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Well of course they didn't owe anyone, but scaffold matches (at least every one I've seen) always had the big bump be as controlled as possible. As long as you don't land feet-first there should be minimal risk for someone trained to take a bump.

Anyone else think the Powers of Pain quitting over a scaffold match was kind of a pussy move? I mean, sure there's danger involved but the only injury I ever heard about from one was Jim Cornette, and even that was because Bubba missed catching him.

Man, WWE DVDs certainly hit the wall didn't they? I know that not every release can be a winner, but a 3 disc best of Kane set? A Legends set that will probably be the episodes that run on 24/7 with some sort of bridging? Not to mention they stopped doing the awesome documentary + extra disc or two full of matches format and replaced it with random people offering brief comments between matches. Sets like the Jake Roberts and Dusty Rhodes were made significantly better by their respective documentaries, and now watching a WWE DVD set it just screams "here's some shit we threw together, enjoy".

Maybe he didn't sell enough for HBK's chair attacks the other week.

I'd like to know why he did that ridiculous NBC show "exposing" the business. I mean, I guess he can say he worked them since all it did was reveal things like the infamous STUNT GRANNY~!, but still it was pretty embarrassing.

I figured being a HBK trainee would spare him, guess not. I guess he'll be on the next TNA PPV doing shoot promos wishing he was still in WWE now.

Yeah I'm not doubting anabolics have some positive uses, just like I take medication with pseudophedrine to be able to breathe properly, but I don't go around saying that means there should be no restrictions on it just because I get positive benefits. People like Cena who are college educated in this shit shouldn't go around sounding like the typical meathead that thinks it should be legal for him to mainline as many roids as possible because he knows how to cycle properly. Obviously when you're too pro- one side or the other you lose perspective, but there's enough anecdotal and proven evidence out there to get past the whole "maaaaaaaan, people just don't understand" argument.

Come the fuck on, steroids fight HIV now? Someone really needs to tell Cena that the "golly, if only people knew the good side of steroids" gimmick isn't working.

I guess it's one of those "Japan is weird" things, but didn't a lot of their women wrestlers do like softcore photo shoots? I seem to remember "photo sets" of women wrestlers being wank material for a time amongst the Purophile set.

No one's saying his basic premise is wrong, it's just that the idea of listening to two young guys talk about their newfangled technology prompted to to grump like and old man is hilarious. Grump on his blog, which is on that internet thing that's always full of lies and people who were NEVER IN TEH BIZ ranting about things they don't know about.

After reading Raven's contract, I want to see WWE's lawyers try to explain how the wrestlers are independent contractors but they go out of their way to specify companies even affiliated with Turner Broadcasting in the non compete portion.

I say IWA-MS is the worst. I mean, they're awesome in a carny sense but horrible in a non-drawing shitty wrestling sense.

I'm guessing maybe its because 1988 was right around the time of the whole Ryan White thing and AIDS was a big topic of public discussion? Also I don't know if its a local rivalry thing since Dave is in (I think) San Jose, but he never misses a chance to point out Brutus's kayfabe hometown was a rib on San Francisco.

So why would the family pressure Tama to quit because of Sika being let go? I always felt it was kind of cheapening the legacy of the Wild Samoans to have Sika out there as a jobber for quite a while longer than he should have. It was kind of embarrassing for a while to see him out there like an ethnic Steve Lombardi.

Yeah, and what also seems to be somewhat telling is instead of their response being the legal equivalent of "these dudes are full of shit" it's more "these guys didn't follow the proper protocol to file their case" instead.

Also about the Stampede thing, the 1988 NHL finals featured Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers finishing up their dynasty by winning the Stanley Cup, so there's no way anyone in Canada was going to be watching anything else.

Pillman was part of the main heel faction at the time of his death and also was involved in an angle with Goldust that was also pretty major. He wasn't a main eventer, but it would hardly be the equivalent of Snitsky today.

So the latest episode of RAW is the Brian Pillman Tribute show, and man does it show how much times have changed. It starts with the announcement of Pillman's death and the 10 bell salute, and the very next segment is the infamous HBK/HHH skit that gave birth to the Degeneration X name. It then leads into Jim Cornette doing a shoot promo on WCW and the nWo, and of course the Melanie Pillman interview which is still the most uncomfortable TV moment ever. They of course would learn through experience to devote the whole show to the guy who died. Also it's kind of creepy that the show is in Kemper Arena and seeing Owen on stage as part of the Pillman tribute.

You know, there probably is some questionable things going on in general re: the WWE and the Stamford PD. Lord knows the things they probably had to sweep under the rug. Having said that, this whole project of Irv's is turning into You're Doing It Wrong: The Book.

Is there any footage around of Adrian from this time? The last I remember seeing was his AWA stuff where he was still way overweight and still doing the gay gimmick. Also, and I'm sure Dave will go into this when we get to that point in the WON, but how did Jim Crockett Jr. manage to sell his territory to Turner and still remain President of the NWA? Was it one of those deals where there was no one else?

Then he should stop with the lame *wink* *wink* stuff and say what he's thinking rather than do the whole GEE I WONDER WHAT IS AFOOT WITH YOUNG MASTER RANDY? routine.

Perhaps I've been reading too many 1991 WONs where he spends the non steroid trial portions ranting on No Shows:Scourge of the Wrestling Industry.

I don't know if they were going to release him, but he seemed destined for "creative has no ideas for you" until (as the story goes) Steph heard him rapping backstage and made it his gimmick. Also that Rodimer dude who she was seriously into pushing but he was so bad that even Vince's gaggle of yes-men couldn't sell that with a straight face. Considering some of the stiffs they let on TV, it's no wonder the "Steph must be banging him" rumors start.

Well there's yet another internet rumor about Cena about to get wished well on his future endeavors until Stephanie "discovered his talents" and pushed him to the moon. I seem to recall our pal Scooter implying that in a few of his rants so I'm sure that will one day become Accepted Internet Fact.

Irv doesn't say that at all. Sek's just setting up a straw man argument. I got the feeling Dave (and Irv by proxy) were suspicious that Orton wasn't in an accident at all. But that blog entry was written before Orton came back to TV. Irv needs to stick to covering THE CASE OF THE BENOIT WIKIPEDIA HACKER. I'm not setting up any strawmen. I'm just wondering why Irv would include a *wink* *wink* in the title of a post about Orton's motorcycle accident and also mention his alleged suicide attempt. I was being a little glib, sure, but IMO it seemed like Irv was implying the accident story was a cover for something else. Also I found it kind of odd that Dave mentioned it in like 2 or 3 WONs in a row that it doesn't make sense that a local celebrity can almost die in a bike wreck but the media/police have no mention of it. then seemed to drop it quickly. Did he hit a nerve with someone and get told to STFU? It seems un-Meltzerlike to sniff around a story like that and then drop it.