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I have nothing bad to say about BSW. Ordered a shirt on there in the wrong size by accident and wrote an email asking if they could change it. Got an email back the next day saying it was taken care of. I think the shirt took like 2 weeks to get to me.
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Actually there's a thing in the Observer from around the time the UWF trophy cover came out. Dave says most of the comments he'd heard about that picture were in the same vein of "why were all those guys staging a photo together?'
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Agreed. Didn't know where he was going with the dance but the heel turn bit cracked me up.
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I think the idea that you can "find a Steve Austin" in developmental isn't really realistic. Austin had been wrestling since 1989 when he finally broke out as "Stone Cold" in 1996. The best thing they can get out of their developmental is a John Cena, Batista, or Lesnar. A young guy with a bunch of potential that they can bring along slowly (well not Lesnar) I know people seem to think guys should come out developmental ready to be main eventers but I don't think that is a realistic expectation.
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It's sure to be dismissed as "hardcore" fans (aka them dang interweb fans) who went to Mania and not a reflection of the feelings of the WWE Universe. It's pretty much true though. In no other arena would the Sheamus/Orton match gotten that reaction, nor would Dolph's Cash In. It's why I couldn't help but laugh at another board proclaiming how much of a star Dolph really is based off his reaction. That he's never gotten close to before. When has a MITB Cash In NOT gotten a huge reaction?
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Tony Atlas is one of my favorite people to see/hear on random internet interviews. He's always got something funny and/or interesting to say.
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I have a bunch of early Observers and the WWF hate starts as early as 84. Dave was dogging WWF expansion pretty much from the start, and there were plenty of unhappy letters. To be fair, there were also a few pro-WWF letters from fans who thought WWF was better than the territory area that fan was in.
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I just can't envision the Warriors staying in Memphis for an extended period. When you have the ability to go to so many different territories and make big money why would you stick around in Memphis, which is notorious for low payoffs.
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I wish they were getting behind Cesaro as much as they seem to be behind Fandango, but I really like Fandango so far so I'm gonna hope he and Jericho steal the show. I really think this is a Mania card where an undercard match given any decent amount of time has the chance to steal the show, at least from a pure "work rate" standard.
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Buzz IS pretty much the unanimous "nothing nice to say about him" guy.
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The best part of this match was getting to hear Gary Michael Capetta.
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I'm pretty skeptical about the standing ovation being started by plants. Simply because if it was that easy for them to do, I suspect they'd have done it again by now.
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Right now I'm simultaneously watching Mid-South 1984 and a little bit of Memphis 1985. I wish I could watch a few weeks of the TV from before Dundee came into Mid-South as a comparison, but the 3 months I've watched of 1984 has been really good. The Magnum T.A./Mr Wrestling II angle, the Midnight Express & Jim Cornette running over everybody, the debut and build up of Terry Taylor, the weeks of videos for the Rock N Roll Express before they show up to space out their debut until right when The Midnight Express need challengers, Buddy Landell debuting the "Nature Boy" gimmick, there's so much good stuff going on at the same time. I can kind of see the "Bill Dundee was a hot shot booker" criticism but it's lead to some really fast moving and interesting TV. In the ring, it really speaks to his talent he can be brought back to Memphis in 1985 as Jerry Lawler's special partner to go against Bruiser Brody and Kareem Muhammad. Memphis is probably the only place it would work in, but that the 5'7 210 pound Dundee could be bought as the "big gun" to battle that team of giants is pretty impressive.
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I love watching the short lived late 80s, early 90s indies just to see who was where and what kind of role they ended up in. Like in 5 Star Wrestling, after JYD ends up back in WCW they have Bob Orton get turned on by Akbar and Bob Orton becomes essentially their number one face. He seemed even less into being a babyface than Randy does now. Watching him cut a promo about how kids need to train hard but study just that much harder is something else. And if you thought II looked old and washed up in 88 he definitely didn't look better in the match I saw him in from 1990. To be fair, he was 56 in 1990 and had been wrestling since 1956. And he could still do that trademark Wrestling II dance.
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Yea he's been back since last July. He was on the 20th Anniversary Raw helping pull apart CM Punk & The Rock.
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This is really what I was trying to get at with my earlier post.
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I didn't realize the Smackdown Six era was criticized other than "you can't use this as an argument for Paul Heyman is a genius" because all he really did was take the best workers he had and lump them all in together and give them a lot of time.
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I kinda doubt it ever got put into heavy rotation or anything, but I absolutely believe there were some people working at country stations that also happened to watch WCW and loved the idea of playing that song on the radio.
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He obviously brought some fanboys with him when he did his YouShoot interview as well, so they DO exist.
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I'm not sure you can really compare that aspect. You really just weren't allowed to swear on TV at all during that time period. There was no swearing on TV in the 60s or 70s and very little by the time most territories dried up in the mid-80s. Some heels today might be able to swear (although they don't really do it in WWE anymore) but they would have their shows thrown off TV if they did some of the race baiting angles that took place back then.
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I just started watching 1984 Mid-South TV yesterday and I've already watched the first 6 weeks. I've watched a couple different full episodes of TV from various different territories but I have to say Mid-South has had the best TV I've seen. Some of the Dundee booking makes it feel like Memphis with a bigger crowd, better production values and better talent away from the main event. By that I mean, there's a lot of wild post match brawls and guys being jumped before or after their match. I wish I had some 1983 Mid-South TV to try and gauge how different the TV became once Dundee came in.
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Yesterday I spun the wheel on my 400 disc DVD player and landed on Disc 1, week 1 of my 1984 Mid-South TV run that I never started watching. Now I'm on Disc 3 and week 7 of 1984. I gotta say Mid-South Wrestling had very fast moving, interesting TV. I can definitely see the Dundee influence though because at times it feels like Memphis with a bigger crowd and better production values with the amount of locker room emptying brawls and guys getting jumped pre or post match. And now I can see why Magnum T.A. & Wrestling II's feud was such a big hit with the magazines. Really good logical stuff with everyone having clear cut reasons for doing what they're doing.
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Top 50 what? Canadians? All time wrestlers? He wouldn't have made my top 50 all time before 2007.
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Was this the Beast in question? No I'm pretty sure that's not him. The guy from 5 Star might be a little shorter, definitely fatter and had dark hair.
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I saw one of the Eddy/Rey house show matches at the Cow Palace and it was awesome. However, if fans were at all disappointed I wouldn't totally blame them as the program (sold at the show itself AND what WWE had posted on their website) billed it as "Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio in the Match of the Year!" Ugh. I thought that was something only RoH would advertise.