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So I was in Potbelly's (sandwich shop) and I sat down next to a WWE the Magazine. I was browsing it a little and then the owner came over and grabbed his stuff from the area I was sitting. I guess he had already sat his stuff down. So he walks away and sits down somewhere else and starts eating. I finish my foot and I go ask him, "Wrestling fan huh." He says yea. Then we started talking. He was around 60 years old, black dude. Kinda country. dialect. He started out saying how he was a fan of Snuka, Superstar Billy Graham, Ken Patera, Bruno and a bunch of the other stars of WWF from that era. He also started talking about steriods and how people foolishly believe they weren't used heavily back in the day. He said he didn't really care for Hulk Hogan but it was a big moment when he beat Andre because nobody had really seen him dominated before that point in time. He didn't care for Andre either. He RAVED about Daniel Bryan and CM Punk. He talked about how far they came. He even referenced them coming from ROH without me having to assist him. He said he would have never imagined those dudes coming from where they came from becoming the stars that they are now. He didn't really talk much about Cena but he doesn't care much about him. He really talked a lot about Superstar Jimmy Graham and how he influenced so many wrestlers. We spent a little time talking about Benoit and how roid-rage was probably the cause of what happened with him. He brought up Vicki Guerrero getting a sweet deal after Eddie died. He also talked about how unbelievable of a World Champion Eddie and Rey were. He says that they had no business winning a World title. He talked about the Rock painting himself in Green last year and posing as the Incredible Hawk. He raved about HBK. He called HBK the Iron Man. He specifically called him a "Marathon Wrestler." He says Bret and Shawn remind him of Daniel and Punk. Little dudes that look legit. He talked about all of the talent that came out of the state of Minnesota. The Hennigs, Rude. He also talked about how much he liked Piper and he was amazed that I knew about the Snuka/Piper Coconut spot. He was like, "Damn you remember that. You probably weren't even born." He spent like 5 mins talking about how he hates the state of women's wrestling. He says all of the girls look the same now and Vince McMahon should be embarrassed of himself to put those girls in the ring as bad as they are. He brought up Fabolous Moolah and SHeri Martel and talked about how they were actual WRESTLERS. He talked about how cool of a white boy Dusty Rhodes was. He spent like 5 mins talking about the Von Erich family and how they were all messed up. How tragic of a family story that was. He knew who Liger was! Of course I brought it up. He liked Liger, Tiger Mask, Strong Kobayashi, and Kawada. He brought up those names! He talked about the Snuka/Backlund match and how Snuka had him beat but he went back up to the top of the cage. We talked about Snuka supposedly killing that girl. He said Bob Backlund was the man back in the day. A Legit dude. He talked about how good Kurt Angle was but how he was on that stuff. So I was essentially just throwing names out there just to get an opinion. We were browsing the magazine together and there is a picture of The Shield and he says, "Those are some bad dudes. I have never seen somebody come in like that. They didn't come in scared, they put their foot down." He then went on to talk about how they could have made it in any era. There was probably more but I can't remember anything else right now. We talked for like 1.5 hours. Really enjoyed that talk.

When I was a kid, Black Friday was when we forgot to pay the electric bill.

"DRACULA YOU FAT BASTARD!" Pretty much makes that a classic gimmick.

Shelton Benjamin's mother

Kozlov no matter his position came across as the real deal. My favorite bit with him was the tea party with Sheamus, Santino is acting scared and Kozlov does not give a fuck. He had no fear of Sheamus and was daring him to do something. Kozlov got this grin on his face and tipped his hat to him. They had a good TV match the next week, because you believed he could take Sheamus. Down the road they started jobbing him to every one. Leading to him losing to Jinder Mahal which looked like some bullshit,

Genetics.

Ryuto Sawada vs HIRO 2013.10.05 - Vale Tudo Japan 3rd

I don't want to pile on notoriusvig here, but this post sounds amazing if you read it in Santino's voice.

I don't know about most ridiculous, but probably my favourite ever.

Lazer Tron's Lazer Tag sensor.

Now for actual Goal of the Year candidates.... http://youtu.be/qI8SV0racrY

At this rate UGA may die from shame as opposed to the usual congenital defects his predecessors suffered from.

Surely you're not implying that Vince's thought processes are ever less than totally logical.

84) STARSHIP TROOPERS 1997 - 429 Points - 9 Votes (Highest Vote: #9 JR Goldman) DIRECTOR: Paul Verhoeven STARRING: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer Placement On Original List: #200 (4 Votes) IMDB ROTTEN TOMATOES (63%) WIKI NOTE FROM RIPPA - And here I was terrified it wasn't going to make the countdown.

Chavo Jr had great matches with Rey and Evan Bourne. I know, everyone has great matches with Rey but at GAB 2004 he was about as game an opponent as Rey has had in WWE outside of Eddy, Jamie Noble, or Finlay. He actually had interesting matches with Kane and got decent stuff out of CM Punk during his questionable early years in WWE.

It's always Breast Awareness month.

Fortunately, there are so many other movies in which to see Kate Winslet naked.

There was an episode where the guy made the kid comb his chest hair with his fingers, I was in tears at that. So awesome.

You guys are nuts. Those boots are boss.

Woody The Woodpecker? I believe Woodpecker is his surname and not a nickname.

I haven't had much of a chance to see a ton of the set so far. Life's just been really busy. I've done basically one write up and then moved on to watch a few more matches with the listening party. That said, I've seen this match three times now, the first when I was wondering if I wanted to get the set or not in a pretty choppy, cut-filled, dark version on youtube, the second when some of the reviews started to come in and the third with the Wrestling Party podcast. Most of the matches on the set I've only been through once, with the Party so I haven't been able to do my usual absurd write ups. I don't even know if I have to with this match. You people are nuts. You're tasteless vampires who wouldn't know a good, meaningful narrative if it bit you... No, I'm shitting you. The first time I saw this match I could barely figure out which guy was which, missed the second fall, and didn't understand why they kept cutting to an old woman. I still thought it was violent and striking. What I didn't realize was that: Major things: 1. It has one of the best heat segments I've ever seen. 2. It has one of the best moments of transition I've ever seen. 3. It has some of the best late-match selling I've ever seen. When I say "one of" or "some of", I can't really think of any examples off the top of my head I'd absolutely consider better. Other things that aren't quite as pressing but still matter: 1. It has some of the best punches I've ever seen and so meaningfully placed. It also has some of the best, meanest stomps, the crazy ring apron usage, and at least one killer knee. There's also that really great butterfly suplex into a submission. 2. The transition means so much because of the heat segment and the heat segment means even more because of the fact it's done in front of Chicana's family. The selling at the end, in turn, makes everything that comes before it more meaningful. 3. I love the parallel structure of the missed top rope splash at the end. 4. There are three great dives, one being the most insane frigging bump. 5. The blood is really visceral, sure, and the stretch muffler at the end is really nasty. 6. MS-1 is such a cocky bastard during the first fall, from even before the ambush. Chicana is super aggressive on the floor right after the second fall. I think Phil said this was one of the best matches of the 80s and Kris said it was of the best of all time. I'll agree that it was one of the best matches I've seen from the 80s. It's this minimalist masterpiece with brilliant execution. I'd be glad if it's NOT my #1 because that would mean there's something else even better and that would be a god damn treat. It might also be a minor miracle. Also, I am honestly sorry I can't be a contrarian bastard on this match, since I'm sure that'd be more fun for everyone.

I'm voting for The Mountie's shock stick. Not because the shock stick itself is a necessarily ridiculous prop, but because of the absolutely ridiculous BRRR-ZAPPPP sound effect that would play every time he used it. That never fails to get a laugh out of me.

I was gonna say Judy Bagwell

My favorite part of those playoffs was Charles Barkley killing my hopes for a Cavs title when he (rightly) brought up, "Who on this Cavs team is going to guard Hedo and Rashard?" Then I just stared at the ceiling for a while afterward, and realized he was completely right.

New anniversary trailer

81) LOST HIGHWAY 1997 - 434 Points - 8 Votes (Highest Vote: #5 Jingus) DIRECTOR: David Lynch STARRING: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius Placement On Original List: #191 (4 Votes) IMDB ROTTEN TOMATOES (59%) WIKI NOTE FROM RIPPA - If you have noticed over some of the last films, you are starting to see the ones who made huge jumps up the chart.

The next most ridiculous I can think of is Olga Kurylenko, but that is only because in the words of Kanye West, that is the most beautiful woman named Olga on earth.

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE has been picked up for the full season. So there's some good news. Really enjoyed Dean Winters' guest turn as The Vulture last week. Hope he becomes a recurring character.

87) ROUNDERS 1998 - 412 Points - 8 Votes (Highest Vote: #2 CSC) DIRECTOR: John Dahl STARRING: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol Placement On Original List: #118 (5 Votes) IMDB ROTTEN TOMATOES (65%) WIKI

At least there was Kerwin White.

Clearly a credible threat from the mind of a very reliable source on enemy capabilities. THANK GOD NOTHING HAPPENED! Who knows what foreign policy missteps our enemies might have been able to lure us into whithout his steady hand at the helm!!???

Again, have not read the whole thing (who has time to read on the internet?), but as a grainy ECW tape collecting dude at the time, I thought it was kind of bullshit that Heyman sat on the World Title that long. As an outsider, I knew Shane was "The Franchise", but it wouldn't have mattered to me who Taz won the belt from. He was The Guy, have him beat JT Smith for crissakes. Another note, watching ECW on WWE's DVDs still looks weird as shit to me, like it's not even the same product. Where are the fucking tracking and dub lines? That's ECW.

Do I win anything? We bought you an award but hid it in the last place that anyone from the board would normally expect to find such a thing. You, being the rebel, should have no problem finding it.

That's what he said, word for word.

OK seriously...Andre's boots need a coat of polish 3 years ago here, Ric looks like he went into a time machine and stole a pair of New Foundation boots, while apparently holding the Holy Bible. He's a big fan of the Wooo! Testament.

I think we need to get Burg banned for a couple of weeks.

The name of the law firm last night? Babip, Pecota, Vorp, and Eckstein. Gotta love baseball nerd humor.

I blame that on Talladega Nights being the first movie I saw her in, and they did their best to make her look as frumpy as possible. even though she was not at her best in The Fighter Ah! You is on drugs. Tough bartender chick with Boston accent? Yes please.

The Barbarian was good, so not sure what you are going on about.

Apartment wrestling gone wrong.

After paying seventy-five bucks a pop for tickets to see Mr. and Mrs. Reznor's side project How To Destroy Angels this past spring, I broke that record by shelling out two C-notes (plus LiveNation vig) so me and my date could stand on the floor of Brooklyn's new Barclays Center to witness Nine Inch Nails proper. I did not regret either purchase. If you have ANY interest in NIN past or present, the current stage production and touring band will shear the top of your head clean off.

I wouldn't mind watching that dumb movie on TV or something, but now I know the whole thing. Great trailer... EDIT: Also. MY BOY WALLACE.

Contentious statement aside, I refuse to sit idly by while people have good things to say about Bill DeMott.

I love the Gibson Leglock. And the Fuller Leglock too. And the Prison Deathlock. These holds should be used far more often than they are. But I digress.

You can always tell you're stuck in mid-card hell when you are tagging with a guy who kicked your fucking face in. Also, the Shield has been untouchable for like a year. Seems about time for some return for the investment.

I think Low Ki being half black is something Low Ki was unaware of. Just to save you some trouble, Homicide isn't black either.

Definitely looking for Superior Foes of Spiderman mini when it comes out in trade if I can make it that far without buying the singles. I also want to pick up more Superior Spiderman and Scarlet Spider. No idea why I am on this Spidey kick all of a sudden

Been enjoying this a bunch lately loving that Closer has started to get a bunch of radio play

Backlund apparenlty has a book coming out in April. Any interest in that?

And her response when the poor resort to to crime to survive?I started watching the show on Netflix and I enjoy it. Though it took a season or two for the big laughs to start.