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Were they still taping Rosemont Horizon matches in '85? I want to see Flair vs. Billy Robinson for the NWA title.

These dream World title matches all sound like pleasant little matches, but what I really want to see is Bret Hart trying to get something watchable out of Tom Magee.

Even would have set up Beefcake vs. DiBiase as a match for WM5 with a little something behind it, too, instead of just two guys thrown together. That said...they did want Studd as a B-show main eventer, doing a quick run around the loop with Ted before moving on to Andre, so I can see why he made sense at the time.

While I don't exactly see her being announced any time soon, Bull Nakano was a full-blown member of the roster for several months. If I got to see her work a half-filled Columbus Convention Center at a 1995 house show, she probably worked more than two matches. As far as Japanese women...going by the Tatsumi Fujinami precedent, I think there's a non-zero chance they work out some deal with Satomura if they ever try to buy out or form a relationship with Sendai Girls. Again, I wouldn't say either of these are likely, just that they're possibilities.

Was that an actual promo meant to be seen by everyone or one of those interviews with the enhancement talent that was usually filled on TV by local promos?

Not to speak for NintendoLogic but I'm pretty sure that was his exact point. It's a horrible gimmick for an ostensible star babyface.

Wasn't the consensus that there never actually was any WWE references for him to remove to begin with? Can I get a definitive answer on that? This does feel like a big deal, even accounting that WWE-contracted people are also appearing (Arn, Coachman, Lawler).

I'm assuming Flair-Valentine is 8mm ringside footage a la Flair-Rogers from the same venue. It would definitely be "new." Weird that the rest of that MSG show hasn't turned up since the main event aired on 24/7 years ago, not that it looks like an overly interesting card, but it does have Tatsumi Fujinami and Allen Coage working squashes.

There's film of that Thesz-Valentine match out there, but I'm pretty sure it's not 14+ minutes worth. Big find.

That may have been his first New Japan tour but he and Valiant worked All-Japan at least once as a tag team. This was some sort of talent exchange deal, because Fujinami also came to the MSC to face Lawler that same year. And either that year or the year before, Fujinami did a home-and-away series with the Grappler in Portland over their title.

Sean Ross Sapp reported that Orton is "willing to talk to" AEW, which is quite a bit different than assuming a jump is imminent or even a possibility. Any WWE star who's due for an extension would be stupid not to leverage AEW for all they can, and Orton's no exception. I don't see any real chance of him leaving. He'll get either the raise or schedule reduction that he doubtless wants, or both.

Konnan's match is against the lucha Rambo, working as "The Mercenary." And I believe the Razor match is him in his never-seen-on-TV long-tights gear.

Solie was more divisive among sheet-readers in the '80s than you'd think. Meltzer straight-up disliked him going back to the earliest Observer Yearbooks.

Reading comprehension, anyone? Has anyone "shit talked" Excalibur as an announcer? Anyone at all? Gordon Solie was a tangible and proven draw as a wrestling announcer--many complaints to TBS after Black Saturday were from fans wanting not Georgia or World Championship Wrestling back, but their "Gordon Solie wrestling." I'm not sure JR is all that far off from the level of '80s Solie, especially if he's used properly.

I feel like Ross has too much name value to be dismissed entirely, but keep him in some sort of Gordon Solie-in-1990-WCW type role, doing "Ross Reports" or sitting in on certain matches, instead of making him the face of the broadcast.

Excalibur is not a known commodity with me in the slightest, and I'm with CS here. The name is dumb for an announcer. AEW should be striving to be above doing stupid shit we saw on Raw and on indy shows.

Meltzer flat-out said on the front page of f4wonline that this was the plan all along and it's not because of Braun not being cleared.

Don't know how Jericho keeps doing it. That's match of the night so far.

I'm not sure who was arguing this, in a general sense. Or as a wise man once said, just because we don't care doesn't mean we don't understand.

Some of us are the farthest thing from indie fans, "extremely" or otherwise, but still have some vague interest in AEW, as I think my posts here will flesh out pretty conclusively. Are we allowed to be that?

Second question dodged. That'll do it for me, and I suspect anyone unfortunate enough to read this exchange.

How do you know that's what happened? Or should I say, that's *all* that happened? Do we know that Meltzer posted this blindly without shooting a text to Cody or a Young Buck, who we know he's close with?