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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.

Who wouldn't love to fire him?

Did he ever work Verne?

Rest In Power, Dream. I didn't grow up watching him work, but his voice was a mainstay in my life thanks to his time announcing and occasionally getting in the ring in WCW. He, Tony Schiovane and Bobby Heenan were pretty funny sometimes in the booth, but could get over what was happening when it would get serious as well. Far from a perfect announcing team, but it fit what they were doing.