flyonthewall2983

The funniest thing to me about the whole Schultz thing, is that if Stossel was made aware of the Plan B video Bob Roop, Boris Malenko and others made, he could have had a story that was far worth more than him getting knocked on his self-righteous ass.

Gerald Brisco was let go as part of the cleansing two weeks ago

Hogan and Savage did this before (with Brutus Beefcake) in the tag matches with Tiny Lister/Zeus, everyone basically babysitting him through the match.

The WWE Untold episode about Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone in WCW was quite good. I'm surprised WWE would even do something about it but it was cool to see Rodman talk about wrestling, and seeing how him and Malone adapted to the physicality of wrestling in such a short time.

Dwayne Johnson talked up a project with WWE Films about Flair's life on something recently. Pacino would be great as old Ric. They have nearly the same tan. Dye his hair or give him a wig and put some contacts in his eyes and he could do it. He could even do a bit of Ric's accent too, it's not an obvious comparison but when he did Kevorkian for the HBO movie he had a really acceptable Midwestern twang to his voice, that wouldn't be too far from the Minnesota that's still in Ric's.

It's been my impression that most guys of his caliber prefer working heel to babyface. Piper said as much himself too. I don't think the "Nature Boy" gimmick and character is a natural fit as a babyface so I can understand his point, but for me it still worked. I thought he was a really good face in 1993-4, when his return to WCW was so welcome it would have been pointless to try and make him a heel again. It's one element that really worked against Hogan coming into the company, because they turned him heel perhaps not as gradually as they could have. I liked this interview a lot. He seems at more peace with himself, which could be wishful thinking on my part. I think having a wife who is watching out for him, and being part of his daughter's career has given him the motivation to age a little more gracefully. It doesn't hurt that he's got all this pop culture cred now, but it's obviously not what helps a man sleep at night either.

This new Money In The Bank concept is getting WWE closer to The Running Man

Very sad. Such an integral part of their company for such a long time, for us watching and for so much behind the scenes too. No heat with anyone and no skeletons in the closet either.

Mike Chioda has been with the company since 1989 apparently. That's (technically) four decades of service.

I wonder what this means for their international operations. If these men and women, some of whom have worked there a very long time, are being let go then I'd have to they would be more susceptible to being cut.

That would be the ultimate irony if it came down to a fire sale, considering how little Vince paid for WCW.

I don't see the company going away for those reasons you cited, my angle on the question is the McMahon empire itself more or less. The WWE is that family's legacy but surely if it came to such dire measures for someone it could be sold off to new people. So this question is more personal to Vince and the family, and his standing within the company and before his stockholders who cannot be happy with these turns of events, even before Covid-19 put things in such more jeopardy as it is now.

The Saudi deal going sideways, the stock market woes, firings of top brass, cutting down on house shows, rumors of low morale among the talent, and now this. Between all of this and the XFL folding, Vince's head must be spinning. It's either that or he is delusional enough to think these are problems to be overcome. I naively thought that they would have become stung by the 2008 recession, but all those feelings I had then have resurfaced and there is actual tangible proof now that their luck might be up.

I'm surprised the networks themselves haven't stepped in to say something like this. With what happened between UFC and ESPN telling them to cancel, I'm sure this will ripple over their way in how to deal with Vince.

The Jim Brunzell RF shoot is pretty good. Some good AWA stories, Barnett calling him "Jimmzy", and how him and Vince didn't really get along at all throughout his whole run.

That quote isn't from this thread.

There's an Undertaker documentary coming out?

I think that's just because it was a two-parter. The first season had the Brody episode up early, but no others so I imagine it will be the same this season. Brawl for All is next week. If it's just an excuse to expose a TV audience to Cornette and Russo hating each other I predict it'll be terrible.

Maybe the finish was the only one Sullivan would agree to do, perhaps not wanting to do a straight-up job considering their personal issues. The interview with Nancy's sister on the recent Dark Side of the Ring on the murders would suggest the heat between Chris and Kevin hit an all-time high that night. Just watched this again recently. Jimmy Hart is notably and uncharacteristically vicious with his outside interference.

It would be a great time to lean into the older stuff now.

afuckingmen

It feels like we might be seeing the crumbling of an empire before our very eyes. What I thought would happen to WWE after the markets crashing in 2008 feels more tangibly real now. Between this and the Saudi deal potentially crumbling, they could be in trouble. I'm not expert but it can't be good when the stock goes down as it did recently, even to bounce back up again. It's like one of those crash diets that end up making you as fat or worse.