Ricky Jackson

I meant in the wider sense of its relevance in pop culture at the time, not really business wise

This starts at the top of the hour. I have the day off and am watching live. Here's the card: Balor vs Joe Bayley vs Jax Dash and Dawson vs Enzo and Big Cass Corbin vs Crews Asuka vs Emma Should be a blast

Piper vs Orndorff brawl on the 2nd ep is great. Hogan/Andre vs Bundy/Studd on 3rd ep is super fun. 86-87 have tons of great stuff, but 88-89 eps are equally worthy of a watch. Show declines in 90 but there are still plenty of great moments through the end of its run on NBC

The bar has been set high by the previous cards, so yes this may not feel as special, but come on, we know it's going to be awesome. I'm particularly jazzed today because I have the day off from work and am going to binge watch the matches from TLC that interest me, the parts of Raw that interest me, and then watch NXT live at noon. God bless the 21st century

I recall there being a pretty big buzz around Hogan and Piper at Starrcade, at a time when wrestling was still generally dead prior to it taking off in 97

Actually, History of WWE says it was televised on PRISM so it could be out there. It's not on James' 70s set though, but the Bullrope between Graham and Dusty from the same card is November 78

I don't think so. They had a match at the Spectrum but it was during a time when they only televised some cards but not all

He hated wrestling but always made sure I was able to enjoy it

With Hornbaker I think he is just much more interested in the early 20th century than the last few decades of it

Amen

Huge part of my early fandom. My dad did tape them for me, so Sunday morning was breakfast and SNME

I really enjoyed the book as well. My only complaint with Hornbaker is that his histories always become thin on the details after the 1960s, and I'm a huge fan of 70s wrestling. But his info on everything before then is fantastic

91 Battlebowl was actually a Dusty idea after Herd was gone. Not sure the reasoning of the tournaments

I agree. Cena eliminating Taker, or even vice versa, is a simple and effective way to set up a match. It doesn't have to be complicated

He actually worked as a heel manager during the dying days of the Vancouver territory in the late 80s when he was only 16. And called Stampede in 1999-2000 during their last real significant revival, as has been mentioned

Yeah, they need to get him to the main event without going the Rumble route this year

How the fuck have I not seen Mike Saxon before! Incredible

All I know is that being a great pro wrestler is about more than just having the most great matches

Your gruff old wrestling fan gimmick is obnoxious

I'll stick to mostly talking about 70s and 80s wrestling nobody gives a shit about. Trying to discuss workrate darlings isn't my style

The pink seemed to work for him just fine

I guess I'm Mila Kunis..clearly the hottest Titan 😆

If it's the former, a new Titans (Piper tribute) dropped two days ago

It was also the millionth time a friend had turned on Hogan, so that didn't make it feel very shocking or important

The melodramatic story of his incarceration and impending release reported by serious as a heart attack Mean Gene week after week on TV and the in-ring debate with Heenan that ends with Patera wrapping Heenan's own belt around his neck, wrenching him with it and giving him whiplash were by far the high points of this run. I haven't re-watched any matches he had from this time, but don't think I'm missing anything