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It should benefit them. At the same time, I don't penalize anyone for losing it long after their primes. Willie Mays is no less a GOAT candidate due to his years with the Mets, or Jordan with the 'zards (though that's more like Funk in the '90s than Flair in the aughts). Once you've established an especially great body of work, that should stand on its own apart from the crap that may manifest at the end.

No doubt about it. Only the best are able to overcome their physical limitations. This goes back to the point that while many can lay out a great match, not everyone can go and execute it.

Rock said he was coming back to win the title and main event Mania. I don't see any reason to doubt those plans.

Thanks, that was really awesome. I could watch a 4 hour version of that without any problem. Just an absolute sucker for it.

Damn, blocked domestically due to the music.

No later than early summer. Maybe sooner. Gotta knock out MX first. Then another yearbook and LAwler will be my spring break projects along with the MOTYC set (probably) aqnd maybe another DVDVR 80s set (lucha). That's how marriages end. The extra money has taken my wife on vacation for the last 4 years, the kids to Disneyland last year and a bunch of free concerts and stuff through making friends while indulging in this hobby. I love wrestling. Ha. I meant my marriage and presumably others who spend hours watching them. No doubt it does you a solid.

Yep.

No later than early summer. Maybe sooner. Gotta knock out MX first. Then another yearbook and LAwler will be my spring break projects along with the MOTYC set (probably) aqnd maybe another DVDVR 80s set (lucha). That's how marriages end.

It'd be mean if he said his favorite Brody opponent was Invader #1.

Here you go. https://t.co/ATs8ohyI

Looking back on it, WCW had quite a few major name celebs on TV at various points and arguably didn't utilize any of them properly outside of Rodman/Malone the first time, and Kevin Greene in '96. If you've got an appearance or 2 from LT or Shaq, find a way to promote it far in advance and book it for PPV.

Not at all true. If I go home tonight and bake you the best cake I possibly can, its going to be awful. Just because its my best doesn't meant its any good. Can't grade everything on a curve.

I just ordered a ton from Will as my anniversary present from the wife. Now you jokers are forcing me to find another such occasion.

I like Chris, but I hope that's not true because that data is virtually worthless in the case of the WWF Yep, its interesting, but doesn't offer you much for purposes of analyzing draws.

He states very plainly that the data reflects who wrestled in the last match on the card.

Why does that matter if they're not running the same town every night? 3. What happens when it is the same town in 2 months' time? And again in 4 months' time? And again in 6 months? In a way Memphis is a total mystery to me and it's a minor miracle that kept people coming back to the same place week after week -- I don't know what their mixing up the guys to "new meat" ratio was like.* But in any case JCP wasn't Memphis, it was a national promotion and WWF was the competition. It's not just towns but TV too. Its not just Memphis. Its every single territory that wasn't national but running the same town or local region every week. If you want to say that by late '87 or '88 JCP was slipping and say it was due to repetitive booking on top and a lack of fresh matchups, that's fine. But that's after 3-4 years, and not a point that holds at any point in '85 or '86. This. Even if you contend that the career resume of WWF's roster in the 80s may have been superior to JCP's, that is wholly irrelevant. It can only be examined in context for. that. specific. period. If Flair and Funk were to go and put out an awful match, you can't tout it as a classic because that's what their careers would have you think.

Why does that matter if they're not running the same town every night?

Race could very easily be on my list, but I just haven't seen enough. But I generally love everything about the guy.

I haven't gone back to check but believe when he posted it at DVDVR he acknowledged that he was using the last match as the main event. No adjustments for when the promoted/actual main went on earlier in the card.

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Valentine is one guy I simply haven't seen much of. I remember his late run in WWF with feuds vs. Beefcake and then the HTM team as I was growing up, but really have no exposure to his early work. Reading up on him this morning makes it clear that needs to change.

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