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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

Flair really needs to call it a day on the public life. I get irrationally angry every time I see one of his dumbass Every Word Has To Be Capitalized tweets. The guy is a joke

Sad/funny to see tons of WWE lifers propping up Rollins as the best option to replace Brock. God Vince would be proud of their devotion to his teachings of banality

Could be even worse than Vince then

I'm actually pretty intrigued by a post-Vince WWE creative. Or is everything so deeply ingrained that nothing will really change?

I didn't really like Hogan as a kid either, although I was enthralled by his big matches, like against Orndorff in the cage on SNME and Mania 3 vs Andre. I loved the Bulldogs, Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat, Piper, and Owen Hart in Stampede. Later I became a huge Savage fan and the whole Megapowers exploding deal actually led to me losing interest in wrestling for a while because I was disillusioned Savage was turned heel because of it

So shiny!

Isn't the rating due to interest in Vince and the scandal?

Stampede is of course notorious for clipped matches, so match recommendations aren't really the way to go. I grew up on 1986-89 Stampede, so if you can find a good run of full shows from then, especially 86-87, you should have a fun time. You've probably come across this, but if not this playlist has a good sampling of full shows, although frustratingly not in chronological order

Welcome to PWO Brynn!

Pretty much what Reel stated, a few clips and a couple Baba matches. There is/was also a 1969 match vs George Steele that was a Hidden Gems upload on the Network a few years back. As a long time Bruno lover, warms my heart to see all the love here

Two Titans of comics two weekends in a row. George Perez passed away last night

Danielson vs Okada seems like a no-brainer dream match if it's possible

Just finished Night Force, the Wolfman/Colan book from 82-83, which reunited the Tomb of Dracula team at DC (minus inker Tom Palmer). I really wanted to like this. It has its strong points, such as lead character Baron Winters, and the initial seven-part story arc, combining horror, adventure, science fiction and Cold War espionage, is pretty good, but the remaining 7 issues are nothing special. In fact, I would avoid the final 4 issues completely, as the book goes off the rails and the series ends with a whimper. Finally reading 60s Doom Patrol and it's really fun. Also finally reading Jason Aaron's Thor run from the beginning and I love it so far. Still on the Dick Tracy train, and to add to my classic newspaper strip reading, I'm ambitiously attempting to go through Li'l Abner from the beginning. I know Al Capp turned out to be scum, but I've been intrigued by this strip for years and finally have the means to read a large chunk of it if I want. We'll see how it goes. Also reading Roy Thomas-era Avengers, 70s Phantom Stranger and about to dive into Kubert's Tarzan, which I read bits and pieces of many years ago but never the whole run

My compliments to whoever came up with that as a name for the podcast. Brilliant

I think Michaels and Goldust worked a ladder match at Exhibition Stadium in TO in the summer of 96, maybe other places

Has this been around for years and I was just not aware of it?

Yeah, after thinking more about the whole thing, my pro wrestling brain is probably clouding my better judgment lol

Seems like a work to me, but the overwhelming consensus in the media is that it was a shoot, which is strange in a modern world so quick to scream "fake" at everything and embrace insane conspiracies as truth