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Yeah, but how far? He could have been a good IC champ, for a little while. Average ring skills. and not great on the stick from what I remember either.

Not good for merch, brother.

Trying to make the connection between Warrior's tights in that match and Rick Rude's was pretty pointless too.

He did say he thought they would have only gotten about half of the building sold at one point, with no chance of filling it to capacity. I believe his rationale about the whole thing. I have no trouble believing that the Slaughter angle would have infuriated some crazies, which would have warranted stricter security measures that could have proven too costly for Vince to cover. I don't know about the whole thing about the gov't footing the bill for security at the Super Bowl, however. I'm quite sure the NFL could have paid for it themselves. It's interesting that even after they went ahead with Slaughter being the guy to feud with Hogan, that they teased a Tugboat/Hogan feud a few times anyway. Hogan and Tugboat got into a skirmish at the Royal Rumble, with Tugboat eventually being dumped out by Hogan and the opposite happening on a Saturday Night's Main Event later that April.

It was 1978's Paradise Alley, which included Terry Funk who subsequently appeared in Over The Top. I would venture to guess they wouldn't have edited out any references to Hogan at even this early a point, but we'll never know.

"it would have improved a lot to have been the shits" Bruce on the WBF. This week's episode is great.

Didn't happen at either show but the only time the same match ever happened on both a WCW and WWF PPV in the same calendar year was The Rock & Roll Express vs. The Heavenly Bodies

Next topic of conversation will be WrestleMania VII, which is a little odd because wasn't he gone by then?

I would have kept Flair around until WrestleMania, where you could do the loser-leaves-town match with Perfect. Or maybe even the returning Hogan, with Flair cutting promos about how good the place has been without him all these months anyway. Then put Hogan in a more light-hearted program with Lawler, ending with a satisfying match at King of the Ring. Then feed him to Yoko at SummerSlam. Keep the title on Bret. Do what they eventually did in 1997 and work more and more Canadian shows. Give him more solid programs with Bam Bam Bigelow, Savage and Mr. Perfect. After SummerSlam start a feud with Yoko, who by this point amasses an incredible amount of heat from the Hogan program. Maybe let Yoko win the title on a Raw, which Bret wins back at WrestleMania X.

I'd love to see a compilation of movie quotes used in promos.

https://smile.amazon.com/Rowdy-Roddy-Ariel-Teal-Toombs/dp/0345816226/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474812284&sr=1-1&keywords=roddy+piper A book is coming out next Tuesday, written by his two children, about his life. Really, really looking forward to this one even if I take the claim that it's as great as Bret's book with a little salt.

I knew it was a good idea to skip the first 30 minutes. If he's got to vent about Meltzer & co. I understand but I don't have to listen to it either. But otherwise, this is probably the best wrestling podcast I've ever listened to. Got to admit I really underestimated Conrad when I heard him on Flair's show, and now I'll probably start listening to that soon too, now that I'm more endeared to his voice and knowledge. As for Bruce, I understand the complaint that he's still clearly loyal to Vince, but I look at it as an asset. In the whole realm of shoot interviews, and now podcasts, there are not that many guys who were on the creative level who didn't seem to still have as high much regard for Vince and WWE like Bruce does. I don't know the whole story of why he's gone from there now, but it appears that he wasn't screwed on his way out or anything else that shows any animosity towards the McMahons. I find that a little refreshing.

Regarding Bret's book, hasn't he talked about updating it? It was published after his reconciliation with Vince, but before his with Shawn Michaels. Towards the very end he has some pretty harsh words for him and Triple H. Would be interesting to see what he could write about all that came after it was published.

Couldn't think of anywhere else to put it as it probably doesn't warrant a thread, but I just read on his wiki page that his youngest son died earlier this month in a motorcycle accident.

It might be lazy but it's more common in entertainment than you think. Do we ever find out why the villains of James Bond movies want to rule the world? No. Do we care? Not really, because they're that good. Same goes for DiBiase during this time. Admittedly it was not as compelling as him trying to buy the heavyweight championship, or the feud with Jake Roberts, but it was effective. I actually think it would have been better if he bought Dustin off, but I doubt that would have happened even if it was pitched.

No, he didn't talk I don't think, he couldn't. It was a "Hey, look who's here !" moment. Sable did it too when Russo was in charge (or maybe they were together, but I doubt it), but they could not use her anyway. DUMBFUCKERY. That's right. A very odd moment.

That's a bit of a stretch, I don't think I've ever seen him blonde or speak with a Quebecois accent before.

Didn't he make a few appearances in WCW in 98 or 99? I don't think he got in the ring but I have a memory of seeing him on Thunder once, being interviewed from one of the front rows.

I saw a commercial for that service on the Network recently.

I suppose it wasn't colossal from the standpoint that they started him purely mid-card, instead of putting him in a more high-profile angle. They might have learned from the experience with Luger a few years before that not to put all the eggs in one basket.

My point is that whatever he did say in 2007, true or not, probably meant he'd never get a job at WWE again. I'll admit he was a little entertaining when they turned him heel and relied on his boxing background for a gimmick. And he did have some good in-ring work throughout the run, but the Wildman gimmick was bland and uninspired.

Mero did speak out against them in 2007 after the Benoit murders, and got a lot of face time on the networks because of it. Plus, let's face it, his time in WWE was horrible. At least Vince made the money back with Sable becoming a huge attraction.

What happened to the old shows?