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ANX vs. Young/Bruiser has been the MOTN so far. Looking forward to War Machine vs. Briscoes a lot though.

Elgin/Dijak - holy shit did I think about slitting my wrists during this shitfest. I honestly just gave up after 5 minutes and watched the House of Truth valets boobs jiggle.

Styles and ACH both got hurt. So boo...

If I could post a pic from my phone I could. I'm like 20 ft. from the ring.

I'll be in Dayton tonight for the RoH show. So I'll be seeing Dalton Castle on Saturday and then him as Ashley Remington on Sunday with Chikara.

Also Jamal is interesting. You can really watch him grow from that guy that sucked in the WWE as 3MW and grow into the guy that becomes Umaga.

Kojima seemed to really benefit from feeling like a star when the promotion was devoid of any real star power.

Kaz is good for awhile and still okay today. Mutoh has his moments but is generally lackluster after 2002. I haven't seen an Ultimo Dragon match since maybe 2007.

I liked the 2005-2006 era when they built the stables around WWE castoffs. The matches weren't great but it was a fun product.

https://soundcloud.com/pit-podcast-134632092/pit-podcast-episode-5-e-feds-and-booking-sims This is a trip down memory lane as we talk about e-feds and booking sims.

I think we can honestly just say 2002 to 2006 NJPW for bad title reigns. Did Fujita ever legit job the title?

I feel like there was a good 10 minute match buried in there.

I watched it last weekend. I thought it was solid. Maybe **1/2 if I was inclined to rate it. My biggest issue with it was it was just too long for what it was.

I also despised Yasuda as a heel and hated his IWGP Title reign. Quite simply he was given the belt because he'd just won a high profile MMA fight at an Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye show. NJ bookers were running the tours. Then a half-senile Inoki would call the shots on the big shows without even watching on a weekly basis. To be fair to Yasuda though I did like him as a face in the late 90's. He was a clumsy, loveable oaf who actually had a lot of charm. Plus he had a very successful career in Sumo so he got plenty of fan support because of that. There were similarities with Hiroshi Wajima in the 80's. You could even make the argument that Yasuda was a good heel. He generated a level of hatred rarely seen amongst Japanese fans. I'm not sure it's the type of reaction that's good for business, but Yasuda certainly had the personality to make an impression on people. It felt like they really damaged Nagata at the time. I think he needed to win the title during that tournament due to the MMA loss and instead he loses to a guy that wasn't seen as worthy of the belt. I know he won it a few weeks later but it felt really anticlimactic.

Not that it matters but I think Liger owes his longevity to his odd body frame.

Was he champion when Bossman dragged off his dad's casket with Big Show attached? Because the comedy value of that segment alone justifies that run.

I'll go different and say Tadao Yasuda and Bob Sapp winning the IWGP Title. Yasuda might be the shittiest wrestler ever. Sapp felt like an absolute low point in the promotions history at the time.

You guys really know how to make a Monday something to look forward to.

This one is a total blast from the past. But I was doing some digging for a podcast I recorded last week and I found out that the IWA is still alive. Yes, the mail in wrestling promotion that used to advertise in PWI! And it's still mail in!

What was the phone number again? I might call it when I need cheering up.

Virgil was a vital part of the nWo. Who else was going to make the beer runs during Nitro?

I remembered one thing from the reboot talk. D'Lo Brown was expected to jump ship for the reboot. I think Bryan Danielson was under contract to WWE at the time.

Bruno Sammartino vs. Billy Graham I didn't care for this. It feels like the entire match was the test of strength or a bear hug. The heat for this match was really good. You could hear some Graham support in the crowd. Hated the ending to this match though.

What about a guy like Scott Norton. He looks like he's absolutely mauling guys at times and he wrestles exactly like you would want him to.