BigBadMick

Read on 411mania that 10 minutes were trimmed off the main event because Rock etc went long. If true, do you think Lesnar and Reigns needed another 10? I thought it was timed perfectly. The timing issues might have been a blessing in disguise on this one.

' - I am jealous of people like Dylan Waco and ohtani's jacket who seem to have an endless attention span when it comes to watching and analyzing wrestling' Me too. I always read the 90s yearbook thread after watching matches and kick myself at all the details I missed

Chyna in the early noughties?

I'll just lift this from the 'Austin and WWE' thread and say general pettiness in wrestling - 'This is the impression I get. I feel like passive aggression from WWE is pretty likely here, but Austin is too generally content and busy to keep up with the gamesmanship. They need him more than he needs them at this point. Edit: And I don't think anything bugs the WWE more than individuals who can be bigger than the company'

When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer Don't think you'll get much sympathy on that, Pete

'Speaking of ratings, another pet peeve is fans acting like ratings/ppv buys/network subs affect them directly. Unless you own stock or are directly related to the McMahons it doesn't make a bit of difference.' That's a really good one. Generally, I'm all for anything that involves wrestling being a part of your life, but not pretending that you live or die by it. A little distance/perspective is healthy.

I was just thinking we could do with a reply to all this negativity and Johnny rides into town! Lately, Stan Hansen. Loving his 1990 in All Japan.

Wade Keller's been grinding my gears too. He's never finishing running down WWE. HHH and Stephanie in particular get it non-stop. That's fine when it's justified (plenty of the time) but all the f*cking time and over the most miniscule, pissy little things gets tiresome.

Thanks Kris. That's hilarious!

There's talk of Paul O'Brien's novels becoming a HBO series. That's 70s and 80s behind-the-scenes intrigue though.

Fans chanting 'Husky Harris' during Bray Wyatt's Raw debut. Dicks!

Yeah, what can I say but another home run boys? One thing I'd love to know more about is the Rick Rude shoot comments about Flair in 87. It was mentioned briefly, but I'd never heard anything about this before. Was Rude trying to interject himself into the title matches?

Current favorite wrestler to watch: Daniel Bryan. After the initial disappointment at Rumble, he's out there making the best of the situation. Loved his tag with Reigns v Usos. Last fun match you saw: Hansen v Williams, June 1990. Wrestler you want to see more of: Curious to see what becomes of Samoa Joe. Liked the ACH and Elgin matches. Last live show attended (if applicable/different from last time you answered): WWE house show in Belfast, April 2013 Match you're most looking forward to watching: Giving 90s AJPW a thorough rewatch, the hits just keep on coming Last fun interview/promo you saw: The Lesnar pretapes before Mania Last interesting thing you read about wrestling: I started reading Hansen's biography a couple of months ago. Was really enjoying it - got to the Sammartino matches in '76. Will get back to it one of these days... Last worthwhile podcast you listened to: Exile on Bad Street 1 was really good. Must also mention the epic Top 100 matches on the Network series. Pete, Charles, Steven, Chad - take a bow, lads! Most fun you've had watching wrestling lately: I really enjoyed Lesnar v Reigns. I'm going to be a grump and say that the rest of the show didn't do a great deal for me. The ladder match, Rollins v Orton and Cena v Rusev were all solid enough, but - my God! - 7 matches in a four hour block just isn't enough for me. The show seemed padded out to a ludicrious degree. (I'll get my coat...) Favorite recent post on this board: Liked Parv pushing for a resurgence of Flair discussion for GOAT. I know, a lot of the veteran posters have been over this again and again and again, but it's relatively new to me.... Favorite thing about the wrestling landscape in the past three months (if you live in the past, then go with your past three months of time-traveling): Loved Reigns v Bryan at Fast Lane. Not the result I wanted at the time, but a hell of a match.

Williams hospitalised him there. Were there genuine injuries?

The sense of hierarchy and gradual progression is amazing. I'm sure it could have been frustrating at the time, but in this boxset-loving age watching it play out is great. I've gone through most of the tv from Jan-August 1990. Hansen had a match with Kobashi in Jan or Feb and murdered him. Just watched a slightly more competitive rematch from June. Every little piece counts.

The id of middle America is a lovely title. Really enjoyed the Brock talk, Bix. And the trademarks last week. Keep up the good work.

This is one of those lesser-discussed topics that I've always been intrigued by. Really looking forward to this. As a suggestion, could you cover all the territories Crockett amalgamated round this time (Florida, Kansas)?

Yeah, really good, intense brawl. I can't think of anything better from Doc before this either.

Not great, but under the circumstances it was a very hot and heavy 15 minutes or so. I enjoyed it.

Not much to add to all that - Really fun big bruiser tag!

Wrestlemania hangover's a bitch, huh?

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/03/30/wrestling-fan-to-spend-whole-day-being-told-its-fake/ To be fair, the article is a spoof, akin to the onion.

Yeah, when something even mildly controversial happens I avoid Keller for a while. Getting to the point were I only listen for historical analysis.

It's tricky - when they don't matter to the company (and specifically Cena), it's difficult to get invested. BTW, Meltzer noted a while ago that part of the reason for Cena shrugging off loses is that McMahon hates ANY degree of complaining.

On the WM preview, the discussion of HHH's bloated WM match lengths had one thing missing - v Sheamus, 2010. Fourth match on the card, went 12.09 according to wiki (sounds about right). Any idea why he took such a small role that year?