Matt D

This was excellent. Kris and Bix delivered and the clips at the end brought back some great memories, but Beau really shined. The passion and belief and just love for Lance and Memphis Wrestling came through so clearly. Just a very, very nice tribute to a truly great man.

Thanks for the kind words. I'm still hoping to do one on Tiger Conway, Jr. based on the footage, by the end of the year but it depends on how much I can rewatch between then and now.

It's been hugely validating to hear wrestlers (Orton, Dustin) come onto the Edge and Christian podcast and gush on how Christian was able to smartly and effectively change up things (moves/counters/etc.) in clever and logical ways on a week to week basis. That's one of those things where you wonder if you've been reading too much into the wrestling but no, it's intentional and something his peers think he's a downright genius at.

You should give a podcast with Phil where are you both examine specific Fujiwara matches and go point/counterpoint. It worked well for me. http://placetobenation.com/digging-in-the-crates-7/

It could be a russo reverse ladder match where there's a buzzsaw going at the top of the ladder and you have to get your opponent up there.

I wouldn't exactly call that "engaging with their arguments."

There's discussion here: http://voicesofwrestling.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1759&start=15 including from some of the posters of the board. I imagine you could engage them on the points they made there here.

I only caught bits and pieces of that but the Miz is so good at what he does.

Oh geez, poor crazy Bryan. They're doing a yes chant for this.

Ah the corporate "fuck you, we have this trademarked and now it's ours" spot. Only thing that would have made that better would be if "No Chance in Hell" played during it.

It is really easy to want that when Im not actually watching the show.

If they screwed with the gimmick, Matt could have replaced Bray though. He could portray possessed in some creative way.

I hope it ends with AJ comically running away because hes afraid of ghosts.

I would have assumed after the India tour, Corbin would have sneaked it away from him with the case, if he didn't end up in the doghouse for doubting the WWE doctor or whatever. Now? I don't know. Shane?

Doesn't one of those things make someone a better promoter than the other?

For me im glad Ric didn't leave NWA in 88 as Id heard about him wrestling Savage at Summerslam 88 but then we wouldn't have been treated to the 1989 feud with Ricky Steamboat. If they had kept Flair in 93 as Main Eventer who would he have feuded with? Hogan, Piper, Warrior were all gone and Randy was back commentating. Fair question. Just at first glance, I'd ride the Perfect feud out to Wrestlemania, do tags with Luger vs Hart/Perfect/Savage/etc. on the house shows after that, have Hart beat him in the final of KOTR, transition him over to Crush to help get him over (he'd be perfect for that), then feud him with Ramon in the fall and Luger over Winter. You could slot Tatanka in there somewhere too if need be. The point would be to help get some of these guys over while still keeping Flair strong ( to alleviate the fact that he wanted to be towards the top of the card. Itd be a matter of presenting these feuds as important). Of course, the other choice is Undertaker.

I think Vince made a mistake in depushing him and letting him go. One advantage to Flair in 93 is that hes a relatively steroid-proof Star.

Sid was hugely over as a face when he came back in January 92.

If they want to get this over? Styles and Nakamura?

Sure. But that's where we are. And their current solution is an improvement over force feeding. It's not perfect or beyond reproach. Booking babyface successfully > turning ones that are not working out > what they do > forcefeeding It's a distant third.

The one time they did that well with Roman, vs Vince/Sheamus, it worked?

A few months ago, I put together a textual analysis of the uncovered Gino Hernandez footage on NWAonDemand for Mark Coale's publication. I just had Mark post it on the website now that we're a few months down the line and with the official transfer of the NWA. The formatting's just a bit off at the end, but it's more than readable I think. Here it is if anyone's interested: https://winterpalacepodcast.squarespace.com/articles/gino-houston

I'm still playing catch up due to the baby so I'm just into the WCW section here but here's the article I wrote on Michael Hayes at Halloween Havoc 1991: http://placetobenation.com/wtbbp-the-column-beyond-the-great-match-robbery-of-1991/

It does have Rey dressed up as The Phantom before we were used to him doing such things.