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Superstars and Challenge were back-to-back on our CBS affiliate opposite SNL. Not sure if that was the case during the SNME days because I started in 92. There was USA of course, which looking back even then could have done a lot more as it seemed they had very little to offer besides reruns and old movies. We had TBS and ESPN so there was also WCW and Global too, so we had a healthy dose. I remember WCW Worldwide on our Fox affiliate, Saturday afternoon's originally and then late Saturday night/early Sunday morning-ish once Fox got the NFL. In 1994-5 our public access channel started getting ECW. They didn't really schedule it that solid so it was hard to keep a beat on what was going on. A bit later on they started getting Memphis, which is where I saw Dwayne Johnson for the first time as Flex Kavana. I'm quite envious of how in some places the previous generation to mine could watch several territories in a whole marathon block on Saturdays, specifically the northeast which is how Cena and Triple H got hooked into watching it as kids.

How soon they forget...

He could work out of Florida for them in some way couldn't he?

https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2019/07/17/exclusive-wwe-network-hidden-gems-set-to-continue-ecw-theme-with-trio-of-early-rarities-from-1992-including-full-tv-pilot With regards to recent uploads from 94 and 95, what's been the holdup?

One big thing about this compared to Conrad's other shows is that this will be the first one with someone who has in-ring experience comparable to Bruce or Eric or Jim's experience on the business/creative/TV side.

Things like this are why I always say I am from Northern Indiana

The Mark Henry interview is very good. I don't know if it's Steve's best but of what I have heard, it's certainly up there.

It's a good move. The television landscape has changed in drastic ways since the MNW, and the whole notion that Vince had in 95 of worrying that it would split the audience is something they might have taken heed too, as far as going on Monday or Tuesday nights.

Does TNT air NBA games on Wednesday?

The Dusty episode was really good. It doesn't take much to see the similarities between Jim Ross and Virgil Runnels as men, generationally and geographically speaking but with regards to the business as well. There's a big revelation about Dusty's own Bell's Palsy that never connected with me until I heard Jim talk about it. Hearing Jim speak about the WWF run was interesting in it's own way, in terms of how "degraded" Dusty was in terms of how he was used. I didn't realize that Vince fired him too, I just figured he was offered a position in WCW and came back more on his own terms.

Hearing Harry Shearer talk to Marc Maron about his time on SNL with Lorne reminded me a lot of the CM Punk shoot on Cabana's show in certain respects

Lots of questions in my mind, despite keeping a distance from every bit of news about the company. Will they be live or taped? Where will they shoot? How long?

Living up to your handle

Tomorrow's show is about King Of The Ring '98. Conrad said it's three hours and one of his favorite shows he's ever done.

How was yesterday's Q&A episode?

That would be awesome, because it's my birthday

I heard that Meltzer just said more than 10 WWE employees now want to leave, including some names that would shock everyone. I have to think that for their debut on TNT, they will bring out someone that makes the Moxley debut look like a drop in the bucket.

I've been watching a shoot with Brad Armstrong from about 15 years ago. He was damn funny. If I were to ever make an exhaustive list of favorite wrestlers he might be higher on that list than most. I was very sad learning of his death.

Weren't the Rockers heels in Alabama or somewhere in the South for allegedly not wanting to be idols of their less-than-attractive female fanbase? Their words (allegedly), not mine.

Jon Moxley is on today's episode and is not holding back.

So they have no ownership over the footage then?

Next episode is on Capitol Combat '90 AKA RoboCop in WCW. I get the need to wipe the slate clean a little after such a heavy topic, but I'm predicting this might be an early mis-step, where he might go overboard on the bitching and complaining about the creative to the point of boredom.

Kudos to Westwood One and/or either Conrad and JR themselves in deciding not to hawk anything and present this commercial-free.

Did New Japan do any sort of tribute?