Allegedly, Eve choked out Matt Hardy after he drunkenly made a pass at her.

*That* is awesome 2.0.

Allegedly, Eve choked out Matt Hardy after he drunkenly made a pass at her.

That's fantastic.

Billy Gunn looks like Barry Windham circa 93.

In his interview with PWInsider Jim Cornette said besides the Smokey Mountain history book he is doing (a la the Midnight Express book) he and Mark James are toying with the idea of a SMW Viewers Guide with all the format sheets of each TV show included.

Sold.

Rough week for ex wrestlers as Meltzer mentioned that Rosey, Bobby Eaton & Bobby Fulton are all in rough shape this week.

In his interview with PWInsider Jim Cornette said besides the Smokey Mountain history book he is doing (a la the Midnight Express book) he and Mark James are toying with the idea of a SMW Viewers Guide with all the format sheets of each TV show included.

Awesome!

In 94 there was a North Georgia promotion that had TV on Channel 14 in Atlanta. Was that Peach State Wrestling (which had the Armstrongs as heels) or something else?

Peach State was based out of Cordele....the promotion you are thinking of is North Georgia Wrestling Association

Was NGWA where New Jack broke in Kris?

This remains my all-time favorite opening to a wrestling commercial release:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqk_f6plJiI

Yep along with Disco Inferno, Buff Bagwell, Mustafa Saed, Scotty Riggs, and others

This remains my all-time favorite opening to a wrestling commercial release:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqk_f6plJiI

That one is awesome.

 

I am also a big fan of this one...

 

Since I will never get a response to this anywhere else, I want to pose a question.

 

I did a top 25 matches in Royal Rumble history piece for Place to be Nation and on it I listed the minis match from 1998 (#22) and I did not list the Benoit-Angle match from 2003. What I want to know is how anybody can think that the Benoit-Angle match is better. They are both spotfests that lack stories that are just put together to pop the crowd. However in the minis match the high spots are all these cool high flying dives and springboards, while the Benoit-Angle match is filled with German suplexes and popping up after dangerous moves.

 

A match with no real story, a spotfest, makes a let more sense to me with midgets wearing masks then it does in a World Title match. To me, the minis match made more sense in that context and had better spots and kind of flowed better.

 

So, why the love for Benoit-Angle and the hate for the minis match?

Hey brother, we discuss the Rumble match in the Angle thread.

Hey brother, we discuss the Rumble match in the Angle thread.

I will post this question there, hopefully somebody has seen the minis match since 1998.

The mini-match at best is a sub-8 min match designed to fill time on a show and only exposes how thin the WWE roster at the time, while also showing how Vince continued to not get why the cruiserweight division was so successful. At worst it's your usual lucha midget spotfest that's been to death.

 

I don't think people hate the midget match, it's just no one has given it a second thought, because, why bother?

I think that is his point with Benoit vs. Angle.

I was arguing this with him at Scott Keith's blog and explaining why it was different. Was puzzled as to why he didn't have some great Rumbles on the list, yet had RR 95 on his list, which is awful.

Punk interview where he finally speaks about the Beadle/AJ deal, his current angle, his place on the card, Bryan, and Hunter doing some MMA training.

 

 

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/1/24/53405...-network-ufc-on

 

 

I think it's impossible for this man to not come across as a dick in any form of media. I think he would freely admit that

He gets a kick out of people who have never met him forming very strong opinions about him. His personality seems to relish it.

I usually don't stick up for Punk from a personality standpoint but at what specific points in that interview did he come across as a a dick to you?

I thought Punk was fine in that interview. Best part was that he has The Undertaker's urn on his kitchen counter.

Yeah unless you consider "self confident" as being a dick then I don't see a problem with the interview. If you are still expecting Punk to act humble then you will be waiting a long ass time

 

I would be interested in Punk inducting Warrior though