Mad Dog

I don't think the fake Doinks are that bad. Everyone knows it's not the real one. Tom Brandi stealing the Patriot gimmick is pretty scummy though.

I do know on Orton, he appears on that one random episode ESPN has from 1981 and he appears on some of the early episodes that Micah Watts was selling. So I'm guessing he was just in and out. It looks like he held the Mississippi belt from August 81 until January 82.

He was the Mississippi Champion and there in 81.

Yeah. The fake world is very rich with lore and history.

Totally agree with this. I think it takes about 8 episodes of a podcast to really build chemistry with someone. It's about knowing when the other person is going to talk and having a good feel for what they're going to say. And also being able to bounce jokes and ideas off of each other successfully.

There's a Superstars match from early 87 with the Harts that's literally the only good TV match I've seen from September to May on my watch through.

I want to love TEW because it's really an excellent booking sim, it's just soooo much work.

Yeah, that DeNucci/Arab match is bad ass.

If this happened I could also see it as him just fucking with the new guy too.

Oh yeah, that's right after the W got dropped. It was April or May I think.

It's not on Youtube. But I really enjoyed the Backlund vs. Hussein Arab match from 1979. Really good work and it's a match where you can see the Sheik still move well.

Here's Graham/Mascaras: https://youtu.be/hq1k2qmT1W4

You guys needed some sexy music in the background when you were reading the wrestling lifestyle stuff.

No. Beware of stories that conform to your biases too closely because it probably isn't true

I like the Graham/Mascaras title match from MSG a lot.

You know you're in for a treat with those jobber vs. jobber matches.

Okay, I have to defend Vince. Yes, he is a scumbag but he's also paid out of his own pocket to send countless guys to rehab over the years. That's more than a lot of promoters have ever done.

I'll just leave this here: https://youtu.be/ofkMReimM5I

You're leaving out the worst part of this. This was after Austin got in trouble for domestic abuse with Debra.

That was my second thought. What about letting Mike Von Erich wrestle after the toxic shock syndrome?

Yeah, the heart attack was my first thought. We could probably have a Fritz-off on scummy shit he pulled.

That seems kind of low on the list of scummy things Fritz pulled.

Vince continuing the PPV after Owen fell to his death is the answer here.

There's actually a Quinn/Wayne match from I believe 2006 in NWA Virginia. They wrestled after the Evil Empire broke up, Quinn was Masked Superstar II at the time. They did it as a really early prototype iPPV on that Superstation site that used to have NWA Anarchy TV. I don't know if you'd be able to track it down but I thought you would find it interesting.

So I have my usual problem where I should be pushing forward on JCP but I just got nice shiny UWF TV and now I want to try and watch that. No wonder I never get anywhere on these viewing projects.