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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10114693-video-wwe-reveals-wwe-speed-championship-for-new-show-with-3-minute-matches-on-x Sounds like a pretty interesting premise. Not all that thrilled about it being exclusively on X though (hopefully they put it on Peacock eventually).

My fav Beefcake match is actually his match against Mr. Perfect at WM6. You could argue Curt was doing all the work, but it still was a highlight of the show (one wonders how the Summerslam match would have been if he wasnt injured).

While I know why they rarely do one night tournaments now (easier to promote the next show when you know which matches are going to be on there), I miss the drama that they used to provide, plus sometimes you'd get some interesting unique matches.

Personally, I think the Wyatt Family as a whole (not counting Danielson's stint of course) should be inducted.

Bad news for anyone expecting Bray Wyatt: https://itrwrestling.com/news/bray-wyatt-not-planned-for-2024-wwe-hall-of-fame-induction/

Thunderbolt Patterson is also going in. Huh, that's an odd choice as he's not really that well known to modern fans (guess this proves that HHH really is in charge of the HOF).

Muhammad Ali is going in. Considering his importance to wrestling it's long overdue (too bad that he's not alive to give the speech though).

I wonder if Heyman will be the headliner, or if that one is yet to be named.

Randy Orton's not happy about a recent viral video: https://itrwrestling.com/news/5-years-in-prison-wwes-randy-orton-blasts-viral-rko-video/

Bull Nakano was just announced on Twitter/X (I cant link to it though).

So apparently the DSOTR on Earthquake is also going to have a look at Shockmaster, despite not having anything to do with Tenta aside from Fred Ottman being his tag partner (but Tenta wasnt in WCW during the Shockmaster's run). There's a clip on X/Twitter of Haku watching the debut and laughing his head off.

That and the Kitao match which turned into a shoot. Tenta also suffered racism when he was a sumo wrestler, though without him being alive to talk about it I dont know how they'll discuss that (off-topic, but how many pro wrestlers started out as sumo wrestlers? There must be more than Tenta).

Earthquake will be the season premiere. Also, apparently RD Reynolds of Wrestlecrap (and a good friend of Quake) was interviewed for this episode, that should be interesting.

The documentary didnt discuss what he did for a job.

I'm still curious about what exact job Vladimir (WWE superfan) had that allowed him to go to all those WWF/E shows (he also showed up at WCW, ECW, and I think even AEW shows).

BTW, here's a ridiculously detailed vid on the Abrams UWF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wydGy_XA5c

Going back to NXT for a minute, I wonder that when they go to CW they'll have some bigger names join them. Not just guys on the level of Corbin, but I'm talking about the likes of Miz, Bayley, maybe even Seth Rollins (once he loses his belt). They're going to be on a national tv network, cant just have guys who are pretty much unknown to the general public (granted, most current stars are unknown to the general public, but you see where I'm going with this).

Buddy Landell, getting a WWF title shot, in 1996, on WWF Mania: One of only 5 matches Landell had in the WWF (the others were the squash against Ahmed at IYH 5, a win against Bob Holly the next night on RAW, beating Matt Hardy on that weekends Superstars, and a match against HHH on Shotgun in 1999.

Sadly, it looks like Cena's OTHER recent movie (Coyote Vs Acme) will not be seeing the light of day, but that's veering into off-topic.

https://collider.com/invincible-fight-girl-comedy-series-greenlit-hbo-max-cartoon-network/ (yes, the article is from 2022, but apparently it's coming out this year)

With Piper, Patterson, Okerlund, and Finkel sadly no longer with us, you'd have to hire some new legends for a second season of Legend's House (you could still have Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Atlas, and Jimmy Hart). Maybe get Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat, Mike Rotundo, and DDP. As for this year's HOF, they'll probably want to get guys who have relatively been scandal-free, so we could get the aforementioned Rotundo, Slick, The Natural Disasters, the Wyatt Family, Ken Shamrock, and Sid, possibly Batista as a headliner if they can get him (if he doesnt want to show up due to the whole situation, just go with Rock).

Who would have thought a guy with the super generic name Big Bill would be in a main event match against Sting? Just shows that a bad name doesnt necessarily mean career death.

No matter how WM40 turns out, it's good to see the logo brought back the Roman Numerals:

Not to mention, Rock never even became President in the show anyway. The cliffhanger for the last episode had him considering founding his own country and there's NO WAY Rock could ever pull that off in real life.

And you just know they'll put the Rock in the Hall of Fame this year just so they can add Roman beating a Hall of Famer to his "accolades".