Johnny Sorrow

I barely watched WCW at all during this time, but I'd try to catch some shit here and there and actually bought the PPV with the Junkyard battle. And I kinda liked the Sid as Goldberg "streak" stuff, as I just imagined that the refs were making counts because they were scared of Sid. And that the fact that he'd make up new numbers every week came off to me as Sid fucking with Goldberg by mocking him, (and the smarky voice in my head was laughing at the fact that Sid's streak was just as legit as Goldberg's made up numbers.) It was terrible TV, but I always felt like I should at least check and see what the fuck WCW was doing at the time. By that time the Monday Night Wrestling get together at my place had switched to a constant flipping back and forth between WCW and WWF to us all just wanting to watch WWF, and I'd occasionally flip.

Freebirds.

That's right, I forgot all about that. It's been awhile since I watched stuff from the set.

Pacific Northwest advantage So, I'm trying to decide if you meant the advantage of coming from a territory where a ton of super talented guys came from, or the awesome stereotype that since he was from there he'd somehow know how a lumberjack would act. I'm going with a mixture of the two. It makes me happy.

I posted this in the Yearbook section, but I wanted to share it more widely. Talking about Matt Borne's run in WCW as "Big Josh", the fact that WCW had Matt Borne and told him to wrestle like an untrained lumberjack is so dumb. But how good was Borne considering that he could actually do that, and be convincing?

The fact that WCW had Matt Borne and told him to wrestle like an untrained lumberjack is so dumb. But how good was Borne considering that he could actually do that, and be convincing?

Without me digging up the Mid South set, is there an obvious reason why JR would have to do new commentary on these matches?

I don't believe wrestling is a case like this. Wrestling doesn't change so drastically from era to era that old matches so much are harder to get into. And I especially don't think this is something you can level at PWO posters. Not when you've got guys living in Texas spending their time watching Jim Breaks matches from the mid-70s. Even if what you are saying might generally be the case outside of this forum, it's really unfair to level that charge at people who post here. Maybe not here, or to an extent maybe not at DVDVR, but there are lots of other sites where everything NL said there is absolutely 100% dead on.

I'd imagine so. All of my old shows got put up on I-Tunes. I know Will wanted to work out some tech details with my old producer, but he's been flakey.

When we were 13/14 year old kids when the Unpredictable One would be introduced on TV someone would always say " Well, I can predict one thing. He won't win."

I was seriously laughing my ass off during the Orton/ Shaemus match. The whole "How many different random chants can we do" stuff was fucking great. And "Thank you Big Show!" for him ending the match was priceless. I'm proud of my home state. And as far as the "We are awesome!" one, I took it more as the crowd being smarky goofy than smarky self congratulatory. The only thing the crowd didn't chant during that whole match was "MAURY! MAURY!" Oh and the crowd singing Fandango's theme was the greatest thing I've ever seen. And they kept it up as they were leaving. https://vine.co/v/btWLDKPHT6a That's the best. Oh and this from last night.

What a maroon!

Don't let the door hit ya on yer ass. Edit. Motherfucker. I just typed up a long spectacular post about Mania, and then Firefox crashed. I'm way to tired and I need to go to bed right now, so I can't try to rewrite it until tomorrow. But it DID start with "Hey Matt. Blow me."

Do they think they can be more friendly to advertisers if their audience is seen as more attractive? I didn't see the video, so I'm curious if the takeaway from everyone here was the same as Dave's takeaway. "One of the Millions" was mainly meant as a Rock promo. As in "THE MILLIONS...."

1. I need to see this match. 2. Holy fuck, Gibson looks....awesome. He's my Jesus.

So Smackdown last night was the typical Mania hype show it's been for a few years now, but the thing is..it was a really great hype show. If I was a lapsed fan, or someone who casually watches wrestling now and then, and I caught this show? I'd be buying Mania. It was full of cool hype videos, some cool Axxess footage, and some fun matches. The big problem is that a hype show this good should have been promoted as a "special" or some shit. Instead it was just a throwaway. - Ryback double shellshocked Epico and Primo in a handicap match, Holy shit, it looked sick. - JBL seems to have become one of those Republicans who are now considered moderates thanks to all the culture war/ nuts. He called Mayor Bloomberg his pal and golfing buddy. - I still say HHH's "You made my kids cry, and it made me smile inside because now I have the reason I need to kill you Lesnar"" promo is awesome. - The Andre statue at Axxess is fucking cool. -The Bruno HOF video package is still great, and JBL saying that Bruno has sold out the Garden one more time was some good shit. -FANDANGO got a segment as he's been doing the media rounds and "interrupted" Opie and Anthony - The Punk/ Taker feud recap video ruled. The Flaming Graphic they used for 20-1 with the "1" being Punks arm and fist looked awesome. -Rhodes Scholars and The Bellas dressed as Tons Of Funk was funny. I loved that they actually took the effort to make one of the Bella's fake booty a bit bigger than the other ones. Sandow explaining to the crowd that this spoof was meant to make a statement and that most people don't get the "finer points of satire." made me giggle. And when Tons Of Funk came out all pissed off and ready to fight, they looked bad ass. The matching gear down to the Black Trunks and bling looks great. They're my new favorite tag team, and I'll bet the farm that they're tag champs sooner than later. I figure Hell No drops the belts to Ziggler and Big E, Hell No split up amicably with no feud, Tons Of Funk then take the belts from the heels quickly. - I have a feeling that either before or during the Punk/ Taker match, someone..probably Vince, will make it No DQ/ No countout. So Punk doesn't have his "out" and it ruins his plan of getting Taker so mad he gets himself DQ'd. - I also had a thought that maybe they're gonna do another "Teddy Long Mack Militant" stable thing given that Teddy and Booker keep butting heads, and Kofi and Truth were left off Mania. This could be the heel turn for Kofi that's been rumored/ reported. Then feud them with Tons of Funk for the belts. -Swagger and Kofi had a fine match. Swagger's T Shirt is fucking great for his character, but are they actually going to try and sell it? edit: I guess they are, hahaha.. http://shop.wwe.com/...=1&cgid=swagger

Pete just posted this. Holy fuck, that's the coolest thing in the history of ever.

It could have been a Field House at a High School. Our Field House at my High School, (also in Jersey) was fucking gigantic. I d imagine there were a few more like mine. This show was in Bergen County, which is a wealthy area near NYC, so the "family influence" theory may hold water,

They were calling Paul E a grown man who plays with dolls.

We had a super fun show tonight. I was cracking up left and right. Thanks, Will, Sarp, and Kris...This was a fuckin' funny show, with some great wrestling being watched. One thing we got across well, I thought, was the fact that this AWA set completely destroys the old "The AWA was boring, sucked, etc, etc" trope that's been around SINCE the AWA was still in business. My rankings: 1. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (3/7/87) 2. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (5/2/87) 3. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Super Ninja & Larry Zbyszko (2/21/87) This so fucking ruled. My absolute favorite pro wrestling deal is "Old heels who are now faces against WORSE heels, out-heeling the young/ worse heels". Bock and Stevens doing the old "the ref didn't see the tag" heel distraction bit while Larry and Ninja are getting it fed to them like they're some babyface team is fucking GLORIOUS!!!!! I REALLY wanted to make this my number one, but the Hennig/ Bock matches were just a smidge better. 4. Col. Debeers vs. Jimmy Snuka (Super Gorgeous Liberace's Glove On A Pole Match) (2/21/87) Stupidest Russo before he was around finish ever, but I loved everything leading up to it. 5. Larry Zbyszko vs. Ray Stevens (5/30/87) 6. Greg Gagne vs. Curt Hennig (5/30/87) 7. Greg Gagne vs. Larry Zbyszko (July 1987) PU. This match stunk until the last 2 minutes and then it was over.

It's not like they're hungry. They're angry, mad, and brutal. In the strange world of this"sport", it's something people do. To say biting a cut is unrealistic while guys are doing fucking Irish whips and criss cross spots is just picking and choosing what "unrealistic" shit you like and don't like.

I don't remember this at all but it appeals to my sense of humor. If I'm going down, it's not going to be pretty. Giddy up. Here are the highlights. I don't know about Nash being drunk, but he's clearly goofing around, doesn't give a shit, and it's hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZL8wC8czg

That Perry Como comparison is awful, man. Como first hit it big in the 1950's and managed to stay popular with his audience for over 25 years.

I loved all the build-ups they did on RAW tonight, except for Cena. I LOVED The Rock's promo, though. But I realized that the only match I really don't care much about is Cena/ Rock. Well, after Rock's promo I now really want to see Rock win, but still. I actually think the match is gonna deliver, but I'm just not feeling an emotional attachment to it. I'm more invested in Tons Of Funk and the Funkadactyls vs. Rhodes Scholars and the Bellas. And I thought I was only gonna like Fandango because I love some goofy shit now and then, but now I legit love the guy.

I don't really care for it either. I love the post match stuff with Elizabeth, Savage works his ass off, and the crowd is insane. But I hate that Warrior kicked out of all the elbows, I hate Gorilla's "HE'S TALKING TO HIS GODS!", and I just really hate Ultimate Warrior.