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  1. I guess that certainly makes sense if he was legit from south Georgia or living in like north Florida where what he was getting paid (which likely wasn't much) didn't give him enough motivation to come back. Again though, it's still strange for him to bolt like that after being booked strongly for an entire month. At least lose the Beat the Champ status on TV. Damn, I guess Bad Boy Billy Black don't do no jobs. I am noticing a trend here in 1995 where people work 1 or 2 SMW tapings then quit. First Eddie Gilbert a few weeks before his passing and then Billy Black. When it rains, it pours....
  2. Speaking of SMW, my 1995 continued on as I watched the 3/18/1995 episode for SMW. It may be the most random and also unintentionally entertaining hour of wrestling. First off, Bullet is strangely missing from the show. I am guessing that's going to be explained next week or he just failed to make it in. Either way, I think it was a SMW requirement to have Bullet Bob all over the goddamn show. Second, this is the beginning of the Undertaker vs. Gangstas stuff and New Jack once again proves he is the promotional MVP by his amazing sell of this announcement of the Undertaker coming in. The return and inclusion of Killer Kyle in the Gangstas is weird, but whatever. I want ALL OF THIS. Ok, now that said, it does feel like the promotion is not on a death march as it is they are stuck in a serious rut. God bless the dead, but Buddy Landell is trying several different acts and none of it is working. Ole's kid disappeared after getting a push. Al Snow and Unabom are basically doing what Candido and Brian Lee did the previous year right down to Snow doing commentary while Unabom is wrestling 2-on-1. DWB is stuck in the Landell Vortex of Mediocrity™. RnR Express are somehow feuding with Al Snow and Unabom but also feuding with the Gangstas. However, since Undertaker is a "real" star, a WWF guy is basically taking their place along with Smothers against the latter. Bobby Blaze is SMW champ just so they could get the title off Lawler and also get a hometown pop beating both Lawler and Landell the same night. Except now it's weird to have an enhancement talent being your main champ unless you've already done the pre conditioning ECW did with Whipwreck where his gimmick is he takes ass whippings and backdoors into a win. And oh yeah, I am going to need someone to explain Bad Boy Billy Black showing up in SMW, getting a big push for 3-4 weeks, winning the Beat the Champ TV title over Boo Bradley, and then apparently walking out of the promotion. Has Cornette ever explained what happened? I saw that he was one of those guys who worked from time to time in Japan, but he doesn't have another match again until early 1996. Was he hurt?* Did Cornette not have enough money to afford the services of one Bad Boy Billy Black? Here, Killer Kyle replaces him on the show against Boo Bradley and apparently that's the last of Billy Black. WHY DIDN'T HE FINISH THE STORY?! Now I don't even get a payoff for this one guy carrying a bag around with this mysterious creature for weeks like a Dollar Store Jake "The Snake" Roberts. *Prior to Boo Bradley vs. Killer Kyle, New Jack exclaims the reason for the substitution is that Bad Boy Billy Black "was taking a shower, slipped, and fell in his own tobacco spit". I am guessing that's just going to have to suffice as my answer for right now.
  3. Amorim gave her a jiu-jitsu lesson she ain't ever gonna soon forget.
  4. The NWO angle morphed into something else that was entirely different than what it began as. I don't know if you can compare it to the Invasion. That and the first several months of it, there was enough control of it where it was one of the best things WCW ever did from a creative standpoint. That's not anything you can say about the WWF Invasion angle in 2001.
  5. I am a Bret vs. Austin mark, but Shawn and Austin had a HEATER at King of the Ring 1997 (Shawn literally takes a bump for Austin every 5 seconds...it's absurd). It may not be THE Match of the Year especially since Shawn's 1997 included the first Cell match and the finish was whatever so both guys could be protected. However, had Shawn not been in terrible shape mentally and physically for the Mania match the next year, THAT (the rematch) would have been Austin's best match. Maybe Shawn's as well.
  6. "...He was also tight with his mama." was the line of the episode. Maybe the series. Buff's dad, given his local celebrity status, probably had a family across town that nobody knew about. He talks about his wife and kids in such a casual way that it's almost complete detachment. Even the way a near death experience is mentioned is all detachment. Then again, based on the person he married, maybe they as a family had just learned how to compartmentalize EVERYTHING.
  7. Here is the template for this week: EVENT #23 Lux Fight League 41: Calvo vs. Locote (03/15/2024) - Monterrey, Mexico (Showcenter Complex) Jorge Calvo Martin vs. Kike Gonzalez - Martin, SUB, R2 Emilio Saavedra vs. Emmanuel Rivero - Saavedra, DEC Luis Rey Gallegos vs. Eduardo Alvarado - Alvarado, TKO, R3 Victoria Alba vs. Ivonne Caro - Caro, DEC David Mendoza vs. Santiago Prieto - Prieto, SUB, R2 Uriel Uribe vs. Carlos Gómez - Uribe, TKO, R2 BONUS EVENT #1 Hollywood Fight Nights: Walsh vs. Yeleussinov (03/15/2024) - New York, NY (The Theater at Madison Square Garden) Callum Walsh vs. Dauren Yeleussinov - Walsh, TKO, R4 Feargal McCrory vs. Carlos Carlson - McCrory, DEC Brian Ceballo vs. Elias Espadas - Ceballo, DEC Cletus Seldin vs. Jose Angulo - Seldin, TKO, R3 Joe Ward vs. Derrick Webster - Ward, TKO, R5 Reshat Mati vs. Irving Macias - Mati, DEC Giovanni Scuderi vs. Brandon Carmack - Scuderi, DEC Nisa Rodriguez vs. Jozette Cotton - Rodriguez, DEC EVENT #24 Cage Warriors 168: Clamp vs. Byfield (03/16/2024) - Manchester, England, United Kingdom (BEC Arena) Andy Clamp vs. Matthew Byfield - Byfield, TKO, R2 Luke Riley vs. John De Jesus - Riley, TKO, R3 James Power vs. Gianluca Rocca - Power, TKO, R1 Sam Kelly vs. Alessandro Giordano - Kelly, TKO, R2 Adam Cullen vs. Harel Cohen - Cullen, TKO, R2 Liam Gittins vs. Roberto Hernandez - Gittins, DEC EVENT #25 KSW 92: Wikłacz vs. Jojua (03/16/2024) - Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland (Arena Gorzów) Jakub Wikłacz vs. Zuriko Jojua - Wikłacz, DEC Piotr Kuberski vs. Michał Materla - Kuberski, TKO, R2 Wiktor Zalewski vs. Adrian Zieliński - Zalewski, DEC Daniel Rutkowski vs. Julio Cesar Neves - Rutkowski, DEC Kamil Szkaradek vs. Miljan Zdravkovic - Zdravkovic, TKO, R2 Tomasz Jakubiec vs. Wojciech Janusz - Jakubiec, DEC Maciej Jewtuszko vs. Marius Žaromskis - Žaromskis, TKO, R2 BONUS EVENT #2 Golden Boy Boxing on DAZN: Zepeda vs. Hughes (03/16/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas) William Zepeda vs. Maxi Hughes - Zepeda, TKO, R5 Floyd Schofield vs. Esteuri Suero - Schofield, DEC Tristan Kalkreuth vs. Marquice Weston - Kalkreuth, TKO, R4 Darius Fulghum vs. Norberto Gonzalez - Fulghum, TKO, R2 Eric Priest vs. Jose Charles - Priest, TKO, R2 Joel Iriarte vs. Bryan Carguacundo - Iriarte, DEC EVENT #26 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 97: Tuivasa vs. Tybura (03/16/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura - Tybura, TKO, R2 Bryan Battle vs. Ange Loosa - Battle, DEC Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Ovince Saint Preux - Nzechukwu, TKO, R1 Christian Rodriguez vs. Isaac Dulgarian - Dulgarian, DEC Pannie Kianzad vs. Macy Chiasson - Kianzad, DEC Gerald Meerschaert vs. Bryan Barberena - Meerschaert, SUB, R2 Mike Davis vs. Natan Levy - Davis, DEC Josiane Nunes vs. Chelsea Chandler - Nunes, DEC Ode Osbourne vs. Jafel Filho - Filho, SUB, R2 Joshua Culibao vs. Danny Silva - Culibao, DEC Cory McKenna vs. Jaqueline Amorim - McKenna, DEC Thiago Moisés vs. Mitch Ramirez - Moisés, SUB, R2 Chad Anheliger vs. Charalampos Grigoriou - Grigoriou, TKO, R2 The Friday events deadline is March 15, 7:15 p.m. CT. The Saturday events deadline is March 16, 1:30 p.m. CT.
  8. UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 97: Tuivasa vs. Tybura March 16, 2024 Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Tai Tuivasa (265.5) vs. Marcin Tybura (247) - Tybura, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (4:08) Bryan Battle (170) vs. Ange Loosa (171) - No Contest (Accidental Eye Poke) Kennedy Nzechukwu (205) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (206) - Saint Preux, DEC (split) Christian Rodriguez (145) vs. Isaac Dulgarian (145.5) - Rodriguez, DEC (split) Pannie Kianzad (136) vs. Macy Chiasson (135.5) - Chiasson, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (3:54) Gerald Meerschaert (185.5) vs. Bryan Barberena (186) - Meerschaert, SUB (face crank), R2 (4:23) ESPN+ Preliminary Card: Mike Davis (155) vs. Natan Levy (156.5)*** - Davis, SUB (arm triangle choke), R2 (1:43) Josiane Nunes (135) vs. Chelsea Chandler (137)** - Chandler, DEC (unanimous) Ode Osbourne (125) vs. Jafel Filho (125) - Filho, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (4:27) Joshua Culibao (146) vs. Danny Silva (148.5)* - Silva, DEC (split) Cory McKenna (115.5) vs. Jaqueline Amorim (116) - Amorim, SUB (armbar), R1 (1:38) Thiago Moisés (155.5) vs. Mitch Ramirez (155.5) - Moisés, TKO (strikes), R3 (0:15) Chad Anheliger (135) vs. Charalampos Grigoriou (136) - Anheliger, DEC (unanimous) *Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight **Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight ***Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: Jaqueline Amorim Performance of the Night: Jafel Filho Performance of the Night: Macy Chiasson Performance of the Night: Marcin Tybura
  9. No, they wore them up until the logo change in 1999ish which is the era I was referring to. The gimmick cameraman Shawn beats up at Badd Blood is wearing that jumpsuit IIRC. Oh I believe Austin dresses up as one during Heat before a PPV in 1998 when Vince foolishly locks himself in a cage and he is dressed like that.
  10. Shush! He has more decorative paper weights than us.
  11. Call me when Villanova levels up and gets up there with the big boys like University of Phoenix and Southern New Hampshire University. THEY GOT COMMERCIALS!
  12. One of my biggest laughs listening to What Happened When is one of the earlier episodes Conrad shouting, "PUT ON SOME GODDAMN PANTS, JACKIE!" as the floor cameraman from behind is basically shooting an upskirt shot of him wearing the tiniest jorts ever and the hairiest legs. There is no way in hell he would have got away with that look in WWF. He would have gotten the obligatory WWF shirt and black pants every cameraman had to wear. In WCW, Jackie Crockett was wearing ANY damn thing he wanted. Especially the early years.
  13. But seriously, Villano University sounds like one of those non conference opponents that a SWAC basketball program would schedule like when the Grambling women's team beat the College of Biblical Studies 159 to 18 earlier this year. It could be a school or a money laundering scheme.
  14. Mike Bucci's wiki entry is about to get changed. BRB
  15. That reliable Villanova education being put to work.
  16. To be fair, the match I saw was from February 1980 so he would have been 29. Granted, I am judging off based on wrestling standards from the mid to late 80s and on where workrate only went up while smoke and mirrors and good ole Southern rasslin went down. That said, he's not worse than Sid as Lord Humongous just starting in the business.
  17. Jack didn't initiate it though, at least according to him. I believe this was in TNA. Knobbs showed up backstage one day, gathered up the boys like he's the locker room leader, and tried to give a speech saying everyone needs to be working harder. First off, that last part coming from Brian Knobbs is hilarious. Second, when New Jack who was (probably rightfully) not paying attention looking at his phone and laughing at a text he got from his significant other, Knobbs said, "...the hell you laughing at New Jack?! You can't wrestle anyway". Apparently, Knobbs thought Jack was intentionally being an asshole. Then, the rest is history and Knobbs ended up getting KO'd. So yeah, that tis but one part of the story. He didn't call himself Jack Brisco, but he knows for sure Knobbs cannot fucking wrestle at least enough to be trying give a speech like he is wrestling's Patton.
  18. I believe the suicide or one of them was Kagney Linn Karter, and that's a pretty big name in the industry. She had been suffering from mental health issues sincing retiring and was barely recognizable in the picture I saw.
  19. Oh, I saw an old Sugar Bear Harris match over the weekend. God bless Jim Harris especially since he is not only black like me but from basically the same part of Mississippi as me. However....Sugar Bear Harris wrestling and Kamala wrestling is same same. If someone charged him for more than a week's worth of wrestling training, they should be locked up.
  20. No, that just makes it funnier. And to be fair, watching it now, pre ECW New Jack wasn't that bad. If he actually had focused on wrestling and didn't become weapon obsessed as ECW mandated, he probably would have been solid. Mustapha? Yeah, he was always no good but then again they were basically the black Sheepherders or Moondogs. Actual wrestling wasn't suppose to be their forte.
  21. I am guessing this is 100% accurate. Other than the Scott Hall incident, which seemed to be all Scott's fault, I don't remember Saggs individually getting into much craziness. It was either both of them or just Knobbs. An aside: One of my favorite New Jack shoot interview lines is regarding what he said to Brian Knobbs before they got into a fight/he decked Knobbs: "Hey, your partner is cool but you?....You can't wrestle for shit.".
  22. And as for the age: It's crazy but Ottoman and Saggs for that matter look pretty damn amazing. Maybe Tenta was just one of those that always looked older than what he was. Tracy Smothers was another one of those guys. He was considered "old" when he was like 33 or 34.
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