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Mike, historically, has always historically fought the same way. I don't think it was ever an issue of motivation. Whether you trash talked him, he fought the same. Whether it was very little going on in terms of hype, he fought the same. When he had Kevin Rooney on his way to winning a world title and the early days as champ, he fought pretty much the same. When he had Aaron Snowell and Jay Bright shortly after that, it was pretty much the same. When he had a revolving door of notable trainers from Stacy McKinley to Richie Giachetti to Tommy Brooks in the twilight of his career, he fought pretty much the same. It was an issue of the other guy being more skilled than him and never really refining his game as the eras changed. When you're a 5'9 1/2" heavyweight (and a yolked up one at that) with giants in there and some are able to deal with what you're able to do, it's just a whole different ballgame. It's been 40 years since Mike Tyson first came around and you notice there hasn't been another guy with the same dimensions as heavyweight champion. Not even close to one. Tua fought Lennox Lewis, got soundily outboxed for 12 rounds, and that was a quarter century ago. This right here though is pretty much entirely different cause Tyson was done truly as a top fighter in the same timeframe. He just kept it together long enough to finally get the Lewis fight. What Jake Paul is doing is taking enough risk to make this a slightly intriguing fight cause honestly, Jake himself is basically a six round club fighter. That's not bad considering he was never an amateur boxer and basically walked off the street to do this. However, when that's your level, there is no guarantee that you're just going to beat anyone except folks who were never above your level to begin with. He runs the gamut of looking okay to fairly amateurish to being totally above his station. That lack of consistency basically shows he's not a natural boxer same as we saw with Ngannou recently. Nothing beats real, legit experience at a high level. So it's basically can a guy who was elite a long, long time ago beat someone who is a boxer but not actually a boxer or vice versa? That's all it is. Do I expect Paul to KO Mike Tyson? I mean he wasn't knocking out a washed up Anderson Silva. He does the same thing every fight pretty much. There is absolutely no variety in what he does. That's why Paul cannot elevate above the level of picking random opponents. Not that there is bunch of quality of light heavyweight contenders out there, but he would get absolutely housed by a Joe Smith Jr. or a Joshua Buatsi and those guys aren't world beaters. IMO I have more questions about Jake Paul than Mike. I know what a washed up Mike Tyson looks like. I am not sure if define what Jake Paul is as a boxer other than guy who is able to do something he probably shouldn't be doing. That's it. Should he be the favorite? Probably but that's only based on youth. I dunno what to expect really.

Here is the template for this week: EVENT #34 LFA 181: Siqueira vs. Hernandez (04/05/2024) - Prior Lake, MN (Mystic Lake Casino Hotel) Igor Siqueira vs. Eimar Hernandez - Hernandez, TKO, R3 Quang Le vs. Tial Thang - Le, SUB, R1 Isaac Thomson vs. Shaheen Santana - Thomson, TKO, R3 Santos Verdinez vs. Keegan Witbeck - Witbeck, DEC Wes Schultz vs. Adland Benson - Schultz, SUB, R2 Alvin Hines vs. Justin Smith - Smith, TKO, R2 EVENT #35 KSW 93: Parnasse vs. Mircea (04/06/2024) - Paris, France (Adidas Arena) Salahdine Parnasse vs. Valeriu Mircea - Parnasse, TKO, R2 Wilson Varela vs. Marian Ziółkowski - Varela, TKO, R3 Madars Fleminas vs. Artur Szczepaniak - Szczepaniak, TKO, R3 Prince Aounallah vs. Michal Martínek - Aounallah, TKO, R2 Laïd Zerhouni vs. Boubacar Niakaté - Zerhouni, TKO, R3 Aymard Guih vs. Francisco Albano Barrio - Barrio, SUB, R3 Alfan Rocher-Labes vs. Kenji Bortoluzzi - Rocher-Labes, DEC EVENT #36 Cage Warriors 170: Sheehan vs. Konrad (04/06/2024) - Dublin, Ireland (Simmonscourt RDS) James Sheehan vs. Daniel Konrad - Sheehan, DEC Paul Hughes vs. Fabiano Silva - Hughes, TKO, R1 Ger Harris vs. Gregory Wamytan - Harris, DEC Decky McAleenan vs. Ville Mankinen - McAleenan, DEC Taka Mhandu vs. Rory Evans - Mhandu, TKO, R2 BONUS EVENT #1 Matchroom Boxing USA on DAZN: Hitchens vs. Lemos (04/06/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (Fontainebleau Las Vegas) Richardson Hitchins vs. Gustavo Lemos - Hitchins, DEC Diego Pacheco vs. Shawn McCalman - Pacheco, TKO, R6 WBC Female Featherweight Championship: Skye Nicolson vs. Sarah Mahfoud - Nicolson, DEC Galal Yafai vs. Agustin Gauto - Yafai, TKO, R5 Marc Castro vs. Abraham Montoya - Castro, DEC Harley Mederos vs. Pedro Vicente - Mederos, TKO, R3 Steven Navarro vs. Jose Lopez - Navarro, DEC EVENT #37 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 98: Allen vs. Curtis II (04/06/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Brendan Allen vs. Chris Curtis - Allen, SUB, R2 Alexander Hernandez vs. Damon Jackson - Hernandez, TKO, R2 Morgan Charrière vs. Jose Mariscal - Charrière, DEC Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Christos Giagos - Bahamondes, TKO, R2 Łukasz Brzeski vs. Valter Walker - Walker, TKO, R3 Trevor Peek vs. Charlie Campbell - Peek, TKO, R3 Court McGee vs. Alex Morono - Morono, TKO, R2 Norma Dumont vs. Germaine de Randamie - Dumont, DEC Pedro Falcão vs. Victor Hugo - Hugo, SUB, R3 Jean Matsumoto vs. Dan Argueta - Matsumoto, DEC Dylan Budka vs. César Almeida - Almeida, TKO, R2 Melissa Mullins vs. Nora Cornolle - Mullins, DEC The Event #34 deadline is Friday, April 5, 7:00 p.m. CT. The Saturday events deadline is April 6, 1:30 p.m. CT.

UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 98: Allen vs. Curtis II April 6, 2024 Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Brendan Allen (186) vs. Chris Curtis (186) - Allen, DEC (split) Alexander Hernandez (147.5)* vs. Damon Jackson (146) - Jackson, DEC (split) Morgan Charrière (145) vs. Jose Mariscal (145.5) - Mariscal, DEC (unanimous) Ignacio Bahamondes (156) vs. Christos Giagos (156) - Bahamondes, KO (head kick), R1 (3:34) Trevor Peek (155.5) vs. Charlie Campbell (155) - Campbell, DEC (unanimous) ESPN+ Preliminary Card: Court McGee (170) vs. Alex Morono (171) - Morono, DEC (unanimous) Łukasz Brzeski (236) vs. Valter Walker (264) - Brzeski, DEC (unanimous) Norma Dumont (136) vs. Germaine de Randamie (135) - Dumont, DEC (unanimous) Pedro Falcão (136) vs. Victor Hugo (135.5) - Hugo, DEC (unanimous) Jean Matsumoto (136) vs. Dan Argueta (136) - Matsumoto, SUB (guillotine choke), R2 (4:59) Dylan Budka (185.5) vs. César Almeida (185.5) - Almeida, TKO (punches), R2 (2:13) Melissa Mullins (138) vs. Nora Cornolle (138.5) - Cornelle, TKO (strikes), R2 (3:06) *Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: César Almeida Performance of the Night: Ignacio Bahamondes Fight of the Night: Morgan Charrière vs. Jose Mariscal

That is unless you try to fight people. Then it's a-okay.

Regarding the first what if, if someone is offering you that much money, what it is basically implying is that is how much your career is worth cause you're about to be persona non grata in a lot of places. On that alone, Harley couldn't take Vince up on the offer. That and it would have been a big blow to his reputation. If he would have left, all JCP would have did is replace him with the next best option to lose to Flair. The Flair train was leaving the station whether Race was there or not. I highly doubt it would have been the end of the world like it was hinted at in this episode. He would have also probably been buried on TV for being scared of Flair. Either way, that option would have been a hard one to live down.

I think part of it though is when Foley started doing it, he wasn't making much money, wasn't a notable name, and in the eyes of many of the key decision makers at the time, wasn't tracking to ever become one. Race's whole credo in this episode is money and it being about the money. Foley wasn't making money doing that stuff. Damn near every episode of Foley is Pod, Foley retells that story of traveling with Robert Fuller earlier in his career, learning from Fuller, and how he was always saving that one crazy bump on the advice of Robert. Unfortunately, as he would enter WCW, that would kinda multiply because he was so desperate for that attention. There were some guys like Cornette and Sullivan (and later, Dusty) who saw money in the novelty, but I think everyone else saw him as a maniac. And by the time Harley and Cactus would have really interacted, it would have been Mick's second WCW run where he was legit trying to kill himself. So I don't think it's that far out that even Harley would question his actions.

I don't want to formulate my own narrative as much as I want to control it.

I don't know if you want to play the looking for a way out card, Chris.

New Jersey: Landfills and Eyepokes.

Those were cool and all, but did those include someone threatening to exhume some bodies? I don't think so.

The logical next step for the whole Timeless saga is Jamie Hayter coming back as Bette Davis, and we have a What Ever Happened to Baby Jane angle.

I knew it coming up soon in my rewatch for 1995, but I didn't know it was going to be this week. I present the greatest segment in SMW history (IIRC Cornette said he was the cameraman for this):

I won't believe that until he has biased commentary against the Mexican and Boricua wrestlers.

Excalibur speaking Spanish at 100 miles an hour would be an experience.

Just another day at the office.

She was probably there.

Man, Jimmy's son is still out here doing his thing. He's going to be doing this longer than his dad. He's also starting look just like his dad now. I am surprised Jr. never did anything AFAIK with wrestling.

I told you she was in a blood feud with Marlene Dietrich!

Here is the template for this week: EVENT #29 LFA 180: Lawrence vs. Ward (03/29/2024) - Louisville, KY (Broadbent Arena) Lance Lawrence vs. Landry Ward - Ward, TKO, R3 Kegan Agnew vs. Richie Miranda - Miranda, DEC Dustin Parrish vs. Victor Valenzuela - Valenzuela, TKO, R2 Angelo Robles vs. Kibedy Gordon - Robles, DEC Ben Parrish vs. Alik Lorenz - Lorenz, TKO, R1 Joshua Perreira vs. Jesse Martinelli - Perreira, DEC EVENT #30 Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 19: Juarez vs. Kaldar (03/29/2024) - Wheatland, CA (Hard Rock Live) Ernie Juarez vs. Abdikabyl Kaldar - Juarez, DEC Namiki Kawahara vs. Anthony Do - Kawahara, TKO, R3 Kevem Felipe vs. Jason Butcher - Butcher, SUB, R2 Billy Brand vs. Brandon Spencer - Brand, TKO, R2 Katarina Legorreta vs. Annabel Kelly - Legorreta, DEC Sczar Charles vs. Jimmy Dixon - Charles, TKO, R2 Jessie Rosas vs. Keenan Lewis - Rosas, SUB, R2 BONUS EVENT #1 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Valdez vs. Wilson (03/29/2024) - Glendale, AZ (Desert Diamond Arena) Interim WBO Super Featherweight Championship: Oscar Valdez vs. Liam Wilson - WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO/Ring Magazine Female Strawweight Championship: Seniesa Estrada vs. Yokasta Valle - Estrada, DEC Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Don Haynesworth - Torrez Jr., TKO, R3 Raymond Muratalla vs. Xolisani Ndongeni - Muratalla, TKO, R6 Emiliano Vargas vs. Nelson Hampton - Vargas, TKO, R2 Sergio Rodriguez vs. Sanny Duversonne - Rodriguez, DEC Lindolfo Delgado vs. Carlos Sanchez - Delgado, DEC Art Barrera Jr. vs. Keven Soto - Barrera Jr., DEC Alan Garcia vs. Gonzalo Fuenzalida - Garcia, TKO, R1 Ricardo Ruvalcaba vs. Avner Hernández - Ruvalcaba, TKO, R1 EVENT #31 Cage Warriors 169: Vucenic vs. D'Anna (03/30/2024) - London, England, United Kingdom (Indigo At The O2) Jordan Vucenic vs. Simone D'Anna - Vucenic, SUB, R2 Lone'er Kavanagh vs. Shawn Marcos Da Silva - Da Silva, DEC Will Currie vs. Leon Aliu - Currie, TKO, R2 Darren Stewart vs. Carlos Pereira - Stewart, TKO, R1 Jamie Richardson vs. Olli Santalahti - Santalahti, DEC BONUS EVENT #2 Golden Boy Boxing on DAZN: Goulamirian vs. Zurdo (03/30/2024) - Inglewood, CA (YouTube Theater) Arsen Goulamirian vs. Gilberto Ramirez - Ramirez, DEC Alexis Rocha vs. Fredrick Lawson - Rocha, TKO, R4 Santiago Dominguez vs. Jose Sanchez - Dominguez, DEC Kareem Hackett vs. Rowdy Legend Montgomery - Hackett, DEC Ricardo Sandoval vs. Carlos Buitrago - Sandoval, DEC Joel Iriarte vs. Kevin Beltran Aguirre - Iriarte, TKO, R2 Jose Mancilla vs. Rueben Johnson - Mancilla, DEC EVENT #32 UFC Fight Night 54 on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot (03/30/2024) - Atlantic City, NJ (Boardwalk Hall) Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot - Blanchfield, DEC Vicente Luque vs. Joaquin Buckley - Luque, DEC Bruno Silva vs. Chris Weidman - Silva, TKO, R2 Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Sedriques Dumas - Ruziboev, SUB, R2 Bill Algeo vs. Kyle Nelson - Algeo, DEC Chidi Njokuani vs. Rhys McKee - Njokuani, TKO, R2 Nate Landwehr vs. Jamall Emmers - Landwehr, DEC Virna Jandiroba vs. Lupita Godinez - Godinez, DEC Julio Arce vs. Herbert Burns - Arce, TKO, R2 Connor Matthews vs. Dennis Buzukja - Matthews, DEC Ibo Aslan vs. Anton Turkalj - Aslan, TKO, R2 Andre Petroski vs. Jacob Malkoun - Malkoun, DEC Angel Pacheco vs. Caolán Loughran - Loughran, TKO, R2 EVENT #33 PBC on Prime Video PPV: Tszyu vs. Fundora (03/30/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena) WBC & WBO Super Welterweight Championship: Tim Tszyu vs. Sebastian Fundora - Tszyu, DEC WBA World Super Lightweight Championship: Rolando Romero vs. Isaac Cruz - Cruz, TKO, R8 WBA World Middleweight Championship: Erislandy Lara vs. Michael Zerafa - Lara, DEC WBC Flyweight Championship: Julio Cesar Martinez vs. Angelino Cordova - Martinez, DEC Curmel Moton vs. Anthony Cuba - Moton, TKO, R4 Interim WBC Super Welterweight Championship: Serhii Bohachuk vs. Brian Mendoza - Bohachuk, DEC Mirco Cuello vs. Sulaiman Segawa - Justin Viloria vs. Erick Garcia - Viloria, DEC Kaipo Gallegos vs. Eric Howard - Gallegos, DEC Adrian Neaves vs. Steven Walker - Neaves, DEC The Friday events deadline is March 29, 6:00 p.m. CT. The Event #31 deadline is Saturday, March 30, 12:45 p.m. CT. The remaining Saturday events deadline is March 30, 5:30 p.m. CT.

UFC Fight Night 54 on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot March 30, 2024 Atlantic City, NJ (Boardwalk Hall) Erin Blanchfield (125) vs. Manon Fiorot (125.25) - Fiorot, DEC (unanimous) Vicente Luque (170) vs. Joaquin Buckley (170) - Buckley, TKO (punches), R2 (3:17) Bruno Silva (186) vs. Chris Weidman (186) - Weidman, DEC (technical unanimous) Nursulton Ruziboev (185) vs. Sedriques Dumas (185) - Ruziboev, TKO (punches), R1 (3:18) Bill Algeo (146) vs. Kyle Nelson (145) - Nelson, TKO (punches), R1 (4:00) Chidi Njokuani (170) vs. Rhys McKee (170.25) - Njokuani, DEC (split) ESPN2 / ESPN+ Preliminary Card: Nate Landwehr (145.25) vs. Jamall Emmers (145) - Landwehr, KO (punches), R1 (4:43) Virna Jandiroba (115) vs. Lupita Godinez (115) - Jandiroba, DEC (unanimous) Julio Arce (147.25)* vs. Herbert Burns (145) - Arce, TKO (punches), R2 (2:00) Connor Matthews (145) vs. Dennis Buzukja (145.25) - Buzukja, TKO (punches), R3 (0:22) Ibo Aslan (205) vs. Anton Turkalj (205) - Aslan, TKO (strikes), R3 (1:32) Andre Petroski (186) vs. Jacob Malkoun (185) - Malkoun, TKO (strikes), R2 (0:39) Angel Pacheco (135) vs. Caolán Loughran (135) - Loughran, DEC (unanimous) *Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: Dennis Buzukja Performance of the Night: Nate Landwehr Fight of the Night: Ibo Aslan vs. Anton Turkalj Attendance: 12,198 Gate: $2.18 million

He wasn't the Ringmaster long but the days of the old IWC, they just made it seem like he was stuck in the gimmick. The Ringmaster thing was just suppose to be a takeoff of something like the Excellence of Execution except it didn't stick. Less of a gimmick and more of a nickname.

Knowing Little Richard, I think his reaction would be the opposite of that. More like, "Why do they got this motherfucker dressed up like a thrift store version of me?" Doesn't also help it's an Italian dude from Buffalo cosplaying as a black dude.