Matt D

@SomethingSavage Can I interest you in Paris in 1959?

I haven’t been using it to get matches but I have been using it as a guide of key stuff to make sure I catch. That is still there as a cached resource though.

Live vs taped doesn't matter in the least for an empty arena show where spoilers don't get out. I think if the spoilers do get out it changes the chemistry for at least the most vocal/social media driven audience. Whether that can't be adapted and controlled for, I have no idea. There are a lot of moving parts right now in a COVID environment. Plus, WWE at least has been terrible about surprises and twists (both in not going to that well nearly often enough and not making it worthwhile when they do).

Really glad I tuned into that.

I'm tuning in but I'm pretty sure the quick cuts will make me miserable as I've been spending all my time watching 50s France, 90s CMLL, 89 AJPW, and 80s Otto Wanz and not this so I'm not inoculated. Let's find out!

I watched that a few weeks ago, but we haven't been able to slot it into New Footage Friday on SC because it's just one fall (even if it's a very complete one) and we've had other more complete stuff. It's so cool to see Cota and Dragon interact, and I'm not a huge Dragon guy or anything.

He needs a Paul Jones

He is Jimmy Valiant?

Government crackdown on televised Catch in 1961 and we in 2020 suffer for it.

WWE Training camp stuff.

There probably should have been a fall after the tombstone and maybe another during the catapults?

After the AWA set, I wanted to do a project where I reviewed all of Brunzell’s WWF work because he was such a standout. Obviously that didn’t happen. I’m glad we got the Frankensteined hour match with Bock though.

All you need is Bret's book, really.

Very interesting stuff. It seemed like we had more from 57 and 59 than 58. 1957: 32 1958: 18 1959: 27 And then when we hit the early 60s, we seem to get a depressing drought, like only 1 in 64.

No more than five. They don't even look like they're going to finally do things right most of the time. Of course, even when they do, they mess it up.

Fuck. I'm going to lose a bet some day and someone's going to make me watch that match.

I thought Orton was overly protected at the PPV. If it was so he could eat a clean loss to Lee at Payback, that works though.

Ok. So for next week we have, most likely, two more 1959 matches. One's a tag that goes an HOUR which is something we haven't seen in this footage yet. But in the start of the announcing, when introducing the sides, the commentator calls the babyfaces... (les) baby face. So that's new.

I haven't listened since February or so. How has the podcast been for the last half a year? It started out very well but I could see how the modern WWE stuff week after week could get tedious relative to what you'd actually want the thing to be.

I had no idea this one existed until this morning. actually. I loved the beginning, where you're not quite sure Candido knows what he has in Casas, but where he gets him to pose big and cheesy regardless. I'm not going to say that they were always on the same page here. There was a funny moment where Casas tagged in, did a double team, and then headed right back to the apron and they had to tag about three more times before it all made sense. There were some nice "taking the leg out" moments here both from in front and behind from Casas and yeah, that period relatively early on where he did a bunch of stuff, including the plancha and his big seated senton dive from the apron as Candido watched on was what you'd expect from a match like this. I think ultimately, the match was pretty formless. Casas and Candido controlled with their tagging but never to any real narrative effect. Lots of fun individual spots. Some things, like Makabe kicking out of the first senton at one detracted. The sequence where Candido tagged in and walked right into the Makabe spear was great though, and I liked the power bomb turned into the a roll up, especially because it played into the finish. Ultimately, I thought this was a bit of a mess but certainly an enjoyable one. I would have liked to see the tenth match with Casas and Candido teaming. I think they would have really gotten it eventually.

I didn't know you were tight with Norman Smiley.

They never do two things when they think they can get away with one. Having Retribution come out there and stare at Roman from different parts of the arena or some such would have worked too.

Wait, why is This Tuesday in Texas next week? If they really wanted to run two PPVs two weeks in a row, they should have made it Summerslam Part 1 and Part 2

Roll up finish does Drew no favors. If they really wanted to go that route, they should have had Orton roll him up after the missed Claymore (which would remind people of Bayley's win earlier) and then have Drew reverse it for the 3 or something.

The camera work is mind boggling. It's like some sort of rhythm video game where you have to switch every time they come into bodily contact. And you lose points if you miss one. What madness.