MikeCampbell

We've talked about Hogan's antics during the '89 and '92 Rumble matches, don't forget the 1990 one either. Where he thanks Warrior for saving him by eliminating him in a way that appears to be accidental, with Hogan trying to "save" Warrior by going after Rude and Barbarian while they had Warrior on the ropes. And the moron actually bought it, he ran back in and went after Rude and Barbarian.

I dunno about that one, John. Eric was never one to learn from past mistakes, his or others.

If Andre had to only ask then explain this exchange: Andre: I'm here for one reason, to challenge you for the world championship at the WrestleMania. Hogan: Andre, no. It's not happening, man. Don't forget that when Hogan and Orndorf were going to the ring to face Stud and Bundy, Hogan practically shoved Paul out of the way to play to the crowd. It was like one bridgemaid shoving another so she could catch the boquet. I always found Hogan's promo at Summerslam '90 to be odd. Quake and Bravo injured Tugboat who was supposed to be in Hogan's corner. Hogan cuts this promo borderline bragging that he's not going out there alone, because the great and powerful Hulk Hogan needs someone to watch his back for him. And there's another case of Hogan being a jerk. Quake and Bravo injure his friend Tugboat and Hogan is nowhere to be seen. Which goes to show how much Hogan had his back. So when it's time for Hogan to wrestle Quake, he just up and replaces Tugboat with Bossman. It's no wonder Tugboat didn't become Typhoon by beating Hogan's ass. He deserved it for that one.

Vince McMahon and Jim Ross indirectly con Eric Bischoff into giving Hall and Nash $400,000 raises. A nice little nugget from Kevin Nash on the nWo Episode of the Legends Roundtable. When JR announced on RAW and "Diesel" and "Razor" would be back next week, Bischoff freaked out because Hall and Nash weren't under official contract at the time. So Eric offers them an extra $400 grand each to sign a contract. Then kicked himself in the ass (with Hall and Nash standing behind him laughing) when they all watched RAW the next week and saw who exactly Ross brought out.

I would assume that they're trying to put over the wrestler being so damn tough that he's on his feet after taking such a bit beating.

Jarrett was a couple of months away from the U.S. Title, and McMichael was winning it from Jarrett at the final Clash. So yeah, you could argue that Chris was actually the bottom ranked member of Team Piper.

Well he was part of the "greateast TNA match of all time" the 3 way with Styles and Joe from Unbreakable. It is a good match, but I personally thought the two Joe/Styles singles matches from Sacrifice and Turning Point were better.

I discovered SKeith accidentally, when I came across his archive of Coliseum Video rants when doing a google search for something else CV related. It was his second book that turned me off on his writing, it was just so lazily thrown together and full of errors. Including saying that Austin was supposed to win Final Four, and the book came out a good eight months or so after Dave debunked it and his excuse was that he thought he'd read it in the Observer. All these years later nothing has changed. Bix's synopsis of Dungeon of Death shows that. Not to mention his recent blog claims of Magnum's car crash being due to him being drunk, and the recent PWI on JCP's payroll claim. And even if Apter hadn't debunked it, I'd be skeptical about it. You'd think the mags would be a lot more pro NWA and anti all other feds. Not to mention that Bill hosted a video that included clips from Memphis and WCCW, and PWI sponsored a UWF Tournament at one point.

I highly doubt it. Ring of Hell says the same thing, so it's not something that SKeith came up with. But, Dave has debunked some of the stories in Ring of Hell before. The reason I doubt that it's the case is because Uncensored ended with Luger's big comeback to eliminate Savage, Hall, and Nash and then nearly Hogan before Rodman interfered to give the nWo the win. THAT was followed by Sting's appearance and laying out the nWo.

February for Inoki and October for Baba. Chosyu's jump to All Japan in '85 and Maeda and UWF's NJPW invasion in '86 spring to mind as well as they both changed the style of matches in Japan. Chosyu forced them to quicken the pace, while Maeda forced them to work a more realistic looking style. The '81 Tag League final night, with Hansen's surprise jump. I always liked JD Dunn's analogy that it was the Japanese equivalent at the time of Scott Hall showing up on Nitro.

Probably because Keith doesn't really have a source, let alone multiple sources. It was the same story years ago when Dave Meltzer made it crystal clear that there was never any plan for Steve Austin to win the WWF Title at Final Four. All Keith could say was "I thought that's what I read in the WON."

Bill Apter sets Scooter straight about the PWI mags being on Crockett's payroll.

Didn't softball also factor into Sid's decision to bugger off?

Well, not the whole episode. When Tony and Bobby were talking the Goldberg/Elizabeth stalking angle he said "Jailbird" but yeah, other than that he didn't make a peep.

After watching some 2003 ROH, I don't think anyone is more annoying than Sapolsky as "Chris Lovey." He just recycles the same thoughts show after show, almost word for word. "There's no telling how good Special K could be if they got serious. But they only care about drugs and going to raves." "The Prophecy wants to rebuild ROH in their own image." "CM Punk is straight edge, if you're sitting at home drinking a beer or smoking a bowl, then he think he's better than you!" "Shining Wizard!" (anytime anyone does any sort of knee strike). "Scramble Matches are only one fall, there's no 'I'll let him get the pin and just get the next one'" "Matt Stryker is part of the top 5 ranking system, it's an honor to even be listed among the top 5 athletes in ROH." "Don't forget that great match of the year candidate that wrestler X had with wrestler Y at show Z."

I liked UT's approach myself: "Say what if you sleep with your sister."

Shawn leaving Austin laying a couple of weeks straight didn't hurt either. One thing I've always wondered about, if anyone really knows. Before Shawn's back injury, what was the original plan for the No Way Out of Texas Main Event? I would assume it'd have been Michaels going over Austin to heat up their Mania match.

Why is that, John? From what I've seen of them both, in singles and tags together, Eddie usually looks like the better of them.

"When the side windows glass smashed into my face, arms, & neck, some of the blood that did felt almost angelic. I went from being afraid to die to feeling like I was almost being reborn with some sort of an ABSOLUTE PURE LIFE-FORCE. It was the most amazing thing I've every experience, I felt like I'd just received the blood of an angel flowing inside me-I know this sounds crazy! Due to these, I only have urges to help people. And miraculously, all my vices are gone. Amen Friends, MATTHEW" The only thing I have to say after reading that piece of work, is that he's a fruit loop!

Nice work there, Bix.

In the modern era, I'd say it was the 1/4/99 Monday Night War. The fingerpoke of doom helped seal WCW's fate. When they gave away the RAW results like in the old days and it backfired, it showed exactly how far ahead WWF was than WCW.

The problem with the American Dragon reign, toward the end, was that Gabe was spouting off in every news wire that Homicide vowed to win the belt by Final Battle '06 in his hometown. So, everyone knew that every title defense before NYC was just filler before the big payoff. And this was when ROH started running a lot more shows. I agree with John about why Rikio failed, but in NOAH's defense, it wasn't like they just decided on the spur of the moment that Rikio would be the guy. He had been built up a little bit. Rikio and Marufuji had won a tag tournament in November '04 with Rikio pinning Kobashi in the finals, and the January Budokan show semi final match was Misawa/Rikio going over Tenryu/Koshinaka, with Rikio getting to look dominant and getting the pin. So, Rikio had been built up, he just needed to built up a whole lot more to be seen as a GHC material.

I don't think it was so much Booker T getting turfed that got shit on, but the fact that he never really got any revenge for it. Book and Goldust were losing to the nWo on the house show circuit, and Booker wound up laying down in the tag match the net week, when Nash blew out his knee.

I'm actually impressed. Considering he spent of the bulk of his career in Japan, where he really only had to work in the ring. And then spent the last ten years behind a desk, he actually comes across very well spoken.

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