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I am not convinced they're not going 3 hours with this one.

If Magnum TA debuted today, would he be reviled?

The Tenryu/Jumbo vs Mil/Dos Caras match that just dropped from 82 is actually a super amount of fun for a ten minute match with no real finish (but you know, in a logical way). People should check it out. It has some very good individual spots.

Was calling Devon Storm "Crowbar" a rib?

Wahoo and I were working on an episode of TV over the last couple of days so hopefully, he'll be able to get enough of a break at work to polish it up.

For the back half of 2005, I think he was Johnny Jeter's bodyguard in OVW.

Summerslam's the best card, on paper, WWE's had in a while.

Counterpoint: Magic zombie.

This was probably my single least favorite moment of the Monday night wars as a teenager/person in college.

I think that the Arrow fangirls could channel into the Divas Revolution and create a perfect storm of a new audience. I don't actually think it WILL happen, but I think it would have been within the realm of possibility.

Re: Duggan vs Akbar: I absolutely love the Houston crowd. They were going nuts for everything. Akbar got so much heat just hanging out in the ring while they were announcing the rules. It's a lot of fun, with huge anticipation, a crazy gimmick I've never seen before, Duggan's perfectly timed punch at "1", and Akbar's fear as Duggan was outpacing him then his calm confidence after he got cut free. Pretty much what you'd expect with the crowd getting satisfaction but not too much but still leaving happy. They deserved to leave happy too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_pQV2-aH8

I'll have to rewatch it for specifics, but last time I saw cracks that, yes, I wouldn't have noticed before reading Bret's book, but now that I saw them, I sort of can't unsee them.

Bruce, I know that the results that the board's put together starts with 1978, and you've both mentioned you have shows earlier than that and have posted a few things. I think most of what's been posted has been further into the 80s though. Is there any sense for just how much you have from the early and mid 70s relative to the rest of the collection? It looks like Paul Boesch was running two or three times a month, but I'm not sure if it was all taped or if that's all in the collection/ It doesn't have to be in specifics, since I know you're still working it all out. Just a broad sense would be great. Thanks.

As much as I'm not sure Bret/Davey holds up, except for maybe as a carry job, Bret/Perfect surprised me in how well it did.

Last time I watched Summerslam 92 I liked Beverly Brothers vs Natural Disasters more than Bret vs Davey. It was a few years ago though and surprised me quite a bit.

There is no way in this world that the 90 Harts vs Demos match is better than the 88 Harts vs Demos match except for sort of as a cultural touchstone to people of a certain age.

Mid-South is a set I don't have so I wouldn't know. VQ was really good on it as goc said. There's a moment where a Guerrero is pinned in between the rope and the cage and it was pretty striking. Boesch commentated on it.

I really liked Funk/Robinson vs Avenger/Asteroid. Two-Three FIPs, some solid hot tags with work put into them, some hot comebacks. Just good stuff.

Guerreros vs Fabs in a cage was very, very good. How good? It's good enough that people should take a break from the youtube channel to watch it. Fab's were the heels and it's a bloody, heated affair with call backs and a very solid finish. Only 10 mins or so but gritty and action packed.

Johnny is on a roll this week.

Race and Bockwinkel vs Hansen and Brody was a pretty lame match, completely due to Hansen and Brody not giving Race and Bock anything at all. I think combined, over 15 exchanges, there was one minute out of ten, usually just for seconds at a time, where Brody or Hansen were selling or at any risk at all. This is the Hansen I really don't like at all. The post match brawl, on the other hand, makes this whole thing worth watching.

I thought BJH vs Kamala was as good as it could have been for an 8 minute match with 5 minutes of that being a nerve hold. BJH sold well. Kamala looked great in everything but variation of holds. He was really playing up the savvy savage well, which is way better than the stupid savage or the afraid savage. BJH's offense was pretty goofy but that didn't really hurt the match. They worked the under arm nerve hold and all but it was an underarm nerve hold. Low ceiling. I really liked Ladd vs Armstrong as a five minute match though. Brad's comeback was great. It was a good sprint with a decent amount of heat. At the same time, five minute match. I have absolutely nothing to say about Rip Oliver vs I-Forget-Who-Rip-Oliver-Was-Wrestling. According to the list Dave posted last week, we only have King Parsons vs Jack Victory left before we venture back out into the unknown.

And I gif'd the awesome sit out samoan drop that Blackwell did. https://gifs.com/gif/m6YDez

I've watched him in 3-4 of those matches so far and he's just phenomenal in them, especially playing FIP but in shines too. Something that's just crystallizing to me with Terry is the understanding he had of big moments and images.