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This place is the only place where I have ever seen criticism on it. It's just one of those, "let's shit on something that was popular to prove our wrestling smark superiority" deals. I always considered Brock a member of the SD6. He was in too much good stuff not to be. He did good stuff with Benny, Rey, A-Train and Show.

This is probably one of the most entertaining things they've done in ages. It's entertaining but does absolutely nothing to make you want to see the show.

The only examples I'm recalling are Memphis with Tommy Rich under the ring, and Continental with Doug Furnas' debut (which was stolen for Kane in Badd Blood). Kevin Sullivan in Florida coming up through the ring to attack Dusty. The New Guinea Headhunters did it in Continental too.

Devitt's just a lot high while Cesaro is a lot lower than he should be. I don't think it is possible to not have Cesaro in the top 10 this year. Also, DB > Okada and maybe Tanahashi.

I reviewed Terry Rudge vs Tom Tyrone here: http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/wo...tom-tyrone.html And Terry Rudge vs Bully Boy Muir here: http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/wo...y-rudge-vs.html Rudge vs Tyrone is a Rudge armwork clinic. He stretched Tyrone's arm out bad and they exchanged some nice euro uppercuts.

Ishii vs Shibata from the G1 2013

Loved Lawler referencing Jimmy Hart saying "It's the best day of my life".

I'm a little hyped for this. Haven't watched any WWE since September or so, but am bored and want to see what screwjob happens in the main.

Really? She looks a bit rough these days. There's multiple people around the boards who think Vickie is hot, so this isn't surprising.

No offense, but why would you have Henry sign a yearbook from 89? "Well all I had was this samurai sword, and I'm not gonna NOT get Mark Henry's autograph" A Mark Henry autographed samurai sword would be bad ass.

It's true. I usually complain about having certain salaried roster members become jobbers but for Slater, it's a good role. I don't want to see him be a face and I don't want to see him pushed as serious wrestler. A great heel jobber like Slater is worth every penny and more.

I know people hate on JC, but if I'm gonna listen to anyone shoot, it's him.

I meant that the current audience buying the current PPV's now, even though its a low number, seem to be cool with it. It's hard not to immediately think watching PPV's on laptops with the online stuff. People like me who don't have the smart TV's or smart boxes forget it.

I just don't see where it's going to pull in fans aside from the Netflix crowd(Well done on that explanation, Bix) or international viewers(who will get blacked out anyway). I think the people who don't pay for it are going to continue to do so and I think the usual people who buy it are going to also continue to do so. Honestly, this whole thing feels like they are trying to undercut themselves. People don't mention it either but you have to factor in the economy these days. There's hardly a bright outlook for most of America right now and people are finding it really easy to cut out media. Obviously this will be cheaper than the current PPV model, but I don't think people are looking to add any more unnecessary monthly bills. I really also have no idea how anyone with a job and kids could possibly ever find time these days to watch shows. The only real pro that I see here is that it should be pretty cheap for them to pull off. They just need to pay for the set up and the server bills.

Definitely true. 3MB, Santino, Zack Ryder and a bunch of others are JTTS and the WWE 2000's versions of jobbers. The problem is, they are jobbing out guys they have money and time invested in, instead of no names.

I don't like to use "Lawler's level". By the 80's, he was already made and pushed. Plus since he owned a piece of the company, he had a ton of influence that others didn't. It's not really fair. Not sure if anyone could have gotten around that influence. Dutch was too much of a tweener for that role. I cannot imagine any scenario where Dutch Mantel is the face of the company. I've seen 1982, some of 1984-1985 and 1992/1993. I can't make statements on any other years because I didn't see them. My picks would be - Savage(the most obvious), Eddie(Something tells me Eddie would have been reliable had he been promised the top star of Memphis throne he had always craved), Rude with a little more seasoning, maybe the original Lord Humongous with more seasoning and a Road Warrior face push(he's really popular and remembered for having such a short run), Moondogs in 92/93(They were easily the most over people on the roster as faces) and Steve Keirn might have been able to get away with some kind of singles run with an earlier push in 82.

Conor O'Brian. He's been in there for near 10 years and still can't work a decent match. But, HHH likes him.

I watched every WWE show for around a year straight and I can tell you that it was really hard work. You basically can't do anything else and you really can't watch anything else. I don't think over saturation is a problem to anyone but the hardcore internet fans. WWE pretty much lays out that it is Raw or bust and the ratings seem to indicate most fans feel that way too.

This wasn't the problem at all. Lawler always being around had nothing to do with why they aren't around today. Lawler never stepping aside to help create a new star hurt Memphis bad. Lawler left in 1986 for 3 months. Business went into the tank. I am curious how business fared in 1980 when he was injured. I really don't know. As far as the 1990s, who do you think was going to step in for Lawler? At the time, Jeff Jarrett was great in the ring, horrible interview. Brian Christopher was good. Don't know if he could carry a territory on his own the way Lawler could. They were only getting 1000-2000 fans a week in the 90s, sometimes only 5-600 people even with WWF stars coming in. There was nobody in Memphis who could have risen in Memphis to even sustain the mediocre business the way they were doing. Also, early 90s Memphis was an early training ground for people WWF wanted to go to TV. The minute they get their experience in Memphis, they were going to be called up. Nobody else was going to be a mainstay. They were either not up to Lawler's level or they were passing through. If Lawler leaves and is exclusive to the WWF in 1993, the USWA doesn't lose their TV in 1997. They lose it in 1993. Lawler was also not a guy who was afraid to put people over. Hell, he gave Snowman the belt like 2 weeks into their feud. HE gave it up to King Cobra. He gave it to nearly everybody. This isn't Flair refusing to lose to Lex Luger. Lawler was willing to dance with anyone who wanted to dance. He was also content on being in the 2nd or 3rd feud from the top when it called for it. Lawler was afraid to put a new face over and never would have done it like Fargo did with him. I think it was USWA ref James Beard on Kayfabe Memories who talked about all the various people Lawler refused to put over. They said they tried to get new faces over and Lawler would end up vetoing doing the job. This was near the end and they mentioned Rod Price in particular and not that he's the answer, but it is an example. The right time for Lawler to start getting a new star ready wasn't the 90's. It was the 80's when they still had great business. In 1986 when he left, the faces they had replacing Lawler in the main were Big Red, Terry Taylor, Dutch Mantel(Better than the other two, but we had been there and done that) and Dirty Rhodes. No wonder business tanked then. They still were able to fight off Vince then in the mid 80's and if they paid the right amount, which they wouldn't have, they would have been able to keep whoever the new star it would be. It's hard to say who could have been the top star, but then again, it would have been hard to predict that Deacon Batista and "Ruthless Aggression" John Cena were going to be top stars either. You don't know until you actively try to push new people to get them over. Memphis could have helped themselves more in the 90's too, with the obvious thing being getting rid of Monday night shows. Putting the shows up against Raw and Nitro were just asking for it. James Beard talked about that too.

I reviewed USWA TV 2/6/1993 here: http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/us...-tv-261993.html Overall thoughts: Pretty good show. Doink was really good and entertaining and really provided a different feel to the show. I wasn't sure how he would fit in but he was at his best here. He put forth a great performance in the main event and stretched his opponents like he was Billy Robinson. He made the show here and made this one a good one. Some shots from the show:

This wasn't the problem at all. Lawler always being around had nothing to do with why they aren't around today. Lawler never stepping aside to help create a new star hurt Memphis bad.

I think this has pretty much applied to RAW for the past 15 years. They are booking for the same group of fans in an attempt to lure them back to the same place each week, only that group is a national audience instead of a regional one. Memphis and WWE are similar but opposites. I've just watched the full month of January 1993 USWA and I don't think I saw one clean finish that wasn't a squash, meanwhile, it appears that most of the MSC matches had finishes. WWE on the other hand has the finishes on the free shows then makes you pay for the screwjobs. You know you have to pay to see the last 10 minutes of a Memphis Wrestling movie, but in WWE, you can see the last 10 minutes for free but need to pay for the additional scenes and bonus features. One way in which they are similar is that we usually didn't know what would be on Memphis the next week TV wise and we usually don't know what will be on TV the next week in WWE. Memphis' weekly TV would be the equivalent of WWE's first Raw after a PPV. It's a shame too as the few times WWE would promote the next Raw, it made me more inclined to check it out. If WWE does indeed make most of their money from TV, it would be smarter for them to adapt to a Memphis style. Only, I would change it to where there is one Raw dedicated to building the big show, then having the next show be the big show and starting the process over again. The biggest problem that would come from this is that unlike Memphis, WWE won't have people coming and going. As Memphis learned, when you stop getting fresh talent and keep having the same guys on top, people stop coming. Lawler was Memphis' best draw but had he went away, Memphis very well could be still around today.

Wrong. All shows these days come in 720p, and I've seen 1080p offerings before. There's also lower quality offerings. Please check XWT if you think I'm lying. They are usually available less than 1-2 hours after too. I'd argue that the quality will be better than the originals as people like me can't live stream 720p due to our ISP's being garbage. A couple nights ago my network was so slow I had to watch YouTube videos in 240p.

I just thought of the perfect foil for Jerry Lawler... LA PARKA. God, that would have been awesome.

If it's viewable online, it's recordable. People record NBA games off their online service all the time to get great results. Believe me, once they put these up, they will be online.