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I have to admit I lol'd when they pointed out he looked like Vader.

I wanted to back you up on Mongo here. Watching Nitro again and it was stunning how while, yes he's clearly dumber than a box of rocks, he has so much PASSION after years of Cole/King/JBL bantering to keep themselves from falling asleep.

Well I suppose I was just hoping the post-Vince era of WWE would mean we wouldn't have to put up with an over-sensitive jacked up guy in charge using TV time as therapy for his insecurities. I get he's under pressure, but it's not like this is a recent trend either. His passive-aggressiveness toward the Rock has been a thing ever since he left to make movies.

Well that would certainly be quite the payoff for the FREE FREE FREE stuff all month.

Someone really should do an in depth piece on Hunter's crippling insecurity about not being seen as a top guy in the Attitude Era. I mean, FFS man you're going to run the whole fucking company one day, does it really matter you were seen as a B+ player in 1999?

In the same show Dave also mentioned how he doesn't feel there isn't anyone in the HOF who doesn't belong there, which I'm hoping was him trying to be trollish because he can't seriously believe that.

That reads like a pitch for a movie I really, really want to see now. Broken Legs and Feeling Boobs: The Johnny Sorrow Story.

Other than UK tours I believe they will be TV only. I would hope talent would be allowed to do indy dates, I can't imagine they're going to be making more from TNA when the company is bringing in less money.

It's mind boggling how many people 50 and above think the only way to access a website is to type it in a search bar and click on the top result. I can't even imagine those folks trying to use any kind of streaming service.

So from the breakdown posted in the issue it looks like Carlos Colon didn't get in because no one in the former wrestler category voted for him. Kind of odd there's sort of an unofficial blackball going on yet Benoit skated on his recall vote. Say what you will about the Brody deal but it's not like Carlos was the one who killed the guy.

It's all rasslin' to TV execs. Not even WWE could get an offer from anyone when their deal was up. There's pretty much zero interest anywhere, ROH happened to get lucky to be bought by a TV company looking for low priced content for their stations.

When you think there's nothing that could lower your opinion on Fritz Von Erich, there's the story in that bio how he was living vicariously through Kerry's high school discus career to the point of making sure he had access to steroids in 10th grade.

So reading the latest back issue up on the site (Fritz Von Erich bio issue), and I came across an interesting tidbit I've never heard before. It's been mentioned numerous times how David was being groomed as the next NWA champ, but here it's mentioned that one of the key factors that was never answered was that Fritz just suddenly stopped pushing for it even after there was some idea in place for it to happen. I wonder if that was because plans started being made for the first Starrcade, or was word getting out about the boys' partying and the NWA board put the kibosh on it?

Crisis on Infinite Boards!

Perhaps I was exaggerating a little, but seeing HHH and Steph come out and bury the whole roster week after week, having babyfaces get beat up with no one coming out to save them is starting to look mighty familiar.

I don't disagree with anything you said, but the Authority winning again would really push this close to "WCW never gets its win against the nWo" level.

I love how they mainly lost out on getting more money on their TV rights renewal because of the long held stereotype that WWE fans are all broke ass rednecks......and then they announce Larry the Cable Guy will host Raw next week.

I think it's more of a situation that it's part of the NBCU deal than Hulu. NXT was only on Hulu pre-Network and there wasn't any issues putting it up immediately. I believe the Network was part of the renewal talks, so perhaps when the new deal kicks in shows will be up sooner.

Looks like they are back uploading Raws, they're almost done with 1995 now. It's interesting to watch them evolve from the early 90s cartoony era to a proto-Attitude era. It's amazing how much WCW launching Nitro gave them a kick square in the ass. Goldust's TV debut was one of the shows recently added and it struck me how much better he looks in 2014 than he did in 1995.

I get the impression Charlotte's been told to get used to working a more toned down WWE Diva style to prepare for her imminent callup. As you stated, she seems to have hit the wall recently and the booking seems to suggest she's going to drop the title and move up soon.

Yeah, those were the days. I think back in the early days there was more of an "exclusive club" feel since not everyone had access to watch stuff that wasn't shown on TV locally. It certainly lead to a higher quality discussion once the playing field leveled and it just wasn't a select few who were able to talk knowledgeably on various subjects.

....and yet kayfabe wise he's responsible for bringing the Undertaker to the WWF.

So with all the fuss about the Network and the lack of them making any attempt to survey people on what they want to see, I found it quite funny to get a survey from WWE asking how interested I was in the Stephanie McMahon workout DVD. When I responded "not interested at all" it seemingly no sold my response and went on with the survey as if I indicated I did have interest in it.

I believe so. Now it seems to make sense why, no one in power seems to think anything he says is wrong. I still don't know how he didn't get torn in half when he used the n-word to Mark Henry though.

Also was I reading that wrong or did it seem like Dave was saying WWE was expecting Rey Misterio to speak out on their behalf as if he hasn't been telling them to fuck off as loud as possible for nearly a year?