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I asked this on another board, but might get more responses here: Who are some wrestlers who only had one match in a certain promotion? I'm counting actual wrestlers, no non-wrestlers like Gene Okerlund or Jay Leno. I'll start,Jim Neidhart's one match against Jay Lethal in TNA.

Mark Henry must have one of the sweetest gigs in wrestling. All he has to do is say "The time for talk is over. It's time for the main event!".

Does anyone think that Sherri Martel would have been a better fit for the NWO than Elizabeth? She definitely could play a great villain, and had the bonus of being willing to get more physically involved in matches.

Maybe it was just me, but Marty and Shawn (when they grew their hair out) always kind of looked like a young Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth respectively, but maybe that's just me.

So I was wondering, is it possible to actually have a face-in-peril segment in a mixed tag match due to the format?

Come to think of it, I wonder if Ted Turner will ever show up as a talking head on this show eventually, or is that expecting way too much?

I wonder if we'll ever get a Bill Watts episode. The problems with that is that Jim Ross, who worked closely with Watts, refuses to work with DSotR now, and Hank Aaron (the guy who's responsible for Watts getting canned from WCW) is no longer with us (and I dont think there are any archival interviews where he discusses that).

Well if we're going that way, then either the Heenan Family and Jimmy Hart's First Family should be considered too.

I'd put the Rhodes family (ironically enough) higher, but they're definitely up there with the best familes.

Just realized that since late-1992 (the debut of the Headshrinkers and Yokozuna), there has never been a time in the WWF/E where at least one member of the Anoa'i family hasnt been on the roster.

Saturday morning has succumed to the "death slot" curse. Most younger fans are simply just streaming or playing video games now on Saturday mornings, and the Saturday morning shows that ARE hits are ones that also have a teen/adult demographic (ie, The Ghost and Molly McGee, The Owl House). While wrestling does have that demographic built in, the last major wrestling show to get a Saturday Morning slot was Saturday Morning Slam, which was only a half hour and had ridiculous restrictions on which moves could be done (no moves involving the neck or face, meaning Rey had to do the 619 to the backs of opponents). I'd love to see Saturday wrestling come back, but I think we've sadly lost it (though putting a replay of Rampage on Saturday morning could be the next best thing, especially for people who dont want to watch a 10pm wrestling show).

So apparently next season's storyline is going to be Dwayne forming his own country. No, really.

I'm getting the feeling we may not be getting a HOF ceremony this year, they still havent announced any inductees (unless they're planning on announcing them all together at once).

I wonder if Sting's ever considered dropping the Crow look and going back to using different designs for facepaint again. He looked like he was going that way in TNA, especially around the time of Joker Sting.

It looks like they photoshopped his head onto an old pic of Ted Dibiase.

So I read that "We Promised You a Great Main Event" book I asked about earlier. It's basically a history of the WWE from VKM's takeover up to WM36. It's nothing really new, and has a weird snarky tone to it as well. The only new things I learned were that the shots of kids wearing WWE merchandise in the crowd were set up, they'd give the kids merch and show them playing with it, then take it away (they were likely allowed to keep the ice cream bars) and give them to another kid. The other, more interesting thing, was the origin of Repo Man. Barry Darsow came across a tape of some indy guy doing a repo man gimmick (a more realistic take on the character), and showed it to Vince (likely suggesting he hire said indy wrestler), but Vince was more in love with the gimmick and gave it to Darsow, who took a more comedic approach to it.

Maybe this belongs in the RIP Lanny Poffo thread, but I'm surprised that the WWE didnt acknowledge Lanny's death on any of their tv. He was there for quite a while, and you'd think being Randy Savage's brother they'd at least put an In Memorium graphic up there at least.

Where did you hear this? And what's Bam Bam's dark side?

My guesses: Batista Lex Luger Sean Waltman Luna Vachon Mike Rotundo Motorhead (celebrity induction) (though for them, I'd just have the surviving members perform "The Game" or "King of Kings" live with Lemmy's vocals on tape)

Hence why I said "guys".

The thing about Sami winning the title is, where do you go with him after he wins? All I see are a bunch of matches against Bloodline members. Meanwhile, with Cody we've already got ready-made feuds with him against Gunter and Rollins, and potential for other ones as well.

There's way too many guys in generic black (or mostly black) ring attire now. It's not just a WWE problem, but looking at the Rumble, it seemed like at least 75% of the guys in there resembled that remark. I understand it if it's part of their gimmick, but at least use some variety (maybe use rotating colored tights). Say what you will about Cody's Red, White, and Blue tights, but at least they stand out.

So it's not a legit issue? Too bad, I was hoping to read about if the clawhold should be banned.

He also shares his real first name with his dad.

The AWA's Final Years by D.A. White.