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Always been a Goldberg fan, so this was great to watch. What I loved is the timing of the spears. No Lesnar having to wait around for a few seconds, watching Goldberg spear him like a chump - the second he was in place, he was getting speared again. That little bit of execution made the whole deal work so well

Very sad news, such a horrible disease. RIP

Yeah, Enzo's biggest problem is that, once the bell rings, he's nowhere near as over as when he's talking, which wouldn't be as big an issue for Dillinger. Be another big loss for NXT though, I've read in the past that Tye works as a player/coach, working with the younger talent in the Performance Centre.

End up being a really fun show. Obviously, Douglas isn't in his prime, but they gave him the right opponent in Malen, an experienced head who will work in a load of schtick and playing to the crowd so that Douglas doesn't have to work hard to keep up. Douglas seemed genuinely pleased to be there, which always helps. Jester/McLuskey was a really good main event, felt like both guys complemented the other well, and the undercard was decent. Good6-man tag featuring Martin Kirby, El Ligero, two heels and two referees and a fun Barricade squash match.

This Friday, I'll be going to HOPE Wrestling in Mansfield headlined by Shane Douglas vs Paul Malen and Jack Jester vs Jake McLuskey. I've also got tickets for WCPW in Nottingham with Matt Hardy and Alberto Del Rio

The good thing about this match is you assume it won't be the kind of dreadful "Suplex City" match we've been subjected to for the past 2 years. Goldberg isn't taking 16 German suplexes

I think I'm higher on the Hart Foundation than a lot of people. Then again, I voted Bret as #1 on GWE, so I'm generally higher on Bret than most people anyway.

I'd go Funk, Savage and, to throw two new candidates into the mix, Bret and Regal. Regal, to me, is an absolute all rounder. Bumbling heel dressed like a pirate wench for laughs? Yep. Vicious heel cruelly stretching guys? Yep. Fired-up babyface promising a violent revenge on HHH for assaulting Eugene? Yep. Can work convincing vicious brawls with Finlay as convincingly as working guys over on the mat or doing some comedy schtick dressed as Goldust. Bret is a guy I always found believable in every role he played. Whether working as an underdog against Yok or Diesel, slugging it out with Austin or domineering face ace vs 1-2-3 Kid, Bret never felt unconvincing in those roles. He was a great, virtuous face and made the switch to being a heel without it ever seeming forced or like a massive switch in his personality. Whichever role he had to fill, he was always right for the role and always still felt like the same character.

Ha, hate it when that happens. Had the same thing when I'd been booking Mason Ryan/Rob Terry as my all-conquering Welsh power team....then forgot to book them to win their tag title match, meaning they lost in 2 minutes rather than squashing the champions. Furious. Well, given that yourself, Regal and Hayes are all lords, it does seem awfully vulgar that you have to get physically involved. Surely times aren't so hard that Lord Regal can't afford some staff to prevent you having to sully yourself in this manner.

Unless I've missed a repackaging, who on earth is Calypso Jim and why is he beating Chris Jericho in a jobber match? Also, whilst I am really enjoying all this, I honestly can't believe you booked yourself to attack Sid Vicious

Been revisiting these pods in the last few weeks (GWE nostalgia?), and had forgotten how entertaining they were. Is the DVDVR history podcast still in the pipeline, as I get the feeling that could be great.

The only way Global Force exists these days is that Jarrett and a few others (Dutt, Masters, Magnus) turn up as a package at indie shows and they get branded as co-events. I've got a DVD of a PCW/GFW show, where only 3 Global Force guys turn up, and hilariously they win every match (including one PCW's biggest stars, Noam Dar, putting over Jarrett)

Tom Zenk would be a MASSIVE upgrade over Ziggler (says the GWE Zenk high voter)

Is that Nathan Cruz as in the BritWres guy? Seems like an odd choice to turn up for (I assume) a one-off title shot.

I think there is a New Day link there. On one of the pre-Network UpUpDownDown episodes, Woods was giving out a code to give you a free months trial for Crunchy Roll.

I watched a really great Sheamus vs Titus match from a 2014 Main Event last night, and they were both laying in some great looking punches. Sheamus in particular had really great body shots.

Nope. This is the only time goc and I will agree completely. Rollins is no bueno, especially in this current incarnation. The main event scene with Owens is embarrassing. Owens could be THE babyface on the red brand. He has that talent and charisma. There's no reason that he shouldn't be the "it guy", but instead he's just a supporting cast member in the Steph/Triple H/Mick Foley vanity fair. After last weeks show, where Owens eviscerated Rollins so badly in that backstage segment that Foley had to tell him "That's enough", I thought they'd maybe seen sense and decided to have Owens as the face and Rollins as the heel, especially as he still did that annoying laugh. This week's show seemed to suggest he was turning face, despite the reasoning being "he's annoyed because he wasn't the one who got to cheat his way to the title".

I'm pleased to say you haven't gone mad. I've seen enough Bellomo in enough different settings to know he's terrible, and this is the first time I've enjoyed one of his matches. I think a large part of that is Funk making him look really good, but I think Sal had to raise his game facing someone as good as Funk. I mean, this is a guy who looked wimpy in a match against Bobby Heenan, and here he's all fired up on offence, really focuses work on Terry's shoulder at first. Funk is obviously very generous in the match (maybe too generous? Should Sal Bellomo be powering out of your sleeper?), and for sure his selling and bumping make Sal look better than he is. There's a few bit of business Funk puts in there to add flavour to what could've been a drier match - the bump on the announce table and the argument with the ref. As you said, the fact I watched a near 15min Bellomo match and enjoyed it makes Funk a miracle worker

I love Funk destroying the ring attendant, what a great first impression for people who hadn't seen him before. I'm looking forward to watching the Bellomo match to see Funk work a miracle - I watched the first ECW Hardcore TV last week with 2 Bellomo matches and he was terrible.

I'm sure I'm going to end up thinking of loads of answers, but off the top of my head: Tom Zenk vs Brian Pillman (Wrestlewar 92) Prefer this to Pillman's match with Liger at Superbrawl due to the storyline aspect. The fact that both knew each other so well due to tagging, and the idea that Zenk was stronger but Pillman was quicker, gave it a bit more depth. Kidman vs Mikey Whipwreck (Uncensored 99) Fun PPV opener, and I loved the dynamic of Whipwreck being this big bully cruiser who was wrecking Kidman with top rope back suplexes and wheelbarrowing him face first into the safety rails. I wish that dick bully Whipwreck beasting the cruiser division had been a thing, but he was back jobbing to Scotty Riggs by the next PPV I've also been watching old episodes of Main Event for my blog, and there's been a few gems crop up. The best of which are: Mark Henry vs Dean Ambrose (11/3/14) Henry looks like an utter badass as he stares down all 3 Shield members at the start. Heel Ambrose was so much better than what we get now, more vicious. He hits this great diving punch to the back of Henry's knee and does these great little touches he doesn't bother with nowadays. The Wyatt Family vs Sin Cara & Los Matadores (11/2/2014) This was shortly before the Wyatts/Shield match at Elimination Chamber, and really is a reminder of why everyone was so excited about the Wyatts. They're awesome beasts here, a total contrast to their high-flying opponents, and Bray in particular is so explosive with his offence. The face team are great at timing their comebacks, and look really great in their shine spots. Los Matadores were terrific on Main Event in this time period (there's a Rybaxel match from the same month that's also good), glad they're getting a small push at the moment.

SD Jones was probably initially baffled at how 8 years had passed since your WWF run, and he was still being given the role of designated dancing jobber in an ethnically-themed babyface stable. But then he was incredibly given a heavyweight title match on PPV in the year 1991, and accepted it with glee.

Had no real feelings about Punk going into MMA, until his refusal to shake Gall's hand stating "I'm not here to shake hands, I'm here to punch faces", at which point I though it'd be hilarious for him to get his arse handed to him

Agreed. Like we're just supposed to forget he was bragging about taking out Balor, the actual likable face, a week ago. I much prefer Seth as a heel Bad guys becoming good guys and vice versa where fans put aside what happened a week earlier has been part of pro wrestling forever. If that bugs you than you picked the wrong TV show. And I liked Dan Ackroyd in Trading Places as soon as I saw him getting fucked over by the Dukes. It doesn't so much bug me, I just think it's an interesting situation they're in where Rollins has for a long time been a heel who people wanted to cheer, but is initially feuding with another heel who the fans want to cheer for. The catalyst for it is that he got turned on by a heel authority figure who the fans want to cheer for, and the reason he's annoyed is that he wasn't the wrestler who got handed the title. I think they've been wise in not having HHH on TV this week and by already splitting Rollins from Stephanie, but the bottom line is that Rollins is a ratty, nasal, just-turned face whose two upcoming feuds look to be against guys who are just as likely to get cheered as him. I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

At some point in this new face run, they're going to have to do something to make Rollins somewhat likable. At the moment, he's a ratty entitled brat, who used to be on top due to being favoured by the bosses, but doesn't cut it without those benefits. He's basically Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places before his redemption, only I don't trust the Raw writers to make him as sympathetic.

It's the same "stealing the show" nonsense that made Ziggler such a terrible character. Actually, that's one of the best things about Owens: his goal has always been to win titles and earn more money. It's an easily understandable character trait.