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I don't think Sheik was going to have as easy time with Hogan as he thought. But if he did it would not matter if the WWF took the belt, Sheik would still be thought of as champion. He would have no reason to snitch on Verne since its not like he would be arrested. If they could get charges to stick (they couldn't), it would do the WWF no favors to press the issue. The only thing the WWF could do is a phantom title switch and hope for the best.

It would increase their value with New Japan and WWE. Cody is probably going to return to WWE at some point, he can still leverage more money.

Cornette on his show said if they draw a big crowd to eat the loss to make themselves look like big draws. Which would make them money long term.

Christ is my light. But number 2.

I was thinking and I'm at least partially in the wrong.

What Moses wants is for people to take her side without question. If you follow her Twitter it is hard to come to any other conclusion.

No, Ryan has talked about how he fought against them posting those. And Cody seems friendly with him. Thank you, I did not want to judge someone for something they did not do.

Well if the American legal system is known for one thing, it is being too in favor of the accused.

If she filed legal charges, the people she is accusing have a chance to clear their name. I think Orleans is guilty since he has made no attempt to defend himself and Elgin is an asshole but has done nothing illegal. She has some grudge at Elgin beyond whatever happened here.

So Ryan Satin worked for TMZ right? Was he the person who put up the 911 call of Dusty's widow?

On Owen and Razor, they had some very good IC title matches in late 95 and had good chemistry in some tag matches.

Well I can put blame on her wanting to form a lynch mob mentality on anyone booking Elgin. That her focus is almost entirely on Elgin and not Orleans raises a lot of questions. But that does not absolve Meltzer of his journalistic responsibility. He should have interviewed her the second he decided to cover the story.

Meltz is in the wrong here. Even if the texts were doctored or cherry picked (I think they were) as a journalist he was obligated to speak to her if he was going to cover the story. No it cannot.

They should not have ended the streak. Nobody really wanted it to happen. It was something done to make fans feel bad.

I don't believe the story, but Dynamite could be protective of some people. There is the story of him wanting to hurt Brutus for insulting his trainer and he did seem to care for Benoit (for whatever that is worth.).

Verne might have feared, Vince would bring Slaughter back out of spite if he was AWA champion. Vince was signing guys like Brad Rheighens and Boris Zukov. So bringing in Slaughter is very conceivable. They did do a Dusty finish where Sarge beat Larry Zbyszko for the title, then ran a rematch. I like to think those things are what made Slaughter turn heel in the WWF.

I think he had generally strong matches in the AWA with Larry Z and Hansen.Off hand I can't think of any bad matches he had there. I really think he should have won the title after it was stolen from Lawler. I have been watching a lot of Brad Armstrong matches in the last few days. I have to say I am with Brad being underrated. He had a presence to him that made him seem credible regardless of his place on the roster. He was also excellent at coming up with unique finishes. He could hit the Russian Leg Sweep like DDP would the Diamond Cutter.

These are not the best Hogan matches by a long shot.

I like Primo a lot. I think he was great as a traditional baby face and pretty good as a heel. Him and Carlito were a very good and underrated tag team. With Carlito being a very good hot tag. Him and Epico were miscast as heels and unfortunately the bull fighters never caught on.

It does seem like they have increased in frequency this year.

I would personally feel ripped off if I paid to see the Young Bucks wrestle and they didn't wrestle a Young Bucks match. Yeah but if you pay to see a Young Bucks match you probably deserve it.

Matthew if you will remember, I was praising Studd to you at least five years ago. I think Eddie Gilbert is very underrated. Now I know Eddie is fairly well regarded by fans who know him. But I think he was great as a heel or a good guy. He could play an underdog but was credible enough to win. His time in the NWA late 88 to early 89 was a great run. The Gilbert/Steamboat vs Flair/Windham match is rarely seen in full, but Eddie put in a fantastic face in peril performance. Actually going back to what footage is available, the Ricky Morton/Gilbert team was very good. As a booker I don't think he properly gets recognition for actually drawing. Watching 88 Alabama and Continental was in poor shape when Eddie started. Boutwell was mostly empty at the beginning. By the time he was fired, things had improved greatly. He booked one of the better post 80's Memphis runs and is short changed on laying the foundation for ECW. Kamala was very good at utilizing a very limited arsenal and character. One Man Gang was a fantastic big man. He could get heat while bumping and selling for smaller guys without it looking out of place. He is very near the top of my list for best big men. I would put him over Bigelow and equal to Bossman and Tenta. Hercules Hernandez is someone I don't think gets the credit he deserves. Think he is great as a heel but is miscast as a good guy. Honky Tonk Man is my WWF MVP of 1987 and in wrestling overall that year. He was so good he convinced people he actually was bad.

Nick Bockwinkel's father was a wrestler so he knew the real old timers. They would often complain that the generation after theirs did too many tackles and were going to cripple themselves at an early age.

The Bucks vanity search.

They could not afford to pay him.