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In 1993, that would have been fantastic. But 7 shows in 8 days, as well as dinners, lunches and Q and As, sounds like overexposure.

WAsn't it on the big screen too?

The Mania match obviously. When Brock first quit, I don't think it was seen as an issue of disrespect, at least not until he turned around and demanded that WWE drop their no compete clause so he could wrestle in another promotion. That was probably the single and only big mistake he's made in business matters. The guy comes across as quite astute, he seems quite aware of his market value at any one time and is happy to wait for people to come to him. I think a lot of the allowances Brock has been given, is down to the fact that Vince, Stephanie, Triple H, etc, seem to really like him. Specifically, they see him as a once-in-a-generation athlete, and a guy that fits that "larger than life" look to a tee. Brock's pretty meat and potato in his approach to business too, it seems. It's like: "Here's my price, this is the schedule I'm willing to work, and here's a couple of additional requests I have (sponsor logos), if you agree to that, I'll perform to the highest standard I can, wrestle whoever you want me to wrestle, and lose to whoever you want me to lose to. If not, I'll be back home on my farm." The guy seemingly had no issues with putting John Cena over in his first match back. He performs to a high level, and draws money. I think that Vince is the kind of guy that respects a guy who is simple, but firm in his business dealings. After all, Brock doesn't need WWE, he's an incredibly wealthy man already, he could retire tomorrow and live out the rest of his life on his farm, never wanting for anything. Seemingly, he might have http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/30283-proposed-finish-to-lesnarcena-1/ Never really heard much more on this - anyone know the truth?

Interesting. I watched it again a few months ago and it certainly topped S'Slam 91 for me.

What someone does throughout their carer matters, and the bad stuff can bring them down. It's the case with directors, musicians, actors, painters, and wrestlers. I think we've had this disagreement before though. Indeed. You pair are veering into Parv/jdw territory.....

To be fair though, from what I remember 1993 wasn't a great year for WCW. I know, but nothing good to say with Vader, Flair, the Blonds, Windham, Steamboat on the cards.....? To be fair, there's a lot of times when wrestling looks worse or better at the time than looking at it some time later

He gets worse into '93. It's a drag to read.....

I can't think of any reason ethically to support the status quo. Just wondering though - how would it affect WWE?

When you mention Hogan doing a shoot...... I remember hearing a clip on a podcast of Hogan discussing Brody and why they never wrestled in Japan. Anyone know where that came from?

Another one in no need of apology - really solid mid card, althogh lacking a genuinely great match. And Austin-HBK starts off something big.

I don't think you need to unapologetically love that Kris - it was a perfectly fine follow up to Spring Stampede.

Enjoyed this. No major shockers in the choices, but it's always nice to look back at WCW.

Yeah, it was remarkably familiar. I don't think you could binge-watch these, you'd go insane with the repetitions. One thing that jumped out at me - Rick Rude did not look happy in any of the DX skits and promos. Any word on whether he disliked being part of it?

Judging from the opening sequence, it's HHH-Rock, Rock-Austin, Cena-Rock, Undertaker-Michaels, Hogan-Savage, Edge-Hardy and Hart-Michaels left to come. It's a shame they're going over such familiar territory, but there's usually enough new interviews and behind the scenes footage to hold my attention.

This was a bit of a storm in a tea cup then?

I was reading Power Slam from April 2012 and the write up on the match is critical of Cena's actions in the post match. Apparently, the agreed finish was Cena wins but required help getting to the back, like HHH-Undertaker at Mania 27. That didn't happen, as Cena cut a promo, talked about taking a vacation, and left under his own power. Did Cena go into business for himself? Was he opposed to making Lesnar look strong? Why did nothing come of this?

Yeah, it's documentary feature. This one seemed to contain some new interviews with Hogan and Piper, as well as older clips. It was enjoyable enough - better than the HHH-Michaels or Austin-McMahon two parter, about as good as Flair v Rhodes. I've enjoyed then so far, as definitely fresher/more interesting than the Monday Night War series.

Caught up on one of the rivalries shows - Hogan v Piper.Thought it was fine, covering 1985, 1996-7 and WM 19 quite thoroughly. Having Ambrose advocate Piper was a nice touch.

Any chance of listing his top 5-10 matches?

I'll dip in and out if the storylines bother me. If the matches are well-received, I'll watch them irrespective of surrounding angles.

He looks a lot like the photos of his father they always use.

Certainly looks to have lost a lot of weight anyway.

I'd like to know his frame of mind after leaving the Raw after Rumble. Had he no intention of wrestling again before his contract ended in July? Or was it a 'wait and see' approach he was taking? He didn't make it sound like Vince ringing him a week or two later was completely unreasonable to him.

I take it Colt Cabana has blackballed himself out of any involvement with WWE going forward? And no more WWE guys on Art of Wrestling?

Just wondering - while it's accepted that Vince is the best wrestling promoter, how would he do if we widened the scope? Were would he rank among top businessmen outside wrestling? What would Alan Sugar (just throwing him out there as an example, I don't know a lot about finance) make of him?