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Shawn Michaels

Chris Jericho

I haven't gotten them in the mail yet, no, but I'm hoping they'll be there when I get home.

Likewise. I'm hoping to at least get Disc 1 of the Mid South stuff watched tonight.

I do too. I'm really wanting to see this. Eddy Guerrero could have probably topped Bret Hart as the best working champ the company ever had if they had stuck with him for any length of time.

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Bret's comments that happened to make it on the air the night the NWO reunited in late 1999 were hilarious! He didn't have a live mic, obviously, but you could see exactly what he was saying to the fan he was arguing with. Fan: "You suck!" Bret: "I don't suck, you suck. You're the one who bought a ticket to watch this shit!" That's one of my favorite moments ever.

"You think you impress The Rock? Why, because a couple of months ago, you were down South getting your monkey ass beaten by some jabroni named ... Juventud?" -- The Rock to Chris Jericho, RAW 10/04/99 "I tore off his mask!" -- Chris Jericho in response *** From the same promo: "The Jerichoholics are outraged with you, Rock!" *a drunken fan dressed exactly like Chris Jericho tries to rush the ring and gets taken away by security* "See what I mean? Case in point!"

I'd be all about AJW if I thought I had enough knowledge of the product to do it properly. As it stands, my exposure is limited (though that is slowly changing) and I am not qualified to say where I stand on the product as a whole just yet.

I don't doubt that he really feels that way, but I think the ECW and Monday Night Wars DVDs were every bit as much a work as the weekly TV.

There's probably truth in that. Do you think there are similarities between them, though? When I see ECW, I see more FMW/IWA influence than anything stateside, really. The booking style was its own animal -- I don't know what I would call the influence there.

The USWA never tried to expand like ECW did. Only once did they have anything to do with a PPV, and it was a collaborative effort. Longevity isn't even close, considering Lawler was the top star in Memphis from 1973 to 1997. The reason Memphis lasted as long as they did was because they *didn't* try to break new ground -- they were content to run spot shows all around Memphis, Kentucky, Arkansas and at farthest, Evansville, Indiana. Had the USWA ever made a serious bid to go national and it failed, I'd be more inclined to say he was bitter.

Lawler's definitely up there for what he accomplished in his own territory, and it saddens me that he embarrasses himself so much now in WWE. He could have been NWA World Champion at any point from 1973 to 1987 or so and it would have worked. He wrestled the exact same arena every week year after year after year and still managed to draw big numbers almost every time out for 20 years, and that's incredibly hard to do when Monday night wrestling at Mid South Coliseum is something that happens every single week. He's probably the greatest interview of all time -- only Ric Flair, Jim Cornette and Mick Foley come close. Foley is probably level with him actually, Flair is just a step behind him and Cornette shamelessly ripped off Lawler's style, only making it more hyperactive, which he himself has admitted. He's wrestled as a top face and a top heel and did both roles in excellent fashion, and his early days in the WWF feuding with Bret Hart were great until they turned him into a cartoon character by 1995 or so. In terms of making people truly believe in an angle, selling an upcoming match, getting the crowd involved and playing a role, he's as good as any wrestler ever.

I can see the point there to an extent, although even the brawls in Memphis were more based around psychology and getting the crowd to erupt, whereas ECW was more about dangerous stunts used to get a big pop for the "Holy Shit!" factor. Of course he can't say that on TV since it would be a breach of kayfabe, but yeah, Lawler always looks like a hypocrite to me.

The differences in Memphis and ECW were night and day, though; mainly because kayfabe actually mattered in the former.

They did that with Goldberg/HHH at Bad Blood 2003 as well. And that was before they found out HHH had bulging disks in his neck. It's very possible we could still get HIAC, but I'm expecting Batista/Edge to headline the next PPV, which is sort of preposterous as a marquee match.

I have a sneaking feeling it's going to come down to Edge losing to Batista, pulling out his MITB contract *immediately* and catching Batista off guard for a quick pin to win the title. If that happens, it's going to make the world title look like the hardcore title, and it's going to make Edge look like as unworthy a champion as possible.

Is there a way to make the star ratings show up properly?

She's one of the diva search contestants who didn't win who is now the worst interviewer of all time on RAW.

Considering that Lawler and Heyman are anything but friends, I think it comes across better because what he says is heartfelt. I really need to do a Google search for a transcript of some of their arguments on RAW. They were priceless. On the BWO ... Lawler: "Another ECW ripoff ..." Heyman: "Of what?" *dead silence for at least 10 seconds*