Quote Me Happy #19 ~ "The Best Of British Part II"

[Freeman]

"My name? If you knew that, you'd be as clever as me."

Fuck's up dudes? It's me again, and you should all know my name by now, but in case you forgot, it's Freeman, hitting this Column Forum hood one more time for yet another ring ripping edition of my sacrosanct series of columns Quote Me Happy. How the hell are of you today? I'm doing pretty good myself, apart from the fact that I haven't had much time to hang around these parts as often as I'd like to recently, due to a change in my living circumstances. Damn, putting shit in boxes, then moving, then unpacking shit from boxes is pretty time consuming, but it's all done now, so hopefully I'll be writing this crap with a bit more consistency. Right, enough of this mindless small talk, let's dive in head first (and spilt our skulls open on the bottom of the pool) into the column!

This week's theme is one of the most underrated films in recent memory; Layer Cake, starring none other than Mr James Bond himself; Daniel Craig. Not only is it a great film, it's also British, which means that it's good no matter what. Shall I start with a smaller topic today? Nah, bugger it, let's just get that shitty main topic introduction out of the way before I can start talking about wrestling yeah? Ladies and gentleman, as you expected, allow me to introduce you to...

"The Best of British Part II"

"But let's just forget about all of that. Let's have a cup of tea, Mr. Hurst"

In case you missed part I (which will now be shamelessly plugged) you can click here to read it if you like. If not, then you really hurt my feelings and I'd appreciate it if you just click the back button on your browser right this instant. Just kidding. Anyway, this is the second part of my look at the best (or should that be only) British talent currently employed by the WWE at the moment. In the last edition I had a look at four national heroes, whereas this time sees the return of my magic lists grouped in five gimmick. So yeah, I'm evaluating five wrestlers. Duh. Right, calling all Brits out there, stick that bloody kettle on and make the brews (no sugar for me, I'm sweet enough) as we celebrate the best damn wrestlers to come out of our great nation. Starting with none other than...

DJ Gabriel

"Tell me son, are you a homosexual? The day was when only homosexuals used words like "expansive"."

Anyone seen this mofo lately? Last I heard he went missing after he got too close to Alica Fox's hair. He's in there somewhere, I'm sure of it. Anyway, my life just doesn't seem complete without this douchebag dancing like some homosexual Billy Elliot (har!) on ECW every week, so here's to hoping he's going to return soon.

Okay I lied, I don't miss the Gabriel cavorting around with Alicia Fox on ECW, simply because I'm not a fan of the DJ gimmick he had before WWE filed a missing person report on the guy. Personally I think that more of a normal gimmick would suit him better, however on second thoughts perhaps he was given the DJ gimmick because he doesn't have the charisma to carry a normal gimmick? I can only speculate on that matter, but what I can be sure of is that Mr Gabriel did look to be pretty handy in the short time he was on our television screens earlier this year. I seem to recall a solid showing in a match with fellow countryman Paul Burchill, as well as a pretty decent tag team match between the two featuring Alcia Fox and Katie Lea Burchill. It will obviously take more than a couple of solid performances before I can give a proper appraisal on the guy, but I've noticed flashes of promise from what I've seen so far.

Oh wow! This just in, DJ Gabriel has been spotted in FCW, WWE's training camp one point below ECW on the shitness scale. Can't say that it's a bad thing, he obviously needs a bit more time away from the big three shows in order to develop more, a bit like what they did with David Hart Smith before he was recalled to the main roster. I eagerly anticipate Gabriel's return to the main roster, however I feel that perhaps he might be in line for receiving his P45 soon, since I haven't really heard anything about him in ages. It would be a shame if he was to get the chop, because the British are currently taking the WWE by storm, as evident by the fact that this writer was able to write two whole columns on British wrestlers in WWE. Whether or not Gabriel keeps his job is unimportant right now, because I'd like to invite you all to watch the Queen's speech on Christmas day to celebrate a promising young British talent.

Katie Lea Burchill

"Fucking females is for poofs."

Previously on Quote Me Happy...

Freeman said something about Layla being the absolute hottest Diva in the company. He used much vulgarity. More is expected in part II.

If Layla is the number one hottest Diva in the company, then Katie Lea runs her bloody close in claiming the number two spot for yours truly. Yep, I wank... Wait, did I say wank? Oops, I meant erm, rank her even higher than that chick with a curiously small vagina, Maryse. That goth style make up, tight leather trousers, sinuous movements and phone sex line operator style voice really stimulate a certain organ of mine... My brain you pervs! You might be thinking "damn, if she's that hot, why is she not above Layla in your own sad little list?" Well you see, despite Ms Lea's beauty, she does have a few faults that put me off a little bit. Number one: She's half German, meaning that she probably doesn't shave under one armpit, and consequently it might look like she's got an afro in a headlock under there. Number two: She's half German, meaning that if you took this chick on holiday, she'd make sure she claimed her sunbed by placing her towel on it before breakfast, or whatever it is Germans do when they're on holiday. Not that I have anything against them...

Disregarding Katie Lea's nationality for a second, I do believe that she is somewhat underused in the WWE. She's quite good her in current manager role as the kayfabe sister of Paul Burchill, but she's one of the best in ring female performers in the company at the moment. She's right up there with the likes of Mickie James and Natalya, and given an opportunity could be a serious championship contender and all round great asset to the women's division. Unfortunately, this is the not the case, because she doesn't wrestle on a regular basis, and when she does, she ends up jobbing to the albeit surprisingly solid Bella Twins. Shame really, because as well as her impressive in ring ability, Katie is also pretty good on the stick (in more ways than one, I hope.) When she has been given the opportunity, she has been coherent and fairly engaging; certainly more entertaining than Shelton "after five years in WWE I still screw up my lines on a regular basis and can't do anything to interest the audience" Benjamin.

So what does the future hold for this columnist's favourite half German? Well, I hope I'm right when I say that even if Paul Burchill gets the Spanish archer (El Bow) Katie Lea will be able to remain employed by the WWE. In fact, if Burch does get the boot, it could be the best thing to happen to Katie since she signed for the company. Hopefully, she would become more of an active member of the women's division, where she could display more of her obvious talent and fine figure on more of a regular basis. She'd make a very good Women's or Diva's champion, so she could perhaps even go on and win one of... Ah fuck it, I can't keep up the uncharacteristic optimism. If, or rather when Burchy gets canned, Katie Lea will probably be landing by his side as they're both drop kicked out of the Stamford headquarters and onto the front lawn. Whatever happens to Ms Burchill, lets at least raise our glasses and down our pints in tribute to one of our finest (in more ways than one) female British exports.

David Hart Smith

"Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining"

Some of you might be slightly perturbed at my inclusion of a Canadian national, and consequently it may feel as if I've pissed in your pocket, but I have no less than three fabulous Freeman reasons as to why I've included our friend Smith in my Best of British list:

Numero uno: He's half British, and that half just happens to come from one of the greatest British wrestlers in WWE history, The British Bulldog. If that isn't sufficient, then let me just say that Katie Lea is half British as well, and she's on the list.

Numero Dos: The English football team (that's real football Americans, not that tripe you call football that's really just a pansy version of OUR rugby) has a player by the name of Owen Hargreaves, who would get in the team if he wasn't football's answer to Mr Kennedy. Hargreaves is also half Canadian, half British, and if he can play for England, then David Hart Smith can be included on my list.

Numero Tres: It's my column, and I can do whatever the hell I want. So there.

I like Smith, he seems like a nice man. The kind of guy that would help an old woman across the road, and not expect payment/sex afterward. Even though he tried to drop his best friend and cousin like Kelly Rowland got dropped by her record label for a spot in Legacy; the snake, but I'm willing to let that one slide. Aside from that, he's got a bright future in WWE if he can maintain his decent start and ameliorate his overall game. Since he comes from the Hart school of very good wrestling, Smith has the chops and a well rounded repertoire of holds and moves to keep all of you smart bastards happy. I haven't had many opportunities to see his mic work, as I don't think WWE have let him loose on the stick too many times. He's definitely got that all important size factor that homo Vince loves in half naked men wrestling each other, so that alone could work in Smith's favour when the powers that be are deliberating over who to push next. Perhaps when he eventually breaks from Tyson Kidd, he could be repackaged and pushed as an unstoppable monster in the same way that Snits... Oh wait, maybe not. Added to the fact that if I were to only see a picture of his boat race and not the rest of him, I'd say that he looks about ten years old, and that he wouldn't look dangerous with a machine gun.

Smith's an interesting one. He might not become a main event player in WWE, but I'm certain that at the very least he'll become a solid mid-card talent with the occasional title reign thrown in for shits and giggles. I personally think that both Tyson Kidd and Natalya have brighter futures than Davey, but that's not to say he can't be an efficacious worker for the company. At the moment for me, he's an outside bet for the main event, but then again he's only been about properly since this year, so it may well be too early to judge. All this aside, allow me to hoist the Union Jack high into the air in celebration of a great (half) British wrestler.

William Regal

"England. Typical. Even drug dealers don't work weekends."

It's all an act people, William Regal is not really the distinguished gentleman he's led you all to believe. When the cameras are turned off, Regal adopts his normal persona of a lairy cockney lout, and not that of a typical Englishman. Confused? Don't be! Just read this conversation transcript taken from a segment of last week's ECW show

William Regal: You're a joke.

Goldust: I'll show you a joke.

William Regal: See I'm the only one with the prestige and the honour to be the ECW Champion around here. And on Thursday, I'll give you a little display of that. Gentleman.

(At this point the camera switches off)

Goldust: How was that?

Regal: Jabba The Hutt your north and south sunshine, if I throw a dog a bone, I don't want to know if it tastes good or not. That was all fine and dandy until you put you're two pence in, at which point it all went Pete Tong. Why don't you fuck off up the apple and pairs and take off that pony face paint you muggy little cunt. Go on, fuck off.

(ECW General Manger Tiffany walks past)

Regal: Cor blimey look at the boat on that! I'd smash the fucking granny out of that! And that's a nice pair of Salt Lake Cities on her as well. Oi treacle, what do you say we rock and roll back to my gaffe for a cup of Bertie Mee and a quick Melvyn Bragg?

Goldust: What?

Whether or not Regal is a distinguished gent or cockney lout is irrelevant. What does matter is that out of all of the British talent currently employed by WWE, Regal truly is the best of the bunch. As you probably read in Quote Me Happy #17, because I know you read every column of mine without fail oh loyal reader, Regal is one of the toughest hermits in the whole company. In that fateful of edition of QMH, I focused more on the fact that Regal could win a legit fight with pretty much anyone in the WWE locker room. However, what I didn't get to talk about was just how God damn good the guy really is. He is perhaps the best technical wrestler in the whole of WWE currently, including Finlay. I've also commented in the past about Regal's extreme stiffness. His matches are also pretty shoot like too (see what I did there?) It certainly adds to the realism, and those younger guys wrestling on ECW at the moment will certainly be toughened up after working a match or two with him.

I've mentioned before that Finlay is a great technical wrestler almost on par with Regal, but when it comes to mic skills and promo work, Finlay doesn't hold a candle to Regal. People go on and on about how good Edge or Chris Jericho are on the mic, and how good their heel personas are, but Regal is just as good if not better than both of those dudes, and he's not Canadian. It's actually a damn shame that Regal has never won a world title in WWE, for whatever reason or other, because in my eyes he's had championship material written all over for a long time now. Unfortunately due to his age and previous habit of failing drug tests, Regal may never know what it's like to hold a world title. He's an above average worker in a fairly average role, because at the moment he seems to be merely helping the younger talent advance, even though he is capable of so much more. I'm fairly confident that if the powers that be gave him the main event ball, he would indeed run with it, but that's just me. I'm sure Regal is happy in his current role, so whatever happens to him in the future lets get a plate of meat and two veg on the table in celebration of a truly Great Brit.

Nigel McGuinness

"Life is so fucking good I can taste it in my spit."

Saving the potential Best of British to last with this dude right here; life is certainly looking good for this young man at the moment. Despite the fact that I only watch Ring Of Honour sporadically, I have been keeping an eye on my fellow countryman Nigel McGuinness when I get the chance. From what I've seen so far, I've been hugely impressed by the man from London. While I think it might be a bit of an overstatement in calling him, or in fact his RoH and fellow new WWE signing mate Bryan Danielson the best in the world, I've got to admit that both have bright futures ahead of them. In particular though, is young Nigel here, as in my eyes he seems to have just that little bit more about him than Danielson. I think that although Danielson has the edge over Nigel with regards to in ring ability, McGuinness just seems to be more of a complete package than the American Dragon. Perhaps it's his promo work that's convinced me, which has always been entertaining and engaging, perhaps because he sounds like a sleazy Londoner trying to chat up some high class totty in a wine bar, but there. If I had to bet right now on who's more likely to get to the main event in the WWE in the future between the two most recent signings, my money would go on McGuinness.

"But wait Freeman, are you seriously suggesting from your earlier statement that Nigel McGuinness has got the potential to be even better than William Regal?" Oh yes indeed homies, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. Obviously Nigel's got a long way to go before he can reach Regal's level, and there's no guarantee that he's even going to become successful in the WWE, but I see no reason why he can't get to that level. Providing his piss tests don't come back as failures and he lets Trips violate him with a sledgehammer every now and then, then he has every chance of becoming a big main event player somewhere down the line for the company. He's certainly got the technical ability to be able to match Regal, although I do wish that every other move wasn't some variation of a freakin' lariat, but such is life. I've already mentioned his mic work, and it seems that he has plenty of that charisma thing that will ultimately decide whether you're going to be WWE Champion or Charlie Haas. Despite my comparisons with Regal, I do believe that McGuinness is going to go even further than the man from Blackpool and become one of the best British talents we've ever seen in WWE. I'm envisioning a future in which Nigel stands in a WWE ring, already a multi time WWE champion, with an arena full of people booing his ass after every statement he's made. Let's hope that my prediction comes true. Therefore allow me to whip up a couple of cream teas as we celebrate the future of our great nation. Here's to the future Best of British, Nigel McGuinness.

Fin.

"Oh, you give a fucking' aspirin a headache, pal!"

Well there you have it kids, that just about wraps up my two part series examining the best British talent in WWE today. Hope it didn't give you a headache, and that you actually went and learnt something. What have we learnt I here you ask? Well, that William Regal is currently the best of our small nation, but Nigel McGuinness is going to be better. I managed to get 6,000 words out of that, so woohoo! My university term has just started up again, and it's my final year, so while I'll try to keep writing consistently, it can be rather difficult at times, you dig? Whenever the next edition of QMH comes out, please join me won't you, because as I hope you've noticed by now, it's a rather special landmark edition. As always comments, praise, criticism, parcels, letter bombs, friend requests, death threats, porn links and shit-storms are all welcome, just let me know what you thought of it. As for me, well for now dudes, I'm out. However before I go, let me leave you with one final thought...

"You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son."

Cheers dudes,

Freeman.

[Super Chrisss]

What up homie? This column was even better than Part 1 because not only did you have an awesome picture of Katie Lea (rawr), but anything you didn't do properly last time, well, you did properly lol.

I didn't see any problem with incorporating David Hart Smith in the column as just because he's only half-British, isn't Katie Lea half-British as well? So what's the beef?

This column had a great flow and if it was really 6,000 words my God it flew by fast! Keep up the great work and looking forward to what you got up your sleeve next time.

[Benjamin Button]

I sat back and learned. I don’t watch much ECW, and much of the talent discussed here is on ECW. I enjoyed this series because I got a chance to get an overview of what i'm missing, and I know who to look for(and who to not look for). I think it was a fantastic idea.

I’ve been tuning in to ROH on youtube and I like what I see. That might be why I liked the look at Nigel McGuinness the best. After reading this, I will be looking out for him in the WWE. Great look at Regal, and I agree that it is a shame that his career hasn’t amounted to anymore than it has. He can work the mic, he has a great gimmick, he’s awesome in the ring, and man I love when he misses a 360.

There’s not more to say except this was not only a good idea, but it was well executed, and oh yeah…

She's half German, meaning that she probably doesn't shave under one armpit

LOL

[Uncle Joe]

LOL, you almost got it completely right. While half of your last list was only British, you were 92% correct on this.


Katie Lea is not really that hot, must be some weird British thing. I'd rather F Kelly Kelly, and she looks like Ray Liotta.

Regal is awesome, DH Smith is not.



You're improving with your humor, and kind of missing homeruns here and there. Fix that son. Good outing though.

[FreekyDeeky]

good read and I completely agree with what you said about Regal being underused in his current role but like you said he's paying the price for his previous problems

There were several funny moments in this column and i think you are finding a nice balance between having a good topic and applying humour in a column.

Good column, read you next time

[FutureDonkey]

Ah what pride this gives me to be a Brit; alas, I've been Americanized so it doesn't count much more, so whatever.

I saved Katie Lea till last, so my assessment shall be in that order.

DF(uck) Gabriel: I hate that useless fag, however, he gave me an extremely short skirt on a much more attractive version of Alicia Fox, so props to him there.

DH Smith: Well, besides having an extremely cuddly looking face, he doesn't really stand out all that much. Tyson Kidd should go farther (I say "should" because he deserves; I don't think he will go farther, though).

William Regal: I love that man, non-sexually, of course. He makes me proud every time I watch ECW. I only wish that he hadn't failed that drug test, I had a feeling in my gut he was going for the WWE title eventually.

Nigel McGuinness: The guy may throw one to many lariats, but he, as you said, will be extremely successful in Titan Land. Too bad for Danielson, though.

Katie Lea: The Bella Twins suck creamed shit.

Anyway, before you ruined my evening with that pro-Bella twin statement, let me just say that you really shouldn't have written anything for her segment. Instead, you should have included a various assortment of her pictures. That would be much more conducive to me jacking off.


Well, look at that, you caught me in a fine mood today, and I didn't criticize you one bit. Nevermind, you missed a couple of commas, man. I'm disappointed.

[MissouriDragon]

Guy named aisce wrote a column about World of Sport wrestling once, you shoulda seen that thing. Hoo boy could that guy write.

[Box Car Rocco]

I agree with Joe, most people who say Katie Lea is really hot have been British. The picture you did show of her though was two thumbs up from me. Here are said thumbs:

I saw one DH Smith match before, it was one against Christian on ECW. I was pleasently surprised at the quality of it and even though Christian's selling had a lot to do with my enjoyment of it, DH Smith's power moves he used on the much smaller Christian were heaps cool.

Last year I was hoping for Regal to win the world title, but then he got suspended and that ended so yeah.

As for the others, it was nice to know about them, especially McGuiness. Congrats on almost making 20 man, make it special.

[The Maz]

Very enjoyable. It is a shame there are not another of us to make this a 5 part series but hey. Yeah, I dont see it with Katie Lee. She looks more like a dude than Beth if you ask me. Regal is great at what he does but we need to accept that it wont take him to the very top. He will still go down as one of the greatest pros and I am sure he will have a job after he retires. As for his cockney twang. I actually read his dialogue section in his TV voice. It makes it 10 times funnier.

[XanMan]

I think Katie Lea is disgusting. I have no idea who DJ Gabriel is, and I can't say I'm disappointed. The other three you talked about, I'm completely down with. Not bad, Freeman, but you did use "here" when you meant "hear" once and that kind of threw me out of the end of your column a little. Still, kept me entertained most of the way and Layer Cake is a fucking awesome movie. Oh yeah, I'm still not sure if I'm allowed to enjoy this or not.

[Freeman]

Here we go for the Quote Me Feedback...

Chrisss-

What up homie? This column was even better than Part 1 because not only did you have an awesome picture of Katie Lea (rawr), but anything you didn't do properly last time, well, you did properly lol.

Thanks, thought you'd appreciate that one.

I didn't see any problem with incorporating David Hart Smith in the column as just because he's only half-British, isn't Katie Lea half-British as well? So what's the beef?

I explained the tie in with Katie Lea earlier on, there's no beef anymore.

This column had a great flow and if it was really 6,000 words my God it flew by fast! Keep up the great work and looking forward to what you got up your sleeve next time.

Actually, this wasn't 6,000 words, it was about 3,500. The two part series came to about 6,000 words, so that's what I meant. Anyways, thanks for the very nice feedback dude, much appreciated.

Benjie-

I sat back and learned. I don’t watch much ECW, and much of the talent discussed here is on ECW. I enjoyed this series because I got a chance to get an overview of what i'm missing, and I know who to look for(and who to not look for). I think it was a fantastic idea.

Fabulous, glad I could be of some assistance to you sir.

I’ve been tuning in to ROH on youtube and I like what I see. That might be why I liked the look at Nigel McGuinness the best. After reading this, I will be looking out for him in the WWE. Great look at Regal, and I agree that it is a shame that his career hasn’t amounted to anymore than it has. He can work the mic, he has a great gimmick, he’s awesome in the ring, and man I love when he misses a 360.

Yeah look out for Nigel, he's hopefully going to be a big star one day. Also Regal is the shit, but he's only ever going to be a solid shit, and not a big shit, if you know what I mean.

There’s not more to say except this was not only a good idea, but it was well executed,

Well thank you very much dude, and cheers for reading.

Joe-

LOL, you almost got it completely right. While half of your last list was only British, you were 92% correct on this.

Katie Lea is not really that hot, must be some weird British thing. I'd rather F Kelly Kelly, and she looks like Ray Liotta.

Lol.

Regal is awesome, DH Smith is not.

Agreed, Smith isn't awesome, he's solid and has some potential. Regal is the bollocks though.

You're improving with your humor, and kind of missing homeruns here and there. Fix that son. Good outing though

I'll try man, and thanks for the feedback and advice as always.

Freeky-

good read and I completely agree with what you said about Regal being underused in his current role but like you said he's paying the price for his previous problems

Unfortuantely he is, and also in a time when WWE needs younger stars, Regal just doesn't fit that mold.

There were several funny moments in this column and i think you are finding a nice balance between having a good topic and applying humour in a column.

Good column, read you next time

I try my best. Thanks for the read and response though dude.

Donkey-

DF(uck) Gabriel: I hate that useless fag, however, he gave me an extremely short skirt on a much more attractive version of Alicia Fox, so props to him there.

He's not that bad, and I couldn't say bad things about him in a "best of" column, that would be silly.

DH Smith: Well, besides having an extremely cuddly looking face, he doesn't really stand out all that much. Tyson Kidd should go farther (I say "should" because he deserves; I don't think he will go farther, though).

He probably will, and Smith looks like an over grown nine year old.

William Regal: I love that man, non-sexually, of course. He makes me proud every time I watch ECW. I only wish that he hadn't failed that drug test, I had a feeling in my gut he was going for the WWE title eventually.

I love this man sexually, and I also felt at one point he was being groomed for WWE title run.

Nigel McGuinness: The guy may throw one to many lariats, but he, as you said, will be extremely successful in Titan Land. Too bad for Danielson, though.

Yeah, too bad, but if he's boring, then it's up to him to sort it out.

Katie Lea: The Bella Twins suck creamed shit.

They could suck my creamed shit any day.

Anyway, before you ruined my evening with that pro-Bella twin statement, let me just say that you really shouldn't have written anything for her segment. Instead, you should have included a various assortment of her pictures. That would be much more conducive to me jacking off.

Sorry about that, but you could just Google it. I'm not doing all the work for you guys you know.

Well, look at that, you caught me in a fine mood today, and I didn't criticize you one bit. Nevermind, you missed a couple of commas, man. I'm disappointed.

Did I? Oops, oh well. Still, thanks for the kind words dude, and thanks for reading and feeding.

MissouriDragon-

Guy named aisce wrote a column about World of Sport wrestling once, you shoulda seen that thing. Hoo boy could that guy write.

I wish I was around when that dude was writing columns. I read his CoTMs, and I've got to say they were the shit, and I agree that the boy could write.

Box Car Rocker-

I agree with Joe, most people who say Katie Lea is really hot have been British. The picture you did show of her though was two thumbs up from me.

Each to their own I guess.

I saw one DH Smith match before, it was one against Christian on ECW. I was pleasently surprised at the quality of it and even though Christian's selling had a lot to do with my enjoyment of it, DH Smith's power moves he used on the much smaller Christian were heaps cool.

I am surprised that he's not just your average shitty WWE big man as well.

Last year I was hoping for Regal to win the world title, but then he got suspended and that ended so yeah.

Yeah.

As for the others, it was nice to know about them, especially McGuiness. Congrats on almost making 20 man, make it special.

I'll do my best man, thanks for the read and feed as always.

Mazwin-

Very enjoyable. It is a shame there are not another of us to make this a 5 part series but hey.

I'm actually impressed that there are enough of us for me to squeeze a two part series out of this.

Yeah, I dont see it with Katie Lee. She looks more like a dude than Beth if you ask me.

How dare you. You wouldn't kick her out of bed in the morning though.

Regal is great at what he does but we need to accept that it wont take him to the very top. He will still go down as one of the greatest pros and I am sure he will have a job after he retires.

I guess we do have to accept it. He does a fine job though.

As for his cockney twang. I actually read his dialogue section in his TV voice. It makes it 10 times funnier.

Ha! I never thought of that, good idea. Thanks for reading and feeding as well man, appreciate it.

Xan-

I think Katie Lea is disgusting.

Different strokes for different folks I guess. She could stroke me any day.

I have no idea who DJ Gabriel is, and I can't say I'm disappointed.

I don't know he is either, he's just a character I invented.

The other three you talked about, I'm completely down with. Not bad, Freeman, but you did use "here" when you meant "hear" once and that kind of threw me out of the end of your column a little.

Oops.

Still, kept me entertained most of the way

Excellent.

and Layer Cake is a fucking awesome movie.

It really is.

Oh yeah, I'm still not sure if I'm allowed to enjoy this or not.

I hope you do! Thanks for the helpful feedback as always though sir.

[Andy]

Nice column, although the usual flow of your work wasn't there, and sometimes I felt you were repeating yourself a little. It also seemed that you weren't quite indecisive on most of the wrestlers' future. That's not necessarily a bad thing-- just something I picked up on.

About Regal: whilst he is a good, stiff working wrestler, don't you think that is shabby bump-taking takes away from his performance? He's almost like Ric Flair in that he doesn't land straight on his back and instead falls ass or shoulder first. Or does this add to the realism?

Amusing work, and goodluck with your next one.

[Freeman]

Originally Posted by Andy

Nice column, although the usual flow of your work wasn't there, and sometimes I felt you were repeating yourself a little. It also seemed that you weren't quite indecisive on most of the wrestlers' future. That's not necessarily a bad thing-- just something I picked up on.

I see a lot of different ways that these guys can go, but perhaps I should have been more decisive. I guess the repetitiveness came about because some of these guys are in the same boat: Potential main events but stuck in the midcard, for one reason or another.

About Regal: whilst he is a good, stiff working wrestler, don't you think that is shabby bump-taking takes away from his performance? He's almost like Ric Flair in that he doesn't land straight on his back and instead falls ass or shoulder first. Or does this add to the realism?

I think it looks more realistic like that. Each to their own I guess; if you read the main page then you will have seen that apparently Vince isn't a fan of his in ring work, and I can see why some people would be turned off by him, but personally I think he's awesome.

Amusing work, and goodluck with your next one.

Thank you very much my friend, here's to number twenty! Thanks for the feedback as usual.