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Andre's Japan theme (which the Machines used in the WWF I think) was great since it was like the theme to a lost Godzilla movie. Pomp and Circumstance for Savage is 1a-1b for me with Badstreet USA in terms of perfect wrestler/music synergy. To this day when I go to a graduation ceremony I fight the urge to break into the Macho Man voice. Can't deny that Real American might be the best in house theme ever created, I can't imagine an alternate universe where it was the theme of the US Express as intended. I wasn't really ever a little Hulkamaniac but it's hard to not get pumped when you hear that theme play. Also can't forget Spartan X. I remember my first exposure to Japanese wrestling watching AJPW in the mid 90s hearing the crowd clapping along chanting MI-SA-WA and thinking "holy shit, this guy must be a big deal".

An internet acquaintance of mine has the best phrase for any and all Twitter discussions: The Discourse is Shit.

Enzo's been getting squashed nearly every week with little to no offense, it certainly appears they've made their minds up about him and are just using him to get over Cass before cutting him. I wonder if the day does come and the axe falls, will he stick around in wrestling or go with his other interests!

They turned on Jordan too, but that seemed like the intent since they had him face a "local competitor" as the WWE calls enhancement talent.

Figured it was time for a new weekly TV topic. Raw tonight has the next step in having every combination of the SS main event paired off somehow before the show, plus probably the next step in the Jason Jordan-Angle saga.

I don't buy that Hulk had any interest in actually going back to WWE at that point, he was just building leverage to get WCW to pay him more money. Don't forget Eric was such a huge Hulkamaniac there's no way he's letting him leave.

I'm thinking we're going to benefit from WWE's cost cutting as it seems they are ramping up the classic content being added the more they cut back on original programming. If they want to keep raising the number in their "now has X hours of programming on demand!" brag, classic content dumps are going to be the fastest way to do that.

I mean, it does sound cold as hell but it's not WWE's job to save Paige. Plus who's to say they haven't tried to reach out and she blew them off? There's a reason that cutting ties with someone who refuses help ends up being the best option sometimes.

I'm interested in how much WCCW they were able to salvage, there's already way more available than I was expecting from the early days. Either it wasn't in as bad a shape as we heard or WWE's digital team are wizards.

I mean, clearly some guys are but is that so much to impress Dave directly or with the knowledge that there's been times where impressing him has led to getting noticed by bigger companies?

If you're wrestling in a place like PWG you should tailor their matches to Dave and the hardcore fan since that's the exact audience you're working in front of. I kind of think the internet sometimes amplifies things out of proportion and makes it seem like stuff today's wrestlers do is a new concept. Was HBK trying to impress Dave and the Hardcores (great band name btw) by stealing the show in the 90s? Were Savage and Steamboat trying to impress Dave at WM3? It seems like trying to put on the best match is something top level guys have done since the dawn of time.

Speaking of Hidden Gems, I was watching the Joe Blanchard/Bob Ellis/Duke Keomuka vs Bob Geigel/Gary Hart/Waldo Von Erich match last night. It was surreal hearing Bill Mercer calling a match in 1966 taking place in a Sportatorium that didn't look like a dump.

Poor HoHo, maybe he should apply for Indian citizenship since his country is no longer Most Favored Nation status.

Mabel was a colorful babyface in an era full of cartoon characters. Jinder is a guy being pushed as an Indian Bret Hart but if WWF never ran in Canada in 1997.

Is there actually going to be a show from India at any point though? If not, then what the fuck is the point of all this?

He makes Earl Hebner look understated when it comes to putting the focus on him. Speaking of World Class refs, I was shocked to see Bronko Lubich take a ref bump (pushed by Kevin no less) on one of the 84 shows. I figured he was like a turtle and would never be able to get up again.

I would rather have a million more discussions on this story than have one more person arguing on Twitter over quarter stars.

This seems to be a theme. We saw it from the TNA diehards when Dave was reporting all their business woes and their reaction was basically yelling FAKE NEWS before that became a meme, and then when other people started reporting the same thing there was silence. On the other hand, you have people like Bruce Pritchard and Vinny Ru who are coming off like jilted teenagers with their constant Dave bashing. That leads to all the capes coming out from Dave supporters fighting against the people who parrot those two on Twitter and it all gets fucking old fast.

Would they do multiple cash ins on the same show? Seems like having Nattie win the #1 contender's match was a set up for Carmella to cash hers in afterwards.

Dolph at least normally has decent matches (even if no one cares how they came about), Bray has the same who-gives-a-shit approach to building a match and has bad matches to boot.

I doubt there were any fans around, I'd be certain a group of wrestlers would be in a private room situation away from the regular folk. I have no doubts the particulars were probably exaggerated to one degree or another, but no fan accounts wouldn't be particularly surprising.

Mike didn't really do much in their TNA run though. Maria was the star and she played Discount Steph until the final blowoff with the wedding angle that ended up being one of the best things the company ever did.

By the way, the next time someone says Pittsburgh is a bad town remember the horseshit ending to this show.

It just occurred to me Enzo would be the perfect PG 13 if they ever do a Nation of Domination remake.

Not sure if Ambrose and Rollins are going to team up or make out the way this is going.