KrisZ

And the cat is out of the bag.

That number for Capitol Punishment is quite interesting. Meltz thought it was going to bomb hard.

RAW did another 3.2 BTW

We don't know his storyline motivations for coming back last night yet and won't until next week so that is the cliffhanger that they want do to weekly and how that promo goes is key to how this angle moves on. Plus I think we can all agree that he must defeat Cena at Summerslam then move on to other opponents.

The MITB buyrate is the most important thing in this whole situation. If it did big then Punk is a hot property if not then we'll know for sure.

WOW Billy Black back from the abyss. That sounds like quite the match.

WWE video cameras also just happened to be there to record it for TV.

RAW rating was a 3.2 Ouch Babe

Yeah and in that angle, WWE even put his name out as a suspect in the exploding limo.

The great Darren Rovell of CNBC just posted this on Twitter

Just when you think you had all the answers they changed the questions

Meltz is saying that he might not be brought back which I don't believe since they let him shine last night before the injury spot and he is Trips' golden boy

What was an eyeraiser to me is how popular Pawn Stars is. 7.8 million viewers is impressive

PPV buys > TV ratings

The problem with TV is the clipping where Classics is almost always in full.

Why is that?

Brickhouse Brown is a legend among shoots thanks to Highspots

Growing up in the mid 80's in Atlanta you were lucky to be a wrestling fan as you could experience all the announcers from around the country and I likened it to the hometown baseball announcers because all of them had their own special feel. My hometown guy was Solie even after he was forced out by Crockett, Solie was still the voice of Atlanta because he was on Joe Pedicino's Superstars of Wrestling show and Pro Wrestling This Week every week then we got him on Continental. I never embraced the Schiavone/David Crockett tandem although they were fun for what they were but going from Solie to Crockett was quite the difference. I always loved Lance and it was a blessing to get Memphis TV every week because of it's chaotic nature and how he handled the show. Mid-South had the dichotomy of Boyd Pierce/Bill Watts to Jim Ross/Joel Watts and I always loved Ross because he made the show exciting to watch while Boyd was like your grandfather doing the announcing which was fine but he was lost without Bill Watts who actually did most of the PBP to be honest. Ross becoming the main guy for UWF with Michael Hayes as his color guy was one of my favorite announce teams ever because they had the chemistry that few announce teams had. Ross then going to Crockett was odd because they put him on the C shows until he worked his way up. His work from 1989-93 was pretty damn great as he worked with almost everyone and you could tell who he enjoyed working with and who he didn't. I loved his interplay with people like Heyman, Missy, Corny, & Hayes who he had personal connections to while his work with Solie or Caudle was totally different as he was more of a professional because of those two's professionalism. We got Mid-Atlantic which became NWA Pro with Caudle & Johnny Weaver and they came across as these old-time guys who took their calls seriously while exhibiting no foolishness. Bill Mercer was a complete debacle who I thought was a joke as a kid and still do to this day. I always preferred Mark Lowrance who has gotten a bad rap over the years but doesn't deserve it as he was a competent announcer. AWA was the land of shitty announcers so I didn't take them seriously. WWF had some different things going on because Vince & Gorilla were the main two PBP guys with Vince getting SNME/Superstars and Gorilla getting everything else pretty much and with them at that time it really depended on who the color guys were on what you were going to get. Vince mainly worked with Ventura and they had great chemistry together while getting over the product more than any announce team in the company. Meanwhile you had Gorilla who with Heenan was awesome just for the comedy element and I never really listened for the match call just for the comedy stuff with them. Gorilla with Lord Alfred or anyone else was bad because they couldn't play off of Gorilla and you got the worst of Gorilla getting himself over. I'm always going to be partial to Solie just because but when it comes to all-around announcers there isn't anyone better than Lance so if I ranked a Top 3 it would be Lance then Solie then Ross.

If you really want to hate Gorilla listen to him work as a color guy in the mid 90's with Stan Lane on PBP. He was a total douche. Gorilla & Johnny Polo was quite the team as well.

From Wednesday's WON And yesterday

They have been looking to get rid of AAA for a while now and EMLL being back in the fold helped that cause.

I dug the Schiavone/Kevin Sullivan team on Worldwide in 1991 but the best announce team was the Lance/Freebirds team.

I am listening to last Wednesday's show and Chico praising ROH for booking Davey Richards/Eddie Edwards like Rashad Evans/Bones Jones while admitting the angle started before the UFC stuff actually happened saying that ROH booked something great that eventually happened for real in UFC almost made my head explode.

I have a group of 10-12 buddies that come over for PPV's and the like and everything they know about what goes on behind the scenes is from what I tell them. These guys have jobs and families and only watch wrestling for entertainment and don't care enough to look up wrestling news on the internet.

Where is the love for Tommy Rogers. He WAS The Fantastics.