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Me too! It's the perfect way to turn the Hot Stuff Gilbert situation into a big positive.

Pillman vs Tanaka would have been a tough act to follow in Calgary. I agree with the general consensus that putting it on last was the right way to go.

Didn't think of that. It makes sense.

when he first got here he dropped a humblebrag about having been banned from "CM" which I assumed to mean CrazyMax.

Katie Vick for me too. Same deal. Completely put me off of watching RAW for years. I went back to watching SmackDown occasionally fve or six months after the angle, when Benoit and Eddie started wrestling on that show. I remember reading about Chris Jericho running over HHH's dog as the main story in the build to WrestleMania, a month or two after I stopped watching RAW, and just feeling like I had made the best decision. I haven't been a regular weekly viewer of any WWE program since then, though I still pop in during the Rumble-Mania season most years.

Nice to see the Canadian Championship belt around the waist of a Canadian wrestler.

Bigelow vs Nord and Spivey vs Cactus both sound right up my alley. And of course we all know how great Regal and Finlay can be in there together. The AWA continues its long run of great cards.

Good guys doing good guy things and bad guys doing bad guy things. Just the kind of wrestling I like. Wendell Cooley's big moment was a real highlight. I really like the booking of the Main Event, too.

What a find! Thank you very much for posting this. There is a match from I believe, IWE in 1972, that I'm pretty sure Jetlag introduced me to: Ali Bey, Andre & Franz Van Buyten vs. Rusher Kimura, Isamu Teranishi & Thunder Sugiyama. It's one of my favourite matches now, and the interactions between Monster Rousimoff and Van Buyten are the best thing about it. Getting 10+ minutes of those two is a real gift.

I like the use of pictures. JYD as the mystery partner is perfect. Great twist at the end with Friday!

i am indeed both of them things Where in Japan do you live?

Two big matches to top off that card. JJ not being there for Flair was good story-telling and helped differentiate the two title bouts. Both matches were dramatic and exciting. The hat-stomping from Mulligan is a classic heel move.

I actually wouldn't mind seeing Team Hell No vs The Thrillseekers

Absolutely! But... I think his name is "Nick Mantell" Plus we get a stealth team-up of an Executioner and an Assassin facing them. I'm wondering who will team with Mr. Olympia. I'm looking forward to Von Erichs vs Kokina and Kamala. That should be really entertaining.

There are so many larger-than-life personalities in MACW now: Flair and the Horsemen, Rock Riddle, Jimmy Valient, Paul Jones, Jim Duggan... Race and Mulligan as surly veteran heels adds some nice spice to the overall brew you've got going on here.

I think the name change is very recent. It was basically just a ski resort, but hey ran into financial problems around '05 or '06 due to light snowfall. Reportedly, the new ownership plans to expand it into a year-round family entertainment destination. I think the name change is connected to the planned change in identity. In '86 it still would have been Hemlock Valley Resort. Good place for a show, you'd draw from the small cities of Mission and Agassiz and maybe even get some hardcore fans to drive out from Vancouver. I have never been there but I know people who worked there, hence my interest in the place.

I'm less sure about this one, but Mick Foley sure seemed to make a leap at Bash at the Beach '92 in the Falls Count Anywhere match vs Sting. His bumping and selling seemed to hit a whole new level and kayfabe wise his character seemed a lot tougher, less quiet and shy, and more dangerous and maniacal from that point on.

I think it's reasonable to say that Misawa made the leap during the famous Tiger Mask & Kawada vs Yatsu & Fuyuki match when he got Kawada to tear off his mask. It is also the moment when Baba began Misawa's major push (within weeks, Misawa got his big win vs Jumbo). Tenryu had left AJPW, and Baba needed a new star. I'm pretty sure most will agree that Misawa rose to the occasion.

Bryan Danielson is easily in the "Best of His Generation" category. If I'm forced to make a list I might rank him below, for example, Misawa but he's certainly on the same tier (I.e. the top tier) or at worst very close. He's a supremely talented pro wrestler (and also a decent human being and very nice person).

Tag Team Name Suggestion: The Electric Maniacs Trivia: Hemlock Valley Resort is now known as Sasquatch Mountain Resort.

The match that leaps out to me there is Fuke vs Tamura. I'm a big Fuke fan, I think he's often overlooked and I'd love to see him in there with an all-time top guy like Tamura. Edit: just looked it up on Cagematch. They had a 3-minute match once, in U-Style, and also teamed up there once. Something for me to look for. I hope you give them more than 3 minutes.

Stirring things up on yourself. That is awesome... I might "borrow" that idea down the line.

Hey, now...

What a great set of lead-in shows, building up perfectly to a great-looking WrestleMania.