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There's part of me that would enjoy super serious pro wres fighter Davey Richards getting some silly Fandango type gimmick in WWE.

I didn't watch the doc, but everything I've heard/seen about Nigel is that it appears someone got in his ear at some point and told him he needs to do X, Y, and Z to get to WWE and he comes off as bitter that it didn't happen. I can see how it comes off as him thinking he's owed a living, but it probably is more him pissed he wrecked his health doing what he thought it took and the door was slammed in his face.

He looks like the average pro football player 10 years later and in need of knee replacements.

I'm just surprised Larry didn't claim HHH stole his gimmick of staying on top in a promotion by banging the boss's daughter.

I know this is like shooting fish in a barrel, but this part really stood out: I know wrestlers' memories tend to be swiss cheese, but Tito lost the belt only a month after they started doing the Liz/Savage/Steele angle which in those days was too soon to know if something was getting over or not.

So WM XXX is going to be in Mid-South's old stomping grounds of New Orleans, but all the major players are already inducted. Just off the top of my head you have Duggan, DiBiase, JYD, Ladd, and of course Watts himself. I'm thinking Magnum TA and Mr. Wrestling II perhaps, or maybe they'll make another run at Sting since he got his first big break in the UWF.

Matt Borne is an interesting case, he could have been just another second generation territory guy riding off his father's name but he was actually pretty good. I first saw him in World Class teaming with Buzz Sawyer, but of course he was also famous for his run in the Rat Pack for Watts. Even gimmicks that had no business getting over like Big Josh and an evil clown were no problem for Matt. It's a shame he never seemed to get out of his own way and let personal demons mess up what should have been a much better career.

Anyone else notice when Dolph won, Big E was doing his impression of that kid who marked out for Ron Simmons?

It's sure to be dismissed as "hardcore" fans (aka them dang interweb fans) who went to Mania and not a reflection of the feelings of the WWE Universe.

My favorite is when Big Show or Kane goozles someone in preparation for a chokeslam, Lawler has to sell it like he's the one being choked.

So Jerry has the AWA belt and the Unified belt, I wonder who ended up with the WCCW one.

Running into Balls Mahoney when he needs a meth fix probably isn't much fun.

I think Dave was saying more that Reid wrestling in Japan was a safe haven since he was being supervised practically 24/7 and was away from the friends back home he did drugs with. He was worried about Reid coming home and possibly falling into the same habits, and that seems to be what happend.

So this weekends classic match on WWC TV was Abdullah vs Baba, which is pretty much the most random pairing ever.

Bryan announced on the last B&V show that they are going to start moderating the BOARD~! in a few weeks. This has potential for epic hilarity as the gimmick posters are already starting to rebel. Also re: the Weider news, I hope someone is keeping an eye on Triple H in this traumatic times.

Not denying he has a blind spot for the Rock, but if you look back it seemed Dave largely threw his hands up when it comes to drug testing in the mid 2000s when it was clear guys were never going to stop doing them. Reading his stuff during the 90s, he comes off as someone ready to grab the torches and get the mob headed toward Stanford. By the time the umpteenth 90s guy died from a drug related death, he was basically "fuck it, nothing's ever going to change".

Wrestling company tries to ape one of the biggest angles ever, film at 11. I mean, at least they're trying to copy good angles now, Russo era TNA was filled with them rehashing every shit 90s WWF storyline. I didn't have a problem with it, people were throwing trash in the ring, so at least it got a reaction. It would have been really embarrassing had they done all that and no one reacted at all. Bully as a babyface trying hard to suck up to Hogan wasn't doing it for me, so anything to get him back heel is OK in my book.

It should be noted the theory Watts pushes is the one that absolves him of any blame.

Loss said it best, the oil situation put a dent in their business but it's something they could have bounced back from had they given the fans something compelling.

Perhaps they remove all censoring of the term "WWF"?

Vince really wanted the Von Erichs, Kevin even made appearances in MSG around that time. I wonder how much that was because the promoter was their dad (tying in to the previously mentioned issues Vince may or may not have).

The thing about everyone trying to piece together what Chris was thinking is that it's hard to take into account how swiss-cheesed his brain was. Here in Pittsburgh we've had a few former Steeler players die from concussion related events. One flipped out and got into a high speed chase/shootout with the cops, and Hall of Fame center Mike Webster ended up homeless with dementia and depression due to concussion related CTE. Benoit's co-workers seem to want to quickly dismiss it because he was able to make flights and work matches, but anyone who's ever had a family member with Alzheimer's or dementia knows there's a long period of time when the person is still functional. At least there was a positive in what happened, all the research done in concussions and brain injuries was largely sparked by what happened that weekend. Showing the consequences from years worth of head trauma finally got some real science done on the subject, and perhaps a larger tragedy was avoided because of what we know now.

I half expect the HOF show to break down into a posedown between Bruno, Vince, and HHH.

Not to disagree with your main premise, but that was probably the best figure four Miz has done tonight.

To a degree, this is true. However opinons can be patently false, and if someone has the opinion Tiger Chung Lee is the greatest wrestler ever (using an exaggerated example to make a point of course) it doesn't mean people can't point out the clear flaws in that argument.