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Was Sullivan also booking the Sting/Luger/Hogan/Savage main event angle where Sting was trusting Luger's word even though Luger was taking advantage of him while Hogan and Savage were being such good frenemies that they belonged on a WB teen drama together? Or was that Bischoff? That angle got cut short by the nWo, obviously, and actually, it really helped introduce the nWo angle because it was a built-in transition that explained why WCW's main eventers could be easily picked apart by an outside force, but it was fantastic in its own right. I think some people thought it had started to spin its wheels by February or so, but in retrospect, that was obviously because it was now an elongated intro for the nWo angle. There's all sorts of little stuff there in the undercard that's great, too, particularly DDP being broken down completely after the Johnny B. Badd feud and then finding a way to build himself back up. It was booked perfectly and felt organic, largely because DDP a) is very likable and b) the Diamond Cutter is a great finisher and the way that it was presented really got him over, too. The Four Horsemen angle with Paul Orndorff that hinged on Brian Pillman leading Arn to doing something that he didn't want to do was also awesome, but unfortunately got cut short by Orndorff having to retire. Even the goofy stuff (IT'S NOT HOT!; Women's Shoes - 2, Hulk Hogan - 0) was enjoyable, IMO. Don't know how much of that is Bischoff and how much is Sullivan, though.

They grow up so fast...

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2018/12/6/18129352/larry-the-axe-hennig-dead-age-82-wwe I started watching wrestling in the mid-70's, the AWA. Hennig, (my auto-correct has now tried twice to spell it Henning. No, dumbass, it's HENNIG!), was always at the front and center. Face or heel, he always put on a great show. Then his son came and out-shined the OTHER well-known son on the show, (Greg Gagne) and went on to greater Perfect things. There was a bar I used to bounce at that he was really good friends with the owner. Larry came in with him one time. I was sitting with my gf at the time and some friends. They all noticed this huge guy walking in, and I explained who it was. He was sitting with the owner, who knew I was a big fan. I walked over and he introduced me to Larry. Shook his meat hook, told him what I fan I was, same of his son, whom I had also met a couple times. (Curt was a big time fan of this country band I used to work with in the mid 90's. He and Animal would come out all the time to watch us. Wore OUR merch, too!) We bs'ed for a couple minutes, wished him the best, went and sat down. My gf at that time would put up with my wrasslin' and sometimes watch with me. She had an idea about the industry. She immediately got up and went and introduced herself. Said her condolences on his son, blahblahblah, then said: "I was wondering if you could do a favor for me?" Larry: "Sure! What is it?" Gf: "Would you piledrive me?" Larry: blanklook.......... LAUGHS HIS ASS OFF! Gf: "I thought so." walks back to table. I've always loved that story. RIP, Mr. Hennig. Tell Curt hi.

He's just waiting there to tell him he cut their budget by 75%.

I always interpreted the Varsity Club as a bunch of dumb jocks who followed this really smart D&D geek because he could help them cheat on tests, and make them effective roofies. While at the same time Sullivan was manipulating them into doing his bidding. Like for instance, kidnapping Precious. Edit: also remember his nickname was “The Games Master” which sounded like a play on the title “Dungeon Master”. The whole Varsity Club angle was way too layered for its time.

Bryan looks like The Dude, if Walter died too, and he didn’t have anybody else around to keep him from completely snapping like he did near the end of The Big Lebowski.

Or if you're an old bastard you might think they are riffing on a line in "Ziggy Stardust"....

Becky's new motto: You will know me by the trail of my dead.

Same here. I figured Scott would find a way out of the quantum realm, but part of me wondered if they would have to try and get him out. So something I wondered about while talking this over with friends last night, but why doesn't Thor just get Tony and Nebula off of Titan using the Bifrost? If he somehow knew exactly where to go in Wakanda to fight everyone off even though he had never been there before and wouldn't have any knowledge of the fight being on Wakanda, then he probably would be the one to get Tony and Nebula back to Earth because surely he could see that too? Maybe we get that anyway, but it was surprising seeing Tony drifting off in space ready to die. I mean, there's a 0% chance that happens, but it was interesting to see. I'm so fucking stoked for this. I still can't believe this opens a month after Captain Marvel.

Favourite photo I've seen today:

Lemme tell you something, baby, dont' worry about the Royal Rumble. Ain't nobody left in this need to be winning either one of them anyway. The vacation is what matters and vignettes of the winners on vacation. Let's say Mahal and Foxy win and pick a boat trip as their vacation. Recently retired Rhyno recently purchased a marina. Rhyno takes them out on a boat, jokes about the Jericho Cruise get made, Foxy can wear a ridiculous captain's hat. Then R-Truth pops up and when Mahal questions why he's on the boat, Truth tells him he's on his vacation from winning the MMC which angers Mahal and a fight breaks out which leads to Rhyno and R-Truth dumping Mahal overboard which leads to the Singh Bros. dressed like pirates picking Mahal up and chasing the other boat to a desert island where Carmella shows up on the beach and calls for a dance break and then we see Hornswoggle pop up from under the water and plant a bomb on the boat and the 2018 MMC officially ends with a boat blowing up. There's your goddamn pyro, pal.

I understand. Like, there's a difference between going on about a guy like Hulk Hogan, who's reward for a life of shitbaggery is to be a multi-millionaire, as opposed to Dynamite, who spent the last quarter century or so destitute in a wheelchair. Tommy did his time.

Mad Queen Nikki Cross could be fun. Where is Sanity?

What happened to Kongo Kong? They spent all that time having him pursue Abyss, he eventually faces and beats Abyss to become the new monster, then he feuds with Johnny Impact... gets dived on in a pool and disappears for months. I know they like to rotate people in and out, like how Grado and Joe Hendry aren't booked now, but it seems odd that he's been gone so long after such a push.

That trailer was great and I hope we get nothing else until the movie comes out even though I know that won;t be the case.

Pro Wrestling Elite. Or possibly Elite Pro Wrestling.

Michael Pena to explain how Ant-Man got out.

When you make MISAWA lose his shit...

Both the main and co-main are official for tomorrow night.

Best part of 205 this week was Kalisto giving the young Asian girl in the front row a trading card & sombrero and her looking back at him in complete disgust. Like, even youngsters can see through the cheating tactics and unfair advantage of Lucha House Party.

I like the use of the dust.

So he wins!

It also helped that he had that voice modulator. Plus he had this wet look to him in promos, and in the ring. Like he was either a dead prisoner that Bossman drowned, or he had just rose from the San Francisco Bay after escaping Alcatraz, and didn’t brother toweling himself down.

Sullivan booking had "IT'S NOT HOT!" on top, so take that into consideration.

Virgil looking for fans to hustle. I can't believe they made the sign.

Apparently what I really meant by this was "I'm going to impulse buy it tonight." So I guess I will be seeing what all the fuss is about.

That’s a version of the Spider-Man Noir suit, which is interesting since Spider-Man Noir is also in Into the Spider-Verse, as is Miles.

He is fully doing the "window crank middle finger" deal. Hella funny.

Dynamite is kind of pro wrestling in the form of a person, isn’t he? All the good and bad that that entails in human form.

Kevin Sullivan with a filter is one of the great minds in wrestling. However, it's like the brilliant artist who is creating a masterpiece and needs a guy with a baseball bat standing behind him to hit him over the head when it's finished before he spoils it with self-indulgent nonsense. Sully really needs that guy standing behind him.

Even though I know that it automatically saves the pelts, I for whatever reason still ran with the damn fish, like this...

I'm not about to clutter up an "In Memoriam" thread with all the verifiable foul shit that he did. I can't find it in me to praise him as a human being, but he was one of the three greatest wrestlers of my lifetime (and the only one that wasn't Japanese). I'm sure that he went out the same way he lived, a miserable hard bastard to the very end. Thanks for all the great matches, DK, hope you find some peace now.

There was a band called Let's Wrestle. The first song on their debut album was called My Arms Don't Bend That Way Dammit. Landfill indie, unfortunately. Did these acts learn nothing from Deep Blue Something? They used to be called Leper Messiah, but they changed it because loads of metalheads kept showing up to their gigs and hating how weak they were.

Just ran across that family as well and took the get lumber for them option. I'm a friendly cowboy but I ain't made of money people! Still better than the which of course kicked in my collecting OCD which meant I had to go collect all 4 of them even through I just needed the one.

...and besides getting the Kino Lorber catalogue A DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY AND ON THE DAY I GET PAID (argh), I finished watching The Italian Connection again, which was fabulous. Mario Adorf looks like such an oaf but turns out to be a total badass -- even more of a badass than both Henry Silva AND Woody Strode. Pulp Fiction ripped off this movie, that's how cool it is.

The new King...

Oh man, that Marvel Ultimate Alliance shit for the Switch looks fucking dope. I can't wait to play that in co-op with my daughter.

So they just dropped at the game awards that Switch is getting an exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. That's a surprise.

Natalya vs Ruby Riott in a tables match has been added to the card.

I really feel like Kevin Sullivan got a bad rap from the stuff with Benoit and Woman in one of those weird things where people thought Kevin was going to get professional revenge for the whole thing when he got power back. It seemed pretty baseless considering Kevin ended up taking most of the falls in the actual feud when Woman left him for Benoit.

Got the G Gundam Part One Blu-ray this past Tuesday. I cant believe I never noticed how much they took from Street Fighter II.

Hey, so if Kane gets super angry whenever anyone says May 19, does that mean he's going to be out of control for a whole month next year? May '19? Also, all the Smackdown men's titles are held be heels. Maybe they should all form a stable, like an international version of the Four Horsemen.

Tyler Perry as Colin Powell in Vice Folks are trying to claim that Perry looks unrecognizable That sounds to me like some people think Perry looks like Maeda in real life

I am a little disappointed that Jerry Bakewell isn't really fat