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The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 05.21.12 Live from Richmond, VA Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler John Cena starts us out, and he’s ANGRY about losing to Big Johnny. So he shrugs off the Rock loss at Wrestlemania, but THIS makes him mad? Anyway, he defends his toying wit »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 05.14.12 Live from Pittsburgh, PA Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Big Johnny stops COOHHH on the way to the ring in the cold open, wanting to explain the whole Cena thing. HHH is far too busy with complicated arm injuries, however, and blows »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 05.07.12 Live from Greensboro, NC Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Big Johnny starts us out, letting us know that last week he lost his temper and went into a PATH OF DESTRUCTION that no one can stop. And no reprimand was issued by the WWE Bo »»
The SmarK RAW SUPERSHOW STARRING BROCK LESNAR Rant – 04.30.12 The pre-show highlights of Cena’s interview last night seem to show him with a weird skin condition that turns him into the Grey Hulk. Live from Dayton, OH Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Big Johnny starts u »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 04.27.12 Taped from Grand Rapids, MI Your hosts are Michael Cole & Booker T. Josh Matthews is out thanks to making a stupid comment to Brock Lesnar, thus marking the first person in about 10 years to sell an injury past the end of the show. Daniel Bryan (with ri »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 04.16.12 Live from London, England Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler WWE title: CM Punk v. Mark Henry Mark Henry doesn’t even get an entrance! At least they do the in-ring introductions to make this seem like a big deal. Punk goes for »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 04.09.12 Live from Washington, DC. Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and General Manager of RAW and Smackdown Johnny Ace joins us to start, and we immediately get a replay of last week’s Cena-Brock »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 04.02.2012 Johnny Ace gives a peptalk to the roster to start, but CM Punk is already standing up and lipping him off. So Johnny retaliates the best way he knows how: Making matches! Santino v. Jack Swagger v. Dolph Ziggler! CM Punk v. Mark Henry! It’s »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 03.30.12 Taped from the same place as RAW. Your hosts are Josh Matthews & Matt Striker (because Michael Cole is at Axxxxess, you see) Zack Ryder v. Drew McIntyre Drew might hold the record for biggest disparity between quality of theme music and level of push, »»
The SmarK Rant for TNA Impact – 03.22.12 Taped from Orlando, FL. Your hosts are Mike Tenay & Tazz Let us take you back to Victory Road, where Bobby Roode lays out Sting and duct tapes him to the ropes, like an evil Red Green. Sadly, Roode’s verbal and physical abuse of Dixie Car »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 03.16.12 Better a 2 day late Smackdown rant than a brand new TNA PPV rant, sez I. Taped from Columbus, OH Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T and Josh Matthews. Christian returns with the Peep Show to start. He brings out Big Johnny and David Otunga to represen »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 03.09.12 Taped from Uncasville, CT Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T and Josh Matthews Johnny Ace and David Otunga start us off in a cage, because they’re running the show tonight. US title, cage match: Santino Marella v. Jack Swagger And they wonder why »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 03.02.12 Live from Seattle, WA Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T & Josh Matthews Sheamus joins us to start, reminiscing about what a douche he turned into after winning his first big title and how the same thing is happening to Daniel Bryan, and he once again »»
The SmarK SUPER SmackDown Rant – 02.21.12 LIVE from somewhere not mentioned. Your hosts are Michael Cole, Josh Matthews & Booker T. Daniel Bryan and AJ start us out, as Bryan gloats about main-eventing Wrestlemania. Although “main event” is a bit of a stretch given he’ll be fo »»
The SmarK Rant for WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 Live from Milwaukee, WI Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler & Booker T WWE World title: CM Punk v. Kofi Kingston v. The Miz v. R-Truth v. Dolph Ziggler v. Chris Jericho Weird that they’re starting with this one. Kofi and Pun »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 02.06.12 Live from Oklahoma City, OK. Your hosts are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler. COOHHH starts us out, wearing a fashionable DX green power tie. He immediately clarifies that he was going to fire John Laurinaitis last week, but apparently in WWE wo »»
The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2012 So just like my Night of Champions rant, this is more of a short-form review because I was watching this in a theatre and I never want to be the doofus taking notes in the dark. Now, that being said, my opinion of this might vary wildly from people watch »»
(2012 Scott sez: I saw this one live in the theatre at the time, but didn’t do this rant on it until a couple of years later. So there’s not likely to be much in the way of extra comments here, sorry.) The SmarK Retro Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2006 - Live from Miami, FL. »»
The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2005 - Live from Fresno, CA. - Your hosts are JR, King, Cole and Tazz. - Opening match: Edge v. Shawn Michaels. Shawn attacks to start and gets a backdrop, then takes him out of the ring with a clothesline. Edge stops to be all crazy, and heads back in to excha »»
- Thanks to all those who bought "Tonight...In This Very Ring" over the weekend, temporarily pushing it as high as #2000 on the Amazon rankings for most of the weekend. They should be shipping from Amazon soon and in bookstores by the end of the month, so hang tight! (2012 Scott sez: Unf »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 05.18.12 Taped from Hershey, PA Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T & Josh Matthews Big Johnny is out to complain about UNFAIR TREATMENT from the board of directors. Even for someone “approaching 40” he’s still pretty flexible, but how can he be expected »»
The SmarK DVD Rant for The Best of WCW: Clash Of The Champions (Blu-Ray) Hosted by Dusty Rhodes. Disc One The Clash of the Champions was of course Jim Crockett’s attempt to undermine WrestleMania by putting a free show on cable TV in retaliation for Survivor Series, and damn if it did »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 05.04.12 Taped from Toledo, OH Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T and Josh Matthews. Sheamus v. Daniel Bryan Sheamus clarifies in his pre-match promo that he likes to fight. Good to know. Bryan’s graphic is now getting weird, as it uses the Smackdown graph »»
The SmarK Rant for WWE Extreme Rules 2012 Live from Chicago, IL Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler & Booker T Opening match, Falls Count Anywhere: Kane v. Randy Orton They immediately fight to the floor and Kane gets two out there, then grabs the dreaded LEAD PIPE OF DEATH a »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 04.23.12 Live from Detroit, MI Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Tonight! A very special three hour show for some reason that’s not particularly clear. Teddy Long hosts the official contract signing for Cena v. Brock, and introduces Cena »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 04.10.12 Live from Hampton, VA. Your hosts are Josh Matthews, Michael Cole and Booker T. Most of the roster is on the way to Moscow, so tonight is the Blast From The Past show, although there’s no cool set like for the Old School RAW show. Mean Gene brings out She »»
The SmarKdown Rant – 04.06.12 Taped from Orlando, Florida. Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T & Josh Matthews Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and General Manager of Smackdown Johnny Ace joins us to start the era of People Power on the shows. He brings out Teddy Long, »»
The SmarK Rant for WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII Live from Miami, FL Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Opening match, World title: Daniel Bryan v. Sheamus Well we knew that one of the World titles would be opening the show. Kind of a heel reaction for Sheamus for some reason. »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 03.26.12 Live from Atlanta, GA Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler, plus Booker T because they were shooting Smackdown matches anyway. Randy Orton & Sheamus v. Daniel Bryan & Kane Oddly, the graphics show Orton, Sheamus and Bryan as Sma »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 03.19.12 Live from Philadelphia, PA Your hosts are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler CM Punk is out to talk about Jericho’s talking about his daddy. But he wants everyone to know that even if you’re a kid who got dealt a crappy hand in life, you can stil »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 03.12.12 Live from Cleveland, OH Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler Speaking of which, Jerry Lawler introduces the John Cena rap segment, which brings out 2003 era John Cena, complete with “Word Life” theme and the thuganomic attire. I have »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 03.05.12 Live from Boston, MA Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler. Your GM tonight is TEDDY LONG! Get on Twitter RIGHT NOW and get it trending! Think of all the exciting matches we’ll get! Shawn Michaels starts us out, and he’s just gidd »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 02.27.12 Live from Portland, OR Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler But first, to the mailbag! Bruce Mitchell had a great column today, and I think he hit the nail right on the head with his finish: "Rock takes a main event spot away from »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 02.20.12 Live from Minneapolis, MN. Your hosts are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler And we waste no time with Eve’s official heel turn, as she reveals her SECRET EVIL PLAN to the Bellas backstage and lays out how she was just using Zack to further her career »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 02.13.12 Get well soon, Jesse Sorenson. Figures that I’m bored on a Sunday night and decide to watch a TNA PPV for the hell of it, and the first match sees the poor guy basically have his career ended. I’d give the show a mild thumbs up otherwise, as Aries »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 01.30.12 Live from Kansas City, MO Your hosts are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler Anyone else notice that masked Kane is already back in the WWE intro video? They work pretty fast. Big Johnny, smiling and shaking hands with the fans, joins us to start the »»
The SmarK Rant for WWE Royal Rumble 2007 (2012 Scott sez: I’ll take “Shows I Don’t Remember A Damn Thing About” for $200, Alex.) - Live from San Antonio, TX - Your hosts are Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole, JBL, Joey Styles & Tazz. The Hardy Boyz v. MNM (2012 Sc »»
The SmarK RAW Supershow Rant – 01.23.12 Live from Phoenix, AZ. Your hosts are Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler CM Punk starts us out with another tirade against Big Johnny. The word of the week: Failure. John sucks at life and his career and everything else. He also notes that it »»
The SmarK Rant for Royal Rumble 2004 - Live from Philly. - Your hosts are JR, King, Coach, Cole & Tazz in various combinations.- Opening match, RAW tag titles: Batista & Ric Flair v. The Dudley Boyz. Batista goes for the cheap heat by insulting the Eagles in his pre-match promo, but even »»
The SmarK Rant for WWF Royal Rumble 2002 - Live from the Underwater City of Atlanta. - Your hosts are JR & The King. - Opening match, WWF tag title: Tazz & Spike v. The Dudley Boyz. New music for Tazz, so I guess another WWF CD is coming out soon, and from the sounds of things it'll suck »»
