MikeCampbell

Not really the spirit of the question/discussion. Volk Han and Stan Hansen aren't Japanese, but if I were rating the Best Japanese workers from the 90's, I would include both in the discussion. The title is best U.S. worker of the '90s, not AMERICAN worker of the '90's. I see no reason why Bret or Benoit shouldn't be considered, they both worked extensively in the U.S.

Seems like a random time to just close it up. Of course, Will has said he hates giant threads like that, so maybe it finally drove him over the edge.

Holy crow, Bix. How did you even know that? Provided that the kennel from hell match was directly inspired by the Portland match, the only logical explanation I have is Cornette. He's always been a huge tape buff, and used to subscribe to all kinds of newsletters and wrestler fan clubs before he got into the business.

My biggest problem with ROH's first TV show was the constant ads and promos. For as much as people knock TNA, rightfully so, for so little wrestling in their show, Ring of Honor Wrestling wasn't leaps and bounds better. The recap from the Best in the World PPV, the Davey/Eddie recap, and the Lethal clip all could have been jettisoned since none of those wrestlers were on the show.

Honestly, I'm with Ditch on this one. Out of the four categories you mentioned I'd rate them a follows 1. Match reviews and wrestler discussion (Examples: Yearbook threads, HOF discussion) 2. Behind the scenes talk (Examples: Nash not passing a physical, plans for upcoming shows, Punk angle) 3. Gossipy/salacious stuff (Examples: Linda McMahon's campaign, Matt Hardy in rehab, Melina is a psycho) 4. Best/worst stuff (Examples: Jerry Von Kramer threads) But my favorite thing lately, has been the Newsletter recaps. I'm slowly amassing the huge backlog of WON scans that has been making it's way around the interweb, so I'm hoping to get some free time and make a contribution to that area of the board myself.

http://www.rspwfaq.com/2011/09/21/fcw-ftw/ Well Scott has half right. Seth Rollins IS a pretty bad sounding ring name. But it's not TAFKA Tyler Black's real name (it's actually Colby Lopez).

Where to even begin with this one. . . . Look how quick words get out when security is confiscating signs. But a former longtime WWE Diva tries to attend, ticket in hand, and NOBODY seems to notice. Just the fact that she was there should have been INSTANT news. Just the wording makes this reek of someone's bs. What's next, Stephanie suggested that Morrison slap her around to keep her in line?

Unless I'm remembering wrong, Loss, wasn't the only person blaming Henry for Batista's injury Batista? I could almost swear that I read that there wasn't any heat with Vince or managment for the injury happening. Edit: Nope. Bix mentioned that it was in the WON that it wasn't Henry's fault and the company wasn't blaming him. http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?showtopic=5134

Also the same guy who proclaimed that Gordy slamming the cage door on Kerry's head (you know, the angle that set WCCW on fire) was a horrible booking idea.

The two things I gained a new appreciation for in the couple of months I recapped AWA on ESPN Classic for 411 were Boris Zhukov as a worker and Stan Hansen's crazy promos. I've actually never seen his most famous one besides the short clip on the WWE AWA DVD "I'm not in it for the women. . . . ." My favorite one is somewhat ironic, given how he lost the title. He'd had some kinda non finish with Blackwell, and basically dared Bockwinkel to show up in Denver the next night.

Totally. Kobashi/Ki (Team NOAH) vs. Joe/Lethal (Team ROH) makes the most sense to me. Homcide was feuding with Colt Cabana at the time anyway, so they coulda found something to do with Homicide there, or just stick him in Lethal's place in the useless four corner survival that has to be on every ROH show.

Wasn't there an "I can't see shit" chant? Might have been a different match or show. "This is awesome" had just gotten popular in TNA, and Gabe made a post more or less telling people to chant "ROH" and not chants used in other feds. I remember thinking that was beyond douchey, trying to tell the fans what they should and shouldn't be chanting.

I really don't recall much from 10/2. Of course I haven't seen it since it first became available. All I really remember is being annoyed that Joe was teaming up with Ki, after he'd been feuding with 'Cide and Rottweilers all year. It seemed more obvious to put Joe with Lethal and put Kobashi with 'Cide or Ki. Gabe's response was that Joe and Ki were "honoring" Kobashi by teaming up. Yes, because Kobashi's dream partner was one of Joe's most hated rivals. . . . .

I don't think Verne had anyone in '84 that could even hope to be a viable counter to the Hogan/Vince combo. Later on, he had Slaughter and then Snuka who may have been able to help. I think it'd be more accurate to say that the AWA ultimately died because Verne didn't have the right tools to effectively compete with Vince. But it's certainly not because he was still living in 1973. I can only assume folks have that impression because of things like Baron/Crusher winning the tag titles (which itself was only to hand them to the Road Warriors) and Bock's '86 title win, and Bock was still damn good in the ring.

Bumping this after two plus years, because I've been watching a fair amount of AWA lately and wonder what others would have to say about this potential myth. The failure of the AWA was ultimately due to Verne being too stuck in the past and unwilling to change with the times. I can understand that as far as Verne not being willing or able to expand nationally like Vince and Crockett were doing in the '80's. He seemed to be comfortable in his midwest-west coast region, with occasional trips to Jersey. But, when it came to things like angles and gimmicks and such, at least from the mid '80's period I've been watching, they seem relatively up to speed.

I think for a brief time it seemed like Vince thought there could be some business there, but once it was clear there wasn't it was the start of the now hallowed tradition of Vince getting off on humiliating JR. I would guess that Vince hoped that a "shoot" angle, like JR lashing out for Vince firing him twice, would spark interest.

Hindsight being 20/20 and all, it was better than that they held off as long as they did. Not only do they have a much bigger library to work with now, but the name change in 2002 would have wrecked havoc with their programming, between muting all mentions of "WWF" and having to blur out scratch logos and everything.

My friends and I all laughed a bit when Bubba put Mae through the table, and she took more of a bump from it (and it's clear that Bubba is protecting her on the way down) than Terri Runnels had the week before.

I think my issue with Inoki is similar to Loss with PWFG and RINGS. I just can't get into it for the life of me. A few years back a dude made an Inoki/Baba comparison comp. It featured matches of both Inoki and Baba aginst Jack Brisco, The Destroyer, Billy Robinson, and maybe someone else I'm forgetting. The Baba matches blew me away, while Inoki just bored me to tears, they all came off like they were just laying on the mat to kill time. I dunno if everyone was supposed to think that Inoki was being "legit" and be excited by that prospect or what the case was.

COO HHH means no more of the mysterious RAW GM.

I fucking LOVED when the Horsemen all beat the snot out the Booty Man on a Nitro shortly before Hog Wild. It was the week after the nWo had beaten up a bunch of WCW guys, including Arn, so they took their revenge on Hogan's best friend. I also found Flair's heel turn in '99 after winning the title to be pretty "evil" of him, because everyone was DYING to cheer and love him.

Antonio Inoki.

Six foot eight, three hundred plus pound Hogan putting his hands on a much smaller woman is justified?

How about Negro Casas?