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Set to be back in December for the TLC PPV. Bryan and Reigns should be back at the exact same time. There's thought of delaying either of their returns until the Royal Rumble. Barrett will back at that same time frame too. RR would be a better idea, if just to give them more time to heal. So is he 100% now? I really thought, from what I was reading, that he might be finished.

Any news on Daniel Bryan's condition?

It could be. All they'd have to do is just record an MP3 together and maybe Austin can put it on his podcast. Kayfabe Commentaries have done similar things with Vader and Demolition, among others.

Mmmm,,,ropey goodness

Storyline-wise that makes a lot of sense, but it would not have had nearly the same impact as Hogan being the third man was. Plus it would have been in keeping with how often Lex went back and forth between heel and babyface when he was in WCW previously.

I can buy Scorpio being pissed off with Shawn, especially after how he treated Vader (who broke Scorpio in the business).

That sounds appalling. I never listen to Cornette pre-interview. Nor Jericho, Ross or Austin. Don't want to sound harsh, but I'm not there for their musings on life etc. I try to avoid pre-interview stuff on podcasts, period. Bill Burr has a podcast that is basically him ranting into a microphone, and that is way too close to talk radio for me to even entertain the idea of listening to. And I think he's hilarious and a good actor, so it's not anything against him. Sad to hear Cornette had such a narrow opinion on Williams' death, I figured he'd be a little more respectful. I believe I started this thread but I don't think I've actually listened to one of his shows.

Good: Royal Rumble. It's basically the swan-song of their first golden era under Vince, Jr. utilizing nearly all of the top-level guys, and a lot of their long-term mid-card talent. Also gave Flair a chance to show off his wares before a world-wide audience, and a rather historic title win (being the 2nd guy to Buddy Rogers to have held both NWA and WWWF/WWF titles) Bad: The lack of Hogan in WWF was felt pretty deeply throughout the year. Making Savage the top guy made more sense in '88 then it did here, and Warrior looked ragged and was held down by the Shango feud until he was in a better position by the summer. Ugly: The demoralizing effect of the steroid controversies, as well as the sex scandal which came to light that year.

There's a Bruno DVD?

The only notable thing in that preview that had my interest was that he was basically Rock's sparring partner before he came back.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/ric-flair-surgery-recovery-26656113

http://wrestlechat.net/?p=496327

And a more reliable home video partner, if I were to guess. WB is no stranger to distributing home video from outside companies.

http://www.thewrap.com/warner-bros-in-talks-to-acquire-entire-wwe-library-exclusive/ Wonder what this means for the network.

I know I saw something with her and Piper once, I think on his Twitter when it was announced she was first hospitalized.

It seemed ECW knew their audience well, where I think WWF and WCW at best guessed and at worst didn't care at all for the sake of massaging and satisfying egos. Not just Paul, but the talent as well. On one hand it's pretty easy to do that when everyone is from roughly the same part of the world that they were performing in, on the other it's still quite endearing anyway. The same could be said for Memphis, the Carolina's, Texas, Florida, etc. etc. Even WWWF. In making his product a world-wide attraction, Vince lost a lot of that and the people who tried to compete with him didn't go for it much at all.

One thing I forgot to mention that surprised me about that shoot was Bret putting over Balls Mahoney as a worker.

Didn't realize Greg started this early in the year with them, especially as he was in the Royal Rumble just a few months earlier.

http://www.1wrestling.com/2014/08/29/jake-roberts-attorney-updates-jakes-health-condition/