Pete

Adam Gooch approves.

We better get a Tree Killer CAW.

Between those promos and the fans chanting "GO HOME PAKI" at Gama, it's like the most un-PC clip in wrestling history. And think of how much ground THAT covers.

This is pretty much everything I want my husband to be tbh As near-sighted as he is, this could lead to some awkward moments.

The infamous Bad News/Stomper turn that all but killed Stampede in Calgary for several years.

Stay classy, Petrino.

Gary really must be one of the all time greatest heels. He was in a fucking plane crash that left his body wrecked and permanently blind in one eye, helped save two of his buddies and STILL got his heat back after the story went national. Can you even begin to fathom how much talent that takes?

Funny thing- it seems Sierra never actually used the "Cuban Assassin" gimmick in Portland. He was the Destroyer, Top Gun and the Assassin, just not a Cuban one. Was he the Destroyer in the Buddy Rose Army? That's him, yeah. You could probably ID him as every random masked Portland heel except the Grappler and Mr Ebony.

Ohio State flips 3* prospect Deontai Williams from Georgia. Wait, scratch that. OHIO flipped him. Bobcats, not Buckeyes. The hell?

What I found interesting was that Kabuki basically lent his gimmick to Dragon, ie Dragon was going there to work as the Great Kabuki. This book is phenomenal BTW. So many amazing stories. I feel a little guilty at not paying for it... but if the publisher's going to be a dumbass about not reprinting it, that's on him. I can only hope I don't run into Gary upstairs somewhere...

Smiley did a shot for USAPW after his WCW run and Ray and I were dreading him doing nothing but comedy spots- but he worked (I think) Mike Tobin and hot damn, we got Smiley the WRESTLING MACHINE. 10-15 minutes of awe-inspiring matwork. It was seriously like he went out and did a match just for the two of us.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Urn Anderson?

Black Saturday on WTBS leads off with 60-year-old Bobo against Big John Studd. Way to stick it to the viewers, Vince.

Yes, because MOAR HEAT ON THE AUTHORITY will make everything better. That kind of booking is why they're unbearable to begin with.

Cindy left the room at the start of the show, walked in 20 minutes later to see the SAME FUCKING SEGMENT in the ring and gave me an eye-roll you could hear two zip codes away. "Doesn't anyone fucking wrestle on this show?" If you have a guy you're desperately trying to build up for Mania, WHY ARE YOU JOBBING HIM TO THE BIG SHOW??? But holy bats that spear at the end. Reigns went into orbit like a missile and Show took it like a champ. If only he could hit it like that every time out.

For some reason I keep thinking Trips grew up in Montreal.

What amazes me about Henry is that he looks like the baddest motherfucker on the planet in-ring and the cuddliest dude in the world when he does personal appearances. He toes that line brilliantly.

Is that a young Sugiura? He looks like it, but... considerably skinnier. (And... Akiyama?) I think it's Kentaro Shiga, not Akiyama.

Everyone is sleeping on this one.

They're warning of FLASH FREEZE conditions tonight in Gotham. This will be a fun commute home...