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i forgot about that! i think they teased it on one episode of BTE and never mentioned it again. would be a great callback!

i think Didio's 5G concept is/was a good idea. The freedom to tell stories at different points in the hero's career is great. Lots of room for writers to really tell the stories they want to. now, do i think it would work in the long term? hell no. DC can't keep one timeline straight, even when they chuck (almost) everything and start fresh (coughNU52cough). I have zero faith in them to make this concept work. Which is disappointing, really. Future State being an incredibly paired down version of this is also what will limit its sales and staying power. it seems off because you're completely skipping over what should be his prime, where he is one of the pillars of the DC Universe. sidekick -> freestanding but 2nd rate Batman -> [ ] -> aging mentor to next gen

This was the 3DS release. It bombed pretty hard, so Nintendo did a huge course-correction. Dropped the price by like 30%, offered free games to early adopters, and the President or CEO or someone took a fairly significant pay cut. Nintendo looked at Disney's "vault" release schedule and obviously took notes. Limited time releases and re-releases keep interest, prices, and profits high. I hate that they do this, but it obviously works very well for them so i don't see them changing it anytime soon. same. i have all the games in both series, but it would be hard not to re-re-rebuy. OMG i would never stop playing this game. best idea i have heard in a long time.

watched this in the theater last night. excellent movie, i loved it a lot. The only D+ show i watched was Falcon & Winter Soldier because i knew it had the possibility to tie in with this film. Will watch WandaVision and Loki sometime before Spider-Man 3/Dr. Strange 2 come out. Yelena ruled. I look forward to where her character goes. Florence Pugh did awesome. She looked familiar, but i haven't seen anything she's been in, so i dunno. Alexei was also king sized. For a superhero that didn't really have anything to do with this movie, he excelled and made you interested. i can see the criticisms about Taskmaster (i think the comic version is an excellent character) but the movie reveal was well done and i don't have a problem with it. I love the idea that she's not the only one. Re: Madame Hydra in the post-credits scene, i loved it. She is amassing quite a team. Not-Captain America and now Not-Black Widow? this is gonna rule.

i can't help, but i am also looking for Jushin Liger vs. Blue Demon Jr. @ Pro Wrestling Revolution 5/18/14

@Matt D Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko, 6/28/97 WCW Saturday Nitro pretty sure i've seen this before, as at this event Jericho beats Syxx to win the Cruiserweight Title. I think i even got this from a tape trader way back when. That said, i have no recollection of this match. Sidenote: IIRC this was one of those WCW "Pay-Per-Listens" where the audio was broadcast over the internet. There are obviously cameramen at ringside. This would be the perfect kind of stuff that WWE Network/Hidden Gems was made for. What a waste. Eddie is his usual awesome self. good action, excellent selling, and even better playing to the crowd. Dean holds up his part well. But i'm not telling you anything you didn't know as soon as you saw the participants here. The crowd is mildly into it early, but they are HOT by the end. When Malenko calls for and locks in the Texas Cloverleaf, the pop is huge. Eddie escapes that, but Dean makes him pay with a Tombstone Piledriver, but then goes outside his comfort zone and attempts a Frog Splash. Eddie gets the knees up with a powerbomb, brainbuster, and a Frog Splash of his own. Then HE tries to get cute with a Cloverleaf of his own. Dean counters with a rollup, but Eddie eventually steals a pin with his feet on the ropes. I don't really have too much to say about this match, because i wasn't really able to give it my full attention. Handhelds that are all jumpy like this make my head spin, so i have to tune in and out. That being said, anytime i get to see more Monday Night Wars-era wrestling is a good time!

well it looks like i could not have picked a worse match. sorry, mate. alternatively, i cannot wait to see what you have to say.

@Matt D i am a bit intimidated, as the amount of wrestling you are familiar with far eclipses my own. You seem to have a wide knowledge of Japan, but i didn't see your name on a cursory glance through the Lucha folder. I stumbled on this match a couple weeks back while researching Andrade el Idolo (his AEW debut was the first time i've seen him) and quite enjoyed it, so hopefully you do too. Volador Jr. vs La Sombra, Mask vs. Mask, CMLL 9/13/13

tuned in just as the Miesha Tate fight was about to start. was not disappointed.

it seems like a serious return to me, although 1) i don't think she'll get back to the top of the division, and 2) it likely depends on how this first fight back goes. she's about to turn 35, so right at that neutral spot between prime and decline.

RIP to Biz Markie. on a positive note, his passing gave me a reason to introduce my wife to "Pickin' Boogers", one of my faves of his.

Miller was fun once he started talking shit and had a personality. the aforementioned Norton bit is a favorite of mine as well. but BRC Miller was a lame karate guy that sucked bell-to-bell and offered little else. p.s. this time i'm not drunk, although i AM drinking.

i never would have thought of it in these terms, but that's probably why there's an increase in "theme" ppvs- HIAC, MITB, etc. which makes the fact that they phased out KOTR even more baffling. Are Survivor Series matches still a thing?

guilty as charged, but i stand by what i said. Ernest Miller was fucking horrible at the time, and Glacier was too green to hold up his end of the whole deal. it's not the travesty it's made out to be, but it was nowhere near good.

is this the HOT TAKES~! thread? because as much as i like Kanyon (i'm literally wearing my Mortis Kombat shirt right now) and appreciate Wrath and Vandenburg, that angle sucked ass.

wait, why can't they do Sears Centre/NOW Arena again?

i always really liked the beach sets. something about the surfboard racks and lifeguard posts really kind of set the event apart. also when WCW did their Spring Break-Out! at Club La Vela

not much for name recognition on this card, but i see some potentially fun matchups. most excited for Miesha Tate's return!

i missed the on-sale for All Out and tickets sold out fast. oh well.

Jim Breaks vs. Vic Faulkner, 7/16/77 i have only seen maybe two WoS matches that were posted here, so i am for all intents and purposes a complete novice here. I did some quick reading up on the rules so that i wasn't completely lost. I knew about the rounds system (that's not unusual to me due to boxing and MMA familiarity) but that's about it. Anyway, both men connected with the crowd well. Breaks is obviously the heel, complaining to the ref about every possible rule infraction (even when there is none, as the announcer points out) but taking every advantage (legal or not) that he can. He's pretty over the top, and i can see why he's remembered fondly. He's also got some keen armlocks, bending Faulkner's wrist at an odd angle, then following through with the elbow and/or shoulder and then capping it all off with a keen stomp, or twist, or what-have-you, depending on which position they're in. Faulkner, for his part, plays the bland babyface well. The crowd certainly loves him, and he shows some flashes of personality but is more the focused do-gooder. He mocks Breaks' complaints at one point by throwing himself on the mat and throwing a tantrum of his own. It was muted, but the crowd really enjoyed it. this match is JIP, starting with round 4. The score is tied, 0-0. Round 4 contains the best of the limbwork. Round 5 contains a bit more action. Round 6 sees both men score pinfalls (and both are completely pitiful pinfalls), ending the match in a draw. I gotta be honest. This was OK as a novelty, but it didn't really grab me overall. Maybe it's that i'm not familiar enough with the rules and presentation. Maybe it's just too old for my tastes (anything pre-1980 gets iffy). Maybe my expectations were just in the wrong place (the limbwork is always played up when talking about WoS. This had some of that, but there was little long-term selling, and no real payoff to it overall). I didn't dislike it, but it doesn't drive me to check out anything further from the participants or the promotion in the future.

@SirSmellingtonofCascadia i'm ignoring that last comment, as it really makes me want to find the best Houston 2/3 Falls match and give to you, but i don't have the time. Maybe your next partner can take up the challenge. I present to you, Vader vs. Inoki, 1/4/96. I think the earliest Nitros are still promoting Vader as being part of the WarGames match, but he leaves shortly thereafter (although maybe all the Vader hype is pre-Nitro?). So, in tribute to your Nitro thread, i submit Vader's only (!) match after leaving WCW but before joining WWF. And it's close in timeframe to the Nitros you're watching now, not that there's any relation between the two. https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1dx411i7t4/ Sorry for no YouTube link, but this was the only vid i could find. But it's free and good quality.

@SirSmellingtonofCascadiai have limited internet access/time this weekend, but i will get you something good as soon as i can

while the potential to go off the rails and be absolutely terrible is very high, i think this could be a fun angle.