C.S.

Goldberg is chewing gum. I hope the finish is Drew causing him to choke on it in the middle of the ring.

Gotta start the show hot with a young cruiserweight competitor.

What would the point be though? Lacey is a jabroni in the pecking order compared to the mighty Charlotte. It would be a Russo twist for the sake of it.

If the storyline was Ric telling his spoiled, selfish daughter no for the first time in her entire life, it would make sense. Instead, it's this weird shit with Lacey Evans, which makes the Murphy-Aalyah angle look tasteful.

Asuka is a 100x the mic worker Charlotte is.

Thought I responded to both of these days ago. Obviously not, so here we go. Sorry, I should have been clearer... The service itself does sound like a great value with all the content you get each month. I was more responding to what you were saying about people asking you for links. If I'm understanding this correctly, non-members can access all of this content if a member happens to give them the link? No security, safeguards, or locks of any kind? That is the part that sounds like a terrible value to me. I'm almost tempted to ask you for a link just to see how this works. Like, maybe "The Best of PAC" or something I'd have absolutely no interest in, lol. (No, I don't really want a link and I'm not really asking for one!) What an absolutely harrowing ordeal! I almost didn't enjoy reading this, because it was all so dark and so unpleasant - the absolute worst aspects of the wrestling industry encapsulated in a short plane ride. I think J.R. gives Flair too much of a free pass, and so do wrestling fans. Any guy who walks around wearing nothing under his robe and whipping his dick out is a sexual deviant, period. If he did more than that with said dick, he's a sexual predator, period, full fucking stop. I didn't mention anyone else, several of whom potentially behaved much worse, because J.R. grilled their asses well enough. That only makes his lax attitude toward Flair all the more baffling to me. I mean, this is the same guy who got J.R. fired after J.R. was blamed for "not controlling" Flair's drunken escapades at a video game event. J.R. must really love Flair, I guess. Another amazing recap, Thread Killer. Glad I was able to read about it instead of having to live it.

LOL. Actually, I'm pretty certain Joey Ryan described himself that way once. That's where I got the comparison from.

Well, I wouldn't put it past WWE to book some truly horrific shit, but I also wouldn't use a tweet from a known bullshit "source" as the reason to panic about it. Besides, nothing WWE actually does would be worse than Joey Ryan debuting in the Royal Rumble (Vince: "He's like a modern Rick Rude, damn it!") with stable members Velveteen Dream, Austin Theory, and Riddle (Vince: "We'll call them The Pestz. That's such good shit, pal!") and winning.

What?! They're known for being highly unreliable. A quick search brings this up, but I'm sure there are more recent examples.

I mean, you could have worded this a little bit more delicately? What did Graham ever really say/do that was so bad? Act like a pompous jackass, make absurd claims, and bury people for no reason? Sure, but there are plenty of people way "ahead" of him on that score - Michael P.S. Hayes, etc. So, wait, this site is so flimsy that all I would need to do to listen to these podcasts is get a link from someone? (No, I won't actually do that or ask for that.) In other words, paying customers are suckers for parting with their money? I don't understand how this can be a sustainable business model.

Place To Be Nation has a bunch of Kindle books for free. I know that podcast has been mentioned on PWO before. If I'm not mistaken, they post here too. Place To Be Nation Vintage Vault Refresh: Volume 1 - WWF 1985-1992: The Federation Years Place To Be Nation Vintage Vault Refresh: Volume 2 - Saturday Night's Main Event (Place To Be Nation: Vintage Vault Refresh) Place To Be Nation Vintage Vault Refresh: Volume 3 - The New Generation Era - Part 1: 1993-1996 (Place To Be Nation: Vintage Vault Refresh) And this one at 99 cents.

Since when do we take WrestleVotes seriously? They're generally full of shit, and anything they've gotten "right" has likely been sticking enough shit against a wall that something eventually has to land.

I consider myself a pretty big movie buff, and I've never heard of this guy. (I wonder if his films never made it stateside?) Going to research him now... Update: The Night Clerk (Avant l'Aube) and Back in Business (Grand froid) are on Amazon Prime streaming (U.S.). JustWatch.com seems to think Grand froid is also on WWE Network - lol.

Is "rerun" not a common word in other parts of the world? I definitely appreciated both. It was a blast watching the documentary, and then reading your recap of the interview and movie. Thank you for doing this.

The Survivor Series build was already BS because he lost to Ultimate Warrior at house shows all over the country that summer. I believe the "undefeated streak" ended with Tuesday in Texas, since Hogan technically won that match.

Well, David Arquette's dad was a wrestling fan too, so it's possible he's remembering stories his dad told him about Gorgeous George. I find that very plausible. I mean, David Arquette was born in 1971, so he obviously did not see Gorgeous George live in the 1950s.

This Peacock deal is so weird to me. It almost feels like WWE is throwing in the towel and admitting the Network has bee a failure.

WWE continues to be the worst version of a pro wrestling company. https://www.cagesideseats.com/2021/1/26/22249836/rumor-roundup-jan-26-2021-wwe-policy-covid-vaccine-raw-match-restart-brooke-jax-japanese-signees

Can Chris Hero Save Wrestling? (Not with those basketball shorts he can't!) I guess this is the big new Conrad show?

This will probably get lost in all the Peacock posts, but I highly, HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend the Pat Patterson documentary My Way on the Network. It's legitimately one of the best things they've ever done. No earth-shattering revelations if you've read the Bertrand Hebert book, but it's awesome to see old photographs and video footage of everything.

First of all, @The Thread Killer, you have no idea how excited I was to see myself tagged because you had reviewed the Arquette interview and documentary. Because of that, I made it a top priority to watch You Cannot Kill David Arquette last night and push aside whatever else I was going to watch originally. After the movie was over, I grabbed my tablet and read your entire recap before bed (well, I ended up watching the Pat Patterson doc too, and then I slept). Now I'm here in the light of day to respond to your thoughts, so here goes... It's on Hulu in the U.S. I had some of the same issues, starting with the bullshit Ken Anderson scene at the beginning. But I later realized that was a "wrestling promo" of some kind, so I was able to excuse it that way. I was surprised to see Patricia Arquette in this. I realize they're family, but she's a recent Oscar winner and her career is doing fairly well. It was also cool seeing Rosanna Arquette, and there was a nice nod to their late sister Alexis Arquette through her art. I'm pretty sure it's more than suggested - I remember wrestling being outright blamed for Arquette's supposed career woes in Hollywood. I think that's bullshit and completely ridiculous, but whatever, it gives the story depicted in this doc some stakes, so okay, I'll roll with it... I found this very suspect myself. Agreed. I can only assume this is meant to demonstrate how little Arquette truly understands the pro wrestling world, and to provide a nice contrast to what we see later on, of him looking buff and wearing professional costumes and tights. I'd be first in line to see Arquette, but I can kind of believe that wrestling fans at a wrestling convention would want to meet wrestlers instead. Of course, I would not be even remotely surprised if this ends up being BS to further the story the documentary is telling of Arquette not being accepted as a legitimate wrestler. This came across as total BS to me, or at least a case of the cameraman and editor creating a situation out of thin air that never actually happened by shaking the camera around and including other similar effects to convey a sense of chaos. I found this scene very bizarre and felt very angry that Arquette was basically taken advantage of. Who cares if Arquette excelled in this scenario or impressed these idiots? Backyard wrestling is not legitimate, and while these "wrestlers" may be passionate about their "craft," I don't consider them actual wrestlers and won't until they go to a legitimate training school. Apparently, Arquette came to the same conclusion... I concur. Most wrestling schools are shitholes in garages with bad rings, and this scene conveyed that perfectly. Yes, I think the documentary is taking some creative liberties, but in this instance, it's doing so to reveal greater truths about wrestling. It's DDP. I can 100% buy all of this being exactly the same without cameras present, lol. I loved these scenes. BS? Maybe. But also in service of revealing a greater truth IMO. I had no idea that was Peter Avalon. Was his look completely different or was I just tired? Do you think he was aided by any "enhancements?" His look certainly wasn't steroidal in nature, but as we've seen with even guys like Jamie Noble getting popped, you don't necessarily have to look like Ultimate Warrior to be on the juice. RJ City You and me both. I could've also done without the scene involving serial rapist Joseph Meehan (Joey Ryan), which added nothing to the movie and could've (and should've) easily been cut. The credits list a bunch of people we never actually saw in the movie - Bully Ray, etc. - so I'm wondering how much was left on the cutting room floor. Well... Better to be able to keep an eye on the situation from the inside looking out rather than the outside looking in. But yeah, I mean, this is probably more BS in service of revealing a greater truth, as wrestling does tend to destroy marriages (Flair, who showed up at the beginning, is a testament to that). I didn't realize that was Luke Perry at first - I legitimately thought it was Vince Russo - which makes me wonder if this was an early sign of Perry's health issues that everyone missed. BTW, will this end up being Luke Perry's final film? I'm not quite as cynical as you about this one. 1. Who the fuck is Nick Gage? An indie guy nobody has ever heard of. 2. "Selling point of the documentary"??? Really?! Again, see #1. 3. Sure, it made for a dramatic scene in the movie and exposed another great truth about wrestling, but let's not kid ourselves here - even without that match and scene, everyone who would be interested in seeing a movie like this would still see it. Sure, but let's be honest...that's every documentary or reality show ever, because these things are really created and structured in the editing room. To be honest, I think you've been spoiled by the intelligent and articulate discourse here on PWO. I don't think the movie was necessarily accentuating stereotypes as much as revealing the facts. Most rasslin' fans really are like this - especially at indie shows and conventions. I can't hold that against the movie though. Something that's organized, structured, coherent, and tells a story that's compelling for the audience - that is how it's supposed to be. I much prefer this approach over the loose and meandering way something like Lipstick and Dynamite was put together (especially when that contained its fair share of BS too - *cough* Moolah *cough*). Exactly how I felt, but unlike you, I think that's actually the perfect approach for this material. I really enjoyed the documentary. I think I ultimately liked it more than you. It was very (sports) entertaining. Even when I questioned the validity of what I was seeing at times, those scenes still served to reveal greater truths about pro wrestling.

The Knight family (Paige's family) just had another accusation leveled against them. At least this one isn't sexual in nature.

Pretty sure I heard she's been training with Teal Piper.

Reading between the lines, it's clear Herd didn't like Arn and Tully and/or saw nothing special in them.

Doesn't sound very sanitary either.