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I think Lance and Smith Jr. need to chill out a bit with their crowd appeals. Like after every move is a bit much, particularly when the crowd doesn't usually respond much if at all.

I liked the match in a purely subjective kind of way. If you want to talk about not selling the leg, damnit Kota you're awful at it. That dandy little fop spends the whole match switching between moonsaults and POWERBOMBS?! (I hate him) and acting like there's a believable way he can compete on Suzuki's level. Suzuki smacks the hell out of him; Kota puts his hands on his hips, makes a face, and engages in a striking exchange - a striking exchange in which Suzuki instantaneously CHUMPS him, stiffs him, chokes him and spikes him.1, 2, 3, go home. Oh, I was marking. Suzuki's complete muggings of Ibushi and Takahashi were supreme. I love that man. It's a shame he had to go and do that legitimate buwwshit in Pancrase, wasting away his prime years. I enjoyed the Yano match from day 9 as well. Final show was a lot of fun. Tanahashi edges out Ishii as MVP of the tournament. Naito is still a li'l too generic post-Toryumon/Dragon Gate Japanese dude for me, but I can see the appeal. Ibushi can fuck off. Okada's facelock submission has to be the worst. The opponent's right arm is free and RIGHT BY OKADA'S FUCKING HEAD. ELBOW HIM. Great G1 in all. '02-'04 brought the fun but I'd probably put this one ahead of those.

Just give it to Wiggins. Is that on the channel formerly known as The Score, CM?

lolSuarez. New contract, baby! What could possibly go wrong!?

Player-coaches are not allowed under the CBA. This is why we can't have nice things.

I don't know. They just put Trips in the main event and he and the McMahons are involved at every turn. They're fucking delusional. Vince's heel shit from the late '90s is going to haunt us until the day he dies, yet Stephanie would still be there. Yeah, thankfully Austin's not as thick as the above.

Nash is one of the funniest dudes in wrestling but equally high in the pecking order of bullshitters.

He'd been cut off from Burgerville for two weeks! Look how gaunt he is in the face.

It's more elaborate than I first saw.

Damien Comolli works for West Ham. Must be. Also, I semi-lawled at a few Rawkites spouting the typical "gave his all" comments towards Downing. He did not. He only started to give a damn when he was told he'd be sold and by then it was too late. He even admits as much. And even then he was slightly above average. Fuck him.

I was asking myself when Akiyama got hair implants and tats.

Eddie, Benoit, Malenko, and eventually Rey 'n' Psicosis bringing the in-ring abilities and the Raven/Dreamer feud supplying the drama would put it ahead of '96 by a decent margin. Austin dropping by and Sandman vs. Mikey was also enjoyable. And the Public Enemy training Mikey! That was one of my favourite bits from ECW. '96 had the halo incident and Pillman though.

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Yeah, Natural, if you haven't done so already, check out ECW '95. By far the best year of the promotion. I'm going through '94 and it's quaint and enjoyable but it's amazing what the Raven/Dreamer feud did for the company. The transformation from Tazmaniac to Taz helped to. In general, Heyman's booking was much tighter; it helped that he got rid of the fat from the early days still lingering around in '94 (lookin' at you Tommy Cairo).

Of note, Crowbar Press released a Mid-Atlantic book by Charleston, S.C. Post and Courier columnist Mike Mooneyham. Stories from 30 wrestlers associated with Mid-Atlantic.

Just went through Dawnguard for the first time. It was good, though I'd look for it during a sale. Lots of sidequests for minor characters but the main quest for the vampire hunters isn't all that long. You'd get more out of it as a vampire, of course. Haven't played Dragonborn's storyline at all but it adds a pretty big island you can visit by boat.

"Make it good," is one of my favourite things I've gotten from wrestling after all my years of fandom. Not just a great angle but with such a wonderfully hilarious punchline. Whenever a friend or I is about to do something stupid, we give a "MAKE IT GOOD!" Dusty shout.

Yeah, Dusty seems like a must to have for this. Couldn't believe the number of people putting the blame on an accountant. Crockett, Jr. manned up though, good on him.

She goin' Wally-wally-wally-wally-wally-wally-wally WALLY-WORLD.

And bank account. Except for this guy:

So that's what happened!

9 months after. Judy/Trudy got slapped HARD. That was ridiculous. Oh, excuse me, Sullivan slapped her "haaaahd."

Blue Wolf couldn't lace Scott Norton's boots... While I'm thinking about it, I don't think Norton could lace his own boots with those arms of his. But, yeah, pictures. This team right here... these guys? Lost. To Inoki and Sakaguchi. Guess who got the W. And Gotch training a young Maeda: Lastly, Baba going TO THE EXTREME on Gypsy Joe:

From Wrestlingdata.com: He teamed with Tsuruta and Tenryu a bit while in All Japan. He was only baby Meng at that point though. Then there's this: Not taped.

Shibata/Okada from Day 6 was bitterly disappointing. I don't think Okada cared much for Shibata stiffing him. He gets his ass kicked for the majority of the match then all of a sudden, after being near death, just gets up and hits three moves in quick succession without any selling or delay and wins. Shiiiiiiiiit. This show, so far, hasn't been very good either.