WingedEagle

Any classics in this batch? Haven't had an opportunity to look up those episodes yet.

Kikuchi & Kanemaru vs Liger & Inoue, NOAH 2/17/2002 Liger & Tanaka vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru, NOAH 4/7/2002 Liger & Tanaka vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru, New Japan 8/29/2002 Kikuchi & Kanemaru vs Samurai & Naruse, NOAH 9/23/2002 Parv, I believe those are where you need to start. All should be available in the ditch.

Thanks!

The stip with the best wrestlers and story coming into it.

How was the after show about taker? Have some downtime and thinking about checking it out on wifi from hotel.

What about Austin/Hart at mania? Perhaps a few others id like to see considered but that will have to wait till not on phone.

He gets his win back vs Bryan. Would being brought off the shelf to protect Hunter's Mania match be a bigger win than 30?

Ha where's that one from?

Kobashi in NOAH?

youre dead to me good sir Hey, I love Andre as a worker, but the road stories about Andre present him as an alcoholic sociopath and a bully to whom the rules didn't apply.

Love this Triple H promo. Sets up a Reigns turn at SS or someone else going over on him. Very curious to see how the booking and matches are laid out tonight.

30 undoubtedly did lower PPV numbers than Mania was accustomed to -- partly because it was the first iteration after the three year Rock-Cena feud, and partly due to the Network. I don't believe there's any way to measure how it did based on his role, but don't find it unreasonable to think the numbers would've been significantly worse without his involvement at the top of the card. Do we think Orton-Batisata, Taker-Lesnar and HHH-Punk were pulling in north of 600K buys?

No, he really transformed his emotion at this stage. He wasn't stoic Misawa in any sense, but one could argue that he carried himself in a fashion closer to Misawa than young, emotional Kobashi (who I admittedly loved at every outing), even if it was more a blend.

I've rewatched a bunch of World Class for the first time in forever recently, and really enjoyed Kevin's work. Almost feels completely out of control and violent compared to the other brothers, just a very dangerous vibe to him. Best barefoot non-Samoan? No clue who makes that list but he's on it. Granted, most of what I've watched have been Freebird matches which with the heat and others involved are a rising tide that lifts all ships, but he really stands out more than most. Still waiting to see if has anything approaching Kerry's singles matches with Flair or Jumbo.

Why not go the "stale" route and replicate '98? Heel win via Authority help (Ambrose seems ideal but anyone can fit the bill), quick but hot match vs. Reigns (Austin) the following night and the big match at Mania?

Much like dogs, there's no such a thing as a bad briefcase. Just bad owners.

I actually LOVED the Deadly Game tournament. Such a fun PPV! Yep, that PPV was just about the perfect version of episodic, Attitude era TV.

They had that Big Show/JBL cage with wire supposedly on top. Don't even see that happening again.

They have to be pressing Cena & Brock to show up ASAP, because even if Reigns winning is the plan, the field for any kind of tourney -- hell, even a four way -- is incredibly thin. Only upside here is this should provide a great reset for Rollins upon his return and allow him to come back with some real juice. Hopefully its not wasted.

Apparently they broke it through Coachman / ESPN -- https://twitter.com/TheCoachESPN/status/662352814807629824 6-9 months. If a shoot, that throws a wrench in upcoming plans. Normally you'd think they have him gut out some kind of quick switch at Survivor Series, but they likely wouldn't release this in that case.

If I'm reading this correctly, Danielson didn't place in the to 30 as voted by current or former wrestlers. That is absolutely mind boggling.

If I'm reading this correctly, Danielson wasn't among the top 30 as voted by current or former wrestlers. That is absolutely mind boggling.

The Schiavone episode was a real blast with some fun stories, especially the Black Scorpion one noted above. Didn't love the Mooneyham one today. Felt like it never got below the surface.

I cannot imagine saying that, but wish I could. Or even wish I could say a segment is so 2009. Strongly believe you could simply reformat TV a bit today and create a much fresher product even without touching the matches, characters or booking. The delivery mechanism is a big issue.