane realized where he had heard some of the ork's strange words before. He had heard Roystnof use them in his magical disciplines. The ork was casting a spell. Brisbane listened more carefully. He could only understand a fraction of the words, either due to his inexperience with magic or the ork's harsh pronunciation.
But magic words were exacting. They had to be pronounced perfectly or they would not function. Indeed, the words Brisbane could understand were uttered correctly, so he had to assume the ork was using many words unfamiliar to him. It might even be a completely different kind of magic, like Roystnof had said Dantrius' was. Brisbane began to get very nervous about just what may happen to him.
The ork was soon finished with his spell and he lowered his arms and raised his head. Brisbane looked at himself and his surroundings. He could discern no difference in him or them. The ork signaled to Snaggletooth and he came up to the front of Brisbane's cage and drew his sharp knife.
"If you will turn around and slip your hands through the bars," the robed ork said to Brisbane, "Vrak will now sever your bonds."
Brisbane slowly did as he was told. Snaggletooth—Vrak, his real name is Vrak—slipped his knife between his wrists and, with one quick pull, cut the straps that had bound them together. Brisbane quickly moved away from the bars and began to massage his numb and swollen hands.
Vrak moved back to stand next to the robed ork, who Brisbane's mind began to call Wizard.
"You may also remove your gag," Wizard said to him. "It no longer matters. Any powers you might possess have been neutralized."
Brisbane forced his aching fingers, rising from their comas with the flow of blood back into them, to undo the knot behind his head and he spat his gag out onto the floor.
"Wha—" he croaked, his voice failing him on his first attempt to use it. "What do you mean, neutralized?"
Some of the orks behind Wizard and Vrak seemed to shrink away from the scene and their mumbles grew louder.
Wizard looked at Brisbane as if he was an animal to be trained. "This is the first and last question I will answer for you. I have cast a spell over your cage so no magic will work there. If you really do have the mark of He-Who-Watches, I encourage you to attempt to call forth your power."
Brisbane did nothing.
Wizard smiled. "I thought not. Tomorrow, you will answer my questions." He turned with a flourish and went back into the cave with Vrak right on his heels.
Brisbane rubbed his aching hands and tried to ignore the group of orks who did not disperse with Wizard's exit.
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There are many circumstances under which your position as a CEO or senior executive can come to an end. These usually fall into one of two categories: either the employer is the moving party or you are.
When negotiating employment contracts, many CEOs and senior executives focus primarily on the former, neglecting the fact that a carefully drafted executive severance package is just as important to you when you are the moving party in the separation.
This article talks about the circumstances for seeking and then going about obtaining severance when you choose to leave but have not been terminated by your employer.
This circumstance often arises when you lose your champion. The Chairman who championed your hire or perhaps a senior executive to whom you reported has moved on, and you are left with a new boss who wants his own team and is making life harder for you on the job.
The circumstance also occurs with a change in business conditions, such as when a major customer that you were brought in to service has been lost. As a result, your position is no longer attractive to you.
Perhaps the company is moving in a direction you don't agree with so that you think the company or your sector will become less profitable and it will be unlikely that you will continue to earn the kind of bonus you've been earning or depended on.
Perhaps you've just lost confidence in senior management and feel the company is in a downward spiral that will affect you negatively both financially and professionally.
In the worst circumstances, you come to question the company's ethics and methods, and fear that if you stay with the company this may negatively impact your reputation, or worse still put you in legal jeopardy.
All of these are good reasons to want out of your present company. And in such circumstances where you've done your job but the company has failed you, it is right to want severance pay when you leave. This is especially true if you want to leave even before lining up your next position.
The terms and conditions of severance in most executive employment agreements are often clearly defined. If the employer terminates you, there are provisions for what the employer must do or what payments and other benefits the company must provide under the agreement.
If you are terminated and can claim wrongful termination based on discrimination or various other reasons, you may be in a position to negotiate much greater severance. To do so, see my earlier article on wrongful termination.
But what if the employer does not terminate you and you want to leave? Can you still get a severance under those circumstances?
Under the circumstances where you take action to separate from employment, with careful planning and strategy you may still be able to achieve or negotiate an executive severance package.
To be able to leave and trigger severance, it is best to have dealt with this situation when you first negotiated your job offer or employment contract. The severance remedies that the contract provides if the employer terminates you without just cause should also be written to be available to you if you quit your employment for good reason. What is good reason?
Generally, you want to be able to quit if there is any reduction or certainly any material reduction in your pay or benefits, your job title, duties, responsibilities or authority in the company.
However, if you can, you may want to try to add more. In taking this position, did you have any specific expectation of company policy and direction? Was there something your prospective boss told you about the company's present make-up, its financial position or its plans that you relied upon in taking the position? If there was, if possible, you would want to include that representation in the contract. Thus, if the company failed to live up to its representations to you, it could be a basis for you to quit for good reason and trigger severance.
It could be that when you joined the company, you were not in a position to include these kinds of provisions for termination by the employee for good reason. However, if you have proved yourself and are up for a pay raise, that might be the right time to try to include these terms in an updated employment agreement.
What if you don't have and can't get a termination for good reason clause in your employment offer or contract? Can you still seek severance if you want to leave but your employer have not and will not fire you?
This situation would likely arise if your employer wants to get rid of you but, in order not to trigger the terms of the executive severance package, actively tries to make the conditions of your job so untenable that you are left with little alternative but to resign your position. Although technically a resignation, the law may ultimately consider such a separation a constructive termination or discharge which might then be deemed to trigger the severance provisions of your employment agreement.
Discrimination regarding a promotion decision is a possible example of such impermissible employer conduct. Permitting, perhaps even creating, a hostile and offensive work environment through sexual harassment is another. Additionally, if the employer significantly cuts your pay or emasculates your position – with a significant reduction in responsibility or essentially assigns all your work to someone else – those, too, would be strong grounds for constructive discharge.
What do you seek if you face constructive discharge? The easiest answer would be to be paid the same amount and receive the same benefits as if you were terminated without cause.
Benefits – continuation of medical and dental insurance coverage and other key benefits during the severance period.
As said before, if things are not right in your executive employment and you feel you have to leave, it is wise to seek executive employment counsel in those circumstances to see if you can leave and obtain some severance in connection with your termination. Where you, as a senior executive, have done your job for the company but now the company has let you down and it is time to leave, it is only fair that the company pay a severance – and you ought to seek that.
Written by: Robert A. Adelson, a business and tax attorney, and partner in the firm Engel & Schultz LLP in Boston, MA.


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SPOILER ALERT – Title Change To Take Place On SmackDown!
NOTE: The following post features major spoilers from this week's episode of SmackDown! If you do not wish to be spoiled, click away now.
When I heard that Kalisto had beaten Alberto Del Rio for the United States Championship on RAW, I was all for it. I've talked in the past about how Kalisto can become a top star in WWE if pushed right and this was the biggest win of his career. Not even a year into his time on the main roster and he's already a champion. Not even a year into his time on the main roster and he's already won a title that was held by John Cena only a few months ago. This was a huge moment for Kalisto and I thought this was the start of something special. A day later though, it seems that this optimism has all been wasted.
What happened on the Tuesday tapings of SmackDown? How did WWE follow up on Kalisto's big win? Well I can reveal that what happened was that Alberto Del Rio won back the United States Championship in a rematch. That moment on Monday Night RAW and all of that momentum built by Kalisto beforehand seemingly halted as his moment of glory lasted a grand total of 24 hours.
I was actually planning an article for Kalisto after finding out he won the US title and this was going to be a pretty positive article until I found out what happened on SmackDown! One of the points I was going to make is that WWE should have been careful about when they were to have Kalisto drop the title. It had to be against the right person and he should have something to do afterwards that made him still relevant in the company.
What WWE did was have the title reign last ONE day (three if you're starting the reign from the date the title change airs) and it was to the same guy that he had beaten before. Therefore, it makes Kalisto look like a fluke champion. What does that do for Kalisto going forward, unless he wins it back at the Royal Rumble?
Even if the title does change hands again, that'd still be detrimental to the prestige of the title. The US title has been a title that's rarely been hot-shotted really since Santino Marrella won the belt back in early 2012. He had a surprisingly long title reign. Cesaro had a long title reign. Dean Ambrose had a REALLY long title reign. Sheamus had a long title reign. Rusev had a long title reign. John Cena had a long title reign. That's what made it stand out as a belt.
Since John Cena dropped the belt to Seth Rollins at Summerslam though, each title reign is making the belt seem less prestigious. OK, I understand that the US title change at Summerslam was really done to give Seth a strong bragging right and really make him seem like the top guy in the company. I understand that John Cena had to win it back in order to continue with his John Cena US Open Challenge to keep elevating the title. I understand the decision to have Cena drop the belt at Hell in a Cell as he was getting time off and what's more, they put it on the right guy in Del Rio.
With these last two title changes, now we're back to the title meaning less and less with every title change. Alberto Del Rio is nowhere near as over as he was when he first won the title. Kalisto himself is not even an established star yet. He could have been… but only if you had made his first title reign mean something.
That first title reign is so important because it has to have mean for those that hold it. You could even claim that Christian's two day World Heavyweight Championship reign had meaning as it was the catalyst of the biggest program of his life. That gives a character some value. What does Kalisto's day long title reign accomplish?
It's not like Kalisto is a 18 year long veteran that's just won his first world title. This is an exciting new luchador that's burst onto the scene big time and won his FIRST title in the company (not including his NXT Tag Title run). All the title loss does is make Kalisto out to be a one hit wonder. Christian will not go down as a one-hit wonder as he has a substantial career to his name. Kalisto doesn't have that.
I feel that WWE's thinking with these title changes was to make the TV viewers believe that anything can happen. After all, Roman Reigns winning the WWE World title on RAW a few weeks ago pulled one of the best RAW viewership numbers in the year. I would be OK with it if they didn't do the two title changes in the same week. This is like when the WCW World title would change hands every week in 2000 leaving the viewers confused about who the top guy is.
If anything, these tactics can prove to be detrimental for the TV ratings. The WCW ratings were at their worst when they were doing that. The viewership for this week's RAW actually went down from last week, which tells you that the idea of frequent title changes didn't really do much for them. Maybe the SmackDown! numbers will be up though as WWE have already announced the title change on WWE.com and more people might tune in to see it.
I think WWE will need to have a plan in place to justify these title changes. If not, then the future doesn't look great for Kalisto.
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Could Kalisto Be A Star In WWE?
Contrary to popular belief, wins and losses are vital to those in WWE. While those in WWE are working in a kayfabe world were wins and losses are predetermined, those predetermined wins and losses make a hell of a difference to a wrestler's rise to or fall from stardom. One win can make you a star. One loss can be the beginning of the end. However, there was one victory recently that sparked interest from the WWE universe and myself.
There were a number of wrestlers involved in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament which were seemingly brought in just to fill up the bracket. Nobody never believed that Titus O'Neil was going to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. There was no reason to believe that Tyler Breeze would win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship a month after debuting on the roster. There was no chance in hell that Kalisto from the Lucha Dragons would ever beat Ryback in the first round right? However, the whole idea of anything can happen in WWE can strike when you least expect it.
There's no way that Kalisto could possibly beat Ryback right? Well as the gods of unpredictability would have it, Kalisto beat Ryback in the first round for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament. Quite the shocker to say the least, but was there a lot more to the victory than just to provide a big upset?
Someone like Tyler Breeze getting a huge upset would make sense as he's just arrived on the main roster. Someone like Kalisto though is different. Kalisto first arrived on the main roster in March as part of the Lucha Dragons. It's not like Kalisto was ever built up to be a singles star. It did seem that WWE was trying to promote Kalisto as the star of the team as he usually the one tagged in for the hot tags and he's got the more flashy moves in him than Sin Cara. However, there seemed to be no real intent of pushing him to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship or anything serious like that. He was just another part of the roster.
On the other hand, Ryback had just been coming off losing his Intercontinental title and has received a number of pushes since he was repackaged as Ryback in 2012. When looking at things like that, there was no real reason for Kalisto to beat Ryback at all unless it meant that there was something big in store for the high flyer.
What does WWE want to do with Kalisto? Do they want him to eventually be their top Mexican representative so they can build a bigger audience in that part of the world? Do want him to join a number of high flyers in WWE to build a Cruiserweight Division? What motivation could WWE have had which would have them put Kalisto over Ryback in the first round of the tournament?
On RAW, Kalisto was beaten in the quarter finals by Alberto Del Rio. As much as I love Del Rio, I had a problem with WWE ending this "Cinderella story" before it even began. The unlikely contender defying the odds was the key story going into that match but it was quickly ended by Del Rio. So it was not like Kalisto was going to make it to Survivor Series as pushing Del Rio as a main eventer is a big priority for WWE. However, there's obviously enough intrigue for WWE to possibly do something with him. In today's WWE, having something to do is a hell of a lot better than having nothing.
I'm going to sort of turn this into a "How I Would Book" post for a brief moment as I believe Kalisto losing to Del Rio actually sets things up nicely for if WWE were to ever try to push him. If you've ever watched Lucha Underground, AAA or any form of lucha libre, you'll know that there's a lot of pride involved. Kalisto should be portrayed as a proud warrior that seeks to be the best wrestling has to offer. Him beating Ryback and losing to Del Rio teaches him that he does have what it takes to become a star but still lacks something (possibly motivation) to truly unlock his full potential.
That's Kalisto's motivation as he requests more singles matches. He loses initially but then is able to pick up that one win again against someone like Kevin Owens or Cesaro. He's starting to learn from his mistakes and looks better and better every time he's in the ring. Kalisto then gets on a roll from this win and he and Sin Cara team up again and eventually earn a shot at the tag titles at Royal Rumble or Fast Lane. They come close but they eventually get beat. Kalisto is given an opportunity to compete for the United States Championship at Wrestlemania against the champion Del Rio, but only if he and Sin Cara split up. Cara tells him to go for it and Kalisto earns a title shot on RAW. He is finally able to beat Del Rio at Wrestlemania to capture the gold.
That was just a short idea I came up with in my head but it tells you the potential the WWE have now created with this victory that could make a star out of Kalisto.
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The Problem With Alberto Del Rio vs Jack Swagger In 2015
I was very excited when I saw Alberto Del Rio return to WWE. In a past article for SLTD Wrestling, I mentioned that he'd be much better continuing on with Lucha Underground and AAA rather than continuing on with WWE. However, I'm still think it's great that he's with WWE and so far, he's been booked well. He beat John Cena clean on his first night and is the WWE United States Champion. However, there are a few parts of his booking which I have a problem with. The partnership with Del Rio and Zeb Colter is one thing but it's the possibility of Del Rio's first challenger being Jack Swagger.
Here's the deal. Alberto Del Rio won the WWE United States Championship by beating John Cena of all people, clean. That's huge. The idea that the United States Champion and AAA Mega Champion goes from John Cena to Jack Swagger in the space of a few weeks seems a bit absurd and it's all to do with how Jack Swagger has been treated since the start of the year, when he lost a feud against Rusev. Ironically enough, that feud was over the United States Championship.
What has Jack Swagger done since then? How many pay-per-views has Jack Swagger been a part of in 2015? Two. That's right… two. Both of these matches were battle royal matches, the Royal Rumble and the Andre The Giant battle royal. He was part of multi-man matches and basically used to fill up the numbers. He's rarely appeared on RAW and all of a sudden, Swagger is back on RAW television. It's not a slow build for Swagger no. He's been entered into a feud with the United States Champion Alberto Del Rio.
What has Jack Swagger done to earn a United States Championship match? Has he won a number one contendership match? No. Did he win a tournament? No, he's just started having trouble with Del Rio which will most likely lead to a US title match at Survivor Series. That alone is not going to make Swagger a legitimate challenge to Del Rio. Actually let's talk about Del Rio. Alberto Del Rio has actually appeared on less PPVs this year then Swagger (obviously, Del Rio only returned recently) and yet somehow, Swagger looks like nothing compared to him. Why? Because Del Rio beat the best upon his arrival and has legitimate WWE credentials. He's a three time world champion in WWE, won Money In The Bank and won the only 40 man rumble in history. WWE wouldn't recognise this but he is still currently a world champion in his own right, being the AAA Mega Champion. It's not like he's not wrestled at all since he was fired last year. He's got an MMA background. Getting him back and noticed wasn't exactly hard. For Swagger, it's difficult because WWE have allowed it to be difficult.
If WWE knew that Jack Swagger was going to compete for the United States Championship soon, surely Swagger be put on RAW a lot more frequently. The Del Rio signing was a bit sudden so it's not like WWE have been planning this. However, if you're building up a contender it helps to build him up a little. Nobody is going to care that Jack Swagger is winning on house shows or Main Event or SmackDown! RAW is the flagship show for a reason. He needs wins on RAW and he needs to look credible and not just be among the crowd, especially if you're first feud in a year for him is him going up against a man that just beat John Cena.
What's disappointing about the negative aspect of this feud is that on paper, it's actually a decent feud. These two have feuded before with Alberto Del Rio beating Swagger for the World title at Wrestlemania 29 and again a month later. Swagger's never gotten a big win over Del Rio and must prove it to himself that he cane beat the man. That on paper is great and is all you really need to get this feud running. You don't really need Zeb Colter at all, although his involvement does add a bit to it. The point is that it's got the ingredients for a great feud. All you need is for Jack to look credible enough to validate him going up against Del Rio. With that along with the storyline mentioned earlier, people can get behind Swagger and you can get him over. You don't need Michael Cole to sit there on commentary and say "Man, these two have had quite the rivalry in the past few years," or "Man, this rivalry has gotten personal" or anything like that.
Give Swagger a lot more motivation to go up against Del Rio over rather than having Zeb Colter being the focal point. Del Rio and Swagger have actually had good matches in the past so you can actually have a decent feud with Swagger proving himself being the focal point instead. It takes away people's interest in Swagger if you make the match about Colter.
If all of this business with Del Rio and Swagger is filler until John Cena returns, fine. Whatever. However, you can still make Swagger and Del Rio good coming out of it except Swagger's not looked good going into it. There's no real reason for the audience to believe that a man that's not done anything note worthy in the last year despite being active is going to be on par with a man that holds the second most important title in the company and has beaten the best to win it.
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How WWE Got It Right With RAW This Week (26/10/15)
The majority of RAWs in the past month have been well below par. It's featured a lot of repetitive booking which have prevented the show from gaining any good ratings as TV viewerships went to record lows. However, this RAW was actually a pretty good one for a number of reasons. I think the biggest reason for it's success though is that it appears that the writers have "re-booted" the storylines as it gave wrestlers fresh new material to work with.
It wasn't like the events of Hell in a Cell weren't followed up on. Bray Wyatt explained his attacks on Undertaker and did reference his match with Roman Reigns in his promo. There's also the winners of the matches at Hell in a Cell being given spots in WWE Title contendership eliminator matches which we'll get onto later. However, it just seemed to me for so many weeks that the writers were some what burned out. A part of me still thinks that's the case but they did a great job with this week. I think the reason it worked so well is that it almost seems like they started from scratch again which is sometimes not a bad thing. With the current WWE storylines going stale, the writers had to try something else. The transition into these new storylines were pulled off so well that it opens up a lot of possibilities for the future.
They had Paige's heel turn finally cemented which was a big plus from me. It was almost like they were milking this apparent PCB reunion storyline for so long that it just lost it effect. It was almost making little sense as Charlotte and Becky would have came off so bad for falling for Paige's act. Paige turning heel for good now shifts the focus onto Charlotte vs a fully heel Paige.
The best part of the episode was the series of qualifying matches for a number one contendership match at the WWE World title. This was exactly the type of thing that WWE needed. I mentioned WWE following up on what happened the night before. With this little concept, all the winners from the night before were actually rewarded for winning these big matches at this big event. All of a sudden, the winners are actually starting to get over as top talent. They've earned the right to fight for the championship.
For the majority of the year, there's rarely been a time where the number one contenders for the WWE World title have actually had to earn their title match in such a way. Usually, just beating Seth Rollins would get you the opportunity. The problem with that is simple… EVERYONE had started to beat Seth Rollins on RAW and SmackDown! Therefore, anyone could have theoretically been the number one contender. With this, only the strong will survive and get the opportunity at the title.
It could be argued that WWE should have stretched this out so it could take place over the course of a few weeks and build up anticipation for future shows. However, I think that's very difficult considering that the writers have to fill up three hours worth of television RAW every week. I'm happy with the way they went as it could have built up anticipation for the main event.
Another reason why this worked so well is that they could have easily killed the momentum of a lot of the winners from last night, but no one really suffered badly. Kofi Kingston and Big E both lost, but the New Day were coming off a big win of the Dudleyz the night before anyway. Cesaro and Neville didn't really get a lot from this night after losing but they weren't stars with a lot of direction in the first place. Cesaro and Neville won in the pre-show match of Hell in a Cell so it's not like they won a big match of importance.
Then there's the fatal four way itself. Usually, I'd be mad that they brought Alberto Del Rio back just for him to get beat in the main event of his first RAW with the fatal four way. However, Del Rio looked really good in this match. Hell, everyone in that fatal four way looked strong in their own right. Kevin Owens started to look like a legitimate threat alongside Del Rio. I didn't believe that Ziggler was going to win the match but he didn't look that bad himself.
This was a main event that lived up to the anticipation built over the course of the night. It was a main event that actually seemed like a main event. It's not like the crowd was bored and burned out by the end of it. They got really pumped for the finish of the fatal four way when Kevin and Roman Reigns were staring each other down.
Finally, Roman Reigns won. The right man won this mini-tournament and looked great when he did. He was actually built up to be a great contender by beating up everyone else to do it. These were not just over people too. He defeated the US and Intercontinental champions who were coming off two big wins in the course of 24 hours or so. I think with his win over Bray at Hell in a Cell as well to take into account, Roman now suddenly looks like a main event title contender.
It was just a great show in general that was exactly what the WWE needed heading into November. I'm praying that booking like this can continue on into next week. If that's the case, the viewership numbers maybe about to turn around and a new star COULD be made.
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WWE Hell In A Cell 2015 Review – Lesnar vs Undertaker III Delivers On Really Good Show
Hell in a Cell brought a lot to Los Angeles, California. It featured hard-hitting matches, shocking moments and a hell of a main event with Brock Lesnar and Undertaker squaring off inside the demonic structure. However, did they bring all they could to the state of California? Could the WWE make up for a poor month of RAW ratings with a quality event on the WWE Network? Could this be the turning point the WWE need to get back on the right tracks? Well, let's run down the card with this review.
The night started off with the US Title Open Challenge. Cena cut his usual promo and opened the challenge up to the roster. Zeb Colter of all people came out on some kind of scooter.He called John a divider and said that it was time for people to come together. He introduced the man that he claimed would become the United States Heavyweight champion. That man was Alberto Del Rio! No words can describe how much joy I had at that moment. I truly never believed that Del Rio would be the one to answer to call for a few reasons. I was talking with a few writers from SLTD Wrestling about who would take up the challenge. Someone actually threw Del Rio's name into the mix but I shot it down. A reason for that is I had no idea if Del Rio was still under contract with Lucha Underground or not. I heard that Del Rio could have gotten out of that contract any time he wanted but I figured it would taken a lot of time to get the paperwork through in time for Hell in a Cell. Alberto Del Rio is also still the AAA Mega Champion too which is a huge missed opportunity for WWE! After the PPV, I looked onto NoDQ.com and this how Del Rio was able to sign with WWE so easily:
"Regarding his contract with the company, Del Rio's deal was a lot easier to put together than most. Del Rio's deal calls for less dates, and he will also be allowed to work through his remainder indie dates that he has previously agreed on. Money played a major factor in Del Rio's return to the company. Lucha Underground was his main source of income, but both parties had a falling out because Del Rio couldn't agree with creative and returning to WWE was his only option to making any kind of real money again."
I did not believe it was going to be Daniel Bryan. I did not believe it was going to Tyler Breeze. I didn't really know who I thought was going to challenge Cena but I didn't think it would be Alberto Del Rio. Putting Del Rio with Colter is an interesting mix. I'm not sure if it's going to work but then again, I was critical when Colter was put with Cesaro and Cesaro ended up benefiting from it in the end. So you never know.
John Cena (c) vs Alberto Del Rio for the WWE United States Championship
When I was doing the predictions for this on SLTD Wrestling, I really didn't know what to think. I'd changed my mind over and over regarding whether the mystery challenger was going to win. On the predictions, I predicted that Cena would retain. When I saw Del Rio, my predictions were in a constant state of flux! I thought right away that to bring Del Rio back just to beat him on his first match back would be preposterous unless this was a one-off appearance. However, John Cena is John Cena. Having anyone beat Cena is very hard for the writers to do. They have to protect Cena. So I was thinking of all of these ways that would protect both Cena and Del Rio regardless of who win. I thought either Del Rio would win due to Zeb or Cena would just go over. Again, I was wrong. Low and behold, Del Rio pinned Cena after seven minutes… clean.
It was mind-blowing! The whole world went nuts when Kevin Owens pinned John Cena clean at Elimination Chamber. Not only did Del Rio beat Cena clean here, he did it seven minutes. He won off a backstabber and a super kick. The super kick is done by every other wrestler on the roster and is Del Rio's signature move. It's not even his proper finisher and Del Rio won clean. CLEAN!
Now I've seen a lot of fans on Twitter tweet about the logic of Cena beating the WWE World Champion Rollins clean but losing here clean to Del Rio. Let me just point something out. When John Cena beat Seth Rollins clean at Night of Champions, Seth was preparing for two opponents that night. It was not as clean a finish as you would have thought as Seth was preparing for two opponents. On the other hand, Del Rio had not been in WWE for over a year. Del Rio's schedule in the last year has been a lot lighter than Cena's. Cena's been on the road with WWE nearly all year long. Del Rio's worked for the likes of AAA, Lucha Underground and ROH but has not been wrestling as much as Cena in 2015. Cena's body, in terms of the storyline, is hurt after putting up his US title every week. Del Rio is a lot fresher and simply took advantage of a wounded champion. It makes perfect sense as Cena was more prepared than Rollins at Night of Champions but not as prepared as Del Rio for Hell in a Cell. This is alright with me.
The only thing that took away from this moment with Del Rio coming back was Jerry Lawler down-playing Del Rio's return like it was nothing. He criticised Cole and JBL for making it seem like he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. As someone on Twitter pointed out, he was aghast at the thought that Cole knew so much about Del Rio. I don't know if Jerry Lawler is aware of this or not but MICHAEL COLE IS A JOURNALIST! It's his business to know all of this stuff. You're mad that he knew so much about a wrestler that you bury him for it? You can be a good guy all you want and you can bury the heels when you need to but not when he's just made his return. Cole and JBL were making Del Rio out to be a star and Lawler thought it was no big deal. This was the start to a horrible night on the commentary table for Jerry Lawler. However, Del Rio's return was still lovely despite Jerry Lawler on commentary. The pressure is now on WWE to make sure they don't drop the ball with him.
There was a backstage segments that followed with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Seth Rollins and Corporate Kane all taking about the WWE World Heavyweight title match. Seth vowed to retain the title but Kane just wished Seth good luck as he would need it. Scary.
Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt in a Hell in a Cell match
Initially, I thought it was kind of strange that there was no cool-off match between Del Rio winning the US title and the first Hell in a Cell match. Having thought about it, I understand now that it was probably WWE not wanting the Cell matches to be too close together so I kind of get it. I'm going to actually give Michael Cole credit for bringing up the statistic of only 35 men or so ever competing in a Hell in a Cell match. That actually helped make the match itself a bit more sacred and special as if it's not competed in a lot. It may be a small thing, but I think that added to the Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt match with two competitors that were in this match for the first time.
It was a decent Hell in a Cell match. Early on, Roman did his drive-by kick to Bray which caused Bray to tumble a few steps and then slam himself into a cell wall. Other than that, I thought Bray was great during this match. Bray was just innovative in general when it came to using the weapons inside the cell. I remember he was like this when he was feuding with Dean Ambrose. When he and Dean had that TLC match last year, they had a WHOLE lot of fun with the weapons. Bray grabbed the chair and was about to hit Roman with it. Bray stopped himself, sat down on the chair, picked up the Kendo stick that was used earlier on in the match and then smacked Roman over and over in the chair while sitting down. I thought that was awesome. Bray was great during this.
The crowd loved Roman hitting Bray with double kendo sticks. The match was very slow paced sometimes to a point where it seemed that they didn't know what was going on. They were stalling for time quite a bit. What I can say is that both men looked really good coming off this match. Bray and Roman both kicked out of a lot of big moves. Roman did a big powerbomb on Bray through the table but Bray immediately kicked out. There was an awesome sequence with Roman reversing Sister Abigail with a roll up and then hitting the Superman punch. Three tables broke during this. Roman hit a spear from the apron onto the table on the outside which looked really good but Bray kicked out. There was a fan that told Roman to "take his soul." That made me laugh. Bray had planned to throw Roman into a kendo stick that was wedged into the turnbuckle but Roman threw Wyatt into it and hit the spear for the win.
This was a darn good Hell in a Cell match which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was every bit as fun as I hoped it would be. It was a suitable finish to the feud with Roman getting Wyatt in the cell by himself. It was a great story told with the right man going over. I believe this is a great way to get Roman back into the main event picture if that's what's going to happen. At the end of the day, this feud was actually a worthwhile. There's been times which I've been annoyed at the feud but it gave us a quality finish. Judging by the end of the PPV, it seems that both men are going to get a lot out of it. Very satisfied with this one.
The New Day (c) vs The Dudley Boyz for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Xaiver Woods was not a ringside for this one. The announcers claimed it was because of Xaiver being put through the table on Monday Night RAW. I actually think Xaiver Woods was away because he was being married or something. I think that was the reason if anyone was wondering. Big E and Kofi dedicated this match to him. Kofi said he was going to play the bongo drums on D-Von's head. Big E said he would slap Bubba's belly like it were a drum. They told everyone to show off their "unicorn horns" which is really just putting your finger on your head. What this lead to was JBL telling Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler to "get their horns out!" I was critical of Jerry Lawler earlier but JBL was great during this show. There was a lot of stuff he threw in which I don't think were planned. When he just goes off on his own, JBL is so awesome. It's such a shame that Vince usually limits what JBL can say. Here, he was great somehow. Great promo as usual even without Xaiver Woods!
The match itself was much worse then the stuff they've done at Night of Champions and Madison Square Garden. The Dudleyz have been together for twenty years and messed up a tag team spot so bad in this match. Let me cut to the chase. Bubba had Kofi up for a side slam. D-Von came off the rope and it appeared that he was going for a leg drop onto Kofi. However, D-Von instead while running decided to switch legs at the last minute. So he got to his spot, jumped up to do the leg drop on one leg, then went for the other, but Bubba didn't go down at the same time and didn't drop Kofi either. It was such a bad mess up and it came from the Dudleys. Unbelievable.
Kofi tried the old Eddie tribute spot where he got the trombone, threw it to Bubba and went down. The ref didn't buy it and the match continued. What was funny actually was that Bubba was begging the referee to not DQ them and told them to listen to the fans. However, not only were the fans mostly behind the New Day during the match, when Eddie usually did this spot, he would be cheered! Big E would then hit Bubba with the instrument behind the ref's back and Kofi hit Trouble in Paradise for the win. I thought this match was very underwhelming as I expected more considering the amount of months this feud has went on. However, all I can say is the right team went over. With that being said and the botched spot earlier in mind, it was still a pretty average tag team match. Not the best pay-off to months of build though.
Charlotte (c) vs Nikki Bella for the Divas Championship
It was announced on the pre-show that no divas were allowed at ringside for this match, which completely derailed my prediction of Paige screwing over Charlotte! However, I was still convinced that Nikki was somehow going to win the title. I predicted this on SLTD Wrestling. However, it appeared that I was wrong all along!
There's something about how Charlotte throws her punches that was really off-putting to me. She doesn't do like a jab, an uppercut or a hook or anything like that. What she does is make a fist and pokes Nikki with her fist. I think Charlotte needs to work on her striking game in the future because it came off so bad in this match.
There were "We Want Sasha" chants. There was a German suplex spot which I thought was so badly screwed up. Nikki was going for a German suplex from the top rope but she had hardly any grip. So what happens is that looked like she was going to try and suplex Charlotte by wrapping her arms around Charlotte's waist rather than her stomach. It was the most ludicrous looking German suplex I've ever seen. The only redeeming quality of it was that Charlotte was able to land on her feet after Nikki tried this "German suplex" which actually made it look sort of cool. Nikki hit the Alabama slam on Charlotte onto the ring apron which looked like it sucked for Charlotte. This went along well with the story of the match, with Nikki targeting the back. Nikki went for the Rack Attack but Charlotte countered it into a botchy looking figure-eight leg lock for the win.
I didn't like this match. It was certainly not the worst women's match I've seen on PPV. However, it just didn't come off looking good. I like the idea of wrestlers working over body-parts during the match and it worked well during their match at Night of Champions. However, it did not look good when they did it in this match. This match just seemed like a desperate attempt from WWE to turn this Divas Revolution thing around with Charlotte and Nikki pulling out all the stops and put on a very good match. The only problem with that is you're asking Charlotte and NIKKI BELLA to put on this "great" match. Nikki is not good enough to put on this type of match and Charlotte is not THAT experienced in the ring. It just came off a cheap rip-off of the stuff Bayley and Sasha were doing on NXT. Nikki and Charlotte were going for all of these great spots in theory but a lot of them were just messed up. The only one which kind of looked cool and was pulled off great was Nikki's Alabama slam. It was not worth giving the ten minutes they gave them on this show. This match was longer than the Tag Team title and US title matches and it just never justified the amount of time they were given. Sorry girls. You need to do more to impress me. I also don't think Charlotte was ready for this title run in the first place and this match has not really done a lot to help the cause. Let's see what they do on RAW anyway.
Seth Rollins (c) vs Kane for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
This match wasn't really that great. It was certainly not that great considering all of the weeks of hype this feud has been given. The issue is that Seth wrestled this match with Kane like it was just another guy, with the exception of the spot where Seth tried to knock Kane down but he wouldn't budge. For weeks, the storyline was that Seth was trash-talking Kane when he was in a suit but was scared of him when he had his ring-gear on. However, he treated this match like it was nothing and pinned Kane clean in the middle. The storyline they had built up for so long didn't even play into the match itself and the finish. All I can think at this point is that it's going to continue on into RAW where Kane is fired or somehow spared from being fired. We shall see.
Bryan Alvarez thinks that Kane got injured when he took the powerbomb from Seth onto the table. It actually makes sense as Kane didn't really do a lot after the spot happened and the doctor came to check on him. I hope that's not the case but it's really not good news for Seth if he is hurting all of these lads in high-profile matches, whether it was a mistake or not. He broke John Cena's nose, we have no idea what the future is of Sting after what happened at Night of Champions and he might have injured Kane too. Maybe he has to tone down a lot of his hard-hitting moves because it's getting people hurt.
Kevin Owens (c) vs Ryback for the Intercontinental Championship
This was a pretty bad short match. Usually when a match is a short, the wrestlers try to get in as much good spots as they can. However, it just played out like a normal match which had an abrupt finish after five minutes. Ryback got hardly any reaction when he came out which was worrying. I'm shocked that people are still chanting "Goldberg" at him after all of these years. It's amazing.
Ryback did a powerbomb on his own to Kevin Owens and the announcers just completely no-sold it. He did his opponent's finisher and the announcers didn't even think to mention this. Some stuff happened and Kevin raked the eyes and hit the pop-up Powerbomb on Ryback for the win. It wasn't a very good powerbomb but at least it played into what happened on RAW with the announcers suggesting that Kevin could do the powerbomb to Ryback as well. Hopefully, Kevin gets a much different opponent than Ryback. When Kevin has to work with a fellow big man, it just doesn't seem like it works. It certainly didn't work with poor Ryback.
Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match
This was it. The biggest rubber match in recent memory. Brock got busted open very early into the match by going into the ring post. What's funny is that the announcers mentioned that Brock stopped himself from hitting the post by using his arm but he was bloody anyway. Undertaker was also bloodied in the match too. According to Bryan Alvarez, "Vince freaked the fuck out" after there was blood in the match. That's what Bryan said on the Bryan and Vinny show but here's a bit more from the report I read earlier:
"Bryan Alvarez mentioned on the latest instalment of Wrestling Observer Radio that he received texts from someone that was backstage and the event and witnessed Vince McMahon's reaction to the blood. Alvarez said that Vince and Kevin Dunn were freaking out over the incident because the company has a no blood policy. Dunn was seen screaming for a doctor to get out there. However sending the doctor out there didn't do much, as Lesnar shoved the doctor down and after that, the doctor did not return."
I will never say that wrestlers should blade for a sake of making the match better. I was especially not at ease by the "we want blood" chants that were going on during the match. However, blood just seemed to work for this match in a weird way. They showed a shot of Undertaker busted open and he looked very scary! You could tell it was a scary and serious situation which did add to the match.
Undertaker did the chair guillotine which he hardly ever does but it always looks cool whenever he does it. Brock hit a F5 but Undertaker kicked out. As mentioned earlier, a doctor was sent down to the cell. Brock threw the doctor out the ring and just hit another F5 on the Undertaker but he kicked out again. Lesnar hit Taker with the steel steps and Michael Cole was just like "this is it" as if this was going to be the finish. I know he did that to hype up the kick out but there's no way that it was believable that Cole thought the match was over after that! Brock went to break Taker's leg with the steel steps. If you'll recall, Brock did the exact same thing to Kane a few months ago to take him out. In fact, Michael Cole referenced that on commentary. A nice little bit of story-telling there. Michael Cole was actually pretty good himself tonight on commentary.
Taker locked on Hells Gate and Brock was clenching his fist as he was considering tapping. All I kept thinking was "JUST PUNCH HIM!" He eventually took my advice and he beat the crap out of Taker as if this was the end of a UFC fight and if he was just waiting for the ref to pull him away. I liked this. It played to his time in UFC as a legitimate fighter. Brock then ripped up the ring mat but Undertaker used that to his advantage. He chokeslammed and tombstoned Lesnar onto the hard floor but Lesnar kicked out. Brock won the match with a low blow and a F5 to pick up the win. The right man won this one. I don't think it was as good as their Summerslam match but it was a good Hell in a Cell match. It finished as it should have and it was a fitting end to the feud.
At the end of the night, Undertaker was stood alone in the ring as the crowd applauded him. The Wyatt Family came out. They came out and simply beat up the Undertaker. JBL was well into this angle and even called the Wyatts "sick bastards." They then carried him out to end the show. I'm guessing this will lead into Survivor Series, as it appears that Undertaker is promoted for that event. I think it'll be a four on four with Undertaker, Kane, Sting if he's healthy and somebody else against the Wyatts. I'd like to see that as Undertaker wouldn't have to do a lot physically but we'll see where it goes.
Hell in a Cell was a very good show. It was a great showing by WWE with a lot of good matches to talk about. The Hell in a Cell matches were the best matches of the night which is great as it's the marquee match of the night. There was a lot of shocking moments and I really hope the WWE can capitalize on them as they hope to turn their RAW ratings around.
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BREAKING NEWS – Alberto Del Rio Released!
WWE.com have released details on the release of a former WWE Champion for "unprofessional conduct".
The WWE.com statement reads:
I will write more about this tomorrow but I will just leave you with this breaking news that Alberto Del Rio has been fired from WWE for apparently having an altercation with an employee.
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BEND OF THE RIVER
(director: Anthony Mann; screenwriters: Borden Chase/based on the novel "Bend of the Snake" by William Gulick; cinematographer: Irving Glassberg; editor: Russell F. Schoengarth; music: Hans J. Salter; cast: James Stewart (Glyn McLyntock), Arthur Kennedy (Emerson Cole), Julie Adams (Laura Baile), Rock Hudson (Trey Wilson), Howard Petrie (Tom Hendricks, Owner of River Queen & Portland Palace Saloon), Lori Nelson (Marjie Baile), Jay C. Flippen (Jeremy Baile), Jack Lambert (Red), Harry Morgan (Shorty), Royal Dano (Long Tom), Chubby Johnson (Cap'n Mello, Riverboat River Queen), Stepin Fetchit (Adam), Frances Bavier (Mrs. Prentiss); Runtime: 91; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Frank Clever/Aaron Rosenberg; Universal-International; 1952)
"One of the greatest Westerns ever."
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
One of the greatest Westerns ever. It's directed by Anthony Mann ("Winchester '73″/"The Naked Spur"/"The Man From Laramie"/"Man of the West") the least celebrated but one of the most talented Western directors of the 1950s, who was in his prime during the golden age for westerns. In 1958 Jean-Luc Godard gushed over Mann's "Man of the West" and praised him to the skies for reinventing the Western. Many French film critics called Mann "The Virgil of the West." Mann was known as a great visual filmmaker, not afraid to have the dark side of his main characters show and not afraid to be mythic.
The masterful screenplay is written by Borden Chase from Bill Gulick's "Bend of the Snake." It casts James Stewart, Mann's favorite cowboy hero, as a wagon train guide named Glyn McLyntock, who in 1847 takes a hundred decent farm folks fed up with the violence in Missouri to the Oregon Territory to find their Eden. What Stewart's searching for is a new identity as a farmer, in his shadowy past he was a Missouri border raider. It's a secret that haunts him, and the reformed gunfighter still has the scars from a rope around his neck from a vigilante mob that tried to hang him. Mann has the Stewart character working overtime for his redemption, as he's constantly being tested to see if he can fit in with a peaceful society. It's an overwhelmingly intense, strongly moral grounded and tangibly symbolic psychological tale that is filled with stunning majestic vistas, easygoing comedy and sparkling action sequences. It has a lot on its plate, including Stepin Fetchit doing his good-hearted stereotype comedy shtick in a cameo. It's the kind of hardboiled Western that questions if its hero has to be all good, and if that's realistic. Stewart takes on a hero's role that demands more than his familiar aw-shucks I'm the good guy wearing the white hat, as he's asked to be a former outlaw who has seen the light and gone straight because of his own inner drive to do so but still reacts violently when he's overcome with revenge for those venal types who do him wrong.
While leading his wagon party to Portland, Oregon, Glyn McLyntock saves a suspected horse thief, Emerson Cole (Arthur Kennedy), from a lynch mob. It turns out Cole is a kindred spirit, also a former Missouri border raider but unknown to Glyn. The two begin a friendship, as the amiable and charming Cole rides along but makes it clear he's no farmer but is heading to California to look for gold. That night the wagon train is attacked by a small group of Shoshone Indians who put an arrow in the shoulder of the pretty Laura Baile (Julie Adams), the older daughter of the wagon train's steadfast leader Jeremy Baile (Jay C. Flippen). Cole follows the brave Glyn into the outlying wilderness to search for the Indians before they can attack again; after saving Glyn from being knifed to death, the two kill off the remaining 5 Indians.
In Portland, the settlers receive a warm welcome from the leading citizens and have the good-natured ornery riverboat captain (Chubby Johnson) remove the arrow from Laura. But she's told she'll have to stay in Portland for a month to recover while the settlers go up in the hills to begin farming. The settlers pay in advance the local saloon owner Tom Hendricks (Howard Petrie) for their food supply needed to hold them through the winter; the supplier promises to send the shipment before a month is out by riverboat. When the shipment doesn't arrive and the settlers are on the verge of starvation, Jeremy and Glyn come down from the mountain by horse (which takes a week) and find the town has gone crazy because of gold strikes and the prices have skyrocketed. Greed has overtaken Hendricks and he turns out to be a chiseler, not willing to carry out his end of the bargain. The handsome flashy gambler Trey Wilson (Rock Hudson) and Cole side with the farmers when Hendricks tries to stop them. They help bring the food supply up the river with the riverboat, but Hendricks and his henchmen catch up with them and there's a shootout that takes care of the chiseler. But when Cole learns the starving gold-miners in the hills are willing to pay a fortune for the food supply, he deserts the farmers and his girlfriend Laura to side with the gold-miners. When Glyn is left by Cole without a gun to die on the top of Mount Hood, his old feelings of animosity come back and he goes on foot after Cole spurred on like an avenging angel and single-handedly fights off the surly bunch of gold-miners taking the farmer's food supply. It comes down in the end to Glyn fighting Cole in the Snake River, where Cole is swept away by the river to his doom and Glyn finds redemption in the river as his past sins are washed clean. The farmer accepts him into the community, forgiving his past sins, and Glyn ends up with the sweet homespun Laura. Jeremy, in the end, has to eat his words about criminals never being able to change. He often used the saying "One bad apple destroys the rest of the barrel," but now says he was wrong–"apples are not people." The film paralleled the lives of Stewart and Kennedy throughout, with the outcome showing that Stewart had the capacity to change but Kennedy didn't.
Henry Morgan and Jack Lambert are cast as gold-miner thugs, while Lori Nelson plays the sweet younger sister of Adams who snags the cocky but soft-hearted Rock.
REVIEWED ON 11/6/2006 GRADE: A+
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What to Look for in a Database?
Databases store information and its contents can be everything from product catalogs to repositories of customer information. For information to be easy to access, use and understand, database management systems are required. Database management systems can help sort information as well as link databases to each other and provide reports about changes and trends in the information in databases.
In this post, we'll go over some of the most popular databases currently used and outline the pros and cons of each.
Although database management systems all perform the same basic task, which is to enable users to create, edit and access information in databases, how they accomplish this can vary. Additionally, the features, functionality, and support associated with each management system can differ significantly.
When comparing different popular databases, you should consider how user-friendly and scalable each DBMS is as well as how well it will integrate with other products you're using. Additionally, you may want to take into account the cost of the management system and the support available for it.
Database management engines also need to be able to grow with your organization. Small businesses may only need limited features or have small amounts of data to manage, but requirements can grow substantially over time, and switching to another database management system can be a hassle.
There are a number of popular databases systems available - both paid and free. To help you decide which management system might be right for you or your organization, check out the list below of 8 popular databases.
It's no surprise that Oracle is consistently at the top of lists of popular databases. The first version of this database management tool was created in the late 70s, and there are a number of editions of this tool available to meet your organization's needs.
The newest version of Oracle, 12c, is designed for the cloud and can be hosted on a single server or multiple servers, and it enables the management of databases holding billions of records. Some of the features of the latest version of Oracle include a grid framework and the use of both physical and logical structures.
This means that physical data management has no effect on access to logical structures. Additionally, security in this release is excellent because each transaction is isolated from others.
You'll find the latest innovations and features coming from their products since Oracle tends to set the bar for other database management tools.
Oracle database management tools are also incredibly robust, and you can find one that can do just about anything you can possibly think of.
The cost of Oracle can be prohibitive, especially for smaller organizations.
The system can require significant resources once installed, so hardware upgrades may be required to even implement Oracle.
Ideal for: Large organizations that handle enormous databases and need a variety of features.
MySQL is one of the most popular databases for web-based applications. It's freeware, but it is frequently updated with features and security improvements. There are also a variety of paid editions designed for commercial use. With the freeware version, there's a greater focus on speed and reliability instead of including a vast array of features, which can be good or bad depending on what you're attempting to do.
This database engine allows you to select from a variety of storage engines that enable you to change the functionality of the tool and handle data from different table types. It also has an easy to use interface, and batch commands let you process enormous amounts of data. The system is also incredibly reliable and doesn't tend to hog resources.
It offers a lot of functionality even for a free database engine.
There are a variety of user interfaces that can be implemented.
It can be made to work with other databases, including DB2 and Oracle.
You may spend a lot of time and effort to get MySQL to do things that other systems do automatically, like create incremental backups.
There is no built-in support for XML or OLAP.
Support is available for the free version, but you'll need to pay for it.
Ideal for: Organizations that need a robust database management tool but are on a budget.
As with other popular databases, you can select from a number of editions of Microsoft SQL server. This database management engine works on cloud-based servers as well as local servers, and it can be set up to work on both at the same time. Not long after the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2016, Microsoft made it available on Linux as well as Windows-based platforms.
Some of the standout features for the 2016 edition include temporal data support, which makes it possible to track changes made to data over time. The latest version of Microsoft SQL Server also allows for dynamic data masking, which ensures that only authorized individuals will see sensitive data.
It is very fast and stable.
The engine offers the ability to adjust and track performance levels, which can reduce resource use.
You are able to access visualizations on mobile devices.
It works very well with other Microsoft products.
Enterprise pricing may be beyond what many organizations can afford.
Even with performance tuning, Microsoft SQL Server can gobble resources.
Many individuals have issues using the SQL Server Integration Services to import files.
Ideal for: Large organizations that use a number of Microsoft products.
PostgreSQL is one of several free popular databases, and it is frequently used for web databases. It was one of the first database management systems to be developed, and it allows users to manage both structured and unstructured data. It can also be used on most major platforms, including Linux-based ones, and it's fairly simple to import information from other database types using the tool.
This database management engine can be hosted in a number of environments, including virtual, physical and cloud-based environments. The latest version, PostgreSQL 9.5, offers larger data volumes and an increase in the number of concurrent users. Security has also been improved thanks to support for both DBMS_SESSION and expanded password profiles.
This database management engine is scalable and can handle terabytes of data.
There are a variety of predefined functions.
A number of interfaces are available.
Documentation can be spotty, so you may find yourself searching online in an effort to figure out how to do something.
Speed may suffer during large bulk operations or read queries.
Ideal for: Organizations with a limited budget that want the ability to select their interface and use JSON.
Another free database that also has a commercial version, MongoDB is designed for applications that use both structured and unstructured data. The database engine is very versatile, and it works by connecting databases to applications via MongoDB database drivers. There is a comprehensive selection of drivers available, so it's easy to find a driver that will work with the programming language being used.
Since MongoDB wasn't designed to handle relational data models, even though it can, performance issues are likely to crop up if you attempt to use it this way. However, the database engine is designed to handle variable data that isn't relational, and it can often work well where other database engines struggle or fail.
MongoDB 3.2 is the latest version, and it features new pluggable storage engines. Documents can also now be validated during updates and inserts, and the text search functions have been improved. A new partial index capability also may allow for improved performance by shrinking the size of indexes.
The engine supports JSON and other NoSQL documents.
Data of any structure can be stored and accessed quickly and easily.
Schema can be written without downtime.
SQL is not used as a query language.
Tools to translate SQL to MongoDB queries are available, but they add an extra step to using the engine.
Setup can be a lengthy process.
Default settings are not secure.
This database management system is free, and like many other free offerings, MariaDB also offers paid versions. There are a variety of plug-ins available for it, and it's the fastest growing open source database available.
The database engine allows you to choose from a variety of storage engines, and it makes great use of resources via an optimizer that increases query performance and processing. It's also highly compatible with MySQL, and it is a drop in replacement with exact matching of commands and APIs because many of the developers of MySQL were involved in its development.
The system is fast and stable.
Progress bars let you know how a query is progressing.
Extensible architecture and plug-ins allow you to customize the tool to match your needs.
Encryption is available at network, server and application levels.
The engine is still fairly new, so there's no guarantee further updates and versions will be forthcoming.
As with many other free database engines, you have to pay for support.
Ideal for: Organizations looking for an affordable MySQL alternative.
Created by IBM, DB2 is a database engine that has NoSQL capabilities, and it can read JSON and XML files. Unsurprisingly, it's designed to be used on IBM's iSeries servers, but the workstation version works on Windows, Linux and Unix.
The current version of DB2 is LUW is 11.1, which offers a variety of improvements. One, in particular, was an improvement of BLU Acceleration, which is designed to make this database engine work faster through data skipping technology. Data skipping is designed to improve the speed of systems with more data than can fit into memory. The latest version of DB2 also provides improved disaster recovery functions, compatibility, and analytics.
Blu Acceleration can make the most of available resources for enormous databases.
It can be hosted from the cloud, a physical server or both at the same time.
Multiple jobs can be run at once using the Task Scheduler.
Error codes and exit codes can determine which jobs are run via the Task Scheduler.
The cost is outside of the budget of many individuals and smaller organizations.
Third party tools or additional software is required to make clusters or multiple secondary nodes work.
Basic support is only available for three years; after that, you have to pay for it.
Ideal for: Large organizations that need to make the most of available resources and handle large databases.
Designed by SAP SE, SAP HANA is a database engine that is column-oriented and can handle SAP and non-SAP data. The engine is designed to save and retrieve data from applications and other sources across multiple tiers of storage. Along with being able to be hosted from physical servers, it can also be hosted from the cloud.
It supports SQL, OLTP and OLAP.
The engine reduces resource requirements through compression.
Data is stored in memory, reducing access times, in some cases, significantly.
Real-time reporting and inventory management are available.
It can interface with a number of other applications.
The licensing cost is high for SAP HANA even for those used to paying for enterprise software.
SAP HANA is still a relative newcomer, and patches and updates are frequent to the point of being annoying.
Ideal for: Organizations that are pulling data from applications and aren't under a terribly constrained budget.
There are multiple popular databases to choose from, which means that you're basically guaranteed to find one that will fit your needs. Thanks to the fact that there are a number of excellent free options, individuals and small organizations will still be able to find a database management tool that meets their criteria. On the other hand, if your organization requires a more feature-intensive solution, there are also many paid database solutions available.


This movie was ok. The acting wasn't great, and they kept making stupid selections on who's next to die. But it was an ok movie.
That black guy in a suit died like a boss.
I CAN'T believe I watched the whole thing waiting for it to get better! It didn't! UGH!!!!!!
Do one with Seth Rogen, James franco, Will Ferrell, Charlie Sheen and other comedians. It might become the greatest comedy ever.
The movie was crap. Weird quotes "Oh she got a B, lets kill her. " everyone vote for the black guy" " she's a lesbian, kill her." It's just weird. Just weird.
Honestly I really liked the movie. There were several twists thrown in with who spontaneously died and things like with the "husband and wife". The ending was definitely a big twist and a hard one to swallow but I still find it was very well written and caught many people off guard. Just because people seem to be stuck in their mind that every movie must have a good and clean ending, should not be the reason this movie is given so much slack. Although it does has its slow monents, it is also very nice to see all of the individual deaths happening in real time, no break aways whatsoever. It helps you to feel more in the moment even though every once in a while it makes the movie a tad slow. All in all I would say if you are into Psychological thrillers, then watch this movie!
i got so angry at the end of this, how could they leave me hanging like that!!?
There's nothing to say besides "this movie is fantastic."
Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.


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