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Vladimir Kozlov pinning the Undertaker clean as the proverbial sheet.

Always heard he was a gentle and kind man and sort of a father figure to the wrestlers. I remember Barry Windham talking about Studd kindly but firmly calling him out for wearing the same cowboy boots that he had been wearing while walking out in the streets, and how he should show more consideration for the other wrestlers ... Barry said he really took that to heart.

Just going by the very small number I have met, but one guy I have heard can have a bit of an attitude is Low Ki, however he was an absolute peach with me. Took time to chat with me about where the photo I bought was taken, gracious in hearing me praise one of my favorite matches of his, and just a very sweet man. Also Colt Cabana and Chris Hero were class gentlemen when I met them. Not exactly a household name, but C4/sometime Chikara wrestler Cecil Nyx works on the same floor that I do and he is a great guy.

Am I the only one who went from loving All Japan Heavyweights and New Japan Juniors to loving All Japan Juniors and New Japan Heavies? ( at least 90s era, don't follow much modern Japan).

It's perhaps a comment on how my mind works that it completely made my day to discover that Buddy Rose has his own page on the TV Tropes website. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose

I was actually wondering about this recently, what is the British term for metal things that straighten your teeth? (No cracks about British dentistry, please)

Reminds me of the bit in his shoot interview (first RF one I believe) he was aked for his opinion on Don Muraco. "Good guy. Good weed. *laughs*" Guess he wasn't entirely joking.

I've read (unsourced) that Steamboat had said he kept suggesting to bookers to turn him heel, but they insisted he would only work as a babyface. Is there any period where he would have particularly worked as a heel?

Andre is a classic and has some great matches, but I went with Vader just because he had a few more dimensions to him.

Does this look like the one? Tonga Kid v. Dave Barbie (Roddy Piper comes down to ringside to interfere and JIMMY ‘SUPERFLY’ SNUKA comes down to run Piper off! Tonga Kid is interviewed afterward) WWF TV 11/10/84

If Taylor had delivered promos like "I say, I say that Bobby Heenan is about as sharp as a bag of wet mice." , it would have worked. Except that role should have been played by Robert Fuller.

Great podcast, guys, lots of interesting dialogue.

The squash match with Gary Jackson from 7/4/1992 that I saw courtesy of Rob Naylor and Will gives me nightmares to this day. The most horrifically botched power bomb I have ever seen (yes, even more than Sid in the War Games cage).

There was a match on a Schneider Comp, Gypsy Joe vs. Mighty Inoue (4/27/77) . A complete lack of crispness to it and I loved it, it enhanced the grubby intensity of the brawling.

Dumb question : as far as I know, from his comeback from breaking his leg in 1980 onwards, Jerry Lawler was always a face in Memphis apart from the 89-90 heel turn. Is this correct, or was there any other heel run in Memphis after 1980?

Dustin Rhodes vs. Cactus Jack (Falls Count Anywhere) (Main Event 9/6/92)

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Abdullah The Butcher in a singles match.

AWA August 11, 1990 The Destruction Crew vs The Trooper/DJ Peterson The last ever AWA title change, the last significant AWA match.

I enjoyed their quick little 3 way feud in WCW with the Cole Twins and Bobby Eaton/That Guy. Before he was turned into a smiley babyface, I enjoyed Henry as an asskicking JTTS heel, he had a couple of fun matches with Bam Bam Bigelow and somebody else, think it was Bret Hart.

David Manning, FTG.

Hey, Buddy Rose! Was that before or after he gave the AWA title to Nick Bockwinkel?