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Kevin Pollak said the perfect thing about Twitter as far as being a celebrity, that basically you can take in all these accolades from fans at a safe enough distance, and when someone hates on you you can either block them or RT to your fans who will proceed to pounce on said hater. I don't know how far the medium should be pushed if we're talking about getting heat and such. Especially in such a tense environment as this anyway (and WWE for the time being has made no endorsements of Trump, though you know Vince is probably dying too).

Jesse could have known the direction Slaughter was going in while he was still with the company, and suggested it just before he was gone. This was during a time when they planned things way in advance, so it could have played out that way.

I was/am not a huge ECW fan but I found the trolling a little annoying, because WWE still uses "bingo halls" as code for indie wrestling.

Jesse Ventura just tweeted a picture of him and Steve talking.

Friday's episode will be about Prime Time

I wonder why he didn't vouch for the Bulldogs getting in.

"Bockwinkel"

Bret Hart knocked the Freebirds' induction, saying they never did anything in WWE... I'll give him credit for saying guys like Rude, Demolition and the Rougeaus should be in but he obviously either doesn't get or doesn't care for the fact that it inducts people for their work outside Vince's employment.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's just people within the McMahon's inner circle that votes on who gets in or not. Not even in-ring talent.

I think classic content will always keep being added. They seem to be wishy-washy about it but they'll come around eventually. I really wish, with regards to the classic stuff, that what they had done from the beginning was just add stuff incrementally every week or every two weeks instead of just throwing it on whenever.

Those are reasonable options. Make the free version just a stream of the live network, 4.99 for limited access to the On-Demand content, 9.99 for everything, and 14.99 for the HOF vote. Though I would never take the HOF option, it would be a wasted vote and a waste of money.

All I have to say is this, 5 pages and no mention of Pink Floyd?

Liz was beautiful but I think the projection of innocence Vince and Gorilla always put on her meant sex appeal would be put aside. Which is fine, again considering the company was trying to be more wholesome family entertainment. But for me at least, that translated into her WCW run too.

It's mentioned in the new book written by his son and daughter that he worked Curt when he came back to Oregon to marry his wife in 1982. No idea if it was televised or not.

I wouldn't be surprised if they do more stuff with Tod, it's getting a lot of strong feedback on Twitter so he'll probably be back for more.

You have to give credit to Sherri for how she used her sex appeal as part of her gimmick when she was with Savage, Dibiase and Michaels. She wasn't just using it for the leering men (and boys apparently) but I'm sure the thought crossed her mind that it was also bordering on offensive to the more prudish fans. It probably would have been cheap heat anywhere else, but in the largely family-friendly WWF it must have felt subversive.

Is there any footage of their match in Portland in the early 80's?

Ugh. This Halle Berry story is pretty atrocious, even if it's true. ESPN unveiled their latest slate of 30 For 30's, and Nature Boy was not among them which makes me think the network is having cold feet after Ric's foot found it's way into his mouth again.

I'm on the last chapter now. Reading about his childhood, and his time in Los Angeles and Portland was eye-opening.

Perhaps TMI, but Woman wielding a cane in her ECW days (which I came across mostly by the Apter mags) had a profound effect on me.

Prichard and Cornette talking him up makes a little more sense now.

Fair enough, but keeping The Patriot gimmick on Del Wilkes in 1997 seemed a little odd.

There are five guys I can think of off the top of my head that WWF let keep their established gimmicks/names as opposed to reinventing them into a new character. Andre(maybe?), King Kong Bundy, Kamala, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair...and The Patriot. I can understand why they would hire Wilkes, but why let him keep the gimmick people saw him use in WCW? Was it part of some bigger deal they were trying to put together with the Japanese?

He'd be a transitional guy at best with the IC belt. He worked a match with Lex Luger in February of that year on Raw that I remember not being half-bad when I watched it a few years ago. The program he had with Randy Savage was about as good as it would get for him. Their match at X is a highlight for so many reasons now, and he did as good a job being the heel (as well as Mr. Fuji actually getting to be a heel manager as opposed to the guy who just waved the flag for Yokozuna), letting Savage truly shine in the ring for the last time for the WWF.

Friday's show will be about WWF promoting ECW in 1996-7