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Yup RF has a new Mean Gene trailer out today.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/dvdvrs-best-mid-south-wrestling-volume-2-review/ Round 2 of the best of Mid-South wrestling sees the JYD seek revenge against Ted Dibiase and the rest of the Rat Pack, with Mr. Olympia standing by his side. Bill Watts buries the JYD after he leaves for the WWF, Butch Reed dominates a former World champ, Nick Bockwinkel attempts to outclass Dusty Rhodes, plus lots of blood, babyface vigilance, heels being EVIL and wrasslin' in front of hot hot crowds!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/jrandcornetteshootinterviewreview/ Jim Ross, Bret Hart and Jim Cornette come together for a Q and A session which covers why the "Austin 3:16" was almost doomed, how OJ Simpson was responsible for Jake "the Snake" Roberts leaving Smoky Mountain Wrestling, JR's heel turn in 1996, the fake Razor and Diesel,the night Pillman pulled a gun on Austin on WWF TV, Shawn Michaels bombing as WWF champ, the night a Hall of Famer crapped his pants on a live RAW, JR having to fight with Vince McMahon over signing Mick Foley, the Montreal Screwjob, alternative plans for the Hitman vs. HBK, the crazy money Steve Austin was drawing and more!

The download button is/was missing for it over at MLWradio.com. I will listen to this eventually.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/midsouthvol1/ The grit, blood and brawling that personified Mid-South wrestling is on display in the "Best of Mid-South Wrestling Vol. 1". There's no penis suplexes and only one DIVE, but Ted Dibiase, JYD, Paul Orndorff, Bob Roop, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, the One Man Gang, Buck Robley and others are here to fight and wrassle! AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel makes a special appearance, and Bill Watts adds in his expert analysis.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/garyhartoliverhumperdinkshoot/ Managers Gary Hart and Oliver Humperdink come together to talk about their careers - topics include: Why Jim Cornette, JJ Dillon and others were failures as managers, Humperdink fighting with promoters, why Hart pushed bad wrestlers when he was booking, Brody and Abby the Butcher's refusing to do jobs, scripted promos, Hart's heat with Sting, fans with unique weapons, the best and worst wrestlers they managed and more!!

I was shocked to see this ranked so low on the DVDMB voting list. This was great fun, even if it was smoke and mirrors to work around JYD's skills

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/lookatdustyrhodes/ Steve Corino, Baby Doll, Kevin Sullivan and Ivan Koloff come together for a retrospective on Dusty Rhodes' career. Topics include: Koloff working Dusty in their early days in Canada, the Army of Darkness, Rhodes' booking partners over the years, Baby Doll getting heat for dating a jobber, Verne Gagne shooting on Koloff in the locker room, Koloff's wars with Bruno in the WWWF, Rhodes putting himself over while booking, Ron Garvin's run as NWA World champ, Barry Windham's fall from Rhodes' grace and more!

Any idea how this made the list? This might be on a "Best of Mike George" comp, but otherwise I found it to just be a solid affair.

Not in that shoot at least.... http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/territoriesstanhansen/ Stan Hansen covers many topics including: the history of Japanese professional wrestling, his early days in Texas working for the Funks, his feud with Bruno Sammartino where Bruno ended up with a broken neck, why he worked so stiff, his classic bout with Andre the Giant, Bruiser Brody's role as a friend and teacher to Hansen, his brutal matches with Big Van Vader, his controversial run as AWA World champ and the blow up that followed it, Baba's illness and death, the injuries that ultimately ended his career and more!!!

I thought Dibiase's win was designed for Hogan to recapture the title at Summerslam, giving the new PPV a major selling point?

Gave Larry/Bruno a shot and now I definitely will listen to more

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/summerslam88withhonkytonkman/ The Honky Tonk Man takes us back to his WWF run, including stories on Hogan getting him his gig, why his early TV matches were doomed to fail, why the heels hated working with him, heat with agent Jay Strongbow, "breaking" Jake the Snake's neck, Steamboat messing up their title match, his issues with Vince McMahon and Dick Ebersol, how Macho Man reacted to finding out Honky wasn't going to lose to him, the Warrior's workrate, being double crossed by Vince before a national TV show was set to air, his thoughts on the roster top to bottom, Animal Steele molesting Elizabeth and more!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/georgiawrestlingwithmaskedsuperstar/ The Masked Superstar, Bill Eadie, takes us through his early days as a Mongol working in outlaw territories, the Georgia war with Ann Gunkel facing off with the NWA's best, learning to work heel, how and why he was given the Masked Superstar gimmick, Wrestlers taking gimmick prizes and keeping them to spite promoters, why he turned down a WWWF run, stiffing guys who would not sell, the infamous Ole Anderson heel turn on Dusty at the Omni, wacky Ray Stevens stories, Ole attempting a national expansion, the WWF buyout, WCW burning Atlanta to the ground and more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/wrestlinghistory19831984/ The Wrestling War in 1983/84 is gone over month by month in this look at all the noteworthy news, gossip and results. Tidbits include: Ole Anderson's attempt to expand nationally without the NWA's blessing, the Grand Wizard's death causing a break in kayfabe, Mr. T almost heads to Memphis for a Jarrett show, the AWA is attacked by the IRS thanks to McMahon's meddling, the WWF teases a WORLDwide expansion, the Von Erich's draw everywhere - but Papa Fritz doesn't want to leave Texas, The Freebirds locker room fight with two legendary tough guys, Bruiser Brody gets the AWA kicked out of an arena, Bobby Heenan's surprising plans had the WWF not come calling, Buddy Rose plots to screw over Don Owens, Vince running out of money and nearly loses the war by default, the hall of famer the AWA tried to bring in to replace Heenan, and more!!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/smwcornetteqanda/ Jim Cornette does a question and answer session with a crew of hardcore smarks during 1993's SMW fan fest. Topics include SMW's aborted WCW "invasion", the WCW mini movies, the art of cutting promos, a surprising take on "death matches", thoughts on Lucha Libre coming to America, fans rioting, the real Mama Cornette, the ins and outs of running SMW and more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/newjackshootreview/ New Jack imparts his unique perspective on us about his illicit love affair with Terri Runnels, the rumors that he has AIDS, why Mick Foley is not "hardcore", racism, drugs, why he never made it in the WWF, what star blocked him from getting a WCW contract, being offered cash by a WWE Hall of Famer to kill a cop and more!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-ring-dustin-rhodes-shoot-interview/ Rhodes covers in ring psychology, why he loves his Goldust gimmick, who his favorite opponents were, being fired 6 times, the story behind the "Hollywood Backlot Brawl", his dreams of working with Cody, Vince McMahon's many rules for the wrestlers, working with the new breed of WWE/NXT talent and more!

Definitely had some flashbacks to prior vacations when I watched Maryse bitching throughout a glorious vacation while the men sat back and chilled.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/wccwstarwars84/ Kerry Von Erich enjoys a home field advantage as NWA World Champ Ric Flair comes to Dallas to take up his challenge. Kevin Von Erich seeks revenge against Chris Adams in a "lumberjack" match, Mike Von Erich teams with Billy Jack Haynes to meet the menace of Jake the Snake and Gino Hernandez, plus the Fantastics duel with the Midnight Express, and the Freebirds butt heads with Akbar's Army!

Rogers did have a LONG heat segment, and I have to agree overall it was good but lacking the next level stuff to bump it up to great,

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/vadershootpart4/ Vader covers the end of his WCW days, the final offer from Bischoff that Vader refused, his epic Tokyo Dome bout with Inoki, Shawn Michaels sinking Vader's WWF run, being legit hurt by Kane and Shamrock, the Kuwait arrest, his All-Japan career revival along with more in ring action from Japan courtesy of youtube!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/vadershootpart3/ Our trek through Vader's 8-hour shoot interview continues as we hear his memories of his wars with Mick Foley, the incident where Foley lost his ear, their stiff WCW battles, Super Vader clashing with Takada and others in the UWFI, being in the middle of the Arn Anderson/Sid Vicious brawl that ended with both men stabbed and sliced up from scissors, Flair and Hogan using politics to block Vader from the World title, being barred from Nitro tapings, his spin on the infamous Vader/Paul Orndorff backstage fight, his WCW departure and more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/njpwclassics33/ "New Japan Classics 33" featuring Antonio Inoki facing off with Abdullah the Butcher, the Masked Superstar and Bad News Allen. WWF Junior Heavyweight champion Tatsumi Fujinami collides with NWA Junior Heavyweight champion Les Thornton, plus Tiger Mask clashes with one of Mexico's top luchadores, Roland Boch and more!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/msg122884/ We return to MSG for a historic night of action as the first "Road to Wrestlemania" begins as Roddy Piper storms into a Capt. Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper ceremony and causes chaos. The Hulkster battles the Iron Sheik, Jack Brisco competes in one of his final matches as the Briscos grapple with Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis, Tonga Kid and Superfly Snuka have a wild match with Bob Orton and Roddy Piper, top international junior heavyweights the Cobra and the Black Tiger try and win over the crowd, JYD has some unexpected issues with a jobber and more action!