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Not so random. It was a heel vs heel feud with Nick obviously getting cheered against the Arab dude.

Tony Stewart's extracurricular activities caught up to him last night in Iowa as he broke his leg last night running a sprint car race.

I hope the Wiz's shoes were waterproof because those pants were pissers.

Horowitz was so great in Dallas. I remember one match where he was in control on the other guy, hit a move and just yelled "I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF!" Popped the fuck out of me.

I could almost see a double-knockout finish. They do the big super-epic match, like 50 minutes. Finish comes down to either Bryan No Lock or Cena STF... long, huge struggle, guy on the business end passes out from the pain without tapping (or maybe he does tap if you throw in a ref bump) and the guy applying it passes out from the stress of trying to keep the other guy locked in. Ref counts both guys out. Then cue Orton.

They missed the obvious "A-Roid" joke but this is pretty choice.

That Omaha WWF show had a real B-show vibe to me so I did a bit of digging. Checking the History of WWE site, we also find: So two other shows that night.

Yeesh, Axl was ENORMOUS at that point. Also funny to see Ian back when you could look at his forehead without flinching.

That Winnipeg show sounds like the most indy thing we've come across yet. Seriously, I don't recognize any of those dudes offhand and my memory is insane when it comes to stuff like this.

ISTR they were forced to use him as a manager because their mom was sick and they couldn't pay her medical bills. At one point their "sister" showed up in the crowd over-acting and chewing the scenery. It was hideous.

Rangers just confirmed he's out.

DAT CARD.

I think right around the time Global had him wearing the wig was when he mentally packed it in with the company.

And that's just after one PRESEASON game. God, this is going to be a great year.

I would hope "Rickey" does a big self-congratulatory speech at the end of each race. Gotta work the gimmick.

Your avatar really sells the photo. They're in awe.

It was definitely unscripted as you could see Ak was trying not to laugh his ass off when he went after Lowrance. I was always amazed at how much heel heat Ak got... for an "Arab" he sounded more Texan than Stan Hansen fucking the Dixie Chicks.

And one for FSW.

GAH.

Watching Tanahashi vs Ishii reminds me of Kojima vs Yasuda from the 1998 Climax. Neither Ishii or Lurch are/were particularly good, but they're really sky-high over as the cult mid-card guys getting a chance to shine on the company's biggest stage and punching way above their weight in the process. Fun stuff.

Well, tell Bill I said have a Coke and a smile and shut the fuck up. Jello pudding-eating motherfucker.

I hope we get another epic thread out of it like we had for the AWA, Abrams UWF etc.

Metallica tear the fucking house down at the 1989 Grammy Awards. We won't talk about what happened afterwards.