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In this new episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Andrew Riche joins Justin and Scott to preview the upcoming TLC pay-per-view and talk title unifications. They also discuss Ring of Honor and Final Battle as well as give NFL picks with a little BCS discussion sprinkled in! www.placetobenation.com/place-to-be-podcast-episode-276-headlines-tlc-final-battle-preview-nfl-bcs-and-more Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation this holiday season by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

In this new episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Justin and Scott open the Vintage Vault to review King of the Ring 2001. They talk about Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Booker T and much, much more. Don't forget to check out Chad's Vintage Vault Pre-viewing piece, covering the Edge/Rhyno match from the show. http://placetobenation.com/vintage-vault-p...-the-ring-2001/ http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...f-the-ring-2001 Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation this holiday season by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

Today's PTBN Daily Update! With the WWE Network on the way, relive the Good Will Wrestling analysis of what we could see when it launches! http://placetobenation.com/good-will-wrest...wwe-tv-network/ Russell Sellers looks at the hottest new comic book releases! http://placetobenation.com/new-hotness-december-6-2013/ He also discusses Wonder Woman http://placetobenation.com/sellers-points-...-heroine-first/ Justin recaps this week's Ring of Honor TV http://placetobenation.com/justins-ring-of...r-recap-113013/ The Hard Traveling Fan Boys discuss their origins as comic book fanatics http://placetobenation.com/hard-traveling-...origins-finale/ Dan McGinn takes a look at this week's Superstars http://placetobenation.com/mcginns-wwe-sup...rs-recap-12513/ Josh Richer checks out this week's episode of Once Upon a Time http://placetobenation.com/once-upon-a-time-savehenry/

In this new episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Scott, Justin and Chad put together the best all-time PPV card from the months of January and February while only using each wrestler one time (in each month). We want your opinion on the super cards from the show! Be sure to vote and rate both Scott's pre-made card and the on-air card the boys put together at www.placetobenation.com. http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...time-ppv-cards/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation this holiday season by checking out these great items! @Place2BeNation www.facebook.com/placetobenation

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast Vintage Vault, Scott and Justin talk Judgment Day 2001! They discuss Kurt Angle, Chyna, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Kane, Triple H, Steve Austin and more! So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott & Justin because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...gment-day-2001/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation this holiday season by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

Thanksgiving Day Update! We deliver a bounty of Thanksgiving Wrestling memories! http://placetobenation.com/ptbn-thanksgivi...nty-of-awesome/ Relive these great Thanksgiving TV memories! http://placetobenation.com/televisions-tha...iving-memories/ Tim Capel looks at Mutant Merriment in Marvel! http://placetobenation.com/the-fill-in-fil...tant-merriment/ Our comic staff shares what they are most thankful for! http://placetobenation.com/a-place-to-be-n...f-thanksgiving/ Kati Price shares recipes for delicious Thanksgiving treats http://placetobenation.com/turkey-day-treats/ GrappleTalk takes a look back at TUF 18 http://placetobenation.com/grappletalk-nov...-retrospective/

Prepare for Thanksgiving as the PTBN Staff takes you down TV Thanksgiving Special memory lane! http://placetobenation.com/televisions-tha...iving-memories/

I think in a vacuum it is a good enough show, but considering the time frame it is definitely a letdown. Plus the build was haphazard and they tossed most the card out the week before the show.

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast, Scott and Justin run through the headlines with a look the current state of WWE as well as a preview of this weekend's Survivor Series. They are then joined by Jordan Duncan for some more Half Baked Ideas. So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott & Justin because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...s-2013-preview/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Brian Shields, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

You are skipping some pretty rough In Your House shows in late 95 though, which wipes that out of the running.

Thanks, JVK, much appreciated. It was a lot of fun to do and I really loved the flow. Interesting stuff about Buff, you couldn't tell he definitely looked lost out there.

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast, Scott and Justin are joined by the biggest donors from Justin's Making Strides campaign for a Survivor Series Roundtable! The roundtable includes Steve Willie, J D'Amato, Ryan Everett, Ryan Schmauch, Mike Rudh and Sean Zern and they chat about all things Survivor Series, including their favorites matches, memories, teams and team names plus much more! So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott, Justin, Matt, Will and Scott because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...ies-roundtable/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Brian Shields, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

Thank you! Appreciate it.

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast, Scott and Justin welcome in Scott Keith, Matt Peddycord and Will H to talk about the Spring of 2001 in the world of pro wrestling. The boys chat about the death of WCW and ECW, WrestleMania X-7, Paul Heyman replacing Jerry Lawler, the greatest PPV trilogies of all time, Vince McMahon's business decisions plus much, much more. So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott, Justin, Matt, Will and Scott because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...he-spring-2001/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Brian Shields, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

Yes, the 2001 stretch is actually what sparked the debate...hard to argue with that stretch for sure. We discussed that 1992 WWF stretch on the show as well. It will be posted later today.

Love this topic, GH, glad it came up last night. The other stretch we debated: Superbrawl IV, Spring Stampede 94, Slamboree 94.

In this new super sized episode of the PTB Podcast Vintage Vault, Scott and Justin talk WrestleMania X-7! They discuss Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Edge & Christian, Triple H, Steve Austin and more! So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott & Justin because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...estlemania-x-7/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation by checking out these great items! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

This may be my favorite episode so far. You guys have really developed an awesome flow, which isn't easy with five of you on at once. The Smarky Randy Orton Babysitter character needs to be developed into a sitcom for sure.

"I'll gladly pay you tomorrow for a blowjob today, McMahon" got an audible "what the fuck" from me at work. Well played, Johnny!

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast, Scott and Justin welcome in Brian Shields, author of the new WWE Encyclopedia, for a full on wrestling nerdgasm. Brian talks about his history as a fan, how the book came about, his thoughts on the current state of the industry and then they dig into tons of wreatling trivia, facts and debates! Scott, Justin and Brian then talk about the final edition of WCW Monday Nitro from 3/26/01, the legacy of the show and the effect of WCW closing on the business as a whole. So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott & Justin because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...-brian-shields/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as help out Place to Be Nation by checking out Brian and Graham's new books! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

Can we have one focused on the specific wrestling fetishes housed within PWO?

You have to question the booking policy. The WWF had DiBiase, Rude, Savage, Jake and Curt Hennig all on the books. If you ran a poll of "best ever heels" I'd expect at least 4 out of those 5 names to be in the conservation. The problem is that they booked Warrior and Hogan to the point where they were supermen and no one seemed credible or in their league. The answer eventually can't be "bring in more heels". Short of Flair, they had every top heel in the game. And by 91, they had Flair too. I think you nailed it here. It was really tough to build credible heel challengers for these guys. Warrior/Rude seemed like a crazy mismatch at Summerslam to me at age 9. They had their world champion feuding with a tag team after that. The key would have been using Quake, as was mentioned above.

In this new episode of the PTB Podcast Vintage Vault, Scott and Justin talk No Way Out 2001! They discuss Big Show, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Triple H, Steve Austin and more! So fire up this action packed episode and join Scott, Justin & Aaron because it is time for another edition of the PTB Podcast! http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-pod...o-way-out-2001/ Check out more from the Place to Be Podcast right here at Place to Be Nation including interviews with Kevin Kelly, J.J. Dillon, Scott Keith, Christopher Robin Zimmerman, Christopher Daniels, Gary Michael Cappetta, Scott Hudson, Bruno Lauer, Stevie Richards, Eddie Edwards and many, many more. Also, the PTB Podcast is now available on the Stitcher Radio app! Visit www.stitcher.com for more information! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well as check out The History of WWE's new book! Help support Place to Be Nation as well as our friend Graham Cawthon! www.facebook.com/placetobenation @Place2BeNation

These may be bad examples comparatively speaking, but in team sports players always get cheered by fans knowing full well that this could be that player's final game in that uniform. And using wrestling analogies, how many faces (and even a heel or two like CM Punk leaving ROH) got "PLEASE DON'T GO! PLEASE DON'T GO!" chants from fans whom knew that they were working their final match for the promotion and were heading else where? It does happen where an outgoing wrestler is able to get the crowd on their side, no matter how shitty their manner of leaving may seem at the time. Look at it without hidsight: Fans were pretty pissed off at Lesnar. He was receiving a mega push and just up and left the company during a time when he was one of the best they had. And in those scenarios you mentioned, it was known for a while that the player was retiring, so fans got a chance to digest and come to grips. With Brock, it was so sudden that the fans just reacted emotionally to pretty shitty news. Goldberg was an outsider that was barely used between the Rumble and Mania and wasn't as beloved and with Austin standing right there next to him, he didn't stand much of a chance.