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All I can really recall from that time frame is the DX reunion (and 'putrid' is being awfully kind to it, Stiva) and Foley's heel promos. The one thing I'm recalling that's making me laugh is one of the first of the unfunny DX messing with Vince skits, where they've apparently hired male strippers. Dusty Rhodes walks up to Vince to plug his new DVD, and then yells "Maybe them strippers wanna buy one!"

Yeah, this seems almost like a no-win situation for Mick. His return gets hugely overshadowed by the return of Daniel Bryan. I don't think there's any way that he can be a babyface in this role. The GM has to, ostensibly, follow her orders and directives. So, either he turns heel as her henchman or he tries to play babyface, but gets her residual heat because he's following her orders, or he plays babyface as the poor sap working for this evil shrew of a boss, and he gets heat for not having the sack to stand up to her.

Being a longtime Tenzan fan, I'm excited at the possibility of him being booked strongly for a change, since they went to the trouble of the whole angle where he was pissed that he wasn't included and then went on a rampage, leading to Kojima giving up his spot. The only league matches that I don't see him winning are the ones with Tanahashi and Okada. I figure he loses one and the other goes to a draw.

This seems to be famous for Maeda's groin shot, more than anything else. The stiffness is off the charts, and that says something when it comes to Sayama. But, the actual groin shot doesn't look like it's anything too out of the ordinary, they face off after getting stood up, and Maeda's knee catches Sayama low. I'm not trying to say it wasn't intentional or anything, Maeda's loose cannon reputation is well deserved and UWF turfed him over this. But, I've seen similar looking shots, completely accidental in MMA.

Gangrel was totally unlike anyone else they had at the time. The Brood spent most of 1999 getting beaten like drums, but remained fairly over because of the entrance and cool shit like the bloodbath. I think Russo does deserve some credit for D'Lo's longevity. From the time that Faarooq overhauled the Nation in mid 1997 until the Droz accident in late 1999, he seemed to be pretty constantly used. Whether or not he was used all that well is a matter for debate.

There is one missing episode from the year 2000, #366. I believe it's the Kid Rock episode.

More like he'll be holding up a sign in front an armory or rec center where some fly by night indy fed is running that says "Will Book Pole Matches For Food" All kidding, and cheap shots, aside. I think you're exactly right, TTK. It's probably why he goes on and on about how much he hates the wrestling business, while still trying to get hired by wrestling companies. It's like the washed up Randy the Ram wrestler, who made huge money and doesn't have jack to show for it now. I know that's not a perfect analogy, and I have no idea what his financial situation is like.

Meltzer thinks it's partially because major market house shows, headlined by Roman, have gone down a lot. The B-show markets, headlined by Ambrose, have been doing about the same business. I like the timing of the title change, and the way it was done makes a three-way feud between all of them totally believable.

Super Sunday still isn't listed for Roku users. The AWA section of The Vault only lists 1986, 87, and 88 for categories. I had to log onto the website and add the show to my watchlist in order to watch it on the actual TV.

Never heard it speculated that Ricky Morton was the guy who was supposed to take the World Title from Flair but refused and that's how Ronnie Garvin wound up with it instead. Does that timeline match up? Did Garvin win the title around the time that Morton had his thing with Flair? Timeline isn't even close. Garvin won the strap from Flair in September of '87. The Flair/Morton stuff was mid 1986, and it led to several Flair/Morton matches for the title during the 1986 Great American Bash tour. In fact, Garvin beat Flair for the title a few days before the Rock and Rolls lost the tag titles to Arn and Tully.

I think it's funny that they've let F-bombs stay intact. But, they muted Bockwinkel's comment about Larry having a 'goddamn roll of dimes.'

Can anyone confirm if it's the complete show? It seems awfully short, at 139 minutes.

This was fun, at times, but not always that interesting. The only real story to the match was Hart's refusal to tag in, which led to the end of the second fall, and then the match when he finally did get in there. It was ironic to see Spoiler use the claw hold on David, and David fight back with a sleeper. I guess Fritz hadn't yet taught his boys the Iron Claw.

I really enjoyed this, Lewin's worth was very methodical, but never boring. David's comebacks were well-timed, and the veteran, Lewin, always had a quick counter or escape to put David back in trouble. It wasn't until the last minute or so, with Lewin's missed dropkick that led David get the sleeper that it seemed like Lewin was in danger of losing.

Holy crow, this was all kinds of fun! There are only a couple of actual wrestling moves, but, between their intensity, and selling, specifically Curry putting over that headlock and Johnny looking like he was in a trance when he got busted open, they more than make this an enjoyable experience.

Thanks for posting, I was looking for the date!

According to Wikipedia, they're called the Authors of Pain.

I was hoping that the rubber match between Revival and Alpha would be a 2/3 Falls, but with the sneak attack afterwards, and the fact that the Revival just put over Gargano and Ciampa, it looks like they're going in another direction for both teams.

Until this morning when he decided to break off and accuse Kerry Von Erich of being drunk when he crashed his motorcyle (True or not? First I've heard of that) and then call him out for "taking the coward's way out" by committing suicide. Still a shallow idiot at heart, it seems. Funny (not really). He accused Magnum of being drunk when he crashed too.

Check out Jim's podcast with Jerry Jarrett from November or December of last year. They both talked, at great length, about how much they hated living there.

I'll never forget the first time I saw Jumbo and Tenryu against Brody and Hansen, and Tenryu actually got some distance on that back elbow off the top rope.

I always remember Gorilla Monsoon commenting that Skinner would make a good tag team partner for the Brawler.

The 12/19/11 RAW, following the TLC PPV. One of the better RAW openings in recent years, with a promo from CM Punk to celebrate his win, and then bringing out Zack Ryder and Daniel Bryan, who had also won titles the night before, and setting up a main event of the three champions against The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, and Alberto Del Rio. It happens to take place in Philly, so the crowd was already hot just for Bryan, Punk, and Ryder all being champions, and they keep it up for that main event.

Marc's comment about Bill Dundee being the tallest midget wrestler got a good laugh out of me.

BROCK LESNAR vs. ROMAN REIGNS (vs. SETH ROLLINS) Another Goc recommendation, but, I liked this one a hell of a lot more. Reigns still isn't doing the heavy lifting as far as offense goes, but, it makes a lot more sense against Brock. The little bit of offense that Roman shows feels more natural (for lack of a better adjective) this time around. When Brock takes the header into the post, it makes perfect sense for Roman to start teeing off on Brock with his best strike. Roman dodging Brock's shoulder tackle on the apron and pelting him with kicks is another smart moment like that. It's a great example to show that it doesn't necessarily matter *what* one is able to do, as long as they're smart about how they do it, like Roman is here.