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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.

Outside of a really good piece Phil Schneider wrote and the occasional plug in the news section of Cassandro's Art festival shows in London the magazine doesn't really cover Lucha at all.

Negro Casas is criminal low.

I think if DVDR were still doing their 500's he'd be number one. For WKO though I'm not sure. He missed so much of the year.

Wow, that tag match was just awesome. That Goldust face in peril segment was my favourite face in peril segment all year, I think. None of the eliminations were rushed and it all flowed great. I loved this.

For the younger generation of people who use netflix and hulu and don't have cable this will work very well.

If The Undertaker is returning for revenge on The Shield (I think one of the commentators brought that up within the last few weeks) and with Roman Reigns turning face at some point, is there any chance we get Taker & Reigns vs. Ambrose & Rollings at WrestleMania?

I'm really hoping that they are just setting up Bryan-Cena II for WrestleMania. Cena can win the match at TLC and Bryan can win the Rumble. Triple H thinks Bryan is not worthy so they have a match at Elimination Chamber, where Bryan puts his title shot on the line. I don't see what else they could possibly be building to.

Liger Benoit Rey Danielson

I called this earlier in the thread, but I'm glad to see Dave is taking on the issue. It's something that I think is getting overlooked in all the business talk, both in this thread and elsewhere. Wrestling is supposed to be fun to watch, and I don't see the idea that business stays stable no matter what creative decisions are made as a good thing. Still, I feel like 90% of what we get is Vince's moral vision anyway, so this may not be terribly different. The biggest difference may be that there won't even be the tease of a megapush when someone like CM Punk or Daniel Bryan accidentally gets over. The same outside pressure should still be there to deliver good ratings though, so maybe I'm wrong. But again, Hall of Fame arguments for guys who peak in the post-network era will be interesting because there will be very few objective metrics we can use to prove anyone's worth. They have to have good television in this scenario, because if the television sucks then people will just drop the network. The network will go up and down based more on Raw than on pay-per-views, I would think.

I don't own cable and I download and stream everything. For $10 a month on my ps3, I will pay money for wrestling. A lot of people who pirate think the same way I am. That is why Netflix is so popular. It's not that people want to steal stuff, it's just that it's so convenient. Come up with something like Netflix or potentially this WWE Network and people will pay for it.

Well does Roman Reigns have most improved locked up or what? What are the candidates for top rookie, because I have no clue.

I don't have cable, I just download everything. If this is available on the ps3, then I will be very happy.

There is a lot of talent out there right now. I was thinking about how you could make a really awesome card with independent talent if you had a lot of money to waste. If you could, what kind of dream card would you set up? I think I would do something like this: 1. The Young Bucks vs. The Time Splitters 2. John Greed vs. Kyle Matthews 3. Rey Escorpión vs. Volador Jr. 4. Silas Young vs. Chris Masters 5. Luke Gallows vs. Harry Smith Intermission 6. The Overdogs (Josh Alexander & Sebastian Suave) vs. The Briscoe Brothers 7. Chris Hero vs. James Mason 8. Street Fight: Kevin Steen vs. L.A. Park

I cringed at that. I thought Bryan was married, he should know something about women.

That is what I was thinking. You'd have to remove the magic, obviously. Here is what you do though. Clash XII, Sting beats The Black Scorpion, removes his mask and it's Ivan Koloff or somebody else who is legit. Eddie Gilbert appears on the stage as a second Black Scorpion. Saying Sting has many trials ahead of him before he finds out who the true Black Scorpion is. You follow that way, until Gilbert is revealed. As Sting is destroying Gilbert, that is when you bring in Gilbert's monster guy (someone like Vader) to destroy Sting and save Gilbert. Then you go into Vader-Sting matches with Gilbert in the corner instead of Harley.

Weird with WrestleMania being in New Orleans, they are turning Henry into JYD. I mean...his finish has been The Thump for like...ever. Oh my, are they going to do a blinding angle with Heath Slater and 3MB?

Weird with WrestleMania being in New Orleans, they are turning Henry into JYD. Also, Big E. vs. Roman Reigns needs to headline WrestleMania 31.

The match was alright, it was clearly just there to make Reigns a star, which I hope it did. Way too rushed. Cesaro and Goldust both looked great. EDIT: Now I have to rewatch this. I was talking to my brother on the phone and it didn't have my full attention. I must had missed something.