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The most unusual and disturbing one was when CNN was reporting on a child porn ring being busted, and the guy shown arrested was wearing a DX T-shirt.

It's obviously in part because of the injuries that nagged at him throughout the last 6-7 years of his career as an active worker, but I thought his best in-ring work was in WCW. It's only his matches with Bret and Rock that maybe stand up to that work, but if you look at the talent he worked with in WCW compared to his run as "Stone Cold" you would have to give him the nudge to his "Stunning" days.

He seemed understanding that they couldn't air it, but I think it illustrates what a crappy idea it was in the first place. I really wish Mark had gotten him on the show after the Cena match in Chicago, as it would have been more interesting then to hear him talk about the "pipe bomb" segment. As it is, it was interesting hearing Punk talk about his background.

He'll find his feet with the more shows he does, though I can't imagine how podcasting would be any different than radio (which he's done for awhile now, too).

Well, all of the pre-1993 PPV's have already come out on DVD with dubbed audio tracks already. Don't see how that would be a problem.

I remember he criticized him for going to stiff on Flair for their Starrcade match in Ric's book. It seems to me that he was good for Vader as a manager, both on screen and behind the scenes as well. I suspect too that Harley not being around after his wreck made things much more difficult for Leon in WCW, leading up to Paul Orndorff's heroic moment.

I bet it's just Jim shooting the shit about everything and talking about his personal life, maybe not unlike his podcast now.

So now they're talking of putting all their PPV's on? I thought it was just the ones that weren't the big four?

I think it was a tribute. Wasn't Flair over like Hell whenever Crockett came to Philly?

I know, and I'm also not suggesting that anyone here is particularly reveling in his public struggles. I just guess it needs to be said.

I remember being a little shocked by JR's arrival, I didn't really notice that he left WCW at all.

It's what they should have done in WCW really, bring Randy in as a heel because it could have gone in an interesting way with him and Ric aligned against Hogan and Sting. He was as, if not more, effective as a heel in WWF and especially against Hogan. I don't think it quite worked the other way around when Hulk and Randy worked each other in '96. What would be interesting is how if at all Randy could have adapted to what would become the Attitude Era if they signed him back and he stuck around. More from a character standpoint than wrestling. I'd hate to think of what a 1998 version of the Randy/Elizabeth dynamic in 1986 would be like.

That has to be a twist.

His episode with Dusty drops tomorrow.

I give Marc credit for saying he doesn't watch it, which makes me forgive him for that kind of stuff. And I like that Punk welcomed it, and explained everything as best as he could. Overall it was an interesting exchange, I'm amazed that WWE let him do it because he let the profanity fly which I was a pleasant surprise.

I want to see Flair live to be 90 and die happy.

I think it started in ECW and carried over when he came back to WWE.

I seem to remember that he did it in his MSG match from '76 too.

If you want to talk about proportion, consider that WCW in 1993 was considered by and large a 2nd rate WWF which at the time was having all these PR problems related to the gov't getting on Vince's ass about steroids. Vader being the champion for most of that year has nothing to do with that.

Spring Stampede 1994. A pretty solid card up and down, at least starting with the Nasties/Cactus & Payne match where it jumps the crowd up pretty good.

Come back from commercial and we see Vince laid out on a stretcher, and security both rushing him out and also separating Randy and Shawn. Jerry at the booth suddenly changes and reports everything as a shoot. Jim Ross comes out and the show goes on.

I wish I could remember the post, but I posted the idea that once I thought of it I wish it really happened it was so good. I won't get into specific dialogue or anything but it goes like this. Vince opens up RAW cold, standing in the middle of the ring. He welcomes everyone to another episode of blah, blah, blah. Then he goes into a long spiel about "the all-time greats of the WWF", with some subtle digs at Hogan and recent defector Roddy Piper. Finally, he introduces Savage. The crowd goes wild. Randy high-fives the crowd and does his pose from the middle rope. The music dies down and Vince approaches Randy with that shit-eating grin. They shoot the breeze, Randy tells everyone how glad he is to be back and breaks out all the hits ("ooh yeah" "dig it", the finger twirl). Once the pleasantries are all done with Vince talks to Randy about his reigns as IC and World Champ, legendary matches with Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior. And about how Vince said on this very show, two years ago, of how he was Randy's biggest fan (being the better man and not mentioning the rest of his speech about how they could not come to terms, etc.). The crowd roars in approval, but Randy is going still as he watches Vince nearly break down saying this last part. And Vince, who can not help himself by now, brings up Savage's personal life and Elizabeth, and now we see Randy more animated but agitated. He tells Vince to back off this, which he agrees to and apologizes. We see Randy, still in his jacket and shades, nod his head in approval and become less agitated. Vince proceeds to blow some more smoke for about 30 seconds before the music hits again, and Vince announces him, mistakingly as... "The Nacho Man". Music stops. Vince has a serious lump in his throat, and the beginning of the cold sweat he perfected on Larry King and Donahue. Randy slowly removes his jacket, and his glasses. He takes the mic away from Vince (or picked it up after Vince dropped it in fear) and proceeds to shoot the "Macho Man" Randy Savage heel promo from Hell upon Vince and the WWF for not only making the character he gave his blood, sweat and tears to a cartoon, but also sticking him in the broadcast booth at the peak of his career. Vince, not Mr. McMahon, says something in his defense to which Randy replies by beating the Hell out of him in the middle of the ring. And right about when he's going to deliver the big elbow, Shawn flies down to the ring to defend McMahon. Go to commercial.

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It would be in no way possible because of the size differences, but Clancy Brown (bad guy in Highlander, prison guard in The Shawshank Redemption) is a dead ringer for Andre. It's funny that someone brought up Pacino as Flair. It probably could have worked 20 years ago, even physically. I've been watching Heat on Cinemax lately (even though I've triple-dipped it on HV releases, I still catch it on TV when I can) and he had to have been in excellent shape during the shootout and especially the run he makes at the end in LAX where you see it's all him and not a double.