Dansperry, not bad. Realistically, to get on RAW, we would both have to be fakes. Criss would make three. I think years ago there was a court ruling that they could'nt even refer to it as a match, so they began calling it 'Match-up' on TV. In a physical match, Crow would probably kill me. In a mental match, I might have a chance. As you may have noticed, my main objective here is to expose the mighty Angel. I don't know your opinion of him, but I suggest that anybody who buys his act or supports him has to be highly gullible. I understand lonely women loving him, but those who make a living with magic justifying what he does, is totally un-real. I'm still laughing about 'Magician of the Century', these people are probably in the Special Olympics.

I vote for HAL and Crow Garrett to get their own guest spot on RAW for a "loser leaves iTricks" match...

I thought you were leaving two posts ago???? ::sigh:: what ever... You can't beLIEve anything these days!

::sigh:: what ever...

CROW: Will you ever stop contradicting yourself???? Unless I am senile, you said two or three times before that you were leaving, not posting anymore, yet you keep coming back. This is twice you've called it the Special Olympics, isn't that repetitive? Maybe like practice what you preach? Now, you're leaving again, I might risk a $1.00 bet you'll be back to critisize me again. You support dear Criss, what is more done over and over than "ARE YOU READY" before every stupid, stolen trick he does, and a wet camera lens at the end? In case you haven't noticed, the articles I post on get way, way, way, way more posts than ANY of the others. I wonder why, somebody is paying attention. Complain as you may, I don't think you can deny that .

Hal again this is that damn Special Olympic repetitive crap that I was talking about. You keep giving all of us your personal opinion, over and over and over again. You keep telling us (as a defense) your personal opinion as if you believe that we care. You said it once. You should not have to say it again. But yet I read it from you over and over again. Congrats you just won the gold. Peace out I'm going to join Tim Drake. These forums are starting to lose the fun factor they once had...

You can read what the guys at pwtorch thought of Criss as guest host here http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9...

As a wrestling fan and magic fan (but not a Criss Angel fan), I have to say I thought Criss came across OK on Raw. I didn't think it was great--the backstage magic seemed a bit too set-up and there was no live performance in-front of the crowd--but it definitely wasn't bad. He did his thing and he seemed like he was there have to fun, and he didn't come across as "too cool" to be on WWE TV.

If I had to go one way or the other, I'd give Criss a thumbs up.

Well gee, thanks for paying attention to me. Criss had his face on Oprah too. I do give him credit for being the con man that he is. To me, he's the same as Sylvia, Uri, Poppoff, Hinn, Pro wrestlers (sorry Justin, I just don't understand people cheering for a winner in a match that's already decided before it starts) etc., etc. They all have millions, followers, worshippers like Criss does. It doesn't say anything for his talent or character. Uri Geller made a fortune bending spoons, does he have any real talent except as a con artist? Criss like all the rest just takes advantage of gullible people. As for his performance on WWE, what did he do???? Three minutes of his same old routine.

the thread performance was weak...

Hal normally I don't pay attention to you but something on your last post caught my eye (and you were wise to keep it shorter then most of your post). you said, "Let's face it, this was just another pronotion for beLIEve, whick of course was in the backround." You say it as if you are trying to knock him... But in the mean time what you don't realize is you aren't knocking him what so ever. The ratings for RAW came in and that episode drew in 5.1 million viewers world wide. He was promoting Believe and his new magic set. Give him the benefit of the doubt. It was amazing advertisement. Love him or hate him, he still got his face into the home of 5.1 million people in one night...

Yes Criss' Off Broadway show had a nice stint in the basement of what was at the time WWE's Time Square building. The show was really good. 10 times better then Believe in Vegas.

But who am I to knock what he is doing. He is making millions and will keep making millions. If I start knocking him or his act I will become a shallow person that will fail to move towards success in my own life. It would be wiser to focus on my carer or life then to focus on his in hope that he makes a mistake. Say he does make a mistake going into a crash and burn. What would I be left with then? He still has more to show then I do... (Something for some of you to think about.) ;-)

Let's face it, this was just another pronotion for beLIEve, whick of course was in the backround. He did the thread bit on Mindfake, the number trick with a wrestling stooge, and the knife trick (which i've never seen before). Why did'nt he use his psychic powers to predict who would win the matches? The other thing I find amazing, on a "LIVE" show, is that NOBODY ever wins a match while the commercials are running...Hmmmmm Criss sure fits right in with wrestling.

Yup

I remember seeing Criss Angel hanging on fish hooks at WWF New York almost a decade ago. Wasn't this also the location of his "off broadway" show?

Love him or hate him, He did a good job.

The WWE's blueprint on their TV show's is that if they are doing Huge talking Segments "Promo's" They will be done as Backstage segments (Filmed ahead of time). Unless they involve 2 main stars to further push their battle between each other (those will be done in the ring). So I was not surprised to see Angel do his segments back stage. Plus you have to keep in mind that the WWE's Raw is scheduled for 2 hours 5min, Most times then not they will go about 2 Hours 15 min. Add the commercial breaks and and the the 10 to 20 min matches. Leaving about 20 min for Talk time. They are really pressured for time. I'm amazed that they actually gave him 3 segments to perform.

Other then the fact that I'm not into the whole "Mysterious melodramatic" persona that he likes to put off. He did a good job. And I do give him the benefit of a doubt that he does know how to work a crowd and he has great stage presents (talking about his in ring spot).

And the effects were good. I was surprised to see him do Wayne Houchin's Thread. The number effect and the Roulette thing are effects he does all the time. But again good for Angel, he did something no other magician has done. And its nice to see him give back to the ones who helped him out.

A magician who's not a fan of Criss Angel? I'm shocked. His performance was like an 'I Love Lucy' re-run, seen it 100 times. I liked when, in his Elmer Fudd voice, he asked, 'Are you ready for the Main Avent'. I did'nt spell it wrong, avent. It was a travesty. They should have had a REAL match with Criss and Callahan.

Well didn't Criss win the Merlin Award for 'Magcian of the Century'? Or was that David Copperfield? Or did they both get it?... it's soooo confusing!!!

I'm a magician as well as a long time wrestling fan, and even though I'm not a fan of Criss Angel, I thought it was cool how two of my interests were shown on one TV show. The ironic part was that I missed a lot of RAW including Angel's "mindfreaks" because I was watching the second monday night TNA iMPACT! TNA! TNA! TNA!

Hi Justin: I was just reporting, about a week ago it said Ric Flair called 911 because his wife attacked him. Some time ago, his son beat him up. Who's the wrestler here? How would Hogan feel if he lost to somebody who can't beat his wife? My brother is a big wrestling fan. BTW, I called to wish you a happy birthday and played Marilyn Monroe singing to 'YOU'.

I tend to agree, the crowd seems really ready to love him. If he performed
for the audience it would have gotten a massive pop.

they sure announced best magician of the century enough. He looked like he was trying too hard and that it was staged by using WWE wrestlers as his spectators. He would have been better off performing 1 trick then 3, and doing it in front of the complete audience then from back stage.

Now Hal, I can put up with a lot of smack talk here but I will tolerate no
ill words for Ric Flair. Wooooo!

It was ok. Since he couldn't wrestle, there was not much he could really do.

Well, you asked for it. What could the Magician of the Century do "LIVE"? He did the knife trick on Oprah, guessing the number, please....thread in the eye from Mindfake, this was a magic performance???? O'h, I forgot making the woman stop singing, that was a classic. How can he even be considered a bad magician, he's the worst. It was a toss up for the biggest fake, Criss or McMahon. "World's greatest illusionist of our time", must be the smae writers who script the matches. They should have put him in a match with Ric Flair, his son and wife beat him up, so Criss would probably look good. Hope I stuck to the subject here.