Just to drop this in here, the latest Squared Circle Gazette Radio is now up, as we get litigious in Small Claims Court! Rather than tackle one issue like our regular "trial" shows, we debate - Was WWF wrong to give Shawn Michaels the Intercontinental Title in 1992? Was Jeff Jarrett truly guilty of extortion against the WWF in October 1999? Were the New Age Outlaws guilty of general harrassment as an act? Were the WWF guilty of negligence by not pushing Tazz in 2000? Are "smart" wrestling fans guilty of fraud for being parodies of themselves at WWE shows? And is WWE guilty of false advertising by hiding behind the veil of "Sports Entertainment"? An extremely fun show this week, check it out and let us know what you think!

http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/web/cccq8x/SCG_Radio_88_-_Small_Claims_Court.mp3

Fun show although I think some of the choices in trials was a little ... myopic? Nit picky? I don't think I ever looked at Shawn Michaels' first IC title reign as something worth thinking about to the point of making it a 'chargeable' offense. The New Age Outlaws were a product of the times absolutely but also shouldn't be looked down upon for taking a Hail Mary tag run and making something out of it. Obviously a limited team and a limited pair of workers so they couldn't deviate from their formula but they aren't any worse than a number of Attitude era stalwarts. Taz wasn't pushed for a number of reasons most notably that the Radicals came right in behind him on his heels and scooped his heat. He also seemed to suffer from the higher production values of WWE where there wasn't the dark and gritty feel of ECW to make him look more bad ass. Under the brights he came off short and squat and that wasn't a recipe for success.

Agreed on pretty much everything there - and it was small claims I suppose, so part of it I suppose is hearing the debate to decide if it's nitpicky or worth a real degree of scorn. As for Taz, I think that everything you said is totally valid, but as I think Karl said, when they didn't even try and he was getting good reactions, that is being negligent. It wasn't like he was one of the guys getting the silent treatment from the audience like an Essa Rios type, he was over. And they just didn't do a thing.