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Globe Life Field is a baseball stadium, but one with a retractable roof that won't be open in mid-July. They actually advertise (a lot) that it's 72F at all times. And it had major design considerations for non-baseball events. The configuration on TicketMaster right now is a large floor setup with the ring around second base/shallow center, the stage in right field, and then the seating decks are open between ~first and third base. Add in a few lighting tricks, and it should look like any other show.

This was Cornette saying obviously absurd things so Brian Last could be the straight man. It's like half their schtick. He says all sorts of wacky shit about products they sponsor that are about as sensible as "you never had to goozle somebody in your daily life?" ("This cereal will grow your bald head back! It will increase the length of your manhood!" "No, no, that's not right...")

This one took my breath away. Nobody else led a career like Terry's; nobody else could have.

This is fantastic, and I liked it quite a bit more than the actual Last Battle. That was a good bloody brawl, but this is an excellent wrestling match that turns into something truly wild. I cut out a detailed summary here because you should see it for yourself, but this is the best thing I've seen in a long time, an absolute career match for both guys. At first interesting and then exciting all the way through. The heat just builds and builds until it boils over. I could maybe ding the offbeat finish (note there is a finish here, it's not actually thrown out like it says above) but it completely works in the context and sets up a rematch. I think this could win a GCW 80s poll and finish top 5-10ish in an "all future JCP/WCW". It's the full monty for me. 5*

NBA level (of a two-way contract for half the rookie minimum)

This is definitely the best of a great series and an easy 4.5 for me. Serious question: is 6/16/84 an unlikely candidate for best shows of the 80s? Certainly any show that has an all-time classic in the boot camp match and a semi main this good this should be up there. Even the #3 is pretty good, Adonis/Murdoch vs Samoans. Yes, the rest of it is random house show shit, but still.

Tito debuted in Florida, hit Mid Atlantic for a year, then Georgia twice. In fact Georgia was his last stop before the WWF years.

Tales from the Territories is a flop. It's like Legends of Wrestling but with much worse editing and a terrible soundtrack, and without all the clips.

I was looking through Cagematch listings because someone asked a question on a match thread years ago, and I just noticed that the night after Starrcade 83, Flair was in St. Louis working 2/3 falls against David Von Erich for 36:00. This fucking guy/era.

I'm four years late to the show, but I've been binging it. Some are better than others. But I can't be the only one who thinks Jericho has sounded totally pilled out--probably benzos--on voiceovers the entire time. It's like putting the playback speed on 0.9x. The classic "drunk but not slurring" Xanax presentation.

They worked a bunch of times that summer and fall. Here's a weird one from October that drew 5,500 in Anaheim. "WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels pinned Goldust at 21:00 with the superkick after kissing him; because of the problems with the top rope earlier in the evening, the bottom rope was moved up and the bout was wrestled without the bottom rope."

I liked that, the flip side of 2.9 crazy nearfall wrestling compared to Rhodes/Rollins, by two guys with much better pacing and drama. Not the best of the night but not the worst of the weekend. But I would need to rewatch it.

"That was hard to watch." Shoot commentary.

I think there's more than enough video evidence of AEW being a slop shop. And I did it because it was funny to me. I only watch WWE a few times a year because it sucks ass too, if that helps.

I'm happy to rewatch that one, I just felt like this was a little more well-rounded. And Bianca was noticeably better this year. It is a shame Sasha is stuck in the multi-tag this time around.