Ricky Jackson

Meltzer writing lately like Reigns vs Rock is a certainty for Mania, but maybe he drops the strap beforehand since that match wouldn't need the belt. Or, even better, at Summerslam after 1000 days

Give Danielson the strap and one last great run before the end please

This whole deal is giving off aftermath of the Montreal Screwjob vibes. Not sure if there is a Mr McMahon vs Austin to come out of this but we'll see

Hmmm, see, I liked the first 12 issues of The Spectre but wasn't blown away. A plot involving a serial killer murdering women with HIV/AIDS is as early-90s as Mandrake's art style (yeah, not a huge fan either). One of my favorite things about the DC universe are the supernatural characters, in addition to the Spectre, like Dr Fate, Demon, Phantom Stranger, Swamp Thing, etc, so I immediately perked up for the next story. I'm on issue 16, so we'll see how it goes. Yeah, that's true about Kirby. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say by the 70s he was just plain sick of having to tell a continued story with no ending, like he had been doing for years and years, and so everything ended up fizzling out as he lost interest. But it's probably more than that. There is also a sameness to everything from a layout perspective. Splash page, two-page spread, "chapter 1, chapter 2...", exclamation points everywhere, etc, from New Gods to Devil Dinosaur. I'll always love Kirby but he is definitely not above criticism

Someday I'll finally pull the trigger on 60s Legion/Shooter's Legion. I had a false start about 2 years ago, reading the first 5-6 issues of Shooter's run and then getting sidetracked. I've read bits and pieces of 60's Legion over the years but not much. It looks like it might end up being my final frontier, after going through so many other long runs in the last few years and still having a bunch ongoing or in the queue. I'm currently on Kirby's Kamandi, which will take a while since it's by far his longest sustained run of the 70s. I've entered the home stretch of Thomas' Avengers run with the famed Kree-Skrull War. I started Spider Verse from 2014 last week and it's interesting so far. I really like the Spider Man Noir concept. I didnt realize it is essentially a Golden Age/Earth 2 take on Spidey, which of course I love. And 90s Spectre really ramped up around issue 13. Really cool stuff here as the Spectre goes full-on "the whole human race is beyond redemption" mode

Thesz was the one who gave Buddy the "easy way or the hard way" line before the title switch in Toronto. I think Buddy may have balked at being told he had to lose in less than a minute to Bruno, but by that time he had serious heart issues and had to stop wrestling anyway

Just a reminder, using accents in thread titles always screws them up

Orndorff kicked Vader's ass

If it wasn't already from the beginning, seems like Punk-Hangman is now full on angle based on recent comments from Punk and Khan

It's always been in the back of my mind, "well they aren't exactly well respected in the NFL or EPL"...

I mean it's Punk, who cut the most famous worked shoot promo ever, and AEW has been known to blur the lines, so I don't think speculating it was a work means PWO loses street cred or whatever

Update: $58 needed to goal Come on folks, let's party like it's 2015!

Titans of Wrestling (plus At the Garden and Mount Olympus) and World Cast are on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and some other places with their own separate feeds. Sounds like Johnny is interested in keeping it going beyond 2023

RIP. The Observer bio should be epic, as he was involved in all kinds of interesting things inside as well as outside of wrestling

So it's been quite a while since I've posted anything podcast related here. From 2013-2019 or so podcasting, and specifically wrestling podcasting, was a huge part of my life. It used to be a huge part of this board as well. Things started to decline post GWE for various reasons. Then 2020 hit. The combination of the pandemic and me losing interest in wrestling led to the feed changing. For the first time non-wrestling shows joined the feed (this is mainly why the name changed from PWO to PWOM), and after World Cast #100 in August 2020 I "retired" from podcasting. For the last two years the feed, as PWOM, has continued. In about 2 weeks annual fees are due for Soundcloud. I decided (along with my longtime friend Travis, who has basically been in charge of the feed these last two years) that this will be last time I will renew the Soundcloud subscription. Things have been pretty quiet on the feed for a while now, no doubt. So this feels like the right time to wind things down. However, the plan is to go out with a bang. Beginning in the new year, the countdown to August 2023 and the End of an Era will begin. The plan is to do a series of special shows revisiting old topics, featuring old contributors (myself included), and reviving old shows (temporarily at least). Expect to see At the Garden again for sure. I hope to coax a few longtime contributors to do a one time special comeback shows. The plan is to have fun and put a bow on this thing, exactly 10 years after the beginning in 2013. First things first, I hope a few posters out there may be willing to throw a few bucks towards the last year of the feed. Any amount helps. PayPal [email protected] to donate. We only need $77 USD to hit our goal of $125. Thank you and we hope to make the last year of the feed one to remember! Kelly

And sounds like Dunn is safe for now, mostly because they have nobody to replace him. Yippee

OJ, finally our reading syncs up, at least a little. I have 3 issues to go on 60s Doom Patrol. I feel about the same as you. The characters are fun, the stories are mostly forgettable. Very repetitive main plots (Doom Patrol fight the bad guy of the month) with the most interesting stuff coming in the ongoing subplots (although I hate Steve Dayton/Mento and can't believe Rita married that loser lol). My favorite backup was Larry's origin and his comical struggle to find a job post accident. I also agree with OMAC. Great start, like most of 70s Kirby, then a slow fizzle to the end. I think I even preferred Devil Dinosaur as an overall series tbh. I read Phantom Zone a while back during my Gerber kick, and yeah, it was pretty pointless. It's been a while since I've updated my current reading in this thread, so here's a quick rundown. Still plugging along with Roy Thomas' Avengers run. Really up and down. Basically, the issues with John Buscema on art (especially with Tom Palmer on inks) are very good superhero fare, otherwise, mostly skippable. I'm coming up on the famous Kree-Skrull War storyline, which I've only read a little bit previously, so we'll see how Thomas/Adams goes. I've tried a few of the series that recent MCU shows are based on, like 2014 Ms. Marvel and Dan Slott's She-Hulk. I enjoyed both. I may give She-Hulk a longer look. Planning on giving the complete Spider Verse from 2014 a whirl soon. As for DC, I've been reading all the Jim Aparo illustrated Brave & the Bold from his start on the book. Mostly fun, but the team-ups get very repetitive, and writer Bob Haney loves his Batman strolling around in the daylight hours a bit too much for my liking. Started Ostrander's Spectre from the beginning and digging it so far. And, wonder of wonders, I read the first 8 issues of The Sandman, motivated by the debut of the Netflix show. I like it so far, especially issue 4, which is an all-time great single issue. Also still reading classic comic strips, alternating between Dick Tracy and Li'l Abner. And if anyone out there has any leads on reasonably priced volumes of Fantagraphics Popeye reprints, let a brother know

Maple Leaf Wrestling (the TV show) was Superstars, just with Canadian house show promos hosted by Billy Red Lyons. There may have been some different commentary, but I only remember the Vince-Jesse (pre-88 with Bruno) team

It's like the opposite of the cliched fish catching story, with each retelling the old school pre -Vince wrestling venues get smaller and smaller. Eventually the story will be Vince created Sports Entertainment out of thin air one day in 1984

I asked about this in the feedback section. The short answer is you can't, until it is enabled by someone with the power to do so

One thing to consider about Hogan's 80s booking is that he was often booked at the Meadowlands and Nassau Coliseum during months he wasn't booked at MSG. So still in the same market. Sometimes what were basically rematches from MSG shows would be held at the Meadowlands. Hogan vs OMG in 1987 being one example off the top of my head

MSG shows were traditionally always on a Monday until some point in the 90s First televised MSG card was actually 6/30/73 on HBO, before the MSG Network started. Same format, camera set up, Vince announcing, etc. First PRISM was 4/2/77 according to History of WWE. Little footage is out there of the 77-78 broadcasts though

One of the main reasons I've only been able to stomach WWE in small doses since the Attitude Era is because of their neverending obsession with the aesthetic of early-00s Nu Metal, which I've always loathed

Thanks for the info!

@Loss I don't see a way to access my profile on mobile since the upgrade? Other than clicking on my avatar that is