flyonthewall2983

The other night I watched a bit of WCW Fall Brawl 94, and was kind of taken aback at how good the picture on it looked on Peacock, even compared to the Network.

This is going to have a better approach to Montreal then Dark Side of the Ring

This actually isn’t that bad compared to something like The Jesse Ventura Story, the tv movie (which aired the same night Owen Hart was killed) made by NBC ironically enough, to capitalize on the hype created by his run for governor. Gorilla Monsoon has a goatee.

I just noticed that Peacock finally has content in 4K. It’s just movies now I suspect but will be interesting to see if WWE finally does stuff themselves in UHD.

If by any chance I missed another thread about this topic please let me know. Getting into wrestling in the 90’s, one rite of passage was waiting for the new magazines to arrive. The official WWF and WCW ones (when they were available anyway). I probably spent as much time in newsstands at the mall then the arcade or toy stores, because they had the more niche mags that I felt were a bit more fancy because they usually had more color pics. Learning about the history of the business in the way Bill and his “writers” (never quite sure what kind of staff he worked with really, I should check out his book soon) put it gave me more perspective on what I was watching on television. Grateful for that, especially when the PWI did their year end issues or the 500. Specifically when they started publishing almanacs at the end of the year, starting in 95 I believe.

I’m astonished and more than a little bit sad at watching him do the stuff he just does on his own with the bumps he takes. I feel like if he kept it all in the ring he’d be a good performer. I really hate to say this but after his match with Joe I am certain that one of these bumps, or the accumulation of what he’s taken already, will catch up to him.

Always wonder what would have happened if they got Savage first, then Hogan say in 95 or 96. Or even not at all. WCW where the worst thing we worry about is how much time Lanny gets jobbing out to Johnny B. Badd or managing High Voltage would have been nice.

I don’t want to say it sounded desperate but Starks’ promo had the feeling in it somehow that this was going to save his job, regardless or not if it was actually in jeopardy. For his part in it I like that Max doesn’t just steamroll over guys on the mic like some in his position would have before him. This match good as it will be, is surely to be forgotten by January, but the incremental effort to make everything seem big and important wins me over.

Linda and Kanye?

I wonder if Arn is next Indy showed AEW the love last night it was beautiful to watch really

I was impressed at this when I was 12 and still like the match but honestly that crowd was so dead for it I’m surprised they didn’t pump in any canned chants like they were even doing on Raw by this point. Not every week but when you can tell the taping was in it’s third hour. It’s no Flair/Steamboat but it’s as close as they would get at least until they started pushing Austin properly. So while it’s a great match it might have been wasted on what just appears in hindsight to have been the largest Superstars taping ever, after Shawn’s entrance anyway.

And I bet Martel looks the same

^ fabulous

https://deadline.com/2022/11/the-iron-claw-a24-film-adds-pro-wrestler-maxwell-jacob-friedman-1235166702/

That’s a great title I honestly couldn’t have come up with. It’s so kind of obvious but only until it’s presented to you as such.

Maura Tierney is cast as Doris.

https://comicbook.com/wwe/amp/news/iron-claw-holt-mccallany-fritz-von-erich-wwe-zac-efron/

The one I was really looking forward to but it never happened was Jake Roberts talking about the WWF in 1991

This has been very helpful in breaking down the mess for me, and expanding on context so thanks guys. For such an industry that reveres it’s own history and mythology, it seems the mistakes skipped over always seem to either regenerate into another problem, or gets ignored and comes back to bite them on the ass anyway. In those cracks to the armor, people are either left behind or prosper just enough until they take their ball and go home.

Today’s episode is fascinating and might actually get me into watching this more just by the premise of turning the tables for this episode.

I watched about 30 minutes of the 1966 television adaptation of Death of a Salesman yesterday and now I think about it I finally get their gimmick. Willy Loman’s sons and their prissy neighbor as a tag team and manager

I started this thread in complete anticipation of this moment