MikeCampbell

I agree, start with '89

The Hot Poker Up The Ass rating system?

I seem to recall hearing something about Nidia and Noble getting de-pushed at one time because of some heat between Steph and Nidia, didn't one of them call the other fat?

I'm bumping this since it was recently announced that Dibiase's removal from TV is due to him doing a WWE films project (The Marine 2) which puts him in some pretty good company (Austin, Cena, and Kane). I thought it was weird when he was the one who got the battle royal screwjob treatment, since that's typically designed for babyfaces and he's a heel, but then Orton pretty much punted him into a face turn when he comes back (unless they go the Joey Mercury route and just reunite them in six months with no explanation).

Honestly, as much as I hate the role that she's in, I just feel thankful for Vicky that the WWE found a role for her, to help her continue to support her kids and family now that her husband is gone. That said, I find this whole storyline of the evil GM/Commissioner/whatever beyond played out. I'm longing for the days of Jack Tunney, when he just showed up once in a blue moon to make a big announcement. I'm personally hoping that the RAW GM winds up being Steamboat or Anderson, and then they're just kept off TV unless they need to make some kind of big announcement.

This is something that I've been wondering about lately. Who exactly is the best wrestler in the world? The easy answer seems to be Danielson, but is that really the case, or is it just people buying into his hype? A couple of years ago, I'd have said KENTA. But then the best match of his that I'd ever seen, vs. SUWA from 9/18/05, wound up being all SUWA. So I'm stumped, who is it?

Ryan Beyers Review of the book confirms what we all know. I somehow doubt that Skeith will be plugging that in his blog.

Pretty funny for Pearce. He goes from being wished well in future endeavors due to cost cutting, to being the new booker.

He's referring to Cary Silken and Bushwacker Luke.

http://rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=1999 I was scouring the web looking for the ECWA Super 8 results (my best friend worked the show), saw this posted on DOI, and figured it was the usual DOI bullshit, until they posted the link to the story.

Here's the listing for Edge's DVD. A lot of Edge's best stuff was sadly left off, due to the involvement of Benoit.

Totally agreed, Keith. But that mentality was also the norm in those days. Raven put it best in one of his shoots. In the '80's it was all about being a tough guy bad ass. Then the pendalum swung the other way and there were more tape watchers and athletes getting involved.

He told a great story in his book about Vince offering him a job and him turning it down, and on their way out of the restaraunt, Vince took a shot at him (forgetting the specifics). Ask him if there were any hard feelings over that later on when he eventually did go to the WWF.

What's with the WWE burying the guys on their way out lately? First it was Colin Delany getting killed by Dreamer in that Extreme Rules match. And now Cade gets destroyed by Michaels.

Who'd have thought that Cade would get released before Paul London?

Loss is right about Dave's AIDS obsession, I realize this was the '80's but still.

You also forget that the 1990's was a very hot period for wrestling in Japan, and then it tapered off in the early '00's before really dropping down, and business hasn't picked up significantly since.

I've been watching a lot of early '90s WCW lately, and something just occurred to me. I don't think that I've ever seen or heard about when the Hollywood Blonds actually won the NWA and WCW Tag Titles. Did that match ever air on TV?

I'd never heard anything about Horner being part of the MX. I didn't even thinking the Lightning Express were teaming up at this point. I thought it was still Brad and Bob, and the Express came later on.

This isn't anything mind blowing, but it's a lot of fun for what it is, which is your typical heel NWA Champion vs. Local Challenger on fast-forward. It seems like Mero has the edge on Barry with his speed and flying, but Barry uses his experience to overcome that when he catches Mero in the corner and unloads some elbows, and uses his wrestling to keep him at bay with some holds, including a nice sleeper hold, where he puts his feet on the ropes to add pressure. What really makes this stand out for me, are the various openings that Barry gives Mero to reel off some hope spots, such as the suplex reversal, and the sunset flip. And towards the end, Mero starts pulling off a bunch of near falls, and the crowd eats them up thinking he'll pull off the upset. Mero tris for too much and winds up hotshotting himself and allowing Barry to finish him off. It's not as good as Windham vs. Scorpio, but it's a pretty good eight minute match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tea3H0jNyIU

Someone on his blog asked him why he's criticized certain wrestlers and matches for not selling limb work, but when Flair ingored his knee in the Spring Stampede rematch with Steamboat, he didn't mention anything and still have it a high rating. His answer is as follows: "Well, see, there’s a perfectly good explanation, and…WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? … Whew, that was a close one."

I've been meaning to sit down with that match for quite a while now. I remember loving Flair's promo on RAW screaming "A CAGE!" and telling everyone to vote for the cage match.

I honestly think that it could have gotten over if he hadn't been doing it so poorly that it looked like nothing resembling a lethal submission hold. Plus there wasn't any real catalyst to him using the hold other than Angle's use of it in their match. The only real explantion seemed to be 'Hey, Kurt used it on me and it hurt, I should do it too!'

That reminds me of Cornette talking about when Mid South would run in Tulsa. When they were at a big arena like the convention center, it was a very high class type of crowd. But then running the fairgrounds was a total 180.

You're the boss, Loss. So Bix, any other good quotes from the book?