Hi everyone,

In light of recent events, namely Y2J losing his WHC title at Survivor Series and YouTube going Widescreen, I've decided to re-edit and re-render 4 or 5 upcoming episodes. This has slowed things down a bit but anyways, here's the latest schedule:

BTB 41: Stone Cold's Return?
Below the Belt - Episode 41.. Monday 1st December

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

Questions..
"hey i was wondering if youre gonna talk about stone cold for his return one more match match up becuase charlie hass mentioned this past moday catch stone cold on ppv if he does return for one more match who do you think there is for him to go agianst if it does take place at wrestlemania 25 ?" by fortminorproject, United States

BTB 42: Best/Worst WWE Films and Actors
Below the Belt - Episode 42.. Friday 5th December

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

Questions..
"What do you think of WWE's role and ambition in putting their stars in their own movies? Do you like WWE produced films? If so, or not, which one? Who is WWE's best actor in the silver screen thus far?" by anonymous, Unknown

BTB 43: WWE Experimenting with New Talent
Below the Belt - Episode 43.. Wednesday 10th December

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

"Experimenting with new WWE talent. For example, The Brian Kendrick, R Truth, 'The Gold Standard' Shelton Benjamin, 'The Russian Destroyer' Kozlov. Please explain or please comment on the effect of the WWE for actually pushing these new wrestlers. Is it a good move? Or a Bad move? And if it's so should any of the current rising stars be pushed anyway?" by anonymous, Unknown

BTB 46: TNA Special
Below the Belt - Episode 46.. Wednesday 17th December
TBC

BTB 47: The Royal Roulette
Below the Belt - Episode 47.. Wednesday 24th December (Christmas Eve)
TBC

BTB 48: The 2008 BTB Awards
Below the Belt - Episode 48.. Wednesday 31st December (New Years Eve)
TBC

As you can see there isn't much of a change except for this week's episodes which were 3, one of those has been moved to next week, so..
That's 2 episodes this week and 2 next week. Got it?! Cool :)

Regards, Cliff

With the big PPV over please post your thoughts on this year's Survivor Series

Here are the results..
Five-on-five Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Michaels (Shawn Michaels, Rey Mysterio, Cryme Tyme (JTG and Shad), and The Great Khali) vs. Team JBL (John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Kane, Montel Vontavious Porter, John Morrison and The Miz)

A very nice opener match which had the crowd going nuts by the end with the biggest pops going to HBK and Mysterio. An exceptional end with a countout on JBL and then the pin on Morrison who tried to pull out HBK's own move "sweet chin music" only to have it done on him
Survivors: Shawn Michaels, Rey Mysterio, The Great Khali

Five-on-Five Divas Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Raw (Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, and Jillian Hall) vs. Team SmackDown (Michelle McCool, Victoria, Maria, Maryse, and Natalya)

Horrible, horrible match! The only somewhat interesting thing about it is the so-called "shoot" fight between McCool and Maryse.. but that got really Boring fast! And that's simply because Maryse is really, really bad (and not in a good way too)! The sad thing is you can tell a few of the Divas thought they were using technical moves but what they did didn't flow right like a perfectly timed choreographed dance (it was the opposite of what Shelton Benjamin does in his sleep). Meh. Why the WWE bothers with "Divas" instead of Female Wrestlers who are also Hot is beyond me. hmm
Survivor: Beth Phoenix (sweet)

Casket match
The Undertaker vs. The Big Show

This match started off great. I loved it when Undertaker jumped onto the Big Show while he was lying on a table and it snapped in half. That was awesome! But the match slowed down alot after that point. It got better at the end where Big Show was thrown into an up right Coffin but other than that this match was a little disapointing
Winner: The Undertaker (and I really hope this feud's over now)

Five-on-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Batista (Batista, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Matt Hardy and R-Truth) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton, Shelton Benjamin, William Regal, Cody Rhodes and Mark Henry)

The Best Match of the Night bar none! This was a very solid match from start to end. Even when the big guys got in the ring it didn't slow down much at all. Punk had a quick win against Reagal which I thought was hilarious, Shelton was perfect in his matchups against R Truth and Kofi, and the end had a predictable feel to it with Batista outnumbered but the way they finished this match was even better
Survivors: Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes

Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship
Triple H (c) vs Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jeff Hardy

Rumours were rampant that Jeff was taken out of this match because he was found unconscious in his room and in fact it was announced that he would not be involved. Matt later explained what had happened to his brother Jeff. Was it Drugs? The answer was no. He'd been attacked. hmm. This smelled instantly of a "work"

During the match between Triple P and Kozlov it didn't surprise me at all that the first and only "Boring" chants for a match got going. Not even the Diva's match got this kind of response and I'll have to admit it was up until the very last minute when Vickie came out to announce a third compeditor that the crowd and I could recover from being bored out of our brains. No, it wasn't Jeff but someone we didn't expect to see who was the 3rd man. It was, in fact, a really skinny guy who looked alot like Mike Knox. You might have heard of him.. Edge or something :p I guess Edge found a way back from Hell when the Undertaker sent him there in their last match. Go figure!

Anyway, the Ultimate Opportunist pinned an already useless Triple P who could only lose after being attacked by 3 other guys. hmm. Oh yeah, Jeff came out and attacked Edge so I guess that explains the earlier attack on him. "Work", indeed and I knew it all along!!! muahaha
Winner: Edge (huh? Where'd he come from.. oh yeah, that's right! Hell, of course.. duh)

Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho (c) vs. John Cena

Y2J and Cena pulled out all the stops in this very good match-up of Mind vs Strength
Cena toyed with his "ring rust" for the majority of the match but magically overcame his "fears" and prevailed with a final FU for the win. Very nice!
Winner: John Cena

Highlights
Two title changes! That was really unexpected and awesome at the same time, definitely Team Orton vs Team Batista, and Team Michaels vs Team JBL

So are you happy with the winners? What matches did you like? What matches didn't you like? What stood out the most as the best match to you and who was best wrestler?

Regards, Cliff

Hi everyone,

The last week has been pretty full-on. I've edited and rendered 5 episodes of BTB and finally come up with a rough schedule for the remaining 8, yes! eight, episodes of your favorite YouTube wrestling commentary show - Below The Belt

Contrary to an earlier spoiler post I've decided to change the order of uploads for a much better flow from the last episode to the next and so forth

So here goes..
** SPOILERS BEWARE ** (Highlight to see spoilers)

BTB 44: Why aren't you a TNA and WWE fan?
Below the Belt - Episode 44..

In this episode we return to our usual format where anything goes and try to answer your subscriber submitted questions

"can you explain to the ppl why are you not a tna and wwe fan" by battelguy, United States

BTB 45: Top 10 Worst Wrestlers
Below the Belt - Episode 45.. Wednesday 26th November

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

"who i the top 10 worst wrestlers ever and also is eugne one of them" by battelguy, United States

BTB 41: Stone Cold's Return?
Below the Belt - Episode 41.. Friday 28th November

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

Questions..
"hey i was wondering if youre gonna talk about stone cold for his return one more match match up becuase charlie hass mentioned this past moday catch stone cold on ppv if he does return for one more match who do you think there is for him to go agianst if it does take place at wrestlemania 25 ?" by fortminorproject, United States

BTB 42: Best/Worst WWE Films and Actors
Below the Belt - Episode 42.. Wednesday 3rd December

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

Questions..
"What do you think of WWE's role and ambition in putting their stars in their own movies? Do you like WWE produced films? If so, or not, which one? Who is WWE's best actor in the silver screen thus far?" by anonymous, Unknown

BTB 43: WWE Experimenting with New Talent
Below the Belt - Episode 43.. Wednesday 10th December

In this episode we try to answer another subscriber submitted question

"Experimenting with new WWE talent. For example, The Brian Kendrick, R Truth, 'The Gold Standard' Shelton Benjamin, 'The Russian Destroyer' Kozlov. Please explain or please comment on the effect of the WWE for actually pushing these new wrestlers. Is it a good move? Or a Bad move? And if it's so should any of the current rising stars be pushed anyway?" by anonymous, Unknown

BTB 46: TNA Special
Below the Belt - Episode 46.. Wednesday 17th December
TBC

BTB 47: The Royal Roulette
Below the Belt - Episode 47.. Wednesday 24th December (Christmas Eve)
TBC

BTB 48: The 2008 BTB Awards
Below the Belt - Episode 48.. Wednesday 31st December (New Years Eve)
TBBC

If you've decided to spoil yourself the hidden dates (above) should be correct for the final few BTB Season 2 episodes. I haven't edited the last 3 episodes so there may be adjustments so please check here for any updates

Post your thoughts and cheers :)

Regards, Cliff

Hi everyone,

I know I promised someone that I'd film a post-political review in the wake of Obama being elected the 45th President of the USA, but that vid has since been shelved since New Zealand voted in a center-right government (The National Party) with our fricken version of George W Bush (John Key) into power

I hope this post will suffice for the vid that didn't happen and before I begin be warned.. lots of personal political views from here on so skip to the bottom if you just want to know about BTB :)

Continuuing on, I received a double whammy when one of the Parties I gave my vote to (we have MMP here) crossed over to the political dark-side and are now buddy-buddy chum-chumy with the National Party

I tell ya, that's the last time I vote "Maori" Party. To me, they have effectively become the flea on a dog of a poor-man's cousin who happens to know Darth Vader (note earlier "dark-side" reference, so yeah, they really suck but not in a cool Darth Vader kinda way but in a really really crappy way. Okay, totally OT at the moment.. moving on!). And, since when are the Maori people a right-wing anything?! errr!

What gripes my a@$ the most about the situation in New Zealand is poor Helen Clark, of The Labour Party and former Prime Minister, put years of her life looking after our country. She literally got screwed in the a$$ by thousands and thousands of Kiwis in one night when they voted for The National Party. Not because they hated her or her party, oh no! In fact, most Kiwis will agree that she did a marvelous job as did her party in the top role. Huh?

So why did NZ turn their backs on Helen Clark and The Labour Party? Well, Selected Kiwis who were put on the obviously PRO right-wing TV1 morning show would say "the crime rate is really high", and "we need a change", blah blah blah. To me that is complete B#ll$h&t!!!

Here's a really horrible example of a governmental change that didn't go well - Germany. They voted in the Nazis, need I say more. Anyway, the whole world disagreed with that decision. Now, I'm clearly not comparing the National Party to Nazis so I'll let you decide for yourself what to compare them to in a few years time, "The Bee's Knees" or a "Big Pile of Poop"? I guess we'll see

Sadly, my own sister told me (before the elections) that she'd be totally screwed with the National Party in power but she was voting for them anyway because, and.. I quote "The Labour Party was selling too much land". Huh? There's no reason in that statement at all! Firstly, the selling of land has nothing to do with her personally and secondly because she is completely wrong :s

I think I've vented all I can athough I could keep going on and thank you for listening to (or technically reading) my thoughts

Finally, onto other matters..
They'll be a slight delay in this week's schedule but a new BTB episode will be up in the next few days (not today or tomorrow) like it has been in the last few weeks

Cheers!

Regards, Cliff

PS: On the US Elections, I think it's awesome that Barack got in. I don't like how The Republicans are down playing his achievement though by saying something along the lines of "It's their moment. The first Black President...", etc etc. Actually, he won because he's just better and smarter than both McCain and Palin put together, although to be honest that's not hard. And let's not put the "race card" into this. He's just better, it's as plain and simple as that

Hi all,

Here's a few spoilers for you, loyal fans, on the next 3 episodes of your favorite ever wrestling commentary show on the YouTube channel lostinz. Haha, lolz :p..

** SPOILERS BEWARE ** (Highlight to see spoilers)

BTB 40: The Question Roulette
Below the Belt - Episode 40..
In this episode try to answer your subscriber submitted questions with the Return of Season One's very popular "Question Roulette" format

Questions..
"Hey L,M,C. What do you think are the best and worst match types?" by ExtremeChris300, United States
"Quick question for you Cliff. Why do you think that Mr. McMahon persists in Kayfabe injuries? Is it to give himself a break from acting on the show or is he sometimes actually injured?" by wolverinehater435, United States
"Real relationships in Wrestling.. do you think it's healthy for the wrestling business? Why and why not?" by anonymous, Unknown

BTB 41: Subscriber QNA! (1 of 2)
Below the Belt - Episode 41..
In this episode we return to our usual format where anything goes and try to answer your subscriber submitted questions

Questions..
"hey i was wondering if youre gonna talk about stone cold for his return one more match match up becuase charlie hass mentioned this past moday catch stone cold on ppv if he does return for one more match who do you think there is for him to go agianst if it does take place at wrestlemania 25 ?" by fortminorproject, United States

BTB 42: Subscriber QNA! (2 of 2)
Below the Belt - Episode 42..
In this episode we return to our usual format where anything goes and try to answer your subscriber submitted questions

Questions..
"What do you think of WWE's role and ambition in putting their stars in their own movies? Do you like WWE produced films? If so, or not, which one? Who is WWE's best actor in the silver screen thus far?" by anonymous, Unknown

That's all for now and I hope that's a nice sneak peek into the future for the show. And remember, if you've been following recent developments you can see we're still far from over!

Post your thoughts and cheers :)

Regards, Cliff

Below the Belt - Episode 39 Part 2 (2 of 2)
In this episode we answer subscriber submitted question using the Beat the Clock format

Questions:
"What do you think of this idea for a match? A steelcage bullrope match" by ExtremeChris300

Music by nocreeps "Delirium". Permissible by Creative Commons licence from Jamendo

Hi everyone,

I just thought I'd give you an update on how filming went on Saturday for the final 3 episodes of BTB Season 2 (and the regular series)

Well, let's just say it was both a blast and a somewhat emotional event for all 3 hosts (Lenaire, Michael, and myself). This journey began almost a year to the day as I asked them if they'd like to be "interviewed" for a video. This would showcase their thoughts on wrestling and be uploaded to YouTube. Little did we know that some people would actually watch us and become fans of the show. Thank you!

The first episode we filmed was the TNA SPECIAL. This went off pretty well despite our limited knowledge of the promotion. Michael was entertaining as always while Lenaire helped to ground the show, and I would ask the hard questions and keep us on topic (which, as you know, I do terribly, lolz, but that's a part of the fun I guess)

The second episode we filmed was the ROYAL ROULETTE. This episode really tested our ability to make concise points and voice our opinions. As the timekeeper I had to play double duty but tried to throw in my views where possible

The final and third episode we filmed was the 2008 BTB AWARDS SHOW. I personally selected the categories and nominees while the winner for each was carefully and seriously decided between all 3 hosts (yes, even Michael can do it!), and alas we can finally say that we actually put some pre-thought into an episode! lolz

As already mentioned, all three episodes were a blast to film and somewhat emotional to finish on. I look forward to uploading them for you however I still have many, many more episodes to post before you can watch these so stay tuned because BTB is still far from over for you - the fans!

Regards, Cliff