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Tell PBS that.

They were still calling him Hollywood Hogan during this time, so that is probably their rationale behind doing it. Back then I wasn't a big fan of that, but I think it's kind of cool that they basically melded together the NWO persona with the red and yellow. It came full circle in 2005, when he came out to "Real American" and ditched the feathered boas and sunglasses.

My major concern is that somehow WWE's agenda of sports entertainment vs. "rasslin'" will be crow-barred into this, using his personal life to frame their argument as a cautionary tale of what it used to be before Vince McMahon magically changed everything for the better. Then again, Dick Ebersol's son is not directing so I have some faith in how it will go.

The whole thing is on there. I have no idea why they keep the "First Look" stuff after they upload the whole thing. Bischoff talked about that on his podcast, it was really interesting. He said that he got a really good deal from the Hendrix estate for using Voodoo Chile, but that if you were to try and use the same music now, it would cost millions because of all the different platforms that the song would be heard on - he basically said it would be impossible. Of course, there was the way Paul Heyman got around that, he just used music without permission. Hogan also used it in WWE during his 2002-3 run, I wonder if Vince got the same deal from the estate. Agreed on how much it sucks how much of the music changed. I laughed out loud during the episode of Prichard's podcast covering WrestleMania 13 when he talked about how pissed off he was the Godwinn's didn't come out to Hillbilly Jim's music, it perfectly sums up how I feel. It's cool when old shows pop up on YouTube with the original music intact. Seeing Hogan come out to "Eye Of The Tiger" really gets through just how over he was in 84 and 85.

Let's turn this on a dime a bit. What's the best shoot you've ever seen or heard?

First look at ESPN's "Nature Boy", the 30 For 30 profile on Ric, set to air November 7th, and it looks like no punches will be pulled.

When Hall and Nash attacked guys backstage at Nitro (the famous Rey Mysterio Jr. "lawn dart" spot). Not so much all that, but the aftermath. It was done in a pretty realistic way, for someone who hadn't been entirely smartened up at the time yet.

It's funny to me that they broke up right when Nirvana's Nevermind album was exploding, and the pop metal of Poison and others (with an aesthetic Shawn and Marty were pulling off) died off in the court of public opinion at the same time.

I'm surprised WWF never gave him a shot, unless what they were offering wasn't comparable to what New Japan was giving him.

Charlie Sheen's walk of shame at the end of Wall Street.

I'm just wondering how he injured his neck, specifically if it was related to wrestling.

He gets a lot of crap online, and maybe deservedly so in a lot of cases, but Hulk Hogan deserves credit for making this turn. It could not have been easy for him to do. Whatever was going on in arenas where he was getting a tepid reaction at best, people still depended (financially and personally) on his image as a good guy. As touched on earlier you can really see all of that in his face just before he drops the leg. It's not a classic Hulk Hogan run-in save, he basically walks down and has a blank expression. He'd even go on to say in later interviews he was nervous that people wouldn't buy it, or it would fail. But obviously it didn't, and helped cement his legacy even beyond what it had been by then.

While we're on the subject of music, I just noticed that King Crimson's two dates in Atlanta for their upcoming fall tour are at Center Stage.

Van The Man...the fan?

I'm way behind on this, but I have a general question about the man himself I hope someone can answer here. Kevin Sullivan was talking about the time Brian Pillman came up behind Bobby Heenan at the January '96 Clash, and briefly mentioned that Tony had a broken neck. Has Tony talked about it at all on the show by now?

Maybe but it could mean the death of the movie studio too.

Chivalry has never been a noted side effect of long-term cocaine use.

Someone replied to Bix that stuff like this is why guys needed shoot managers back in the day.

I never thought I would lose respect for someone who gave so much to what he loved, and made it something a lot of people loved, and in the process becoming a rightly beloved personality himself. If just to defend her reputation to the countless online trolls who will tear into her anyway, what he said is still indefensible.

I'm listening to the Russo show. Getting major douchechills listening to excerpts from that landmark of written word that is his auto-biography, but hearing Bruce bring it all down to reality is worth it.

Alberto was detained at the Orlando airport yesterday, under investigation for domestic battery.

I thought it'd be funny if this was a Burns/Mattingly-type situation but that's much more funny to me for some reason.

What about Kevin Sullivan?

Glad they're doing this fast. They just want to get them on there and be done with it.