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Prime Time Players got no respect. They were a way better team in and out of the ring then The WWE ever presented them as.

B Movie TV brings the goods tonight by playing the legendary unreleased work print (that finally leaked in 2007 or so onto Youtube as a "fan cut") of GRIZZLY II (1983). Since there is no poster for this unreleased film, I give you instead a GIF of a stunt man in a bear head laughing while the FUCKING WOLRD BURNS!!!! TOP A THE WORLD, MA!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! This is the stuff of legends, my friends. The attempted sequel to the surprise Indie hit of 1976, GRIZZLY (naturally), this aborted monstrosity was talked about in hushed tones by VHS collectors for years as existing in some form obtainable from some weirdo with ties to Eastern European gun runners. Now it's out there...IT"S OUT THERE!!! Yes, it is only a workprint, which only adds to the exotic allure. There are moments in the finale when you can hear the Hungarian director (hired secretly by the producer to film these scenes cheaply in Hungary) yell "action" and "cut." But beyond that it is amazing for many many reasons. Somehow this horrifically no-budget sequel to a low-budget drive-in cheapy stars: Jonathan "Indy? Indy!" Rhys-Davies who plays the "Quint" if this were compared to JAWS which is a bit like saying that Steven Seagal is the "greatest of all time" if "eating deep fried cookie dough" is compared to "being Michael Jordan." Louise "Nurse Ratchet" Fletcher (Oscar Winner) Deborah FREAKING Foreman (Pre Valley-Girl) FREAKING ADORABLE!!!! GEORGE CLOONEY (Pre literally everything) LAURA DERN (16 years old...asked to do a nude scene...her father Bruce denies threatening to kill the director) teenage Laura Dern tries to be "sexy" by scratching her butt in front of George Clooney. CHARLIE SHEEN (reportedly turned down KARATE KID to be in this ON THE ADVICE OF HIS FATHER!!!) YNGWIE MALMSTEEN!!!!! (supposedly allegedly, but I didn't see him) file footage of Yngwie slaying a three-headed dragon with his detachable penis flames. What in the actual hell???? Also, there is never really a grizzly because the mechanical bear they built didn't work so they scrapped all that footage and were not able to complete finding a substitute... And, yes, the producer disappeared with all the money and showed up in jail a few months later somewhere in like Yugoslavia... And yes, the working soundtrack for the print is tracks from Michael Jackson's THRILLER... But really, the reason to watch this is the concert that the bear attacks at the end. Apparently, the producer could not get permits to film in America so he left his director without telling him and went to Hungary, ARRANGED AN ACTUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL TO FILM...and film he did...there was a lot of movie to fill since large chunks of the footage they had filmed was useless...live mics, no mixing...it sounds like this: That horror show is courtesy of Toto Coelo, archetypal New Wave one hit group who charted at #8 in the UK and #66 in America with this track: This is seriously the best Thatchers bloody Britain could do. Theresa May? We're looking at you! According to legend, the producer handed the script to his Hungarian caterer who rewrote it. The result is that the movie is basically a 1/2 hour of prelude and then a very long and amazing concert film of the Hungarian pop music scene c. 1983...with bear cameo. Here's a little bit more of what they sounds/looks like (technically this is "rehearsal" footage but still...I think you'll enjoy it). Since this isn't technically a finished movie I can only give it two large bear puppets begging to be killed rather than appear in this move out of a possible three. But that's not too bad, friends. Not. too. bad.

Personally I'd rank Jushin Liger over Evan Karagias, may be controversial but that's my stance.

Goldberg and The Cat, from last week:

I now expect this to be someone's gimmick in Corgan's NWA.

Owning used Arab car lots are lucrative.

Latest match revealed

Pretty sure that was the joke...

This has been discussed a fair bit on the Kayfabe Memories forums (back when the site had traffic, anyway). A lot of people think Dusty would have done what Dusty tended to do in the 80's - get himself booked into the main feuds and cool down other babyfaces by pushing them into sideline feuds. No way to know. I think Crockett definitely straps the rocket to Magnum's back at some point in the near future. What happens after that is anyone's guess. Personally, I don't really have a firm opinion on Magnum. I kinda think the "Magnum is Kerry Von Erich without the baggage" line of thinking has some merit. I tend to think Magnum doesn't ever exhibit the "it' factor the degree Hogan and Sting did, so that maybe limits his upward mobility. On the other hand, I can see Flair making Magnum and Magnum maybe jumping to the WWF and catching fire. I really have no idea how things would have played out. Neither scenario would have surprised me. For the record, I think KVE without the drugs and family tragedies hopefully had a higher ceiling than Magnum.

Just got back from Guardians. I loved every second of it. If a movie can make me laugh, cheer, cry, and geek out then it's a fucking winner.

Yeah, perfect timing.

Man, Magnum TA holding up tradition and WCW and belly to bellying Hogan probably would have legit blown the roof off the arena in Charlotte.

The latest with Batista is awesome. Big Dave is the best.

Holy shit I loved that. Didn't quite have the same highs as the first but averaged better. Also holy shit SO MUCH COSMIC MARVEL GEEKOUT STUFF!

It's the tenth installment of the Summer Blockbuster Movie Pool. From The Dark Knight in 2008, to now! Below are 20 movies set to be released this summer. You need to make two lists: List 1: Choose 15 of the 20 movies and rank them from highest to lowest according to the domestic box office gross you think each movie will make through its first 4 weeks (28 days) of release. Note that you're not trying to leave out the 5 movies you think will do the worst; just leave out the 5 that you feel least confident about ranking. Also, you don't need to guess how much money they'll make - just rank them. I'll be using boxofficemojo.com as the source for how much money each movie makes. List 2: Choose 15 of the 20 movies (doesn't have to be the exact same 15 as your first list) and rank them from highest to lowest according to the rating you think each movie will have on rottentomatoes.com after it's been out for 4 weeks. Again, you're not necessarily trying to leave out the five worst movies. Scoring: Your two lists will be compared with the actual ranks of the 15 movies, and your score will be the sum of the absolute values of the differences between the rank you gave to each movie and its correct rank. LOWEST score wins. Tiebreaking: In addition to your two lists, pick any one of the twenty movies and post exactly how much money you think it'll make domestically, in dollars, in its first 28 days of release. If two or more people end up with the same number of points, the person whose dollar figure is closer to correct (on a percentage basis) will be ranked ahead of the other. If that still results in a tie, then the person who posted their entry earlier will be ranked ahead of the other. Also, if two or more movies end up tied in box office gross right down to the dollar (pretty much impossible, but just in case), or end up with the exact same rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the ranking of those two movies will be set to whatever is more favorable for each individual person. The movies: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12) Alien: Covenant (May 19) Baywatch (May 25) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26) Captain Underpants (Jun 2) Wonder Woman (Jun 2) The Mummy (Jun 9) All Eyez On Me (Jun 16) Cars 3 (Jun 16) Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 21) Baby Driver (Jun 28) Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30) Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7) War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14) Dunkirk (Jul 21) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Jul 21) Atomic Blonde (Jul 28) The Emoji Movie (Jul 28) The Dark Tower (Aug 4) Deadline: The last day you can post your lists is June 1st, 2017, but any movie that has already premiered must be left off your lists. So, for example, if you enter after May 4th, you can't put Guardians 2 on either of your lists because it'll already be in theatres. Editing lists: You may edit your lists after they're posted, but only up until the release of any movie that appears on at least one of your lists. Since time of entry is a tiebreaker, if you edit a list, make a new post stating that you've edited. "The Adjustment Bureau" rule: Movies' release dates are not set in stone. If a movie's release date gets moved past September 30, 2016, and you have it on a list, it gets removed, and you get an additional number of points equal to your average points per movie on that list, rounded to the nearest whole number. Prizes: Additional prizes will be added when or if we hit fifteen and eighteen entrants. Top two finishers each get two selections from the following list, with a maximum of one Criterion selection; third through sixth places each get one pick from what remains. BEFORE TRILOGY - Criterion dvd box set with Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Before Midnight BLOOD SIMPLE - Criterion dvd THE PLAYER - Criterion dvd HIS GIRL FRIDAY - Criterion dvd IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE - dvd THE INTERIOR - dvd THE SALESMAN - dvd TRAIN TO BUSAN - dvd And the last place finisher will receive a dvd copy of XANADU. Good luck! In so far: SorceressKnight, The Natural, Sublime, DreamBroken, Lacelle, Kuetsar, The Z, S.K.o.S., Phantom Lord, Paco, Rippa, J.T., Ace, caley, Hail Sabin, hobo joe, King Leonidas of Sparta, ivpvideos, JRGoldman, Elsalvajeloco, _MJ_, Niners Fan in CT, The Unholy Dragon, RossWB, The Erotic Terrorist, CSC

Now, I'm picturing Magnum doing a time warp gimmick. Keep the mustache and mullet. Dress him like Crockett and Tubbs, a walkman with the new Huey Lewis tape, big chunks of blow under his nostrils. "That 80s Guy" Magnum TA.

I agree. Those early promos with "Millions of dollars!" were gold. Plus, this

That was another point I was going to bring up. No way does a guy who looked like Magnum in the 80s stay on top in the 90s without some kind of image upgrade. Look at how far Scott Hall fell with a similar Magnum look. He was a decent star in 85 and 86, but the look was outdated by the time he got to WCW in 1989 and pretty much was a nobody until he changed his look to the Diamond Studd/Razor Ramon persona.

It's Lacelle, Cris. The only man in board history to run a board romance angle (with his own sock puppet, no less). I'm not sure he has the wit to comprehend sarcasm. Vince McMahon's world. Not Stephanie's though

Melraz and I ran into a level 10 or 11 last night. His name was Thurnderfunk, but he quickly got renamed Thunderfuck. Ran two silvers with us. Died about 8 duodecillion times. We decided he was a one ball man, because he clearly had his pecker in his hand.

I hope not. Bombs are bad for trees and deer.

Watching some WCW on the network, I was amazed how entertaining the Cat was. He was by no means a miracle in ring performer, but he seemed to be genuinely enjoying his character and had loads of natural charisma. Especially during the dying days of WCW he seemed to be having fun, Good to see him in what appears to be good shape.

I bet Vince is dying to do an in-ring firing of Titus that turns out to be legit, like Rob Conway's did.

Jokes need to be funny. Just saying.

Chavez Sr. would have had more of a shot against Canelo. Hell, Homer Simpson would have given Canelo more of a fight.

Magnum was fucking awesome. He had the rare quality of being a guy who the ladies wanted to fuck and the guys wanted to be like. He was a good looking bad ass.

112 species in 24 hours. felt like we were doing well, but numbers did match past years. very windy and some rain. this year was earlier than past years. there was an earthquake. a terrible flood. loctus! I swear to god it's not my fault! been up 26 hours, time for go to bed.

I think you guys pretty much nailed it. There is a LOT of romanticizing Magnum after the fact, much of it by people who weren't there and are going by very selective match footage and remarks from people that should know better. I was there, a faithful follower of JCP, who never missed a show. Magnum TA was not all that and a bag of chips, he was a very good upper-card face that could certainly have been an interim champ between Flair reigns, but that's about it. KVE without the baggage is pretty much spot on, lovable babyface that could be perpetually in the IC picture or the guy that gets beat down by the heel stable to inflame the #1 guy. Talk of Magnum replacing Hogan or Flair is just silliness.

Now, I might be in the minority but I'm a fan of Shane's in ring work. He has terrible punches but he takes crazy bumps and has a connection to the crowd to where any match he has is a big deal. Now if Shane and Owens have a gimmick match on a SmackDown PPV in the early fall I'd be all for it.

Strychnine = poop, guacamole = gym bag.

"He threw himself through the tv!"

Macho Man Randy Savage was the exception to every rule.

Method Man indeed a fun interview

...then he says something about "queering" and He-Man cuts his head off.

Hey Okada, leave Eddie Kingston alone!

Silence.

And why wear that short dress and walk down that poorly-lit street, women? That was dumb. And why wear a hoodie on your walk to get some candy, black kid? You were asking for it. Just as dumb as playing with a toy gun outside. Etc., etc.

Yay, more victim blaming from wrestlenerds

I'll always say that their best work was their investigative piece on the Horsemen's plan for Sid to win the title at Halloween Havoc 1990. The Horsemen bribing Sting's tailor who had fallen on hard times to make them a pair of Sting tights. Them enlisting one of Flair's numerous girlfriends in the Atlanta area doing Windham's make-up. Windham being miffed that JJ insinuated that he needed more muscle tone to be more convincing as Sting.

Feige has basically confirmed Loved it.

Best part about the show was the Velveteen Dream video.

Shit, dude, I still kind of want that.

Tim Storm rules, I hope he holds the title a bit longer.

Ogawa and Michael Hayes must shop at the same store.

If Paige is lucky, he'll no show the wedding, too.

Holy crap this movie was great. Arguably the best quasi-political horror film since Night Of The Living Dead.