My TNA Catch-up, New Years Knockout Eve Dec 09

Tonight is basically an 8 woman tournament to decide #1 contender for the Knockout title and the best 3 matches of 2009 as voted for by the fans, if the reviews for those 3 matches look familar its because I couldn't be bothered to watch any of the 3 matches so I copied my original write-ups on them.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament 1st Round, Madison Rayne vs Hamada - Rayne has improved immensely as she gave a good performance against the vastly more experienced Hamada who was selling for Rayne big time but Hamada took the eventual win off the Hamada Driver.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament 1st Round, Traci vs ODB - In reality ODB shouldn't even have to have any matches because as previous champion she should automatically be #1 contender, after getting a facefull of liquid from ODB Traci was on the wrong end of an ass kicking. Traci's best offence was an excellent Spear that winded ODB & it seems that Taz has finally decided to stop saying "pectorial", I'm not exactly sure why Traci tore her shirt off to reveal her bra but ODB got the win off a TKO.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament 1st Round, Roxxi vs Velvet Sky - I'd read that Roxxi broke her ankle during this tournament so I'm going to keep my eyes peeled to see if I can see where it happened, during Velvets intro Mike Tenay was trying to bulls**t us that The Beautiful People had got Lauren fired, I guess they decided as Lauren had left they could write any kayfabe storyline they liked? Roxxi started this one out by selling big time for Sky who seriously needs to learn to scream less when shes working, Roxxi's ankle seemed to go after the roll-up off Skys Octopus Hold as she appeared to just completely lose the use of her left foot. Roxxi took the eventual win off the Voodoo Drop but she seemed to work the rest of the match ok on her ankle.

Turning Point PPV Nov 09, Grudge Match, Desmond Wolfe vs Kurt Angle - This was too slow & far too boring, sadly all complaints I'd made about Nigel McGuiness in his past in ROH which he doesn't seem to have learnt from. All this slow mat c**p & technical wrestling might be over with the Japs but it has no place in modern sports entertainment, Kurt Angle took the eventual win off a submission when Wolfe tapped out. Now THAT is a s**t finish, I wouldn't have given this away for free on Youtube, let alone Impact or a PPV.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament 1st Round, Daffney vs Awesome Kong - Kong was on top for most of this but she initially struggled to grab Daffneys foot for the Torture Rack (a move that had previously injured Christy Hemme in the past) but Kong took the eventual win off the Implant Buster.

Non-title Womens Tag Match, Lorelei & April Hunter vs Sarita & Taylor Wilde - Taz & Tenay were joined by Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams on the colour desk. Hunter has a decent wrestling pedigree having worked pretty much everywhere a woman can apart from WWE, Lorelei is better known from SHIMMER & also worked as Tyler Texas in Jimmy Harts Wrestlicious which is yet to air on tv. So you can tell who was who Hunter had the long ginger hair. Sarita kicked this off against Lorelei who worked some nice groundbased technical moves but also sold very well for Sarita & Wilde, Hunter had a nice run against Wilde especially her Single Arm Slam. Both teams had an excellent match (that could have done with being a little longer if I'm honest) & Wilde took the win off Lorelei.

Turning Point PPV Nov 09, 3 Way World Heavyweight Championship, Daniels Vs Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles - Extremely boring until about the last 10 minutes, Styles took the win off the Springboard 450 Splash on Joe to retain his title.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament Semi Final, Roxxi vs Hamada - Roxxi's ribs were taped up due to the post match beatdown she had received from Lacey Von Erich. After Hamada's Drop Toe Hold & Ankle Lock Roxxi was trying shake off her foot so she was clearly in some discomfort, Hamada stuck with the attacks on Roxxi's ankles & Roxxi had to use a submission hold where Hamada was forced onto the ropes to get it broken. Roxxi may have hurt the ankle when they both did a double drop kick on each other as she did grab her lower leg & Referee Earl Hebner spoke to her & Hamada asked him something & Hebner gave her a sign.

Hamada hit a lovely Abdominal Stretch on Roxxi before jumping off the top turnbuckle hitting Roxxi in the back with both feet, Hamada made a wicked Hurricanrana off the top rope when Roxxi was sitting on the top turnbuckle. Amazingly Hamada kicked out of the Voodoo Drop but when Hamada wiggled out of a 2nd attempted Voodoo Drop & she took the win by making a Roll-Through. If Roxxi did break one of her ankles in 2 places I can't positively identify where or when it happened.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament Semi Final, ODB vs Awesome Kong - ODB took it to Kong out on the entrance ramp before the bell went so the ref was forced to start this before either woman reached the ring. This was pretty even but ODB was on top as they entered a commercial break & was still in charge when they came back having jumped on Kongs back to apply a Sleeper Hold which Kong stopped by smashing ODB into the turnbuckles. ODB failed to drop Kong with a couple of Shoulder Charges but she certainly winded her with a Splash into the corner, ODB was stupid enough to go for a Scoop Slam but Kongs sheer weight dropped onto her for a near fall. We had a c***py predictable ref bump & ODB picked up the bottle we'd seen her drinking out of earlier & as Kong took ODB up for an attempt on the Implant Buster ODB smashed the bottle over Kongs head covering her for the pin as Kong fell.

Bound For Glory V PPV Oct 09, World Heavyweight Championship, Sting vs AJ Styles - Before this match rumours had abounded that this would be Stings final match for TNA as he was retiring, by the time the bell went this was only ever going to be a maximum of 20 minutes long. After several spots it became pretty obvious that both Sting & Styles were really enjoying this match as they both kept grinning wildy at each other, Sting was even polite enough to hold open the ropes for Styles after he was sent to the floor.

Styles nailed a lovely Enzuigiri on Sting leading to a near fall but Sting came back with a couple of nice Bulldogs, Styles sold a really high looking Backdrop off Sting like crazy before hitting a great Dropkick. Both guys got a taste of guard rail missing Splashes on each other with Styles interupting Earl Hebners count to allow Sting time to get back into the ring, Sting got a near fall himself off a Piledriver but by this time the match was backwards & forwards between both guys as to who was on top and closest to victory.

Styles took 2 successive Scorpion Death Drops kicking out of a pin but Sting went for the Scorpion Deathlock which Styles managed to get out of but he came VERY close to tapping out, Styles then really sold a Clothesline for all he was worth only just kicking out of the pin that followed it. After nailing Sting with a Headbutt Styles took a nasty tumble off the top turnbuckle before connecting with The Pele off the apron which Sting certainly wasn't expecting but Styles made a Springboard Splash to take the win to retain his title.

New Years Knockout Eve Tournament Final, Hamada vs ODB - This had a great start with Hamada's Headscissors Hurricanrana following up with an excellent Tornado DDT leading to a near fall, ODB bailed to the floor and was out there far too long (frankly she should have been counted out at least 3 times). Hamada made a couple of nice rolling submission pins before getting hung up in the Tree Of Woe after she went for a Moonsault that ODB cut her off from, coming back from another commercial break ODB was in charge & nailed the Fall Away Slam but missed the pin.

ODB made a Bearhug which Hamada sold really well, Hamada went for a kick that ODB caught but Hamada reacted instinctively nailing a lovely Enzuigiri that ODB made a great sell on. After an exchange of Forearm Shots Hamada went for a series of Headbutts & Chops missing a pin off a Cross Body Block, the crowd were seriously marking out for Hamada but ODB stopped her with a Jawbreaker. Some idiot backstage decided it'd be a good idea for Awesome Kong to do a run-in carrying a table which Ref Slick Johnson failed to stop her setting up but 3 or 4 more referees managed to get her to go backstage. Hamada sent ODB to the floor under the bottom rope with a Spinkick then took out ODB on the floor with a Flip Dive off the apron, Hamada repositioned the table by the ring then went up to the top turnbuckle to hit the Reverse Moonsault but ODB had already moved off the table. After rolling Hamada back into the ring ODB took the win off the TKO to become #1 contender which she was or should have been anyway showing this tournament was a complete waste of everyones time.

ODB wasn't a very popular winner judging by the boos during JB's interview.

This year in TNA:-

Debuts:- Madison Rayne, Mick Foley, Brutus Magnus, Dr Stevie, Kiyoshi & No Limit, Big Rocco & Sally Boy, Jesse Neal, Cody Deaner, Daffney, Suicide (both as Chris Daniels & Frankie Kazarian), Jenna Morasca, Jethro Holliday, Big Rob Terry, Tara, Alissa Flash, Sarita, Taz, Bobby Lashley, D'Angelo Dinero, Hamada, Lacey Von Erich, Desmond Wolf. So this year saw the arrival of 25 new people.

Departures:- Petey Williams, Lance Hoyt, Shane Sewell, Don West (sideways to sales), Sojourner Bolt, Jimmy Rave, Sonjay Dutt, Sheik Abdul Bashir, Lauren the announcer, Cody Deaner, Roxxi, Rhaka Khan, Angelina Love, Booker T, Sharmell, Jim Cornette, BG James. I assume Big Rocco & Sally Boy were also released when the MEM team disbanded, Jenna Morasca left after she'd finished promoting Kurt Angles new movie. I'm not sure if Shark Boy is still working for TNA either as its been a very long time since we saw him jobbing on Jethro Hollidays debut. So we definately lost at least 15 employees this year.

Returns of:- Traci Brooks, Christopher Daniels, Amazing Red, Doug Williams, Raven, Shane Douglas, Christy Hemme, Roxxi, Tomko, Giant Bernard, Jeff Jarrett.

In TNA news Cody Deaner has now been officially released & is already working the indy circuit (If it'd been me writing the Feast Or Fired scripts I'd have had Deaner & Bashir both claim the fired case with neither backing down about who won it then have Foley say they could both have the contents of the case resulting in them both getting fired) & there are rumours of Scott Hall & Angelina Love returning on the Hogan debut show as well as Sid Vicious, Rob Van Dam & Ric Flair who are all rumoured to be appearing on this Mondays live 3 hour Impact special.

My birthday wish

Dear Google,
Its my birthday. My birthday wish is that you'd stop logging me out of my fucking account.
I personally have NEVER clicked ANY button marked log out, sign out or anything vaguely similar.

So STOP LOGGING ME OUT!

Ghost Lab s01e13

Lemp Mansion, St Louis, Missouri.

Brad & Barry in the Main Room (where nothing happens) then the Guest Bedroom (where nothing happens again) then the Bar (again where nothing happens) then the next floor on the Landing, as they are coming down the stairs you hear what sounds like a dog crying which they also hear & report. Reviewing the audio in the Lab you can't hear anything at all mainly due to the annoying incidental background music & noises, amazingly enough Barry tries to debunk the audio as possibly having come from outside the building which is completely different from his usual tack where he normally instantly declares a phenomenon to be paranormal.

What didn't help their investigations of the last 4 locations was they only spent about a minute maximum in each, obviously they may have spent longer in each place & tv editing only showed us them looking like kids with ADHD. After talking to a witness about his experience (isn't all that stuff normally done during the walkthrough?) Brad & Barry try a provocation experiment in the Vault, Barry gives his usual "did you just hear that" when there was no sound but the annoying background noises Discovery always play & Barry says it sounded like "a glass vibrating" so he's got super hearing now? Katie debunks it by telling them a big truck had just passed by.

They run an era cue experiment playing the noises of gunshots as the team take digital pictures all over the location.

Brad & Barry in the upstairs Bedroom, Brad thinks he saw something go into a bathroom on the thermal camera & Barry gets a reading of 66F in a room they'd got a baseline of 75F in. Neither one pointed out the airvent in the ceiling? Reviewing the footage back in the Lab its thrown out as inconclusive. Steve Harris plays them an EVP captured in the Side Room which they claim says "I don't like fish & I dont like birds" but personally all I could hear was muttering. They class it as a residual haunting.

McPike Mansion, Alton, Illinois.

You have to question the judgement of doing an investigation inside a property with a massive "Condemned, Do Not Enter" sign on the door especially when you discover the upstairs has holes in the floor in places.

Brad & Barry in the Master Bedroom, Barry hears something which they go and check out (I noted the graffiti 5 point star on the wall as they went up the stairs to the 2nd floor). Their convinced they hear something in the room they enter but all I could hear was the annoying incidental music, Brad says "it sounded like the board was moving". Thats probably because it had 2 very heavy Texans standing on it genius!

They try & make out it was paranormal but both of them seem to conveniently forget they were both standing on particle board when they heard & recorded the noise, Katie tries to confirm it sounds like "something being slid across the floor" but I wasn't buying that if it came for free. Brad says "nothing was moving" (apart from you & Barry) and "we heard it right in front of us" (because it was you 2 making the noise by standing on the particle board you idiot!). They also play an EVP that clearly says "Such a jerk", shame it sounds EXACTLY like Brad Klinge. I assume thats what they think of us viewers who constantly try to debunk them, well I love you boys too.

Brad meets with local historian Katelyn who shows him the gravestones/crypts of the McPike children.

Night 2 - Brad & Barry in The Cellar and Katie by the gravestones in the woods on her own, Brad gets a heat spike up to 92F in a room with a 64F baseline & it flucuates to 80F then 59F which Brad instantly declares means "something just walked by". Reviewing the evidence in the Lab they also catch the heat spike on the thermal camera but you can't see ANYTHING hot, only the heat sensor data changes.

Brad plays a completely inaudible EVP that he claims is saying "Oh my gosh" as well as another inaudible one they claim was saying "Out". Katie plays another completely inaudible EVP she caught that she says "sounds like a conversation between 2 kids", or it could just be corrupted audio data that your reading far too much into Katie? Brad claims her recordings say "Whats your name" and "Get closer", it just sounds like very badly garbled audio to me.

Ghost Lab s01e12

Complements of the season, I was a bit late reviewing this but I had nothing better to do today so here is this weeks show better late than never I guess ;-)

USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Brad & Barry start off with an EVP at the Kamikaze crash site, Barry actually served on this ship when he was in the navy so its a bit of a homecoming for him.

Kate, Hector & Ashlee (who we've never seen before this week) in the CPO Lounge where the torpedo hit, Kate thinks she hears water running which Hector debunks as possibly being in the pipes.

Jason & Steve Hock (who looks more & more like wrestler Scott Steiner every time I see him) on The Bridge doing an EVP.

Brad & Barry in the Historians Office doing an EVP, Brad with his normal obsession for shadow men is convinced he saw a head move.

Brad & Barry in the Engine Room, they think they hear either a person talking or someone yell (I heard nothing).

Reviewing their evidence in the lab they claim Brads Engine Room audio says "I'm burning inside the Lexington", quite frankly the audio is such a bad quality it could be reading the ingredients off a tin of chicken soup for all you can understand it.

For some reason the crew are then sent to do EMF readings all over the ship, aren't these normally done as baseline tests during initial set-up? So why are they doing them now? Anyone? Readings are 0.1 everywhere, very low apart from an 8 to a 12 in the engine room.

Night 2 - Brad & Barry in the Engine Room, they think they hear someone talking (I hear nothing) but the 2nd time he hears something I also hear like a bearly audible whispering but it might be the stupid "incidental noises" that the Discovery Channel love to use in the background. They move upstairs to check it out then hear quite a big bang from where they just were but they cant find the source.

Checking their evidence in the lab they play an EVP which they claim says "Shoot the plane" (why is it I can only ever hear the words once you've suggested them to me? Its EVERY time too!) as well as another they claim said "Help", again I couldnt make it out until they told me what I should be hearing.

Ye Kendall Inn, Boerne, Texas.

During their walkthrough outside the Victoria Suite the door appears to open itself. My main issue there is the upwards camera angle which means you can't see either of Brad Klinge's hands both of which are obviously within easy reach of the door handle. Whats even worse is the interior camera can't see where Barrys hands are because the sunlight shines right into the lens.

Brad & Barry in the cellar using an old EVP (it says "They can't find her") they recorded in a library building near by which connects to this Inn by an old underground tunnel now partially filled in to see if they could coax out the ghost on their recording.

Hector in the Marcella Booth Room, he gets a K2 hit after asking for it.

Steve Harris in the Sewing Room (I had to Google the Everyday Paranormal website to find out who he was!), nothing happens.

Brad & Barry in the Victoria Suite, Brad thinks he saw a movement & they both think they heard a women which Hector thinks he also heard from the room he was in. The Klinge brothers move to the Adjoining Room to Hector but nothing seems to happen there.

During evidence analysis Hector plays back the sound they all heard as thinking it was a woman and for a change even THEY can't hear it, Steve Hock also plays them a recording from the cellar which they claim said "Do it again" in response to them having played the old "They can't find her" EVP.

WWE Monday Night Raw 21st Dec 09 reviewed

Its my 1st WWE show since 2nd Oct & my 1st RAW since 28th Sept so I won't apologise for not knowing who people are or what current storylines are either - someone described the show as outstandingly bad so I figured it was worth seeing the show that Vince thinks will keep people from tuning into Hulk Hogan on TNA in a few weeks time. With guest host Johnny Damon who being a baseball star no-one outside of America is going to have a f**king clue who he is. the show devolved into farce with less than 5 minutes having passed with some blonde attacking a guy in a tiger suit with a golf club. So domestic abuse is considered an acceptable thing to lampoon is it?

6 Diva Santas Little Helper Tag Match, Melina, Kelly Kelly & Gail Kim vs Maryse, Alicia Fox & Jillian - Poor Gail Kim, she gave up wrestling in actual matches in a company where she'd been champion & had everything going for her & now shes here wrestling dressed up in some weak ass lingerie gimmick match. I hope that alledgedly MASSIVE pay cheque is filling the empty hole in your career Gail?

As Kim was with the Champ & also on the team that didn't look like $5 hookers after a bad day I assume she's a face at the moment? Kim & Jillian worked an ok program but clearly Jillians never seen any WWE tapes else she'd have avoided the Springboard Flip that cost Chyna her WWE career. I also assume WWE have been trying to get Trish Stratus back unsuccessfully as Maryse looked pretty much exactly like her but not as pretty & nowhere near as talented a worker. I was quite impressed with Kelly who made a lovely Hurricanrana but this match broke down & Kelly took the win by pinning Maryse off an assist from Melina. This could have done with being much longer & we didn't see Melina or Alicia Fox work at all.

If you thought the Tiger Woods skit earlier was stupid then things hit a new level on the lowness scale with this c***py video package about DX being taken to Little Peoples Court. Listen WWE, Peoples Court airs in the US & no-one outside of America was EVER going to get this c***py joke. You have to wonder how much money Vince wasted doing this.

6 Man Tag Match, Randy Orton & Legacy vs Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne & Mark Henry - I see WWE announcers are still billing Henry as "Worlds Strongest Man" despite the fact the fat f**k has never even taken part in the contest? Listen WWE, he won an Arnold classic event f**king ONCE in 2002! Not a very impressive match at all, Orton mainly stayed out of it but is it me or does Cody Rhodes REALLY look like Johnny Knoxville from Jackass? After things broke down as expected Kingston took the win off Trouble In Paradise off Ted DiBiase Jr.

More backstage c**p & futher c**p from the DX skit that they should have given up on before they bothered airing it.

John Cena vs Jack Swagger - So Cenas still sticking with the thugganomics thing & Swagger still looks like Owen Harts evil twin on Ritalin, I'll assume from his outfit & his catch as catch can preferred style Swagger was an amateur wrestler before he joined the Dub? Oh & someone might want to tell Swagger Scott Steiner called & he wants his gimmick back. Cena took the eventual win after Swagger tapped out of the STF.

Carlito vs Chris Masters (with Eve Torres) - Its bizarre how much of a push Masters is getting for someone who fell foul of the Wellness program & who still looks like he's seriously hitting those 'Roids too. Masters actually reminded me of Paul Roma but his trouble is he's very much a 1 trick pony only ever using the Master Lock, its weird seeing Carlito as a heel at the moment as he was well into a face role the last time I tuned in when he was working having not long broken up tagging with Primo. Masters took the win off the Master Lock after he put Carlito to sleep so its a modified Sleeper Hold then?

Overly long video package schilling WWE's Tribute To The Troops show in case you missed it.

Sheamus vs MVP - Because he's willing to suck HHH's c**k Sheamus now has the WWE Heavyweight title but it doesn't stop him being an Adam "Mythbusters" Savage lookalike. P**s poor match where Sheamus took the win off a Jack Knife Powerbomb, someone might want to tell both Scott Hall & Kevin Nash this ginger Johnny Come Lately is stealing their finisher. John Cena comes out to ask for his rematch but Sheamus bails.

The Miz vs Santino Claus - I'm not sure why Miz was making such a fuss over his belt which is only the old WCW US TV title anyway but here he was facing Santino Marella in a Santa suit, considering that a big part of WWE's audience demographic is kids you had to wonder why they were allowing a guy dressed as Santa to get the s**t kicked out of him. Its a really good way to alienate a large percentage of your viewers, Miz took the win off The Skull Crushing Finale which he stole off Jeff Jarrett, its actually called The Stroke.

Video package for Ted DiBiase Jr in The Marine 2. Its bizarre how WWE have made a sequal to a movie that John Cena starred in yet Cena doesn't appear in it, even more bizarre they pick Ted Jr who hasn't even been on their f**king roster that long. I guess his daddy sucked some major c**k to swing that role for sonny boy then?

The Big Show calls out Santa (with the Bella Twins looking extremely slutty in their Elf outfits) who is revealed by Hornswaggle to be Chris Jericho, the whole skit with the jobber midgets just demonstrated theres no level so low that WWE won't sink to.

If Vince thinks this big old pile of s**t is going to keep him afloat on January 4th 2010 he may as well file for
bankrupcy now. He already proved he has no issues p***ing away company money on c**p like that "Little Peoples Court" hiring all those midgets for the video package & hiring midget wrestlers to job for Jericho & Big Show. Little wonder Linda left to go into politics & Shane has given notice too.

I guess it'll be down to Daddys Little Princess to run the empire into the ground frittering all her money away on shoes & 'Roids for Trips? WWE may not be dead yet but if this is their best defence they are not long
for this world. F**k, Eric Bischoff won't even have to try hard to steal their audience this time.

My TNA Catch-up, Final Resolution PPV Dec 09

Tag Team Championship, The Motor City Machine Guns vs The British Invasion - Absolutely nothing happened in the 1st 10 minutes but it picked up for the next 5 or so minutes with a ton of missed pin attempts by the Guns but Brutus Magnus eventually took the win off Chris Sabin.

Knockout Championship, Tara vs ODB - ODB tried to get into Taras head by delaying the start of this match then trying to jump her at the bell but Tara was having none of it nailing an early Tarantula hold then a Slingshot Legdrop on ODB who then got out of the Powerbomb attempt by Tara, this thing went back & forth with Tara making a very sloppy Single Leg Takedown but the Snap Suplex was very nice indeed & she only just missed the pin off the Standing Moonsault. ODB had Tara up on her shoulders but Tara wriggled out turning it from a Victory Roll to a Small Package to take the win & Tara is the new TNA Knockout Champion.

Feast Or Fired, Jay Lethal vs Consequences Creed vs Cody Deaner vs Robert Roode vs James Storm vs Eric Young vs Kiyoshi vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Homicide vs Big Rob vs Kevin Nash (with the Big Sexy World Tour winner Britney) vs Samoa Joe - We've had FOF before so you should be familiar with the rules but if you've been in a cave the last 3 years heres how it works.

Its a Russo inspired idea of 4 briefcases on poles, 1 has a Heavyweight title shot, 1 has a Tag title shot, 1 has an X Division title shot & the final case has a pink slip so if you get that case you get fired although the rules have been tweaked slightly because it used to be you took the case down but it wasn't yours until you left the ring & your feet hit the ground but now its been changed so as soon as you get the case its yours. I'd already been reading some TNA headlines before this so I already knew who'd be getting the Fired case ahead of time.

The 1st case to come down was Case #2 eventually claimed by Sheik Abdul Bashir (I can reveal that contained the pink slip as this was Bashirs last match in TNA, reports disagree as to if he left or was let go), moments later the 2nd case to come down was #4 claimed by Big Rob (my guess is that will be a shot at the Tag title), Roode & Storm made some nice moves on World Elite (Storms DDT was excellent!) but the 3rd case to come down was Case #1 claimed by Kevin Nash (guessing that'll be a Heavyweight title shot which he'll give to Hogan) leaving Case #3 left which everyone was fighting over. Homicide hurt himself making a Gringo Cutter on Lethal, Joe kicked Deaner off the ropes and claimed Case #3 (which is most likely to be an X Division title shot).

After a Christy Hemme interview with AJ Styles & Kurt Angle (more details at the end of the review about why) they return to open the FOF cases which is unusual as they normally drag out the results of who got what. Nash opened Case #1 first to reveal a Tag Title shot (well I wasn't expecting that but I can guess who his partner will be - Hogan), Joe then opened Case #3 to reveal the Heavyweight Title shot (so all my predictions were completely wrong this year), Rob & Bashir opened their cases together Robs Case #4 contained the X Division title shot & Bashirs Case #2 had the pink slip.

8 Man Tag Elimination Match, Team 3D, Rhino & Jesse Neal vs Hernandez, Matt Morgan, D'Angelo Dinero & Suicide - As a result of losing a match recently Hernandez started this match alone for the first 5 minutes, as expected Hernandez spent those 5 minutes jobbing & was almost pinned after Rhino hit the Gore but he dodged a 2nd Gore turning it into a Roll-up pinning & eliminating Rhino with just over a minute left on his own. Hernandez was then left on the wrong side of a beatdown with Jesse Neal about to whale on him with a chair when the 5 minutes expired & Morgan, Dinero & Suicide were finally able to run in & all hell broke loose.

Suicide worked Neal until Neal used a chair which bought Hernandez in to use the same chair on Neal which for some reason got him DQ'd (but Neal didn't get DQ'd for doing the EXACT same thing, wheres the logic there Ref Slick Johnson?), Neal was rolled to the apron & Suicide was eliminated by Devon making a pin after Team 3D hit the 3D (later as Ray was working Dinero Taz announced Jesse Neal had also been DQ'd), Dinero had been owning Team 3D for a few moments when Slick Johnson made his 2nd obviously bad call about Dinero not having pinned Ray (actually he had, as had he on the previous pin attempt too) when Devon pinned Dinero off a 3D out of nowhere leaving just Matt Morgan on his own.

Ref Slick Johnson gave Team 3D a HUGE amount of leeway considering how illegally they were double teaming Morgan who came back but was quickly stopped by Devon taking out one of his legs from behind, Morgan was down but not out eliminating Devon with The Carbon Footprint leaving just him & Brother Ray. Morgan was about to be on the wrong end of a chairshot when he hit Ray with The Carbon Footprint smashing the chair into Ray & Morgan took the win. Not a very good match at all to be honest.

Last Man Standing, Scott Steiner vs Bobby Lashley - I didnt watch this at all apart from the finish, I had that little interest in it. Bobby Lashley took the win after Kristal threw him Steiners lead pipe which he used to nail Steiner who failed to answer the 10 count leaving Lashley as the winner. Its a s**t angle & no-one cares, ok TNA?

Foleys Funhouse Rules Match, Raven & Dr Stevie vs Abyss & Mick Foley - Raven brought a kendo stick & Stevie had a chair so Foley made it anything goes & weapons legal, not a great match by any means but Foleys Elbow Drop off the ramp onto Stevie wrapped in barbed wire through a table was pretty impressive but Abyss took the eventual win off the Black Hole Slam on Raven. I'm pretty sure Foley hurt his wrist or elbow when he made that table jump though.

Two of of Three Falls 3 Degrees Of Pain Match, Desmond Wolfe vs Kurt Angle - To add an extra twist this was being held in a steel cage as well, it was always going to be a slow dull match mostly on the mat but the rules were as follows:-1st fall must come off a pin, 2nd fall must come off a submission & if it goes to the 3rd fall its 1st man to escape the cage. Wolfe took the 1st fall off theTower Of London, Taz was squeeing like a fanboi & if your curious the fans were chanting "this is wrestling" (I'm stunned they weren't as bored as I was by it all) as Angle took the 2nd fall when Wolfe tapped out of the Ankle Lock. Wolfe made a decent Superplex (possibly the 1st proper "wrestling" move I've ever seen him do) & was busted open hitting the cage but Angle took the win by escaping the cage by climbing over the top beating Wolfe to the floor. Extremely boring match that was FAR too long.

Heavyweight Championship, Daniels vs AJ Styles - We had around 23 minutes of air time left by the opening bell of this one so it wasn't really going to be an out & out slog but surprisingly both guys decided to take it slow keeping it on the floor with hold & counterhold, YAWN. Things did eventually pick up with some aerials & Daniels made a nice Headscissors takedown from the canvas on Styles who sold it very well indeed. This slowed down again & if I am honest neither guy was really trying at all in this match, both men are capable of far much more than they showed here. You'd think in the main event of a PPV where the companies main title is on the line both guys would be going balls out to win & impress the fans but that just was not the case here.

Clearly both guys were well aware of the time limit as things picked up a great deal in the last 5 minutes but working hard for 5 minutes in a 23 minute long match just doesn't cut it I am afraid, Daniels had Styles on the top turnbuckle & was about to hit a Hurricanrana (Tenay said Frankensteiner for some reason?) but Styles blocked it halfway & took the win off the Styles Clash off the bottom rope to retain his title. P**s poor match from 2 guys I thought had a lot of talent but failed to show it here.

Again mentioned during the Knockouts title match was that there will be NO Impact on Dec 24th, instead they will return on Dec 31st calling it their "New Years Knockout Eve" with a mini tournament between the 8 best Knockouts of 2009. In further news interviewer Lauren is leaving TNA, Christy Hemme has now officially retired as a wrestler & will be replacing her as an interviewer which I guess answers a lot of my recent questions about Hemme. Apparently in the new year there will be a new Impact set which is being built by contractors working for Eric Bischoff & there are also rumours the 6 sided ring may be being phased out.

Until New Years Eve this is me wishing you & yours a Merry Xmas.

My Weekly TNA Catch-up, Impact 17th Dec 09 reviewed

Non-Title match, Roxxi vs ODB - Well its very nice to see Roxxi back again but like before you have to wonder how long she's back for, Roxxi had a decent enough match & both of them got plenty of time on top. Both women seemed happy to sell & put each other over but ODB kicked out of the Voodoo drop. Roxxi kicked out of the Roll-up & ODB kicked out of Roxxi's Bridging Roll-up but Roxxi took the win off an excellent Roll-up & it took Tara to save Roxxi from the beatdown.

Video segment, exactly as predicted Mick Foleys meeting with "Hulk" turned out to be with Lou Ferrigno which cost Kevin Nash a serious beating at the start of the show.

Lumberjack Match, Brother Ray (with Devon, Jesse Neal & Rhino) vs Matt Morgan (with Hernandez, D'Angelo Dinero & Suicide who eventually runs out from the back) - A really c***py quality match that obviously broke down as expected with interference from the Team 3D wrecking crew as they've been dubbed, Morgan was set to hit the Hellavator when Devon distracted the ref & Jesse Neal dived in to nail Morgan with a low blow from behind which allowed Brother Ray to take an easy win off a DDT.

Team 3 Knockdown Non-title Tag Match, Lacey Von Erich & Madison Rayne (with Velvet Sky) vs Hamada & Awesome Kong vs Sarita & Taylor Wilde - During this match Mike Tenay announced there will be no Impact next week but instead they will have a 4 hour show on New Years Eve. Sarita made possibly the move of the match with her awesome Head Scissors on Hamada where she made 3 crazy revolutions. Hamada made a nice Reverse Moonsault off the top turnbuckle into Sarita, Wilde & Sky but Awesome Kong was in-ring working Rayne who wriggling out of the Awesome Bomb only for Kong to take the easy win by hitting the Sit-down Splash.

Black Machismo Invitational Match, Jay Lethal vs Tatanka - TNA, really? The biggest criticism made about TNA by fans & haters alike is they hire WWE cast offs. And look who they invite to this match, Tatanka. The guy was a decent worker in his day (which incidently was the 80's) & he got a bit of a push before WWF as was decided his face didn't fit & they canned him. As far as this match went Tatanka hit a nice Clothesline followed by a couple of Legdrops, Lethal got off some offence hitting a Knee-lift to the back of Tatanka that sent him to the turnbuckle. Lethal nailed the Flying Double Axehandle but Tatanka kicked out, Lethal sold some hard looking Chops off Tatanka who made a nice high Back-bodydrop which Lethal sold well too.

Lethal barely kicked out of the Flying Tomahawk Chop but Lethal recovered enough to make a Reverse Neckbreaker, Tatanka took the eventual win off the Indian Deathdrop. Not a bad match from the veteran to be honest, he might have looked a bit big around the midriff area but he worked pretty well. I am hoping if they do another of these they can persuade Randy Savage to come out (hopefully with Gorgeous George?) in the full Macho Man outfit & hand Lethal his ass on a plate.

Backstage segment with Jeff Jarrett & Dixie Carter who mentions the whole nasty Karen Angle affair.

Daniels vs Desmond Wolfe - This was slow & VERY dull with lots of holds, reverses & technical mat wrestling. Both men had their own cheering sections who were equally loud, Taz paid Daniels quite a massive compliment by comparing him to Dean Malenko. Daniels picked it up a bit towards the end with a nice Split Leg Moonsault off the ropes, both guys really went for it in the dying minutes as far as submission holds & pin attempts went but as they were jockeying for position to pin off the Small Package the bell went after the time limit had expired & this one was called as a draw.

Backstage segment, Jeff Jarrett goes to speak with Kurt Angle & he apologizes to him.

10 Man Tag Match, Scott Steiner, Raven, Dr Stevie, Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams (with Big Rob) vs AJ Styles, Tomko, Bobby Lashley, Abyss & Kurt Angle - Selling his "burnt leg" with a limp Abyss kicked this off by laying into Raven & Stevie which ended up with Abyss battling with Raven & Stevie out to the backstage area leaving Steiners team seriously outnumbered. Steiner & Lashley also started going at it out of the ring & fought up along the side of the entrance ramp, when we came back from the commercial break Steiners team was just down to The British Invasion as Lashley had clearly taken Steiner out of the arena & it was Magnus & Williams vs Styles, Angle & Tomko so it was the waiting game to see if or when Tomko would make his move & jump Styles from behind yet again to finally reveal himself as Styles' mystery assailant.

The match was deadly boring with Angle & Tomko keeping Styles out of the ring & it was actually so dull the camera truck cut to Lashley whaling on Steiner & Abyss beating the crapola out of Stevie & Raven, we did go back to catch Angle sending Williams for a ride off the Angle Slam & Big Rob yanking Tomko off the apron which finally allowed Styles to get tagged in. He had a little run of beating on Magnus & Williams but took the win off a Small Package on Magnus after Tomko made an assist & pulled Williams off the turnbuckle.

Styles & Angle went at it after the match but that was soon broken up by Daniels jumping Styles & Desmond Wolfe jumping Angle but considering what happened last week Wolfe & Daniels seemed pretty chummy at the close of the show.

In closing just to remind everyone there will be no Impact next week but instead they will have a 4 hour show on New Years Eve.

Ghosthunters Academy - S01E06 - Final Exams

Essex County Hospital, Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

These "5 qualities that Jay & Grant mentioned" being Professionalism, Scepticism, Honesty, Composure & Respect I don't recall Jason having appeared on the show at all yet & only Grant was there on the 1st show & I certainly don't recall him making any reference to this list of qualities they were looking for in a potential ghost hunter.

Steve gets his 1st opportunity to be an idiot & takes it by ragging on Susan because she didn't physically have her walkie talkie on her but it was obviously within audible distance of her. Don't be so fricking petty Steve, he's just looking for any excuses to mark people down it seems. He further reinforces how much of a petty idiot he is by calling her walkie on the pretext he is "just making sure", that we know your an idiot? Yes Steve, a very petty idiot. We know.

Steve & Karl in Building 11 on the 2nd floor, it seems for the 2nd week Steve decided to get his hands dirty to check each student out. They hear a noise (like a metal door banging) & Steve tries to suggest he hears footsteps which Karl debunks as water dropping onto the something close by.

Chris & Susan (who he calls Jane, whoops!) in Building 3 on the 1st floor, Chris thinks something pulled on his top but it didn't happen again.

Ben, Jane & Karl in Building 5 in the 2nd floor, Jane constantly jumps onto the end of the EVP questions leaving no spaces for answers. Jane & Ben hear something like a knocking which Jane manages to replicate (so it was probably Steve or Tango doing one of their "tests" again, I can't attest to if this was the case as they didn't show the source of this noise).

Steve & Jane in Building 3 on the 2nd floor, its the 2nd of the 1 on 1 sessions & Jane seems very anxious throughout. She hears a noise & sees a light go off which is debunked as being outside.

Steve & Susan in Building 11 on the 2nd floor, quite frankly with her low cut top you'd think Susan is a dead cert to win this competition outright. Susan hears a noise (that sounds like dragging) that she says sounded like 4 footsteps but Steve says he didn't hear it (so he's deaf then because I heard it). He does admit to hearing the 2nd louder set of noises though.

Jane, Susan & Chris in Building 3 Tunnels, Chris hears a noise like knocking (I didn't hear anything) & Jane gets an alternating hot & cold area on the thermal but they don't try to find out whats causing it. Chris hears his knocking again (I didn't hear it) but I did hear it when they went to explore it & they debunked it as a door. Though I'd love to know what caused the moaning noises seconds before they discovered the door.

Steve discovers a camera tape that had been changed out is completely blank, Jane says she changed it & definately set it recording but she just loses it & starts crying. Steve rags on her citing "professionalism", like the type you show when you eat stuff on investigations or hit doors with mops or attack bats with sticks? Is that the kind of professionalism you mean Steve, you hypocrite? The guy throws FAR too many stones from that glass house he lives in, doesn't he?

Steve & Chris in Building 3 on the 1st Floor, nothing happens.

Tango & Ben in Building 5 on the 1st Floor, Ben tries a little bit too hard & fails to impress Tango.

Analysis - Chris plays back the knocking Ben & Jane heard, Susan finds something on a camera. Susan, Ben & Karl also decide to go and climb into the drawers in the morgue.

The Reveal - Susan presents mini DV of Ben & Tango of a moving flashing dot which Steve debunks, Chris presents audio of the knocking that Ben & Jane heard.

Steve & Tango return to TAPS to indiviually critique each student with Jason & Grant.
Karl gets ragged on for something he did in week 1, Ben gets ragged on for stuff he did in week 2, Tango flat out says he doesn't like Susan but they majorly rag on her for the whole "empath" thing. Tango says Jane has "mixed reviews" so they focus on how emotional she is & Steve really makes the hard sell on Chris.

Ben is offered a spot on the next Ghost Hunters Academy as they say he isn't trained enough which is actually very insulting to Ben. He worked hard, he was great at tech & good on investigations but here by making this offer its as though they are saying he learnt nothing at all. Ben willing takes it though. Know when they are calling you useless Ben!

Chris is also offered a spot on the next Ghost Hunters Academy which quite frankly is even more insulting to Ben again for the same reasons.

Jane is told shes going home which comes as a shock to no-one. And not before time too, they should have sent her home last week with or instead of Chris McCune.

It comes down to being between Susan & Karl, both get nice appraisals but Karl is offered the spot on GHI.

In a complete twist finish that no-one expected or predicted Susan is ALSO offered a spot on GHI.

I guess when the opening titles were referring to this as "the 1st semester" we should have known they'd start talking about another series with new students. We know they won't be all new as Chris & Ben will be there but expectations of them will be so much higher.

Ghost Lab s01e11

Hammock House, Beaufort, North Carolina.

1st Night - For some reason they constantly refer to this place as "Blackbeards House" which is completely untrue, the place was a guesthouse that Blackbeard once stayed at so you can hardly call it HIS house. During their 2nd EVP moments after high tide a motion detector is heard going off & we hear a bang like something falling over which turns out to be the motion detector they had taped to the door which they say was "ripped off". So its not possible the weight of the detector caused the tape to fail & it fell off due to gravity?

They record high EMF as well & even though Barry says "Its been up there all day long, you cant say the tape just failed" after getting that info Barry I'm 100% certain the tape failed. Especially if its been taped to the door all day. Shifts in the room temperature at night probably caused the glue on the tape to fail, pretty logical really. Checking footage the door is seen to move, logic says it moved after the detector fell off due to the sudden shift in weight that was removed by the detector falling off. Barry says the door moving coincides with the detector falling off, you'd think he'd make the connection that the detector falling off the door caused it to move.

They play back some EVPs, the 1st you can't hear at all which they claim says "come here" & the 2nd is bearly audible & too garbled to make out any words but they claim it says something like "where the rings stay".

2nd Night - They decide its a good idea to try digging in the garden to provoke a response but hire a guy with ground penetrating radar to do an initial survey so they don't hit any pipes or cable. Katie is sent to do an EVP as the Klinge brothers dig outside, nothing was found in the hole but the EVP was played back & Katie was really reaching with her claim that it said "Lets just say they were watching us" as you could hear sounds but no distinct words.

The Delta Queen, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
While taking baseline readings its discovered there is very high EMF (30 & above) & that power is routed around the ship in copper piping, so that might create a fear cage effect which explains a lot of claims of paranormal activity. For such professional investigators not one of them mentions the fear cage thing. The Klinge brothers start EVPs in the bar, Hector does 1 in the wheel house, Steve Hock in the engine room & Kate is left on her own in room 109 where the Captain had died.

Katie claims she heard footsteps come to the door of the room she was in, thats not impossible Katie seeing as the entire team was on the boat contaminating any possible source of evidence. Whats annoying is it "happened" just as Katie had turned the camera on herself.

Analysing the EVP's the day after Hector uses a rather poor choice of words by saying he "got a couple of questionable EVPs up in the wheelhouse" one saying "who's Martha" (it sounded like a female voice saying Arthur to me) the other saying "Edgar" which you can hear once they put that idea into your mind. Asking a former Captain they discover Edgar was a chief engineer of the boat who died of a heart attack, they play the Captain the EVP & he positively identifies the voice as belonging to the Edgar he knew.

My Weekly TNA Catch-up, Impact 10th Dec 09 reviewed

Show opens & after arranging a meeting with Hulk Hogan for Mick Foley Kevin Nash is running the show & making the matches tonight.

3 On 1 Handicap Match, The British Invasion vs Chris Sabin - Its the 1st match that Kevin Nash booked, he announced all these at the top of the show. Not a very good match at all, Sabin took the eventual win off a Tornado DDT into a Roll Through off Big Rob.

Backstage segment with Scott Steiner, it appears Christy Hemme has been demoted to interviewer?

Mixed Tag Match, Bobby & Kristal Lashley vs Scott Steiner & Awesome Kong - I didn't expect any kind of match but once Kristal was tagged in this was always going to get ugly, Kristal took a Bodyslam (well sold by her by the way) & as Kong went up for the Banzai Drop Steiner made the cover off Kristal to take the win.

Video segment on UFC of the Hogan debut (on Jan 4th 2010) announcement.

Intergender Match for the TNA Global Championship, Hamada vs Eric Young - At Nash's bidding Young has gone against 1 of his preset rules & is defending his title on US soil which he stated he would never do. After powering Hamada to the turnbuckles & tousling her hair twice she decided she wasn't going to be treated like that & hit Young in the head with one of her excellent Spinkicks sending him to the floor where she followed up with Chops & Headbutts, cutting her off with a big Boot got Young another Spinkick to the head & he was sitting on the top turnbuckle at the time so no mean feat by Hamada there!

Hamada hit a badly sold Hurricanrana (I think Young was either unwilling or didn't fancy putting her over by selling it) but Young kicked out of the pin, Hamada caught nothing but air off her Moonsault & Young took the win with the help of the middle ropes for leverage that was missed by the ref.

Trailer Park Throw Down Match, Tara vs ODB - Basically its a no holds barred Hardcore Rules Street Fight but both women have had to sink a 6 pack of beer prior to the match so this one is definately in ODB's area of expertise. They went straight to the weapons with ODB getting the worst of it outside the ring & Tara took a Irish Whip into a ladder but the Splash by ODB off the tiny stepladder was a bit too silly to be honest.

Tara screwed up her 1st trashcan lid shot (by letting go of it) but ODB was savvy enough to pick up another, hit Tara then let Tara snatch it out of her hands & ODB took a whole bunch of trashcan lid shots to the head & back. Tara either took a bad landing or oversold the landing of her Standing Moonsault onto the trashcan lid she'd positioned on ODB's body, After Tara slipped off the ropes ODB choked her out with a chain before hitting a face first Facebuster into a chair which led to ODB taking the win.

Further video segments of Mick Foleys trip to Tennessee to find Jeff Jarrett (which he does, in a bar). They schill some "shocking" footage of Abyss, Daffney, Raven & Dr Stevie that TNA won't let them show on air & tell you to go look on the website after the show.

8 Man Tag Match, Rhino, Team 3D & Jesse Neal vs Matt Morgan, Hernandez, Suicide & D'Angelo Dinero - Jesse Neal came to the ring wearing Dineros jacket & Brother Ray was carrying his mask & announced Dinero wasn't going to be joining them in this match so clearly they'd jumped him backstage before the match started. So the person who gets pinned in this match will end up working alone for 5 minutes in the elimination tag match at the upcoming PPV. The problem with this match was it was zero action until the last few minutes where almost everyone hit their finishers but Jesse Neal took the eventual win off a Spear on Hernandez. They made a partial beatdown on Hernandez but a heavily bandaged & strapped up Dinero ran in to make the save.

Afterwards they aired a video package heralding the return of Tomko. PS, we already KNOW he's the mystery guy in black who had been jumping AJ Styles.

Mud Wrestling Match, Velvet Sky vs Lacey Von Erich - with Madison Rayne as guest referee this is the worst kind of Russo gimmick imaginable, obviously it was a complete farce with Rayne getting her fair share of the mud but Sky took the win off a Schoolboy Roll-up.

World Heavyweight Championship Match, AJ Styles vs Desmond Wolfe - Nash had thrown this one completely open by saying whoever paid him the most money could have the title shot tonight so it appears Wolfe has the biggest wallet. Angle came down to join the colour desk as he was the 2nd highest bidder for this match. All the aerial stuff came from Styles who seemed happy to let Wolfe stick with his usual ground based technical match, Styles was definately more over with the fans but Wolfe did have his own cheering section too. Styles hit a nice Springboard Flying Forearm but took a nasty low blow off Wolfe who had blood in his mouth, after a distraction from Daniels Styles made a Roll-up into a Bridge to take the win & retain his title.

The show closed with Foley persuading Jeff Jarrett to come back to Impact and having checked the "shocking" footage of Abyss, Daffney, Raven & Dr Stevie. it was a rehearsal of their match with Abyss being set on fire by them, the website claims he received burns to his leg so was hospitalised & this match never happened.

This weeks Web Match, Consequences Creed vs Sheik Abdul Bashir - And after watching it I can see why they were giving it away for free online, it was complete s**t. Creed took the win after dropping Bashir onto his knees. I think that'll be the first and last web match I review.

Ghosts, my personal experiences

I've had a few experiences during my life, 1st and most vivid was as a child and the house we lived in had 2 distinct ghosts. 1 was male for sure though he was never seen, he was just a dark figure and an evil presence. He loved to scare people and frequently turned the upstairs lights off, I am pretty certain it was him that pushed me down our stairs. The other ghost was very nice, very kind.

A lovely older women who I saw several times as a figure, she was always a white figure and you could make out her face and torso but she sometimes sat on my bed, it was almost as thought she guarded my room and kept the darker male entity out. Many times I woke up feeling a weight on the end of the bed and she would be sitting there just watching me and smiling. I must admit I never felt scared when I saw her.

Ghosthunters Academy - S01E05 - The Blame Game

St Augustine Lighthouse, St Augustine Florida.

5 weeks into the show & they decide to bring in yet ANOTHER new person, Chris Smith who has absolutely NO training at all. Great so he's getting in on the 5th show, knows nothing. Why not just give the other students a loaded gun & ask them to play Russian Roulette? Chris also informs us this week is the penultimate show.

Hotspot walkthrough, everyone appears to be taking notes. Chris Smith gets brownie points for asking a good question. Steve tells them someone is going home this week. Quite frankly if its not Chris Smith the show is a complete sham, if not him then Jane for the exact same reason. Bringing new people onto the show during the run is totally unfair to those who were there since day 1.

Jane & Ben in the Lighthouse Tower - they try to debunk how the door gets unlocked but can't. They do an EVP, neither of them leave very long gaps for answers. We hear movement which they can't locate the source of, Steve gets on Janes case about going to check out the noise & what made it.

Karl & Chris Smith in the Keepers Quarters Basement - Tango gives Karl brownie points for his instruction method & his EVP approach.

Ben & Susan in the Grounds outside - Susan hears what sounds like an owl a very long way away & thinks its a woman screaming (talk about an overactive imagination!) but Ben debunks it as a bird. They hear a branch break but are unable to find the source of that noise.

Ben & Susan in the Lighthouse Tower - Susan is convinced she saw a shadow. Trying a recreation they easily debunk it as a light passing by outside.

Chris McCune & Jane in the Grounds - Steve rags on them for not knowing what they are looking for outside. Fair rant though. Steve also seems to be on Chris's case for other stuff too. Odd that, why didn't you attack him last week when he wandered off from his group TWICE?

Steve & Chris McCune in the Lighthouse Tower - Steve comes down from his Ivory Tower to give an Investigation Master Class. They also have a heart to heart & it turns out Chris misses home. If he misses home after only 5 weeks why did he bother applying to the show at all? Its not like its not a well documented fact that they travel all over investigating and are rarely near where they live so why is it a sudden surprise to Chris?

Chris Smith & Jane in the Keepers Quarters Basement - Jane thinks she smells something then hears a noise. Chris hears something which he thinks are some musket balls moving so they leave an audio recorder there & Jane gets scared by a cardboard cut-out.

Susan & Chris McCune in the Keepers Quarters Basement - Susan used a cigar, whiskey & a candle as trigger objects which scores her brownie points from Tango. Chris thinks he saw a shoulder which turns out to be a case of retina burn off the mini DV screen.

Karl & Chris Smith in the Lighthouse Tower - Chris says he heard something (super hearing then) which Karl says sounds like someone dropped something, I heard nothing.

Evidence Evalution - Ben presents audio of him & Jane that might be knocking (or running down stairs). During critiqueing all students Jane drops a massive clanger & rats out Chris McCune for being late coming to the evidence review & leaving early. Major mistake & a bad way to show shes not a team player (yet again!). She further compounds her screw-up by saying Chris McCune had told her he didn't want to be there.

As the other students are sent outside Jane & Chris McCune are kept back. Jane interupts Steve in seconds of his speech & is overly emotional. Chris McCune is sent home but it was so nearly Jane going home this week. If it'd been me in Steves shoes I would have sent them both home.

Next week is the final show and if I am honest it has to be Ben or Karl who wins. Quite frankly Jane dodged a major bullet this week and Chris Smith also does NOT deserve to be going into the final week as a competitor either.

Ghost Lab s01e10

Alcatraz, San Francisco California.

They are forced to unpack all their gear so they can ship it across to the island, it makes me wonder why they didn't ask one of the car ferries (and there are several) to take them AND the Lab over to the island. During the set-up & hotspot walkthrough they encounter audible noises in 2 different spots and a camera is knocked.

Day 2, Evidence Review - They get an EVP saying "I can't forget what I have done" from The Dungeon.

Katie is left to investigate The Dungeon on her own in the dark & hears several noises.
At the same time Brad & Barry were in Cell Block D, Barry was sure he heard a growl in Solitary Cell 14.

Day 3, Evidence Review - Barry plays some god awful quality recording that he claims is a growl, all I heard was noise.
Katie catches an EVP which you can bearly hear which they claim was saying "I want you" as well as one you can just about hear saying "I got you" which they claimed is saying "I got you now" but I can't hear the now part of it.

Day 4, Evidence Review - A recorder left in Robert Strouds cell catches an EVP saying "Tony Eniche" but they can't find a name matching on the list of inmates.

Katie & Steve Hock in the Hospital Wing, just after Steve says "I've got a pretty little girl here" you can hear what sounds like a long exhale.
Hector in Solitary Cell 14, we hear something metallic moving which Hector thought was a cell door closing. It turns out Brad & Barry who were close by heard the same thing.

Evidence Review - They caught the cell door closing sound on audio along with an EMF spike of 5.5 at the same time. We get yet another bad quality barely audible EVP that Katie caught that they claim says "I want her".

How to empty the Avast virus chest or vault

Somehow recently a few trojans managed to work their way onto my system (although exactly how I am not sure as Avast is alledgedly supposed to scan everything coming onto the PC) but were soon flagged and placed into the Avast virus chest to keep the rest of the system safe.

It was then I realised I had ZERO CLUE how to check the contents of the chest, how to remove them or even where the damn chest was.

For those who are stuggling here is some useful info.

Go to this folder:- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4
and locate a program called ashChest. Start it and the procedure should be fairly obvious from there.

In Avast 5 simply go into Maintenance, the chest can be accessed from there

My Weekly TNA Catch-up, Impact 3rd Dec 09 reviewed

Show opens with Desmond Wolfe waffling on the mic inside a steel cage that he'd locked himself inside only to be interupted by Kurt Angle in his wrestling gear who comes down, climbs in then gets a facefull of brass knucks from Wolfe as well as a beatdown.

Doug Williams (with Brutus Magnus & Big Rob) vs Alex Shelley (with Chris Sabin) - Williams was on top for all of the opening second before Shelley got going, Williams had a pretty good comeback that was very stiff and I must say that this was one of Williams' best matches I have seen him in for a very long time but Shelly made his own major comeback & got the eventual win off Sliced Bread.

Homicide vs Suicide - An interesting opener in that Homicide didn't seem overly willing to sell the Side Headlock Takedown, both guys had a decent run on top and both had nearfalls too but Suicide took the win off a Back Slide. Homicide tried to unmask Suicide but D'Angelo Dinero made the save.

Trash Talk with ODB, Tara as guest. A lot of fuss was made about this in a couple of newsgroups but they failed to see it for the complete work it was.

Jesse Neal vs D'Angelo Dinero - This is the 1st proper Impact appearance for Neal the heel under his repackaged look, not very impressive from either guy with Dinero selling for Neal big time but Dinero took the win off the DDE. Neal jumped Dinero post match but the lights went out then came back up to reveal Suicide making the save on Dinero with a Missile Dropkick off the top turnbuckle.

Tag Match, Eric Young & Kevin Nash vs Beer Money - Extremely dull & exceptionally poor quality match, Young took the win off a Piledriver on James Storm.

Bobby Lashley comes out with Kristal to not say anything on the mic.

Daniels vs Abyss - AJ Styles had come out to join the colour desk but left to scout Daniels during the match, quite frankly this was going nowhere fast & Abyss had Daniels goozled but Daniels made a hand signal and the big screen showed Lauren being beaten up by The Beautiful People so Daniels took advantage of Abyss with his back turned and rhoshambo'd him. Daniels made some weird Side Roll to take the win.

Post match Daniels invited Styles into the ring but Styles was jumped from behind yet again by the mystery man in black.

Mike Tenays sit down interview with Dixie Carter:- Jeff Jarrett is on "leave", Stings future is open, Hogan will be "helping in every aspect of the company". Backstage segment with Mick Foley on the phone to what turns out to be Jeff Jarrett who said "I was done 4 months ago and I'm twice as done now" and "screw you and TNA", a shoot or does Jeff mean it? Personally I think they are building a distraction so when Jarrett comes back it'll be when we least expect it.

Hamada vs Sarita - This was an outstanding match, Sarita hit a wicked Hurricanrana before Hamada nailed her in the head with a Super Kick then Hamada made a nice Missile Dropkick that Sarita bearly kicked out of. Sarita managed to wriggle out of the Hamada Driver turning it into a Roll up which was also a near fall before hitting a great looking Floatover DDT, both women went for technical submission pins that looked great but Hamada hit Sarita twice with the Spinkick (that 2nd one looked a bit TOO convincing judging by Saritas reaction) but Hamada took the eventual win off the Hamada Driver.

Kurt Angle vs Desmond Wolfe - Or so we thought, before Wolfe came out Mick Foley came down and bitched that Angle hadn't told him all he knew about Hogan coming to TNA so Foley tweaked the match so Angle vs Wolfe never happened.

Handicap Match, Kurt Angle vs Raven & Dr. Stevie (with Daffney) - Initially this looked it was going be Angle getting the s**t kicked out of him and for the 1st 2 minutes it was until he got a 2nd wind, Stevie bailed up the ramp only to get a Black Hole Slam from Abyss which distracted Raven long enough for Angle to hit the Ankle Lock & Raven tapped out in seconds so Angle got the win. Only to take some sort of modified DDT from behind off Desmond Wolfe post match.

Having watched Dixie Carters whole interview she states the announcement of Hogans Impact debut is "days away", there is a high chance of a World X Cup match in 2010 and that Hogan coming won't mean newer wrestlers get pushed less because of it.

Ghosthunters Academy - S01E04 - Drama Queen

Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo New York.

Steve whines about everyone being quiet on the journey, before the tour even starts they get noises in the Main Concourse.
It seems Jane learnt from her mistake last week and was taking notes on the hotspot walkthrough.
Set up went pretty quickly & easily and Ben seemed to be helping everyone.

Jane says Karl told her they couldn't put a mini DV on the mezzanine & Tango is very shocked that she ratted him out like that.

Ben, Chris & Susan in the Main Concourse - Chris goes off on his own to do an EVP when Ben catches something on the thermal which turns out to be Chris.

Jane & Karl in Fedele's Apartment - Karl starts out badly by calling them "Jane & Heathyr"? Karl tells Jane not to move the EMF meter do fast as it gives bad readings & despite the fact Jane keeps saying "I know" numerous times she STILL ignores him, Steve & Tango pull her up on that in the control centre. I think they will mark her down for spending more time arguing with Karl than actually investigating.

Chris in the Main Concourse - If Chris doesn't SERIOUSLY get marked down for leaving his group I won't be impressed. He hears various noises (none of which I heard) until he hears the HUGE bang which turns out to have been a piece of marble falling off the wall. Chris meets back up with Ben & Susan who then decides to go investigate the noises Chris heard & do an EVP on her own. Come on people, 1st rule of investigation you don't go off on your own! Its only when they see Susan on her own do Steve & Tango get annoyed about that very same fact. Its annoying that they didn't go out when Chris went off on his own much earlier in the same location.

Jane & Karl in the Trolley Lobby - Jane goes all Jay & Grant by suggesting they set up a flashlight for spirits to turn on, they also both think they saw something.

Ben, Susan & Chris on the 3rd Floor - Susan instantly suggests going off to do an EVP on her own (after being warned about it as well, idiot!), Chris gives her his walkie talkie & Ben says to stay in visual contact so they both covered their backs there. Susan thinks she heard water, I heard nothing at all. They were unable to recreate the noise & Susan leaves an audio recorder there.

Ben & Chris manage to lose Susan again as when you next see them she isn't there, Ben debunks a thermal hit.


Jane & Karl in Fedele's Apartment - Karl & Jane hear a noise & are distracted by a light outside a window which turns out to be Steve & Tango "testing them", funny how Steve goes on about honesty yet he lies to them about where he & Tango are. They even do it again then hide AND mug up to the camera like a couple of naughty kids, they know they are being idiots yet they call this training? Who picked these 2 fools over people like Dustin Pari, Barry Fitzgerald & Joe Chin? Karl goes out & is able to reproduce the light with his flashlight, Jane concludes it was someone with a brighter light. BUSTED!

Chris & Karl on the 4th Floor - I guess they finally changed partners then? Karl suggests provoking to get a reaction, to no effect.

After the breakdown Steve admits to having "tested" Karl & Jane with the lights. As the students are doing evidence analysis Steve is caught screwing around inside the station YET AGAIN!

Evidence Evalution - nothing was found, a true rarity for an episode of a Ghost Hunters related show.

Steve decides no-one is going home this week. Personally I think it would have been hard to single out just 1 person, Jane wasn't a team player this week & both Susan & Chris went off on their own but only Susan got moaned at for it.

Ghost Lab s01e09

Hotel Galvez, Galvestone Texas.
1st Floor Music Room, Brad is convinced he sees a shadow walk past the window.

5th Floor Room 503, they get a weird low thermal hit off a chair after Brad says to sit down.
Later they discover they got an EVP when Brad asks if anything is in the chair it says "Yeah".

Room 500, the K2 goes off when they ask it to. Twice.

Presidio La Bahia, Goliad Texas.
Church Courtyard, after staging an era cues re-enactment the K2 meter goes crazy
Later checking discovers an EVP that said "Esta mero" which means this is the one.

Officers Quarters, 1 brother hears something move & the other catches some sort of movement on the camera.

Night 2, Goliad Massacre Site - Investigator Hector calls out for the spirits to come out of the trees in Spanish, at the same time a thermal camera freezes & a large branch breaks.

Day 3, They investigate during a storm to see if its energy increases Paranormal activity.
Baseline EMF readings are shown to be much higher, also you hear a rocking chair creak & the guy with the thermal camera thinks it moved too.

A couple of EVP's are captured, someone saying "Please Help" (I really couldn't hear it) and what Barry describes as a "scream" but it just sounds like noise. Barry discovers a correlation between capturing EVP's & weather/lightning strikes.