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The half-bald, half-beast look he sported with Sullivan is worth the look just for that. But yeah, I'd seek out some Florida for sure.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I don't expect the guy to be busting out cravates and elaborate reversals and whatnot, but god damn, give me something other than punchy kicky with no meaning, leading to nothing, then the finish (or non-finish). This is why it would be good(?) to see the Bruno-Pedro match that went 76 minutes from Shea Stadium. I doubt they filmed it, though. Can you imagine, those two going 76 minutes to a curfew draw, both acting the babyface role?

Something AWA-ish would be good. Bockwinkel-Hennig from Super Clash II and the post-match angle, perhaps.

Makes sense. You think that FN would have done something to get a fresh batch every once in a while, though.

I think there's only 12 episodes in the Fight Network cycle. It makes me think Matysik doesn't ahve much more than that in the first place.

That's ridiculous. Frat boys don't CARE if the girl cums. **sigh**

And then won it back in a potential WWE MOTY I like how the main event being a good match gets people to ignore the nonsensical path it took to get there. Seriously, what was the point of giving Orton the belt and having him lose it and win it the same night? They could have had the main event they did without all the other bullshit. That was some very TNA-ish booking that will get completely no-sold by the masses because HHH lost in the end and the match was good. While I concur with this sentiment completely, shouldn't nonsensical booking be considered the norm more than the exception in this day and age? There's a reasonwhy people ignore the path and focus on the end result, after all....conditioning.

They should just hotshot Jericho in to face Orton for the vacant title and have him win it. No fuss, no muss, huge pop. More likely: Orton wins it from HHH due to Umaga interference, leading to HHH vs. umaga and a slow build for Orton vs. jericho (how slow of a build is relative to how panicked the WWE really is over this, I suppose).

Explain, please.

That depends on how many people voice a complaint to the WWE PR Department. Nobody = lightening up Many = "oops, won't let THAT happen again"

Scripted promos were an evolutionary sort of thing. Remember 80's WWF TV? Most of those insert promos that you saw during the squash matches (wrestlers in the upper left or right corner of the screen in a box) were scripted.

haven't tried it...yet. **kicks self for not bringing meds to St. Paul on the weekend**

New WWE Rule by 2009: No Chair shots to the head. Period. All concussions sustained before 2009 will be grandfathered in under whatever new system they devise for keeping track of concussions. Something like that, anyways.

Nah, it'll be easy to kayfabe it. Vince comes out at the start of next week's RAW and says he's suspending every wrestler that they have eliminated from suspicion from being his love child. The move is designed to eliminate the confusion surrounding the issue (less pro wres guys around to confuse things). They will all be re-instated when he finds out who his kid is. Crazy ol' Vince could make that work, I'm sure.

Is this where I can comment on the Brody book written by larry matysik? If so, let me state that I hated it. I'm convinced Matysik wanted to fuck Brody...More taint-licking than a public rest stop on the highway to gaysville.

I see. Makes more sense from a strictly talking standpoint. How much is "politics" a real consideration amongst the voters? Seriously.

I can say that Jesse's final return to the AWA before he jumped to the WWF saw him getting cheered a lot. Had he stuck around, it could have become an AWA Hogan-like situation: A heel so popular with the fans they would have had to turn him. And that would have been a shame. I watch some of the AWA TV from that time frame and I think of Steve Austin a lot when I see the reaction for Ventura. Also: Jesse should be given credit for being such a good talker that even in bad match/feud after bad match/feud, he still drew and stayed near the top of the program forever. His stuff after the East-West Connection (which was mostly Adonis anyways as far as I'm concerned, at least in-ring) was awful...Raschke, the Crusher, with Regal vs. the Fabs. Awful. yet he continued to draw. He really had something there, and it was a smart move for Vince to grab him when he did, even in his pre-announcer period. In Jesse, you have to examine your belief about how much being a great talker merits consideration. If it is a high-end component in your mindset on a HOF, he gets considered. If it's even with the work he did in the ring, then you don't. My opinion, of course.

I found one from FLorida with Diamond on it: v553 Florida 81-82 8. Nikolai Volkoff, Stan Lane & Brian St John vs The Briscos & Don Diamond. Hilites I may have more kicking around but it's hard to say without additional matchlists completed to check.

He had an MSG match against Tatsumi Fujinami somewhere between 80-82. I've seen the match so it's out there.