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Wow, sounds promising. I would have hoped this was a case of Prichard actually being embarrassed. The banter oughta be funny though. As a 90 fan at heart, I'm enjoying the Michaels episodes (plus I was a Michaels fan at that time)

Which ones? Keep in mind that Awesome Kong trained in Japan. You've got a point there. Well, I've not past the point of the Kong era, really, and I don't really keep track records anymore (too lazy) but Gail Kim working with ODB and girls like Angelina Love and Cheerleader Melissa already look quite good (ok, Melissa also went to Japan to work with Yoshida, but still…).

Kid Rock playing the intro, mofos. (except Taker showed up on the Anniversary Raw in his old garb, but it could be seen as a nostalgia spot)

Putting a show for the fans. Crazy concept. This. It doesn't matter if I like the style or not, it's just a good thing for pro-wrestling if it's a success. More variety = good.

In WWE and indies, no idea. In TNA, plenty. And honestly, Mickie James is a really, really good worker (not to say Trish didn't bring anything to the table, but she had her best dance partner ever here).

At least they'll be genuine.

Probably because she was already kind of the official voice of the company. Sort of. Bradshaw was just some bully tag team wrestler barely on the rader at this point. People do remember him goose stepping in Germany though.

Well, that and the immortal "9/11 is like when the Federal State attacked my dad !"

Ehh... Am I the only one who considers Trish wildly overrated? There were at least a 5-6 other women during her era who were better than she was IMO, and that's in WWE alone. The point is, Trish was the first true female star of post/late Attitude era. The only two preceding ones were Sable & Chyna. She's a success story and she's a name from when the company was hot.

This is fascinating to watch Jim Cornette in 2008, especially after the great build to Lockdown, shoot-trying to make sense of Russo's idiotic twists, turns and gimmick matches on TV and acting/actually going nuts because of the company. It's kinda like after such a successful PPV, Russo tried his best to fuck things up with his retarded ideas and hotshotting (Angle vs Joe on free TV two weeks after their most successful PPV) and Cornette's frustration actually made its way onto the screen. Since Corny is so great, he makes it work of course.

The wonderful job they did with Asuka being punked out for 95% of the match before winning in a fluke and getting punked out again doesn't inspire you any confidence ? Well, I hope Bliss retains by being a cheap bitch cheating heel. At least, Nia as a babyface can't be worse than her as a heel. Yep. Chyna knew what it was like being ganged up on.

Agreed, although he did use his "celebrity" to propagate hate speech. But yeah, Moolah actually did harm and abuse people.

She was a vile human being and the WWE narrative about her is embarrassing. And dead people don't become good because they're dead, fuck them. See also : Warrior Award.

Oh well, let me take back what I said earlier about the stuff under spoil tags... Wouldn't be preferable. Not as awful, but awful nonetheless. Stephy is the worst.

Luna Vachon being brought to tears simply talking about the various abuse of Moolah in shoot interviews was enough fo me to hate the no-talent bitch. The Mae Young classic was pretty bad, but this is downright offensive, really. Especially when you do your PR around #womensEvolution.

Honestly, yes.

Shark Tsushiya was the drizzling shit. And really, I have a soft spot for Bad Nurse Nakamura, but no Megumi Kudo ? Come on, be real now... I guess you were an LLPW fan, but Yasha Kurenai ? Come on now. And damn, I haven't seen the name Yumi Ogura since, like, ever ! I seem to remember she was quite a good little worker. And those awful luchadoras like Xochilt Hamada & Esther Moreno, but no Ayako ? Yeah, no logic at all, this is random as fuck ! Bitsadze Tariel ? Like, one of the worst guy I've ever seen, anywhere in any context... Still, I'd have loved to have you during the GWE poll. At least it would have brought some variety. And Parv would have gone insane too.

(Well, yep. I take that as a compliment, too.) One of the biggest "never happened dream match" to me was Austin vs nWo Savage in 97. So, that had to be the main event. I've been watching tons of Angle in TNA and I gained a new appreciation for the guy. Him vs Backlund in their prime would have been amazing.

You don't have to pay hommage to someone that's dead. They could have picked any name. They picked Moolah. Ok. They should have the Godfather do the ring introductions on that one. Ya know, pimpin' ain't easy.

WrestleMania Back to the Future - Hill Valley, CA - Marty McFly Stadium - 04/05/2045 Pre-show : Deathmatch : Chris Benoit vs Jimmy Snuka. Special referee : Jose Gonzales. No contest. Main card : WWE World championship : Stone Cold Steve Steve Austin (97 pre-injury) vs Macho King Randy Savage (1990) with Sensational Queen Sherri. Austin wins. You won't get your win back match : Bret "Hitman Hart" (1995) vs Hulk Hogan (1989). Bret wins clean. 30 mn Iron man match : Bob Backlund (1979) vs Kurt Angle (2005). Backlund wins with the cross face chicken wing submission and a score of 2-1 Ladder match for the IC title match (aka "fuck Shawn Micheals") : Razor Ramon (1994) vs A.J. Styles (2017). Razor wins. Falls count anywhere match : Mankind (1996) vs CM Punk (2009, Straight Edge Society days). A very bloody CM Punk finally wins. Women's title match : Charlotte Flair (2017) vs Trish Stratus (2005). Charlotte wins. Tag team title match (aka "I want Chris Candido & Tom Prichard on my card") : The Rockers (1990) vs The Body Donnas (1996) with Sunny (1997). Rockers win. Shawn fucks Sunny in the back while she's putting lipstick on. No DQ match : Diesel (1995) vs Bryan Danielson (2014). Danielson wins. Mixed tag match : John Cena (2015) & Nikki Bella (2015) vs Brock Lesnar (2012) & Sable (1997). Cena & Nikki win after Nikki elbows the fuck out of Sable. Lesnar destroys Cena afterward. Grudge match : Rick "the Model" Martel vs Rey Mysterio Jr. . Martel cheats to win, you know how...

This is the only HoF he'll ever be a part of. Is Kid Kash available ?

#WomensEvolution > Moolah Battle Royal Yeah. WWE. Before. Now. Forever. Dumbfucks and hypocrites. The worst will be all those girls having to talk about how Moolah was a legend and shit and how great she was, while doing the whole "empowering" stuff... That being said, the fact they still do the Warrior award to get some PR charity is probably worse, all things considered. It's crazy how fast people have forgotten how horrible the guy was and the hateful stuff he was preaching for years.

"WWE women's matches are overrated now because people overrate WWE women's matches because it's the new hip thing" of the night : Charlotte vs Ruby Riot. Except it was the best match in the show, and the most compelling. Charlotte was also the best all-around performer of the night I thought. It's not like Ruby wasn't very good herself. A few sloppy spots here and there, but it was the case in every match too, so it's neither here nor there. The shenanigans with the women outside was well done and got more heat. The post-match was cool as hell, as Asuka slapping the shit out of Charlotte was way better than her pointing at the Mania sign, which would have been lame as fuck. Charlotte vs Asuka is gonna be the best match at Mania and haters gonna be haters yet again. Hot opener match of the night : Shinsuke Nakamura vs Rusev Seriously, why the fuck are Baron Corbin & Dolf Ziggler in the main event ? Where the fuck is Lana ? I gotta say Shinsuke still is coasting like a mofo, but considering the abuse he took after years of big matches in NJ, I won't blame him. Rusev was excellent here and actually the better worker of the two, but overall it was a very good, well worked opener. Deaf tone booking to put Nak, who's not over at the Mania Main Event level against a heel that is getting over big time as a babyface. You know, if 97 Steve Austin would work in the WWE today, he would probably be treated the same way Rusev is. Ponder this for a second or two. Set-up tag team match of the night : New Day vs Usos Underwhelming but understandably so considering it was all about the Bludgeon beatdown. Still a nice spotty sprint. You just can't get a bad match out of these guys, although I don't like Big E staying on the outside. The Bludgeon gimmick with the giant hammers is goofy as fuck. I want a Berzerker comeback so we can have giant hammer vs sword fights. Surprisingly cool tag team match of the night : Carmella & Natalya vs Becky Lynch & Naomi I enjoyed Carmella's heel work here. Sue me. She's so vulgar too. The whole bit in the corner grabbing Naomi's hair was quite fun. Can you believe out of the godforsaken no-talent team of Enzo & Big Cass, she's the only one left on PPV at this point ? I didn't pay attention to the rest. Becky was sporting a Bam Bam Bigelow outfit (as referenced by French announcer Christophe Agius, he's just the best) and her work was solid as hell. She was holding things together here. Overproduced clusterfuck of the night : Cena vs AJ vs Owens vs Zayn vs Ziggler vs Kane. I can understand people liking this match because there is a lot of spots and kick outs and save and what the fuck, but I don't care one bit. Especially when the result is obvious. Way too many overproduced bullshit with people selling forever outside a spot they would sell 20 seconds in a normal match too. AJ still rules. Cena still looks like the biggest star in the company. Where the fuck is Rusev ? Wonderful, more Shane-o-Mac at Mania. Whatever. "Supernova dying" match of the night : Bobby Roode vs Randy Orton Roode's entrance is such a case of way overproducing things. I'm watching this guy in TNA right now. He was always super solid in-ring, without much charisma and not much promo ability. Never found a real character either (he was an awkward mix of Rick Rude & Ted DiBiase). Now he's "Glorious", which I guess makes him a Paul Orndorff circa 1995 rip-off. Orton is 37 ? I hate to say this, but when they do close-up on his face, the guy looks OLD. I'm five years older and I look younger than him. I'm also way more fucking entertaining IRL. Hey, they are throwing Jinder into this mix ? Wow. Three way BLACK HOLE OF DOOM match at Mania. Opener and women's title match were very good. The tag matches were fun enough. The rest can go fuck itself. Mania in a month. It's gonna be a long, looooooong night.

Yeah, great work. This set is insane and messy as hell, so it's a task to organize this stuff. Thanks for making it available like this.

Oh. Well. Who ? SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE BISON WITH THAT MAKE-UP ! (what the mind can do on his own is fascinating) Hey, so Emma landed a job in ROH ? Good for her.