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Was at the last NXT house show with Ricky Jackson in Vancouver where the Street Profits closed the show with the announcement that they'd been called up to the main roster. They were hugely over during their match and the closing of the show, and had what seemed to me as genuine charisma. They were certainly able to improvise and deliver spontaneous promos from the middle of the ring. So I pretty much disagree with DMJ on every point. Of course I'm a middle-aged white Canadian guy so my opinion might be suspect?

Outstanding.

Dear Lord I did not expect to see the de Vere theory mentioned here. Can we stay on topic. (The Roland Emmerich film is terrible.)

There are so many venues to cover. It's a neat topic. The three notable Canadian venues do suffer from a paucity of extant footage, but Toronto, Montreal and Calgary all have a long history of professional wrestling being held in those cities. The Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens are gone now of course but as Kelly mentioned the Victoria Pavilion still stands (and it's the one venue of the three I've not been to so I can still fix that!).

The more I look at the list of candidates, the more I think my top ten list would have to have earlier stars on it: Whipper Watson, Gene Kiniski, Yvon Robert - whom in particular is a tremendous regional star with a lot of cultural importance - as well as big modern stars on it. I don't think I'd still vote Bret Hart as number one though.

Earl McCready probably should be considered on a list like this.

I was so happy to find that footage last year. A life well-lived by all accounts.

I hope to help with CBC research going forward, as Mr. Nelson well knows. A fun way to put research skills to use. Encore + is a worthwhile resource, for sure.

Okay, fair enough. I'll definitely find a way to check that out.

That's like saying you've heard Watchmen is good. Or Sandman. Or <insert favourite title>. Doom Patrol is superb.

Jumbo only had seven matches? That's ... interesting.

Visited Notre Dame three times in the past. Happy memories. Today is indeed surreal. This will come off as a mere platitude, but I am glad no loss of life is being reported, and that the fire was supposedly caused by an accident, rather than malice.

I'm pretty sure you were still breathing but I was likewise nearly comatose.

What was the match length? Bring on the main event already.

Much much more whisky.

I need more whisky.

I brought single malt over to Ricky Jackson’s. We win.

I’m not going to make the deadline but am very interested in the results.

I love this match. Most days of the year if you ask me what is the best match in company history, I'd say it's this one. That might be controversial in some quarters as this doesn't have the cachet of being a main event, but I don't care. This match delivered such a great story that it's my pick.

I have a lot of time for Dynamite's time in Portland as a much older fan; as a young kid I saw him in Stampede and WWF, and he made a big impression.

Was enjoyable but Banks really botched a big spot in the middle portion of the match.