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I know JR was booking at some point, at least by 1989.

Well for Bret and especially the Road Warriors, JR did call a lot of their big matches. I don't know why he'd be speaking about the Superstar other than the fact that JR probably doesn't have a whole hell of a lot else do to these days.

The HIAC spot was a work that built off his previous cameraman hissy fits, same with the match with Sid where the camera ended up getting used as a weapon. WM 11 seemed like a shoot to me, HBK snatched the one dude from behind by his collar and fucking flung him like a sack of potatoes. The second incident involved a cameraman getting in the way of a ringpost spot and HBK forcibly moved him out of the way. You can see Sid (who was in his corner) trying to calm Shawn the fuck down afterwards since even he could see what was going on.

Watching Wrestlemanias 9-11 made me realize how good Yokozuna was for someone so enormously huge. It's ridiculous seeing a five or six hundred pounder hitting savate kicks and legdrops, not to mention bumping like he did. Most superheavyweights bump like an old building slowly teetering to the ground, but Yoko was bumping like a cruiser in his match with Owen vs the Gunns at WM 11. To top it off, he got some huge air on the Bonzai drop as well. Work or not, I'd shit my pants seeing an ass that big careening towards me.

Joe, thats about all I can think of.

Watching WM 11 reminded me what an unprofessional shit mid 90s HBK was. Granted, there were too many photographers at ringside but he tossed one guy a good 5-10 feet for the sin of being in the way of his bump outside the ring as if the dude had any way of knowing what the spots were. It's amazing, considering the petty ass shit people have been fired from the WWF/E for before and since, to see just what the Clique was able to get away with.

They can't guarantee enough of a crowd to cover what MSG charges to run in the building.

Yeah, people usually don't understand why UPN would even consider not renewing SmackDown, but I don't really think they make that much money off it and would probably make the same if not more with a block of shows they produce. Not to mention anyone who works with Vince McMahon usually gets tired of it eventually.

It's looking more unlikely that UPN is going to renew SD, and they seemed to plant the seed on RAW for a title unification match at some point. Not to mention NBC/USA doesn't want any SD wrestlers on the Saturday Night's Main Event telecasts as long as it's on a rival network. So what's in store for SmackDown? Instead of talking about ending the brand split, there might not be a second brand at all. I can't imagine USA devoting another nigh to wrestling, where would SD go if not on UPN?

Not to mention Warrior can easily prove some of the things he was buried over are common wrestling practices since there was a houseshow recently where half the people no showed and none of the advertised matches took place.

Still, he can make the claim that he lost bookings for speeches because of him being portrayed as an unprofessional lunatic on the DVD.

I didn't know he was still doing the comic thing. I guess he can make that case then.

I hate to ever agree with Warrior about anything, but everyone knows that Vince put that DVD out just to bury him. There's two problems with the lawsuit however: 1. It'll be impossible to prove intent, since Vince will just claim it was a work and everyone else who took part in the DVD will circle the kayfabe wagon around him. 2. Warrior isn't in the wrestling business anymore so it's going to be hard to claim the DVD damaged his future earning potential.

I don't think I've seen a non WWE match on this list except for Joe-Kobashi.

My travels to DVDVR lately have really made me appricate this place even more. I almost forgot what it was like going to a wrestling board where the majority of people in the wrestling folder have no idea there was wrestling before the WWF in the mid 80s and mods close threads because they randomly decide that there will be no more topics on a certain subject. Not to mention the nonsensical word filters. Christ, that gets annoying.

I don't see how Warrior's response would hurt his case, since he didn't put it on DVD and ship it all across the world. Hell, I don't think Warrior ever finished the DVD he *was* working on.

I'm just saying they took the time to re work her into OVW storylines so perhaps they aren't trying to get her to quit like they did with Christy.

From Inside Pulse, hopefully this will quiet the folks in denial that Eddie's death had anything to do with steroid use.

Jillian Hall has been back on OVW TV since about November or so.

I wonder if Shelly getting upgraded cans means that Aaron Stevens is getting called up and he's bringing his women with him.

I liked how Johnny Ace decided that Rey was the right size to fit under the bus with the whole Juvi situation.

Taken from DVDVR: WWE sniffing around about Roderick Strong seems to signal that Vince is about to unleash his favorite competition killing weapon: the talent raid.

Meltz posted the Impact spoilers, and Christian did in fact get the title shot at the next PPV.

I know he had family in New Orleans that he hadn't heard from after Katrina.