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The latter. They are much better off suggesting that their customers are young and savvy,

Would 1990 Tyson really have done a job for Hogan?

I always go back to the Mega Powers Exploding. I was 5 years old, almost 6, and a gigantic Randy Savage mark. I liked Hogan too, sure, but Savage was my guy. He was the champ and so super cool, with all the top rope offense and athleticism. As they built the tension in the Mega Powers, Savage always seemed to be on the right side of it. Hogan is the one that dumps him in the Royal Rumble. Hogan should be able to take care of himself on SNME, and Savage is only really needed to defend Elizabeth. And then, of course, the Main Event... why exactly does Hogan wander back to the dressing room with Elizabeth in his arms? Particularly if he's not totally into her? Savage was right - Hogan is a bad friend and has jealous eyes. I cheered like hell when Savage beat the crap out of Hogan and tore up that dressing room. Savage was still the man, even if a lot of other people cheered Hogan. And that cemented me as a Savage fan forever, and made me more open to cheering heels (although I still cheered plenty of babyfaces). I imagine a lot of us have similar stories relating to Hogan. In general, I think the kids that gravitated to heels were the ones that were a bit more logical, and could see the logic in the heel's arguments ("He's right - the crowd didn't respect him!"). Hogan was often presented as a dumb whiner, and made some really sympathetic heels. Hogan is a giant asshole to Paul Orndorff before Paul turns on him. Andre is right that Hogan is a glory and spotlight hog. Hogan responds to the screw job against Andre by crying, instead of declaring that he's going to destroy Andre or Dibiase and get his belt back. The list goes on. If you were thinking critically at all, Hogan was a terrible character to try and cheer for.

Also, for a service that's competing with Youtube, essentially, their search function is embarrassing. Why not make playlists to make it easier for someone to go on a Steve Austin or Randy Savage binge? That's how people young enough to be likely subscribers consume content, not in a 3 hour PPV blocks.

Way too much discussion of committees. There was no need for this part of the angle to be complicated; really, it should have been as simple as the Hart-Flair storyline. Sting wins, happy ending.

Had never seen this before, and this was so fun. I'm pretty sure I'd never seen a Gannosuke match before this, actually, and not sure how much I'd seen of Tanaka outside ECW. This was great. Brutal brawl without descending into being too spotty or silly. I like how the arm work kept recurring, and (sort of) pays off in the finish. If FMW was consistently anywhere near this good, I've been missing out.

This was the definition of simple and effective. Made me really excited to see that match.

This had some really fun work in it for a short match. DDP is just crazy over here.

The cornermen fighting at the end was very Rocky IV.

Really great finishing sequence - even without knowing the story here I found myself legitimately bummed when Dragon lost.

Moore looks like a child. Also, it's weird how little Matt's act changed on the way up... it's like he stopped developing sometime in 2000.

My impression is that Michaels was not very hands on as a trainer because of his back problems, but that he was pretty involved.

That must be it, but it's pretty odd.

The Main Events are now up on the Network. Oddly, they are labeled episodes 37 (Hogan-Andre) and 38 (Megapowers Explode).

That spot with Kofi and Cesaro was fun.

Is it possible that the loss in PPV hurt the satellite companies as well? And that now that both sides have taken the hit, the new agreement will be that the satellite companies carry the WWE Network as a way to replace PPV revenue for both parties?

Setting up a babyface Horsemen with their greatest rivals (or their son) in Steamboat and Rhodes would have led to a nice path toward an eventual heel turn, much like in late-89 with Sting.

Yeah, I really like it as something to throw on, especially to be able to toss an old episode of Raw on in the morning. And it is nice to be able to just check out a pay per view live. The frustration on adding content is that it's all right there for them. They could add a month of ECW every week without trying, a month of WCW, etc., and it's all stuff they already have set up from Classics on Demand. It just feels lazy.

They are on my phone (an iPhone).

I believe matches from those were included in the SNME DVD, so I'd assume they will be included. Always a chance, though.

The Rockers got a nice boost from PWI - because otherwise there was no way I would have learned of the phantom title change.

Watched the Shane Douglas Breaking Kayfabe yesterday. Really liked it for the most part, although I'll caveat that I'm someone who could listen to that guy read the phone book and enjoy it. What I thought was really nice were the discussions of personal stories that weren't necessarily wrestling related.This was the first Breaking Kayfabe I'd seen, but I thought it was refreshing to get away from simply telling wrestling stories. Had avoided the other ones because I didn't need more drug stories, but if anyone recommends others, I'm inclined to check them out.

Excellent news. What's frustrating about the Network is that it'd be so easy to placate the people looking for older content. A monthly drop like this would keep everyone busy until the next one.