Cobra Commander

On one hand, it seems sorta weird to not just have a "defending champ will retire if he loses the title in this match" stip.. on the other hand, well, I mean... I guess if it was "loser must retire", that would have made the result more obvious?

Not sure how much of a difference there really is, but i'd draw a distinction between Southern accents and accents for people living in Texas, especially West Texas. But, it might be like discerning between country music by people from east of the Mississippi River and country music by people from Texas. They're different but some people will bunch them in with each other. Without knowing which country music Terry Funk was into, he's one wrestler who was a bit like outlaw country singers. Where he sorta veered around some of the new establishment to be both connected to people on the outside and to people who remember how it used to be. Sorta like how there's a bunch of Willie fans who don't listen to much current Country. Also Road House was released a few weeks after Funk piledrove Flair on the table at WrestleWar. Although I guess that Road House really didn't break on through until after Funk's 1989 run was through. I'm suspecting that if anybody in WCW mentioned Road House on-screen, it was Jim Ross but that the company didn't exactly want to mention that their new lead heel was in a major movie.

this statement confused me at first until I realized I was confusing Buzz Tyler with Buzz Sawyer but I'll say that Buzz Tyler looks a bit like Richard Karn too

imagine what WCW could have done if they had an AI version of Ole Anderson's voice so they could use that voice without needing to employ Ole Anderson

looking at the Wikipedia list and the list of two wrestler deaths within a week are mostly guys with no overlap or different levels of national experience Black Warrior and Jay Briscoe Mickie Henson, Super Muneco and Candi Devine Ryan Sakoda, Steve Lawler, and Daffney Bobby Eaton and Hideki Hosaka The Patriot and Chris Youngblood Hana Kimura and Shad Gaspard Jim Neidhart and Doc Dean Brian Christopher and Brickhouse Brown I think the previous situation with wrestlers who had recently worked in the same place dying in quick succession would be something like Dino Bravo, Kerry Von Erich, and Andre dying within 6 weeks. Since Big Dick Dudley and Davey Boy Smith were likely never in the same place at the same time. Unless we're going to Lucha where two wrestlers were murdered at the same time in 2009 (Espectrito II and La Parkita) or Kung Fu/Villano I died within days of each other in 2001.

the thing where Abe Jacobs either refused to teach the Kiwi Leg Roll or didn't know how to teach it so it's sort of a lost move is interesting. Like how many other lost moves are there because nobody really figured out how to do it

Former RAW guest host and legendary game show host Bob Barker has passed away at 99

I knew this before but I didn’t really think about it until seeing it on Wikipedia, that JoJo is the daughter of Jose Offerman.

reading Kendall Windham’s Wikipedia entry: Yeah he decided to take that hiatus

Wonder there’s much of a difference between how USA Network viewed Raws in the past that were tribute shows and how Fox would view a Smackdown that was a tribute show

what I recall doing was just replacing the X with Twitter, copying it, deleting it, and then pasting it the general navigation thing has been around for awhile, I think the X thing is more about this board software having a way to embed Twitter.com links but not X.com links

Terry Funk matches that are all from the Pro on the weekend of big shows Terry Funk vs Lee Scott from the Pro on the weekend of Havoc 89: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3L861dKXg Terry Funk vs Brian Pillman from the Pro on the weekend of Bash 94: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTHJS6eY3So Terry Funk vs Dustin Rhodes from the Pro on the weekend of Fall Brawl 94: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A04iArlKoZE

if I copy a Twitter link off of the app, I just replace the X with Twitter and repaste the link and it works

Okay turns out that a guy with a family history of using the Claw might have been a good pick to use the Claw in a televised wrestling setting.

Alright, it’s GQ Schneider

yeah Bix reposted his article about that in a tweet but this being Terry Funk, i'm not ruling out that multiple forum members have similar stories since that was apparently a Terry Funk line

Not to be mean but hopefully someone can hug Bo Dallas and keep him away from the "Lizard people rule the world" websites. Having your older brother die like that might pull someone who already is a bit of a conspiracy guy in a direction or two. Also, I feel awful for Rob Naylor tonight too because he's such a joy on the podcasts/etc that he's been on and I've seen his Twitter tonight and he lost a friend today and it's sad when someone like Rob is down. Did I explain that right? Idk.

just remembered how Barry Windham's still alive right now because he happened to have his heart attack in one of the busiest airports in the world (he had a heart attack last December in the Atlanta airport).. but, combine possible genetic factors and conditions known to cause clotting and heart conditions and Bray just disappearing from TV makes more sense with the things in SRS's tweet

Bray's not the first wrestling person born after me to have died (Reid Fleihr, Sara Lee, there's a some indy people listed on the Premature Wrestling Deaths wiki entry, I'm not leaving out Jay Briscoe, I was born after him).. it always sucks, but it really sucks when it's someone younger than you are. I'm guessing this is a thing some of the other people on here have been experiencing for a few decades by now with how many wrestlers all died especially in the 2000s. Someone like Terry Funk, you had other wrestlers basically saying this and that like your grandma providing family health updates. But this was pretty much radio silence aside from the one Mike Rotunda thing that people have mentioned already

I won't speculate because I just don't like doing that, the whole last 6 months with Bray has been mysterious and who knows, part of the phrasing of the HHH tweet could mean one thing.. but who really knows and who knows if we'll know soon

Wow

When Roddy Piper lost his promo fastball, did he lose it as hard as when Chevy Chase stopped being funny?

watching World Championship Wrestling (8/20/1988), some notes It's a crowded booth with Tony, Jim Ross, and David Crockett all next to each other. There's apparently a strange alliance between Kevin Sullivan and Gary Hart despite the fact that i'm pretty sure those two constantly work together on-screen. The Allycopter actually looked more impressive when Sid did it. Jim Ross namedrops the Sheik to pitch a Cobo card in response to Al Perez doing a chinlock that is called a camel clutch. Al Perez wins a match in 1988 with the Spinning Toe Hold. Apparently Al Perez, a man who is only exciting because he has long hair and stubble, is feuding with Dusty. Okay, I guess Al Perez is also exciting because Gary Hart gets to do promos for him. The NWA in 1988 had some great "managers on the verge of being arrested" types. Gary Hart for racketeering, JJ Dillon for financial crimes, and you don't wanna know why Jim Cornette can't get into Canada. Kim Wood gets a shoutout during the Fantastics match. Jim Ross doing work telling people that the non-MX/Horsemen tag matches aren't total wastes of time. Tommy Rogers making fun of the masked guy after an airplane spin/samoan drop Lex Luger has amazing hair at this time. Great Farrah hair. Russian Assassin has music. He's facing the least known of the Allman Brothers, Robbie Allman. Russian Assassin keeps forearming this guy in the back before he wins with the Russian Cobra Clutch. Paul Jones talks postmatch. I think Paul Jones' crime involves trying to steal Blackjack Mulligan's look. Ricky Morton apparently has an alliance with Nikita Koloff, which feels like it didn't go anywhere. Ricky has a mean streak right now. Dave Spearman is certainly something when it comes to jobber selling. Mean Ricky Morton really is a mood. Ricky Morton cuts a promo on Ric Flair postmatch because this is JCP and everybody cuts promos on the big dogs. Ricky Morton really had an amazing case of little man's syndrome at time time. Kendall WIndham and Italian Stallion in a tag match. Kendall must be around 6'5" and 130 pounds at this time. Holy fuck he is as skinny as advertised. The Road Warriors with the Spam Slam of the Week. How much Spam could you fit in a pair of Zubaz. Mike Rotunda is really smart because he went to Syracuse. Also Kevin Sullivan is mad at the people who don't wanna hear a Mike Rotundo promo. Jim Ross is amazed that the Florida Heavyweight Title is being defended. I'm amazed that the Florida Heavyweight Title still exists in the summer of 1988, hasn't the Florida territory been dead for 9 months? Somehow this Rick Steiner/Tony Suber match goes through a commercial break. Rick Steiner wins with a nice belly to belly. The Four Horsemen join David Crockett. Tully's glasses style sticks out compared to Flair and Arn. Meaning that it looks like Tully is wearing his actual glasses instead of shades. Barry Windham is not wearing glasses. Ric does all the talking. If I had to guess, Tully was more hungover this week than Arn. Ric Flair don't get hungover. Brad Armstrong wins a squash. That Russian Legsweep rules so hard. The Sheepherders join David Crockett. Well, they were on something back then. I already saw this Midnight Express squash a few days ago through Twitter. Bobby Eaton doing some amazing work with suckering Bear Collie with a handshake and twisting the Black Shadow's mask. There are so many black dudes as jobbers this week (Black Shadow, Jerry Price, Tony Suber, Dave Spearman). JJ Dillon/Four Horsemen vs Jim Cornette was not a fair verbal war in 1988. It's akin to getting yourself into a diss war with prime Eminem. The Horsemen apparently lobbed a bunch of the meatiest fastballs possible into Cornette's strike zone and he is just smashing them over and over. And they're the de facto babyfaces here next to the Horsemen. Cornette gets to talk even more with David Crockett. I saw that on Twitter too. Stan Lane breaks during one of the lines. Jim Cornette vs JJ Dillon in a war of words is just a slaughter and that's not because JJ's bad but Cornette's a machine gun of insults at this time. Mike Rotunda has had the TV title for 8 months by this time. Wow, must be lots of amazing matches. Nikita Koloff with hair is like the time that Hawk stopped shaving his hair for a period of time in 1998. Nikita wins with the Sickle as Jim Ross ponders what would happen if Nikita's right arm was injured. Thanks Jim. Nikita's postmatch promo is barely coherent. Rip Morgan looks so drunk with the Sheepherders. The Bushwhackers were a real pinnacle of "work smarter, not harder". What if the Bushwhackers were actually more deranged than the Sheepherders and we just didn't notice it. "I can't imagine anybody cheering for Luke and Butch" just you wait Jim Ross. JJ Dillon, Arn, and Tully join Jim Ross. JJ is just so outmanned in a war of words with Jim Cornette. Weird to see Tully in glasses that aren't intended to hide that they're taping this at 10am and he's hungover. Peacock tried to fastforward me to next week's show during this promo. We still got 6 minutes left, Peacock. JJ and Tully have some real "we're not mad, please don't say we're mad" energy. Arn is equipped for the task of working the mic in this feud even if he's wearing the glasses of a suspect on America's Most Wanted. Basically the main point from Arn/Tully/JJ is that the MX is making jokes and the Horsemen aren't making jokes. It's basically Chris Jericho shouting "you think this is a comedy bus" during the Dairy Queen video. Barry Windham wrestles a jobber who has a pad or bandage on his bicep. Or maybe he's in mourning and he's wearing an armband, Barry wins quick. JJ and Barry Windham get interview time to close the show. So that was a fun edition of World Championship Wrestling.

upon checking Wikipedia before making a Christian/My Two Dads joke, I find that Staci Keanan is now a law school professor under her birth name. She's married to an actor with no Wikipedia page whose IMDB page says he's known for Alistair1918, Grime Town and Night Music. None of which i've heard of. So anyways, would Christian's power be diminished facing an opponent with *two* living dads?