flyonthewall2983

Too late. There is about the same chance of Andre the Giant appearing via satellite or in person at WrestleMania as Donald Trump. A potential cameo appearance by him doesn't worry me, it's just speculation. I'm sure if he lost he'd be doing some kind of angle at some point again though.

I believe he couldn't unless Vince gave the opposition equal time as well. I was almost going to post this in The Military Industrial Suplex thread for those very reasons.

If that's all they'll ever do, that's fine with me. Still, this alliance could have deep repercussions when the shit really hits the fan. I really don't want to be Chicken Little for however long this lasts, but how this could hurt WWE actually worries me.

Considering that he's making waves by trashing the ratings of his old show, I wouldn't put it past him to make an appearance at WrestleMania (most likely via satellite). I'm not following the current product at all, but I'm aware that they are making more steps to become an international company now. I wonder how much, if any, damage is likely to result from the Trump/McMahon relationship when it comes to certain countries they are making overtures towards but that he might ruffle some feathers with. I don't want this to become a political flamewar anymore than the mods do, and if it turns into that I'll understand that this needs to be shut down, but I just feel like this is kind of the elephant in the room when it comes to talking about current WWE.

I remember Saturday Night as being okay up until about '97. The sci-fi set was bad (even as a young mark I hated it compared to the set they had at the time which was pretty cool), but I liked the theme music and loved how they would have it play under the video re-caps they would start the show with. If I had to guess, once they finish up with Smackdown, they'll get to putting up much more Prime Time Wrestling, and hopefully Superstars/Challenge. I wonder when they'll put up the WWF's original syndicated show, before Superstars/WC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qv4cWpAz4

Anyone know if they shoot in 4K now?

Based on today you have to wonder if things will change in that relationship. WWE does business around the world, and being attached to him could bite back.

Do they still do big business in Montreal?

He was also on a SNL sketch spoofing Trump.

I've always suspected it would happen.

One of the poll topics for next week's show is about Trump in the WWE/F

And back in the HOF he goes

No doubt he'll "headline" the event then.

They don't have any umlauts in their name, which could make a straight comparison a little murkier.

I guarantee if someone speaks out against Trump who was ever or is still in WWE's employ, will never be heard of from them again.

Okay, if we can get back to actually talking about wrestlers, which tag team do you think gets in this year?

I can see the case for Motörhead (rather then just Lemmy) getting in, and Trips using it as a platform to say they should be in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame (which they should). If the story is true that Vince, Sr. rejected doing something with Kaufman before Memphis did, he'll definitely never get in. I doubt Ali will get in either, as his family might object.

Hope Vader is inducted this year, especially after the news of his poor health.

What started to alienate me was the amount of programming that began to accumulate for both WWF and WCW in the late 90's. 1997 was the peak year of the Monday Night Wars as far as I'm concerned, but it was also the first year both companies had major PPV's every month of the year. Through the sheer luck of having PPV scramble, I was able to watch/hear in on stuff, but more importantly there was Monday nights. And that was fine. The eventual additions of Thunder and Smackdown! threw me a little bit (especially as my county didn't have UPN, we had to hear about Smackdown! results), and a malaise started to sit in that I think can happen with a lot of teenage fans. I think if I'd been 5 or 10 years older, I probably would have moved on from it completely by then. Of all the things I hated about the attitude era, I think the empowerment of the audience was the worst thing to come out of it. First it started with annoying memes ("What!", "You suck" to the tune of Kurt Angle's music), then later on when the "let's go Cena/Cena sucks" thing happened, I hated that too. But that's obviously more critical to what we're talking about here because it affected the perception of him by everyone over a certain age, who longed for the kind of vulgar everyman Steve Austin was. Not someone who I think is probably the purest babyface character I've ever seen. Both of those things combined with the slavish attention people draw to social media (for what it's worth I post sometimes on SquaredCircle and in my experience it's not all as bad as it seems), has definitely been the major factors in alienating me from the current product. Equal to that for me would be not having a viable and palatable alternative like WCW was in the 90's. And as heavily critical as I can be of him, these are things that aren't inherently Vince's fault. He saw the need for more television because his company was getting hot again, and he of course can't control the fans, hard as he seems to try.

The Dibiase episode had it's moments, but it missed a few critical points about his run, especially the Jake Roberts feud. Conrad bemoans that he worked Brutus Beefcake in the third match at WrestleMania V but failed to mention his interference in the Jake/Andre match that lead to a feud that ran for a year long.

Show is done with according to the official Twitter

I really wish they would come back to the Midwest. I was frankly surprised that they didn't come to Indianapolis, especially after it hosted one Super Bowl.