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Which makes no sense considering that Cyndi Lauper was one of the biggest stars in music at the time. That's completely backwards. It's not as if Lou Albano was a hot property before he did that video. It makes them feel good to think people needed their spotlight.

Pillman's and Owen's families. I've seen that mentioned repeatedly, guys like Heenan have confirmed it. Flair also told a neat story about Arquette. After Dewey won the belt, he was sitting around backstage in a daze. Flair happened to walk by him, and Arquette (clearly uncomfortable with what had just happened) asked "Ric... what do I do now?" Flair told him to do what every old world champ used to, wear the belt down to the hotel bar that night and buy everyone a round of drinks. Apparently David took his advice to the letter. I don't blame that guy personally for anything that happened, he was just a victim in the wrong place at the wrong time in the middle of some of the worst bullshit that wrestling has ever seen. And Flair went on to say that by doing that David showed more respect to having the title than some other guys he'd seen.

As awful as the Arquette thing was (and as really fucking painful it was to see the graphic "former WCW champion" when he appeared on Raw awhile back), according to what I've read he donated all the money he made to Pillman's (and Spicolli's, maybe?) family. It's easy to understand DDP defending it, since that's a big part of his legacy.

Essentially this generation's Mary Hart.

I honestly have enough to hate about him already. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he was somehow involved in the cancellation of Terriers by this point.

Nm.

When WCW was bought out, I quickly realized that the fun of watching it was soon to end and that we would be stuck with the company I hated for much of '96 and after Bret left (actually liked the Bret heel turn enough to be interested in WWE again). I wouldn't describe that period as a breaking point, but during the Attitude era there were plenty of things that happened that turned me off, mostly the stupid lowest-common denominator stuff that was done to please the bone-heads in the audience. WCW wasn't much better then at all frankly, but I thought with the right people on board it would turn itself around. History ended up proving me wrong. I was already kinda out when the Benoit thing happened, to the point where it could be easily said I was watching more wrestling on CNN and MSNBC than on USA or Spike. It pushed a lot of personal buttons and feelings towards domestic violence and such, to the point where I just stopped reading the boards and the news and put on my DVD copy of The Big Lebowski to just have a fucking laugh at something.

I suspect that's the plan.

I predict that's what'll happen, for probably the next two and then he'll quietly retire. It's just too bad he didn't stick with the biker gimmick, as it could have allowed him a proper send-off.

Performing once a year doesn't exactly mean you're a road dog, but you're bang on with everything else. Whoever brought up the idea of Cena breaking the streak being the beginning of his heel run would be an excellent idea.

Probably, but as someone with a pessimistic view on the current product, it's fun to think about. What was this in relation to?

And Punk needs to look bulletproof.

Someone please tell me why they possibly aren't going with this where I think it's going, and this just being another case of WWE's serial star-fucking.

The brutality of Nickelback would overwhelm the HIAC concept. HIAFS

Not sure I like where this is going.

Punk's response.

I'm guessing it'll be hanging over the lighting rig above the ring. I'm hoping they'll go old school and construct it before the match (ostensibly while something else is going on, musical act or something). I'm going to be there and without giving too much away, I think I might be coming back with quite a story to tell...

I haven't seen it, but that's my guess. And as far as I'm concerned, they needed to. You can't have that stuff entwined with an angle as big as the one he's been having with Rock. From the sound of it, it sounds pretty tame compared to some of the things aimed at women during the Attitude era, which went far enough to make me beyond uneasy. Unless this becomes part of the shtick, I don't see getting too riled up about it. I just don't like the possibility that they are doing this to appease the "Cena Sucks" assholes. Unless...this is the subtle beginning of a heel turn.

That PBS special on Clinton I DVR'd better be a damned sight better than this

Of all the fates that karma could bring upon him, that would be pretty weak. Nothing less than something out of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo would come pretty close.

He looks better bald, but I prefer the earlier version.

Awesome except one thing comes to mind when I think of curb-stomping. American History X

I didn't mind them using 40 guys last year, but I agree it's good they've gone back to 30. It's the one WWE match I can watch with some of the awe and wonder I had as a little mark. Kofi doing handstands was a genuine mark-out moment for me.

This year it looks like it's setting the "c" main event.

Football players don't play in their underwear.