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To further illustrate Poneglyph's point I will go this route. There are All Japan tag matches and six mans that are 3.5 stars in a lot of people's eyes. There are more select tags and six mans that are 4.5 and 5 from the same promotion. Are those 3.5 star matches now "bad" because you look at them in relation to those other tag matches? Does that affect how they are looked at in relation to an American match from the same time? So yes, there is the chance that an El Gigante match can be "good" in comparison to a worse El Gigante match. And from a certain standpoint it could be said that a particularly "good" El Gigante match may be comparatively better than his average and therefore preferable in a sense to a "bad" Flair match that is just as "bad" in relation to an average Flair match. Having said that I think it's a wrong way of looking at anything. However, that is my opinion and I'm sure there are those who may take that tack and I will not say they are not allowed to do so. I would also agree with OJ as well. Like what you want to like.

From my reading online it seems that Lyons was wrestling until 1984. Don't know how this should be handled.

I like the idea of having a Japan booker as well. This is a nice twist.

Steve Regal

I left instructions with goc in the event CFCW makes his pick right after I leave. If not, I will be making my pick first thing in the morning.

I thought that as faces they at least had interesting spots to insert into a match. Now all they have is a valet/part time wrestler who comes out with them that makes them interesting at all. There is some truth to the idea that they shouldn't be doing a bunch of cool shit because they are heels. It may hurt them a little bit that any cool shit they do at all will overshadow Enzo/Cass so they have to be extra bland to make them look good.

I'll be around all day tomorrow. I can let goc know what's up when I go get all my hairs cut in the afternoon.

That Gran Apollo match reminds me of a tag match between Choshu/Yatsu and Jumbo/Tenryu. Yatsu gets out of control after Jumbo refuses to brawl with him. Higuchi and Choshu try to calm him down for a bit and then the bell rings. I love that match.

I'll be out of bed in 7 hours. I think I'm safe on that front.

Show me a link and I'm there.

Honestly being Montreal made my draft a lot easier. Getting big names there besides Bravo and Leduc was something I could put off in favor of guys I wanted to build that would disappear. I almost made it on Bravo or Leduc, but if all I missed out on was those two it was a pretty good draft.

The tournament to crown new Canadian International Tag Team champions has been finalized. Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith will indeed be in the tournament, as will the Cuban Assassins from Maple Leaf Wrestling. Also announced for this card, NWA Canadian champion Rick Martel will be defending his title against "Canada's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo. Rumors have been circulating about another big Montreal Forum show on the 30th of July involving Andre the Giant. These are unsubstantiated at this point, but further details will be forthcoming. edit: The team name for the Tongans has been changed to the Tongan Terrors as I felt it was more indicative of their gimmick.

Yeah, I think that's the weakness of having only a play-by-play guy. If you have a heel and/or face color guy there is quite a bit more to be done with announcing. Or even just a semi-heel guy who can live with some of the stuff heels do but only wants to see it go so far.

Shy, quiet type ladies. *wink, wink* Yeah, Rude always was really shy.

In about 10 minutes I am up for some Vancouver.

I'm busy watching some AWA.

Gille Poisson

I thought the highlights of NXT were the beginning and the end. The mixed tag match was forgettable but well structured, the women's squash was fine for what it was. I liked the Dusty tribute and want to spend all day looking up Dusty promos now. Hard times indeed. The main event was at least good even if it could have been more. Then again, you want more on the blowoff match, not the initial one.

I have one for sure in Quebec that is coming up after Memphis picks that was a big name in the early to mid 80s. The reason I took Goulet before him is because from my reading Goulet was a guy who could drag a good match out of anyone, was on the midcard level just about everywhere and had name value in Quebec. He can run matches, especially on house shows, with guys like LaFon and Tonga John, work with Armand Rougeau in tags to help him improve, etc. to help build up the future guys as far as skill goes. My next pick is sadly going to be a JTTS type who gets a few pins over midcard guys, does jobs for his semi-regular team with Lefebvre and leads the younger guys through matches. I've never seen him wrestle, but I hate taking a name guy and making him into that. I have ten guys I want to feature going forward plus Gino Brito, who was a really big name in Quebec and it's just not feasible to keep more than that hot. To even do that I am going to have to borrow in talent a lot so that those guys don't do too many jobs. Looking at it right now, the teams I want to be my #2 face and heel are #4 and #3 respectively. I have a good six months to a year of booking them to get them where I want them. Even Brito is going to end up falling victim to some jobs that he very likely would not have done during the later part of that. And what really sucks is that I get two and a half years to run with Lefebvre before he dies. After some of the planned feuds he is gonna be a contender regardless of his partner for the tag straps.

I'm looking at an hour of TV, 1.5 to 2 on the big shows and house shows are around an hour and a half.

I would also like to have Stan Hansen on the 20th of July if that works.

I'd like Stan for a December 31st show if he's willing to work in Canada that evening.

The International Wrestling Association is proud to announce that it will be holding an eight team tournament to crown new Canadian International Tag Team Champions on July 2nd in the Montreal Forum. Slated to appear are the following teams. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers The Midnight Express The Can Am Express Gino Brito/Tony Parisi Sgt. Slaughter/Mad Dog Lefebvre Armand Rougeau/Rene Goulet The team of Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith is rumored to be in the tournament as well. Dino Bravo is rumored to be wrestling on the show in singles competition. Get your tickets now!

Actually, I do have plans for Lefebvre that don't involve jobbing to put people over. It was a confluence of the guy being over in Montreal and me having plans for him that made him that high. Depending when you tape TV we can work out a deal on semi-consistent dates he shows up n Portland. My research also suggested that he was 1/2 of the tag champs at the time with Patterson, making him at least a midcard/upper midcard guy in the area. Seemed like the right pick to make for where I was.

I didn't know who would be around when KrisZ ended up making his pick. You three seemed like the best bets to be on the board and ready to get my pick done ASAP and keep things moving.