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Raw = cable = no sweeps. Counter-programming maybe, but sweeps weeks don't apply to cable.

Helms is Gregory Helms so SH probably = Sean "O'Haire" Haire.

Is that what happened? The speculation was always that she rebuffed an advance.

The Val Venis name was a much bigger problem than the porn star gimmick, though Loss is probably right that if they kept him on the same track he was on in Summer 2000 things would've worked out ok.

New sets are the same as the US versions, except they're R2 PAL instead of R1 NTSC. Tagged Classics are kosher because the issue is that WWE has to take X measures, not it licensees, and Silvervision already has the masters. Or something...

Will, you're not putting yourself out as a big ol' charity, though.

No, he did go to rehab, but...

Who are the two exceptions? The top draws in WWE all have more than 8 years in the business.

That's actually a really good theory.

I’m really not sure what to think at this point. Two of Hogan’s closest friends (including the man with the key to his money who also said he would be setting up an account for Hogan to be launched “early this week,” which is when the fake one went up) BOTH link to a fake account right when? Bubba tweets at a fake Hogan right after they left a meeting together and doesn’t realize something is up?

It may just be stiffness + chops = Flair love and he happened to be Japanese.

Villano IV.

Actual Nassau 11/11/88 results; I guess Dave referred to it that way because Hogan's only appearance was the Brother Love Show.

Yeah, but those 2 picss were notable for how bad the first one looked and how there might have been a visible mustache in the 2nd one.

Ashley is linked to a high-end escort agency by the FBI and Rolling Stone. Dave says there's another Ashley Massaro based out of Vegas who looks a lot like her and is often confused with her. Nobody was able to find a trace of her existence online. If she exists, Dave was implying she was a (literal) whore, but it became clear very quickly that she didn't and Dave never explained where the idea came from.

I was looking at some old threads, and boy, the whole "There's another Ashley Massaro" thing reflects really badly on Dave with the benefit of hindsight.

Who would fall into this category? Oh come on. Most blatant would probably be Natalya since she went from being a model to suddenly having a strong resemblance to her father, but do I really need to make a list?

Apter left PWI et al for WOW a way back when WOW was around.

But...he's...not a character...

By the way, is the newest WON the first time that Dave has outright said that the "Terry Garvin school of self defense" jokes were made about wrestlers believed to be...involved with Garvin? I don't think I've ever seen anyone confirm it to that degree before.

Yes, on and off. The longest thread in the early history of the board (way back in early-mid 2000) involved the regular posters defending then-current WWF (and especially Triple H) while Jerome bashed it.