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Bump Anyone read the Gorilla Monsoon biography? Pretty comprehensive, and kind of works as a history of the wwf type book as well.

The problem with face paint is that, from the ones I've seen, it flakes off during the match, which means that for a long match, by the end of the match the "mystery" is gone (if they used the same type of paint that circus clowns or rock groups like KISS used, it might stay on better). As someone who basically sees wrestling as a live-action comic book, the masks help the superhero image (and it's still possible to show emotion depending on the mask, look at Rey Mysterio Jr for example).

Only one guy smiling there (Heyman).

The recent WWE Vault uploaded a WWF show held at the New York Stock Exchange, which made me wonder, what are some of the most unusual venues to have held wrestling shows? Of course, there were some of WCW's free shows like the first Nitro at the Mall of America, Bash at the Beach on an actual beach, the Road Wild shows at the Sturgis Bike Rally.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/20/sir-mo-dead/ Never was a huge fan, but MOM were a fun face team in retrospect.

So, thoughts on the Cena/Styles match? I've only seen highlights, but I've heard varying opinions on how they were using the finishers of their opponents, some calling it just finisher spam, others seeing it as a callback to what they learned from their rivals.

So AJ Styles is retiring next year: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25253051-aj-styles-announces-hell-retire-wwe-2026-my-body-can-no-longer-move If they want to give him a retirement tour angle, lets hope they learned from the mistakes they made with Cena.

One Man Gang dark match from 1998

With Demolition's legends contract, they're probably a lock too.

While we know why she's going in, looking strictly at her WWE career from an on-screen product perspective, she did play a decent heel manager for HHH.

Well, looks like we can ressurrect this thread, since it's been reported Paramount is considering buying WBD, which could affect AEW.

50 Years of Funk:

They're trying to make WWE like boxing or UFC where only the big shots have enough money to attend, but by doing this, they're also pricing out the kids (who are the next generation of fans) and families. I pointed out on the AEW board that AEW needs to counteract this by not just courting the 18-49 crowd, but also try to attract kids and families as well.

They've uploaded some episodes of Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling (not exactly a good show mind you, but it is interesting to hear Brad Garrett as Hogan and James Avery as JYD).

Can someone move this thread to the Microscope section (it might get more attention there)?