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I was there. First PLE since being a fan starting when the hype for WrestleMania 8 began on a local level. It is a show not widely remembered as a great WM, but lot of us still remember it. I saw two separate fans wearing ring attire from that show while walking around yesterday. Went with my brother and with really awesome seats we were rather blown away for almost the entire show. I have not been to a live WWE event in over a decade, and while the shows I went to in the previous two decades had decent crowd response this was on a different level the kinds of which I have not felt since the late 90’s. Women’s Rumble was great, piling up and almost dizzying in how many great spots there were. The tag team match really did feel akin to night and day as far as the reaction but I liked the pace of it, though maybe not how it ended so much. The title match had the big fight feel it has been building up to, the passion within given the more visceral spots lifted my already healthy respect for both men. Cody’s a tremendous figurehead, while Kevin I respect the hustle and also the fact his aura is that if one if the Ghosts of Christmas Past was an attitude era mark. The Men’s Rumble felt like it went by pretty quickly, to start with at least. Cena was my pick to win but I should’ve suspected it would have been Jey, given how hot the crowd was for him even on the cold Indy streets. Plus John felt a bit absent in plain sight (ikyk) for some of the match long enough, to cast doubt on his chances.

Doubtful they could book it but I would love to see them do the HOF at the Sphere

This is the place to do it

I feel privileged to say I heard Jesse Ventura call a WWE title match as it happened. For so many of us he is the voice of this industry, and hearing him do what he did best and behind such a superb heel as Kevin Owens is, was more than nostalgia but something truer to why this stuff is worth giving a damn about. Even now, maybe more than ever now we do need this spectacle as part of American life to distract or reflect what it is we hide from, even ourselves.

Linda is on Trump's transition team

5 John Does have sued Vince, Linda and WWE in connection with the ring boy scandal

Kind of funny to think how deep he would be in MAGA if he were alive today. I take no pleasure in anyone’s death but it feels so obvious to the twisted values he spat out for so long. And honestly, the Heenan comments crossed personal lines with me so fuck him forever. Not meaning to stir up anything here but I was reminded of what he said once again.

When Triple H “married” Steph at the drive through, I think

I hope he writes a book. I would probably re-read every page twice at some point, to break down his vernacular. Which is to maybe admit that deep down there is some actual genius at work, though utterly depleted by what has become so far his downfall. He is beyond redemption, to a great many of us, who even still follow the product. I hope lessons are learned from this. That’s really all I can say in addition to what’s gone on so far. But in what I have watched of the product lately, I have a strong sense of this roster being a real squadron of not his vision alone, but the experience of those who had to pay in blood. He had to pay in the court of public opinion, over and over again and crucially now when his close approximation to the highest echelons of American politics has also coincided with these damning charges as to just how ghastly and perverse he has conducted himself. And how that affects his legacy forward.

I’m betting there is going to be footage even interesting and otherwise unseen by older fans. In light of recent findings elsewhere, it wouldn’t be too hard to believe Vince filmed everything.

He could have hit Joe Torre with a video camera and they would have still loved him.

Is “Paulie” Heyman?

More familiar with him in mid-late 90’s WCW when he was brought in to pacify Hogan with the Dungeon of Doom. His match with chris benoit in Baltimore was a really fun brawl that for awhile I didn’t get tired of watching over and over. But a few years ago I found this clip of him in Florida, leading up to his heel turn. It is kind of a masterclass of buildup with all the charm of territorial wrestling at it’s disposal to help move the story along. It’s also kind of disturbing to watch. https://youtu.be/_e1BPPzuhvg?si=InkjEH2lIAWaEmBt

Seth Rollins telling CM Punk that this is his company, as an off-miked but fully in frame moment was a particular highlight for me. Need more guys saying the quiet part loud these days.

I didn’t watch but I saw the pics of him with Trips and CM Punk (now THAT would be an interesting conversation). Did he say anything or was he just shown on camera?

say what you will about this segment otherwise but both of them slowly walking towards each other reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey when the astronauts discover the monolith. Reminded me instantly but just one of those things you bat away with before the booking of it starts. But it has remained in my head for awhile. Last year I was actually inspired to rewatch and review Gladiator on Letterboxd after WrestleMania and in no small part because of Russell Crowe's cameo.

Apropos of the exclusive clip on Raw promoting The Fall Guy and nothing else, here is a clip of the record of how many times a car can flip being established by Top Gear almost 20 years ago now

Does their use of WWE-owned footage fall under fair use?

Sounds like thats how she feels about it too

John Laurinitis is a stupid motherfucker

In the Royal Rumble 92 they are referred to as former IC champs I believe

Well the planet responded, as there was just earthquake activity reported in NYC and the Philly area.

Green is not a color for this event. All due respect to Becky Lynch but they could be doing this in Dublin and it would look odd.

It all stops at McMahon. Roddy had an understandable beef with Russo, but I don’t correlate his creative direction before the accident with any malicious intent. Just (and as usual for him) shit for brains, and from what I gather it’s not out of the realms of possibility Vince was partly hired as to absorb some of the verbal abuse McMahon could deflect from those unhappy with him.