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Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Wasn't he assaulted by marks when he wasn't even working for them anymore? I forget if it was Facebook or Twitter but one of the comments on the post announcing this show asked Bruce what he thought of ruining a man's life, which I thought was funny (I can have a dark sense of humor sometimes). -
The Jim Cornette Experience
flyonthewall2983 replied to flyonthewall2983's topic in Publications and Podcasts
I love his anti-Trump stuff on Twitter, but I've stayed away from his podcast because I don't wish to listen to it either. -
[1996-11-17-WWF-Survivor Series] Shawn Michaels vs Sid
flyonthewall2983 replied to Loss's topic in November 1996
Sid could have bashed Joe Torre with that camera and the crowd still would have cheered him on.- 20 replies
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I watched several episodes of JBL's show yesterday. Kind of a bummer they put the kibosh on it, I thought it was good for what it was.
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Under-the-radar wrestling book recommendations
flyonthewall2983 replied to Cross Face Chicken Wing's topic in Pro Wrestling
According to the Kindle link, the publishing company's name is "Walking On Hot Waffles". I should hasten my dream of becoming a writer, sign up with them so I can tell my grandchildren one day that the great American novel was published by them. -
Under-the-radar wrestling book recommendations
flyonthewall2983 replied to Cross Face Chicken Wing's topic in Pro Wrestling
I suspect if the book is any good it'll speak truth to power as to what happened between them. Or at least as much as a pro wrestler can, even today. Is it only sold on his website? -
Under-the-radar wrestling book recommendations
flyonthewall2983 replied to Cross Face Chicken Wing's topic in Pro Wrestling
Brutus Beefcake's book got a lot of plugs on the latest Something To Wrestle With. Conrad Thompson said something along the lines of it being one of the best wrestling books he's read in awhile. -
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Halfway through the BTFBB episode, pretty good stuff. Didn't realize he wrote a book, Conrad uses it for a few stories here and he highly recommends it. I'm at where they're talking about the accident, brutal stuff. -
I'd like to see them finish out Prime Time Wrestling.
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I'm kind of getting back into the show now. Interested to hear both the 83 Weeks episode on him and his rebuttal to Conrad. Not a wrestler, but I'd really like to hear him interview Mike Portnoy one on one. He's been on a few times before but in different contexts, but a straight-up conversation between the two would be great. I've not really enjoyed the times Chris talked to musicians but he's friends with Portnoy and I think it could break through some of the problems he had before with people he probably just met before interviewing them.
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What's the big drop for July?
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If you're talking about the ones in the "Beyond The Ring" category, a lot of them are pretty good. Off the top of my head the ones on the Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes, and Superstar Billy Graham are ones I've watched more than once. I was actually watching The Rise and Fall of WCW yesterday, which is quite good and surprisingly even-handed. Vince is interviewed but really doesn't have a whole lot of things of substance to say. These docs are, to a degree, sanitized by the company but worth seeking out on their own merits. The WWE 24 series is okay. Again, they're sanitized but few punches are pulled in some of this stuff. The one on Kurt Angle opened my eyes as to just how much he'd fallen, same with the Hardys one that is getting so much attention now.
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Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Jim had a funny line about the heat between Bruce and Jerry Jarrett, suggesting that when he came to WWF Jerry treated Bruce like someone far below his paygrade. -
[1992-11-14-WCW-Saturday Night] Bill Watts announcement
flyonthewall2983 replied to Loss's topic in November 1992
I really would have liked to have seen Jake feud with Arn Anderson over the DDT.- 7 replies
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Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
For me, Mero wasn't very convincing as a character when not hiding behind the Johnny B. Badd gimmick. -
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
The discussion touched on the allegations made against Pat Patterson, and how it was believed by a lot of guys in the business because of the train of thought that most gay men were pedophiles (that unfortunately still persists to a degree). It's mentioned that Pat is a friend of the show, and that the charges against him never materialized in any meaningful way ultimately. Bit of a side-track here, but I watched Jim Ross' Hall of Fame speech last week and his comments on Patterson were a little enlightening for me. He didn't just come out and say it, but I get the impression that Pat was the first gay man Jim had any dealings with that made him reconsider his perhaps less-than-enlightened view of homosexuality. It has made me wonder if people like Bruce had that same thing happen over the course of his friendship and time with the company. -
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
I thought the "Wildman" gimmick was stupid and it went downhill for him from there. Makes a lot of sense that Vince wanted the Johnny B. Badd character, but couldn't make anything stick with him that could be as indelible. Without Sable, he probably would have not lasted to see the end of 1996, at least in any decent placement on the card. One of the funniest moments on the show was during the "Beware of Dog" episode, where Bruce takes issue (to put it lightly) with Meltzer's review of the Wildman/HHH match, which Dave actually liked, and Bruce hated. -
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
flyonthewall2983 replied to Lust Hogan's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Bruce took a similar stance in the KOTR 1993 episode, when talking about scandals involving improper treatment of ring boys, taking a generally disgusted tone about homophobia in the business, same with the "boys will be boys" stuff wrestlers had about co-workers having dalliances with underage girls.