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It's clear he's going to be #10 at the Rumble, so of course he loses on the way out.

EY vs Tye was outright bad. The best the show got was decent. AOP vs DIY was the match of the night and it was easily DIY's least impressive match they've had in NXT. Nak/Roode had zero chemistry, and not only that, but it seems like it was a test for him to work more traditional US TV style main events, and it didn't work well at all, imo. I disagree with every word you wrote there. EY-Tye was a completely fine opener. Crowd was into it and it didn't over shadow anything to come. AOP vs DIY was really good, I love a good hoss team and the match was like *** 1/4-1/2 level for me. A fine showing by both teams. I didn't see no chemistry with Roode-Nak. The first half was fine, a solid main event, but from the time Nak originally injured his knee to the end was really great stuff.

Wow, shocked by that review. I thought it was a solid match, until Nakamura's knee injury then I thought it was an amazing finishing stretch. The drama of Nanakmura's knee and Roode trying to end it was great. I'd go about *** 1/2, so not MOTYC or anything, but a good match.

People shitting on this show is very odd to me. A really solid show up and down, with nothing bad, and some really good stuff.

Thanks for the listen Chad! Kobashi is someone in contention for sure, Tim would had been the one to bring him up but he was on some pro American kick.

Roderick Strong/Andrade Almas This should be amazing!!

Really excited about the Rumble, NXT has some matches I want to see, EVOLVE looks great. What a weekend. Add in the NHL All-Star game.. and I don't know how I can watch all of this.

EVOLVE the same day could be a better show. Main Event #1 – EVOLVE Championship Match Timothy Thatcher w/ Stokely Hathaway defends vs. Jeff Cobb Main Event #2 – Chris Hero’s Final Match Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. No DQ Match Matt Riddle vs. DUSTIN Special Challenge Match #1 EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Fred Yehi vs. ACH Special Challenge Match #2 EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Tracy Williams vs. Laredo Kid Special Tag Team Attraction Chris Dickinson & Jaka vs. Sammy Guevara & Jason Kincaid Plus more to be announced with Ethan Page w/ The Gatekeepers, Darby Allin, Peter Kaasa, plus more!

Nominating: Imposible vs Relampago (IWRG, 1/22) A really heated lucha match with an amazing beat down by the rudo for the first two falls. So much so the crowd (to be fair, a lot of them were his "clients") interfered giving the babyface water, distracting the referee, and saving him from future torture. The crowd brawling section was as good as I've seen that done in a long long time. Great match!

Please provide reasons, even a sentence or link to your words elsewhere.

Steven and Tim are back for Royal Rumble weekend and are joined by Elliott to run down our top ten lists of babyfaces. Some surprises along the way and a lot of fun! https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/pwss64

What's sad is that the roster is so devoid of top guys that Shane IS the biggest boy not tied up in something. The SD roster is so devoid of stars in particular that Shane really is the biggest name they can put AJ with even if they were to call up Joe or Nak. AJ vs Miz would be excellent. I'm sure it'd be a fine match, but I'm not talking about match quality. I'm talking about name quality, and Shane is literally the biggest name SD has after Cena. Sure, and Foley is the biggest name on Raw. SD has AJ, Cena, Randy Orton, Bray, Ambrose, Miz all of guys that are main eventers. Bardon Corbin is coming along as is Luke Harper. SD is not lacking on main eventers.

They really should go back to the SkyDome again or is 68k not enough people for a WrestleMania anymore.

What's sad is that the roster is so devoid of top guys that Shane IS the biggest boy not tied up in something. The SD roster is so devoid of stars in particular that Shane really is the biggest name they can put AJ with even if they were to call up Joe or Nak. AJ vs Miz would be excellent.

I think Bryan bringing in Joe as his surrogate is the way to go with that.

Due to footage, you probably have: Chris Hero Daniel Bryan AJ Styles all having more 4 star matches than Flair. At the very least, I'm probably forgetting someone. Maybe a Samoa Joe or Rey Mysterio.

Holy shit someone likes Bret-Austin from Survivor Series more than me!!!

I'll not do 70s, because my viewing is limited. 80s: MS-1 vs Sangre Chicano 90s: 6/9/95 00s: Atlantis vs Villano III 10s: Atlanis vs Ultimo Guerrera

I'm a hige mark for Bret and this statement is ridiculous to me. Even Crna has more **** matches.

Batista would be a legend if he had a mini sidekick like Kenimoto like I always dreamed. Really under rated in general though.

Of course I'm going to vote Bret. Of the ones I've seen footage of, Martel would be the closest. Hans Schmidt and Patterson are hurt by lack of older footage.

Thanks for all your kind remarks. Sorry I'm always a few days or so behind, but that's what you are going to get. Pretend news travels fast from Mexico and the Observer is mailed out slowly. Upcoming Super Friday show. Super Viernes on January 25, 1985 at Arena Mexico Match 1: Solar y Popitekus y Tony Salazar contra Los Missioneros de la Muerte (Negro Navarro y El Texano y El Signo) Match 2: El Hijo del Santo y Hombre Bala y Alfonso Dantes contra Fuerza Guerrera y El Dandy y Tony Benetto Match 3: Gran Cochisse y Atlantis y Tony Acre y Vulcano contra Los Guerreros del Universo (Negro Casas y Black Terry y Blue Panther y Babe Face) Semi-Main Event: Mexican National Tag Team Titles Match: Ringo Mendoza y Cachorro Mendoza (Champions) contra Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams Main Event: Sangre Chicano contra Pirata Morgan

It was a sound move. Demo was the champions, but were losing steam and were not listening to him anymore. He found a younger and more powerful team that would listen to him to replace them. Demo starting getting cheered and that ego went to their heads and were going to dump Fuji anyways, so it was a pre-emptive strike. POP had the tools and Fuji knew all about Demos, so it was a risk that didn't pay off. However if he stuck with Demos, he may had had no tag teams. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. As for Hogan, he did retain the title and get rid of Hogan for almost a decade. Add that to his resume, he ended Hulkamania in the WWF.

Fuji got Muraco within seconds of winning the World Title from Hogan. A series of MSG matches including a cage match. That's not a laughing stock, he moved him up the card. Can you blame Fuji for dumping the old Demolition for the newer and improved Powers of Pain? Also he took back Demolition out of loyalty and pity. 2 world titles and 2 tag titles, Heenan would love to have had that record.

Mr Fuji was arguably a detriment to most of his clients. He bungled Demolition when he decided to bail on them in favour of the Powers of Pain, then he inserted himself into the PoP's big Wrestlemania match which directly contributed to them losing their big shot. With Yoko, he immediately made a verbal contract with Hulk Hogan seconds after he won at Mania 9. Disasterous. Fuji was a calamity zone, awful decisions all over the place. ----------- Letters from Kayface time line (84-97) General Adnan World Champion Paul Bearer World Champion Mr. Perfect 2x World Champion Mr. Fuji 2x World Champion 2x Tag Titles Jimmy Hart 3x IC Title 3x Tag Titles Bobby Heenan 3x IC Title 2x Tag Titles Freddie Blassie Tag Titles