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So, how do they fit Big Show into all of this? EDIT: OK, so they don't. Bryan/Kane next week should result in some goofy Wyatt tomfoolery.

Totally. So many awesome spots; Cesaro going crazy with the uppercuts especially.

Cesaro is looking like a total star here. I wish so badly that he wasn't lumbered with Swagger

Cena/Morrison from the show following the Benoit tribute is an excellent match too from a period where Cena was red hot.

Fuck, if this is an elaborate plan to eradicate the "WHAT?" chants, I'm totally on board with it.

There's a match w/ Finlay from ECW in 08 that I remember being good but I believe they ran that match a few times. The one I'm thinking of is a Number One Contender match. I remember ECW having a lot of tags and 6 mans involving guys like Henry, Morrison, Hardy, Miz and Bourne around this time that he was a part of and IIRC correctly, they were always entertaining. I, like you, have no idea how he was on Raw in his team with MVP since I turned off that during the guest host stuff but try and find Henry's debut where he turns face because he's absolutely awesome in that.

The squash on ECW with Big Daddy V beating 3 guys is absolutely great.

Bryan/Cena at Summerslam. There's no way that can be bad, right?

Punk/Brock/Heyman segment was super great. The brawl was really good, lots of good little touches like Punk going to use the mic as a weapon and Brock's knees looking real painful and Heyman being a slimy jilted lover is perfect. Got high hopes for these two at Summerslam (if the one on one goes ahead).

Absolutely, the guy is a lunatic. I'm really excited to see how Mark Henry vs. The Shield plays out.

As a quick aside, and sorry if it's been mentioned before, but what other sets are planned for the 80s? Lucha, Portland, Euro and revisiting WWF?

Not according to HistoryofWWE but there's plenty of Hart Foundation vs. Rockers match from 89/90 floating around YT and Dailymotion that are fun.

One thing about DVDVR that's fun is that it acts as a time capsule of sorts for the last few years of wrestling, at least in the US. When I was watching WWE 2007, it was fun going back and read the threads for opinions at the time and how they've changed now. Things like people being hot on Kennedy and MVP and ear marking them as top draws for years to come. PWO is awesome for its range of topics about wrestling as a "thing" but I like reading through the show threads on DVDVR to get a sense of the zeitgeist, which isn't always the case here. Two awesome depositories for the professional wrestling either way!

I'm psyched that Big Show is so high as he's a guy that I've really enjoyed watching, pretty much since his return in 08. When he's back from injury, I'd like to see him working with Daniel Bryan for a couple of PPVs to working long TV matches with Christian and just generally keep his high standard up. Show from 08 to whenever he retires is prime comp-material as he's been in a ton of fun matches.

Oh, I thought it was great, don't worry. Wyatt sitting in the rocking chair and watching his guys dismantle Kane was awesome and the whole entrance is wonderful, from the music to the complete darkness. Great pop too when he said "we're here"

So, the Wyatt's have arrived, taken out Kane and already there was some smart-asses chanting "Husky Harris" at Wyatt. Some people, man. I can see people being underwhelmed but anything short of a Nexus debut style angle would have been a disappointment after all the hype.

Deuce and Domino. That music, man. I literally couldn't tell you a single memorable match that they were in but I could sing you their theme music right now.

Word is that the old host is making things really awkward in the changeover: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?show...p;#entry5550201

That reminds me of the WWA PPV where he says he likes to have sex with prostitutes when they're in Vegas. Wasn't that the league whose commentary was echoed through the arena speakers? Ensuring every single parent with child would feel deadly uncomfortable at that point? Yeah. The first show had that, yeah. It makes for some great moments where Lawler's jokes fall flat. Madden replaces him for the 2nd show and I believe that their PBP isn't broadcast through the speakers but their hype in-between matches is, which is when Madden makes the gambling and prostitution joke. If anything, we can applaud TNA for NOT hiring him but man, I don't envy EL-P having to sit through his nonsense on commentary. Talk about making a bad situation worse.

That reminds me of the WWA PPV where he says he likes to have sex with prostitutes when they're in Vegas.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxhh5h8vtWZBW1IEi8sm-Og This Youtube channel has a load of matches on there, arranged into playlists for certain workers so you can easily have your WOS Finlay fix. It's predictably great.

SWA: ZERO 1 has their online show "Full On" at their Youtube page Here. I haven't started on it yet so can't speak to its quality though.

Low Ki doing voiceover work for Saturday morning cartoon villains is absolutely a career move I can get behind.

I've been thinking recently about some landmark years, not in pro wrestling as a whole, but in certain promotions and what goes into making them great. I'm not talking about profitable years (though I'd wager a lot of the best years were successful ones) but years where companies were either putting on great matches or booking things extremely well. Everyone points to 1997 or 2000 as years where the WWF/E had their shit together but having rewatched a lot of 2007 recently, and maybe it's because it's when I started watching again, but it's really fun. John Cena is on fire from the first day of the year and continues until he's injured and even when the injuries mount up in the summer months, Smackdown always pulls out some good TV matches. WCW has its 1996 and 1992 but I think 1990 has a lot going for it and of course, 2000 is a masterclass in booking professional wrestling... I like ECW's 95 a hell of a lot but I understand YMMV on that, especially if you're watching it for the first time now. If you want to extend things to WWECW, 2009 is very consistent with its core of Finlay, Christian, Swagger, Bourne (until he's drafted), Regal, Goldust and Dreamer (who has some real fun matches in his title run). What's the consensus for AJPW? Early 90s are awesome but anything from the 2000s that can stack up? I really have a puro and lucha blackspot for most of the 2000s so I would love to know what people think. Any stand-out indy years in recent memory?

Yeah, as much as I disagree with making this happen on a Smackdown, the final stretch is of the 6-man is awesome with some great heat. Daniel Bryan is the most over man in that company by a country mile.