Matt D

"Who actually watched wrestling in 1994-5?"

I know my high school (Graduated in 99) did a terrible job of teaching us anything that happened after WWII. I'm not sure if it's better now but I kind of doubt it.

I only have two kids to teach and they're going to know so much more than their peers that they shall crush them underfoot with their cultural knowledge.

http://thedissolve.com/features/career-view/419-the-broken-down-grace-of-bill-murray/ Some people might be interested in this. It's a pretty good read.

Size matters. It's a lot easier to repackage/repush a giant/monster/huge guy than someone like Tyson Kidd. I bet that within a week or two they could have Khali presented as huge threat and Khali doesn't have nearly the talent of Show or Henry or even Kane.

The "youth movement" thing is a little weird to me. Cesaro is 33. Bryan is 32. Punk is 35. For comparison's sake, Orton is 33. Cena is 36. It's very much a New Generation thing when your new generation was a bunch of guys in their early 30s.

Apparently, post-show Cesaro got in on the "Everyone beats up Dean Ambrose" party including a 30 rotation giant swing.

I miss WOW. I don't think I would ever miss TNA.

It's based in truth though. He's mentioned Daniel a ton recently and he doesn't want them to chant him to come back. He just wants them to leave him alone. It's all stuff he'd plausibility say. It's not like he's asking them to chant for Batista.

I kind of wish Regal had been at one of the four Road/Hog Wild cards to see what he would have done in front of this crowd.

I think the best way to deal with Chicago is to have, as part of the terms of his release, Punk film a short thing beforehand letting people know that he's leaving on his own, that people can chant for whoever they want, and Punk always encourages that freedom of expression, but chanting for him won't bring him back right now and if they want to chant for someone who deserves it, then they should chant for the best in the world, Daniel Bryan. Something like that.

One of my favorite talking points lately is how John Tenta was the guy most negatively impacted by the love of workrate in the 90s-00s.

I think it was a blurry line?

The DVDVR Workrate reports very often didn't end up talking about the traditional idea of "workrate" either, especially the ones with the What Worked/What didn't work? categories.

Bunch of kids and southerners. Though, for the sake of amusement, I have an e-mail account I only use for wrestling. I have very few DVDs and I usually send them on to someone when I'm done watching them. Right now I'll buy the 80s projects because, given the way my life is set up, I really like the social aspect of watching them. I mainly watch stuff when I'm on the exercise bike or in the background at work since most of the time I'm home and not biking, I'm doing stuff with my family (and even when I am biking, I'm usually watching something else with the kid as well and I just have it on my tablet/laptop on the tv tray by my bike.

Honestly, Bischoff should go in at some point.

I think the Outsiders can include Hogan. It was sort of how they were referred to at the very beginning.

At the least it's not a very interesting thing to talk about.

Yeah, that's what I call a match that's not as good as a match with shit that is there.

Yeah but you're also a crazy bearded malcontent.

There are matches where I lose the narrative, and then I go back and try to find it and I can't.

There's something to this. If you say you like obscure 80s mid south or are partaking in a lucha set from 30 years ago, there's some social protection there.

Did they really plan the Backlund match the night before KOTR 93 to go that long?

And i will watch that Baron/Dom match this week and give it the full write up.