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Talk to any Vietnam veteran and you'll get the same thing really. I don't think anyone really knows the truth about the full effects of Agent Orange.

The man wasn't dead yet!

I remember Tuesday Night Titans used to issue credits, as did WCW Saturday Night. And ECW's Hardcore TV did as well.

Iaukea's hardly some obscure Hawaiian wrestler. He was a former WWWF Tag Team champion and he's still relevant to my generation for the Dungeon of Doom angle.

Which reminds me of an episode of Prime Time Wrestling (roundtable era) where Vince McMahon namedrops Bobo Brazil just as a segue from Beau Beverly. It was an odd conversation.

The issue was that most of those guys were past their prime. Some long past it, in the case of Dusty. And the Nastys were both either the first and second or second and third babyfaces in the cage, so they worked the majority of the match; and we all know, selling is not one of their strong points. Also not helping was that this was in the Hulkamania era of WCW, where the old Crockett blood and violence was being phased out and certainly didn't make for a friendly atmosphere for a classic Wargames bout. I think it's a very good match myself. Dusty could still brawl. Funk was great in the match. And I don't think the Nasty Boys took away from it at all. It was well booked with Parker getting his at the end while Meng futilely tried to get into the cage. Honestly it was probably the last really good Wargames.

I've praised the Von Erich/Lawler match before as one of the shining examples of Lawler's heel work. Its amazing that behind all the bullshit, politics, and poor production, Lawler and Kerry had one of the best PPV matches of 1988.

You could argue for a lot of wrestlers from the 1960s like Crusher, Bruiser, Sheik and Johnny Valentine. It hurts those guys not just in WWE's view but historically overall that footage from that decade is sparse. It almost feels like the lost decade.

The Curt Hennig love is odd. Even if you believe he's a top flight worker/wrestler, his peak was woefully short due to injuries. Evidently quite a few fans are marks for him though, since he got the dvd treatment while Dibiase/Rude didn't. Perhaps when WWE ran those surveys a few years back asking for dvd subjects they got more than their share of Hennig requests.

1999 is just completely unwatchable for me in retrospect.

The only way it makes sense is if they compiled a number of lists and put them together. Some list Hogan/Sammartino and others don't. Some list the NWA stars and others don't. But everyone lists Michaels, Undertaker, etc. Really though, this type of thing draws comments and criticism because to a lot of us, lists are just fun.

I noticed Gorilla and company were more apt to namedrop historical wrestlers on the MSG shows. I've heard them reference Johnny Valentine, Don Leo Jonathan and even Jim Londos.

Gorilla Monsoon had a 20 year wrestling career before he became a commentator. And legitimately he was one of the company's top stars in the 1960s. It's not hard to see why he would rate above Ventura and Heenan.

I've seen a bit of David from Florida, and it seems his prime attribute that sets him apart from his brothers is that he could work heel. The others might have been better workers, but neither would be long term viable world champions unless they could switch roles. I remember watching one Kerry promo soon after the cage match. It looks like he's high, but I liked it in that it also looked like he was suffering the effects of a concussion. He really looked like someone who had a cage door slammed into his skull.

WWE has aired a Thesz/Rocca match from 1957 before, that would seem like a logical inclusion.

The list is too random to really get worked up about. Backlund near the bottom of the list would be the real headscratcher. If we just alphabetized the thing and forgot the rankings, who would look really out of place here? Hardy? Sheik? The Fabulous Moolah I can forgive because its reasonable to accept kayfabed accomplishments on something like this.

Even if you do consider Takada a great worker (I haven't seen him enough to give a personal opinion), it's a single choice poll with Jumbo Tsuruta in it. That kind of poll would be more interesting if you could ask readers to RATE the choices 1-8.

None, but its more worthwhile identifying the wrestling legends rather than the world title holders. Gorgeous George was never (widely recognized) world champion and he was one of the most important wrestlers of his era.

Dara Singh is still alive and he's older than all but Gagne.

I never really understood the controversy. Either number is clearly a huge, huge number for a wrestling event. Particularly when the record three short years before was about 43,000.

It's odd that Carpentier is such an overlooked legend. He was certainly one of the biggest stars of the 1950s. I suspect casual fans might tend to mix him up with Antonino Rocca.

Saul Weingeroff?

I agree with the McMahons on principle but that was not a good time to attack their opponent.

The Supreme Court has pretty strongly upheld the first amendment when it comes to campaign financing. I have the feeling that if someone challenged their rights based on their choice of t-shirt, the law wouldn't hold up.

Lou Gehrig, and I'm probably going to hell for that one.