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It may get lost in the title change, but I was surprised Roman both bringing up Vince's age and called him an out of touch old man. Not only was it breaking a Vince taboo, it was a great way to manipulate the crowd by having him basically be the voice of internet complaints about the booking.

Amazing that Vince hates managers when he just showed how much one can add to a big match.

Once again it takes Vince to make a new star. Sucks it took almost two years to figure out how to book him but better late than never i suppose.

Ending angle was great, but it was almost like Roman was turning heel by how the announcers were growing increasingly sickened by his actions as the beatdown went on. JBL was almost full Ed Whelen by the end. I'm just hoping that Raw isn't going to be a three hour emasculation-fest, or worse HHH showing up unscathed to open the show.

If Bryan ever comes back, and I'm not sure he'll ever get cleared, it won't be before WM. No way they're going to let their Roman Orgy get derailed 3 years in a row.

Man, their depth issue really is depressing when it's laid out like that. It's even worse when you consider their hard on for Reigns means anyone who might have a chance to spice things up is probably going end up being used as cannon fodder in the Great Roman Push.

I didn't watch all of them (as stated above, a lot of the matches were terrible) but it was definitely better than VHS quality. It was about the same as other stuff from that era like the TNT episodes.

I've never seen a company promote something so wrongly that their future is tied to like this. They do actually want this to succeed, right?

They've spent more time advertising the gift cards than anything they ever put on the network other than the monthly PPVs.

So is the tater tots promo worse than the magic beanstalk one? I've been going back and forth on that one in my brain.

Don't forget his deep, near pathological hate of women. That was the giveaway he was back in TNA when the women suddenly started hating each other and calling everyone bitches. The biggest unsolved mystery is who was the girl who broke his heart in high school and caused all this to happen.

Even in the context of Savage's storyline (and real life) possessiveness, Hogan was always putting himself in situations he should have known would stoke Randy's anger. After a while he's like the idiot who keeps poking a bear with a stick then is surprised when he gets mauled.

I'm kind of concerned the uploading of classic stuff suddenly came to a halt. I wasn't expecting them to keep the same pace, but there's been nothing since the initial burst.

The weird thing is they do it with NXT people on Breaking Ground. People discuss their characters/gimmicks in a way that clearly shows there's a difference between their real and TV personas without it being overt. Does it destroy the business to show Carmella speaking in her normal voice in one segment and her exaggerated Noo Yawk gimmick voice the next? Of course not. i bet Vince would probably shit a brick if a main roster person did it though.

Does Maria have heat with the Bellas still? It seems like she might be more interested in following whatever career path she went to college for instead of going back to WWE, and I have a feeling Bennett would get lost in the shuffle on his own. Also ever since someone mentioned Elgin looks like one of the pig nosed people from the "Eye of the Beholder" Twilight Zone episode, it's all I can see now.

It's just like when companies get flak for going after small companies that pose no threat to them. One of the points of copyright law is the owner has to go after any and all infringements lest they create the appearance of not protecting their property.

They can and probably will, ppvs on the network have the same rules against public viewing that regular ppvs had.

Eric was one of those "you had to be there" guys where there really was no reason he should have been over but he was. I do recall he was good at being the guy who takes a beating and never gives up, so there was that.

Also I think the Georgia Championship stuff must not be in good shape since I recall some DVD releases had GCW clips taken from YouTube.

What's really amazing is Adonis was the same weight he was when he left the WWF here in February 1988 and in the last matches he had in Japan in June he was doing the pre Adorable leather jacket gimmick looking nearly 100 pounds lighter.

I figured there had to be an edit, funny they just didn't dub it like everything else. Also I'm glad these shows are back since Big Daddy Ritter was such a great heel.

Did the Stampede show originally have no music in the opening credits, or was there an edit?

I realize steroids were legal then, but mentioning them usually not something done by the announcers.

Amazingly while typing that last post Joel just mentioned the Blade Runners' aggression being a "steroid effect" which just confirms my last two points.

It's funny watching rookie Rob Rechsteiner being referred by his last name constantly in one of the PPW shows and my brain thinking they're saying "Rick Steiner" over and over. Also, holy shit the Blade Runners were jacked even more than Sting and Warrior would be at any point after. Also x 2 man does Joel Watts suck on commentary. It's like if David Crockett took a Xanax.