Ricky Jackson

It's fascinating for me as someone only following this from a distance how history has kinda repeated itself with a cool company and a cold WWE(F) turning into a cold company (with a bunch of backstage drama) and cool WWE over the course of a year or so. AEW is still much more stable than WCW, it seems anyway

"Mysterious" is a strange choice of words

What does "Samhain" even mean? Never mind, I googled

Time for a new thread, or I guess start using the old TNA one again Why?

Similar fate for the Eagles, tough defense on the road. Also sad to see their 12-0 all-time record against the Jets finally have a blemish

Plus the "vanilla" part only works if the guy can't talk

The novelty of Hogan finally going heel + big WWF stars joining WCW + a cool gang vibe = the feeling wrestling was at last moving away from kid friendly, inoffensive presentation and was generating a buzz for the first time in forever. With all that in the air, and how fun it was to follow week to week, I didn't really think too much about Hogan's technical heel performance, other than from a Kayfabe perspective it was illogical he suddenly went from invincible Superman to cowardly wimp overnight simply because he was now a bad guy. But I guess it's not really suprising to find heel Hogan lacking because lot of the 90s boom stuff doesn't hold up watching in a vaccum

I was definitely skeptical that this would be anything other than a shallow, surface level take on the story. Nope. This looks like it could be awesome

Eh, the Eagles had multiple potentially great seasons derailed by QB injuries when I was younger (on the other hand, they won a SB with a backup QB). Anyway, we'll see who the better team is Dec 3

Fly Eagles Fly

I think he means the one that is, you know, not a democracy

AFAIK, the MLG shows were never televised like MSG, Philly, Boston, etc. That is, in their entirety on a cable channel. The matches were shown on various different shows, including TNT, Georgia Championship Wrestling, All-American Wrestling, and (especially) Prime Time Wrestling, plus on numerous CHV tapes (the bigger matches). In Canada, matches were occasionally shown on Maple Leaf Wrestling (Superstars), but I believe that mostly ended in late-86. It wasn't until the 24/7 era that the MLG shows were available as full cards

Rose really should've gone to Crockett when Piper put in the word and I believe there was an offer. Not sure exactly when this was, but I would guess maybe 1980-81 when he was at his peak in Portland and he didn't see the need to mess with a good thing

https://x.com/DoxxxyStocksy/status/1701392790825910575?s=20

Jay Strongbow and Greg Valentine had two in the summer of 79

Hmm, I dont think I've seen the Oct Bob v Pat, only the Nov match that I remember being a letdown. Need to get around to that, it sounds great

Yeah, 1982 Philly tag is surprisingly awesome. Rogers holds up his end for sure

Not a work, just people with giant egos and too much money living Peter Pan lives in public. Of course it's totally fucked up

Brilliant

1975-Fall 1982 main event scene in New York is probably my all-time favorite wrestling. Undercard is also strong at times, but not so much 75-78. Add in the crowds/atmosphere/commentary/promos, there is so much gold

Not surprising, but his NY Times obit claims WWE was where his "career exploded" and basically implies that it was minor to major leagues professional advancement when he went there in 1985

Probably the best ever, really. He excelled in every possible way that we measure greatness in wrestling, all over the world and for so many decades RIP

https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/topic/34111-current-lucha-talk/

It seems like there was a lot of ass kissing of Hogan by PWI in 94. The worst example being when instead of getting the traditional plaque for winning Wrestler of the Year he was given this giant ass trophy that I don't recall anyone else ever receiving

This brings me back to how disappointed I was almost every year in the 90s when i bought the awards issue and saw Bret didn't win Wrestler of the Year. I guess maybe 94 was his best chance, but I remember being pissed he didn't even place in 97. Then Montreal happened and I didn't care anymore lol