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Due to a lack of time and creativity this column will be relatively short.
However, after the stern lecture from a few days ago I felt the need to get
one out in a timely manner.

Hardcore Thursday:  Finally, the release of ECW's first video game.  While I
have heard mixed reviews and have not actually seen the game, other than
what's shown on the commercials, it sounds as if sales are strong.  Acclaim,
the maker of the video game as well as a minority owner of ECW, is reaping
the benefits of these brisk sales.  The stock of Acclaim (ticker: AKLM) went
up an astounding 38.5% on Monday.  This gain can be placed solely on the
success of ECW's Harcore Revolution as there have been no other
announcements by Acclaim that would make the stock go up.

Acclaim commercials:  I have only seen one commercial for the Hardcore
Revolution and I think it's great.  It definitely captures the essence of
ECW.  The black and white footage is a nice touch.

And while on the topic of ECW commercials, how weird is it to see a
commercial for ECW on a non-TNN channel?  And while on the topic of weird
ECW occurrences, how weird was it to see RVD and Dreamer on a morning talk
show?  And while on the topic of morning talk shows, how bad are those guys
on the Fox show that RVD and Dreamer were on?

TNN thoughts: I thought this show was better than the few previous shows.
Of course when you get an Awesome-Tanaka match the show will always be
strong.  However, this was a strong show from top to bottom.

For anyone that wants a good visual picture of what I was trying to describe
a few columns back about Sabu busting up his jaw a few years ago just take a
look at Super Crazy and his match against CW Anderson this week.  The
difference between Super Crazy and Sabu is that Sabu did the moonsault from
the top rope and had his jaw squarely hit the table leg and Super Crazy was
fortunate to miss the table legs on his landing.

I love a good pseudo-shoot promo and Chetti and Nova pulled out a good one
this week.  Actually, I though Chetti's part was exceptionally strong.  He
nailed a couple with he said that he made an impact with his head on the mat
from Taz at the House of Hardcore and talking about Justin Credible getting
trying to get over in the WWF by wearing a yellow jock strap and carrying
Shawn Michaels' bags.  I was surprised that he was able to do a 'serious'
promo with his self-absorbed character but he pulled it off.

More good stuff later.