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You know the move you just made was some bullshit when the guy who's probably biggest company man WWE ever had just calls you out on it.

I don't know if it was an official policy, but they were wary of any choking type moves post-Benoit.

I think at this point it's clear it had to be someone from Mattel that complained, their deal is the reason WWE is PG rated now (not Linda's campaign like everyone seems to think) and I think WWE is getting enough money from them now that they have to jump if someone gets offended. I mean, if you were a top level suit a a toy company would you like to see the business you just signed a huge deal with show simulated strangulation when you were promised a product you can market to kids? I mean, it wasn't even like the usual wrestling "strangle" where one guy has his arms across the ropes or the hold is worked loose enough you can see daylight. I know he's not a wrestler but Roberts should have been clued in enough to at least attempt to get his hands under the tie to at least give the visual impression you aren't about to see a dude get legit strangled.

Grizzly's first marriage produced Jake and Jocelyn (I think that was her name) who is the sister who was murdered, his second marriage produced Robin and Mike (Sam Houston). Grizzly being involved in the murder seems to be one of those things everyone seems to either believe or at least thinks is possible, so who knows. Jake wanting to be a success in wrestling just to throw it in his father's face is an interesting story all by itself as well.

Someone should point out how WWE it is of them to continue to push a guy who their audience is rejecting. If nothing else it would probably lead to a nice meltdown by Bryan.

ESPN is not known for its stringent hiring process, I'll say that much.

Well of course Todd Martin is unimpressed. He'd rather be the middle part of a Human Centipede than admit WWE ever does anything half decent.

CM Punk was one of the "Pros", so it still works with him. Actually looking at who the choices were, it would have worked no matter who won. You have the top babyface of the company vs either the #2 face, the World Champion, or one of the NXT Pros. You could make a case for them wanting to beat up any of them.

I think that's why it's smart to put them in a group. Individually they wouldn't have a prayer of getting over (well a few would, but most wouldn't or at best get their legs cut off), but as a united group beating down established guys they can get something going. By beating up Cena and Punk (not to mention anyone else in the ringside area) they had the same "us vs them" vibe the nWo had in the early days where the heels and faces in WCW had a common enemy. I also get not having faith in WWE to follow through on this, but remember all these guys have been in developmental for a while and as such have already passed the "can he work" test for the most part. These are also guys WWE can take credit for creating so there won't be what happened with the Invasion angle where they wouldn't put anyone over who wasn't made by them.

Well, that was certainly quite the angle to end the show (don't wanna spoil for west coast people).

Well, OK maybe saying he saved well was a bad choice of words. Hogan clearly didn't go around eating fish out of a tin can like Brody, but he also didn't take every opportunity to squander his money like Flair did.

Flair was never good with money, by all accounts Hogan saved well and was set for life until the shit really started hitting the fan.

CM Punk wearing a mask to hide his baldness is funny enough, even more so that his beard sticking out makes him look like Delirious.

Also the Sheamus/Henry match reminded me how fun it was to see Charles Robinson sell someone's finisher almost better than the person taking it.

More Todd Martin related hilarity: I know he takes pride in not knowing about anything that took place in the 80s, but has he never seen a Samoan in the WWF/E before? Hell, did he forget about Umaga already? The Usos are pretty similar looks-wise to their uncle's gimmick.

I think it was one of SKeith's rare funny bits where he mentioned the irony of Bret getting a USA chant in a match against Yokozuna.

So Hart Dynasty vs Legacy: Polynesian Version seems like it could be fun considering the latter has got rave reviews in FCW.

Latest Herb update says he separated his shoulder, he didn't break the arm. Anderson's probably lol'ing even more now.

I get why they feel they have to do it, but stopping matches in their tracks to patch up every little cut a guy gets really derails a show.

I think this is in danger of being slept on: Perhaps that's where he got his N-word credentials that he would later display to Mark Henry?

I always felt that Capetta's voice was way too annoying and nasally, especially when he had to do those drawn-out WCW intros (THIIIIS IIIIIIS STIIIIIIIIIING!).

It should be mentioned that most appendectomies these days are done via minimally invasive surgery, so 8 weeks recovery time is more than enough unless they still do it the old way in Brazil (and they obviously don't since he didn't appear to have the scar doing it the old way leaves behind).

I often wonder why guys seen as Dusty's boys (Lex, Barry) were never given runs with the title. Considering the one thing JCP needed badly was fresh faces on top, it seemed like such a no brainer move to make. Lex in particular is baffling since it seemed all the signs were there that he was going to be THE MAN and then he just.....wasn't. I don't think Lex ever really recovered from that in the eyes of most fans. They kept getting jerked around over a title change eventually happening that you could almost see the interest diminishing by the day as the fans just said "fuck it". Also was Barry ever given a serious shot at Flair? The only one that stands out was the famous Worldwide draw.

I thought the Gaspars in NJPW were Barry and Bob Orton, but Dave is saying one was Karl Moffat? Did they change the guy under the hood or was this just wrong info?

Because the longer Dave and Co push it and no one stands up to say "uh, no" the more people start to believe it. You'd think we'd be at the point that the mindset of ignoring misinformation makes it go away has been proven wrong, but we're not.