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You get the sense Rip Hawk was just groaning and thinking "Calm down you little puke."

Ah! I know. TNA should offer him a lot of money.

Virgil got a hell of a lot better by late 92/early 93. He had some squash matches in 92 where he just killed the poor guy. He was also a late era WCW SN Superworker.

Tito had a massive connection to the crowd for years

I love Maddox on commentary. He's a riot.

Of the Saturday TV we don't have for early 81, one is Buddy vs Andre, one on one. That kills me. I just want to see Buddy Rose vs Andre the Giant. Is that too much to ask? I don't ask for much.

Lawler was the best at selling an upcoming show while talking about his Softball team, certainly. Did anyone get exactly what he wanted out of wrestling better than him?

How viable was Slater? He was seen as sort of a Terry Funk clone inside the business, no?

I still don't have a good sense of what heels Dusty feuds with in Florida from 75-82 or so.

That's the thing with 81. I can think of way more guys for 83-84 and I think we might be missing a few who were hot in the late 70s but not so much later.

NXT is on the free version of Hulu, though I could imagine that they'd block it in foreign countries such as Texas.

Are you totally discounting the NXT women's roster or something? I'm not digging for the pics of young Paige meeting Goldust or young Bailey decked out in her Hardy Boyz gear and I'm sure rovert would love to come in and tell you about what's her face. And Sasha Banks isn't great but they still pulled her from Kowalski's school and the indies and I suppose there's some inherent value to Charlotte (and Shaul Guerrero if she's on her way back in). What I said. I see a bunch of female wrestlers coming up in the system who are fans or not just in this for the fame, who have experience already or are second generation (and Paige is as well). The entire next generation of "divas" seems to fit into that. The ones that might not completely are being taught to really work their character into their matches and to work focused, narrative-driven short matches that have been consistently good. Emma and Summer Rae are excellent at working their characters into their matches, way better than even a lot of guys on the NXT roster like Neville and Graves (they had a 2/3 falls this week which was really lacking in in that, even though it was sound in other ways). The Bailey/Charlotte vs Rae/Banks match from this week was a ton of fun. Bailey, through body language and working her character, garnered a ton of sympathy, to the point where the crowd was audibly shocked when Charlotte turned on her. I'm not super high on Banks or Charlotte either, though I'm enjoying Banks more as a heel. Maybe the current crop of Divas that just got brought up are frustrating, but there's a half dozen in the farm system that aren't, whether that's due to Del Ray's training or what, and I think it's pretty obvious that since this is Hunter's baby, they're going to be fairly well insulated. While on the topic of NXT, I also think you should go back to last week and watch Harper vs Ohno if you haven't yet, Will. I think you'd really like Harper's stuff in that match.

Wasn't a lot of it hedging against Video rental places just buying the cheaper home version and using it to rent out?

Personally, I'm not too worried about your point because I see how things are shaping up in developmental.

I think she'll be ok.

Billy Robinson!

Are you totally discounting the NXT women's roster or something? I'm not digging for the pics of young Paige meeting Goldust or young Bailey decked out in her Hardy Boyz gear and I'm sure rovert would love to come in and tell you about what's her face. And Sasha Banks isn't great but they still pulled her from Kowalski's school and the indies and I suppose there's some inherent value to Charlotte (and Shaul Guerrero if she's on her way back in).

Grimmas is a guy who should never be referred to by his real name.

I'm in the midst of the lucha set. Masks and missing fingers and/or eyes are awesome.

I think if they offered it, Lawler would have jumped at it though. If Bill Eadie doesn't work, my new answer is Johnny Walker.

Something something Hillbilly Jim.

My new answer is Bill Eadie.

Money in the Bank 2011/Summerslam 2011 is a good 1-2 punch but Night of Champions really just has the Mark Henry win going for it. Honestly Capital Punishment had a Christian vs Orton match and Rey vs Punk so maybe that's better. Either way neither hits the mark I think.

Everyone, this is Kevin and this is his first time in group. Can everyone say "Hi Kevin."