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I was surprised his mother was there. I'd always heard that he was estranged from his family (part of why the name change).

I was honestly expecting Warrior to throw people under the bus. Slaughter's pre-show comments kind of proved I wasn't the only one thinking that way. I'm glad that not only he didn't, but that he gave air time to people who don't get as much credit for Vince's success but that are just as valuable. His suggestion of making a wing dedicated to those people is something I'd like to see. That said it hasn't changed my opinion of him much, and the idea of him being any kind of ambassador for the company does make me cringe a little but maybe not as much after seeing how eloquent he managed to be. I'm sure they'll keep him on a short leash though.

Wow, this speech...is...actually...good?

So much better than the Jaws music they used at the Oscars last year.

I think they made a mistake. Kane's music hit, but then they went straight to the video.

Nearly 30 minutes, but not one mention of his dealings in pro wrestling.

I welcome the current silliness frankly.

This is an incredibly forgiving crowd.

Is it technically the red carpet if it's in the front of the stage?

Doing well so far. I'm not much for blondes, but Jesus Renee Young is beautiful.

It's under the PPV section.

Savage/Steamboat definitely pops to mind. I think they could have had a better match at IV, or just a match where they were both faces.

I really hope Lawler does Letterman before Dave retires.

The one previous to that is the one they should have stuck too. That Simon Cowell-produced garbage was annoying even then.

Awesome as in seeing him accomplish it, or fail miserably as he's blown up by the time he makes it to the ring?

I've had some problems with the live feed on Chrome, but nothing that wasn't rectified within a few minutes or a refresh of the page.

Which episode?

I'll do this chronologically, of the ones I clearly remember. 1. Windham & Rotunda/Sheik & Volkoff. 2. Battle Royal 3. Can Am Connection/Muraco & Orton 4. Demolition/Strike Force 5. ? 6. Hogan/Warrior 7. Savage/Warrior 8. Bret/Piper 9. ? 10. Shawn/Razor 11. ? 12. Bret/Shawn 13. Austin/Bret

Plus it can give him an angle next year, wanting to keep the trophy.

The knives really came out during the whole Owen incident. I remember seeing a segment on Good Morning America that was in a similar vein, but what I remember most of it was that they were accusing them of promoting Satanism (using a clip of The Brood). Hindsight being what it is (and also being a not-very-bright teenager) at that time I didn't really care much for Vince as what I read of him made me think he was just a greedy bastard with little regard for human life. Not to say it's obvious he tried to cover his own ass at the time (and later with the Benoit thing), but now I see it a bit differently. We'd all probably cover our ass if we were in his loafers during those particular times in his life.

To be fair, that and other pieces like it had a smear-campaign feel to it. ESPN via ABC/Disney were threatened because the Monday Night Wars were toppling Monday Night Football. They had specific sights on WWE because of the Attitude Era content, also because Vince was an easier target for a big company like Disney than Ted Turner was.

Whatever it was, may have been fallout from all the drugs he was on. The laundry list of stuff he said he had done when he did the infamous HBO interview is staggering.

Well at least what they'll pay him might cover what he had to pay for in VHS tapes to record it all. MIGHT.

Excuse my ignorance, but Jim owns part of the library?