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I'm not surprised that the tide is turning against him on this. His radio silence on Twitter isn't helping either. He probably just doesn't care, and when it comes to this whole thing neither do I. My one surprise is that he lasted as long as he did after the infamous shoot in 2011. Not only that, but that he burned out rather than fade away which is what I'm assuming WWE's next move is, to whitewash him from the Universe as much as possible.

He'll probably be billed in the top 5 or 6 in the movie. He is one of The Guardians of the Galaxy. Here's a serious question then, since the movie opens in August, is there a way they can turn him around by then? Not necessarily at Mania, but at least a month or two before it opens?

The Johnny B. Badd character was okay, but I wonder if the gimmick rubbed some of the black talent in WCW wrong. One could argue it's essentially a blackface gimmick without the makeup. His promos in WWE were excruciating, the gimmick they stuck him with was uninspired, but he had some okay ring work.

Then why did they turn Batista heel a month into his run and position Daniel Bryan as the top face of the company during Mania season? People are really dramatic. Wouldn't it be funny if the movie flops because of the chain of events that have been set off since his return

Agreed 100% with both you guys. These issues have only been amplified because of the IWC. Whatever glitches and problems HBO had, they weren't made into news items. Whether or not they make it to WM armed and ready for anything to happen, is another issue. Hopefully as I previously said, they're all hands on deck with how to smooth out the rough edges so we can all watch with little or no interference at all.

Bryan has to beat HHH to get into the main event. No way two heels are going to headline.

Road Dogg chided the crowd for their CM Punk chant, then the WWE app feed went dark.

I heard that on Twitter, but I didn't see it. It looked like they all hit the ringside area.

I suggested in a Vince thread he would have made a good Pat Patterson. It essentially would have been a similar role to the one he played in Moneyball, but a bit more syncophantic.

Was this episode particularly sleezy, though? If I recall correctly, UPN wanted a lot of the sleazier aspects of late 90's WWF cut out of Smackdown, so it might have legit earned a TV-PG rating. I heard Lawler's "puppies!" at least once, so I think it was. Too close for comfort for a TV-PG anyway. I can believe that WWF acquiesced to VIacom's request, but a toned down program feels at the height of sleaze when compared to today's product. I'm only bringing this up because I know that eventually some parent of a young WWE fan is going to come upon this stuff and be appalled, and bitch to the morality mob and brew up a shitstorm about it.

Their ratings are a little screwy. They are showing the first episode of Smackdown! right now which was at the height of the company's sleaziness yet somehow earns a TV-PG rating.

So is it safe to assume new VOD content will arrive every Sunday?

Ventura and Capetta are everywhere. As is Michael Buffer.

Hopefully all hands will be on deck to make sure this goes smoothly. I want this to succeed because it's a venture not worthy of being taken down by these kinds of problems.

I think that's accurate. There is frankly a depressing feeling I get watching the company from this period. The chips began to fall a few years before, but by this time it was really apparent how much of the soul was lost as you put it. Them losing Bobby was more of a blow to the product then Gene, because Bobby was the perfect foil for Vince and Gorilla. To me the real sad thing is what Bobby would say later in interviews, that the only guy on the roster who came up to him to say he was sad to see him go was Owen.

The look of horror on Regal's face just before the match starts is classic.

His hair is literally tragic now.

Since he hasn't been brought up here, who of the two do you think Flair had better matches with? I've actually seen way more of his matches with Sting, specifically from the first Clash and GAB '90, I also remember their matches on Saturday Night from '96 which are stellar from memory. I've heard Ric put over Lex's conditioning in his shoot, and saying they had some okay matches.

Just looked up Bret Hart's wikipedia page, and it said he played a prison inmate in Natural Born Killers but his scene was cut. Has anyone else heard this? I wouldn't be too surprised if it happened considering the Tatanka bit in the movie.

Watching the Legends Of Wrestling roundtable about awful characters. Dusty cracks me up a few times, especially the "three for them, two for me" bit.

I don't hide it much either. Me and my brother were tandem marks as kids so pretty much all of my family knows. My last girlfriend has become a huge fan (not through me) and the one before that said her father did some construction work for Vince, Sr. so on that front I've never really had to hide it either. I worry more about explaining my taste in complicated rock and jazz music to women.

I have to say, this is so good I'm in fear I'll forget the Hannibal premiere tonight.

Isn't there one on Regal coming, or is that going to be full-length? I hope it's something more extensive, I loved his interview on Austin's podcast and got a glimpse of his announcing abilities on NXT tonight.

The triple threat match happens, Punk goes over and Hogan (as I suggested earlier) comes out and makes a match with him and Bryan, in which the smarks pop huge and Bryan goes over.

Having a woman at Brock's side would just seem weird, and against the character they've been trying to create since he has come back. Then again a pen through the hand hasn't helped that much either so what do I know.