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Just watched Outside the Ring.. the Bellas go Surfing. Fluff feature on the Bellas going surfing on a wave simulator.

Timbo, who is the source of that story. By 1995, Badd had already proven himself as a worker. He had a great 1994.

Johnny B Badd vs. DDP (Halloween Havoc 1995) - The build here is that DDP slashed Badd’s tires and Badd missed his US Title shot at Sting on TV. This is the old Austin Idol angle from Georgia that is an all time classic. DDP’s outfit is still horrendous. Great fast start as Badd sends DDP over the guard rail into the fans, puts a bucket on his head and rams him head first into the ring post. Badd works the arm early and I love how DDP keeps pulling Badd’s hair to try and break a wrist lock so Badd slams DDP down by the hair in retaliation to let him know he can play dirty too. DDP turns the tide with a great snake eyes when Badd tried to do some corner punches. DDP’s heat section needs work. They were more concerned with the Diamond Doll holding up the cards instead of punishing Badd. It’s times like these I miss Regal as he is so much better at doing small things to the opponent while getting heat. It isn’t bad work but you have to lower expectations when comparing DDP to Regal. They did build some good heat spots only for DDP to cut him off in a variety of ways. In the greatest spot in the match, DDP loosens his tape and does the old Memphis standard of using the tape to choke Badd while the ref is distracted. Awesome! Badd grabs momentum after an inverted atomic drop and a regular atomic drop but gets dropped by the Diamond Dream. This has turned into a really good match. Great nearfalls toward the end but the end with Maxx Muscle was lame. Still, these guys worked their asses off for a really entertaining match. Not as good as previous Badd matches but another thumbs up in the Johnny B Badd match collection.

Johnny B Badd vs. Flyin’ Brian (Fall Brawl 1995) - Early on, both guys are playing by the rules and it feels like a face vs. face match. I don’t know when it happened, but all of a sudden, Badd has blood on his face. Really pretty wrestling sequences, not unlike what Eddy and Dean were doing at the time with neither man gaining an advantage early on. However, at one point, Pillman just punches Badd in the face and takes over, using subtle heel mannerisms. Badd is able to turn the tide when he connects on his tilt a whirl backbreaker. However, he starts working on the leg and as Bobby Heenan pointed out, he should have stayed focused on the back. I like how Pillman is able to gain control again, even briefly, by punching Badd in the face again. During the stretch run, both guys throw out some big moves including a suplex to the floor and Badd’s dive to the outside. They really play up how evenly matches these guys are and the match plays that up with both guys knocking each other out forcing the ref to make some double counts. I actually like how both guys were willing to work in submission holds even though time was running down and realizing it wasn’t going to work so they had to switch strategies. - - The overtime period leads to dueling sleeper that makes complete sense because they are really playing how much energy these two have used up in the match. They use the final minutes to unload some great moves and counters including the super sunset flip, the crucifix countered into a samoan drop, and a Frankensteiner, Tornado DDT, PIllman thrown into the guard rail and this feels like a total war. The finish was awkward but this was a real great match in a year where great matches didn’t happen very often in WCW. I like the Regal matches more but that is because I think Regal is better at filling holes when working the mat or battling for submissions. I think somebody claimed that Badd was being led by Pillman but I don’t know how you would be able to tell because he looked as good if not better than Pillman.

http://network.wwe.com/shows/wcw/great-american-bash It is now listed in the GAB section. It wasn't yesterday or the day before.

After watching the 1994 PPVs for the P2B podcast, we came out of the shows thinking Johnny B Badd was pretty freaking great. I'll make comments on all of the matches we watched for the project but I am going to jump into his 1995 content next starting with Fall Brawl 1995. I am really curious if he is a guy who was hitting his peak who couldn't live up to his former glory or if we just all overlooked the Badd Man!

About half an hour into it and it seems wrong that Heenan isn't interviewed. I understand that he is sick. It's just sad.

I agree with all of that but my final point is that pre-planned or not, it doesn't affect my enjoyment of a match. Hell, I didn't even know Savage-Steamboat was pre-planned until 15 years after the match. Much more interesting question.... were the Flair vs. Savage matches pre-planned or called on the fly?

I already acknowledged that it would matter to the wrestlers in back.

OK, you seem agitated. if we can get some other shows from other venues that haven't been brought up, I'll let people know about it.

That's already understood. The point made by Jimmy and myself is that ultimately it doesn't matter.

Are you arguing something? Someone was wondering if we would get shows from Philly, Boston or other arenas besides MSG. I am merely reporting.

From a wrestler's standpoint. From a viewer's standpoint, it absolutely should not matter.

Mark henry would have been the first black World Heavyweight Champion long before Ron Simmons.

I don't know who asked but it won't just be MSG shows airing on the network. Old School will have Maple Leaf Gardens from 10/20/84 on March 7th. I don't know if this aired on 24/7 or not. I am guessing it did.

What do you want to call it?

I am reading your post but hearing my voice in my head. Weird!

I have never liked her enough to give one a shot. Make a case on why I should tune in. also, I'll listen to about anything wrestling related so I can keep an open mind on this.

Savage has too many great "performances" for me to trash that style of calling a match. It's also the reason that the DDP-Goldberg match turned out as well as it did. I understand for wrestlers, if that is your craft, it takes a certain amount of pride to be able to say you can call a match on the fly. However, ultimately the end result of what ends up on my screen is all that matters.

Yeah, the search function is still basically useless as a functional tool. I typed in Badd, Johnny B Badd, Johnny B. Badd, Johnny Badd and only a small handful of segments popped up and very few actual PPV matches.

Are you serious? Steamboat didn't get fired. He took time off to spend time with Dragon Jr.

I actually think it could happen very similar to how it went down here. I had a very similar experience with AT&T U-Verse when I first joined that walked the line between comedy and tragedy. I talked to no less than 12 people in 2 days.

OK, yesterday, I was surprised to see the Goldust ... In His Own Words feature. We've seen Mr. Perfect skits, the Blow Away Diet and Loss was telling me about other things he saw on the network today. What have you seen that made you think, "I wasn't expecting to see that!" So far, the unadvertised features I have seen are... Goldust... In His Own Words Brodus Clay and the making of the Brawling Buddies Commercial