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I did my own WrestleMania using the rules. It took some doing, but I got a decent card. I really got stuck into a corner in a few places, so I made some changes and it is what it is. WrestleMania @ Pontiac Silverdome Ray Charles sings "America the Beautiful" 1. Headhsrinkers vs. Steiner Brothers (9) 2. Christian vs. Chris Jericho (20) 3. Vader & Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Jake Roberts & Yokozuna & Ahmed Johnson (10) 4. Ricky Steamboat vs. Matt Borne (1) 5. Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio (27) 6. Ted DiBiase vs. Virgil (7) 7. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (26) 8. Earthquake vs. Adam Bomb (10) 9. Edge vs. Booker T (18) 10. Mark Henry vs. Ryback (29) 11. Shane McMahon vs. Mr. McMahon, Street Fight (17) 12. Bobby Lashley vs. Umaga, Hair vs. Hair (23) 13. Hillbilly Jim & Little Beaver & Haiti Kid vs. King Kong Bundy & Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo (3) 14. Tag Team Titles: World's Greatest Tag Team vs. Chris Benoit & Rhyno vs. Los Guerreros (19) 15. Terry & Hoss Funk vs. Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog (2) 16. Brutus Beefcake vs. Mr. Perfect (6) 17. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (4) 18. Marc Mero & Sable vs. Goldust & Luna Vachon (14) 19. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart, I Quit (13) 20. Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn, Brawl for All (15) 21. Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy, Extreme Rules (25) 22. Women's Title: Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus (22) 23. IC Title: Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior (5) 24. World Title: Batista vs. Triple H (21) 25. The Rock vs. John Cena (28) 26. Terri vs. The Kat, Cat Fight 27. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Lawrence Taylor (11) 28. Floyd Mayweather vs. Big Show, Anything Goes (24) 29. WWF Title: Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair (8)

One thing that could be interesting is that Bryan joined the Wyatt family to help him get back at the Authority. There is something like the Wyatts help Bryan in the Rumble and the final two are Bryan and Bray. Bray asks Bryan to leave for Bray to win the Rumble, only for Bryan to throw Bray out and disclose the ruse.

Thanks for the Don Muraco mention, Johnny!

What if Hogan was brought in as a special attraction. He was already only on about half of the shows. The Flair and Dungeon of Doom stuff could had been without the title and not been the focus of the show. If they did that and made Dustin the champion and the guy there every week, it could had worked.

Yeah he never would had been as big as Austin but he could had rivaled Sting. Even though the promos were not great his sympathy and charisma in the ring were huge.

He was so over in 1994 though, I think he could had been the man. Just as a working man who does not take any shit. It worked for Steve Austin.

I want to stay more on top of the nominated matches on WKO. It's been rough trying to cram in a year's worth of stuff into a quarter of the year. Make sure I continue on with the Wrestler Snapshot and focus on some guys I am less aware of. I'm currently rewatching all of the Royal Rumbles and doing a top 25 matches article. I want to continue that with other shows like the Clash of the Champions. Finish the lucha set, should be number one! I kind of want to rewatch the WWF in the 90's, at least everything of importance. This may be the one I don't do. Finally, more lucha.

I received the old school Macho Man T-shirt. Best Christmas ever.

Here is my votes: "CATEGORY A" AWARDS 1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD: i) John Cena ii) Kazuchika Okada iii) Daniel Bryan 3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: i) Antonio Cesaro ii) Daniel Bryan iii) Negro Casas 6. FEUD OF THE YEAR: i) The Rhodes Family vs. The Shield & Authority ii) Rush vs. Negro Casas iii) Super Porky vs. Rey Escorpion 7. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR: i) The Shield ii) Killer Elite Squad iii) The Rhodes Brothers 8. MOST IMPROVED: i) Roman Reigns ii) Seth Rollins iii) Cody Rhodes 9. BEST ON INTERVIEWS: i) Mark Henry ii) Zeb Colter iii) Paul Heyman 10. MOST CHARISMATIC: i) Negro Casas ii) Daniel Bryan iii) Shinsuke Nakamura 11. BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER: i) Antonio Cesaro ii) James Mason iii) Blue Panther 12. BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD: i) LA Park ii) Katsuyori Shibata iii) Kevin Steen 13. BEST FLYING WRESTLER: i) ACH ii) Mascara Dorada iii) Adrian Neville 14. MOST OVERRATED: i) Triple H ii) Davey Richards iii) Randy Orton 15. MOST UNDERRATED: i) Antonio Cesaro ii) Sami Zayn iii) Chris Hero 16. PROMOTION OF THE YEAR: i) NJPW ii) WWE iii) CMLL 17. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW: i) CMLL TV ii) NXT iii) Main Event 18. PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR: i) CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar, 8/18 ii) Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. LA Park, 5/11 iii) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi, 8/4 21. BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER: i) Maria Kanellis ii) Zeb Colter iii) Paul Heyman 24. BEST MAJOR SHOW: i) SummerSlam ii) G1 Climax Day Four iii) Money in the Bank "CATEGORY B" AWARDS. 2. BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER: Antonio Cesaro's Giant Swing 3. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC: TNA's treatment of Jessy Sorenson 4. WORST TELEVISION SHOW: Impact Wrestling 8. BEST BOOKER: Jado & Gedo 9. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR: Takaaki Kidano 10. BEST GIMMICK: Wyatt Family 11. WORST GIMMICK: Aces and Eights 12. BEST WRESTLING BOOK: Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screwjobs 13. BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD: Barbed Wire City

I want to touch on your current WWE tag team point. Here would be the current teams: Champs: Rhodes Brothers 1 Real Americans 2 Big Show and Rey 3 The Shield 4 Wyatt Family 5 Usos 6 Mark Henry and Big E 7 Ryback and Axel 8 Prime Time Players 9 3MB 10 Los Matadores So they have a way better tag division now.

It was hilarious you and Lars reaction. However, I loved Akeem, so there was that reaction too. The Twin Towers were a legit awesome tag team.

Greatest news ever? Is that going to cover the current run or only go up to 2012?

This is what I had to say about the Savio Vega match. Goldust vs. Savio Vega for the Intercontinental Title – WWF Raw, April 22, 1996 Dustin continued on in WCW for a few more months, but was fired in March 1995 for blading on pay-per-view. From there he went to the WWF and debuted in September of 1995. He did not show up as “The Natural” we had learned to love, but as a brand new character called Goldust. Goldust, nicknamed “The Bizarre One” was a man dressed like the Oscar award who was obsessed with movies. He was also either gay or pretending to be to play mind games with his opponents. Goldust was so ahead of the times and drew so much heat, they had to tone it down after a few months and even give him a female valet (his wife Terri as Marlena). This is after he has been the I-C Champion and now it’s been tied up after a match with Savio Vega, the week prior. Here is the rematch to determine the true I-C Champ. This match is very basic. Savio Vega shines in the beginning. The middle is all Goldust working over the knee. The ending has Savio’s come back and almost win, however Marlena gets on the apron and distracts the referee leading to a roll up pin for Savio, however the referee doesn’t see it. Steve Austin (who had come to ringside earlier) hits Savio with the Million Dollar Title giving Goldust the win. Dustin playing the Goldust character is a little jarring after him as the natural babyface. His strength is selling and as a heel he has to be the one dishing out the punishment, so it takes something away. However, his taunts and the spot in the corner where he is doing the ten punches and ends it with a kiss are really awesome here. Final Rating: : ** ½

The Brock match is my match of the year.

I would assume that Mistico would be perfect for the upcoming AAA US Show debuting in the spring.

I rewatched the Angle-Benoit Rumble match and those German Suplexes killed me. Talk about overkill.

I wrote a piece on Goldust a few weeks ago and I did watch a Savio Vega match from 1996. It was alright, but nothing special. The thing about Dustin is that he is a great babyface, so his early Goldust stuff run as a heel is working against his strengths. However, I recently watched his match against Vader from the 1998 Royal Rumble and had it at about ***1/2. There probably is more out there.

Akeem and Slick were magic, I agree with that!

Just started listening to this, but Don Muraco had a great Tombstone Piledriver too!

My predictions: I doubt this is what will happen, but I would enjoy this card Randy Orton vs. CM Punk for the Title Roman Reigns with The Shield in his corner vs. The Undertaker Batista & John Cena & Hulk Hogan vs. The Wyatt Family Daniel Bryan vs. Shawn Michaels Brock Lesnar vs. Ryback Goldust & Cody Rhodes vs. Mark Henry & Big E Langston for the Tag Titles Antonio Cesaro vs. Sheamus

In 1998 we had a large group of friends over to watch every ppv. In 1999, they only came over for the big 4. In 2000, they all came over for every show.

So... Rumble win and Mania title win? Or a Streak match with the Undertaker. WWE put over Reigns particularly strongly on both Raw and Smackdown this week. He gave Punk his first TV loss since like February or something like that. I really think a Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker match where The Shield are in the corner of Reigns is going to happen. You have Taker win and Reigns shakes his hand or something at the end of the match and then the Shield attack him turning him face.

One year I wanted Will's Butch Reed set. I gave my parents all the information for them to order it for me. On Christmas Day I opened up an RF Video shoot interview with Butch Reed.

What about Negro Casas, El Felino & Heavy Metal. That is a pretty great family there.

Goldust has been tremendous since his return this year but didn't make the 2006-2013 cut. The criteria, as quoted in the magazine, is as follows: "FSM's 100 Greatest Wrestlers 2006-2013 was conceived to mark the date that FSM first hit the shelves, and our 100th issue. Consistent quality of matches in the period 2006-present was the main criteria, though this was not merely judged on workrate or technical skill, but instead incorporated performance on the biggest stage, ability to work the crowd, and quality of storylines." The main thing missing from that criteria, it seems, is that it is also based on the amount of coverage they got from the FSM itself.