Matt D

Baltimore's about 15 miles away so I could have gone to this one but it just didn't feel worth the headache. I hope it's good enough that I regret it (because then everyone gets to benefit).

To be fair, the only 12 year old we have here is Johnny Sorrow.

I need to see way more 2015 Strong. I really liked what I saw in the Thatcher match from earlier this year.

I think there are ways to spin this, to highlight that they're giving local talent a chance, or that they're making grassroots efforts to find the next big stars, or something, but yeah.

So are they puling the trigger on Dragon Lee?

I actually hadn't been too worried about the star power, relative to other people's concerns, but those shows don't have main events.

I love that they call them the "Meta Powers."

Just a taste of what we DON'T have: 2/20/64 Medford Card held at the Armory 1. Tony Borne beat Pedro Lopez 2. Bobby Duranton defeated Don Duffy 3. Mad Mongol & Haru Sasaki defeated Paddy Barrett & Nick Kozak MAIN EVENT In a 2 out of 3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Title 4. Lou Thesz drew with Nick Bockwinkel when Bockwinkel tied Thesz one fall a piece and the 3rd fall ended at the 60:00 minute mark to make it a draw --- Bock was going for the NWA title as early as 64. Just think about that.

I just don't think Arn had the size to be a good draw against Hogan. Hogan had beaten so many monsters by then that it would have felt really weird for him to suddenly end up in a feud against Arn especially when Arn was only a tag guy in the WWF. In my mind, the feud is all about trying to take out the leg to get rid of the legdrop/big boot. But yeah. That wouldn't draw with anyone but us 25 years later.

I guess I was mainly thinking of matches I wanted to see. But with Heenan doing the promos, I bet they could have at least matched Hennig. Hogan had feuded on house shows with Bossman, Savage, and Bad News Brown in 89. He basically hadn't feuded with a Heenan guy since Summerslam 88. I bet the crowds would have been ready for that again.

He would have been a great early 90 opponent for Hogan instead of Hennig if he stayed but Tully got canned. Just saying.

I imagine we'll have to at least discount the Brody argument at some point.

For what it's worth, I'm much higher on Demos vs Islanders than Demos vs Patera/Ax/Boone.

I think the GFW model will be to fleece a money mark.

I could see it as an ego/attention thing. The people creating new content want to make sure eyes only fall on their content. Or what not. If anyone wants to put forth another Wacoan-style Hunter conspiracy, have at it.

Jarrett needs to get on Tumblr.

If I was Jarrett I'd jump on the Busisk/Gulag/Thatcher train

DDP had a pink Cadillac

Orton's true calling was as a comedy mid-card face.

Flair probably fucking loves Angle as a wrestler. Angle's actually a good example of what Flair might have been without his preternatural instincts and ability to both read a crowd and (more importantly) define a crowd's expectations

Flair shoots cannot be unseen.

The arm injury happened before the match began. Cena immediately covered it by injuring the arm. When I was a kid and really into basketball, Marcus Webb, a benchwarmer for the Celtics broke his finger cracking his knuckles on the bench. This injury is kind of up there with that.

I should have said "Goodhandmanship" but I can't make that sound like a thing.

It's hard to say since Parv undervalues workmanship.