Matt D

I really need to catch up on the Cesaro stuff

I hadn't seen Duggan vs Dibiase in a while. It's about as close to perfect as you can get, really. It's funny but in a lot of ways, the match that it reminds me of the most might be Big Show vs Mayweather from Mania, in that it's all fairly minimalist but every moment adds to a greater whole more so than you'd see in 99% of all matches.

It's feasible though. Anything is at this point after following WWE politics for decades. That's the point.

One of my favorite things all year was Austin on his podcast marking over for how Sting still had it and his back hand chops in the corner.

I like big emotional moments and payoff, but I also like the little nuances in the build to those moments. The little moments underpin the big ones. I also value some of the little things that Will values and don't value other ones that he values.

This is a company that apparently just let someone go who'd been around for 20-odd years because she lost out to Bruce Sharpe on negotiating for the Houston Footage. Vince is petty. It's hardly news.

I wouldn't want Kris to call on me and not know the answer. Graham, unsurprisingly, did great here. I'd never heard him on a podcast before but I've used his site for years (obviously). And he was really cool when I was doing the Demolition stuff years ago, down to hosting reviews on the site, which made me very happy at the time. He more than held his own. Parv was also extremely even-handed.

That's awesome. I'm waiting for the Prophecy next

His time as Dusty Rhodes Jr. Is weirder.

I'll be glad to work with wahoo if he'll have me. I'll tell him what I was thinking tomorrow if he wants to hear it.

The Keeping it warm bit was because I did not want to see the territory dispersed, because Dylan worked hard on his draft and because I wanted to see what he would do with it. I have a very strong knowledge of Portland between 79 and 82 but he's a lot stronger than me in 83 so I had hoped he'd think again about it and i wanted him to know that I'd step aside if he wanted it back due to the fact he's a friend. That was my starting point. Wahoo did the legwork. You're ready to go now. I'm not. I'm okay with you guys going forward with this.

Go for the draft. I rescind any claim. Wahoo has put in the work. I couldn't commit more than I did because of the trips with my kids and catching up on work afterwards but didn't want to shift facts around just for my own sake. I'll still post what I came up with just because it was fun coming up with it.

But PORTLAND. No, it's ok, I can tell that you guys are really looking forward to this dispersal. I will still list when I get home what I would've done. At least the first few big angles.

So I'm not taking it over? If that's what people want, im ok with it. I am still a couple of weeks away from managing anything (in the woods now which is why I needed the time in the first place with another family trip in a week.) I'd probably rather just list what I would have done than actually do it anyway.

2:20:00 in and I'm enjoying it a lot. I love how it feels like a quiz show as much as Brainbuster. It actually feels more like Grad School. The professor calls on you and you better know the answer.

I just have no time. But I would like to participate. I just spent years watching one group of stuff instead of another. This is all for fun anyway.

I am so done watching post 91 AJPW.

Even on an ironic level you can enjoy Hunter and Shawn palling up with the Hardyz and Punk.

I am camping this week, but I figured by saying that much then I would awaken OJ.

Is there any argument for Santo other than "higher highs?"

Part of why Rollins cashed in on the main instead of after was so that he could be in the match itself and get the winner's purse of the Main Event of Wrestlemania. If he cashed in after, who knows if it would have counted as a match when it comes to payoffs. Etc.

I am not quite sure how you run Portland with more than 12 people anyway.

I love WWECW and I've never seen any of the stuff you've written about here (I've seen the zombie, I think!).

Which again, I would be totally happy with. If someone wants to dive in, please, don't let me get in the way (and like I said, I'll even try to help when I can if the person wants it).

I can keep the roster warm indefinitely. You know, if I have to. It's Portland.