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Living Dangerously preview:
At long last we finally know that there will be at least a few matches at LD ‘00.  Actually, the count is up to 4 matches with a fifth being the winners of TV tournament semi-finals.

Steve Corino v. Dusty Rhodes (bull rope match):
While this match is not confirmed (are any matches in ECW EVER confirmed?) Corino issued the challenge and there’s no reason to believe that the match won’t go down.  I figure that Corino will get the victory in this one.  We’ll probably even get a bionic elbow or two out of Dusty.  One thing I pray I don’t see is yellow polka dot tights.

Guido v. Super Crazy (TV Title tournament semi-final #1):
Sandman v. Rhino (TV Title tournament semi-final #2):
I’m a tournament mark so I’m glad that this was added to the card.  The appeal is that you never know what will happen.  However, with these the winners of these two matches seem pretty clear cut to me.  Super Crazy is the easy pick in the first match and it only makes sense for him to wrestle Rhino in the finals so that it will shape up as The Network vs. ECW.  Both semi-final matches should be good but I image that they’ll save a lot for the finals.  I imagine that Super Crazy will get the clean pinfall but I expect that Rhino will win with some outside interference.

Super Crazy v. Rhino (TV Title tournament final):
Here is where the choice is a tough one.  You can really make a strong argument one way or another why either wrestler will win.  I’ll go with Rhino in this one as he is TNN’s TV champion and it’s a good way to get more heat for Cyrus down the road.  The intriguing part of this matchup is the 2 completely different wrestling styles of Super Crazy and Rhino.  It will be interesting to see how it will work out.  I have a gut feeling that this will be the match of the night.

Awesome/Raven v. Impact Players v. Tanaka/Dreamer (Tag Team Championship 3 way dance):
This is another tough match to figure out.  There’s a lot of twists and turns that this match can take as there will be all kinds of outside influences with Vandenburg, Dawn Marie, Jason, and Francine roaming around ringside.  My guess is that Tanaka and Dreamer will be eliminated first as Raven pins Dreamer after help from Francine.  I then see the Impact Players regaining the Tag Belts when Justin Credible pins Raven.

My hope is that I whiff on these predictions as there’s nothing worse than knowing what will happen before it actually does happen.  While this PPV shaped up as a real dog a week ago I think this PPV will exceed people’s expectations.  Whenever it looks like ECW will put out a bad show they surprise you with a great one.  I have a feeling that will happen again here.
 

Rivalries:
It seems every columnist has a fued with someone except me.  First it was G. vs. everybody, then it was Frank v. Jeff Jones and now its CJ v. The Torch.  I was amused when I saw that the Torch made a referrence to the challenge in an article that was not nearly as funny as the author thought it was.  So in the coming weeks I hope to find someone to pick a fight with.

Presidential Endorsement:
With Super Tuesday taking place I would like to take the oppurtunity to let the faithful readers of Dueling Chair Shots know that this column officially endorses John McCain for President.  Be sure to vote early and often on Tuesday.[ECWNews.com note- Mr LaMont's feelings about Senator McCain are his own and not those of the staff and management of ECWNEWS.com]

More good stuff next week as I’ll be back with the Living Dangerously ‘00 review

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