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Dueling Chair Shots
by Kurt La Mont
column date 01/29/2000

The Franchise vs. The Judge.  Who would have thought it would ever came to this.  One pretzel vendor remark and we have a full fledged feud.  Since it’s unlikely that feud will be settled in the ring I thought that it would be interesting to look at the tale of the tape with the assistance of my good friend from ESPN Nick Bakay (NO GOAL!) to see who would come the winner in a grudge match.

Nickname:
Jeff Jones - The Judge    Frank Romeo - The Franchise
Advantage - Romeo - Franchise has a nice ring to it

Greatest Moment:
Jeff Jones - Managing Awesome to the Title  Frank Romeo - Winning a pool tournament
Advantage - Jones - The pool tournament only ranks between the TV Belt and Tag Belts

Gimmick stolen from:
Jeff Jones - Judge Judy    Frank Romeo - Shane Douglas
Advantage - Romeo - Judge Judy is all bark and no bite

Wrestling experience:
Jeff Jones - Referee and Manager   Frank Romeo - Cancelled Wrestling class
Advantage - Jones - The versitily pays off here

Column Style:
Jeff Jones - Says stuff we already know about Frank Romeo - In depth ECW insights
Advantage - Romeo - The ECWnews.com columns are superior

Envy of ECW fans:
Jeff Jones - Works in ECW   Frank Romeo - Has Front Row Arena seats
Advantage - Romeo - People would kill for those seats and you don’t have to take the ring apart either

Biggest Fear:
Jeff Jones - Internet Critisicm   Frank Romeo - Mandatory 8 AM classes on Friday
Advantage - Jones - Those 8 AM classes are killers, especially in winter

Better ECW wear:
Jeff Jones - ECW jackets    Frank Romeo - ECWnews.com shirts
Advantage - Jones - The ECWnews.com budget just can’t compare

Career goal:
Jeff Jones - To fianlly get over   Frank Romeo - Educate the next generation
Advantage - Romeo - Someone has to teach the next generation of Smarts

Winner:  In a hard fought, grueling cage match The Franchise pulls out the clean victory after putting The Judge through a table with a flying elbow of the top of the cage.  In a post match interview The Franchise credited his skill of setting up tables quickly with enabling him to pull out the victory.

There you have it.  It’s all really easy when you break things down scientifically.  And remember, the numbers never lie.