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That's incredible.

I would love for this to signal the return of on-location segments. Ambrose taking Lana to the Grand Canyon and extolling the natural beauty of American soil.

I have never heard someone pronounce "Newcastle" worse than Michael Cole. There's no space between 'New' and 'Castle' ffs, everyone makes that mistake.

This is definitely true. ECW went from a show you watched, just to keep up with Punk to a must-watch once when Miz and Morrison got together and Finlay, Henry and Matt Hardy were moved there. From there, it was must watch TV and watching from the start will make you appreciate the improvement.

This probably means very little because Cena wasn't mentioned either but, at work, I heard the radio ads for WWEs next UK tour in November and Bryan wasn't mentioned. They led with Reigns, Orton, Rollins and, of all people, Ambrose as their names. Now, I know shit changes and different guys could be around the top in November but Bryan's name jumped out at me as one you'd advertise if there was no concerns going further.

Awesome, I've been waiting for this. Gangrel being there has warmed my heart. I saw him live at a tiny indie show here about a month ago and he worked a fun match with a fairly green guy.

I have no idea why you wouldn't throw Dustin in a team with someone. Though he may just want to wind down for good, who knows?

I think Crowe looked fine but it was a strange match to showcase him. Parker is a guy who was never treated seriously but got some good offense on Crowe and, yeah, Crowe didn't look as good as you'd like someone to look in a debut showcase. I'm guessing the match was booked and taped before Parker got released but Crowe probably needs a strong push on TV to come out of it looking strong.

Yeah, the Michaels promos from the screwjob onwards are awful, It's weird because, as he settled into a natural heel role through 97, he was great. But his run through November 97-Mania isn't great at all.

My friend was at the Newcastle show and had positive things to say about both of those matches you posted.

I am god damn furious that my vote for Deuce 'n' Domino only took them to, something crazy like, 15% of the vote. You people are letting their shitty tag work distract from a tremendous theme song.

I see the Raws post-Survivor Series 97 are up but they've left the whole of 97 blank. That's one of their best years, even if it's not pushed as heavily as 98. I hope they fill that gap soon. Hopefully along with 1997 Nitros.

The finish to the Rollins match

I've also been watching some 93 WWF and these Men on a Mission matches are really bad. Mabel/Viscera went on to do some good stuff but Mo isn't great, in the slightest. I'm not going to say he's the worst ever but he really sucks. At least, in this viewing period.

What a great post. I'd love to know more about Crockett trying to muscle in on McMahon turf in the 60s, is there any articles/books to dig into it?

I'm starting to fear that this didn't even make it into the tournament. I mean, listen to it! It's awesome!

Man, I was actually optimistic about Cesaro having a main event run around this point. If the best we can hope for throughout 2015 is a tag series opposite The Usos and The Lucha Dragons, he won't make my list. It's a shame because he's easily my favourite WWE worker but man, his treatment Post Mania 30 is maybe the worst I've ever seen an over worker be treated. He could have been having long, main event matches but instead, he's faltering in the midcard there's still a chance for him and Kidd to pull a great tag out of someone (probably The Usos) but Cesaro could have been so much more.

I'm going to put all of my energy into getting Deuce 'n' Domino's theme into the semi-finals, at least.

For the most part, the series with Paige was bad but there was that one PPV match where they went out and threw bombs at each other for 5 minutes that was really fun.

If someone was to say "Hey, you know it's fake?", I'd show them Rusev rolling to the ring in a tank and I'd politely mention that, fake or not, this medium, when done right, is fucking great.

Fair enough, I think I've seen it, maybe, twice since it happened and certainly not any time recently.

What is everyone's opinion on the Deadly Games tournament at Survivor Series 98? I remember it being a really great show, just on the way it was booked throughout the night though I can see how the finish of the main might sour people.

And that Jackass/Punk'd type show or whatever it's going to be. I genuinely don't know who they're for.

Listening now, another great reaction show. I loved hearing the giddy excitement from everyone about how awesome the main event was.

It'd be great if they had the Rusev tank idea in mind, saw how much a tank would cost and decided to offset it by firing Drew McIntyre