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Is it just that Dave's been burnt so many times over the decades? I think 1988 Dave would go nuts for a huge Owen Hart push.

RVD is sort of like Sid in that he not only doesn't do the things that I like, but he actively does the things that I don't like. With Sid, there's kind of a goofy, lumbering comedic element to it. With RVD it just drives me up the wall.

That sounds like TNA follow up to me. I wonder if Cesaro can get a decent match out of RVD.

Bryan vs Kane. This show will get the worst buyrate ever.* *it's a joke.

Look at where they are. The only thing that got over was everyone getting to chant WE THE PEOPLE along with Swagger.

We saw how quickly they got that Daniel Bryan special together post-mania. They're just that good!

What happened to our War Games hopes?

Swagger's intensity on the outside was pretty great.

This is crazy but knowing Vince, you almost wonder if he didn't think he couldn't somehow control public opinion if he pushed hard enough.

The WON after SC 1993 is one of my favorite old ones. Meltz is just in awe of the whole scene.

I'd get you guys a fancam, dammit.

Now that the baby is 22 months or so, she won't go to bed unless one of us is in the room, for a considerable amount of time. 20+ minutes. I've been watching a lot of youtube lucha on the tablet during this time.

There was one Bret/Warrior tag before a superstars taping in 92. I always wanted them to release that since it was probably taped.

I can't even get anyone to watch Zenk/Martel vs the Funks.

Didn't Mid-South shit on that in a big way when it was happening? He might be towing a 30 year line.

I didn't even get to Flair crying. He was just too much of a dick to Foley and I stopped watching. It's funny. I kind of think that if they let Flair out into the ring as a heel manager and paired him with someone, he'd be fine. I think he'd just channel what comes natural to him and he'd be vibrant and dynamic and probably have the time of his life. As a talking head, he's terrible though.

I was thinking if they could do one centered around Taker (like the one centered around Hogan) but there aren't a ton of great choices. They could have saved Jake/Bearer otherwise. Bossman, Bundy, Sid, Diesel (as Diesel), as streak entrants. DDP (THE STALKER), and Chuck Norris as your celebrity? Ok, maybe that's not so good an idea.

I think there could be some value in a celebratory tag situation, if only for the entrance and to make the crowd happy. He could hot tag and hit some of his big spots and it would be effective.

I know a big jvk talking point is that Backlund took a lot of his matches in order to compensate for his size/look/etc. I think Bryan over the last 2-3 months has been doing that for good or ill. It's probably the right decision.

So there were two dark matches between Main Event and Raw, one being Henry/Brotherhood vs 3MB. The other was Titus over someone. This is new right? I wonder why they did them and if they were maybe taped for the network.

I'm not sure the timing is all that creepy, really. I mean the guy was shaking the ropes wildly the other night and blown up. He had probably the most exciting weekend in years and probably an exhausting one given Axxess and media appearances/interviews and whatever else. I imagine he had a lot of personal anticipation and stress over the speech itself and what not. Given the years of steroids (and he was outside of the tested world for years where other guys weren't so who knows), it makes sense that his body was in fairly bad shape. The timing is tragic, but I'm not sure I'd call it creepy.

He plays to the crowd heelishly more than any guy they've had over the last few years save for Henry.

They kind of do that in the pre-shows now though. They were talking how Big E was preparing for the battle royal, for instance.

I think if they had just debuted Adam Rose last night it would have worked out really well for them.

They really need to give her back the cradle DDT.