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His run as WCW champion might be the most impressive heel champ run of the 90's. He had some good moments in his WWF run, most notably the 4-way with Austin, Bret and Undertaker. Very sad news, as it looked like he was recovering well from his surgeries. Rest In Power.

I remember watching the Koko/Owen match, can't remember him in anything else around that time though. Fred Ottman came back as Typhoon that year very briefly too, I think filling in for Earthquake once he quit. One I didn't realize until later was Ron Simmons' last match for WCW was in September of '94. The last thing I remembered him clearly from during that run was his match with Ice Train in that January's Clash. And I had no clue Ice Train himself was repackaged in 1999. One of those "only in WCW" things that they can give the same guy three shots like that.

Lots of radio guys seemed to have been fans at one point or another. I know Stern has had guys on his show since the Attitude Era. Mancow reported on Montreal like it was top news, which looking back showed you his sense of priority.

Yeah, he was working with Beefcake against Money Inc. in the states just before that tour. The month after KOTR the PWI came out with Hogan and Sting on the cover, and it was the first inkling I had (even at the tender age of 9) he might be going to WCW. Little did I know he was still working shots for Vince.

I actually didn't realize until just a few years ago that Hogan worked dates beyond KOTR '93, where he mostly worked Yoko in a bunch of DQ-finish/"Hogan Must Pose"-type matches.

Albano would have been a good fit for the Nasty Boys. I believe Muraco and JYD were fired for some backstage shenanigans during a European tour just before Survivor Series '88. Also might have been why the Bulldogs left too, but not before doing a big show like that. Last thing I remember the Bushwhackers doing was some segment with Brian Pillman, then they were gone. I think in an alternate WCW where the NWO didn't rule everything, the Sheepherders could have made an interesting comeback.

Work-rate wise, would the Brainbusters/Rockers matches be the very best?

I was about to mention Bravo. Wikipedia says that was his last match, and that he quit afterwards to focus on training young guys. He had the dark hair again a year prior in a match with Shane Douglas on the MSG Network. They actually tried repackaging him as a face very briefly sometime in the fall of that year too.

They had (still do for all I know) Saturday morning programming, and a few sitcoms that would have otherwise fit on ABC in the 90's (Sinbad's comes to mind). They also had Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers in either the mornings or afternoon from what I remember. In my house The Simpsons was easily accepted although I've heard stories where that was not the case.

The spit spot Hall does and Stevie Ray reciprocates is pretty good.

I saw a WWF match from May of '93 pop up on YouTube with The Nasty Boys. I always seem to remember that they were at least off television by February.

I said in another thread that the guy who played James looks like the forgotten Steiner brother. I stand by that.

Then they'll be dangerously close to flooding the market, and interest in anything else will dwindle.

Kevin Smith had Mick Foley on one of his podcasts and at one point talked about going to Garden shows in the early 80's, and TP'ing Sgt. Slaughter's house leaving trash on Sgt. Slaughter's front lawn, spelled out "Gomer".

How long are the episodes generally? I can't imagine they let them go for 4-5 hours like they do on the podcast.

Curt in the Horsemen really could have revitalized the group, to a point where I can see them getting popular in the WWF strongholds. He just became another guy in the NWO and wouldn't do anything else of note other than the West Texas Cowboys gimmick.

Any chance they'll put up whole shows eventually? I'm trying to think of what could go there that wouldn't exactly fit anywhere else on the Network.

Probably because Scott Norton knew his role and didn't try to outdo Bagwell at his own game.

Being that the news broke on a Monday, the timing was extraordinarily bad for WWE. The first thing I knew was that they were all dead, from reading the headline on the company's website. This is just before Twitter and everyone had Facebook, so news did not travel as fast as it did now. If those avenues were as widely available and accessible in 2007 as they are now I have a feeling the news that it was a murder-suicide would have gone more widespread and perhaps before the show that night even aired. My memory of it is that I heard inklings from legit press about the whole mess, just after the show ended. Part of me thinks, and maybe especially now when the company is on the cusp of making a legit fortune from their TV deals, what would be the response if a tragedy or something on that level of controversy happened. Because back then my impression was that it was going to hurt the company deep and nobody would ever look at the business the same again. Yet I couldn't be more wrong about it as I sit here typing this out a decade later.

Did Flair and Gordy ever go one-on-one?

His role on Ballers is pretty serious, at least compared to his movies. Unfortunately the show itself is not on par with being something that can lend itself to taking his acting more seriously, but it's some of the best on-screen work he's done so far. I thought he was brilliant in Pain & Gain.

He was 2nd billed to Denzel in the Magnificent Seven remake too.

At least there's going to be consistency, as opposed to just throwing them on once they're ready which as been their MO with putting a lot of the old stuff on.

I think Cena's going to get huge. He's gotten some good notices lately, mainly for supporting roles but I think he'll be able to carry something himself soon enough.