In this episode:

• WWE Over The Limit
• Diablo 3
• And hairbrained ideas by former WWE writers.
• …and more (not really)!

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In this episode:

• TNA Sacrifice and how it blew past any and all expectations
• WWE Over the Limit and how WWE failed at selling this PPV
• Our WWE Over the Limit predictions and expectations
• Who will be the first ECW Original to enter the WWE Hall of Fame
• …and more!

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Here is your weekly leaderboard update, covering May 8th through May 14th:

Team Leaderboard

1. Scott – 39
   Scott had a big week from Brodus Clay, Christopher Daniels, and RVD. Too big. He jumped 18 points. *sigh* Michael McGillicutty.
2. Conor – 29
   Conor also had a big week, but not as epic. Devon and Cesaro both picked up points moving him into 2nd from 4th. 2nd place is 10 points out of 1st. That’s a big gap.
3. Mike – 28
   Mike may have lost Big Show. So, his pace has been broken, thankfully. Gail Kim kept him in the top 3.
4. Rob – 27.5
   Rob got wins from Beth, Aries, Angle and Tessmacher. He went from 9th to 4th.
5. Harrison – 24
   Orton, Kofi and Kane all helped Harrison go two spots.
6. Kevin – 22.5
   Santino and Daniel Bryan both picked up wins and helped Kevin retain 6th place.
7. Garvin – 22
   Jericho picked up points in all 3 of his matches this week. But that’s only 4.5 total. And that wasn’t enough to keep him falling from 3rd. Risky picks are starting to hurt.
8. Jill – 19.5
   <strike>No Ryback this week, which means Jill did nothing.</strike> Ryback scored 3 points this week, while the rest of Jill’s team did nothing.
9. Joe – 17
   Darren Young picked up another win this week. Otherwise, Joe saw no life from his team.
10. Greg - 15
    Robert Roode retained and Crimson picked up 2 wins this week taking him up about 10 points. But, Amanda isn’t far behind.
11. Amanda – 15
    CM Punk, Kaz and Mr. Anderson all fulfilled their weekly quotas, allowing Amanda to pull herself from the bottom of the pile.
12. @RKOVoices – 8.5
    So, he came to us late and then forgot to talk about it. And, 3 weeks in, we figured, he’s not TOO terribly far off from doing well. Considering he’s within 10 points of Amanda, Greg, and Joe. However, because of the late start, he’s in last place. For now.

Individual Leaderboard

1. Brodus Clay (S) – 18
   Brodus finally toppled the Leaderboard as he picked up 2 wins this week.
2. Devon (C) – 15.5
3. Layla - 14 (A)
4. Sheamus (M) – 13.5
5. Chris Jericho (G) – 12
6. Randy Orton (H) – 11.5
7. R-Truth (@R) – 10.5
8. Big Show (M) - 10
9. Brooke Tessmacher (R) – 10
10. Ryback (DJ) – 9.5
11. Santino Marella (K) – 9.5
12. Daniel Bryan (K) – 9.5
13. Bobby Roode (S) – 8
14. Kofi Kingston (H) – 8
15. RVD (S) – 8

Update on 5/17/2012:
Ryback was involved in a match this week. Although the scores were correct, the note about her not scoring any points this week was not. That has been updated.

As we all just saw on Monday Night Raw, the Big Show has been fired by Johnny Ace.

Rumors are suggesting that he may return in a few months or in a few weeks.

During Season 1, Big Show was injured after Ricardo Rodriguez ran him over with ADR’s car. A few nights later, Harrison dropped him. Harrison expected Big Show to be gone for the rest of the season, but instead, Big Show returned 3 weeks later.

Only time will tell if history repeats itself.

So far, Big Show has scored 10 points, and was one of Mike’s largest individual point getters. What would you do if you were Mike?

It’s official: Joe has dropped ODB and drafts Zema Ion to his team.

“With a lack of any attention toward ODB and Eric Young,” Joe said, “I feel that Zema Ion will be worth some points.”

ODB hasn’t been on television since getting married with Eric Young. Zema Ion has made one appearance since Season Two began, and that was this week’s Impact where he lost to Austin Aries.

Joe has one trade left in Season Two.

Looking for the for the overview and live draft results?

Big news. We’ve decided to fulfill the request of @RKOvoices on Twitter and allow him to enter the draft.

He’s been asking to join the draft since Season 1 ended. For one reason or another, though, he couldn’t make the initial live draft. And despite missing the first 3 weeks, he still sees opportunity to not only do well, but win.

And we fully support him in this endeavor.

We gave him time to submit his 5 picks from the available draft pool. He chose:

1. Zack Ryder
2. R-Truth
3. James Storm
4. Robbie E
5. AJ

The most interesting pick is his 3rd: James Storm. Storm was original drafted by Rob in the 2nd round, but dropped after announcing that he’d be taking time off. Rob considered this a legit happening and didn’t want the dead weight. @RKOVoices, obviously, thinks otherwise.

@RKOVoice’s team is available for scoring starting with tonight’s Smackdown.

With @RKOVoice’s entry into the draft, does this mean that more might be added? No. So, don’t even ask.

Looking for the for the overview and live draft results?

In this episode:

• TNA and the dilemma that is PPV promotion
• WWE having issues booking monsters to fall
• STING… in the WWE.com Alumni?
• AW keeps Epico and Primo from their rematch
• TNA Sacrifice predictions
• …and more!

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Here is your weekly leaderboard update, covering May 1st through May 7th:

Team Leaderboard

1. Mike – 22.5
   In the biggest mockery of the draft to date, Mike earned 10 points this week. Sheamus accounted for 5 of those points over 3 matches, Big Show for the other 5 in his 2 wins. He rose 1 draft spot to take the lead.
2. Scott – 21
   Scott jumped form 6th place to 2nd after his team earned 11 points. The most anyone has gained in one week. ADR picked up a win over Orton and Sheamus, Brodus won twice over Swagger and Garvin’s Miz, and RVD defeated Jeff Hardy.
3. Garvin – 17.5
   Magnus and Jericho both picked up timely wins over FTW competition to earn Garvin 5.5 points. That took him from 4th to 3rd.
4. Conor – 17
   AJ Styles and Devon continued on their winning ways this week as Conor earned 5 points to keep in the top 5. He swapped places with Garvin going from 3rd to 4th.
5. Jill – 16.5
   Jill’s team earned 10 points, as we saw Ryback defeat Derrick Bateman on Smackdown and Dolph Ziggler defeating Harrison’s Kofi. She jumped from 9th to 5th.
6. Kevin – 16
   Daniel Bryan picked up a win over Amanda’s CM Punk on Raw landing him 3 points and the only points on Kevin’s team. Kevin dropped from 1st to 6th.
7. Harrison – 15.5
   Kingston brought in 2 points and Orton picked up 3, but the total 5 points earned this week was not enough to keep Harrison in the top 5. He dropped to 7th.
8. Joe – 14
   Samoa Joe and Lord Tensai earned Joe 5.5 points. He dropped 1 spot, from 7th to 8th.
9. Rob – 10
10. Rob continues to fall as he only picked up 3 points this week, thanks to Tessmacher’s win over Kevin’s Madison Rayne in tag team action. He went from 8th to 9th.
11. Greg - 5.5
    Kelly Kelly and Robert Roode both picked up points this week as Greg finally got on the board. He rose 1 spot after earning 5.5 points.
12. Amanda – 4.5
    Amanda picked up zero points this week. So far, she has gone 1-5 in FTW competition. If only she traded for Layla prior to last night’s Raw.

Individual Leaderboard

1. Layla – 14
   Layla continues to rack up the points as she got wins over both Natalya and the team of Natalya and Maxine this week. There are no signs of her slowing down any time soon (until Kharma returns).
2. Brodus Clay (S) – 12.5
3. Sheamus (M) – 12.5
4. Big Show (M) - 10
5. Randy Orton (H) – 9
6. Ryback (DJ) – 9
7. Chris Jericho (G) – 7.5
8. Devon (C) – 6.5
9. Nikki Bella – 6.5
10. Santino Marella (K) – 6.5
11. Khali – 6
12. Lord Tensai (J) – 6
13. Magnus (G) – 6
14. Samoa Joe (J) – 6

Overnight, after the news spread that Brock Lesnar has quit WWE, Amanda made a call to drop him from her roster.

Officially, Amanda has traded Brock Lesnar for Layla. This trade is effective immediately.

Layla is your current WWE Diva Champion and sits on top of the Leaderboard, despite being undrafted. Lesnar’s WWE future is in question, however with the rumors that he would only be with the company for 30 dates, Amanda felt it was in the best interest of her team to move forward with someone who could be counted on to bring more consistent point opportunities.

Amanda has one trade left in the draft.

Looking for the for the overview and live draft results?

In this episode:

• Conor from the OKayFabe show returns
• WWE Extreme Rules results
• Will we see another match hyped like Rock/Cena?
• Did WWE make a mistake with how they booked Lesnar?
• Is WWE cheapening WrestleMania because it’s a guaranteed buy?
• And more!

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