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I ran through the Bayley/Sasha match. I think it was the sort of thing that wouldn't work if it was anyone else, but they made a bunch of contrived weapon/prop set up just seem naturally like the moronic stuff they'd do. I'm not sure that's a good thing in the grand scheme, but it worked for the match.

@SomethingSavage Can I interest you in Paris in 1959?

I haven’t been using it to get matches but I have been using it as a guide of key stuff to make sure I catch. That is still there as a cached resource though.

Live vs taped doesn't matter in the least for an empty arena show where spoilers don't get out. I think if the spoilers do get out it changes the chemistry for at least the most vocal/social media driven audience. Whether that can't be adapted and controlled for, I have no idea. There are a lot of moving parts right now in a COVID environment. Plus, WWE at least has been terrible about surprises and twists (both in not going to that well nearly often enough and not making it worthwhile when they do).

Really glad I tuned into that.

I'm tuning in but I'm pretty sure the quick cuts will make me miserable as I've been spending all my time watching 50s France, 90s CMLL, 89 AJPW, and 80s Otto Wanz and not this so I'm not inoculated. Let's find out!

I watched that a few weeks ago, but we haven't been able to slot it into New Footage Friday on SC because it's just one fall (even if it's a very complete one) and we've had other more complete stuff. It's so cool to see Cota and Dragon interact, and I'm not a huge Dragon guy or anything.

He needs a Paul Jones

He is Jimmy Valiant?

Government crackdown on televised Catch in 1961 and we in 2020 suffer for it.

WWE Training camp stuff.

There probably should have been a fall after the tombstone and maybe another during the catapults?

After the AWA set, I wanted to do a project where I reviewed all of Brunzell’s WWF work because he was such a standout. Obviously that didn’t happen. I’m glad we got the Frankensteined hour match with Bock though.

All you need is Bret's book, really.

Very interesting stuff. It seemed like we had more from 57 and 59 than 58. 1957: 32 1958: 18 1959: 27 And then when we hit the early 60s, we seem to get a depressing drought, like only 1 in 64.