WingedEagle

I absolutely rocketed off the couch and was pumping fists when I heard that music come through. The guy is outstanding and has been since the HoP run started a couple years back and brings a heel quality to the table that hasn't been there in forever. As far as guys on the roster I might enjoy more, Bryan still probably does more for me than anybody,and I love Punk's promos. But Henry's character and schtick are probably only second to DB.

Dylan touched on this in greater detail, but in listening to Colt on the MLW podcast and trying to listen to his own a couple times, he simply comes across as a dick. He seems to believe he is funnier and better than you, and perhaps if he could channel that into a heel persona that could cut a tv promo and back it up with a look and/or work that fit tv he'd have a place there. But he doesn't. And I don't see what he brings to the table that would add value to any tv segment, much less light the ring on fire.

Man, apparently I missed the boat on this one. Figured I'd sit it out as I had just plowed through the Memphis 80s set but am absolutely regretting it now.

You could say it but you'd be wrong.

I have not seen much of Regal in WWE, but this is something I tend to agree with. He's so good at the mechanics and filling his matches with cool stuff not often seen with other US workers that it tends to hide or overshadow some of his shortcomings in other areas. I just saw the Arn match and while the work was good, the match felt somewhat disjointed. I think Regal was probably better suited for shorter 10-12 TV matches than 20+ minute main events because he seemed to struggle filling time while connecting different parts of a match. I'm not sure why Regal wasn't given more opportunities to go long. He could tell a story and be effective in shorter matches, but don't think he ever let things drag when going long as those little things you touched on were very effective in keeping things more than interesting when going long.

That was spectacular. Makes me want to pop in the Memphis 80s set right about now.

Is there a clip of his dad? Don't think I've noticed it.

Cena too.

U S and A! Or something like that, right?

Put another notch in the Stinger's belt. I prefer the Sting's series with Vader to anything Luger did with Flair or others from '88-'91, even while acknowledging that his run then was better than any comparable period of Sting's. But Sting was the first WCW guy I marked out for and it'll take more than an honest look back at Luger's best run which came before I even had cable to change teams. Its completely illogical but just being honest.

I don't doubt that at all. But for novices, until they get a few (maybe a lot more) hours under their belt, it may not be that easy to distinguish.

Definitely interesting -- why do you think the back story / context would've turned you off? I started watching a lot of Japanese by picking up tapes based on recs from the WON and years later looking things up. While I enjoyed what I watched, I recently started rewatching a lot of AJ from the DVDVR 80s project as well as all the 90s classics in chronological order and (re)reading a bit more about much of it along the way. Going back and watching in that fashion has been *significantly* more enjoyable, as I've been able to pick up on and appreciate a lot of little things that previously escaped me and better follow the story from match to match, year to year. Looking forward to doing the same w/ NJ as I'm just diving in to the '92 yearbook and will watch those straight through '96 and then beyond whenever there's time. As an aside, I've watched VERY little lucha -- as in maybe a few DVDs and a matches online worth. Have generally enjoyed it but am def interested in seeing a lot more on the yearbooks. Always wanted to get into it but never really made the effort.

I would love to see what kind of career counseling you provide this provide this phd candidate.

That is awesome. I don't even think it'd qualify as something spectacular from that era, but its just so refreshing and different from everything going away. You wonder if they'll be anything close to a reset where the formula veers away from a scripted promo in the ring to set up every show, and there are generally simpler and shorter interviews to set up television. My gut says we're in the reality era indefinitely, but perhaps its toned down at some point.

I don't see them passing on Ryback/Show as its a spectacular visual that they usually don't miss the boat on come Mania time. I'd also say they don't mess with revenue at Mania, but with chatter about taker sitting out and potentially cluttering the main event as a 3 way has me a bit concerned. Forget the nonsense about what Punk deserves. I just don't see why you water down the biggest attraction on what you hope will be your biggest show ever.

Sounds like these guys are SEO pros.

That's where I stopped reading. Shoemaker is even more insufferable than usual in that piece. Unclear to me whether he or the guy on youtube who freaked when Punk lost gives wrestling fans a worse name. Wouldn't want anyone I know to be exposed to either.

COSIGN. I also can't take anything Sean Mooney says remotely seriously.

I might be able to see that it reads as a good finish. But it sure as hell did not play out that way. It was awful.

It definitely sounds that way. But did you see it? Didn't exactly come off that hot as executed. Pretty deflating.

Check out Slaughter's bump on the way out in '92. I rewatched this yesterday as part of the '92 yearbook and thought it was the craziest bump in the match.

The midsection work on Rock and knee work on Punk were really great. Have to think Punk was responsible for laying that out. I didn't love how suddenly it wrapped up after the restart but they couldn't exactly have a prolonged stretch run at that point. Really fun.

They may be inconsistent with things throughout the year, but when it comes to Mania its all about business.

His ex is also his business manager or something like that . Yep. Taking amicable splits to a whole new level.