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I marked out for the Kurtquistador, not gonna lie.

Khabib is a dude who grew up in a violent war torn part of Russia and is friends with a brutal dictator. Conor's usual pre fight banter included taking shots at Khabib's father (implying he was involved in 9/11) and comments about religion. Not that this justifies his actions, because they don't, but Khabib is not the guy you say that kind of shit about and expect it to be all sunshine and rainbows afterwards. Apparently Conor's coach was talking shit the entire fight at Khabib, and by the end he had it. Also it's kind of been forgotten that the whole "Conor attacks a bus with a dolley" fiasco was him trying (or acting like he was trying) to get to Khabib and his crew. There was zero consequence from UFC for that despite several fighters getting injured from broken glass and an entire PPV getting fucked up, and they used footage of it to promote this show. UFC basically is reaping what it sows here. They constantly allow their draws to act like children with little to no consequence, then you get stuff like this when one of them tries to talk shit on a guy you Don't Fuck Around With. Conor's the asshole at the bar who talks shit and tries to fight the whole world. Khabib's the dude who just makes a phone call and mf'ers disappear. Dana should be happy that all we got as a pull apart brawl, as it could have been a whole lot uglier. Of course this is going to result in them throwing the book at Khabib (which they should) and Conor skating consequence free once again despite him being the reason all this happened in the first place.

So I've reached the point of my Mid Atlantic watching where the build is just starting for the first Starrcade, and I'm wondering who exactly was booking during this time. Obviously Dusty came up with the name and concept of Starrcade, but Dave has stated previously that Dory Funk Jr. was booking at the time. You can see fingerprints of both guys' styles in terms of heels offering bounties (Dory) and everyone randomly mentioning Dusty in promos, but it seems that Dory's style was more prevalent in how the main angles unfolded. I just assumed Dusty came up with the idea of a big year end show and Dory just came up with the way to get everyone to the end point. Also it's been amazing to see the build unfold, as it's something I never saw before (it was right before my wrestling fandom began). From Harley Race as the aging champ not wanting to give the young upstard Ric Flair a chance to replace him (ironically the opposite of real life as Harley apparently needed to be talked into having another reign since he was winding down at that point), to the dastardly Briscos taunting Steamboat and Youngblood (and seeing Rick Steamboat become more and more visibly annoyed at Jay becoming less and less coherent in promos as the weeks go on, which wasn't part of the angle but more Rick losing patience with Jay and his demons), to Gary Hart and his "asians" Great Kabuki and Magic Dragon feuding with Jimmy Valiant over the TV title.

Dave really hated the WWF back then, plus you have to remember most of the people he was talking to in the business were wrestlers or promoters who's business was being affected by the expansion.

Honestly, hating on Cody smacks of elitism at this point. He's improved so much and his heel work has been on point, it's silly to keep pretending he's still the guy who was floating aimlessly in WWE.

Even though his act can get a bit try hard at times, I'll never turn on Jericho just because of how his introduction to the WWF was a masterclass of petty backstage bullshit.

Triple H (with HBK) vs Undertaker (with Kane) Shield vs Braun/Dolph/Drew AJ vs Joe Daniel Bryan vs Miz Lashley/Cena vs Elias/Kevin Owens Bellas/Ronda vs Riott Squad New Day vs The Bar Becky vs Charlotte Auska/Naomi vs IIconics Cedric vs Buddy Murphy

Well whaddya know, the mystery of why Hugh Morrus was such an asshole to trainees seemingly solved.

The shows that governments are paying them to put on are going to take precedence over the one they're doing for PR.

I don't usually watch the "My son is a WWE superstar" episodes but the one on Braun Strowman is a hoot. His dad is the answer to the question "what if Braun had played softball instead of wrestling" and is quite the character. Also him being mock angry at not getting picked as Braun's WM partner was great. It occured to me that between Braun, Miz, and Cena you could have a great all-dad stable.

Jesus Christ at all of that..... To be fair, there were probably weren't any drugs left in that town after the Von Erichs came through.

A tiered network is pretty much a done deal, they've already talked about it in their investor meetings. They are just waiting to finish the UK and India TV deals before announcing it.

When the LBoA was found, it was mentioned that there was tons of Omni footage unlabled in the Turner archive that the WWE team was sifting through.

It's been a MAJOR sore point in the city. Not only did the owner promise to keep them in town before leaving, the NBA has been using them as leverage for other teams to get better arena deals.

Ronda nearly losing Ruby on the gutwrench, only to muscle her back up went from scary to an impressive show of strength.

Narrarator Voice: Amazingly, they did. Although amusingly enough Hulk still basically ended up the victor despite being on "Team WWF".

They're showing a really obnoxious ad for Super-Showdown in between episodes on the Network now, just a shot of the main eventers with a loud BWWAAAAAA sound several times louder than the regular volume.

I would assume introspection isn't Vince's strong suit, but I wonder if it ever occured to him he's the 2018 version of what he thought Ted Turner was in 1996. Crazy billionare who puts effort into trampling down the "independent producers". Also lol at Vince calling himself that in 1996.

The list for the upcoming Ted DiBiase collection looks good (any time we get Georgia stuff is a win for me), but I was hoping they would include the match from Boston where Ted was billed as WWF Champion and was wearing the belt since it took place in the week between when the Hulk/Andre match took place and when they announced the WM4 tournament on TV. I guess since it's not WWE Canon it never happened.

I took a break on this and went back recently, finally got to the Briscos' heel turn and damn is it a difference. I've never seen Jack outside of Florida and here, was he a heel anywhere else? If not that was money left on the table.

By not letting promoters get one over on him like most guys did (and still do). Plus he knew his bread and butter was in Japan and anything he made elsewhere was basically "fuck you" money, which is what he said when promoters tried anything.

I wonder how many people who would be considered knowledgeable about lucha have a vote. I would imagine Steve Sims has a vote, and cubsfan stated he would give his to Fredo in a heartbeat.

The coda to the Horsemen story is that they ended up deciding to give Tully the fourth spot, but he got his contract offer revoked because he got fired from the WWF for failing a drug test.

I don't begrudge anyone for looking to get paid, but someone like Joey wouldn't be able to do any of the things that make him stand out in WWE. He probably would be able to do some stuff in NXT, but he would either be a 205 guy or cannon fodder on the main roster.

I always heard that the suitcase with "Relax with Trudi" was a reference to what ended up the Adorable gimmick (as in it was an alter ego/split personality he kept the gear for in the case), but that might have been just a retcon after the fact. I believe he was at the first taping after WM3, but whatever happened to get him fired must have happened pretty quickly after that since I don't recall seeing him again on WWF TV. The only time I recall seeing a photo of him bald was in WWF Magazine which would have went to press well beforehand. My personal theory was always that Vince was pissed that he took a gimmick meant as punishment and not only ran with it but got it over. Which would be funny if that was the case because Dusty would end up doing the same thing a few years later.