The Green Meanie

The story of how it got to be a Winged Eagle rip-off is pretty interesting. Apparently WCW had a different design in mind, but they only had a very short time frame to get the belt made, so they rushed Reggie Parks. Reggie just modified the WE design just slightly enough to make it a different belt, but you know what it's based off of. It's generally regarded as the least-liked WCW heavyweight belt design. I don't believe that the original design has ever been shown publicly.

WWE Fan Council sent out a questionare specifically for this episode of Smackdown. First one I've gotten for a television show. Pretty standard stuff until I got to this question: "How would you rate your enjoyment of Backlash that aired on Sunday, June 19?"

I've really been really enjoying What Happened When recently. The MST3K-esce episodes are really clicking for me.

Isn't that also how Ryback got his podcast?

Just ask Sin Cara.

Honestly that raised more questions then answering them. I'm even further from understanding what their gimmick is supposed to be then before.

I don't watch NXT. I don't know what Sanity's gimmick is. Are they wacky anarchists? I saw The Symbol of Chaos. One guy looks like a ManBearPig and another looks like the kid that licked the pole and got stuck in Christmas Story, but grown up.

By all intensive purposes he was a good man in real life that got handed some sucky medial issues. A big loss for the industry.

I take umbrage with two parts of your post - 1) Vampiro and Konnan are waaaaaay bigger assholes the Morrissey. Morrissey is a saint. 2) Morrissey is beloved all over the world, including his strange following in California street gangs.

I'd like to thank Sanity for helping to bring back the patented wacky camera entrance.

How dare you!

The part that annoyed me the most was when Cole asked Byron, "What will it do for you if Kofi wins this match?" Like, we get it, they're both black...he might as well have said "you/your people" with that line.

Salmon Suit

Finally got around to watching that Legends Battle Royal from November 1987. It's very obvious that it was never intended to air or be put on a Colosseum Home Video release, as the cameraman keeps randomly zooming in and out. I got a kick out of the crowd's reaction to certain wrestlers also. Jay Strongbrow got the hugest pop in my opinion, I was really surprised about that, I didn't think fans liked him that much. Especially considering his reputation amongst the boys.

As far as it affecting the UWF, that is stretching it a bit far, but I know for sure the hit that Texas took in the mid-80's was a legit problem down here.