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Also, i think the hardy boyz were able to get over the "southern" thing not just due to their high-flying style but also by their ring attire. They didnt go for the stereotypical redneck brawler look, instead they had a more "modern" look to them. You may not like the casual clothes they wore, but it helped them get over with the younger crowd who likely dressed like that, and it was a HUGE improvement to their ridiculous neon-covered tights they wore pre-push. With those things in play, nobody cared that they had southern accents.

With them digging up house show footage, I wonder if they'll ever release some interesting house show rarities like that 1991 battle royal with Andre the Giant in it, or HHH vs Lesnar (from 2002), or anything from the pre-ppv KOTR shows (there is handheld footage of the 1991 tournament, but thats it).

Are you going to review the 60 minute "collectors series" tapes as well?

Getting back to the topic someone brought up about escapist entertainment, it should also be noted that a lot of it is now made with an audience of adults in mind. Just look at Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Gotham, Agents of SHIELD, even cartoons like Archer, Rick and Morty, and Venture Brothers. Even stuff aimed at a more "general" audience like the Marvel films have appeal to all kinds of fanbases. Keeping this related to wrestling, thats what caused WCW to overtake WWF in 96-97. By appealing to the college/high school crowd (while still keeping it appealing to younger fans, long time fans, and casuals), they were able to get a wider audience. Vince, on the other hand, was still marketing almost exclusively to the younger crowd (i picked up an issue of WWF Magazine in 1995, and there were only a handful of articles actually about wrestling, everything else was about video games or trading cards or wrestlers extra-curricular activities, which had almost no appeal to older fans, even the apter mags knew they had an older audience in mind). Getting away form this tangent, who was the last wrestler in the WWF (or for that matter, wrestling in general) who had that "blue-collar" appeal? Austin? Bikertaker?

Not sure if i'd call it horrible, but Shawn Michaels vs HHH from Royal Rumble 2004. They had some good matches previous, but that one was just a disapointment.

Arn Anderson vs Paul Orndorff at Cotc XI. I liked it when i first saw it, but later viewings of it left me cold.

The 1987 and 1994 Slammy awards have been removed for unknown reasons.

Yeah, there's a guy you pretty much never hear anything about. While watching some old Thunder episodes, i came across a match with Blitzkrieg vs Kidman. I remember being impressed with this guy when i first saw him, and while the match was pretty good, im not sure if his style still holds up as he basically did the typical cruiserweight stuff, and in fact Kidman seemed to carry the match. Are there any matches out there from his brief run (i think was only around from February 1999 to September 1999, and then he literally disappeared from wrestling altogether) where he really shines?

Thursday Raw Thursday has finally been uploaded.

Heroes of Wrestling and Rodman Down Under both have plenty of potential canidates for worst PPV match.

I wouldnt mind them uploading more 2004 Raws, if just for the spring/summer episodes which had a lot of fun stuff.

Whats with the gaps in the 2003 RAW listing?

I wonder why they never uploaded Thursday Raw Thursday. It really should be there with the rest of the 1997 RAWs, since it has the Shawn Michaels "lost my smile" speech, which, no matter what you think of it, was a historical moment. There's also a pretty good Bret Hart/Vader match as well, and the only Steve Austin/Sid match that i know of.

Here's one thats rarely brought up, Vader and Sid as The Masters of the Powerbomb. I dont know, i just always found it cool, if a tad generic.

Have any other wrestlers who used the flag (Tracey Smothers for example) ever discussed its use in wrestling?

A few years ago i heard a rumor that Taka Michinoku wrote an autobiography that was only released in Japan. Any truth to this rumor? I'd be interested in reading it if it ever got translated.

I've heard Adam Sandler is a fan, which could explain the reference to Chief Jay Strongbow in Big Daddy.

I wonder what happened to Legends with JBL. There were already episodes taped with Jimmy Hart, Michael Hayes, and Booker T, so they do have those episodes ready to air. I hope they arent being delayed because they were too controversial (the preview for the hayes episode has him implying that Gino may have been murdered, and the preview for the Booker episode has JBL asking him about Hogans racist rant).

How can we forget Kofi Kingston's comic book inspired tights (pre-new day). Not sure if it's exactly "nerdy" but Chris Jericho is obviously a huge metal fan, and not just of the mainstream stuff too (he took the name "jericho" from the Helloween album Walls of Jericho). And related to that, Mick Foley's huge fandom of alt-country.

Raven wrote an issue of the Spider-Man spinoff comic "Tangled Web" (the story in question was the story of Crusher Hogan BEFORE he faced off against Peter Parker).

The Roku channel has MaddyGTV which has AAW. There are also Roku channels for ACE (American Championship Entertainment) and Warriors of Wrestling.

I actually heard a rumor that Snoop Dogg will be this years celebrity induction.

Did ECW even have tv in 1992?

Come to think of it, has there ever been a cage that has no door? I dont mean a situation where the door is locked, im talking no door at all, and the only way to escape is to climb out (of course, this limits the type of wrestlers who could compete, no "Giant" wrestlers for example).

Speaking of cage matches, am i the only one who doesnt get why some promotions would have tag team cage matches contested under "traditional" rules? IMO, cage matches should pretty much be no-holds-barred, with the ref just there to count a pinfall. Otherwise it just becomes a regular match with the novelty of a cage,