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I completely forgot he was in a tag team with Terry Funk for a little bit in 98.

I'm on the fence about curses and such but in such an extreme case as theirs something like this doesn't surprise me. I wonder about this especially in thinking about Fritz's whole Nazi gimmick, and how extreme his heat would have been. It's not impossible to consider someone could have put a gypsy curse on him, and his family.

I have never heard this before. I figured him as more a good ol' boy drinking type (before he got religion). I wonder if Ted Turner himself ever smoked with any of the wrestling people he was in contact with. I read the book about the beginnings of MTV and someone in it wrote about dealing with Ted, saying he had the best weed of any millionaire.

Not really. I think with Bruce he knows to leave that stuff well alone sometimes, because Bruce has gotten personal but not as candid as Ross did. I would guess that she is a regular topic of conversation between the two off-mic and that there is a more of an aim with this show to his personal side in tandem with his professional one. I think he was respectful. I also have to say I didn't really notice Jim rambling off-topic from the questions as Thread Killer did. I think he answered everything to the best of his ability, and painted a good look at his view of the business as it was in 92 and 93 and in general too. Some of the revelations like his marijuana use and disagreements with Watts were extremely enlightening, and I suspect we are going to see him in more of a "no fucks" mode regarding the people he worked for. Not to the point of throwing them under the bus, but able to speak more freely and not having to toe the company line like he might have before. His stories about Bischoff were interesting, especially when Watts wanted Jim to fire Eric at a PPV "just to get people's attention". I started watching WCW during the Watts era and am still fond of that era, and for the longest time it didn't make a lot of sense to me that such a good product could have come from such lousy leadership. I sensed how bad it was in Mick Foley's first book and in later interviews, but I get a feeling Jim has the best point of view to how bad it was and his estimation that he knew it was a bad idea before he even started says a lot.

They talked about Jim's radio show, and about how someone taped all the shows and still has them. I think some point down the line a Patreon account like Conrad's other shows have would greatly benefit for having those shows on it as a starting point. I would especially like to hear the interviews with Nash and the announcement he made on air that he was going to the WWF. I was 9 so I was not smart to anything at all and I remember how shocking it was to see Ross at WM 9.

First show came out today. Jim's verbatim response to something he felt Dave Meltzer reported erroneously: "no that did not happen". Great episode. He goes deep on what happened in the transition he took from leaving WCW and going to the WWF. It gets surprisingly personal, and he provides an amazing perspective on all that was happening around him.

I don't think Eric and Jim had too much love for each other anyway apart from agreeing on Vince Russo. Jim just owning Bischoff on Twitter was hilarious. On the other hand I get the impression that Jim and Bruce were pretty good friends and saw eye to eye on a lot of stuff perhaps until whatever happened recently.

Inaccuracies aside this was a strong episode for Kevin alone. On top of feeling sorry for him having to dredge this stuff up again on camera, he seemed to be more raw about it then I'd ever seen him in interviews. The mental image of both Kevin and his mother running for the woods after finding out about David is pretty strong. Her story in all of this has sadly fallen through the cracks, for whatever reason.

First show drops this week

If they launch a live feed of just nothing but old stuff I would pay for it.

Robert Redford at the end of The Candidate

Hates fat people. It's something passed down from his brother and father.

What's this I'm hearing about a relaunch?

I know almost nothing about his work or career apart from seeing him in a tag team match with Barry Windham against Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen, but I have to say I was utterly interested and charmed by this interview.

Your comment suggests WCW was ran logically. What I'm suggesting is is that the subject could have been brought up by any of the Turner bosses who only had the simplest ideas about wrestling, and not on the inside about things like their personal lives.

I'm sure from the moment Randy was in consideration for WCW, the talk of her bringing in probably started immediately whether or not he was involved. I don't know all the details but it seems Meltzer is being a little bitchy about this show, especially with the Montreal episode coming up.

Some of the re-enactments on the Savage episode are hilarious, like Hulk and Randy at a barbecue and the guy squatting over a briefcase.

The very end of the episode with his music playing and everyone talking about their legacy ended the episode on a better note than I expected.

What I'm interested in is that this time around Conrad won't just have the sheets to depend on, but also the testimonies of Prichard, Bischoff, and Schiovane on all of those shows now. At least concerning his time he was also in the same employ as those guys anyway. I don't listen to Jim's show now very much but I did listen to the latest episode to hear his thoughts on WM weekend, and get a better sense of what the chemistry is going to be like between him and Conrad. I don't see it getting as morning shock-jock crazy as it gets with Bruce and the other guys sometimes. It's not to say he doesn't have a sense of humor, but I don't think it'll be as played to the hilt because like Conrad said nobody has traveled the road Ross has, and hopefully there won't be too many detours. I'm looking forward to this show very much.

I like the re-enactment stuff oddly enough. The Twitter account responded to someone saying it's Unsolved Mysteries mixed with pro wrestling by saying "This is EXACTLY what we wanted it to be." I think as long as they remain just visual gags and we don't hear them trying to imitate whoever, is fine with me. I also like the hazy aesthetic they use in presenting the older clips. I didn't think much of it with the Brody episode since a lot of the PR footage probably looks like crap anyway, but the WWE/WCW footage from the Savage episode had the same old VHS sheen to it and it felt like an artistic choice.

There was a brief clip from this on a commercial for the Network during the WM pre-show. I guess it's either being shared or traded from HBO.

I think there's a way to keep everyone happy RE: length, if they start the show earlier in the day. Start it anywhere between 12-2 ET and while it'll still be a long haul, it means everyone (stateside at least) can finish the show in real time. Or bump it up to Saturday.