Mad Dog

For what's it worth, I thought the Styles/Daniels vs. LAX feud was the best thing TNA has ever done as a promotion and it was the last wrestling program I was willing to pay money to see.

Again, what context do you need? He did those things, it's documented fact. What he's done in the ring doesn't have an impact on his crimes. He sounds just like those assholes that want to look the other way for college and pro athletes who commit crimes because they're good at a sport. I mean seriously, Flair's not doing anything important in life. He's not healing the sick, saving the lives of the dying or anything really important like that. He puts on tights, talks some shit and rolls around in a ring with other men. That's really not enough to look past the mile long rap sheet he's developed in his life.

If you look beyond that PPV. Benoit clearly wasn't on Meng's level for their first match. It wasn't until he had to beat every member of the Dungeon of Doom to get to Sullivan that he was pushed as having a shot against Meng. So I find it hard to believe that he was going to get the win over the top guys in the nWo before then.

He gave Bossman/Barbarian a good rating in one of his reviews. With One Man Gang. Keith's viewings of OMG are the WWF and his really shitty run in WCW where he was washed up. I can't think of too many good OMG matches from either company.

Does Sting count? I believe he's pretty well off from what I remember. EDIT: Not 80s, but I believe Goldberg is still living off the money he made for his couple of years in WCW and his 1 year in WWE.

On that note, why do you care if Flair is broke and some mid-carder worked for a decade and got out with a huge bank account and is living it up somewhere? That has nothing to do with actual ability. Making 2 million a year doesn't mean a damn thing if you're spending 2 million plus a dollar on a yearly basis. Money is just an individual thing. As I've gotten older I've seen that some people just have no concept of how to live within their means and they never will.

Honestly, I think Nash just likes doing it. EDIT: What Loss said is probably true. That nest egg probably took a beating in 2008.

Look at Michael Jordan. Greatest basketball player of all time and he's all kinds of fucked up. Gambling addict, so competitive that he drives people away, used his HoF speech to go after people in high school, etc. I think the drive and talent that takes someone to the top of anything can also turn around and eat that person alive.

Why is it sad that Nash is well off because he did it the right way? That's how it goes in any walk of life. You have the people that piss their money away like Flair and you have the people like Nash that live life carefully and retire comfortably. Nash should be admired for that more than anything.

I think Hogan and Savage break that mold to a degree. Hogan's biggest flaw is telling tall tales and having a wife that spent all of his money and then took him to the cleaners in a divorce. Savage, was considered crazy by many but it seems like he was one of the few guys that got away from wrestling and was living a good life. I'd say Edge and Christian seem fairly normal from what I've seen. I think they're just like any other set of pro athletes. You have guys that blow through all their money, you have guys that hold on too long, you have guys that save their money and get out early and you have your good old fashioned fuck ups. Are Benoit and Flair any different from O.J. Simpson, Michael Vick or most of the 90s Dallas Cowboys at the end of the day?

It's not popular to say but I like Keith. I think when he's just recapping and throwing some jokes in there that he's an enjoyable read. It's when he goes beyond that, that he totally falls apart.

Flair asked her if she wanted to ride "Space Mountain" shortly after filming of this commercial ended.

That's fine. Then say that instead of getting on your moral high horse and going on about context.

But how could anyone act like it was a hit job though. That's what I don't understand about Mitchell's post. There doesn't need to be a context because Flair has done all of those things. Trying to downplay it like he did is more dishonest than what the reporter did.

Bruce Mitchell sounds like an idiot in that post. Does context change a thing in this case? I don't get these guys that try to justify bad behaviour from guys because they happen to be entertaining in the ring.

No. That's how it started. They would take a guy around and he'd wrestle the locals at the fair. They would cheat if they came across someone who could win the prize money. Hence the rubes and marks phrases wrestlers and promoters use today.

Is there an agreed upon first worked match?

That usually factors into him actually showing up for a booking or not.

I'll take it over anything that gets chanted at an RoH show.

Please tell me you just made the Juggalo Furry thing up...

Flair was different for the WWF at the time. But he was still treated as a top guy and a big deal. Angle was up and down. Taker and Austin made him look like shit but the Rock made him look like a threat. I think Angle has some fault as he didn't totally seem to get that he needed to change how he acted. Jericho was really bad. He couldn't even get convincing wins over Maven at the time. He had one great promo against the Rock before the Rumble and that was a lone bright spot in his reign.

The "what" chants are learned behavior at this point. The old fans taught the new fans who will teach the next generation of fans, etc. It's never going away... ever.

See, even worse. HHH might be the worst draw of the last decade. His big run in 2002-2003 was a huge loser for a company that's used to making money. HHH has no business being in any HoF unless we find one for fucking your way to the top. There's no argument you can make against Sting that isn't 100x more true about HHH.

This is my point. If Kurt Angle is in, if HHH is going to get in then Sting should be in. His credentials for a HoF spot are a lot stronger than guys already in.