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Johnny Sorrow

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  1. See, a Rock N' Roll Express double dropkick "to the chest" is better than any double team move because it worked and the crowds always went ape shit for it. Which is all that matters.
  2. Oh, poor baby.
  3. Yeah. And they were poor and his Dad was counting on selling the purebred pups. Jim forgot to latch the door and the inbreeding happened. I know the story freaks out a lot of people, who have been all "His Dad was a monster!" but that's just how shit was done back then.
  4. No wonder you loved Martel/ Rheingans. You're delirious from lack of sleep.
  5. BAD TOUCH! BAD TOUCH!
  6. Sorry, I can't even fathom that the first title win against the Russians would have been better with the Rockers. That's crazy talk, man.
  7. Johnny Sorrow

    Current WWE

    I don't think this is a spoiler, really...and it's pretty fucking cool given the Dream talk, but I'll spoiler tag it anyway. I'm loving this.
  8. I think he's a better character, and I LOVE Goldust. And I think Dustin's best in ring work was in WCW as The Natural, while Callaway's best work was as Undertaker.
  9. What's the deal with the affiliated channels? When I was in the States a few months ago and I wanted to watch the NBA Finals I thought finding the ABC would be as simple as the ABC is on channel 6 or something like that. Do people recognise the affiliate as the affiliate or do they just consider it the ABC? People recognize whatever channel number ABC is on in their part of the country as ABC. Same with NBC, CBS, FOX and PBS. They are aware it's an affiliate, but it's all based on where you live and grew up. That being said, sometimes you do see that certain networks seem to turn up on the same number channels a lot around the country. ABC is often on 6 or 7, CBS is often on 2 or 10, NBC is often on 3 or 4, and PBS has 12 and 13. That dates back to the days before cable where you only had 2-13 on the main dial and UHF was what you'd switch on and flip through lots of numbers that had nothing but static until you found a station. Philadelphia's UHF stations were 17, 29, 48 for awhile, and 57 started in 1985. These were the stations where you'd find wrestling for the most part. And Kung Fu movies.
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  11. I'd of course say that Runnels is a better wrestler career-wise than Callaway. But as to who's better, Undertaker or Goldust, I gotta go with The Undertaker.
  12. I never get tired of seeing the Rock N' Rolls be the dumbest good guys ever by having Robert demonstrate how a straitjacket works by getting completely tied up in it, only to have the MXE storm the ring and kick the shit out of them.
  13. Grodin is Ole Anderson. A great talent at one time who turned into a bitter old failure as a promoter and a talk show host, respectively.
  14. I just started watching and so far it's Duggan/ DiBiase Tuxedo/ Cage/ Glove match and Magnum TA/ Mr. Wrestling 2 vs Midnights in the losers get strapped 10 times, 5 times per team member, match, where 2 turns on Magnum, Magnum takes the whipping saying he'll take all ten, and Terry Taylor comes in to take the 5 strap shots that 2 would have taken. It has JR in totally awesome mode. He's commentating like he was there live seeing this for the first time, and it's fucking awesome. He never says anything to indicate that it isn't the original call. I can't say enough about this.
  15. Dylan mentioned Ventura getting votes for reasons that aren't related to wrestling, and it got me thinking. I imagine he's referring to being Governor of Minnesota. Couldn't that count under the "Was he a draw?" requirement? He was enough of a draw to get enough voters to make him Governor. He drew the majority of voters. And the main reason was his promo skills during the debates, mixed with his fame as a wrestler.
  16. And the great thing is, it's not like previous new commentary where guys are talking like they're watching something from the past. Ross is commentating as if he was there live and doing commentary.
  17. Larry King was awful. He wasn't a pimple on Frost's ass. He was popular...on CNN. But he was one of those guys that was popular but nobody knew anybody who liked him. He must have had a huge audience, but besides senior citizens, I've never known anyone who was a fan. But back when cable was new, he was on CNN, one of the only cable stations at the time. So he gained a following. He's the Big Daddy of interviewers? Someone else can think of an example. And Letterman originally was kind of weird and "avantgarde" for lack of a better term. Influenced by Ernie Kovacs.
  18. LARRY KING CEREBRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (takes breath)...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  19. Dick Cavett's show in the Sixties was really cool, but he's kinda known as a failure. Larry King did his show on cable and it didn't follow the standard talk show format. He did one on ones in a studio with no audience. We currently have two really good ones. Jimmy Kimmel is hilarious and is slowly becoming the "Man." And Craig Furgeson is outstanding.
  20. FLIK, that's awesome, man.
  21. I just popped it in, and it's pretty great so far. It's like a perfect addendum to the Mid-South set. Edit: Man, the Duggan in the gorilla suit deal is still so fucking amazing. They get all the little details right. They don't just say, "Hey, a guy in a gorilla suit is in the crowd!". Since the show was at a fair, Watts says, "Hey, there's the gorilla from the fair, enjoying the show and reminding the fans to check out the fair after the wrestling."
  22. Well, first of all, Ed Sullivan wasn't a talk show host. He had a variety show that probably had the biggest cultural impact due to all the music acts he broke in on American TV. The Beatles being the biggest example. The night The Beatles debuted on Sullivan, crime rates around the country dropped significantly, as everyone was watching Ed. Carson was the king of late night. Steve Allen was the first host of The Tonight Show, followed by Jack Paar, and then Johnny took over and held court for 30 years. He is considered the big dog that everyone aspires to. Leno has been around forever, had a lot of success, and has a loyal and large fan following...but no one really thinks of him as "iconic". Letterman has always been considered "hipper", even though he's been around forever too. And hasn't really been "hip" in years. I love him, but I don't imagine he plays well outside of America. Tom Snyder floated around for years, and I always loved him. He was kinda awful yet fascinating. His last run in the Mid Nineties was fantastic. Think of Johnny as, say, Oh...Bruno. Or Lou Thesz, maybe. And Jay as Hogan and Dave as Flair. Jay's more popular, but Dave has the "hardcore fans." That old chestnut way of thinking.
  23. Some thread at DVDVR stirred up a memory of seeing Flair, Tully and Baby Doll, Larry Z, and Dick Wohrle on some Philly morning show in the 80's. A bit of looking around, and I found it. I haven't seen this in 27 years, but it's still awesome.
  24. Johnny Sorrow

    Current WWE

    I like that Heyman's "doctor" is a jacked up Vince Russo. And the "THIS IS AWKWARD" chant was fantastic.
  25. It's Punk being a dick. This idea that Miz was a reality show guy who got hired right out of bring on MTV is so not true. The guy was just as much of a life long fan as Punk. Miz learned and trained in the indies, just not in ROH. The guy is a total good dude. He's just a shitty babyface. Punk being whiny cause a guy was being pushed that he didn't like is sour grapes. Boo boo.
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