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If Watts was racist, he must have hated wrestling. They just added more SNME's, through the end of 1989. That's smart, as opposed to putting them all up at once.

Bob Holly and Scott Norton would be an excellent shoot.

I think they started in 98.

Yes, but Flair was super over in 1993 for just having come back, especially in their southern strongholds.

So Cena = 22, Flair = 44. I can live with that.

How many championship reigns have both of them had, including non-WHC ones?

Being in A-list movies hasn't stopped WWE from keeping the belt on guys before though. It's just a number, and as much as I respect him he's not done nearly enough of what Ric did in those 16 title runs. To even further my bias towards Ric here, I think WWE should have at given him at least one run with the title during his 2002-2008 run.

I would bet Ole was just window-dressing to give the segment and the new group a little credibility, and that if expanded upon his role would have been similar to what it was in 1990. I think if it was Roma and one other guy of his stature/talent, it wouldn't have been the flop that it eventually was. Jeff Jarrett was a much worse Horseman than Paul was.

Part of the Roma problem is more that they just had 3 instead of 4, as Ole didn't do a whole lot other than that initial segment I believe.

On paper Sid could have worked, and they could have stayed faces. But if it actually happened, there's a chance the scissor incident still could have happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiGRps99HsU

About the B shows, I think it would be interesting if they just made compilations out of those. Just put the best matches and segments together and put them in chronological packages that go up in order.

Sounds like it was used on Glee.

They didn't use "Born In The U.S.A." then? The replacement sounds very Springsteen (that is, if Reagan brain-washed him).

Darius Rucker (or Hootie for some of us still stuck in the 90's) just asked his fans on Twitter who was the greatest wrestler who never held the world championship.

@TNACreative pointing out the bullshit on Twitter was nice. Between this and a lot of the original programming I get the sinking feeling that the order of the day with Network is to establish a legacy lionizing Vince McMahon built on half-truths and out and out lies.

Don't think I can watch this "Monday Night Wars" special. Hearing Vince imitating Turner's "I'm in the wrasslin' business now" for the umpteenth time isn't doing it for me.

Maybe legally but marijuana technically is not a narcotic.

The "narcotic paraphernalia" bit is a little troubling though, unless that was just bad wording. Alcohol yes, weed maybe, but I have a little bit of a hard time seeing him as a coke-head.

Any more info on this? I heard Meltzer effectively say he wasn't interviewed but should have been..... Not that I've seen. I'm surprised they didn't reach out to Dave, but that was probably the filmmaker's prerogative as I would imagine ESPN gives them more leeway. What I want to know is if WWE licensed them any footage or that it will rely on what ESPN themselves have because they had a home at World Class for awhile.

Silly question but is there a chance all the "The Main Event" shows (IE Andre beating Hogan) will not be included in this coming package?

Really? I've never heard this. I suppose it isn't exactly out of the realms of possibility, it's not like recreational drug use is solely confined to the wrestlers. Wasn't Heenan having a lot of neck problems around this time also? http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/91.htm 1/1/91: Bobby Heenan was arrested the day after he collapsed on an airplane. Police found 48 grams of marijuana and narcotic paraphernalia in his baggage.

Bobby Heenan was arrested for pot possession in 1991?

Monday night on the live feed there will be a preview of the new Monday Night Wars specials.

Kevin Von Erich tweeted the other day that the ESPN 30 For 30 film on his family will air toward the end of summer.