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*slow clap*

Funny to think that Roger just took some of the heat off of Becky Lynch for his comments on Ozzy’s death.

He reminds me a bit of Dusty on commentary

Regardless of whatever legal action taken or not it still feels like a turning point, and an uncomfortable one as someone more admittedly a kind of fair-weather fan of the current product.

When did he start wearing the cross necklace to the ring

I cannot help but wonder if the story out of LA Saturday will have ripple effects between UFC and WWE. I surely hope not but I have about as much faith in Dana White to keep the peace as I have respect, meaning none.

Cope and Christian’s first match as a team in a decade. Good work against Killswitch and Sabian, some odd spots but not a whole lot of rust between them.

I like the nod to Doctor Who in the logo

I’ve been thinking about personal all-timers, judged from within the span of their careers I watched, and I so value how on top of it he appeared in WCW, right to the end. I think he could have an appreciable effect on the WWF if he’d stayed but unless they put him right on top he wouldn’t have had the quality of talent he was put with for those three years he was with Atlanta. I remember an article in one of the Apter mags he was interviewed for and he was asked if he wished he ever had a heel run and he said it would have been nice once in awhile to tell the fans to shut up. That’s such a human response that it wouldn’t have made me dislike him any less, but he seems to be in that rare company of good guys who are actually good people, if the word of many of the people he worked with counts. Maybe it’s just getting older but I see a lot more value in that, than maybe I did as a young child watching him.

The silver lining there is the death of PPV

Hope she heard them boo her boss

I wish I had saved the post but in my busy scrolling the other day I found something rather obvious but maybe not well-covered at this point. Ghislane Maxwell in the front row at WrestleMania V.

I can’t recall exactly where because I found it today while scrolling through social media and multitasking but someone put up a clip of WrestleMania 5, and Ghislane Maxwell is seen sitting in the front row. Apparently you can see Epstein too but I’m not going to bother watching it to find out.

As Hulk was both actor and wrestler, another comparison came to mind. Eric Clapton.

That funeral is going to be tense

Should be noted that David’s own humanitarian streak is impressive of its own, donating the money from the sale of his guitars to worthy environmental causes and the various other charities and causes he’s given his own time money and musical support to, just not as much of the full-throated approach Roger has. On the topic of Gaza and the music industry, I feel like Brian Eno’s eloquence about the issue tops Rog’s passive-aggressive hubris. I find it hard to believe either of them would have any wish for violence against the other. At least in old age, in the 80’s and early 90’s when at least one of them had a cocaine addiction it might have been another story but even then the victory of those big tours David was at the helm of was satisfying enough. I am rather glad now that he called it a day after The Division Bell, great as it is it works best to me now as the ultimate curtain call.

This was a rather interesting read to come across I glanced at his Wikipedia and something stuck out. In talking about his growing up it mentioned an older brother who died from a drug overdose, in 1986.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMgCNk1JDPC/?igsh=MXI2cWN5dTAxeXM0OQ==

https://youtu.be/qGwHxpdYskE?si=jJz5pI9IfNH_hQXb

I see this in two perspectives. People Vince should have kept, against who should have stayed. The first one is probably less arguable, but if there’s anybody who embodies both of these statements it’s Bret Hart. But I’m thinking more along the lines of who should have been kept during the lean years of the early-middle 90’s when it was revolving doors in Stamford in the middle of the heat being brought on by Washington. I personally think that even more than Hogan, they needed Bobby Heenan and Gene Okerlund during that time. Their replacements but one had a clear disconnect to the wrestling business. The exception to this was Jerry Lawler, who was only ever made better by someone firmly in the first camp maybe to this day, Jim Ross.

I have the commentary shut off on 2K25. Just not the same for me without Jerry and JR. Takes me back to the older games like Super WrestleMania when there was just a little funny frames of animated Vince and Bobby calling the action. I’ve seen a few things on YouTube of more recent custom games that have lines from Vince, Gorilla and Jesse tailored specifically to the guy on screen in such a way that it had an arcade game feel to it. The 91 and 95 games are works of art if you ask me. I really like that Jesse’s back.

I read some offhand comment that they possibly filmed this in consideration of the federal heat on Vince at the time. I haven’t seen the documentary the company put out using this footage but I’m kind of guessing there might be some half truth to it. It was said to be very unusual for behind the scenes stuff to be filmed like that at the time, I know that much.

How much has changed

Me and my brother agreed it would be cool if they showed old matches before big stadium shows, ideally from the same city they’re in. We noticed this before the Royal Rumble in Indy, as we were piling in they had all these screens just showing nothing interesting. The one match they should have put on at least there, is Hogan/Andre ‘88 with the Hebner brothers saga. It was the debut of the winged eagle belt (a prop for that nights title match), had the biggest television audience for a wrestling match, and emanated from the same city.

I love the bodysuits the women wear. They’re awfully comfy with fetish aesthetics these days.