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I'm listening to the Highspots shoot he did in 2004, and it's probably the greatest education you can get about the wrestling business. He's so straightforward to the point where he almost comes off mean, until you realize what he says is absolutely right. His greatest line is something Gorilla told him, if you're in the business for anything but making money you're an idiot. The surprising thing is he thinks the wrestling business is done in terms of being hugely popular, since the business is so open, people aren't going to pay money when they know how the tricks are done.

I'm sure he doesn't know about it, but it's just sloppy of the WWE. Normally that wouldn't be shocking, but their home video department is usually more on the ball.

Got the Brock DVD from Netflix today, I put it in my DVD-Rom drive to watch it on my PC. I happened to have Windows Explorer open and I saw that the Disc ID (the label that shows up next to the drive letter) is WWE_BROCK_LESNER. Oof. Pretty sad when they release a DVD of a former WWE champion and botch the spelling of his name.

Someone ran afoul of the WWE despite the fact that they had permission to sell the footage they were dealing in. Meltz speculated that WWE is going to try to go after anyone who sells footage that contains anyone under a WWE Legends contract, which would be pretty much any footage you come across. What's sad is despite the fact that doing that isn't even close to legal, eBay will never stand up for its users because they probably think all wrestling = WWE.

Really??? I could've sworn my copy of Anthology had Real American for Hogan's WM19 theme. Interesting. I have the commercial release of WM 19. It must me funny if they replaced that song, since Hulk does a whole pantomime act to the words after the match (pointing to Vince when it says "standing next to a mountain", then doing a chopping motion to "chopped it down with tbe back of my hand").

I just popped in WM 19, and on it they have Hogan coming out to Voodoo Chile.

Some generic rock music. Scott Hall came out to it too in his match with Austin. How can they not have the rights to the nWo theme? Didn't they buy that with WCW?

The replacement music for Hollywood Hogan at WM 18 on the box set is just so hilariously bad it almost kills the whole epic atmosphere. What was he using, Voodoo Chile? I can't imagine they had a problem with the nWo theme.

You are allowed to sell masters, and if you wanted to go through eBay's convoluted dispute system you'd probably win, but WWE has been using a scortched earth philosophy for handling eBay auctions. I've heard people say they were selling masters and got their auctions ended since WWE's legal team basically squashes any auction with WWE or WWF in the title.

They won't come after you, but I bet they'll get it taken down.

I don't care who you are, that right there is funny.

Didn't Aries hurt his knee at the PPV? He probably wouldn't be working a whole lot anyway.

I can see how it's going to play out, Vince is going to get all offended that she's become a bigger star through that program than any female with a wrestling connection since the 80s and didn't need to pose in Playboy to do it. He'll offer a ridiculously low contract and when she leaves WWE history will be written to say she was an ingrate who didn't appriciate the opportunity WWE gave her.

Either they released a Panda-friendly version or Highspots has a huge stockpile of those DVDs.

This argument of guys owing something to ROH because they were made there doesn't make any sense. Does that mean the Rockers should have helped out the AWA when they were dying because they were made there, even at the expense of the company they had signed contracts to? Strong and Aries were basically jobbers in TNA because most people have never heard of ROH. Granted there is some crossover among the ROH and TNA fanbases, a lot of the people watching Spike TV have no idea what ROH is or why working there would grant someone an automatic push. It's not even that the guys have to leave ROH in the cold either. Until TNA has some sort of houseshow circuit it would be dumb for them not to work both promotions. I think ROH just has to be more aware of the fact that a lot of their workers double dip and not schedule shows the day before TNA PPVs to avoid stuff like this from happening.

Also, where's the heat on ROH for not rescheduling the show since A: They knew a snowstorm was headed their way. B: Half the card went back for the TNA PPV. C: Gabe hyped the shit out of a SUPERHUGEMEGASUPRISE which ended up being CM Punk coming back for a show. (OK, that's not a reason to reschedule, but it was still lame). You'd think with all the respect ROH is supposed to have for their fans, they should have said "hey, it's going to get shitty and half our card has to be on the TNA PPV the next day, we're going to have to move the show".

You can argue about TNA's reaction being too harsh, but the downside to TNA becoming a legit national wrestling company is that they gotta start establishing that guys under contract need to do what the office asks them to do. If they're going to be taking Strong and Aries off TV for *months* then I think that's a bit excessive. That's up there with Marcellus Wallace throwing the Samoan dude out the window for giving his wife a foot massage. Then again, considering TNA only has an hour of TV a week, there's nothing guaranteeing they'd have been on anyway.

If the airports would have been closed, they would have been stuck no matter how REAL they might be. No one is saying TNA is trying to get people not to work for other companies like ROH, they just want people to start taking their PPVs more seriously. Also, they signed contracts with TNA. If they felt being loyal to ROH was a bigger priority, they shouldn't have signed deals with another company.

I'm listening to the Marty Jannetty shoot, and I'm realizing how much Marty sounds like Vince McMahon with a southern drawl. When he does his impression of Vince when he tells stories of meeting him, it's uncanny.

Everyone's missing the point. It's not that they did or didn't miss the show, it's that that they were the only ones to not do what TNA asked of them.

Any shit they get would be for ignoring the company's request to report early for the PPV. It's not TNA's problem if they have bookings in an area that had a snowstorm bearing down on them. They made a commitment to TNA and put themselves in a position to possibly miss it. Besides, ROH fans are going to have to learn that TNA PPV > ROH show. If it was an Impact taping I could almost see doing what they did being okay. You can't let people not show up and fuck up a show people are paying to see.

Yeah, because he's probably not having a bad enough day without having his chosen means of staying upbeat about a horrible situation mocked to his face. Well considering I'm not likely to ever meet him, he won't have it mocked to his face. He's also been known (before the tumor stuff) to go around telling people how gays are going to hell and all that wonderful anti-homosexual Bible stuff, so for him to say now he doesn't rub it in people's faces is kind of hypocritical on his part. Plus he keeps playing that "it's not PC to say you're Christian" victim card which is so BS these days, especially when you work for a company that had a battle with a religious group (PTC anyone?).

I didn't want to bump the thread about it, since it's kinda mean, but I hate how Matt Cappotelli is turning his brain tumor into an evangelical tool. He's practially saying cancer is a gift from God in interviews he's given since his diagnosis. He keeps saying how he's not rubbing God in people's faces, but almost half of every interview is Bible quotes and how this is all a blessing. If it helps him get through his battles, more power to him. I just hope someone tells him he sounds like a loon sometimes.

I think they're being punished for not going to Orlando early like the company asked them to. TNA best recognize they aint the WWE by a longshot yet. Yeah, TNA better stop getting so uppity, expecting wrestlers to show up for PPVs and stuff.