Johnny Sorrow

That leather is made from the skin of old wrestlers . It's a tradition, like the masks.

In the "only in 2018" file now goes the fact that Jimmy Hart is having to go on twitter to refute a false claim that he's going to be attending a KKK rally.

Becky needs new music, or at least an altered version of her current music.

I'd wager neither one gives a shit about winning and losing a fucking wrestling match. Seriously? The Rock is the biggest star in Hollywood and can do whatever he wants, including "losing" a wrestling match; and Micheals hasn't been that guy since 1998. edit: I just realized you were making a joke, but come on.

It just occurred to me, nothing ever in pro wrestling has been cooler than Eddie Gilbert entering while "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer is playing.

I hope they do it note by note. A complete recreation of every move and every HBK reaction down to the pose together at the end. I'll laugh my ass off. Literally like seeing the Eagles live playing Hotel California.

Was that the final nail in that podcast? Manning stinks. Sorry, we're just at early 1983 on the World Cast podcast and Manning has been the fucking worst since we started this last year. He's treated like a top babyface and he's a high pitched, little Jimmy Hart sized ref who wins feuds against wrestlers! He's presented as an honorary Von Erich! I'd guess he was the blow connection, but that's Candyman Ken Mantell. He had to have had pictures of Fritz at a Leather Bar to be featured like this.

Too bad Tony Atlas ruined the payoff by no showing his revenge angle.

"Oldies"? Anyway, looking around online at " hot takes" and opinions on this show reveals an amazing ven diagram of Misogyny and smarky nonsense.

Smackdown this week was one hell of an entertaining wrestling TV Show.

I haven't given a rats ass about this show, but that awesome Taker/ HBK segment on RAW has piqued my interest. Mainly in wanting to see Taker vs HBK, but now I'm interested.

Isn't the story that Joey Mercury was supposed to be there as an agent in charge of timing everything but he got arrested? And that left Cody with another thing on his already crowded plate?

Oh, on our podcast where Kelly, Pete, and I are going over every episode Saldi was a constant source of amusement and jokes. But his last two shots he suddenly becomes ok and then he's gone. I like to think it was cause he pointed out that David Manning feuding with wrestlers was stupid.

That would be Jay Saldi, who at the time was probably the worst announcer ever. But once he's gone and it's just Mercer, you realize that Mercer was even worse.

Billy Gunn isn't average sized. The guy is the same size as Hogan.

I love that Cody Rhodes made the NWA Title relevant again , for however long, by being part of creating the show and making sure it happened. Dusty is smiling somewhere.

Yeah, they played an outdoor venue in Lynn, Massachusetts in June 1985. The Apter mags made a big deal out of it.

I just saw RAW on Hulu all the way through and I'm happy they turned Braun back heel. I hated babyface Braun. They had to do it briefly to ride the short term reactions, but he's a "fucking heel".

I assumed he was referencing Larry's awesome, stoned, and rambling HOF speech.

I love Owens. He's one of my favorite wrestlers. And yeah, you add in the real life family man stuff to his constant bumping, you get a Foleyish face. In what's probably not a coincidence, Foley is one of my favorite performers ever.

Vince only gives certain lines and points and words to push. He's doing a lot back there. It's not like he's reading scripts into guys ears live.

Next PPV is Hell In The Cell. It's the perfect show to do the six man right away, cause the hate filled HITC match for a belt is AJ/ Joe. And if they do a six man in the cell as well, then that's fine as well, cause it's HITC. There's lots of other matches to have besides the Universal and IC. Especially at a show built around a gimmick.

As you've pointed out, we rarely are on the same page. But here you go. Dave at his core is a wrestling fan. If he's so excited for wrestling that he starts throwing stars around like a ninja in a 1970's Saturday afternoon Kung Fu movie, then that's great. Good for him. Who cares, really ? If that really bothers people, then just make your own star ratings. Wrestling is a performance. Everyone experiences it differently.

The Freebirds didn't always wrestle in Six-Man tags. They were spread around the card. So I'd imagine that they still have their solo themes and gear. They'll enter together for promos to Shield music and wearing matching T Shirts, and the six mans will be occasional. They're going to do a six-man right away, but not all the time.

It just occurred to me. It doesn't matter if The Shield are heels, babyfaces, or an Austin-esque mixture. It's now clearly the Roman era, for lack of a better term, and he's never been more universally loved or hated than when The Shield was together. Because that's when he was always fucking cool either way. Same goes for Rollins, and for Ambrose, who surprisingly, never had a heel run. But Ambrose was always hot and cold as far as total coolness factor. But this reinvented Ambrose is pretty awesome so far. I love that they're saving his first promo for later. Cause he's a great promo, and I'd imagine he's reinvented that as well as his character.