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His match with Foley is actually one of his better put together matches in that it has less superfluous stuff than most of his more classic ones. That said, no one was better at making completely extraneous wrestling interesting and compelling.

I'm #4 on the online waiting list. I might just drive to a library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwwzQvFoVzE Oh Japan

More people have Nostalgia for something from 1990 than from 1980. It's a demographic thing.

I'll admit I got carried away with Josie and the Pussycats' success.

I actually thought we could ride the Speed Racer train farther than this.

I don't often wish I was a kid in Texas in the early 80s but it would have been cool to grow up under the specter of Kabuki.

Strangely enough, by taking the mask off, he might come to terms with it all and ultimately learn to cope with who he is instead of just running from it. You almost feel that's what Capaldi is trying to achieve with his performance.

James, I'm sorry. One thing i've seen, in that I've known you here forever and I see you on FB, is that you're a guy with a lot of friends, and I am glad for that. It doesn't make it better or easier or right, but I'm glad to know that there are people that have rallied around you with your loss and that you can and do take heart in that.

This is my favorite tag team of the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKo30Dlm4y8 The Great King Haka Buku.

He used the Akido in the episode! That was the best part. He did the chop and everything.

I'm not sure if Capaldi's character is defined enough yet for him to be out of character. This sort of synced with what we saw in the first two episodes. There were elements of impatience with Clara and the situation in general that you could spin into this situation. We'd just never seen him in a situation like this before.

Either inhumans age slightly differently or her dad gave her enhanced metabolism. Where's my no-prize?

I think it was 03 to be honest. I could be wrong. It's associated with Evolution in my head. From what I remembered it lasted a weekend until Vince realized it really wouldn't work.

That was like Austin going the Rock Bottom. Maximo's finish is pretty well protected.

It was Foley, Bischoff, Goldberg, and someone else. Still beats what we got that year. People were already complaining about how repetitive Raw was back then.

I've read a bunch of Pratchett but I never got that far. Works for me.

Maybe he won it for licking his armpit.

It makes for a very tempting and appropriate narrative since it follows along with so many other decisions that have happened over the years. It's a magic idea and just FEELS right. This is TNA.

Dylan's TNA recaps are a fine place to start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtWw7lARnzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cldm8yl9cQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aLWjbJJRs

I'm pretty certain that Ernie Ladd is my favorite wrestler of all wrestlers that I've seen less than twenty matches of. Definitely for a US guy. I'm not sure who else would register outside the scumbag journeyman class of Chris Colt/Bobby Bass/etc. And I'm not entirely sure why. I first encountered him in mid-south, when I was watching the 84 season, two years before he retired due to knee problems, and when he was 46 years old. That's hardly in the guy's prime. We don't have a whole lot from his prime, as best as I can tell. There was just a presence to him, though. He was a big man who knew as well as anyone, how to work like a big man. You could tell that from just a few matches. It's the same thing that draws me to late-career Andre. He knew what to do with his size, and he knew how to get heat, and he know how to move the crowd, and he definitely knew what not to do. The guy had a presence that was proportional to his height, and it was obvious he knew his limitations and understood the art of pro wrestling well enough to work around it. For what we have in the 70s of him (and remember he was already deep into his 30s for a lot of what we do have), I think you can still see signs of that wisdom in the ring.

why would anyone want to see anyone in WWE, other than "hey, good for them (financially)" I mean, yeah.. can't wait to see KENTA be trotted out as comedy midcarder "Wacky Gatame" or some shit 1.) There are plenty of guys, especially on the US indy scene, who have a lot of talent and skill, but just need that polish. I think almost everyone who's come through the system in the last few years (Ambrose, Zayn, Rollins especially) have lost most of their bad traits while keeping almost all of their good ones and are much better workers because of it. 2.) There are people that I sort of want to see wrestle those people. TV isn't as strong as it was last year, but they still trot out good matches almost ever week, let alone PPVs. 3.) NXT is super fun to watch.

Well, this is the most confusing thing I heard all day. Thanks, NPR!