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Tatanka had a long undefeated streak and later one of the few genuinely shocking heel turns in the company (even though I saw it coming) + he beat Luger when wins and losses still mattered and Luger was still a big deal. I was never a Tatanka fan, but he did have an impact for 2-3 years. Okay, I'm convinced. Seems like Waltman will be going in too if I had to guess. Hopefully the Fabulous Freebirds, and maybe someone like Stan Hansen.

I just watched a random PTW from '87 and noticed during one of the matches that the "Superstars of Wrestling" banner wasn't blurred.

So strange him and Verne died in the same year. This one is actually a surprise to me because I figured Nick would be one to have gone in his 90's.

88 for me, partly because it's the only chance of seeing a Arn & Tully/Bulldogs match. The Demolition/Powers of Pain switch never seemed like it really worked with the crowd that night, as I think POP are still getting cheered as they walk out with Fuji. But I recently re-discovered the 87 match and it's really nothing to sneeze at either. More from a historic standpoint now, but I get what the OP is saying in terms of how it really didn't go anywhere in terms of booking. Strike Force not getting much time in the match and getting beat cleanly was particularly strange.

So these episodes were on 24/7?

Now they're denying it.

I read one theory that he was going to be a mascot that they'd bring out during TV tapings to liven the crowd up.

I have vague memories of him on Saturday Night, and actually remember seeing a T-shirt in their magazine's catalog with him on it.

POPTV used to be the TV Guide Channel.

Early prediction for next year: Haku.

Wasn't King Kong Bundy the favorite going in?

Actually no mention of DDP Yoga apart from Sting asking how Jake is doing. I loved it, but at just 20 minutes it was way too short.

And they were tag team champions for awhile in that timeframe too. I wonder if that's the first time a babyface and heel were a tag team. I think if Luger got the big push to be the main guy in '93, they would have probably hired Steve Borden as someone to work a program with him. From what I gather in interviews, he may have had going North in mind a lot in the 90's. Especially when Hogan was there and grandfathered into his spot as top guy.

I skip straight to the interviews most of the time with other podcasts, even Maron's.

Tony Schiovane is on again. He's much more down-to-earth then I thought he was.

The audio on a lot of these streaming services leave much to be desired, really. On Netflix, the Metallica movie Through The Never is way quieter than you'd think.

I've seen a couple WCW things where they left in some commercials. Mostly just "paid for by the following" stuff.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/08/03/roddy-piper-memorial-bret-hart-jake-roberts

I'm unsure of the timeline of all the interviews done but I think it may have been early-to-mid 2000's. It looks like the interviews were done on whatever VHS format was left by that point. I think if it had been done maybe 5 years later they could have done it in HD for the same or maybe less.

I wonder what's left for him in terms of staying financially stable now. Japan?

My first feeling was that it was either done because he pissed Vince off or it was Cosby-level bad. Firing him from the show and scrubbing him from the website before putting out a statement (which they eventually did, that read rather rote) really felt to me more spiteful than panicked. What he said was pretty bad, but I and a lot of other people seem to look at it for what it is. Something said in private, as opposed to taking that position before any kind of public. Warrior did exactly that and he was primed to be a spokesperson for the company just before he died, btw. And the company is rightly getting knocked for doing this (as well as their obvious racial stereotypes, past and present) in such a swift manner not befitting the toll of the man's own blood, sweat and tears shed for their profit. His apology to People seemed pretty sincere to me, no backtracking away or "sorry if you were offended". I believe he'll be able to find a way to redeem himself again, just not soon. And whether it's with the WWE is certainly up in the air right now, but if they have any modicum of respect for what has been done for them they'll welcome him back eventually.

I wonder if he's going to pop up on WWE TV sometime between now and next November.