DR Ackermann

ENERGY WARRIOR

I was about to argue with Judy, saying how horrible Warrior was and blah blah blah and talking about how poor his performances were in general when it came to wrestling, and how he did better in big matches because they were rehearsed and laid out and a complete carry job each time because the matches involved the entire promotion working as one to put something together based around what little he was capable of or willing to put effort into, and also how clearly poor he was outside the ring if you weren't looking at things through the subjective eyes of a child or a moron, and then I realized he was a great candidate for the topic at hand. (And that was a huge run-on sentence) I wouldn't say he was completely worthless at all. He had a great look and he had energy and he knew how to work out. He did get into his character too, which I believe he developed on his own, and it appealed to people even though I personally feel he came of as a psycho that I wouldn't want my kids watching.

Thats not a bad thing, though. If Kane is at the top of the card and Stardust is a midcarder at best, then Kane should look better than him.

Oh well. They will probably get that sorted out sooner or later. I'm excited to check this stuff out. The picture quality is awesome.

Is this the only episode that is off?

I guess the episodes are a year off cause Anderson is TV champ, which he doesn't hold until January 86. I wonder if everything else is off...

So what is going on with these WCW episodes? The 2-8-85 episode, earliest uploaded has Tully talking about losing the I Quit match that doesn't happen until the end of the year.

He wasn't running a wrestling school. Everyone comes from somewhere.

I don't understand that argument. He didn't find and develop new talent because he wasn't the first place they worked? You pointed out that Duggan was a jobber before Watts turned him into a star as if that is someone a knock on Watts that he didn't find him training at a wrestling school. You can say that about pretty much every wrestling star ever. Hogan, the Rock, Austin, Undertaker, Mankind, Kurt Angle, Ultimate Warrior. None of them became stars where they began. I guess that's a knock on Vince as promoter. He didn't start out with any of those guys.

He's my number 2 at this point.

He became one of my all-time favorites in recent years. As great a heel as he was, he seemed to be an even greater person and class act in real life and came across as genuinely thoughtful and caring, and just an all around awesome person. RIP

The first time I saw him wrestle he was tagging with Stand Lane against Lawler and Brian Hildebrand and his entire performance was like that for me. I thought he and Hildebrand were easily the best guys in the match.

He really does throw a beautiful punch.

As far as grasping what it took to put together a match and stepping right into it and performing at a relatively high level, yes. He did a lot with very little actual in-ring experience in contrast to someone like Warrior who wrestled hundreds of matches and was a full-time wrestler for years. Don't worry, Cornette isn't going to be on my list.

#INEBRIATED

All around trash segment. Bulldog always seems like a complete muscle head moron stereotype when he talks which is supposedly not far from the truth. Was he already doing crack cocaine with Neidhart at this point? I dont remember the timeline on that.

I give credit to Cornette for never having actually been a full time wrestler, whereas Heenan had that background. Not a knock against Heenan of course.

I nominated Cornette partly in response to people's comments about the Ultimate Warrior and partly because he was so great at playing the role of a non-wrestler who has to wrestle. If people believe Warrior is a suitable candidate, that's fine, everyone has their own opinion, but Cornette could work circles around the guy. Better bumper, better seller, he even had better looking offense.

I thought this was a little long. They started getting a bit repetitive and I think the crowd would agree as they went dead until Smothers and Lee FINALLY went for the finish. I liked the action and smothers can braw but I'm mixed on him at this point. He seems to run out of ideas when the match goes more than 10 to 15 minutes and really telegraphs his spots.

I nominate Jim Cornette via the yearbook threads.