Hollinger.

Kongo Kong is crazy fun, too. Glad IWA Mid South is pushing him big.

Current Favorite Wrestler To Watch: Ricochet Last Fun Match You Saw: Shockingly dug Brian Cage vs. Roderick Strong from the last PWG show. I know, I don't get it either. It was basically Cage working as Roderick, with Roderick working from underneath and having to figure out how to beat himself. Didn't go too long, Roddy played the role well, Cage was a beast. Best Friends vs. Candice/Joey, and ACH vs. Ricochet from the same show were good stuff, too. Wrestler You Want To See More Of: I'm gonna drop Danny Cannon here too, just because I want to see him booked everywhere. He's blowing up like crazy, though, so it's coming. I'll add Timothy Thatcher, Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, Biff Busick, and Drew Gulak to that. Last Live Show Attended: Scott County Wrestling last weekend. Decent show, though some of the locals are less than stellar. Marek Brave, Matt Cage, Mallaki Matthews, Christian Rose, Shane Hollister, and Bucky Collins are all worth going for, though. Big 3XW 9th Anniversary show next weekend, with a huge Dreamwave show the next night. Lotta good rasslin. Match You Are Looking Forward To Watching Soon The Most: Jimmy Rockwell vs. Zach Thompson ladder match at 3XW next weekend. Those two are gonna kill it. Matt Cage vs. Chris Sabin at Dreamwave. Cage vs. Gargano from the last Dreamwave show is one of my matches of the year, he's been on a huge roll recently. Last Fun Interview/Promo You Saw: I haven't watched the video yet, so I'm not sure where it's at in there (you should watch the whole thing though... promo video for the 3XW show) but I watched Hype Gotti cut a hilarious promo on Mike Sydal in the parking lot at our last show. Last Interesting Thing You Read About Wrestling: This piece from Danielle Matheson about Chikara. She's a good kid, and loves her some indy rasslin. Last Worthwhile Wrestling Podcast You Heard: Austin's show is really the only one I listed to right now. The Vader interview was fun, even if Austin had to fight to get any questions in. Most Fun You've Had Watching Wrestling Lately: Dreamwave Wrestling. Every month. They're putting on some of the best shows in the country, and not getting enough hype. Rich from VOW was at the last show and enjoyed himself, so hopefully he starts pimping them. ACTUALLY... the real answer is the Metro Pro reunion show last month. My favorite locker room to be a part of, and I'm glad everyone was able to get together again. There should be some exciting news coming from them soon.

Danny Cannon is the truth, brother.

There is a big difference between a squat fat guy and being a lanky flabby guy. I love Hero, but he looks awful there. Most of the guys being talked about in comparison, if you took away the fat, they'd still be big dudes. It was solid mass. Chris doesn't have the body type to get away with it.

Dickie Murdoch also had the good sense to wear higher waisted tights, so his gut wasn't sagging over the top.

Gene Snitsky in clown makeup and Big Zeke under the Freak hood. Shoot Steve Scott and Rob Terry to the moon. Menagerie instantly 800% more interesting.

I don't think that's really what he's getting at. It's not a being original thing, as there are only so many options. But Bryan was lifting a pretty unique sequence directly from Briscoe. He did it well, and I don't think it's a point against Bryan, it's more about giving Briscoe credit too.

Anybody got a copy of this they'd be willing to lend a dude? I've been trying to find a copy off and on for a long time, and nothing ever comes up other than the ridiculous used copies on Amazon for $1000+.

He's been perfectly healthy for quite some time now.

There are at least a couple people on that list who were in the country on work visas.

For sure. Though it would be tougher to book as sustained run because one of his best weapons was that he was extraordinarily good at building heat by playing chickenshit and hiding behind his partners and delaying the payoff. He certainly could work around it, but I don't know that he was as dynamic as a guy like Flair who used it more sparingly.

Even being in a lot of indie locker rooms now, I can tell you that there are a lot of guys who won't work with people who are fucked up. And considering the guys that ECW was starting to bring in at the very tail end, Reck and Quack were in that same circle. While it may not be the full story, I can definitely see them hesitating in part because of the locker room culture.

Yeah, it had been mentioned before, but 17 was the first one where they started to really push the idea. And it was several years later before it became the selling point for him.

I've been wondering the same thing. Whether it's to cover for the possibility, or if maybe that's been the direction since the start.

The Undertaker could come to the ring, murder Daniel Bryan, eat his unborn child from inside Brie, and the crowd would be like "Well, yeah, he probably deserved it..."

I can think of three visa situations they're probably waiting to get resolved. I'd say at least Steen for certain. Kind of the perfect way to introduce a dude like him. Doesn't really look like a wrestler, but busts his ass and has charisma out the ass.

Bryce Remsburg is also a guy that fits that mold, albeit on a much smaller stage. I also think Pee Wee Anderson doesn't get as much credit as he should, because his career pretty much ran parallel to Hildebrand. I think he's pretty much the bridge between Young & Hildebrand as far as great referees go.

On the Roku their are still problems with the houseshows , but they did add headers for 90, and 88. So we are still missing 87,85,and 78. Oh nice, I hadn't seen those on Apple TV yet. I'll have to check tonight. Better than nothing, I suppose.

Any Apple TV users able to see if the Clash menu has been added? There are still problems with the house show listings, unfortunately.

This is a man with ideas.

Exactly. I almost never watch MMA live anymore. I just want to be able to look at a card and be told which fights were worth watching, so I know what to fast forward through. I don't want to read three paragraphs about everything that happened in the fight, because I still want to watch the good fights without knowing how it went down.

In that way, I don't know that stars would be the way to go, but at the least something like Skip It, Watch The Finish/This Round, Watch The Whole Fight... I don't know. Something to think about.