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ROH has only sold 398 tickets for Final Battle. Their biggest show of the year. It's in 3 weeks.

Jericho using French in promos isn't a novelty thing. I remember attending a WWE house show in Quebec City in 2002 and he was telling us "Fermez la bouche!" (Shut up!) to start his promo. It was pretty funny in hindsight and I love that Jericho keeps using this right now. It's now become so weird here in Quebec now that the separatist movement has lost a lot of its luster to see that now, that save movement is picking up in Alberta....because of Quebec.

I had 7 of those old rubber figures (LJN I believe was making them back then): Hogan, Orndorff, Andre, Jesse Ventura, Piper, George Steele and Big John Studd

I still think Shayna Baszler is winning the 3-Way Women's match. NXT absolutely needs a major win on Sunday and this could be the most significant.

Interesting dynamic though; NXT needed everything RAW & SD could offer to finally get that first win over AEW. Conversely, RAW & SD has done a bit better with ratings since the NXT invasion angle started. What's gonna happen when everything returns to normal on Monday? Sure, we can say that NXT has gained many eyeballs during the past month but can they stay the course? If I'm AEW, I'm not even sweating this.

I'm probably the only one here on PWO that loves what they've been doing with The Dark Order in the past 2 weeks and I don't care. From the very beginning, we've wanted to have a purpose as to who they are and their end goal is. Now, in the past 2 weeks, we have a pretty good idea of what they're all about. ...So, where's the form for me to fill so I can join?

Magnum solidly settling as the top face in WWF at the moment. What a great match against Stan Stasiak.

Hold on a second...a Jimmy Garvin interview? Was he under WWF contract in 1992?

I can't help but making the analogy about Jim Cornette with Don Cherry here in Canada. Don Cherry got fired by Sportsnet last week for comments that were deemed offensive by the network during his Coach's Corner segment. And from what I gathered on his podcast, Cherry said that what the network demanded in terms of requirement for him to keep his job wasn't sitting well for him. I feel like Cherry did this on purpose to find a way out of this and do whatever he wanted going forward. I don't see Cornette being that different from Cherry in the sense that he rarely apologizes for anything, if ever, and I wouldn't even be shocked to learn that Cornette knew what he was doing and was expecting to resign/get fired. All Cornette truly needs is his Cult of followers that will defend through hell and high water for him to be happy.

You're my new favorite person here, congrats!

I'm legit stunned that Becky Lynch hasn't chimed in on this yet.

Yeah, I think so too. Perhaps for Drew, it was because he had just signed back with WWE so that didn't pan out as they wanted. I don't know about Eli Drake about that time but Nick Aldis turned out to be a pretty good choice.

Oh shit, this one will be fun!

I think it's amplified by the fact that WWE has been at his lowest point creatively in the past 25 years, despite the fact they have the most stacked and potentially talented in the history of the promotion. And because of how bad it has been and how Vince won't seemingly do anything to change course, the impression is that anything remotely exciting in the MNF game will massively exceed anything WWE will put together for RAW. At least, that's my point of view. This wasn't an impression we had during the Monday Night Wars when there were 2 promotions putting a show on Monday nights with football having a bigger chance to eat away at their viewership.

About that speculation, Triple H himself is against it and I don't blame him. What a shitty message you're sending to your viewers that NXT needs Papa H to make them relevant.

I don't even think I'm sure it was Bram/Latimer that she was talking about. I think it was somebody else. As far as I know, Bram and Charlotte split on good terms but I could be wrong.

Ooh, I like your scenario here and it actually makes sense with Tim Storm's character. I could see Storm watching everything unfold with Kamille turning on Aldis in an attempt to help Drake win the title and then, Storm becomes the equalizer and Aldis actually retains over Drake. Given that Storm is the epitomy of the old school white-meat babyface, it'd be logical to have him stay in that role

I understand what you mean here and while I agree that most of Cornette's rants are for more imagery than anything (ex: the Omega stuff), there are some lines that are dangerous to cross. I mean, making paedo jokes in regards to Justin Roberts - especially knowing the role he played with Connor Michalek and what subsequently happened with Connor's Cure -, there are just some things that he just needs to be more careful about.

I'll probably flip between RAW and the MNF game, considering I have fantasy football considerations in this week's game.

That's very plausible. Seems to be headed in that direction.

Probably some castration jokes. I mean, we're now there to pop Vince. "HAHAHAHA, GODDAMN PAL, THIS IS SUCH GOOD SHIT!"

Events for November 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 1984 Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling TV, November 2nd, 1984 Sportatorium, Tampa, FL -First up, Bob Caudle & David Crockett interview one of Atlantic Coast's newest acquisition, Richard Charland. Richard first starts speaking in French and then requires to be known as "Le Magnifique" going forward. Charland hypes up his match with Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White later in the show and promises to soon bring in an ally and go after White & Johnny Weaver's tag team titles -AWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Jerry Brisco beat King Tonga in 8:49 in a non-title match. Charland remained at the broadcast booth to scout this match, as Caudle & Crockett hyped that the Briscos might also be going after the tag titles as well -Gino Hernandez beat Billy Travis in 4:42. Gino brought at ringside a mannequin dressed as Miss Elizabeth and kissed it before and after the match.... -Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland in 11:11. Johnny Weaver was conspicuous by his absence but that was until Charland tried to attack White. There was an accidental contact between White and Weaver that seemed to annoy Weaver but otherwise, they left together after the match -John Bonello beat Henry Janson in 7:40 -Before the final match of the show, Don Kernodle came to the broadcast booth and told Caudle & Crockett that his brother Rocky might have christened himself "The Best Kernodle" but he's as tough, if not more, than his brother. Kernodle demands for this match to be contested as a Last Man Standing Match. Last Man Standing: Don Kernodle beat Darden Wells in 9:51. Rocky Kernodle came out at the end and mocked his brother, saying that beating a chump didn't prove anything....Will the Kernodles have the chance to settle their differences in the ring? *** November 2nd, 1984 Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL -Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland beat John Bonello in 19:52 -Khruscher Khruschev beat Don Kernodle by countout in 14:28 Street Fight: Jack Brisco beat Boomer Lynch after interference from brother Jerry in 21:35 AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship: Bill White & Johnny Weaver beat Mike Graham & Ron Starr in 12:49 to retain when Weaver submitted Graham to the Weaver Lock -King Tonga & Kevin Kelly vs Brett Wayne Sawyer & Hubert Gallant ended in a no-contest at 1:32 when Mike Graham charged the ring when Kelly was about to hit Sawyer with a roll of coins. All hell broke loose and it took a slew of police officers to separate both men. Graham was escorted out of the building, but not before Kelly gave him a cheap shot with a sucker punch! -Terry Gordy beat The Great Kabuki in 21:18 AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship: Jerry Brisco beat Johnny Mantell in 19:38 -Dynamite Kid beat Kevin Sullivan in 9:24 *** November 3rd, 1984 Miami, FL -Dick Slater beat Jose Luis Rivera -Kevin Sullivan beat King Tonga -Terry Gordy beat Boomer Lynch -Bob Orton & Mr. Pogo beat Hubert Gallant & Blackjack Lanza -The Brisco Brothers fight Stampede Rush to a double DQ AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship: Robert Fuller fight Davey Boy Smith to a 30-minute time limit draw to retain the title. Postmatch, Jimmy Golden attacked Davey Boy but Dynamite Kid ran in to make the save and chase away the Stud Stable *** November 4th, 1984 Orlando, FL AWA Showcase: Brad Rheingans beat Tommy Rogers in 6:59 -Don Kernodle & Reverend Jimmy Valiant fight the Gunslingers to a double countout in 13:09 AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship: The Brisco Brothers beat Bill White & Johnny Weaver in 19:58 to win the titles after Jack submitted White to a spinning toe hold Champion vs Champion: Atlantic Coast TV Champion Mike Davis beat Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion Robert Fuller in 10:46 after The British Bulldogs were able to offset an attempted Jimmy Golden interference (who has previously knocked out Tommy Lane with a pair of brass knuckles), allowing Davis to roll up Fuller. After the match, Fuller challenges Dynamite Kid to a match where he'll put the title on the line later tonight - which is accepted by Dynamite Kid! -Bob Orton beat Junkyard Dog in 19:02 with a powerslam -The Masked Superstar & Randy Savage beat Gino Hernandez & Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland in 20:02 -Roddy Piper beat John Bonello in 6:40 AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship: Robert Fuller fought Dynamite Kid to a 30-minute time limit draw to retain. Postmatch, same thing than the previous night; Jimmy Golden attacked Dynamite Kid but Davey Boy Smith ran in for the save and chase away the Stud Stable.

Probably. That's the kind of stuff that only Vince can laugh hysterically at from the gorilla position while everyone is looking for a hole to hide in. Fairly evident now that WWE creative is only looking to save their jobs by pleasing Vince rather than deliver a quality product.

Heyman's first weeks had somewhat some potential but then, he fell right back into the pattern of popping Vince with cuckhold angles and here we are back to square one.

In the process, it also makes Xia Li look like a total badass, which is even better.