BigBadMick

Cool. Get a move on!

Taking this week off, Pete?

Gotcha.

Brutal. I'll pass. Thanks for the breakdown though Jingus. Got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about non-wrestling talk on wrestling podcasts lately. Don't mind a bit here and there, obviously. You'd think I was paying for them

'There's wrestling talk somewhere on this show.' Seriously? Check out the chatter in the Lapsed Fan thread boys.

'When she's smart enough to be able to talk for 3 minutes on why her style of offense, match pace and body type made the Rock style spinebuster more logical than the Arn one, I got the sense of someone who really cared.' Could you elaborate on this, brainfollower?

You know, there's a lot to be said for Bix's habit of listing a breakdown on the topics covered on podcasts. I'd imagine keeping that in mind whilst recording them also keeps some structure to proceedings.

This is the bit I don't understand. For all the Wrestlemania and Starrcade shows, they bring in Meltzer to do ten or twenty minutes of setup, talking about all the backstory and behind-the-scenes events which led to these shows happening the way they did. That's not even close to being WWE revisionist history. Don't suppose anyone trims it down to the good stuff? 4 hours is a long time if half of it is horseshit.

Great show, looking forward to part 2.

Against Hogan.

Completely misread that, sorry Wishful thinking maybe - a two parter with Cornette explaining SMW would be sweet.

What's the Cornette overview podcast? Is it still available?

Listened to JR and Meltzer talking Survivor series today. JR mentioned that he and JBL won't exchange Christmas cards. What's the issue there?

I didn't know Arn was short for Arnold until now!

Great stuff, really enjoyed the last one. There's probably a limited shelf life on how many guys are worth discussing for this, so I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

Brian Pillman, post-Blonds.

Really enjoyable podcast lads, you did Nick proud.

Enjoyed the talk of 'he rehearsed all his matches' criticism. A few things about that - Does anyone ever complain that any of his matches look like they were pre-planned/overly choreographed? Did Meltzer or anyone else bring this complaint among insiders into public discussion? When did this trait become common knowledge?

Looking through the introduction to the board thread, it's interesting that a lot of people pop up there and then only post less than 20 times. Are there loads of people on here that read and very rarely post - just asking?

Especially sad to hear this with the huge rise in his stock over the last few years. RIP.

There a couple of thing to address in this: 1)People who are super high on Taue and regard high as an all time great are usually really big fans of japanese wrestling (shocking! I know). Most people that watch japanese wrestling don't view it like you do (I mean, most wrestling fans in general don't, but it's especially true for a style that's built so much on physicality, which isn't something that's as important in match quality as it is in grabbing someone's eye and getting them to check something new out). 2)As I've mentioned before you don't have a full grasp on Taue. I think right now his role in the All Japan tag matches is what you're so impressed with but I seriously doubt you've seen him in enough roles to understand why thinking Taue is a lesser worker than Misawa, Kawada or Kobashi is a majority opinion. 3)There's a pretty big chance Taue is going to do worse on this poll 3)Taue has been defended as an all time great for years. Daniel made a great video about it a few years ago which I'd recommend: Who's Daniel?

The big landmarks after that were starting to read Superstars of Wrestling/Power Slam from the start of 1992 onwards, and then beginning to tape trade in 1994. Really, a huge amount of the tapes I got were influenced by Power Slam coverage at that time and Rob Butcher’s lists (ECW, SMW, NJPW, AJPW, Sabu). I was lucky enough to have gotten most of the NWA/WCW/WWF tapes I really wanted by the time things tightened up on that front towards the end of 1996 (in the UK, anyway). It was easy to follow both the big two while at college, especially when most of my housemates became casual fans. Started online around end of 99, and read Slam wrestling daily for a few years, and then other sites (honestly can’t remember which ones). But I never got into the message boards sites, until here in 2013 (first as a lurker, eventually signing up). Another big turning point was getting back into what was now dvd collecting in 2005, gathering up loads of RoH and TNA. Then, other means became available to keep up. I'm glad I've always enjoyed wrestling without it ever becoming my only hobby. And I'm grateful that the massive viewing opportunities available now were not when I was in school - not sure if I'd have been disciplined enough to keep schoolwork a priority.

Really interesting read, especially as I'd be MichaelM1978 if I used that type of handle Things were certainly different in Ireland - I vividly recall a Savage-Hogan lumberjack match interrupting the usual British wrestling schedule one Saturday in mid to late 80s, but apart from that I had little access to US wrestling until WCW came on in 1990 sometime.

Kris, something you've mentioned a couple of times and it's got me thinking - you said Sid did his best work in Memphis. I was always of the opinion that late 96 and into 97 with Michaels and Bret was his best. Any particular matches in Memphis top that?

Saving this for work on Monday.