Entertainment Report Issue #7.5: TNA Turning Point PPV Special Edition

Welcome to a special edition of the Entertainment Report. I screwed up and messed up my dates. I forgot that TNA Turning Point was this Sunday so I never posted my picks for the show so that's why we have our first half issue and PPV only report. (I think I will be doing this as long as TNA is live so I review the full card.)

The rematch from Bound for Glory. This should be a great match. With it being a ladder match and Hardy's first PPV title defense, I don't see it any other way.

Winner and still World Heavyweight Champion: Jeff Hardy

The added stipulation is that the one who gets pinned will not get another title shot till BFG 13. It's intriguing  especially if Jeff does retain. So I think AJ Styles will get pinned and

Winner and new #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship: Bobby Roode

I love Daniels and Kazarian as a tag team, I never wanted them to lose the belts. I didn't want Chavo and Hernandez to win the belts. This has been an awful start to a rivalry because it's been about race. I'm sick of these things.

Winners and new TNA World Tag Team Champions of the World: Daniels & Kazarian

This is a great matchup. No doubt about it. Probably one of the best Samoa Joe matchups since Kurt Angle. It's a toss up but I can't see a title change here, unless it means we are going to have more matches with these two...

Winner and still TNA Television Champion: Samoa Joe

Um. Yeah that's all I can say about this match. At least it's not as random as every other X Division title match for the last few months. Just don't see much here at all.

Winner and still TNA X Division Champion: Rob Van Dam

Really this is the Aces & Eights vs. TNA matchup? Wow. Um. I guess this works because Angle got jumped by A&8s. We'll go with that...

Winner: Kurt Angle

This card is taking a turn for the weird. Yet I'm more interested in this match than Angle/Devon and RVD/Ryan combined. I mean it's Joesph Park. That's always fun!

Winner: Joseph Park

What the fuck! Why is Jesse wrestling? Why is this match happening? Even ODB and Eric Young are above his. It's ridiculous. I'm so sick of this guy already and it's only been a month.

Winners: ODB and Eric Young

Alright that's the complete card, definitely a better show than most of their small PPVs.

Next week in the full edition of the Entertainment Report, I will be reviewing this show and previewing WWE Survivor Series! All that, the return of Glee and much more.

So till then, keep everyone affected by Sandy in your hearts and prayers and thank you for reading.

Entertainment Report Issue #7 (CMA Awards, DWTS, Comic Book Men, Admirals Hockey and more)

"Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof and your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fireproof. Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, on a blanket with my baby is where I'll be."-The Drifters

Honestly I couldn't think of a better way to start up this week's issue, welcome to the Entertainment Report.

A couple of things before we get started.

First of all, the feedback bag is again empty, but a huge thank you again to @Travlord for the retweet of Issue #6. If you want to comment on this or any back issue, shoot an email to entertainreport@gmail.com or tweet me @Reilly21106.

#2, after the NHL cancelled the Winter Classic, I went on a Twitter rant that got a couple of retweets. At this point, unless there is an announcement that the lockout us over, I am not covering it anymore.

#3, my sister and niece have put together a charity drop point for Hurricane Sandy relief. If you are interested in helping out, all the info is in the flyer to the right, even if you are outside of New York/New Jersey area.

#4, I was planning on writing a review of the telethon Coming Together. Honestly I would get way too emotional if I tried. So if you want my thoughts on the show and tragedy in general, goto my personal blog, Jersey Strong (even from afar).

Finally, this is not a political blog but I will quickly comment on the election. I am happy about Obama winning. That's all I'm going to say in here.

Now that that's all out of the way, let's get into this issue...

The reason I love country award shows is the music and the show itself. Normally the awards just kinda happen. This year most of the winners surprised me and it made for great moments. Let's see how my picks went...

Entertainment of the Year: Blake Shelton (my pick)
Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert (my pick)
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton (my pick: Jason Aldean)
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town (my pick: Lady Antebellum)
Vocal Duo of the Year: Thompson Square (my pick)
New Artist of the Year: Hunter Hayes (my pick: Lee Brice)
Album of the Year: Eric Church-Chief (my pick: Lady Antebellum-Own The Night)
Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert-Over You (written by Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert) (my pick)
Single of the Year: Little Big Town-Pontoon (my pick: Eric Church-Springsteen)
Music Video of the Year: Toby Keith-Red Solo Cup (my pick)
Musical Event of the Year: Tim McGraw & Kenny Chesney-Feel Like A Rockstar

It turned into the Blake & Miranda show with special guests Eric Church and Little Big Town hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.

To be honest I was very surprised by the Little Big Town awards, and Eric Church won me over when he broke into Born To Run in the middle of Springsteen.

Also, no offense to other hosts, but can Brad and Carrie host every country awards show from here on out? From doing Gangnam Style is the opening monologue to doing a tribute to Andy Griffin to just being on point with one liners all night, they kept the show flowing at the right pace.

It was a great night overall.

With this being election week there was no results show this week. (Side note: I'm now convinced that if there wasn't an election, they might have skipped the elimination last week because of Sandy related effects. You can't just go two weeks without an elimination when there is a schedule to keep.)

The show itself kinda confused me to be honest. I really have no idea what dance fusions were so it makes it hard for me to rate the dances. So since there won't be an elimination, I'll project where I think everyone will land after this week, including the Swing Marathon, which I always enjoy.

#7 Kristie & Maks
#6 Emmitt & Cheryl
#5 Kelly & Val
#4 Gilles & Peta
#3 Melissa & Tony
#2 Apolo & Karina
#1 Shawn & Derek

Episode: Ming in Charge

After everything that gone on with Sandy this episode was interesting. Walt and Mike called in to see if Ming could run the store in case of emergency. (Ming is currently running the Stash while Mike and Walt deal with massive damage to their homes.) The fun part was the fact that he convinced Brian O'Halloran (Dante in Clerks and Clerks 2) to help him, since Bryan really does nothing. It actually made for some great behind the counter moments.

Ming did make some interesting purchases, the first issues of Iron Man and Daredevil and some classic Transformers action figures. When Walt did return, after Ming yelled at him, he made a deal to have a special one of a kind Presidential Monster exclusive to the Stash.

It was definitely a really good show and alot of fun to watch, especially with what is going on right now.

11/2/12-Lake Erie at Milwaukee

Apparently the Ads can't win two games in a row. Despite getting 43 shots on goal, and Michael Latta being an assist away from a Gordie Howe hat trick, they lost 2-1 to the Monsters. Luke Walker got the game winner shorthanded in the middle of the second period, and Calvin Pickard stood on his head and made 42 saves.

11/3/12-Milwaukee at Peoria

After several games of bad defensive efforts, the Ads played their best game of the season, a 3-0 win. Jeremy Smith snapped his personal five game losing streak with a 34 shutout. Mike Moore, Mark Van Guild and Chris Mueller scored the goals.

11/7/12-Milwaukee at Grand Rapids

After a back and forth morning affair in Grand Rapids, the Ads fell to the Griffins 4-2. Joakim Anderson scored the game winner on the power play halfway through the third. The Admirals can't seem to win two in a row this season.

This is a short week for the Admirals. Friday night they are home playing Chicago and I will be attending, so look for pictures in next week's report. Saturday night they head to Rockford to start a seven game road swing.

Wrestling Newsbytes

WWE Network to be pay station

During their conference call last week, WWE announced that, at some further date, WWE Network will be a 24 hour pay channel. I guess that's intriguing expect what's on the Network? Are they moving some PPVs over? Is NXT going there? These are questions they have yet to answer.

Nigel McGuinness named ROH new on air authority figure.

I like this idea. Hopefully he'll make ROH stand our like Cornette never could.

ROH sets the Final Battle main event.

Well since this really isn't a spoiler, Kevin Steen will be defending the title against El Genarico in a Ladder War. That sounds like it's going to be a legit war.

Quick Hits

• Rumor has it the Disney channel might do a sequel series to Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World, starring Ben Savage, where the star is Cory and Topanga's daughter. Why? I don't get it. BMW was a great show, it was a rare concept at the height of TGIF and came at the right time for our generation. Honestly I don't think lightning will strike twice. It feels like Disney is grasping at shows to replace Hannah Montana and Wizards.
•  Harrison Ford actually likes the idea of coming back for Star Wars Episode 7. Pardon me while I geek out a little.
• Continuing the trend of putting fresh shows in the post Super Bowl spot, CBS put Elementary after the game. I don't watch the show but good for the show.

Thank you for reading this week's issue, albeit a bit shorter than usual. If you like what you see, please retweet this report and share with your friends. The more it grows, the better it will get.

Like always check out my NFL Picks for Week 10. Had an alright week last week, hoping to improve this time around.

Next week's issue will be packed. Glee returns with a Grease themed episode that I'm looking forward to, DWTS has another double elimination and there will be predictions and thoughts on TNA's Turning Point. All that and much more.

So till then, keep everyone affected by Sandy in your hearts and prayers and see you next week.

NFL Picks Week 10

Week 9 Results: 9-5

Indianapolis at Jacksonville
Oakland at Baltimore
Denver at Carolina
NY Giants at Cincinnati
Tennessee at Miami
Detroit at Minnesota
Buffalo at New England
Atlanta at New Orleans
San Diego at Tampa Bay
NY Jets at Seattle
Dallas at Philadelphia
St. Louis at San Francisco
Houston at Chicago

Kansas City at Pittsburgh

Entertainment Report Issue #6 (Disney Star Wars, DWTS, Hell in a Cell, CMA Awards Picks)

What a crazy week. First of all, before anything else, I want to send continued thoughts and prayers to all my friends and family in Jersey as well as the rest of the East Coast after Superstorm Sandy on Monday. It was a rough night and I hope everyone makes it through safe and sound.

The news broke right before I was about post this that NBC will be doing a benefit concert tomorrow night at Rockefeller Center at 8pm (ET). So far on the bill are Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Billy Joel. It will be on NBC, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, USA and E! as well as any network that wants to pick it up so check your listings. Tune in and help the east coast recover from this unbelievable event. 

Onto this issue. My lead story changed at the last minute, but my inner geek wouldn't have had it any other way. There's alot to cover this week but before we get into all that...

Feedback

Thank you to all readers on making Issue #5 the most viewed issue yet. Please if you like what you read, spread the word! Tell your friends, retweet the link or post it in your Facebook groups. This is a ground up report and all help is needed and appreciated.

Onto the feedback blog, there were no emails to respond to at enternreport@gmail.com, so if you have any thoughts or comments, shoot me a message and I'll respond to it.

On Twitter I got alot of love from @travlord, one of the hosts of the East Coast Cast, last week's podcast plug. If you want to contact me on Twitter, you can @Reilly21106.

And now on with this issue...

I'll be honest I didn't see this one coming. Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in stock and cash. First of all, holy shit. Disney owns Star Wars. Not since Disney bought Marvel have I been stunned by a story. This puts Lucas into the Disney mega-machine, which changed the face of Marvel especially with the Avengers.

Also in the story is the announcement that Star Wars Episode VII will be coming out in 2015, with episode VIII and IX every couple of years to follow. I'm not sure how I feel about this. The good news is that George will not direct these movie, like the prequels, so that's promising.

All things considered this is amazing news, even though it will be weird to see Star Wars stuff in the Disney Store.

Seriously what was that? A heel ref? As awesome as a Shellshock on the top of the Cell is, the PPV ended so shitty.

Randy Orton defeated Alberto Del Rio
Rhodes Scholars defeated Team Hell No by DQ, Team Hell No retains the WWE Tag Team Championships
Kofi Kingston defeated The Miz to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Antonio Cesaro defeated Justin Gabriel to retain the WWE United States Championship
Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara defeated The Primetime Players
The Big Show defeated Sheamus to win the World Heavyweight Championship
Eve defeated Layla and Kaitlyn to retain the WWE Divas Championship
CM Punk defeated Ryback to retain the WWE Championship as referee Brad Maddox low-blowed Ryback then quick counted Ryback down.

Thoughts

What can I honestly say about this show? Not much happened. The only two real big notes out of this was Big Show winning and Ryback getting screwed.

The more I read and hear about this show, the more I'm glad I didn't attempt to watch it. I'm ready to get to Survivor Series in three weeks.

Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	Vocal Group of the Year Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum Little Big Town The Band Perry Zac Brown Band
Female Vocalist of the Year Kelly Clarkson Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Carrie Underwood Taylor Swift	Male Vocalist of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church Blake Shelton Keith Urban
Vocal Duo of the Year Big & Rich Civil Wars Love and Theft Sugarland Thompson Square	New Artist of the Year Lee Brice Brantley Gilbert Hunter Hayes Love and Theft Thompson Square
Album of the Year Eric Church-Chief Miranda Lambert-For The Record Dierks Bentley-Home Lady Antebellum-Own The Night Luke Bryan-Tailgates & Tanlines	Music Video of the Year Kenny Chesney-Come Over Miranda Lambert-Over You Little Big Town-Pontoon Toby Keith-Red Solo Cup Eric Church-Springsteen
Song of the Year Eli Young Band-Even If It Breaks Your Heart Blake Shelton-God Gave Me You Dierks Bentley-Home Miranda Lambert-Over You Eric Church-Springsteen	Single of the Year Jason Aldean-Dirt Road Anthem Blake Shelton-God Gave Me You Dierks Bentley-Home Little Big Town-Pontoon Eric Church-Springsteen
Musical Event of the Year Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson-Dixie Highway Tim McGraw & Kenny Chesney-Feel Like A Rockstar Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson-Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die Lionel Richie-Stuck on You

This was country week and if you know me, you know I was excited. I love country music! That being said it was a great night of dancing, a much needed distraction from the weather reports on the East Coast.

One thing is for sure though, the cream is definitely raising to the top but it's becoming harder to judge as a fan.

Best: Sabrina/Louis, Shawn/Derek & Apolo/Karina

Worst: Emmit/Cheryl

Most Improved: Kristie/Maks

I will say I loved the group performance, actually more than last week. There was more to it and having Big & Rich and Cowboy Troy there brought out an amazing energy.

Results Show

After watching the results show, I have to agree with Tom, Week 6 sucks!!! How does a couple who gets a perfect score get booted from the show? None of this makes sense.

Bottom 2: Apolo/Karina, Sabrina/Louis

Eliminated: Sabrina/Louis

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. There's not much else to say on this.

Next week it be a fun week with hybrid dance styles.

Episode:Ghostbusting at the Stash

This week's show ended up being very Halloween themed. Let me first say I don't believe in ghosts or spirits. I don't judge those who do, but it's not my thing. Nor do I believe in the legend of The Jersey Devil, despite growing up in Jersey. Honestly I think the lady who claimed to channel the spirits in the basement of the Stash was seriously crazy, BUT I admit I laughed really hard at Rob Bruce scaring Ming in the woods.

As for sales, it was almost all Thundercats related. I've never been a huge T-Cats fan but watching Ming talk about it amused me.

Not a bad show this week, just too spirit centric for me.

10/27/12: Milwaukee Admirals at Houston Aeros

Apparently the Admirals forgot how to score goals, either that or they just wanted to come home from Texas. The Aeros win 4-0, Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves for the shutout.

10/31/12:Charlotte Checkers at Milwaukee Admirals

What a game! I hate to say it but can Magnus Hellberg start more games? He's now 2-0 as a starter. In a wild back and forth game, Daniel Bang score more than half way through the third to give the Ads the lead and they hung on for a 5-4 win. It was their first home win of the season.

Tomorrow the Ads stay home for another game against Lake Erie, then they head right on the road for a game in Peoria on Saturday night then a Wednesday morning game in Grand Rapids.

Wrestling Newsbytes

Jerry Lawler Returning

On Raw this week, WWE announced that Jerry "The King" Lawler will be back on TV on 11/12. Great news after his massive heart attack last month.

Beth Phoenix reportedly granted released from WWE

On Raw, Vickie Guerrero "fired" Beth Phoenix to write her off TV. Beth asked for her release a couple of weeks back so this is a long time coming.

Adam Pearce and Colt Cabana leave the NWA World Heavyweight Championship behind

On Saturday night after match seven of their Seven Levels of Hate series, which Colt won, Adam Pearce leave the NWA and vacated the title after the NWA didn't sanction their match. Colt refused the belt and they left it behind in the middle of the ring in Australia.

Quick Hits

• Congrats to the San Francisco Giants on winning the World Series. It kinda came and went and it's over and done with.
• Green Day cancelled the rest of their 2012 tour dates and postponed their 2013 dates due to Billy Joe being in rehab. Honestly after happened at the I Heart Radio Festival, I hope he takes his time to properly rehab.
• Full credit to David Letterman & Jimmy Fallon for doing the show to empty studios in New York on Monday despite the weather.
• Taylor Swift sold 1.2 million copies of Red in it's first week. She has become the first woman to sell over one million albums on the opening week with two separate albums. The Backstreet Boys, NSync and Eminem are the only artists to do that in the past and that was in the TRL era when CD sales were red hot.
• Green Day moved up the release date of ¡Tre! to December instead of 2013. So ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! are coming out less than a month apart. It's good for the Christmas season for fans but it's times like this where I'm glad I have Spotify.

CD Review

Today's new album came out on Tuesday. First the positive, it's a country album. If you want the old school twang of country with the patent Toby twist, this is your album. The album flies by at a fast pace which is always good. A song like Haven't Seen The Last of You and Get Got will definitely be big radio hits if you ask me.

The negatives are the same issue I have with most Toby albums. 90% of the album is about drinking in some variation. This is evident in I Like Girls That Drink Beer and Cold Beer Country. I have no problem with drinking songs, I sing them at karaoke, but he's not Luke Bryan, the whole album doesn't have about it. Toby should take a page from label mate Trace Adkins when it comes to CD variety.

On the deluxe edition there are bonus tracks. I do not like the remixes of Red Solo Cup and Beers Ago. They should have been left alone. I do love live tracks, no matter what, so those made me happy.

Overall, an alright album. Not his best though.

Favorite Song:Haven't Seen The Last of You

Grade:C+

That's it for this issue. This has been a busy week in this blog and I'm going to try to post a bit more. On Sunday morning, I post my thoughts on the Ryback situation, I was very wrong but still. Also I did a story on the history of American Idol winners and then I did a redo of the WWE roster split if it did happen again today, and of course my NFL Week 9 picks are up.

Next week, I will do a CMA Awards report, will be covering any important stories from today's WWE conference call and other stuff that has nothing to do with the election. Till then, have a good week and thank you for reading.

NFL Picks Week 9

Week 8 Results: 9-5

Kansas City/San Diego
Denver/Cincinnati
Baltimore/Cleveland
Arizona/Green Bay
Buffalo/Houston
Miami/Indianapolis
Detroit/Jacksonville
Chicago/Tennessee
Carolina/Washington
Tampa Bay/Oakland
Minnesota/Seattle
Pittsburgh/NY Giants
Dallas/Atlanta
Philadelphia/New Orleans

WWE Roster Split (2012 edition)

There was a topic that came up on the PWTorch Livecast if the WWE could actually do a full roster split in 2012. Well when I hear things like that I run with it so I present my 2012 WWE Roster Split.



GM: Ric Flair

CM Punk (WWE Champion) (with Paul Heyman)
John Cena
Wade Barrett
Kofi Kingston (Intercontinental Champion)
The Miz
Zack Ryder
Santino
Brodus Clay
Seth Rollins
Ritchie Steamboat
Dean Ambrose

Tag Team Division
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane)
Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow)
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara
Epico & Primo (with Rosa)
The Usos
3MB
Ascension

Divas
AJ
Kaitlyn
Natalya
Tamina



GM: Booker T

The Big Show (World Heavyweight Champion)
Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler (MITB Holder)
Alberto Del Rio
Mark Henry
Ryback
Antonio Cesaro (United States Champion)
Christian
R-Truth
Jack Swagger
Justin Gabriel
Tyson Kidd
Yoshi Tatsu
Derrick Bettman
Leo Kruger
Kassius Ohno
Bray Wyatt

Divas
Eve (Divas Champion)
Layla
Alicia Fox
Aksana

American Idol Historical Successes

There was a question posed on EW's website on who was the most successful and least successful American Idol winner. The question was grazed without much thought and not really answered so I jumped on it and ran with the topic.

This list ranks the eleven Idol winners. It is based on CD sales, awards, gold and platinum sales as well as other music success since winning.

The ranking are based on numbers AFTER the person won Idol. Any albums released pre-Idol do not count.

Some are obvious, some are alot more difficult. So let's get started...

#1

What do you have to say about Carrie that hasn't already been said? She has won 116 awards, including five Grammys, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, and an amazing 34 country awards (CMA, ACM, ACA, CMT combined.) she has had sixteen songs hit gold/platinum, all four of his albums have been certified multi-platinum and ever became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. All this plus being an award show host and even the reason for a trade to bring her future husband from Ottawa to Nashville. That all before the age of 30. There was no doubt she is deserving to be on the top of this list.

#2

The original American Idol. Kelly is one of a kind, beautiful and has the best humble attitude. (Just wanted to say all that.) She has won 70 awards, including two Grammys and twelve Billboard Awards. She has had fourteen single skyrocket to the top, and all her albums except one has gone at least platinum. She's now one of the most well know women in pop music and still has a long career to go.

#3

Jordin has quietly become a name in the pop/R&B world. While her sales haven't been amazing, she has had four mega hits, including the star making duet with Chris Brown, No Air. She is currently the last female to win Idol and has made the most of it.

#4

The minute Scotty opened his mouth, everyone knew he would be a star. After he won Idol he entered a built in mega country world looking for a new young star. Since then he has won three country awards and he became the fastest male Idol winner to have an album certified platinum. With such a hot start, his career is already looking amazing.

#5

While I have never been a fan of Fantasia, you can't ignore her moderate success. While she never has had great sales success, she has fifteen awards to her credit into two Billboard Music Awards and awards for her role in The Color Purple on Broadway. She has had a rough life but does deserve her due.

#6

While David never became the rock star he expected to become, he's still a star. With two major hits, he deserves more credit then he gets and should actually be on the same level as Daughtry.

#7

Never is the history of Idol has someone actually had his coronation song get certified double platinum. You can't go anywhere without hearing Home, especially during the Olympics. His first album comes out in November and people are truly looking forward to it. In a world where a male Idol winner usually disappears, this unexpected success is amazing to see.

#8

After a lackluster R&B run, Ruben found his standing in Gospel. Unfortunately he has no real success to show it off. With only one award to his credit and nothing else, he's one of the biggest disappoint in Idol history.

#9

I really like Kris. His most recent album is really good, unfortunately most people didn't buy it or get into it. He has one has one major hit single and is the only Idol winner to pull his coronation song off the Idol tour set list. It's disappointing he's not more popular.

#10

 If you look at the list of Idol winners, you forget Taylor actually won. A fan favorite in his season never truly took off after the moderate success of his first album.

#11

If an Idol winner releases a second album, gets no press and no one buys it, did it really happen? That describes Lee's music career now. He actually did release an album last year and it was virtually unheard from. It's sad what has happened here, but it is fitting for the winner of the season that most fans hated.