BigBadMick

Sorry to hear that, RIP.

No Between the sheets this week? What's up?

so, is anyone else still listening? I enjoy the show. Regal's convoluted way of explaining things with about 15 caveats has a certain charm, after a while. Recently, he did a watch-along on an October 1993 WCW Saturday night which I found insightful.

The thing that salvages the late 90s shows is the line of questions includes other things going on in WWF at the the time and the fact that Foley gives thoughtful, detailed and interesting replies (unlike JR, Prichard etc). Foley takes time to precisely articulate his views, instead of spouting off the first thing that pops into his head to make the podcast end sooner.

I'm enjoying it. The Florida, Stampede and Kaufman episodes raised a few chuckles. The re-enactments are hilarious.

Yes, at this year's Rumble. It wasn't great, from my memory.

Cornette's cover Inoki this week. Curious to hear how much he knows about his career - Cornette seemed spotty on Japanese wrestling, covering AJPW with Hansen on a shoot a few years back.

Hi, I'm compiling a watchlist of WWF matches for 1985-87 and as you can imagine it gets monstrously large very quickly. I'm looking to whittle it down a bit to the better matches. With all the footage available, I was hoping for some guidance on the best matches in the following feuds Santana/Valentine Santana/Savage Savage/Steamboat Steamboat/Muraco Hart Foundation/Bees Hart Foundation/Bulldogs Valentine and Beefcake/Bulldogs Steamboat/Roberts Hogan/Savage Hogan/Orndorff Orndorff/Rude Hogan/DiBiase Thanks!

Is it outdoors? I had assumed it was.

Wonder what the weather’s like in Cardiff. It’s raining all day here.

I've been enjoying Cornette's discussion of the A&E Biography Series on Drive-thru. Nothing earth shattering, but nice to hear him happy.

I was watching some 1988 Demolition matches, and I noticed Smash wears his elbow pad over his eagle tattoo on his left arm. Do you suppose he had seen the fate that befell Randy Culley and was doing everything to avoid being recognised as a Russian?

I'm still enjoying the show, but I can imagine if I'd built up a backlog like 'savage I'd find it tough to get through it all. I think Foley is still putting the effort in, and trying to answer the questions as fully as he can, but Conrad could be better at keeping him on topic. The Benoit discussion later in the episode was worth sticking around for.

Wow, poor Foley's been Conradded already!

So....anyone got a best matches of the 2022 G1 list?

If you're listening to the Q&A episode this week, switch it off when he starts talking about him, Foley and Austin on a beach. I have absolutely no idea what point he was trying to make with retelling that story.

Just wondering - do folks here feel compelled to watch entire shows if they commit to a product? It's been decades since I watched any wrestling shows end to end.....

In Conrad’s defense, he does seem to be letting the Foley podcast go in whatever direction Foley wants. Last weeks episode was on the Eddie Gilbert feud.

And that's the episodes I love hearing about! Cheers, TK.

I listened to the Bret v Ramon (Rumble 93) and Bret v piper (Wm 8) watch alongs. Really enjoyed both. Cornette insists that it’s all common sense, and not rocket science, but it’s fascinating listening to him break down the match as it happens.

Thanks!

Has he stopped doing the watch-alongs? They were always interesting.

Thank you! That's just the sort of recommendation from Cornette's podcasts i want.

Is he THAT peculiar, though? I get the impression that he's tough on himself, and doesn't accept compliments easy. Like most people of his generation in the UK and Ireland.

Got through first episode yesterday. The name dropping is more than a bit obnoxious, but he sounds sincere and keen to put effort in. To be fair to him, I remember his 2004 rf shoot felt similar - anyone else would take the money and throw answers off the top of their head, whereas he prepared and knew exactly what he wanted to say. one very interesting thing was comparing wrestlings refusal to acknowledge its past in 2000 to today. In some ways I’d say the pendulum’s swung too far the other way.