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Also, more Negro Casas.

They also had the tag match that fits into the feud.

Maybe if they give him a cooking show.

http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.p...-1980s-project/ The level of difficulty in watching these matches is way higher than in the AWA set so there is discussion but it's slow going. I seriously need to get back to watching. I'm going to have to do a rewatch of pretty much everything if I want to do a ballot.

You really want to watch Legends House?

i'm actually a little worried this will do me more harm than good in the short term depending on crackdowns on stuff that they're not planning on adding anytime soon. I figure, worst case, it'll lead me to helping someone afford an even better helmet and watching a lot of Jerry Lawler or something.

We really didn't come out of this knowing anything that wasn't already suspected except for some of the new shows. I'll be more interested in a few days/weeks/months when we learn more about the old B/C shows and the territories since that's most of what I watch.

What a "PPV" means now sort of changes in general.

In that case it's probably karma.

Which is a shame since then we could have gotten a poorly drawn Nord instead.

It was usually the other guy writing it up and making Brody pictures though. Early on at least.

Read through all two decades ago. Two telling things: * he came right back into writing the WON almost instantly * he spent a significant amount of time covering the WWE in 1984-85, more than any single promotion I think if one looks at the 1986-89 WON's where he finally settled into the weekly format and coverage pattern that he largely still follows today with minor tweaks, the coverage of the WWF was significant. Did he enjoy the quality of WWF work? Not a ton of it. But then again, not a lot of hardcores did... and that wasn't really the influence of Dave. They all preferred what they grew up on, and generally saw the WWF as weaker / less entertaining / less fun. There are some WWF backers, but they were a smaller, less vocal group of writer-fans in the Letters Section. John From reading the 84-87 ones, I was always way more frustrated with the AWA coverage while watching the set.

Neither here nor there but I think reading through the WONs from the start of 84 to the issue where he says that he's quitting the Wrestling Observer as it was (APRIL 15, 1985) is pretty fascinating when it comes to how he sees WWF and his general optimism level.

Well that's certainly a no brainer.

Do they want to mess around with that while negotiating for new TV deals?

I think the guys they have for the launch event is a good sign that they are going for an older demographic. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they cart Hogan out as a surprise.

It's a good question. The Wyatts have developed over the last few months, especially Rowan. I really think Harper is one of the strongest guys on the roster. There are some situations where Rowan still seems, if not a little lost, then certainly lacking. On the other hand, Cesaro and Swagger have started doing some tandem moves that they hadn't before which is enjoyable. My favorite thing about them might be the sort of jockish camaraderie that Cesaro shows for Swagger. I loved the finishing segment of the tag but it definitely felt slighter than the Wyatt's match. I felt like it had less time, which might be part of it.

Rob Naylor and Eric Bischoff doesn't sound like a bad team. Obviously, the only way to go is with the booking committee of Jarrett, Ross, Meltzer, Naylor, and Bill Dundee.

Pro wrestling fans (what we would traditionally call "smarts") in general have more of an inferiority complex than any other fandom I can think of. Maybe comic book fans. I think almost every one kind of secretly wants wrestling to get big again because then they could talk about it with the general public again, even if it would only get big by appealing to a widestream audience at the cost of a lot of things that we prefer and that we get when they aim more at the hardcore crowd.

It was used a decent amount in Portland on Buddy Rose to comedic effect.

Also, she has a Milk Commercial now. It's surreal.