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I'm starting to get into this, after having watched the Heroes of World Class doc and WWE's own program on them (which is actually very good). I'm cherry-picking at the moment, started out with the match from early '84 between Ric Flair and Chris Adams, which is quite good. A few questions; how far back does WWE's footage go? It starts in '82 but I got the impression from the Heroes doc that they were on television much further back from that. And given that they just recently put up a "Star Wars" show from 1982 in the Hidden Gems section, is there stuff they have from World Class that possibly wasn't broadcast (at least in it's entirety) on television?

Sean suggested a thread so here you go. Drop day is Monday. Let's talk some WWWF!

A 200 year old museum going up in flames. Fuck. Either way - Bellas vs Riott Squad is obviously going to rule.

I'LL JUST LEAVE THIS HERE, FELLAS

This week's edition of Raw and Smackdown sound like can't miss TV. Finally getting Roman as the champ, Ronda getting her victory lap, Becky addressing her turning on Charlotte, Miz gloating, Seth's the champ again... Great times are coming, lads.

Too many damn matches to post right now; will edit later. Let's go Big Dog!

Shayna Bazler vs Kairi Sane Mustache Mountain vs Undisputed Era Adam Cole vs Ricochet Tommaso Ciampa vs Johnny Gargano EC3 vs Velveteen Dream

Will Brock kill everyone? Are they seriously hyping AJ/Joe as a 5* match? Will the Tag Team Titles change hands tonight?

Good. Considering the reputations and actions of some other people who were inducted, and as of yet not kicked out, what he said was a drop in the bucket.

From the WO site:

Many titles were added several months ago, and new ones have been added in the last 24 hours including: British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith (1993) George The Animal Steele (1987) The Hulkster Hulk Hogan (1985) Hacksaw Jim Duggan (1989) Bret Hart: Greatest Matches (1993) Hulk Hogan: Real American (1989) Jake The Snake Roberts (1987) The Hart Foundation (1987) The Ken Patera Story (1987) Macho Man and Elizabeth (1987) Bruno Sammartino: Living Legend (1987) The Life and Times of Capt. Lou Albano (1986) The Undertaker - The Face of Fear (1994) Ricky The Dragon Steamboat (1986) Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits (…

Hyped for Foxy vs Ronda. Will be a certified hoot.

Starting the thread just so I can post this nifty compilation of times where Roman Reigns lost and was rewarded with a title match or a number one contenders opportunity before his next match...per Reddit. https://streamable.com/o76oa

They tried to hide it as best they can without running afoul of financial rules, and there's likely other things stuffed in that category as well, but it appears they got over $40 million for the show. Now that could be the lump sum for the year or just the amount they got for the Greatest Rumble, but either way it's pretty clear why WWE was so eager to sell the women down the river. From the Observer site's synopsis of the Q2 report that dropped today:

We'll have Roman Reigns vs Bob and Drew McIntyre vs Finn. Sounds good enough for me tbh

STACKED MAIN EVENT SCENE BABY

Hulk Hogan back in the WWE hall of fame after a "3 year suspension" apparently racism has a three year half life. https://www.wwe.com/article/hulk-hogan-reinstated-into-wwe-hall-of-fame?sf193730743=1 Will he turn up on the PPV/network special? In a skit with the new day? The full card for WWE Extreme Rules 2018 is as follows: WWE Championship Match AJ Styles (c) vs. Rusev Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens (Steel Cage Match) SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. Team Hell No Intercontinental Championship 30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins …

The main roster has been hot garbage this year and it's actually making me question for the first time the effort out out from almost every wrestler in the roster. Its not enjoyable anymore, I have stopped watching the TV and if Summerslam isn't presentable by my standards I will cherry pick this company in the future. I feel the roster is as much to blame for this PPV rut as the creative and the production at this point. As talented as this roster is, other rosters of past era's made gold out of chickenshit and I am questioning almost every guy on the roster's motivation inside the ring because the product they're outputting isn't good. It may be the fact that…

I attended RAW live tonight. I Will attend Smackdown tomorrow. RAW at 3 hours is fucking interminable. How do people watch it live? I watch it in an hour with DVR. Roman/Lashley ruled! Great pull apart brawl! Dive was sick. Womens Tag was good. Nia Jax's hot Tag BANGED! That was good. Then it was two hours of Suck. Drew vs Dolph was a solid mid tempo match with a strong heat segment that built to a hot finish. Roman/Lashley, Nia Jax hot Tag, Dolph promo and Drew/Seth. You have a great show! but two hours of snooze fest is unacceptable. Asuka/Ellsworth is gonna bang so hard tomorrow! So excited!

So Lesnar showed up last night in the UFC and challenged Cormier. It looks like the fight is going to happen in November/December/January. Does WWE get the belt off of Lesnar at Summerslam? Leaving the belt on Lesnar as he heads into a fight where he's a 5 to 2 underdog (and those odds seem way too close) and will be subject to random drug tests for 4 months sounds like a horrible idea.

http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/next-for-2017-wwe-unseen-matches-dvd-collection/134396/ This is due to come out in the summer and will be hosted by Sean Mooney. What can we realistically expect from this? Will the mythical Bret Hart vs Tom Magee match finally surface? Looks like it will cover 1986-1995

Bray Wyatt totalled his car and suffered some injuries. It seems we'll be getting Rollins vs Ziggler 30 minute Ironman Match at Extreme Rules. Revival v Roman + Lashley again Bayley and Sasha go to therapy Ronda announced as appearing at Extreme Rules with a "front row ticket" Also. Saw lots of dudes giving Neymar shit. Ya'll don't know good football.

Revival v Roman + Lashley again Bayley and Sasha go to therapy Ronda announced as appearing at Extreme Rules with a "front row ticket" and Seth v Dolph in an Iron Man match announced for the PPV. Well now...

Iran got massively fucked by Portugal today. Referee was siding with the heels much like those old farts from lucha libre do. Morroco went out swinging against Spain much like Jeff did against Undertaker. Anyways: Heyman teasing some awful shit on Twitter. Brock as champ is fucking tiresome. Probably has dirt on Vince or something.