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They put Johnny Rodz in.

Likely the classic bury the wrestler to see how he copes. If Sheamus handles it well, they'll push him later.

His wife made robes for wrestlers but I don't know if there's a specific connection. I'd be a little surprised if Ron Simmons isn't in this class. WCW star, Georgia native, respected WWE enforcer and later office staff. Seems like a perfect choice.

It's still odd on that front, since I've never seen anyone suggest that Bob Armstrong is one of the 100 greatest wrestlers ever. I rarely hear a WON HOF argument for him, and that group is 200+ now. Other marginal wrestlers you could at least point to a memorable WWE stint. But Bullet Bob just seems...random.

Bob Armstrong's WWE career: -Wrestled matches at the Omni on GCW cards that featured Pedro Morales, Billy Graham and Bob Backlund defending their WWWF championships. -Wrestled at the WWWF's first show at the Philadelphia Spectrum. -Wrestled Jim Cornette on a WWF/SMW co-promoted show in 1994. Just strikes me as a really odd selection.

I loved Cena's reaction at One Night Stand. To me it was the last vestige of the NWA champion defending his title on enemy territory.

I remember the guy wearing the old "Bob Backlund WWWF Champion" t-shirt at Raw tapings.

WWE really seems to be building up their latino fanbase. Makes sense as Mexico probably has better, fresher stars than most of the indies right now. And after watching Alberto Del Rio, I get the sense that WWE will put an effort into pushing Mistico.

It seems to me that Piper leaving probably hurt a great deal.

That sounds like an Onion story.

In that clip from the match intro itself, Eaton and Regal got far more heat than I would've expected from a WCW syndicated crowd.

"You look like a reject from Saturday Night Fever."

From August '91 to April '92 Jake had an aborted feud with the Ultimate Warrior, feuded with Randy Savage and then had a brief feud with the Undertaker before quitting the company. Three top faces before Roberts took off. Can't really do much better than that.

I'm amazed how my Twitter and Facebook lit up from even the most casual of wrestling fans.

WWEClassics.com aired Tuesday In Texas this month. I gotta say, Jake Roberts in late '91 took WWF heeling to a new plane of existance. Holy shit. For about 6 months, Roberts was perhaps the most effective heel WWF ever had.

People have turned on MITB already? Seriously? It's usually one of the best matches on the card, the only downside has been how they've kind of booked themselves into a corner with the winner getting the title every time, so it's going to end up like the Rumble where only certain guys logically can win it. I wished it would've gone away two years ago. You either end up repeating the same match over and over or you do increasingly dangerous spots that endanger the health of your workers. Even good spotfests get old after awhile.

I was once able to fool some people by asking what Olympic medalists competed at Wrestlemania. Floyd Mayweather won bronze at the '96 Olympics.

Well Rhodes and Dibiase are fairly famous names, but Hennig is known under the Mr. Perfect persona while Rotunda was more famous in WWE for the IRS gimmick. Perhaps it has to do with the popularity of those individual names. Also worth noting Alberto Del Rio. They don't play up his bloodlines at all.

Out of curiosity, is there a place where say, The Price Is Right is spoiled?

WWEClassics.com for February has the Sammartino/Hansen MSG cage match. Good match, somewhat formulaic but it works. Hansen bumps all over the place and shows his ass a little too often for comfort (thank god for pixilation). I liked Hansen's tendency to load his elbowpad for the lariat coming into play, and Sammartino destroying Hansen when he got ahold of that elbowpad. And the best part of WWE 1970s cage matches: decisive finishes. I know a lot of people hate the escape rule but when Bruno leaves his opponent in a bloody heap, its a great end to a feud. The crowd as well was red hot from the start.

Kind of like Eric Bischoff challenging Vince McMahon on PPV and then claiming a count-out win when McMahon didn't show up. ICW ran this gimmick several times where they'd advertise their stars against Memphis stars, and advertise alternate matches in case the Memphis stars didn't accept their challenge.

I checked Amazon.com. This book is being released this upcoming June?

The emphasis during the second Hogan-Bundy match on SNME was that Andre was in Bundy's corner. I'd think most experienced viewers would know where that was headed.

In between WWF and WCW, Jesse Ventura did commentary for something called "Grudge Match." It was a ridiculous show where feuding couples faced each other in a best of three physical combat. Its in the category of so over-the-top that its quite amusing to watch.