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They need to keep Roman and Brock away from each other for a while. They have Roman slip on a peel and feed Braun to Brock next month?

That's not sponsored by Jerry Lawler shouting about puppies in 1999, sure.

Things have been busy. I'm still watching everything but I'm lax on the write-ups. Dibiase vs Hayes was gold. Another classic part of the feud. I took a lot of flack one March upon a time where I was overly critical of a wrestler who dropped his character while performing certain moves. My counter to that is Michael PS Hayes. He's probably the most committed wrestler ever in that regard. The expression on his face as he's charging Dibiase across the ring is this perfect mix of disdain and cockiness and underhanded viciousness. I love that it was Dibiase's glove on the pole. Ted(and Doc) vs the Birds is one of the best feuds of the 80s. There's no doubt about it at this point. They ran it for half a year with great match after great match and great promos to boot. How great was Ted's comeback out of the corner. It's a crime we didn't get babyface Ted after 87. I wish this had one moment of Ted (with the Million Dollar Glove) hitting a heel. The post match promo made me badly want to see the Ted vs OMG match too. Koko vs OMG was another good OMG performance. You have to love all of Koko's dodging to begin. "Milking it for all it was worth" is right. I'm with Pete on this one, including the finish. I hope we can get more Valentine from earlier into the 70s as we go. He had such a presence. Anyway, keep 'em coming Bruce. Seeing a new match pop up is easily a highlight of my day.

Is that the name of the local hospital?

Either that or the wellness policy got his pick. He hit a .8 on the Nikki Bella Forearm scale tonight though.

Am I the only one who kind of wants to see Joe vs Orton?

Could be why Corbin didn't win the belt?

Matches are way better if no one's ever seen them before though!

I was talking to Pete about this, but you almost have to release an addendum based on the footage we've gotten from the Dibiase/Doc vs Freebirds feud, including two (maybe even three) of the very best Michael Hayes singles matches ever.

The Cory stuff can grow old, but hearing it in a different setting was funny. I laughed as hard as I had for a while at Mike's Gannosuke joke. Also, I literally just broke out laughing while crossing K street here in DC to the out of nowhere Paul Stanley impression. I don't think i have any real idea who Mike is since I'm not on twitter, but he's been a good guest so far. Also, I think Kris is going to hunt down those old PR tapes he has.

We can't even define casual fans in a social media world.

This made me want to hear a longform podcast on the Fantastics.

Can they name more than two cruiserweights? Can they differentiate between Fandango, Breeze and Hawkins? It's tough in 2017.

I still think it's more of a center/periphery thing.

This is a company that gets away with the Moolah stuff too. Let alone, you know, the independent contractor stuff. No one cares outside of us.

You think they'd jump at that because it lets them highlight Austin again. I'm not convinced Vince has any idea what the Dangerous Alliance is though.

The only way to induct Davey is as part of a broader 97 Hart Foundation. It lets Bret and Neidhart do a speech and lets them sneak Owen, Davey, and Pillman in without actually having to deal with the fact Owen, Davey, and Pillman all died in tragic ways.

He can do the jobs that AJ can't.

Just think about all the fun you'll have watching Rollins vs Wyatt and Rollins vs Ziggler

I feel like, past Becky and Naomi, Smackdown's women's scene shifted back into "Catty women" who were all basically heels anyway.

I think he'll have more legs than that in that role. I guess we'll just have to see.

Tye's going to be the Smackdown Sami Zayn, solid worker with an unbreakable connection to the crowd who they can use to put over new heels.

I do think this could probably work, but the key would be that at least a chunk of the results from night 1 would lead into night 2. I'm thinking things like HHH vs Bryan or Mankind vs Big Show or Bret vs Owen/Luger vs Yokozuna.

It wasn't just that Nakamura debuted with the Miz. It's that he debuted in Cena's slot, basically. We'll see if they keep him there, but that's how the slotted him.

We see Roman every week and Vince rarely.