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Well, McCain (who originally noted that overturning Roe v Wade would force “women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations," which is probably a more politically sound support the availability of abortions than what Linda said) did, so it's possible, but he didn't do it as quickly as she would have to. Also, for what it's worth, what was Linda's role in Titan pre-CEO? I know she bought a travel agency for the company to use (and then took on other clients for legal purposes)? How much did she actually do as CEO since she was seemingly thrown into the role when Vince went on trial and Jerry Jarrett was brought in as his potential replacement if he was convicted?

Basically Linda has no positions of her own. She's just adopting the teabagger and far right conservative positions Except for abortion where she seems center left to left (and got oddly bashed for her what she said by a non-Markos DailyKos poster who was then skewered in the post's comments section).

John Muse allegedly being the exception.

Someone at CM also did a handheld of the first show.

Wasn't that the same soundstage the one TNA uses? I think it holds more than Centre Stage, albeit maybe 100-150 more.

He wrestled once or twice at Centre Stage (which fit about 800 people) early in his WCW run.

He's been claiming that double juice matches transmitted the hepatitis for years.

If he's leaving to work for Linda's campaign, they would've announced it at the beginning.

Ric Flair would never admit that he's an alcoholic and/or a sex addict or do anything close to it.

Ross has a bad cold so we're postponing the interview for at least a couple days.

I don't remember the double turn hinting being that overt until "FRUSTRATED ISN'T THE GODDAMN WORD FOR IT! THIS IS BULLSHIT!"

I find it weird that people forget that Austin went from Ringmaster to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in part because the Ringmaster gimmick was changed to being a detatched serial killer type after a month or two (he did a few low-key, Jake Roberts style promos at that point). The "Stone Cold" we all know and love that's pretty much the opposite of "stone cold" in terms of personality came about when DiBiase left and Austin cut the promo about throwing the strap match so DiBiase would leave. The Austin 3:16 promo on top of the KOTR win after going to the hospital between matches fully established the persona that he broke out with.

Did the Apter mags acknowledge that it was a DQ? I don't remember hearing about that until recently.

The Hayes-Dory finish never happened that way. The Apter mags made it up to have a colorful story. It's not as amusing as Bret Hart beating Ted DiBiase for the IWGP Heavyweight Title (actual factoid from Bret posted bio), though.

C&P please.

Amarillo Booking Office invasion: 6/11/79 Santa Rosa Dick Murdoch drew Blackjack Mulligan EDIT: The TV when Geigel supplied tallent was the show from Kansas City and there are no NorCal house show results w/ Murdoch from then.

Dean's the one who died of kidney problems. Smith, the oldest brother, is still alive. What territory is the Robley/Smith story from?

The historian of the family as well as a Stampede trainer, interviewer, TV producer, co-booker, and sometimes wrestler.

Hmm, I didn't know WC had those. I always wonder where they got their non PM Film stuff (and why they still sell some WWE owned stuff like the Florida.

Dory-Kiniski is 16mm so it wouldn't be the full match. Maybe 5 minutes or so of film.

I agree that it's possibly a rejection to the shtick. There was a ton of resentment towards matches that went several minutes before the first lock-up without "wrestling" by Dave and his readers back then, and J.J. Dillon, who may have wrestled Murdoch more than anyone else, described his shortcomings as a "tendency to clown around."

What "bunch of territories" would he have seen Murdoch in live in the '80s? GCW didn't run in California or Texas. Mid-South/UWF only ran in California w/ Murdoch in '87 after the buyout and I don't think Murdoch was working there while Dave was in Texas if he would've gone on a trip to Houston. It looks like Dave may be talking about San Francisco when Geigel sent the TV and wrestlers and/or when Graham did the same later on, plus the JCP run when he was 40+, on top of the specifically mentioned Japanese tours and Amarillo invasion of NorCal. Aside from the Japanese tours, some of the JCP shows, and maybe some WWF shows, these were miserable, embarrassing, and ill-advised failures as far as how they drew, so even if Murdoch DID dog it, that could have certainly skewed his attitude on those shows. On the Amarillo-booked tour especially, the money that he lost based on Terry Garvin's failed bet would have surely been weighing on his mind. Kris, do you have NorCal results from '79-'80? How often was the Cow Palace running then? At any rate, I don't think Dave could have seen Murdoch live that much.