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Probably not the same since it's not internet based, but I always thought the fans who cheer the Rudos were kind of the Mexican equivalent to "smart fans" since they are cheering guys they want to instead of "yay face, boo heel".

The alleged JR quotes from that story sound like how he talks on those raw satellite feeds of WWE TV that show up on YouTube. It's funny to see him switch from his smarmy, sarcastic "shoot voice" to the working "Good Ol JR" voice in a snap.

Pretty sure it was Bryan who did the recap, since Dave has indicated in the past he's not a iPPV kind of guy (ie: he doesn't know/care to learn how to do it).

So it looks like ROH managed to have an iPPV without any major technical disasters tonight, which itself seems like a minor miracle based on the last several attempts.

The counter of course, is that no one in the 80s knew who Virgil Runnels was unless they had a WON sub. Also there wasn't a photo of Dusty in a suit and executive ponytail accompanying the credit either.

I feel like HHH is, at this point, is a justified exception (if he's an exception, I agree that smarky gratuitous real name use is annoying) . HHH is the character on WWE TV, Paul Levesque is the real WWE executive. This seems fair since WWE uses his real name on the corporate site, they appear to be making this separation as well. At least it's more defined than WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and TV character Mr. McMahon which very often seem like one in the same. Also I agree with Loss, it's definitely one of those names that even when you know someone is pronouncing it correctly it still sounds like they aren't. I just wonder how long they can go with the "real executives get involved with storylines/wrestling" before they end up causing an issue. It's one thing for Vince to be doing it since to people out of the wrestling bubble Vince = WWE and that's just how it's always been. It might be different when HHH is the boss and going on TV solving lawsuits by calling people cowards and challenging them to PPV fights. At some point if they want to be taken seriously as a company to invest in, you can't have your CEO going out and rolling around in his undies anymore.

Pretty sure that was the first time Wendi was in a WWF/E ring since the whole Spider Lady double cross (or whatever it was) happened. I had a feeling Vince wasn't going to let that go without getting his digs in by proxy, but I figured they would just have Cole make fat jokes about her or something. I'm not a big "RESPECK DA BIZ" guy, but belittling a segment built around someone who legit helped build the company (she was pretty much the reason they got on MTV and were able to build Wrestlemania I) came off as a pretty disrespectful even by usual petty WWE standards.

If memory serves me right, the "asses in seats" line came from Bischoff who did get heat over feeding Tony that line. I think most people who know the deal in terms of announcers being fed their lines know it's not their fault most of the time. What's Cole going to do? If he doesn't say what he's told to say, he loses his job and Vince puts someone else out there to be his parrot. That's not to say Cole doesn't get serious go away heat or that making your lead announcer an annoying heel isn't damaging your business, but it's not like he's shooting out there. By all accounts one of the hardest jobs in WWE is trying to be an announcer with Vince screaming in your ear for hours on end.

Anyone know who owns the library for Southwest Championship Wrestling? I know the promotion got sold to the Texas All Star group, who ended up getting bought by WCCW, did Fritz end up with the library too?

Dunn must know a lot of shit, since it seems like he has a knack for rubbing practically everyone the wrong way. Then again, based on what we know about Vince maybe that's the appeal.

Apparently someone at WWE finally found out about the @CrankyVince twitter account and got it suspended. The fake WWE Creative account also got suspended but came back when they changed their name to better reflect they were a parody account. However the person* behind the CrankyVince account also has @PremiumVince, which he's started using as the main account. (*pretty sure it's Seth Mates, since he accidentally sent a CrankyVince tweet from his own account once)

Johnny's whole career has been based upon him being able to kiss the ass of whoever is in charge, it would be interesting to see if he ends up the first head to roll since it's been mentioned several times Hunter and Steph want to replace all of Vince's flunkies when they take over.

Honestly, I just figured they were arranging the deck chairs to give Hunter an EVP title now so when the time comes shareholders won't freak over someone with no executive experience taking over. In a related note, it was funny to hear Dave answering a reader question by stating WWE hasn't used Mick Foley since bringing him back because Hunter still gets irritated that the consensus is the matches with Mick made him a star.

Wasn't the talent department reorganized when HHH took over developmental? I know it was reported that he would be Johnny's boss in the new organizational chart but it wasn't seen as a demotion.

The Nasty Boys were kind of amazing in that they were exactly the kind of team you'd expect to get repackaged anywhere they go, but yet they stayed pretty much the same in the AWA, WWF, and WCW. They only time anything really was changed was when they were in the WWF and added more neon-colored paint streaks to their gear. Even that didn't seem like much because it was during that period in the 90s where it seemed everything had neon colors added to it. Also I always wondered why the WWF had to refer to the Road Warriors as the Legion of Doom. They just replaced one non WWF created name for another.

I wonder how much of them not owning the Portland library is due to them not knowing the majority of it was sitting in boxes in Buddy's garage/basement. I think that was the source of whatever footage has been made available in trading circles.

Teddy Long was the General Manager of ECW for a while before he went to Smackdown.

The two jobbers Ryback destroyed were billed from Downer's Grove, IL. They proceded to read a poem/rap in unison before getting destroyed. Old school 80s fans will of course remember Downer's Grove was the home town of none other than Leaping Lanny Poffo.

I love how the underlying theme of tonight's Raw has been if you hate John Cena then you're in agreement with the most hated and annoying person in WWE (Cole).

I think this part gets undersold. How he went from the dipshit in the yellow WWF suits who yelled WHATTAMANUVER~! at everything (and always being made fun of by the heel color commentators) to being the ruthless asshole Mr. McMahon in the span of a few years is really spectacular. The best parallel would be if somehow in 2015 Michael Cole ends up being the most evil bastard in WWE history.

A lot of the mid to lower card guys get a fairly nice cut of the video game royalties (compared to their base salary) so if THQ goes tits up and leaves the WWE games up in the air, it would would suck for most of the roster. I know whenever they announce the roster every year there's always people pissed off at missing the cut since it's a nice chunk of change. So while Dave may have overplayed this as MAJOR NOOZ, it can have a ripple effect to WWE.

If it's MMA related and not about Brock, it will just end up something most wrestling fans don't care about unless it's something out of left field like announcing Vince bought every MMA group other than UFC and will run against them.

Isn't it Davey Richards' gimmick to be the super serious whiteboy who thinks he's the ace in mid 90s All Japan? Part of what's made the angle with Steen great is how he's got under everyone's skin and made Davey flip out.

Isn't it Davey Richards' gimmick to be the super serious whiteboy who thinks he's the ace in mid 90s All Japan? Part of what's made the angle with Steen great is how he's got under everyone's skin and made Davey flip out.

Isn't it Davey Richards' gimmick to be the super serious whiteboy who thinks he's the ace in mid 90s All Japan? Part of what's made the angle with Steen great is how he's got under everyone's skin and made Davey flip out.