BigBadMick

There was actually a lot of audible spot calling on this show, it wasn't just Cena. Maybe it was the dead crowd, maybe it was the way they mic'd things, maybe the acoustics of the arena.....but it was happening in every match Fair enough. But it always happens with Cena.

That's ok Chad - I'm not demanding it tomorrow! Just soon. Sooner the better, actually.... Actually, how about tomorrow...?

It was mentioned on the thread earlier and it's really irritated me for a long time, but IF Cena continues to call moves loudly and without covering his mouth and IF no-one in WWE has the balls to confront him about it could they please shoot his matches differently? Just keep the hell away from him!

Wow! Hell of a way to finish boys! A few thoughts.... I actually think the Clash 9 match is the highlight of Funk-Flair. Bash comes very close, but Solie and Ross together calling it, and the microphone punches, and the goofy suplex over the top rope all add to the fun. I'm with Chad on Michaels-Angle. Loved it. Great intensity on the finishing stretch. Bulldog-Hart at SummerSlam disappointed me on last watch. Much prefer the in your house December 95 one. Bret-Perfect at SummerSlam is probably similar to Chad's attitude to Warrior-Savage. First ppv I watched and really got behind Bret, and Piper and Heenan sniping at each other on commentary was great too. So, big emotional attachment and nostalgia - I'm almost afraid to go and re-appraise it. Leave the memories alone, damnit! Rewatched Cena-Lesnar and Cena-Punk late last year. Lesnar's match holds up really well - just jawdropping opening 5 minutes or so. On first viewing I was pissed at the finish, but this time round it worked ok. Like you said, it was a fluke loss and Cena had been decimated. You didn't get into the postmatch speech controversy, but I understand you needed to keep the show moving. Still love Cena-Punk also, white hot crowd, with massive introductions and the fact that it was in July immediately made me think of Canadian Stampede. I feared the crowd might have carried it when rewatching, but no it's still a blast all the way through and great, GREAT ending. You won't hear me complain about Rock-Austin at 17 either. Short of someone throwing Goldberg in there, it was the most massive match that was possible at the time. I really liked the way they had gone their separate ways after Backlash 99, and weren't interacting at all throughout the rest of the year. Of course, having Austin disappear in November delayed this match by a year, and it was easy enough to keep tension rising with teases (at Armageddon and Rumble) after his return in Sep '00. Really, at the time I thought this was every bit as epic as Hogan-Warrior had been. And a much, much better match. I was glad to hear the Toronto Feb 87 Savage-Steamboat match get some love . Is it sacrilege to prefer it to Mania?!! The Flair-Steamboat trilogy give diminishing returns (technically, and oh-so-slightly) for me. Order of preference is Chicago, then New Orleans, then Nashville. And the difference in the first two is miniscule. Third's still great, but a bigger drop off from the other pair. I'm on the Mania 26 over 25 bandwagon for HBK-Taker. Tighter match, bigger consequences, respectful crowd post match and the absolute best sendoff possible. Again, really great final show and please keep these coming. One thing I was thinking - if you do DVDVR sets, just for the sake of variety and a sense of promotional changes in the decade maybe talk about the top voted match from each year represented in the set?

My girlfriend will wonder about the hysterical laughter ever time our boy decides to watch the movie!!

Hi guys, bit behind on these, but 'Vince' singing Let It Go was near-car-crash-inducingly funny.

Shoe should've kidnapped him and taped hours of interview (at gunpoint, if necessary) until found by police.....

At last! Looking forward to this.

All this talk reminds me just how much good wrestling there was in WWE, TNA and RoH in 2005-06. It reinvigorated my interest in once again extending beyond WWE in my viewing. Good memories!

I'm not as surprised by Vince's appearance (which was likely airbrushed a good deal - I mean, I'm not saying the dude isn't in great shape, but from what I know about magazine/commercial photography, if the public is seeing it, it's been touched up), as I am about the ridiculous word choice. "Better than ever at 69"? If I read the article, is that fact confirmed by Linda? If yes, I think I taste my lunch coming back up. Meltzer absolutely BURIED this magazine cover the other day. Said Vince needs to grow up, reassess his priorities and called it sad and pathetic. Funny hearing him get so worked up about it. It's that crazy bastard Vince - what can you do?

Yeah, I understand that Goc. Still, I thought JR had stood out more in 97. My mind was playing tricks on me.

I watched loads of 1996-97 WWF before Christmas and it's striking how much Ross is the second fiddle on commentary behind McMahon. He really didn't emerge as a character until 1998.

You guys should do the Jeff Bowdren top 100 80s matches. Or review the old dvdvr Top matches of the 1990s poll. Or the top 10-15 matches from each of the 80s sets. Something like that. The point is, don't stop. These podcasts have been awesome. Yeah, do all of those

Wow! Gut reaction is Ted by a landslide, but then you think about his willingness to just get by in WWF as time wore on........ Could be an interesting one.

Yes! These are really good podcasts. Need to think of another epic huge topic though......

Oh, another thing. I really liked the analysis of Rumble 92. Talk of the match as a 'classic' has never sat right with me, and I think you came up with a better description as the best possible version of the match, within it's constraints. Nicely put.

Has he been any good lately? Last time I was paying attention was 2012, and he made a really solid year imo.

It's probably not the highest priority you really should have if you built a time machine, but - man! - bringing back an old VCR and collecting some of this stuff would be lovely.

Great Brad, I'll look forward to it.

Thanks!

Chad, love to hear you coming to the defense of Taker-HHH at Mania 27. I watched it again, late last year, and it STILL GETS ME too! I'd love to hear a broader discussion sometime on those 4 Taker Mania matches (2009-12). You could take on Stephen or Parv in a debate - let the self conscious epics reign supreme!

Also, is this: Dream Team v Windham and Rotunda 24/08/85 The Spectrum on youtube anywhere? Sorry, I'm hopeless looking that stuff up!

Really good show boys, and Valentine as WWF wrestler of the decade for the 80s is food for thought certainly....

Nightclubs and bars are very busy here on Christmas night (I know, top of the mornin' to ya).

Yeah, he certainly is going into detail. Plenty on his first few months in Amarillo, then Florida, then the start of teaming with Brody in Louisiana. It's funny - the way he describes things you get the impression the money, driving and living on the road were really taking a toll on him. He does talk a bit about the wild lifestyle, but I get the impression that that was really keeping him going back then and he's a bit reluctant to admit it.....