MikeCampbell

I've been thinking the same thing as far as developmental goes. Instead of just using NXT in Florida, the could set up a few others in other areas. This way, the guys can learn under different trainers and work in front of different crowds, and they won't all work and talk the same. So, if Solomon Crowe seems to be running his course in Florida, instead of the future endeavor, they can send him to another place to continue his preperation.

I think the idea at the time was that the Deadman character had run its course, so it was something closer to the real Mark Calloway.

I second the Teddy Hart ROH mess, especially if you can get your hands on the "ROH Uncensored" release from way back when, which supposedly has footage of the backstage fallout of Teddy's antics.

Norman Smiley's wind-up bodyslam always impressed the hell out of me. The Smi-lay Slam!

Concrete didn't quite tell the whole story, he got about 80% of it though. There was an issue with Brodie and the fan before the chair incident, where he took a swing at Brodie. Brodie had been egging on the crowd, so he let it slide, but then the guy overplayed his hand at life and got knocked the fuck out. Jack Trades and I were joking about it, that out of everyone in that match to try to pick a fight with (Marcos, Cloudy, Loca) he picks Brodie. The incident actually forced 2CW to turn him babyface, because everyone LOVED him for doing that. They booked him to run in and lay out Springate in October, and he got a standing ovation. The whole thing actually kept 2CW out of the arena for eight months, because the American Legion was worried about someone doing something even more stupid and a lawsuit coming about. Sidenote: If the Legion's bar didn't hand alcohol to anyone with a pulse and a dollar, then they wouldn't have issues like this.

Doug Basham vs. Damaja - Loser Leaves OVW, August of 2003.

In what sense? I just watched it via youtube, and I'm at a loss for anything that Kerry does that Jumbo doesn't do better. I found Kerry's best stuff to be his reactions to Jumbo tearing apart the claw arm in the third fall, and Kerry pretty much shits on it by ignoring it moments after it happened. He throws punches and goes to the piledriver without the slightest hint that he was hurt at all. The early matwork, including Kerry countering Jumbo on the mat to get the stomach claw is pretty much all Jumbo, seeing as Kerry isn't known for his mat work.

Hey Will, when you're doing your 2013 MOTY comp, you may as well just earmark a certain number of discs for various Shield matches.

How about Jumbo vs. Kerry Von Erich from May '84 for Kerry's NWA Title?

A guy on youtube used to have a bunch of vids like that, talking about subjects like everyone hating Johnny Ace, Bradshaw being a bully, etc.

I'm not liking how Ambrose is distancing himself from the other Shield members by losing the whole riot gear. Reigns and Rollins still rock it, but Ambrose just wears a plain black top now. sidenote: Not gear related, but the Shield have some awesome t-shirts, I'm surprised they don't wear them on TV to push them.

A babyface will seemingly have won some sort of grueling match, like a gauntlet match or an Elimination Chamber. But, then there's one last entrant who wasn't advertized for the match. A babyface will win a battle royal, but a heel that wasn't technically eliminated, but forgotten about runs back in and eliminates him.

As much as I'm pissed about the way Reigns first loss was handled, the match was insanely fun. The Shield gets a comeuppance, but still get put over huge by whittling things down from 11 on 3 to an almost level playing field. I'm hoping for a Bryan/Ziggler/Usos vs. Orton/Shield 8 man match next week.

I can't explain the thought process of that match booking but Roman Reigns was the best guy in the match and he's well worth the time checking it out. I can't beleive his first loss was wasted on the fucking Usos. Unless this leads to a serious tag title program between them and Reigns/Rollins, and when was the last time the tag titles were really involved in a serious program?

No. When Dusty came out on RAW a few weeks back, my wife saw him and asked if that was Flair.

Holy shit, that sounds awesome. That's the first time I've ever heard of that, I'd imagine its hilarious. The first match on the tape is Razor vs Crush, and Polo points out Mr Fuji, and starts talking about how much he loved Fuji Vice!

I highly recommend seeking out the 1994 version of the Coliseum Video "Bloopers, Bleeps, and Bodyslams." Almost all of the matches are done by the awesome team of Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Polo, and it's obvious they're having a blast.

I thought this would make for some fun discussion. There seem to be certain cases where we see something happen and, with as long as we've been watching wrestling, we pretty much know what's going to happen next. - During the contract signing, the table is getting turned over. - A babyface wins a trophy or award, and the heel breaks it. - The babyface asks the longtime heel for help in his feud, and says he wants him to be his old self. The babyface gets double crossed. - Challenger wins the title match by DQ or count out, and celebrates like he just won the super bowl. What else do y'all got?

Back when the boys and I would go out to Hooters to watch PPVs, we'd have a saying "New gear, he's going over!"

Tag teams not wearing matching gear kills me to no end. Like when Val Venis joined RTC and insisted on wearing white pants instead of falling in line with everyone else.

Corny's "FUCK THE COMMISSIONER!" story from Memphis has gotten somewhat famous in my local indy fed. Whenever the rep from the commission is being a dick, just to do so (which is usually only one or two guys, most of them care cool). That phrase usually gets yelled out at some point.

I think Quack may have gotten a look from the bigs, had he stuck around with ROH. He was offered a spot in S&S inc, with a possible push. But, he turned it down because he "doesn't work as a heel."

According to Barry, he left when Jack and Kendall got busted because the feds were trying to tie him into the operation too. Barry convinced Vince to release him to save the company face.

Yeah, the final spot was awesome, but Cesaro's deadlift superplex was pretty sweet too.

I think Tully and Arn were smart to jump when they did. They got to work with some fresh teams, like the Harts and Rockers, and had a money angle to return a year later. If only Tully had fucked it up.