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Probably Fujiwara. He may be a master of a particular style, but it's a style that I find virtually unwatchable, and guys like Volk Han were much better at making the style entertaining to me.

One big difference that tripped up a lot of guys in the late 90s/early 00s was that the WWF expected heels to pop up and feed the babyface's comeback as opposed to selling like in WCW.

Consistent selling within a style/promotion isn't a good thing if it consistently sucks. Does anyone think that Atlantis and Ultimo Guerrero were wrong to do prolonged selling of high impact moves instead of video game selling like everyone else in CMLL?

Outback Jack?

I thought this sentence in the most recent Observer was worth highlighting given the discussion of New Japan's booking on this board: Note that this is the beginning of a paragraph in which he does, in fact, criticize New Japan's booking-specifically, running Okada vs. Nakamura at the Seibu Dome with two days build.

Of course everything doesn't have to lead to the finish. But everything should lead to something. No one goes into a James Bond movie expecting him to be finished off by the deathtrap he'll inevitably be caught in, but we still expect him to escape using his wits or some cool gadget and not just get up and walk out.

I disagree completely. I'm not particularly interested in how many ways Razor Ramon has of working the leg if Shawn is just going to blow it all off. It's like raving about a fight scene in a movie that ends with both guys walking away without a scratch and has no impact whatsoever on the plot.

If that match was all Jarrett, why did he never have any other matches that were anywhere near as good?

Vince's track record when he goes into panic mode suggests that the opposite will be true. My understanding was that anything less than 900k would be an unmitigated disaster. I don't see how there's any way to spin this.

Actually, yes. I've heard several people criticize the All Japan crew on the grounds that wrestling is supposed to be a work and it doesn't take any skill to hit someone full force.

Beefcake's work with the Dream Team should be enough to take him out of the running.

In a real fight, you don't just stand there and invite your opponent to pop you. That's not a fight, it's a macho pissing contest. Beyond that, I think wrestling is a lot better when guys act like stuff that doesn't hurt does than when they act like stuff that does hurt doesn't.

How about Velvet Sky? She's not some model that John Laurinaitis picked out of a catalog. She went to an actual wrestling school, worked the indies, paid her dues...and she's still just as bad as any FCW bikini contest participant.

Yeah, this Raw was much better than the PPV. So much for WWE being a sports entertainment company that doesn't produce wrestling.

The implicit likening of current WWE to the Revolver/Sgt. Pepper's-era Beatles is almost as hilarious as that R-Truth gif.

Look at Ryback in 2012 for an example of how being repeatedly screwed over can kill a babyface's heat.

I really enjoyed most of the show, but the shitty main event and even shittier ending completely soured me on the whole thing.

Miz matches would be at least 50% more entertaining if the camera was on Mizdow the whole time.

OK, this finisher spamming is getting ridiculous.

Usos went for Samoan Drop on Dustin. Cody kicked the leg and Dustin hit his finish for the pin So the leg work paid off, I guess. Or was that a different Uso?

The Kid Rock one was better. Man, those are words I never imagined myself typing.

I thought Dolph/Cesaro was a borderline MOTYC. If it doesn't end up as the MOTN, this will be a super PPV.

It's in Dallas. Texas crowds are usually hot for everything.

I guess I can see that. But if the endgame is a Cena/Rusev match at Mania, there's really no need to involve the US title.