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The guy's full of shit on some points (LOL @ Warrior outdrawing Flair), but his basic premise is pretty much correct. Flair post-1993 has been pretty sad to watch at times.

You could include Roddy Piper considering he was one of the biggest draws of the 80s and only got 1 short "thanks for your years of service" IC run.

Bruno Sammartino, who turned 70 on October 6: He looks better than he did when he was wrestling.

I might have been more right than I realize, since rumors have Dusty Rhodes as the new RAW GM.

Wrestling probably still would have been big, but not *as* big as Hogan made it. Vince likes to act like he could have plugged anyone in that slot and it would have produced the same result, when history shows that the whole reason Vince is Vince is because he happened to come across three of the most charismatic personalities in wrestling history (Hogan, Austin, Rock). Vince's embarrassing attempts to regain lightning in a bottle after the Hulk years illustrates that better than everything. If he was just a cog in the wheel, why was Vince so desparate to find the "next Hogan"?

The NWA elects a new President and BOD at their convention, and the last one was in October. Liger appearing on Bound for Glory illustrated how good NJ and TNA's relations were, Yukes taking over the company is what might put it in jeopardy since they make video games for WWE.

They've had a deal with New Japan, via the NWA.

It's probably a shock for anyone associated with the McMahon family to come across people who don't kiss their ass and think they're the greatest people ever.

Bullfuckingshit on your bullfuckingshit. If a heel gets cheered for doing heel tactics to a face, then the face isn't very good in his role.

Hogan didn't garner a sympathetic babyface reaction like others mentioned . Other than the time he got squished by Earthquake, I don't recall Hogan ever getting any babyface sympathy from the fans.

Basically they're looking for Sapphire, 2005/6 version.

Hogan was great at making the guys he faced look like monsters, but he really wasn't a great babyface per se. Jesse used to call him on it all the time, how he'd be using heel tactics and the face announcer would accept it because he's the great Hulk Hogan.

I don't know why, but it seems like no one who's started wrestling in the last 10 years can cut a promo with any emotion. I don't know if Hayes had any legit emotion with the Flair situation (I'm guessing not unless the drinking part hit home), but he sure had me sold with that promo. Isn't that the #1 rule of cutting a promo? You gotta believe what you're saying or no one else will.

I've been impressed with how they've been able to resist the temptation to immediately compete with WWE. You know they're itching to do it, but they've put more of an effort with building their own brand rather than doing the "OMG WWE SUX~!" bit for the whole show like ECW was prone to doing.

Kerry Von Erich from about 84 to 87 was right up there with Ricky Morton in terms of working babyface. I can't even imagine what it must have been like being in the Sportatorium for his matches. Sometimes even when you watch them on tape/DVD the shrieking girls make your ears hurt. It probably helped that some of the best heels in wrestling history passed through Texas at that time, but I don't think I've ever seen the crowd rally behind someone on a consistent basis like that since.

Didn't some of the hosses who ended up working in Japan make inquiries about TNA first? I know I remember reading about someone released from WWE that TNA said "no thanks" to, but I can't put a name to the story. I'm guessing that the HUGE~! announcement is something about getting more TV time, since they really don't need to sign any more talent. They need the TV time to get the guys they have now over.

It was funny that I was just watching World Class tapes and made a post about how good the Freebirds were at drawing heat, then Hayes comes out and proves my point. WWE should never have a wrestler who can't cut a promo as long as he's around.

It's a chicken and egg thing, is he voicing the opinon of the non-fan, or do non-fans have their opinons because of assholes like Rome?

Of all the media chicks WWE could have chosen to suck up to, it's funny they picked the one who sounds like Kermit the Frog with a chest cold.

They didn't name a new one, you'll have to TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT~! Tony>

HHH and Steph had a "moment" before the segment where Eric got fired, that's what usually passes for forshadowing in wrestling.

Just had to start this so I could say "HOLY SHIT~!" to the Edge/Sarge/Hayes segment. That was probably the best series of promos done on WWE TV all year. Makes me wonder why they don't have some of thes kids who can't talk go to Hayes to learn how shit's done.

Must be a real boost to morale when someone who's never been anything but "WOO I LUVZ WWE~!" gets shown the door.

It just doesn't pay to win a WWE contest. Winning = GONE~! within a year or two.

David Manning was the ref for a lot of the matches, he's the one I was talking about. He co hosted that DVD Kevin made, and he looks different without his giant 80s white guy 'fro.