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I asked WP about it, he politely said no.

In light of the current passing of one of the great in-ring performers of all-time, I firmly believe, and would greatly enjoy a disc or two made in the memory of Chris Benoit.

I am in complete disbelief right now. Benoit has been, and always will be my favorite wrestler and my hero. I just cannot believe that Chris is gone. 1967-2007 is not long enough. I'm with Vyce on this, I generally don't get emtional over wrestlers dying, death is the only gurantee in life, but, I shed many tears during the opening of Raw tonight. Rest in Peace Chris Benoit, I will never forget you, and I love you and hope your journey in life was as marvelous as you were, and I hope the next stage in your existence will be as perfect as your life was. God bless you.

I wish they still had matches like this today in the WWE. Hart is a great wrestler, and shows his merit by working with a pretty new worker and delivering a great match. I didn't much like the powerbomb spot either, it felt out of place, and just unecessary. Kid nailed Hart with a few stiff spin kicks to the face that made me say "wow". Kid took a big bump to the floor on a senton. Overall, great match.

Received mine, thank you.

Hardy Boys vs. World's Greatest Tag Team - WWE/ECW One Night Stand - Raw Tag Team Championship - Ladder Match: The best match I've seen so far this year, which isn't saying much since it's about the only match I've actually watched and cared about to remember. Shelton Benjamin takes many (possible) career ending bumps in this match, and it actually had some decent psychology for a ladder match: M. Hardy holding Benjamin on the ladder so his brother could do a top rope move - Haas and Benjamin really stood out here, their selling was top notch - the bumps were fresh and unique.

Anything that I've yet to really see: the greatness that is Lucha, Memphis angles/brawls, early (good) ECW angles, Foley's "legendary" promos, etc.

I could probably participate in this, we'll see.

This is just shocking to say the least. This ranks up there with Eddie Guerrero's and Curt Hennig's deaths. In a non-Goldbergish tone / manner, who's next?

http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/h...t.asp?aID=18705 Mike Alfonso, better known as Mike Awesome, was found dead on Saturday evening in the Tampa area according to those close to the family. He was 42. Friends were coming to his home in Tampa to pick him up and go out Saturday night at about 10:30 p.m. and he never answered the door and found him hanging in the home. It is believed the death was due to suicide pending results of the autopsy. Mike Awesome was one of the top foreign stars in FMW in Japan, who as a high-flying big man was made ECW champion on two occasions in 1999 and 2000. As champion, he signed with WCW, creating a situation that many feel ended up killing the title as Tazz from WWF was brought back to ECW to win the title, yet at the same time the title was jobbed in WWF. He worked for a few months with WWF after the collapse of WCW, as well as with All Japan, but had not wrestled in some time. He was working as a realtor at Coldwell Banker at the time of his death.

The saying "the more the merrier" is not the way to go in wrestling. The fan base gets burnt out on the product they are presenting. All of us combined, with our well known creative genious couldn't even drag out a 12 month PPV schedule with great buyrates and upward profits. It's impossible. Puroresu in the 1990's was an ideal system of "big shows". This was 1999's schedule: New Year Giant Series 1/2 - 1/22 Excite Series 2/20 - 3/6 Champion Carnival 3/26 - 4/16 Super Power Series 5/22 - 6/11 Summer Action Series 7/4 - 7/23 Summer Action Series II 8/21 - 9/4 Real World Tag League 11/13 - 12/3 That would be a fairly decent schedule, better for the fan base, less over-exposure for their product, and easier for the performers.

No, I don't think they take flat back bumps. They usually tilt their bodies in the air and land on their side, mainly their hip region. However, it's kind of hard to compare the two styles (American / Japanese) because I don't see too many back body drops in puroresu. Also, I think Japanese wrestlers take most of their bumps on their neck / head.

That makes sense Dan. So far, we've collectively have came up with the following: Work schedule Pain / muscle killers / relaxers Willingness to take the abuse

John, what is your opinion / answer to these questions that I asked? Also, one of the major reasons that more American wrestlers are dying compared to Japanese wrestlers would have to stem from excessive non-pain killer / muscle relaxer usage ala cocaine, heroin, speed, meth, probably as well as the extremely over the top use of steroids. Now, I fully know that certain Japanese wrestlers use steroids, but they are nowhere near the level of consumption that the American wrestlers use. Also, considering the massive amounts of drugs, alcohol, and groupie sex, it's rather surprising that guys like Jake Roberts, Raven, and Ric Flair aren't dead. I've noticed what you've mentioned about Misawa, he's always shaking something off, rotating his head / holding his neck, or shaking out his legs. I'm fairly surprised that Misawa, and especially Kobashi aren't wheelchair bound yet. I heard that Misawa received a recent concussion against Morishima, yet continued in the match, and somewhat carried Morishima to a passable match. It's crazy though, concussions are nothing to mess around with, I've suffered through a few in my lifetime, and it's no laughing matter. I would how many Misawa's had in his career? Probably over ten, fifteen...?

Here's another question: Why are American's more opt to entertainment, than all ring-action like AJPW, NOAH, NJPW (pre split AJPW)? Would there still be a huge interest in american wrestling if kayfabe was still in affect, and still highly guarded and reveared?

Good answers. They sound very reasonable. What were the injuries Misawa received that you were talking about? There's no doubt the amount of pain-killers they take is on a ridiculous level, and even on a near fatal level. Guys like Kobashi, and Mutoh, with their horrible knees would require suffcient levels of pain-killers to even cope with walking. I know from experience, considering I've torn my ACL and MCL in my left knee.

This thread can be used for any amount of comparissons / differences. Here's a question I've always asked, but have never found a clear and precise answer to my question. Here's my question: How can Japanese wrestlers take continous punishment (head drops / huge bumps onto unprotected concrete floor) over a long period of time (like Misawa / Kobashi / Kawada) and never require the kind of surgeries that WWF wrestlers receive (like Benoit / Austin / Edge / Rhyno / Holly / Taylor)? Is it conditioning, actual wrestling knowledge......or what?

Wow. That's definitely more than I ever expected, thank you John! I'd shake your hand if I could.

Yes, it made sense, and thank you for your help. I appreciate it. Just to clarify, something like this: Block 1: Tom John Tim Brad So Tom would have to face the other three, same with John, Tim, and Brad?