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Aren't the prices higher for the special attraction NXT shows like the last one at the Arnold? The major shows are priced like WWE house shows.

Did anyone else catch Michael Cole using the phrase "pro wrestling" while announcing Larry's induction?

When I was 8 my uncle gave me a bunch of VHS tapes he made of WWF TV and there was a lot of PTW from 1986 on there. I remember it being painfully dull at times but also a bit eye-opening because my mom could tell me things like Mike Rotunda became IRS. I wound up losing or taping over everything over the years. Sad because everything was the live TV version of PPVs and SNMEs from 1986-1991. I absolutely hated the roundtable format of the show and quit watching.

Every version I've seen has been around that time. I think all the matches are full but the stuff between has been clipped. That or the WWF wasn't thinking about three-hour broadcast cards back then?

Looks like I finally have some (non-NJPW) wrestling to look forward to on my DVR.

He was in "Beyond the Mat."

Why does WWE in 2015 think they need a drill sergeant trainer? The only people they get behind are fast-tracked pretty boys or genetic freaks. Is it really worth the abuse just to wind up floundering around the midcard like everyone else?

Ambrose should be cutting Brian PIllman promos with a cigarette dangling from his lip, not the warmed-over John C. Reilly outtake shit they give him.

I voted "Low Enthusiam" because even though the card is complete shit I'm fucking going to my first WrestleMania. I'm pretty close to the ring, I'm pumped for the (90 minute) road trip, the potential tailgating, checking out the stadium, and having a blast. And I'm pretty excited to see AJ Lee and Nikki Bella in person. I'm sure it will be a lot more fun in person than on TV. The card does nothing for me and there isn't one single match I'm really looking forward to; maybe Cena-Rusev. Still, I'm sure WWE will pull off something to make this card somehow memorable.

My least favorite wrestling personality is Triple H. He booked himself into a match with an employee just so he could take out his frustrations with him by potatoing him. In a publicly traded company. Add to that all the stuff in the "Douchebag" thread and his still being bitter after all these years at being (rightly) thought of as an "Attitude Era" afterthought and I just have such ill feelings toward the guy.

That was the first full "Raw" I've watched in months and it stunk.

What the hell was this week's "Raw"? Cena and Orton beat the shit out of their opponents already and they're just now trying to establish Roman Reigns as a character and he's two weeks away from headlining Wrestle-goddamn-Mania. The guys in the I-C title match will likely kill themselves in a spot-fest and wind up on "Superstars" two weeks later. If (when?) Reigns doesn't work out who will they have to fall back on? Cena? Bryan? Rowan?

Why aren't WWE wrestlers supposed to play to the crowds? Is this another crazy Vince directive?

Yeah, I saw that lol.

I just looked at the tickets for this year's HOF since it's about 90 minutes away from me. The only seats available are nosebleeds for $90 and the floor seats are as high as $485(!) Is this because of Arnold or are the tickets usually this pricey? I decided against buying a ticket since I'm not paying $90 for this lineup.

So, is Triple H the Lex Express of his generation? The company pumped millions of dollars into marketing him and tried everything to get him over and he just never really caught on on his own?

After WrestleMania, where we assume Reigns is being crowned champion, who do they have lined up to feud with him (and carry him to a watchable match)? Will Rollins feud with Triple H in yet another angle where the authority figure wants the champ to bow down or suffer the consequences? Or is Seth Rollins first in line to bump his ass off to make Reigns look like a main eventer? Or, in keeping with recent tradition, will he next feud with Kane or Big Show?

surely his 35 year career warrants more than a 140 character autobiography...?

They could just show Vince McMahon's name in size 42 font.

Sorry for being late to the party on this but if you're going to have Paul Heyman proclaim that Reigns could beat almost every legend of the last fifty years then why do they book him to have long matches with Rusev and Big Show where he spends most of the match selling? Why book him to sleepwalk through the last half of the Rumble? Is WWE afraid to make Reigns look too dominant by having him actually beat people quickly and decisively?

I agree with these. I was a high-schooler when ECW first came on local TV in 1995 and what immediately hooked me was the music. It had music, a look, a feel, and an attitude I loved. That was one of my favorite things about the ECW TV shows in the mid-90s.

Rey Mysterio is one of my all-time favorites. The first live card I attended was WCW Monday Nitro in February 1997 and I remember all I could think about was wanting to see Rey live. I wound up getting a pretty cool five-minute match with Rey vs. Juventud Guerrera. I loved his first year or so in WWE. His was one of my favorite WWE-produced DVDs. I was glad he got a WrestleMania main event and a title run, however brief. I was also in attendance at the 2009 WWE Bash card. The match with Jericho was awesome live. It's unfortunate that this seems like another messy WWE divorce rather than one side or both deciding it's time to part ways. Will Rey be another former wrestler to claim WWE treats their talent like garbage and their minority talent even worse?

When I got that notification my first thought was "What the hell is the Bushwhackers connection to the Bay Area?" I thought they tried to pick people who had some sort of connection to the area. They already inducted Peter Maivia.

Wade said the same thing on his Raw recap.

I'm going to this show and I'm not really excited about anything on the card. That, and I couldn't find one single person who would be willing to go with me. EDIT: And not because no one likes me, lol. It's because no one I know who lives nearby likes the current product.