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People were chanting "Paula" at Orndorff.

Was he ever a heel beside the run as "The Model"?

I let my subscription renew, but haven't really watched anything of value since.

^ That pretty much. He seems rather unlikable either way, to me anyway.

DiBiase winning the WrestleMania IV tournament instead of Savage. And it probably would have happened too if Vince wasn't so hung up on the Honky Tonk Man gimmick.

Batista was just cast in the next James Bond movie. It's been an interesting year for him.

It's okay to ignore me, like I said before I'm clearly a tourist compared to some of you guys.

I'm 30 and view it much more cynically since WCW and ECW went under. Maybe even before that with Montreal. People focus too much on the Vince/Bret/Shawn angle, and not enough that Vince telling the guy to ring the bell painted in the largest strokes possible that he does not really care about the audience's perception of the "reality" of what they're watching. Maybe even more than saying it in words in 1989 just to get the athletic commissions off his back. Admittedly it's not something I thought about at the time, but looking back more was lost that night than Bret Hart to WCW. I lost interest in small increments from the time I was 13, when I was discovering music in a big way. Later film and television, mediums where the perception of reality is not something in question like it was with pro wrestling. Now the genie is out of the bottle, and I do find myself regretting not having been born 10-15 years before I was, when I could fully appreciate the 80's boom without that lingering feeling that yeah it's all scripted. I get the occasional buzz when I'm watching a really good match or angle, but I don't have that feeling of investment that I did watching wrestling as a kid, or even now when I am so engrossed in shows like Breaking Bad. I'm much more interested in engaging in nostalgia than bothering with WWE's current product. And I'm almost ashamed to say it but I've never really taken much interest in indies or Japanese stuff (unless it's involving someone I know who's wrestled here). So how I view it now, is kind of like how people will go see classic rock bands in concert. They're older, often with diminished talent or charisma because of the ravages of age, but the songs carry them through. And they deal in nostalgia as if it were a currency. WWE kind of does the same thing when they drag Hogan or someone else back out, but it also happens when I watch a match like the ones Daniel Bryan had at WrestleMania this year. Stuff like that is often worth it to wade through what doesn't feel worth it at all.

Must be real expensive if the original price was 500 dollars.

Set to be back in December for the TLC PPV. Bryan and Reigns should be back at the exact same time. There's thought of delaying either of their returns until the Royal Rumble. Barrett will back at that same time frame too. RR would be a better idea, if just to give them more time to heal. So is he 100% now? I really thought, from what I was reading, that he might be finished.

Any news on Daniel Bryan's condition?

It could be. All they'd have to do is just record an MP3 together and maybe Austin can put it on his podcast. Kayfabe Commentaries have done similar things with Vader and Demolition, among others.

Mmmm,,,ropey goodness

Storyline-wise that makes a lot of sense, but it would not have had nearly the same impact as Hogan being the third man was. Plus it would have been in keeping with how often Lex went back and forth between heel and babyface when he was in WCW previously.

I can buy Scorpio being pissed off with Shawn, especially after how he treated Vader (who broke Scorpio in the business).

That sounds appalling. I never listen to Cornette pre-interview. Nor Jericho, Ross or Austin. Don't want to sound harsh, but I'm not there for their musings on life etc. I try to avoid pre-interview stuff on podcasts, period. Bill Burr has a podcast that is basically him ranting into a microphone, and that is way too close to talk radio for me to even entertain the idea of listening to. And I think he's hilarious and a good actor, so it's not anything against him. Sad to hear Cornette had such a narrow opinion on Williams' death, I figured he'd be a little more respectful. I believe I started this thread but I don't think I've actually listened to one of his shows.

Good: Royal Rumble. It's basically the swan-song of their first golden era under Vince, Jr. utilizing nearly all of the top-level guys, and a lot of their long-term mid-card talent. Also gave Flair a chance to show off his wares before a world-wide audience, and a rather historic title win (being the 2nd guy to Buddy Rogers to have held both NWA and WWWF/WWF titles) Bad: The lack of Hogan in WWF was felt pretty deeply throughout the year. Making Savage the top guy made more sense in '88 then it did here, and Warrior looked ragged and was held down by the Shango feud until he was in a better position by the summer. Ugly: The demoralizing effect of the steroid controversies, as well as the sex scandal which came to light that year.

There's a Bruno DVD?

The only notable thing in that preview that had my interest was that he was basically Rock's sparring partner before he came back.