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  1. MikeCampbell
    It would have been four years too late, but I think Barry finally getting the big win over Flair would have been a great moment.
  2. MikeCampbell
    Finally watching this 1980 Timeline with Larry. The bullshit is astounding. "I inspired Angle to be come a wrestler!"
  3. MikeCampbell
    An update on it from one of the puroresufan boards states that the plan seems to be for Mutoh and AJPW to produce the Kobashi retirement show and then have Kobashi move into the PWF Chairman role.
  4. MikeCampbell
    I don't think they have much choice but to start another company. Both All Japan and New Japan have spent the last few years focusing on their homegrown talent. What does a guy like Kanemaru have to offer either company, outside of working the annual junior tourny and putting over their junior champion?
  5. MikeCampbell
    According to both the Death of WCW book, and the Monday Night Wars episode of the Legends Roundtable, Hogan didn't want to turn. He only came around to it when he lost leverage in getting a bigger contract because Nitro ratings were way up after the NBA playoffs, and he couldn't claim ratings were down because he wasn't on TV.
  6. MikeCampbell
    The first two that came to mind when seeing this thread were the '04 Foley match and the '07 LMS match with HHH. The problem with Orton is that he's been around for such a long time that there's almost nothing to do with him that won't seem like been there done that. He's done extended runs as both a babyface and a heel and feuded with pretty much every top name on the roster: Cena, HHH, Undertaker, Edge, Punk, Sheamus, Mysterio, and now Del Rio. I think it'd probably benefit his career in the long run to take a few years off anbd go work some indies or in Japan to broaden his own horizons and come back later on with some new names to work with.
  7. MikeCampbell
    Something I've always been curious about, that I actually just asked Bill on FB. The Road Warriors/Fabs match is from the Mid South Coliseum. But I don't recall the Roadies being Memphis regulars? Was this just a one-shot while they were AWA Champions, or was this part of Pro Wrestling USA?
  8. MikeCampbell
    You think Dusty's huge ego would let happen? Lex wasn't considered main event level until he left the Horsemen in early '88. This I can see happening. Magnum and Tully had plenty of history together, although I don't think Tully was considered a World Title threat. Barry was only brought in because of Magnum's accident. He'd been in Florida before that, he'd have probably come in to JCP in '87 when Florida got bought out. But I don't see him coming in as a heel, he'd always been considered Dusty's understudy. If JCP was willing to do a big angle with the UWF boys, then yes.
  9. MikeCampbell
    It's been said before, that the plan for Starrcade '86 wasn't Magnum over Flair, it was Magnum over Nikita in an I Quit match, I'd imagine for the U.S. Title, but I guess it'd be possible to make it non-title since it was such a personal rivalry between them. I do think that Magnum would have eventually gotten the title from Flair, at Starrcade '87 at the latest, but where do they go from there? JCP didn't have a lot of main event level heels, so I don't think TA would have had a whole lot to do with the strap once he got it. Rematches around the circuit with Flair, rekindle the feud with Nikita over the World Title, and what else?
  10. MikeCampbell
    I think that the blown suplex hurt Brodus and his elimination was an audible so he could get checked out. It's way too random to have him be the only one to take a fall on the team.
  11. MikeCampbell
    Cornette says he came up with it as a half joke to his friend Norm Dooley who was doing a newsletter and simply saying things like good match, terrific match, excellent match, etc. So he suggested that Norm do star ratings like TV guide did for movies.
  12. MikeCampbell
    Do the new classic house shows (I think this month is an LA one) on Classics also feature the original initials?
  13. MikeCampbell
    The new Legends Roundtable is all about RAW, and interestingly enough features the famous Mankind Title win, complete with scratch logo and unmuted mentions of "WWF."
  14. MikeCampbell
    The more Greg/Tito matches I see, the more I love the feud. The October '84 MSG show was dullsville, until Tito and Greg had about a five minute match with Greg juicing. I'm getting a couple of '81 MSGs with Backlund/Valentine, including the one where Greg gets announced as new champ.
  15. MikeCampbell
    Loss just described me at age 17
  16. MikeCampbell
    The guys and I cracked up at JBL namedropping various WCCW names, like Steve Simpson. I was half expecting a Bill Mercer or Marc Lowrance mention.
  17. MikeCampbell
    That's funny because Verne Gagne used to namedrop him all the time on AWA TV. Edit: Wow, I had no idea that he was the wrestling coach at my old High School.
  18. MikeCampbell
    Found the exact quote from his review of that show.
  19. MikeCampbell
    Scott once claimed that Dusty wanted to put the title on Steiner at Clash XIV and that Flair actually signed off on it, which was one of the very few times that both of them agreed on something.
  20. MikeCampbell
    The TNA PPV was lots of fun, although the crowd didn't seem that into anything. You'd think that Hernandez/Chavo winning would get a huge pop, but it wasn't anything special. I think the biggest pop of the night was when Chavo namedroped Eddie. Also, Devon being the Aces and Eights guy got a big "Holy shit" from the guys I was watching with, and the "This is awkward" chant afterward had us rolling.
  21. MikeCampbell
    Another one.
  22. MikeCampbell
    I mentioned this show in Bix's greatest cons thread, after Nash's story about Bischoff freaking out when JR said that he was bringing Diesel and Razor back, and giving them huge raises to sign iron clad contracts.
  23. MikeCampbell
    I'd rate this below their Carnival matches from '93 and '95 (although I'd have to have another sit down with former), but this is a worthy addition to the Kawada vs. Taue cannon. Taue pulling out a tope suicida shocked the hell out of me, and I loved the spot where Taue charged himself right into the ganmengiri. Taue had some good shots here, but once they started teaming up and Taue started following Kawada's lead and was just wanting to beat the piss out of people, he got exponentially better.
  24. MikeCampbell
    I also like the Shawn/Sherri pairing, it worked for what it was, which was giving Shawn a little more heat and credibility. This was a fun little 10 minute TV match, which let Shawn do what he does best, bounce like a pinball. I liked the revisionist history on commentary, where Piper KO'd Mr. T at 'Mania II. I loved the booking too, Hart tries to help and only makes things worse.
  25. MikeCampbell
    Nothing really special here, these pale in comparison to the WWF Update. Although the bit where a fan can submit a question is a good idea.
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