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Listening to the Ariel Helwani interview and I don't know what was funnier. 1) Ariel saying that he loves MMA because the guys are real in real life and wrestlers still live their gimmicks outside of the business. What do you expect it's been like that forever. The statement totally came across to me that he wants pro wrestling to be real and MMA is his real pro wrestling so he is justified. 2) Ariel comparing Rampage vs. Rashad to Ali-Frazier I. That is a total overstatement as the African-American fanbase for UFC is worlds different than what Ali-Frazier was in 1971 plus that was a cultural phenomenon as it was portrayed as Uncle Tom vs. Black Panther basically which he was saying that Rampage/Evans was echoing that same sentiment. I mean it's hard to push this fight as that when the fanbase there is a good 90% white. All my PPV friends that come and watch WWE & Boxing are black and there is no buzz for this among them at all as they don't get MMA mainly because UFC doesn't know how to market their product to them. 3) Dave mentioning the great African-American stars of UFC such as Anderson Silva.

MMA IS PRO WRESTLING DAMMIT

WWE.com updated the RAW guest host list and June 7th is going to be quite interesting. 5/31: Ashton Kutcher 6/7: Cast of A-Team (Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley) 6/14: Mark Feuerstein (From Royal Pains) 6/21: Pat Sajak 6/28: Khloe Kardashian

Silvervision, the WWE's European DVD Distributor announced the complete matches and details for the forthcoming WWE Ricky Steamboat DVD: The Life Story of the Dragon, which you can pre-order by clicking here:. DISC ONE: Documentary Chapters: Growing Up Training Traveling Mid-Atlantic The Dragon WrestleMania III World Champion Fire Breathing Dragon Mentoring Hall of Fame Legacy Special Features: Ricky’s First Car Mike Graham Remembers Richard Blood Ricky Forgets His Name Having a Positive Attitude World Wide Wrestling – February 16, 1982 Tuesday Night Titans – April 5, 1985 Steve Lombardi Remembers Ricky’s First Match in the WWE The Body Shop All-Star Wrestling – June 22, 1985 Becoming the Dragon… The Three Moments of Truth Chris Jericho Meets Ricky Steamboat For The First Time Tuesday Night Titans – September 10, 1986 Update with Gene Okerlund Superstars – January 31, 1987 Dragon in the Oven Superstars – April 11, 1987 Return from Japan World Championship Wrestling – March 18, 1989 William Regal Remembers Watching Ricky Steamboat & Ric Flair World Television Champion WCW Saturday Night – September 19, 1992 Ricky Steamboat’s Induction into the WWE Hall of Fame – April 4, 2009 DISC TWO: NWA World Tag Team Championship Match Jack & Gerry Brisco vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & Jay Youngblood Starrcade November 24, 1983 NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs “Nature Boy” Ric Flair Boogie Jam March 17, 1984 (Commentary by: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & Matt Striker) Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Cowboy Bob Orton Capital Centre July 20, 1985 Lumberjack Match Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. The Magnificent Don Muraco Maple Leaf Gardens September 22, 1985 Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts Boston Garden August 9, 1986 Intercontinental Championship Match Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Randy “Macho Man” Savage WrestleMania III March 29, 1987 (Alternate Commentary by: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & Matt Striker) DISC THREE: 2 out of 3 Falls Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. “Nature Boy” Ric Flair Clash of the Champions VI April 2, 1989 United States Championship Match Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Lex Luger The Great American Bash July 23, 1989 WCW World Tag Team Championship Match Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko Clash of the Champions XVII November 19, 1991 Iron Man Challenge Match Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Rick Rude Beach Blast June 20, 1992 No Disqualification Match for the WCW World Television Championship Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Steve Austin Clash of the Champions XX September 2, 1992 (Alternate Commentary by: Ricky Steamboat & Matt Striker) Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Chris Jericho Backlash April 26, 2009 The DVD will be released 6/29

Something about the Taz/JR angle that gets forgotten is that JR came up with it as an homage to Gordon Solie who had just died and his angle with Muraco with Lawler playing Roddy Piper.

I could care less about WWE stuff in Ross' book. I want to hear about the McGuirk territory, Mid-South, & WCW stories.

Nulty lives in Florida.

He was a fucking douchenozzle before his attempted retirement but he's gone over the edge since they convinced him to stay by offering him a weekly spot on the podcast.

Lou worked for Joe Blanchard in 1983 and they were as blood and guts as it got at that time period so he was basically a whore to whoever would give him the check.

Windham got his biggest match at Crockett Cup 87.

Luger was red hot as a babyface in Spring/Summer 1988 with Barry red hot as a heel who had just turned on him so there was a natural program to run with after Luger should've won the title off of Flair at the Bash. Then you have Flair without the title which would've been interesting to book as do you put him with Dusty or go back to Sting or even put him with Doc as a feud.

I still think Lex should've won at Bash 1988. He could've gave Flair rematches around the horn until Barry was ready for the main event slot. God damn 1987-88 is a rebooking goldmine.

I think if the fight gets 24/7 appeal on HBO then he talks about it but very rarely will he talk about it at other times.

I hate linking to PWInsider but this is phenomenal. Duggan & Matt Borne having a shoot in the ring in New York in 2010. http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=47497

That would've been.... interesting.... Lawler vs Gilbert on ESPN... Lawler vs. Gilbert did happen on ESPN in 1991 for USWA.

Chimel's been there like 20 years so he has some tenure going on.

Listening to the post UFC show from last night and these guys especially Coughlin saying that Josh Koscheck is the next Ric Flair and the greatest heel of all-time is fucking hilarious.

That was the final straw in their minds after she built up a lot of bad karma.

The best part about the Lawler stuff is that the majority of fans that went to Mid-South Coliseum were black and rooted for him.

Meltzer has been watching since 1970 so he has 40 years.

The perfect WCW mouthpiece would've been Bischoff but that wasn't happening. Flair would've been good too but he would come a month after the angle was killed.

Yeah but is Sims writing the Doc piece, someone besides Dave is going to have to write it for it get published.

Well this is something. http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/05/e...n-espn2-in-may/

LOL @ TNA, tonight is their last night on Mondays as they are moving back to Thursdays starting next week.

It's going to be hard for UFC to go any other network because of Dana wanting total control of every production aspect of the show when the networks want to have their own control as well. Meltz talked about this last night and it's totally true especially with ESPN who when you get in bed with them, your power in production gets usurped almost completely.