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WCW also provided a great follow up the next week: Ric Flair wrestled The Booty Man, with Meng, Norton, and other WCW wrestlers standing guard outside. The Horsemen all kick the dogshit out of him. Gene is all indignant about it, asking Arn how he can do this when he was a victim last week, and Arn responds with one of his greatest promos ever, Benoit and McMichael get a chance to talk, and then Flair cuts his usual crazy ranting promo on Hogan.

I've been watching some SDW (Steel Domain Wrestling) for free on their website. I've really liked Ariya Daivari (younger brother of the more well known one), he's a solid performer and really knows how to get the crowd riled up.

I'm 31, almost 32, and I've always loved wrestling and I think I always will. But, it's just not a priority right now. I've got two kids, (one of which is in school now and having some troubles), my job, and just every day stuff. Five years ago, if I heard about a highly praised match like Ultimo/Atlantis, or an upcoming Cornette shoot, they'd be at the top of my to-do list, But now, I'm excited to see them, but if it takes a year or more, then I'll see them when I see them.

Now I know why Jim is so hung up on the bucky beaver teeth of his.

It's never really nosedived for me. There were periods when I couldn't have cared less about it, Santino's first run, Curtis Axel, Mysterio holding it for no special reason. But, I can think of plenty of times that I've been interested in the title picture. Kofi's first run and that nice mid-card feud with Paul Birchall, Santino and the Honk-o-Meter, Punk chasing Regal, and even recently with Ziggler and Miz.

Doug Furnas was who I first thought of too. Meltzer has said that his powerlifting accomplishments were significantly better than Mark Henry's.

I thought it was complete bullshit.

Bonesaw?

I was also born in '82, but, I always found myself more nostalgic for the '80's and the idea of territories. My uncle gave me a huge stack of old magazines in the early 1990's, going back to the early '80's. So, it wasn't uncommon to see ten year old Mike, reading a seven year old magazine.

I do believe that it's a Scott Keith thing. Austin would do the kick to the gut, and it could completely stun them so he could hit the stunner. When HHH started using the kick, that's when he adopted Kick What Pedigree.

Overall, I thought it was a solid, fun, show, but nothing blow away. The crap was pretty much kept short. Blink and you'll miss Parker/Corbin and Mojo/Bull. I liked the finish of the four way, and it looks like Neville/Zayn is the next big title program, but, like Zero said the first half was sloppy. I thought it was weird to introduce him as KENTA and them flat out announce his new name. BTW, when did Charlotte's finisher get changed from "Bow Down to the Queen" or "Natural Selection."

Does anyone know the logic behind the numbering of the Nitro episodes? I thought that maybe it was supposed to lineup with RAW, so that someone wanting to watch them back to back to compare could find them easily, but that's obviously not the case.

That's always been the story that's been told. Razor signed and told Nash the money and the number of days, and then Nash signed.

I think the answer should be yes 9 times out of 10. I'm OK with the occasional big feud or program not centering around the title, especially if it's between two guys who are already made, and neither really needs the title. But, I think, for the most part, the title should be always be the focal point.

I agree to a point, but, you need the occasional "every man" sort of character. I think that's a large part of what made CM Punk so popular. He wasn't some legit tough guy who could fuck you up, like Regal or Finlay. He wasn't some juiced up musclehead. He was just a regular guy.

Loss, I think this is completely on the money. If it was some CZW/IWA death match worker, then people would be jumping to blame the years of those crazy and insane bumps, and the need for painkillers, and clammoring for death matches to be abolished. If it was Jeff Hardy, then the blame would be strictly aimed at his substance abuse issues.

In 1995 he "resigned" from the Magazine to publish his own "dirt sheet" called The Bite. He published transcripts of Vince McMahon AOL chats and gave away TV taping results. The news was still strictly kayfabed and almost entirely fantasy booking. I don't think it lasted very long. He outed himself as Vince Russo in the Venom column at some point in either 1998 or 1999. I had a subscription from 1994 through the end of 1996, so I missed his official outing. I just remember "Vic Venom" being on Livewire one morning, and then a few years later I saw Russo on WCW TV when he first jumped, and realized they were the same guy.

As far as using wrestling vernacular out of context, I'm guilty of using the phrase "heat" (in the context of having heat with someone) quite a bit.

Maybe he and Virgil can do something together.

Does anyone remember Vic Venom? Even before I knew he was Russo (and I didn't connect those dots until 1999 when Russo put himself on WCW TV), I thought he was annoying. The Venom stuff I'm recalling, from 1994 or so, were basically just the equivalent of reading a heel color commentator, with nowhere near the humor of Jesse or Bobby.

Bret's Timeline is a total 180 from the Piper Timeline. Piper went off on boring tangents that had nothing to do with the topics. Bret goes off a bit, but keeps it somewhat related to the topic, and are very interesting and/or entertaining. Can anyone confirm if Wrestling With Shadows features a scene with Neidhart commenting that at least no monitors got thrown, after Bret punched Vince?

The Flair/Savage feud is credited with WCW's House Show business taking off in 1995. I don't recall many specifics other than Flair beating up Savage's father at Slamboree that year.

I think the Ding Dong's segment with Paul E. is actually going to be on his upcoming DVD. One of the extras is called "Ding Dong Who is it?"

It aired on TV, according to Kris. I'd imagine that, if nobody else, that Steve Friedlander would have it.

I would love to see the episode after Austin's 2002 walkout again.