Matt D

From the 4/20/92 Observer. Re: WM VIII So, where the heck did 90,873 come from. I know later on he uses the Bresloff 78K number. Is that the official number for Mania III minus comps or something? When did he switch over to the 78K number? While I'm at it: What's that about Summerslam 90? I know that we've looked at it curiously in the last few years as potentially doing a bigger buy than Mania. Could this help explain it, whatever it is?

It can take advantage of narrative opportunities that real sports can't. It's crazy when they squander that for one reason or another.

We are also in a bit of a transition time for Hunter. Last year at this time, he was Bill Watts.

People were bitching over on DVDVR about viewers being excited about watching the hostile crowd, but it's one of the few things in the world that can force WWE to be creative and come out firing on all cylinders in a single-company world. That's the joy of it, not just the derailing but to see what the hell WWE, which is generally formulaic as anything, does in response.

The thing keeps crashing my fairly new Asus tablet.

Which is part of what makes Dusty's hand to the face so damn funny.

I like the Rowan/Ambrose pairing a lot. I loved Rowan's spin sell of the dropkick to the knee and Ambrose was made to take the atomic noogie.

Reigns showing unbridled joy over Rollins doing the pocket rocket act was pretty funny.

Wrestling is fiction. Sports are not.

This doesn't really count as a midget.

I think they do have a history of giving away match-ups that they shouldn't on TV for free, though.

He's the #2 merch seller?

I'm going to be disappointed if we don't get a midget. I'm already resigned that we're not getting Corey Graves.

I thought he was doing a pretty good job of selling after he did it though. That's really the main thing that I ask. You can hit a move (With effort) but then go back to the selling. Make it seem like it cost you something too.

He was not Batista first and foremost. I think you could have been surprised for the guys who would have been hugely over in that spot. Look at Del Rio at Chamber.

Remember, past Reigns at the very end which was a protest vote, the only other guy the crowd was really behind during the Rumble itself was Punk.

I am not sure if they want to annoy tv viewers with the rights up for bid right now.

Kane illegally eliminated him from the Rumble?

Could Piper manage to be a special ref?

Hostile Bryan fans are also generally Punk fans. They are pretty interchangable. The most hardcore fanbase that travels to Mania will consider Punk in the main a win.

I am on the phone here so complex arguments are tricky. Some fans just like chanting. On the other hand, some fans would shit on Batista vs Orton. I think those fans are also big CM Punk fans.

I feel like the Bryan fans are behind Punk in a lot of the same ways. He just doesn't have a fun chant.

Is it better or worse than them leaving it as Batista vs Orton? They really don't seem to want to add Bryan.

Why would inserting him be worse than running it heel vs heel?

i guess the big story of the year will be the tv deal and if it makes them bulletproof.