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Remember when I called Charlotte an unprofessional shithead after she put a concussed Kairi Sane through a table and you all laughed at me? Well, who's laughing now? Not Shayna, obviously. Not if she wants to keep her job. You're pretty much untouchable if you're related to someone who was a star when wrestling was popular. Speaking of which...

Maybe Goldberg vs. Hogan.

Misawa over Jumbo?

Brisco didn't beat Dory for the NWA title. He beat Harley Race. And that wasn't so much an upset as it was the culmination of a years-long quest. Like, I don't know, Peyton finally beating Brady in the playoffs.

Meltzer said on today's WOR that the NHL is trying to sell to multiple networks to be like every other major league sport and that NBC is likely to be one of them. Also of note, NXT's TV contract expires in October, which is right around when the new NHL season would start if things are somewhat back to normal by then. The whole point of putting NXT on USA was to kneecap AEW, but hockey is a much bigger deal than a silly wrestling war. It might even end up returning to WWE Network. That's probably for the best in the long run since it'll have the stench of a loser brand as long as it's on TV.

This makes USA a stronger network, which is bad news for WWE because it means the network no longer has to rely on them to remain relevant. Plus, now NXT has to worry about being preempted by hockey, particularly during the playoffs.

Very cool interview. I knew that Herd worked for Muchnick at one point, but I had no idea he had ever worked for Vince the Elder. I'm sure he was just trying to get the Roadies over as heels. Nothing he had done up to that point could get the fans to boo them, so drastic measures had to be taken. Dusty had already been reprimanded by TBS for Cornette getting busted open by Paul E.'s mobile phone a couple of weeks previous, and he likely figured something similar would happen this time around. But Turner evidently felt that a simple warning wouldn't cut it given the graphic nature of the spike in the eye.

I have no intention of watching, but I hear Rogan cracked up at the idea that Braun Strowman wasn't on the gas. With all the kooks he has on his show, WWE having a strict drug testing policy was too preposterous for him to take seriously.

The Fiend would be fine if he were simply a supernatural Boogie Woogie Man or Godfather who existed in a separate universe from the real wrestling on the card. Not that mid-2000s WWE creative was any great shakes, but I have to imagine that Vince was still lucid enough at that point that anyone who suggested putting Boogeyman in a main event title match would have been fired on the spot.

From what small snippets exist of Stevens' 60s work, he looks like the real deal. I remember reading that he was never the same after blowing out his knee in a battle royal in the late 70s. In any event, he was a big bumper who lived life in the fast lane, neither of which is particularly conducive to extraordinary in-ring longevity.

That's CZW founder John Zandig. He's probably best known for this promo, several quotes from which became running gags in the Botchamania series. It turns out deathmatch wrestling really does kill brain cells.

JEEZUS!

For my money, it doesn't get much worse than a dominant heel who beats all her opponents clean after burying them verbally, especially when that heel is the smallest and most fragile woman on the roster. It was everything people complain about with Charlotte except ten times worse. Charlotte at least has physical credibility and is capable of having good-to-great matches with good workers. And as terrible as that Asuka/Alexa segment was, Bayley: This Is Your Life was at least as bad.

It produced nothing but terrible matches and killed off everyone she feuded with, but it was great otherwise. In fact, looking back, she was basically a proto-Fiend minus the supernatural garbage. This current storyline is unspeakably awful, but that's no reason to romanticize Alexa's 2017 reign of terror.

WWE bringing Lesnar back to put over Bobby Lashley would be like WCW bringing Ultimate Warrrior in to put over Renegade. Anyway, you're in for a treat if you're an Alexa Bliss fan. Not only will there be an update on her fireball attack on Orton, she's wrestling Asuka tonight.

That video was cringe as hell. HHH may not be as scatologically obsessed as Vince, but his sense of humor might be even worse.

It's like back when Oasis was a thing and MTV felt the need to provide subtitles for Gallagher brothers interviews.

Made my first #1 pick for 2021.

According to the latest Observer, the guys who were forming AEW approached White with interest in late 2018, but he told them that he had just signed a seven-year deal with New Japan. He's also being advertised for the March Budokan show, which they wouldn't do if they thought there was a chance he wouldn't be there. So it looks like we can all breathe easy.

Thank you for another epic recap, brother TTK. I'm kind of torn here. On the one hand, giving the referees additional responsibilities (stooging for the office) without any corresponding increase in pay and/or benefits is a bullshit carny move. On the other hand, showing up to work on time is a basic requirement in any job. If you get fined for not doing the bare minimum, don't blame the guy who stooged on you. Hilarious. I'm sure we'll see plenty of examples of "Vince loved me but that son of a bitch Johnny Ace" in these interviews.

Hold on to your hats, folks. There's a title match coming up, and you know what that means: time for another CONTRACT SIGNING. https://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/article/roman-reigns-adam-pearce-universal-title-contract-signing-royal-rumble Please try to contain your excitement.

I can totally see Vince not dying a natural death and having to be taken out like Vigo the Carpathian. Something of that scale would really be the only fitting end for him. Seriously, wouldn't it be the biggest letdown ever if he ended up dying of, like, pneumonia?

One important thing to keep in mind is that wrestlers who become bookers tend to book in their own image because that's what they know best. Jerry Jarrett loved skinny blondes who could bleed and sell. Bill Watts loved big strong ex-jocks. When Dusty got the book in the Carolinas, he turned the company into a blood circus. We see that even today with Gedo loading (many would say overloading) New Japan with Southern heel shtick. With that in mind, I like the Waltman suggestion. He seems like he'd be an effective bridge between wrestling's past and its future since the trend is toward smaller and more athletic workers.

ECW never made money, so you can't really call their guys legit main event babyfaces.

Brother @El-P will probably be bummed by this move, but for the rest of us, this is cause for rejoicing. At least, it would be if they weren't replacing him with Striker. Total monkey's paw scenario.