JazeUSA Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Anyone know why Raw is early this week?It's not, Raw has started at 8pm for a while now since it switched to 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Must have aired on time delay in the UK previously. Usually it runs 1AM-4AM, tonight it is midnight to three. Back when it was two hours it used to air 2AM-4AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 No daylight time in the UK, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 The dates are slightly off... we get a 4hr time difference between GMT and ET for a few weeks with each switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yeah, I get it now. Will be back to normal in a couple of weeks when our clocks change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazeUSA Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Awesome, I learned something from you guys today about daylight savings time haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Really hope we get Undertaker/Kane vs Punk/Lesnar before Wrestlemania. Urn on a Pole match anyone? Also looks like they won't be running Henry/Ryback at Wrestlemania, since they've announced it for Smackdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Stumbled upon this tonight: Ric Flair and Dewey Robertson vs Roddy Piper and Jimmy Snuka, Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1981. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxyjcx_ri...rt#.UT7B2lemXwQ Anybody see this before? You don't see much Toronto footage out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Also looks like they won't be running Henry/Ryback at Wrestlemania, since they've announced it for Smackdown.Nah, it'll be a schmozz. Shit'll go down to give the Mania match some more reason to happen besides staring at each other and taking turns hitting moves on McIntyre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Del Rio's material is some of the worse stuff I've seen from a main event WWE worker in ages. Makes the Sheamus stuff look better by comparison. I don't agree with everything Meltzer has said about this, but I do think he's absolutely right and spot on when he says that WWE has no clue how to script a guy they hope to get over to a Latino audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 RON FULLER HAIR!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Going through 1989 Observers, I've come across a certain "Tim Evans" having matches. Is that the Tim Evans from here? Still want to know this dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Taking the train from Boston to New York for WrestleMania so looking for a good wrestling book to read for the trip. Suggestions? I picked this up super cheap off Amazon recently: http://www.amazon.com/The-Encyclopedia-Pro.../dp/0873496256/ I was buying a few other wrestling related books and saw this pop up down the bottom and thought "for £3 why not?". I've only had a flick through but it looks like it gives quite a nice run down on wrestling history from the very start through the 70s, 80s and 90s. The best thing though is that it is incredibly well illustrated with pictures. Lots and lots and lots of nice pictures, especially from the territory era and pre-50s. There is an A-Z of wrestlers at the back too with little profiles. These are a bit too brief to be of much worth, but there are some interesting tidbits in there. For example: Maurice Tillet (1920s-1940s): The original French Angel, he was a human oddity. Weighing more than 300 pounds with an enormous head and set of hands, he held one version of the world title. He died in 1951 at age 54. Stuff like that. I think it would occupy you for a train journey without being too taxing. Something you can dip in and out of, or just look at the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickHithouse Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 It's a good book for what it is. I bought it years ago (at full cover price) and have utilized a ton of the awesome pictures. The first edition is worth picking up as well if you can find it at that kind of price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Incidentally, the two other books I bought were Larry Matysik's 50 Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All Time and the Official WWE Encyclopedia 2nd edn, which I've read surprisingly good reviews of. They haven't arrived yet. The sort of library I'm building up here is more an idea than anything else. I like the idea of a guy coming up -- especially an historical guy -- and then being able to consult 5-10 reference books for a look at that guy. The Greg Oliver books are good for that, but I wanted to bolster them with other stuff. The ONE other book I'm considering getting but haven't committed to yet is Tim Hornbaker's Legends of Pro Wrestling. Seems like it might be a decent edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Going through 1989 Observers, I've come across a certain "Tim Evans" having matches. Is that the Tim Evans from here? Still want to know this dammit. Considering I was 4 years old in 89, no. And that Ron Fuller pic is gold. Is Robert wearing Zubaz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 I love Ron Fuller maybe more than anyone, but he was mostly bald in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueminister Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 The first three or so editions of the PWI almanacs starting around about 1995 had incredible history of wrestling sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 The first three or so editions of the PWI almanacs starting around about 1995 had incredible history of wrestling sections. This reminded me of them mentioning the Dave Schultz-John Stossel incident and saying that Schultz responded to Stossel's question about wrestling being fake. This in a kayfabe mag where the entire fifteen minute segment on 20/20 was exposing the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 The first three or so editions of the PWI almanacs starting around about 1995 had incredible history of wrestling sections. This reminded me of them mentioning the Dave Schultz-John Stossel incident and saying that Schultz responded to Stossel's question about wrestling being fake. This in a kayfabe mag where the entire fifteen minute segment on 20/20 was exposing the business. See, back when it happened though, the Apter mags ran editorials saying that the two guys were just nobodies who had an axe to grind. AND that the shots of punches missing were obviously wrestlers dodging punches. They also pretty much praised Schultz and rewarded him with a cover story, "Ric Flair vs. David Schultz" Flair: 'I Wrestle the Men Hogan is Afraid Of!'" based on one match in Puerto Rico, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackToBionic Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Am I the only one that read those Almanacs so much that the cover fell off? Happened to every damn edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 It's hilarious that there was a period where real journalists (Yeah, I'm stretching that term with Stossel) were doing stories to try and "expose" that wrestling was fake. Hard hitting and informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 It's hilarious that there was a period where real journalists (Yeah, I'm stretching that term with Stossel) were doing stories to try and "expose" that wrestling was fake. Hard hitting and informative. Think it was more to be spiteful. They were guys with "finer tastes" that resented how popular wrestling was in that period. So they tried to tear it down. Of course, Stossel got his ears boxed out for his trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Face Chicken Wing Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Does anybody have any leads on how to buy Gary Hart's book for a realistic price, not $200? http://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Gary-Hart-Li...words=gary+hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Does anybody have any leads on how to buy Gary Hart's book for a realistic price, not $200? http://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Gary-Hart-Li...words=gary+hart The book has always been a pain to buy. They sold it briefly twice and then stopped. Good luck, but it is just the people who make it that have created the troubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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