Everything posted by Al
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Who is the worst booker ever?
And I think we realize now that there's a real Law of Diminishing Returns to jobbing a legend. He can only give 1-2 guys a rub before it completely loses value.
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Who's your Boy?!
Snitsky's a good pick. I like him because he's a local guy.
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Dave Meltzer stuff
Patterson did some spots for the AWA in the early '80s, last one in January of '83.
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Bobby Heenan RIP
Probably a lot more of, "I don't care if you have a Z shaved in your head or not, that's not legal!"
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WWE Network... It's Here
The problem with a lot of this is that there's already an over-abundance of wrestling available. Why pay more for more programming when WWE produces too much to keep up with as it is? ("
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Who's your Boy?!
Most of the 1995 ECW roster. The Blue Meanie and the Public Enemy in particular.
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Any contenders for WWF Greatest Match Ever between WrestleMania 3 and WrestleMania 10?
I love that match, but I can't endorse a match that ends with Powers of Pain vs Conquistadors as greatest anything.
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Starrcade is back
Cody's probably a no. If I were booking and it were tomorrow though, I would use it to give Dustin Rhodes a 24 hour title reign.
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Bobby Heenan RIP
Warrior called Herman dishonest while mocking him for wearing a colostomy bag. Your opinion on someone's character means nothing if people don't believe you yourself are a person of good character. The personal nature of his comments completely invalidated any legit opinion he expressed.
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Bobby Heenan RIP
Heenan was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2002. He fought that thing for 15 freaking years.
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WWE's "Unseen Matches" DVD
Amazon has a digital version for $7.99.
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Any contenders for WWF Greatest Match Ever between WrestleMania 3 and WrestleMania 10?
Ramon/Michaels I was great because it maintains a face/heel dynamic. Spotfests are fun, but you don't get emotionally invested because there's no rooting interest.
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The Mae Young Classic
For some reason I thought the match was particularly sloppy. I thought it was Rachel's fault though, so what do I know?
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Triplemania XV available to watch on Twitch
Free wrestling, interested to check this out. We're in an age where we can now watch Mexican and Japanese wrestling live with little hassle. What a golden age.
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Mayweather vs McGregor
If the fight is on the level, the only chance McGregor has is a fluke disqualification.
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Summerslam 2017, or How to get through a 6 hour show with a little help from your friends at PWO
I agree with most of the above sentiments about Khali. He deserved his push, he was a net asset to wrestling. But opening up India is a stretch when there's a strong line of Indian wrestlers going back to the 19th century. Dara Singh is already in, and I'd start considering the Great Gama before Khali.
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WWE Battleground
Seriously. Four minutes of match drama involving doors when it's well established you can step from one cage to the other.
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WWE Battleground
Even in kayfabe this match is needlessly convoluted.
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WWE Network... It's Here
WWE has shown "Texas Wrestling" from the 1950s at the sportatorium. I don't know when they rebranded to World Class, but I think it's a good bet they were running television in the 1970s and maybe back to the '60s under Fritz.
- Austin Aries released
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Your first memory of Pro Wrestling
SNME with Warrior/Dibiase on top
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WWE Goodness Gracious! Great Balls of Fire
But I'll go out on a limb and say Braun wasn't in the ambulance when it crashed.
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WWE Goodness Gracious! Great Balls of Fire
To pre-tape they would have needed two different ambulances
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Best Squash Match ever?
Found a match on Cawthon's site listing Garvin against someone named the Intruder. Wouldn't surprise me if it was Gladiator as well. That was Ricky Hunter, an old journeyman wrestler who got work because Patterson knew him from Portland. According to wrestlingdata.com, Hunter has the most WWF appearances without ever winning a match. Something like 0-74.
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Jim Breaks Arrested For Beating Wife To Death
I think closer to Jimmy Snuka. Domestic violence that isn't intended as murder, but leads to such. I suspect some degree of mental illness though simply due to his age.