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You'd love Bill Veeck. Oh, I do. And I love the Ed Wood movie. He's so optimistic and yet... so terrible. Like a lot of indy wrestling.

I can see both sides of this argument. I'm a sports journalist, and my frame of reference is pretty much restricted to the mid 1980s onward. For the stuff before that, got to rely on highlights and statistics and make the best comparisons you can. I think comparing guys from different eras in sports is a bit silly given the jumps in physical conditioning and medical ability to repair sports injuries so I try to stick to "best I've seen" when it comes to doling out the hyperbole.

Watched Ed Wood today for the first time in a long time. Watching an overly optimistic filmmaker with minimal talent hustling and conning his way into making movies, and the growing cabal of "unique" individuals he collected along the way, reminded me of independent wrestling.

I pretty much watch all WWE programming on DVR. It's become almost Pavlovian in that I'll reach for the remote to fast-forward through the commercials when a guy is thrown to the floor. This.

The frustrating part for me is WWE's attempt to McMahonitize wrestling history--and the concern that soon the only people that will know or care that wasn't the way it was will be nerds like us. Of course, history has always been written by the winners, so...

I wouldn't have fired her for it, but the wrestling world could do with a lot more kayfabe.

That is fantastic.

Wait, wait, wait, we're all ignoring the biggest revelation in these past few posts. PORKCHOP CASH still wrestles?!?!

And just think, fellas, his vote counts just as much as yours does!

Anyone have a date on the Wise show / newspaper article in question?

I'd love to see Miz just proclaim he was holding onto his shot until WrestleMania. Would provide a nice ongoing storyline for the next eight months. Both ladder matches were good. I thought Raw's was superior. Loved the erektor set from hell that Morrison used, that you mentioned. I thought the main event was boring and plodding, and as I posted elsewhere, I see no point in a match between two guys embroiled in a feud for the primary title in a steel cage with no blood.

Pretty sure this was meant as satire. Poorly written satire, but satire nonetheless.

I'm not sure who's worse. I think Babinsack, because you can tell by his writing style he thinks he is writing something complex and thoughtful. Instead, it comes out as the gibberish of a limited mind with barely functional writing skills.

As someone who also likes some fast-paced, spotfests, I must agree that Arn is superior to AJ.

On the one hand, the thought Todd is paid to write horrible Raw recaps horrifies me. The other part of me wants to apply because I know I can do a better job than him standing on my head and drunk off my ass.

It's all about juking the stats

Those media outlets accept articles written in crayon? Who knew?

These are fascinating. Thanks for doing this, Loss.

I get what you're saying but you at least saw Hogan and Flair get punked out in angles. Tiger Mask just comes off as bulletproof.