Matt D

July 13. Was there any reason that they didn't just say screw him and put Sid in the role instead? That was plenty of time to build him up, right? I don't have time to look to see if all the pre-summerslam tapings were done by that point though.

I love the text of the letter that they sent him to get him to work Summerslam 91. I know I saw that sometime in the last 24 hours but I forget where. Whaa? I can't find the thing, but I know I read it. When temporarily caving into his demands, Vince wrote Warrior a letter of apology that basically said that Warrior was the most valued member of the WWF family and he respected him as a friend and a performer, or something. Then they suspended him right after the show.

Ok I came across this and it goes against everything I've always heard. Shawn and Razor only went :17 long?

PWO is going to become a PR wrestling thintank.

I'd go even further: he use to side with the Hardcore Fan viewpoint, and has since the early 00s been more Wrestler/Office viewpoint. That's more of the Beltway (or as Digby coined it last decade, The Village) type. John Would it be fair to say that he's less involved with what's going on now, as in he has less of a personal stake, this between his friends in the industry dying and his interests shifting to MMA and some level of general maturity from aging. The Junkfood Dog and Anabolic Warrior stuff seemed personal to me, like on some level it was an affront that they were getting pushes over other people. I'm not sure how true that was in the late 90s though.

I love the text of the letter that they sent him to get him to work Summerslam 91. I know I saw that sometime in the last 24 hours but I forget where.

The flip side is that we have so many promos and angles and most of them are really enjoyable. Portland was such a community territory that it really wasn't necessary on a week to week basis. When he does do it, it's about something that happened years ago usually.

There's a Fair to Flair joke in here but you guys are being so earnest that I would hate to make it.

Usually you can figure this stuff out from Bonnema's announcing. I know in watching them, I did feel a sense of progression from Match 1 to Match 2, but maybe that was just a construct in my head.

Savage starts getting really passive aggressive after WMX. Whenever Vince asks a question about who could win a match, he jumps in and says that HE could win the match and he's often trying to make things about him. It's ultimately both funny and sad and definitely writing on the wall. The two man Vince/Savage team is not great. EDIT: hey, it wasn't just me that noticed. Dave said this in the 4/25/94 WON

Not after this performance:

To be fair, even I said that it went "Maybe a little long." Watch the second match before revisiting the first though. Also, as always, this stuff is even better with the promos and what have you.

Duck Dynasty IS huge.

I am glad that you're letting go of that idea, because now I don't have to write a few thousand words about it, which I was really getting primed to do. Looking at my notes, I thought the match the next week was even better too. It's not a huge surprise by any means, but It's great that you're enjoying this stuff.

This statement is a trap, isn't it?

The one WCW show I ever went to was a Nitro where Warrior had Beefcake up in the rafters the whole show. It was pretty painful, yes.

Said this at DVDVR but if they are going forward with Hunter vs Punk at Mania, what I'd like to see is HHH coming out at 30 and winning the rumble, but it being revealed that they rigged his number so Bryan (the last guy in the ring other than him) gets a match vs him at Elimination Chamber for the shot. Punk helps Bryan win to further Punk vs HHH and Bryan goes on to face Orton at Mania.

I am kind of bummed we didn't get Harper, Rowan, Daniel vs Punk, Rhodes Bros though.

I kind of love the 98 promo where he babbles about how he's going to bring Sting back towards the light or whatever.

I don't think anyone's going to say Warrior was a great wrestler. I personally think he was very good at following direction and could be managed in a match. Also, plenty of charisma. As a kid, plenty of excitement. Great theme. I think the people who have gone through the 90-91 yearbooks were probably glad the insane promos were on there from a "can't look away" standpoint. Moreover, I think plenty of people enjoy just how nuts he is and how much he drinks his own koolaid. He's an amazing character and this will be a spotlight for him to speak about destructicity or whatever else. 100% the best thing about our community over the last ten years or so is that we've learned to enjoy and appreciate things that aren't just workrate, so long as we're honest about what we're enjoying and why we're enjoying it.

If they're serious about Rawley, and there's every indication they are, they should use Warrior to give him some rub somehow.

Man, who the hell inducts Warrior? Cena? Sting? Backlund cutting a crazy promo? Vince? Mojo Rawley? Honky Tonk Man? Jake? Papa Shango? Taker? Hogan? Phil Collins?

I think if anyone ever wondered whether or not we were biased for or against people we like or generally honest and earnest in our opinions and responses, they now have an answer.

I think that a 2-1 split is pretty good for this and shows a nice variation of opinion here considering all sorts of factors that can be seen all over this note.