Champion of Europa
04-25-2005, 11:49 PM
What exactly is a "Respect Meter", you may ask? It is a way we found to rate wrestlers based on their "coolness" factor, on the reaction they get from fans. If a wrestlers makes us smile, makes us cheer at our screen and just looks badass, he gets more points. If he makes us shudder, and makes us feel like he shouldn't have done what we just witnessed, this will take out points.
Everybody starts with 50 points. As the weeks add-up, you will find wrestlers being more dominant. You will also find some off them dwelling in the basement. What you will get, basically, is a tool to find out which wrestler is the most respected amongst fans(All right, mostly amongst the two of us). The top guy most likely what everyone of us should aspire to be. The bottom guy would be a joke even at the kindergarten. Please take this all with a grain of salt, and have fun.
Mitch Foist is a long-time wrestling fan. Former writer of 411wrestling.com's OVW report and co-founder of the Creative Control columns on TPWW.net, Mitch has a great mind for wrestling, and a brain that can analyse thousands of facts in mere seconds. Some would call him the end-all and be-all of Seymour, Indiana. He is also a great bowling partner. He also has an odd, completely hetero sexual fetish for John Stamos.
Guy Desmarais is also the co-founder of Creative Control on TPWW.net. He carried on the column after Mitch dropped out and got it exposed at thewrestlingvoice.com. He also writes "Time Traveling" every week for pswrestling.net. A proud Quebecer, Guy is now a computer technician and spends days screwing around on machines paid with Quebec's taxes while thinking about wrestling.
<b>This Week's Movements</b>
- Viscera, a 500 pounds black man with a mohawk, manages to take a peak at Trish's tender breasts: +2
- Batista pulls out a coherent and involving promo that is unlike any promo he has yet to give: +2
- Batista looks manly and menacing in a pink shirt: +1
- Christian punking out the 16 time World Heavyweight Champion: +3
- Tomko gets laid out by Kane in 10 seconds after finally acting tough against Flair: -2
- Edge breaks out the crazed tongue face: +1
- Shelton Benjamin shows some personality and takes down Chris Jericho, LIKE A MAN: +1
- Carlito Caribbean Cool has no problem "taking a bite out of the Big Apple and spitting it in all your faces": +2
- MNM spray paint Eddie's lowrider, win the tag titles, and just have Melina enter the ring: +2
- Matt Morgan makes his way back into WWE...stuttering: -2
- Heidenreich continues to be a funny face by punking out The Boston Brawler: +1
- The Basham Brothers find some balls and get in Orlando Jordan's face: +2
- JBL and Kurt Angle hit promo gold at the announce table: +2 for each
- HBK cannot even manage to tear off his own shirt: -1
- Guy with 'Batista fears Headbanger Mosh' sign: +2
- William Regal writes an autobiography and parties with eight skanks: +3
- Hassan Hassans William Regal and eight skanks: Call it an even 0
- Daivari hits a Guillotine legdrop and pins Tajiri: +1
- Triple H finally hits the Pedigree on Batista: +1
- John Cena has a rap CD coming out: -1 (His F-U still suck anyway)
- Hogan tearing up the joint as only Hogan can in a pre-taped interview: +1
- Hogan brings off Mean Gene for a night: +1
- Guy in the production truck replaying Triple H taking off his shirt: -2
- Christian F'N steals the show: +1
- Carlito's expression while MNM spary paint the lowrider: +1
<b>The Rankings</b>
<b>Raw</b>
Christian: 54
Batista: 53
William Regal: 53
Viscera: 52
Hulk Hogan: 52
Triple H: 51
Edge: 51
Shelton Benjamin: 51
Khosrow Daivari: 51
Mohammed Hassan: 50
Shawn Michaels: 49
Tomko: 48
<b>Smackdown!</b>
Carlito Caribbean Cool: 53
Joey Mercury: 52
Johnny Nitro: 52
Melina: 52
Doug Basham: 52
Danny Basham: 52
JBL: 52
Kurt Angle: 52
Heidenreich: 51
John Cena: 49
Matt Morgan: 48
<b>Mitch Foist's Highlights of the Nights: </b>My undisputed Highlight of the Week is Christian. He took control in his segments, and stole the show. How often does a midcarder get to show up the 16 time World Heavyweight Champion (barring Maven)? Other RAW noteables are: Batista for continuing to be some damn over and exciting, Edge for doing the crazy tongue face (I swear to God that every time he does that, I will put it in the article in some form), and Hassan for Hassaning Regal. Smackdown's number 1 playa for the week is Carlito Carribean Cool. CCC has shown why he's had such positive buzz. He's gotten over without having to bust out his high flying ability. Other Smackdown! noteables include: MNM, all three of them, JBL and Kurt for their entertaining commentary, and Heidenreich for his funny face poem.
<b>Guy Desmarais' Stars of the Week: </b>I so badly wanted to give the nod to William Regal for being an all-around cool guy, but Christian wins for this week. He deserves it for stealing the show, both with Flair and against Batista. Speaking of The Animal, he gets a great performance, mostly for managing to look like a badass wearing a pink shirt. Viscera achieved what so few men will be able to do, and also gets a good standing from that. Hogan will be a man to watch next week, with the Backlash PPV coming up. He will surely have more respect-inflating mischieves. On Smackdown, CCC gets the top spot for an all-star performance on his Cabana. MNM will probably rise soon, as I was close to giving them one more point for the papparazzis during the entrance. Hopefully, Cena, as the champ, will be able to do something noteworthy and get to the top of his brand's standing.
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Everybody starts with 50 points. As the weeks add-up, you will find wrestlers being more dominant. You will also find some off them dwelling in the basement. What you will get, basically, is a tool to find out which wrestler is the most respected amongst fans(All right, mostly amongst the two of us). The top guy most likely what everyone of us should aspire to be. The bottom guy would be a joke even at the kindergarten. Please take this all with a grain of salt, and have fun.
Mitch Foist is a long-time wrestling fan. Former writer of 411wrestling.com's OVW report and co-founder of the Creative Control columns on TPWW.net, Mitch has a great mind for wrestling, and a brain that can analyse thousands of facts in mere seconds. Some would call him the end-all and be-all of Seymour, Indiana. He is also a great bowling partner. He also has an odd, completely hetero sexual fetish for John Stamos.
Guy Desmarais is also the co-founder of Creative Control on TPWW.net. He carried on the column after Mitch dropped out and got it exposed at thewrestlingvoice.com. He also writes "Time Traveling" every week for pswrestling.net. A proud Quebecer, Guy is now a computer technician and spends days screwing around on machines paid with Quebec's taxes while thinking about wrestling.
<b>This Week's Movements</b>
- Viscera, a 500 pounds black man with a mohawk, manages to take a peak at Trish's tender breasts: +2
- Batista pulls out a coherent and involving promo that is unlike any promo he has yet to give: +2
- Batista looks manly and menacing in a pink shirt: +1
- Christian punking out the 16 time World Heavyweight Champion: +3
- Tomko gets laid out by Kane in 10 seconds after finally acting tough against Flair: -2
- Edge breaks out the crazed tongue face: +1
- Shelton Benjamin shows some personality and takes down Chris Jericho, LIKE A MAN: +1
- Carlito Caribbean Cool has no problem "taking a bite out of the Big Apple and spitting it in all your faces": +2
- MNM spray paint Eddie's lowrider, win the tag titles, and just have Melina enter the ring: +2
- Matt Morgan makes his way back into WWE...stuttering: -2
- Heidenreich continues to be a funny face by punking out The Boston Brawler: +1
- The Basham Brothers find some balls and get in Orlando Jordan's face: +2
- JBL and Kurt Angle hit promo gold at the announce table: +2 for each
- HBK cannot even manage to tear off his own shirt: -1
- Guy with 'Batista fears Headbanger Mosh' sign: +2
- William Regal writes an autobiography and parties with eight skanks: +3
- Hassan Hassans William Regal and eight skanks: Call it an even 0
- Daivari hits a Guillotine legdrop and pins Tajiri: +1
- Triple H finally hits the Pedigree on Batista: +1
- John Cena has a rap CD coming out: -1 (His F-U still suck anyway)
- Hogan tearing up the joint as only Hogan can in a pre-taped interview: +1
- Hogan brings off Mean Gene for a night: +1
- Guy in the production truck replaying Triple H taking off his shirt: -2
- Christian F'N steals the show: +1
- Carlito's expression while MNM spary paint the lowrider: +1
<b>The Rankings</b>
<b>Raw</b>
Christian: 54
Batista: 53
William Regal: 53
Viscera: 52
Hulk Hogan: 52
Triple H: 51
Edge: 51
Shelton Benjamin: 51
Khosrow Daivari: 51
Mohammed Hassan: 50
Shawn Michaels: 49
Tomko: 48
<b>Smackdown!</b>
Carlito Caribbean Cool: 53
Joey Mercury: 52
Johnny Nitro: 52
Melina: 52
Doug Basham: 52
Danny Basham: 52
JBL: 52
Kurt Angle: 52
Heidenreich: 51
John Cena: 49
Matt Morgan: 48
<b>Mitch Foist's Highlights of the Nights: </b>My undisputed Highlight of the Week is Christian. He took control in his segments, and stole the show. How often does a midcarder get to show up the 16 time World Heavyweight Champion (barring Maven)? Other RAW noteables are: Batista for continuing to be some damn over and exciting, Edge for doing the crazy tongue face (I swear to God that every time he does that, I will put it in the article in some form), and Hassan for Hassaning Regal. Smackdown's number 1 playa for the week is Carlito Carribean Cool. CCC has shown why he's had such positive buzz. He's gotten over without having to bust out his high flying ability. Other Smackdown! noteables include: MNM, all three of them, JBL and Kurt for their entertaining commentary, and Heidenreich for his funny face poem.
<b>Guy Desmarais' Stars of the Week: </b>I so badly wanted to give the nod to William Regal for being an all-around cool guy, but Christian wins for this week. He deserves it for stealing the show, both with Flair and against Batista. Speaking of The Animal, he gets a great performance, mostly for managing to look like a badass wearing a pink shirt. Viscera achieved what so few men will be able to do, and also gets a good standing from that. Hogan will be a man to watch next week, with the Backlash PPV coming up. He will surely have more respect-inflating mischieves. On Smackdown, CCC gets the top spot for an all-star performance on his Cabana. MNM will probably rise soon, as I was close to giving them one more point for the papparazzis during the entrance. Hopefully, Cena, as the champ, will be able to do something noteworthy and get to the top of his brand's standing.
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