Flyin' Brian

That does suck. Hope he makes a quick recovery.

Anybody see pics of Aires eye after he got kicked by Nakamura? That was nasty.

You're welcome. Glad I could help. Should I post the links for the other parts? Looks like the last one (part 5) was posted about 3 months ago.

Thought this was the best place to post about a subreddit I found discussing the Rise of the WWE. Posted about 6 months ago, it's actually about Vince McMahon's purchase of the WWF and it's rise in the early 80's. I just finished part 2 and it's been a pretty good read so far. It's not sourced, but I have seen comments pointing out anything that may be off. Would be interested in hearing what anyone else thought of it. Are there any good books or articles that go into this time in detail? https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4epsby/rise_of_the_wwe_a_timeline_of_vince_mcmahons/

Great job guys. Where The Big Boys Play was my introduction to this site and still my favorite podcast. I always look forward to it. Thanks again for all you do.

I've got the Pat Patterson episode waiting on my phone, been trying to catch up on my podcast listening. Definitely interested in the Missy Hyatt one too.

I wonder if ESPN would be interested in getting back in the wrestling game and having a program again like the AWA/GWF shows?

News to me, but it's possible. Had Directv (formerly Primestar) at my parents' house starting in 1998 and I don't remember seeing it. Ok, looks like it was a special PPV version of Nitro they started in Mid 1998: DIRECT TV PPV DEBUTS WCW began their "Backstage Nitro Blast" for Direct TV susbcribers. It's a $4.99 PPV where the day after each PPV viewers can see Nitro commercial free with exclusive features. During commercials WCW aired interviews conducted by Lee Marshall and others with Malenko and Juventud.

News to me, but it's possible. Had Directv (formerly Primestar) at my parents' house starting in 1998 and I don't remember seeing it.

I think part of it had to do with the logo they came up with, and to make sure no one was confused thinking this had anything to do with Global Force Wrestling.

Guess since he already debuted in NXT they decided to go a different route. Tajiri is a welcome surprise. I'm only familiar with half the names on the list, but looking forward to digging up stuff on the rest of them.

So WWE announced a full list of everyone in the tournament today: 1.Kota Ibushi 2.Gran Metalik 3.Tajiri 4.Zack Sabre Jr. 5.Noam Dar 6.Da Mack 7.Zumbi 8.Clement Petoit 9.Fabian Aichner 10.Harv Sihra 11.Gurv Sihra 12.Rich Swann 13.Brian Kendrick 14.Cedric Alexander 15.Akira Tozawa 16.Jack Gallagher 17.Johnny Gargano 18.Tony Nese 19.Tomasso Ciampa 20.Ho Ho Lun 21.TJ Perkins 22.Anthony Bennett 23.Drew Gulak 24.Tyson Dux 25.Lince Dorado 26.Sean Maluta 27.Raul Mendoza 28.Kenneth Johnson 29.Alejandro Saez 30.Damien Slater 31.Jason Lee 32.Ariya Daivari

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn August 20

Pretty sure it was a late 80's episode of one of the NWA Saturday morning shows with sting and eddie gilbert after Crockett purchased the UWF.

Headed to Florida this week heard they have some awesome yard sales and flea markets around where we are staying, maybe I'll get lucky and find a wrestling fan with old vhs tapes. Lol

I noticed those when I was searching last night and have them saved to watch on vacation this week. Thanks. Hopefully whatever WWE has in the CWF library sees the light of day sometime.

It does if you edit the names lol. Eric Kennedy = Kerry Von Erich and Bobby Widowmaker = Barry Windham

Here's the match listings for anyone interested. CWF @ Orlando 9 May 1982 @ Eddie Graham Sports Stadium in Orlando, Florida (United States of America) Sweet Brown Sugar, Barry Windham and Butch Reed defeated Jim Garvin, David Von Erich and Kerry Von Erich CWF @ West Palm Beach 10 May 1982 @ West Palm Beach Auditorium in West Palm Beach, Florida (United States of America) Sweet Brown Sugar and Barry Windham defeated David Von Erich and Kerry Von Erich CWF @ Tampa 11 May 1982 @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida (United States of America) Sweet Brown Sugar and Barry Windham defeated David Von Erich and Kerry Von Erich CWF @ Miami Beach 12 May 1982 @ Civic Center in Miami Beach, Florida (United States of America) Barry Windham and Gran Apollo defeated J.J. Dillon and Kerry Von Erich CWF @ Orlando 30 May 1982 @ Eddie Graham Sports Stadium in Orlando, Florida (United States of America) Barry Windham and Brian Blair defeated David Von Erich and Kerry Von Erich

Was messing around with Booking Revolution (fun little game by the way) and a matchup that happened for me was Barry Windham vs Kerry Von Erich. That got me thinking that would be a great match I think, but it doesn't look like it ever happened. According to WrestlingData.com, they faced each other in tags in Championship Wrestling from Florida in May 1982. Does anyone know if any of those made tape?

I had forgotten about the Hard 10 tournament, but from your description I started having flashbacks to the Dupp Cup. *shudder*

Good wrestlers in bad/weird gimmicks. Brad Armstrong as Arachnaman, Art Barr as the Juicer, Hector Guerrero as Laser Tron. World Wrestling All Stars. Weekly PPV era TNA. Hogan/Bischoff TNA (Jeff Jarrett cleaning a bathroom, Sean Morley comes in after him and you hear Jarrett go 'oh God' cracks me up) NWO celebrity stuff (Jay Leno, Rodman and Malone)

Damn that sucks. If you have a list of stuff you need help replacing I'd be willing to help out too best I can.

Thank you for reviewing these. I really enjoyed the weekly tna ppv's when they were happening. A lot of crap, I'll admit, but to me the good stuff (or so bad it was good stuff) made up for it. Loved Amazing Red, AMW, Raven, XXX, and Styles.

Lol Book it, Danno!

I used to read a ton of comic books, and it got to be the same thing for me there. There were gems here and there, but the majority, especially the events, were just me buying and reading and hoping things would get better. In 2008 I finally realized that the majority of product from the big two (Marvel and DC) were not for me and it was time to move on. I still read the old stuff and I still pick up things that interest me, but they are few and far between. This is what wrestling feels like now to me too, although there isn't a 'big two', it's really just WWE and everything else is on different levels but all below in terms of reach and influence. But life goes on. I'll check out Raw tonight and hope it's fun, but after that I'll go back to the things I really like and enjoy until something else either good or bad enough to interest me in checking out WWE again happens.