Impact Preview

Last week's Impact with the empty arena match was the highest rated episode in its history, so what do I know. I'm just sorry all those people had to be exposed to that. Maybe they can regroup tonight. More Main Event Mafia foolishness, some X Division action, another guy gets sent home permenently, a useless heel turn, and the Beautiful People add to their ranks. I hope it's better than last week.

American Idol

Dreadful. Who is choosing the songs for these people? The show was awful from beginning to end. The low point was that goof in the silver shirt. Who couldn't get up there and do that? You can catch that act in any college bar every Thursday night around 2AM. The judges had the nerve to call it "entertaining"! Then when the fool is in the final five knocking out good singers, these very same judges will be saying "how did this happen?" The guy at the end put on a good theatrical performance but the actual singing was hollow. Still it will be enough to probably put him through to the final three tonight. I'd rather see Tatiyana from last week advance rather than any of these clowns.

Monday's Raw

I laughed through the last segment on Monday's WWE Raw, which I don't think is the reaction they were looking for. They should never have Triple H run again. I was thinking to myself how funny that segment would look to the music of the Benny Hill Show. I looked on You Tube and some genius actually did just that. Enjoy:

She's Single Guys

According to a report at perezhilton.com, actress Megan Fox finally came to her senses and broke up with that wannabe rapper goof from Beverly Hills 90210. I was going to make a joke about how we still don't have a chance with her-- then I realized that she was actually dating the goof from 90210! We all have a shot!

(Photo from meganfoxy.com)

I Love Money 2

Last night's show might have been the greatest episode of the entire series. Milf survived! They had an hilarious challenege to see who could kiss someone's behind the longest! AND that big mouthed fool Buddha got cut in a surprise ending! This cast of characters is so deplorable that the French stripper broad is actually looking respectable. The teams also got switched around at the end, so it's almost like a new start. This show is a precious jewel.

(Photo from vh1.com)

The Oscars

I usually don't watch the Oscars because the show is too long, it always has a cheesy musical number, and I hate seeing the same "Oscar's Greatest Moments!" montage every year (Halle Berry crying, Jack Palance doing push-ups and that dipshit climbing over the seats to get his Best Actor award). But since this year's awards had influence over current wrestling storylines, I decided to tune in. And The Wrestler was promptly shut out! Marisa Tomei got beat for Best Supporting Actress by some broad that didn't even speak English in her movie and then Mickey Rourke got beat for Best Actor by "Spicolli" from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It's a damn shame. At least Marisa did win for Best Oscar Nominated Nudity in Mr. Skin's yearly awards, so that's a nice consolation prize.

(Photo available at allposters.com)

The Beautiful People!

On Friday, I told you that I would try to post footage of the Beautiful People's ring entrance from last Thursday's Impact. Found it! Now that's what I'm talking about!:

TNA Bonus Match: Roxxi vs. Madison

Here's a bonus match courtesy of tnawrestling.com. It's the hardcore icon Roxxi vs. newcomer Madison Rayne, who should be involved in some shenanigans on Impact very soon:

Ric Flair Interview

Here's some extended interview footage from an interview that Ric Flair recently did for the CBS Evening News. Get your Kleenex ready:

Last Night's Impact

Impact and the empty arena match were just as bad as I thought it would be. But as usual here at Hollywood Nation, we try to see the positive. So there were two things that I did like:

1). They did a backstage skit where Scott Steiner was doing the bench press and being interviewed by Lauren. She asked if he was scared of Samoa Joe and replied that the only way he could be scared of Joe was if Scott were smothered in Twinkies or dressed as a hamburger. I laughed so hard at this.

2). The Beautiful People's entrance. Good Lord. If I find a clip of this, I will post it.

The rest was dreadful. Please fire Vince Russo.

Newest Beautiful Person?

TNA Wrestling is going to hell in a handbasket swiftly but at least they will have some decent eye candy on the way down. According to tnawrestling.com, they have signed Madison Rayne (above) to the Knockouts Division. Rumor has it that she might even be the latest member of the Beautiful People. Not a bad idea. Anything to distract us from empty arena matches and pole matches.

(Photo from tnawrestling.com)

American Idol

If the first three contestants are any indication, this will be the shittiest season yet of American Idol. Sure that guy Danny (who sang Mimi's "Hero") was fine but the girl who sang the Aretha Franklin song was borderline and the country guy that was put through to the final twelve was atrocious. I honestly would have rather seen the toned-down Tatiyana advance rather than the country guy (and trust me, she's coming back in the wild-card round). Next week's list of clowns doesn't look very promising either. I should cut my losses now.

Flair Signs A Deal With ROH Wrestling

The greatest wrestler of all-time, Ric Flair, has signed a deal with ROH Wrestling to do live interviews and autograph sessions. The first of those appearances will be March 13 in Collinsville, IL (near the home of Hollywood Nation, St. Louis, MO).:

"Ric Flair is a legend in the industry and has been a huge influence on the careers of many ROH stars," said ROH president Cary Silkin in a press release. "The name Flair has been synonymous with professional wrestling in the United States over the past 30 years, and it's a wonderful privilege to have Ric appering in in Ring of Honor, adding his name to the list of legends that have set foot in the ROH ring. We agreed that the St. Louis area would be perfect for his first appearnce in ROH because of his great wrestling history in that area. What could be a more wonderful way to say thank you to those great St. Louis fans for supporting ROH than to bring the Nature Boy back to town one more time."

The Champ will be signing autographs for $30 for the first item and $20 for any additional item.

(You can find more information at rohwrestling.com)

I Love Money 2

Week 3 of I Love Money 2 and it was all about Milf (but then again, it always is). For some reason she stepped up as team captain, which always backfires. Sure enough, her team lost this week's challenge, she got double crossed and was put up on the block to be eliminated. Luckily, Leilene the Stripper proved to be too annoying for even her own alliance and she got the boot instead. Milf stays! More Milf! Now if we can only get rid of that shithead Becky/Buckwild, I will be a happy man.

(Photo from vh1.com)

WWE No Way Out Results

Results from last night's WWE No Way Out pay-per-view show from Seattle, WA:

- Triple H won the Smackdown Elimination Chamber match and became the new champ. The former champ Edge got pinned by Jeff Hardy early in the match.

- WrestleMania main eventer and the future of the company, Randy Orton, barely squeeked by the 40 year old, pudgy, son of the owner Shane McMahon in a no-DQ match.

- Shawn Michaels beat JBL clean as a sheet to get his freedom or whatever. Shawn was accompanied by his wife Nitro Girl Whisper and her massive boobs.

- Jack Swagger beat Finlay.

- Edge attacked Kofi Kingston and snuck his way into the Raw Elimination Chamber match, which he proceeded to win and take the Raw title. Good show. Next up: WrestleMania 25.

2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

And now to help forget about the American Idol debacle from last night, here is this year's cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Are Kathy Ireland and Cheryl Tiegs still doing these things? I may check it out this year.

(Photo from sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

American Idol: The Final 36

Why do I do this every year? With all of the baffoonary allegedly out of the way, they are finally down to the final 36. As with every year, very few brothers can catch a break. I can't fathom how they didn't let the black guy with the piercing in his lip advance, especially with some of the borderline carnival acts that they let through. With such standouts as the annoying screaming girl, the guy in the silver shirt and the dramatic gay guy, this could be the worst season ever.

Christian Returns

Christian returned to WWE last night! Unfortunately it was on the ECW brand. This guy should have been in a top feud with Edge, Jeff Hardy or John Cena. Instead they have him on the show that no one watches. Sure he won in the main event, but how long before this guy is jobbing to Ricky Ortiz? Terrible move.

Rock of Love Bus

Rock of Love Bus returned this week after taking a week off for the Super Bowl. And they returned in grand fashion with an appearance in my hometown, St. Louis. They even made an appearance at Hollywood Nation's home away from home, Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in scenic Washington Park, Illinois. This week the challenge was to make over three homely looking girls (who had obviously dressed down for the occasion). Then the girls gave them "amazing" makeovers. Bret promptly added them to the cast. The show was also built around the question of whether Natasha (above) was really a guy. Sure, she has a voice like an NBC football analyst, but I don't think this broad is a guy. In the end, shockingly, she did get sent home. Oh well, see ya on I Love Money 3, kid.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Dancing With The Stars Lineup Announced

Last night, ABC announced the contestants for the next season of Dancing with the Stars. The wacky lineup includes rapper Lil' Kim, Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Gos, actor David Alan Grier, singer Jewel, NFL Hall of Famer/WrestleMania main eventer Lawrence Taylor, Steve-O of Jackass, Denise Richards (!), TV host Nancy O'Dell, and the requisite three or four people that I've never heard of in my life. Pheeeeee-nominal. I can't wait!. The new season starts March 9th.

(Photo from abc.com)

Thoughts on The Grammy Awards

Random thoughts on what I remember from last night's Grammys show:

- They need to do like the MTV VMAs and cut this thing down to two hours. At three and a half hours, I felt like I was watching a mini-series like Roots or Shogun.

- It was good to see Whitney Houston back and looking in top form. It seems like she had a little trouble talking but I heard that she turned it out at the Clive Davis part on Saturday. I hope she makes it back all the way. It was also good to see Jennifer Hudson win and put on another great performance.

- I sat through that whole "Rap Pack" thing with M.I.A. hoping that she didn't give birth right on stage.

- Too much Timberlake and Lil' Wayne.

- Do you think Chris Brown really combed Rihanna's head on Saturday night? Say it ain't so! It's like a bad dream.

- I'm sure the Stevie Wonder/Jonas Brothers collaboration sounded good on paper (not really) but it played out quite horrificly onstage. I may need counseling to forget the Jonas Brothers butchering "Superstition".

- The real star of the show?: Katy Perry's boobs.

- Always good to see The Rock, er, Dwayne Johnson on the big stage, rubbing elbows with the industry elite. As a consolation though, Triple H will win a squash match on Friday's Smackdown.

- I hadn't seen a brother wear a shag haircut since 1982, until Kanye West brought it back last night.

Results from Last Night's Against All Odds PPV

Results from last night's TNA Wrestling "Against All Odds" pay-per-view show in Orlando:

- Alex Shelley beat Eric Young to retain the X Division title

- Scott Steiner beat Petey Williams. Samoa Joe teased coming out at the end

- Brutus Magnus beat Chris Sabin

- Awesome Kong beat ODB to retain the Knockouts Title

- Booker T beat Shane Sewell. A.J. Styles returned at the end to make the save

- Abyss beat Matt Morgan

- Beer Money beat Lethal Consequences

- Sting won the four way over Kurt Angle and Team 3D

I am so glad that I didn't buy this show. It's like they don't even give a shit anymore.

Jericho vs. The Fans

This is cellphone video of an incident with Chris Jercicho and some fans after a house show yesterday in Canada. Not sure why he stopped his car in the middle of all these fans. Allegedly, the girl in front of him spit on him, which caused him to lay down his Goon Hand. Quite a spectacle:

Highlights from Monday's Live Raw Show

Thoughts from the last row of the Scottrade Center during Monday's WWE ECW/Raw taping:

- There was a sold-out crowd (except for the seats that had been blocked off for TV production purposes)

- The crowd seemed to be mostly comprised of kids and their parents. Lots of Rey Mysterio masks and Jeff Hardy merch. It seems that the WWE Attitude era fans are all gone.

- No one really yells out anything funny anymore. All you get is the occasional "you suck" chant from a five-year old. I miss the glory days of "somebody please pin somebody", "why don't you turn into a bat and fly away" (to Gangrel the vampire), and various taunts at the female valets. Ah, the good old days.

- They had one non-televised match. Mark Henry beat D.J. Gabriel, who was accompanied to the ring by the WWE's hottest woman, Alicia Fox.

- The crowd was hot all night.

- I fell asleep during the ECW main event of Finlay vs. Jack Swagger and during the JBL/HBK interview segment.

- Nine dollars for a hamburger at the Scottrade Center? Are we in Chicago?

- They did a segment before Raw where Joey Styles interviewed Randy Orton and asked him what it was like to be back with his family and friends in St. Louis. Orton went into a tirade against St. Louis, basically calling us losers so he would get booed later. It didn't work.

- The Orton "we didn't fight back on purpose" excuse for last week's fiasco kinda worked for me.

- I loved when Chris Jericho said they should revoke Ric Flair's Hall of Fame status.

- Why is Rey Mysterio getting beat in regular TV matches?

- Props to John Cena, who wrestled a solid main event match against Chris Jericho, then turned right around and had a good ten minute match with Randy Orton for the live crowd. He won with the "FU", uh, the "Throwback", or whatever the hell they call it now.

- Well worth the twenty bucks.

I Love Money 2 Season Premiere

Last night was the second season debut of one of my favorite reality shows, I Love Money 2, on VH-1. This is must see television. In addition to the goofy bastards on the show, the women are hotter this year (check out "MILF" above-- it's all about her) plus the show ended with one of the funniest tirades ever on a reality show. After some broad that I've never seen got voted off, she proceed to call everyone involved with the show a loser-- then she walked out the wrong door. Classic TV. Man, do they have some great writers for this show. If you missed it, do yourself a favor and check out one of the one thousand replays this week on VH-1.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Super Bowl Thoughts

I really did enjoy the Super Bowl last night. I also agree with the people who think the Monday after the SuperBowl should be declared a national holiday so that we don't have to go to work the next day. I'm in no condition to report. However as I mentally prepare to knock out those eight hours, here are my thoughts on last night:

- Jennifer Hudson did a great rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" before the game (below):




- I missed the first block of commercials, but the ones that I did see weren't all that great. I liked the Go-Daddy spots (but not enough to go to their website to see the conclusion) and Dwayne Johnson's new Disney movie. Will Jack from the Jack in the Box commericals recover from his accident?

- The game itself was even better than I thought it would be. I thought Kurt Warner was going to pull off the comeback, but it was not to be. I wanted Arizona to win, but then again, they should have never left St. Louis. Screw 'em, they got what they deserved.

- I thought Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tore it up during halftime. I was on my feet for "Glory Days". He's still got it.

- At the post-game ceremony, I was just glad that they didn't let Joe Namath on the mic after that "I want to kiss you" debacle from a couple of years ago.

- Have a great Groundhog's Day!