WingedEagle

Definitely no room for Meek at Mania at this point.

All of that was spectacular.

What happened?

Wanted to echo the love for this match. I'm not a huge Shibata fan because his matches always seem to become both guys striking one another as hard as possible. They worked this very differently and only sparingly went to strike vs. strike like the Goto & Ishii matches that got a lot of love. Pretty comfortable saying this is the best Shibata match I've seen.

Looks like something removed all of the tags and related info from the thread titles for 1997.

Jesus this sounds like one hell of a disaster.

Oddly I thought Anderson might've been Elgin's worst match thus far in the tourney. Just didn't click for me and felt like they were stopping & resetting between every spot without much flow.

Ugh, I've had a subscription on and off for years, but never posted at on the board for reasons like that. DC SNIPER comes to mind as obnoxious troll gimmick poster, weirdos like Ed from San Antonio and r*v3rt coming into countless topics to do nothing, but argue/troll about nonsense like late slips. Isn't Ed from San Antonio a big friend of Alvarez or helps organize parties for board members or something? Besides the fact the board is shit and should be cleaned up I have to wonder what joy there is in being a troll gimmick poster. There is better things to do with your time. Perhaps trolling the internet and saying things without fear of any consequences is a good time for these guys? Maybe just a forum for people who truly don't get out much, if at all.

Lifelong print subscriber to the WON so I've never seen the board, but hearing all of this makes me wonder why Dave has never cleaned it up? Doesn't sound like the sort of thing he'd stand for.

If she tagged under Ozaki I want to see it. What should I seek out?

Raw was pretty good this week. But isn't the Hulu version 90 minutes? If they cut even 60 off of it every week I think the general tone about the show would change dramatically. Its just tough to make a show longer than a PPV feel interesting every single week.

I'd add a Baba singles. Still some of the best I've seen from the giant.

Of course its fair, its wrestling. Its all subjective.

Okay glad its not just me. SUPER WEIRD!

Michaels. Never failed to have me on edge during his big matches.

Flair and Arn. Midnights.

Couldn't agree more. I enjoy a YB match just about every time out . I feel like I could end up with a top 10 ranking for them.

Lot of talk lately about UFC looking to run AT&T Stadium for McGregor/Also in December, potentially with Rousey's next fight. What boggles my mind is how WWE would commit to the building for Mania without having UFC or anything remotely competitive blocked from the building until a certain period after 32. I thought this was common practice on house shows in the past where they'd make sure competition was locked out of a building for a bit to avoid hurting sales. Who takes the heat for an oversight of this magnitude?

Yes, some people do.

I'm in the same camp, its completely meaningless. Doesn't impact my evaluation whatsoever.

Jake, Duggan & Slaughter feel well ahead of the pack. After that it unfortunately seems like we're plugging in names just to get to 5.

Agree the PWG stuff is a definite positive for him as what I've seen lately still feels fresh and fun today.

I'm honestly not sure if this is wrong. Wrestling companies have always had trouble selling the paying audience on hypotheticals. And that's wrestling companies everywhere: WrestleMania 4, the Crockett Cup, the Champions Carnival in the 1980's when Baba abandoned it entirely...there seem to be way more disappointments in tournaments than big successes. Add Survivor Series '98.

I hear you, its frustrating. I just try not to lose sight of the fact that it may in fact not be all that more insane than what I or my friends have to deal with at our offices. We're just not broadcast or covered online anywhere.

Not defending Rollins or the company here, but isn't this just the same type of office politics and games that occur at many companies? Management has favorites and will find ways t justify / protect those decisions. Tougher in sports but it happens there too.