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  1. Random bit of drama for me watching Chi-Town Rumble today Seeing three consecutive finishes where the referee had to raise an arm to clear up the winner (Rick Steiner pinning himself, Windham/Lugar back suplex, and two pinfalls at the same time in Road Warriors/Varsity Club), and forgetting if the first Flair/Steamboat match also had a back suplex almost a double pin finish. The first one didn't have that finish.. I was thinking of the Clash match which had that finish, a card i'll probably watch sometime in April. The schedule for me watching shows on the Network will likely change once Spring Training starts up and I start spending lots of time with the TV on MLB Network as the Phillies and Tigers play each other yet again in the Grapefruit League.
  2. Things I Remember from NWA Chi-Town Rumble: 35 years ago tonight! Michael Hayes vs Russian Assassin I went on and on and on. They tried their best to act like the Kremlin would care about Russian Assassin's match with Michael Hayes. Hayes wins with a DDT. Also I noticed they're still putting Illinois shapes on the referees outfits (as seen at Starrcade 87) Sting vs Butch Reed also went on for awhile and ended with cheating reversed into a sunset flip. Brad Muster has ringside seats with his buddies. Dennis Condrey has been replaced for strategic reasons (he no-showed) and replaced by Jack Victory. A man that Jim Cornette will know nothing about. This stip of this match has been clarified to state the loser of the fall leaves the NWA. Lots of build to the concept of Cornette facing Dangerously, with both of them getting some action before that. Eventually chaos ensues, Randy Rose gets pinned, and that's that. Randy Rose would be back on TV in about a month. Dangerously would go on to the SST. The Midnights would take a vacation because of their problems with George Scott although Scott would be fired before the vacation started if I recall correctly. Speaking of things that come up as reasons Scott got fired, the finishes of 3 consecutive matches Rick Steiner pins himself applying a sleeper to Mike Rotunda. Lex Luger lifts a shoulder to avoid a double pinfall Simultaneous pinfalls in a tag match where the Roadies are deemed the winner. Three matches in a row with cliffhanger finishes! Although it does sorta make sense for Rick Steiner to lose a title because he pinned himself. Scott Steiner is at ringside. Kevin Sullivan shows up to distract Rick Steiner by saying they're messing with his dog but nothing comes of that tonight. Well, welcome to the transition from "Rick Steiner, singles babyface" to "Rick Steiner, tag team with his brother". edit: just remembered Jim Ross going into Mike Rotunda's two separate experiences in the Punt Pass and Kick competition. Jim Ross is like Vin Scully only in the sense of noting the football backgrounds of anybody he sees. Meanwhile, Lex vs Windham looked good enough. You wouldn't know from the postmatch attack that Windham was pretty much gone from the promotion and they wouldn't follow up on that angle for a little bit. I believe that Road Warriors vs Sullivan/Dr. Death is meaty men slapping meat. It probably ages better than one would expect. Rick Steamboat vs Ric Flair is what you've heard it was. Nice of them to use the recent history of screw finishes to suggest another one before saying "Nah, we're not screwing the fans tonight". All the stars are here tonight, Eddie Einhorn, Brad Muster, Brad Muster's teammate, a man who looks suspiciously like Brian Adias. The Babyfaces are spraying Ricky Steamboat with champagne for the occasion. I think this promotion has kicked off the run of trying to not be terrible that they would go for until the end of 1989. I don't know when exactly George Scott gets canned. I don't know exactly when Hiro Matsuda disappears. It was a solid card with a great main event.
  3. Only one more show (on the Network) before Chi-Town Rumble.. World Championship Wrestling (2/18/1989) Before the intro, we flashback to the Clash where Ric Flair walks out with his lady friends. Jim Ross and Magnum TA are here. There's a new member of the Varsity Club, Dan Spivey. As introduced on the Saturday Morning Show that isn't on the network. Ricky Steamboat is at the table to kick this off briefly. Match 1: Midnight Express vs Billy Holiday and David Heath. Jim Cornette introducing his team in the ring like it's 1984 in Shreveport. Paul E. Dangerously quickly walks out to the deck. Paul E. is in a Bill Cosby sweater. They're really selling the concept that all 3 of the losing team is leaving the NWA (that doesn't turn out to be the stip they use). Paul E cuts his promo during this one. Cornette hits David Heath with a right hand on the outside. The fans are getting fired up for this squash match/angle. Cornette drops by for some words. Midnights win with the Veg-o-Matic. Chi-Town Rumble, February 20th. Dan Spivey and the Varsity Club join the table. Danny Spivey went to the University of Georgia, for the record. Kevin Sullivan recounts his dream of breaking the Road Warriors. Danny Spivey somehow appears to be the most insane person in a promo segment involving Kevin Sullivan. Dr. Death and Mike Rotunda also have words. Match 2: Danny Spivey vs Tony Suber. Prime seats have been released for the Chi-Town Rumble. Jim Ross runs down upcoming events during this one. Bearhug transitions into a Belly to Belly Suplex. Dan Spivey does the Abdominal Stretch cheating spot with Mike Rotunda. Spivey wins with a side slam. This is the NWA and We Wrestle. Also, Varsity Club vs Fantastics on the Main Event this week (hey wasn't that just on the Clash) Magnum interviews Lex Luger. Lex says he's plugged into his power source to win the US title. Match 3: Ricky Steamboat vs Jerry Price. Sports writers are split on who'll win the Chi-Town Rumble. Jerry Price hits some offense and does his best sell of a top rope chop. Steamboat wins with a bodypress off the top. Chi-Town Rumble! February 20th! This is the NWA. We Wrestle. Match 4: Road Warriors vs Ned Brady and Julio Barrera. The Chi-Town Rumble ads pretend that the Warriors are still heels. Hawk unleashes his dropkick on Nasty Ned. Jim Ross selling Kevin Sullivan as a college educated amateur wrestler in contrast to the Road Warriors. Roadies win with a powerslam off the top. Some words from the Road Warriors and Paul Ellering. Hawk concludes that the Varsity Club added Danny Spivey because they need help. Paul Ellering looking like he's primed to shoot some zoo animals. Chi-Town Rumble. Monday Feb 20th. Match 5: Sting vs Mac McGyver. Of course Jim Ross notes that Max McGyver played college football. Butch Reed has some words at the table about his match with Sting. Sting is a big Chicago Bears fan. Brad Muster will be at the Chi-Town Rumble. Sting wins with the Stinger Splash and Scorpion Deathlock. Chi-Town Rumble. February 20th at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central Hiro Matsuda, Ric Flair and Barry Windham join Jim Ross. Flair is in prime Ric Flair promo form. Match 6: Barry Windham vs Allen Kinsey. Jim Ross is nervous about the big show at the Greensboro Coliseum. One fan has drawn a picture of Barry Windham. Nice dropkick from Barry Windham back when he had knees that worked. You can listen to the Chi-Town Rumble on the Hotline, which feels like it would be more expensive than just buying the PPV. Windham wins with a lariat. They left a TBS bumper in this one. Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express join Jim Ross. Match 7: Vincent Young vs Trent Knight. Alright, it's a "guys who'll be working WWF TV matches in 6 months" feature. Vincent Young is showing more energy in a match than years of Chief Jay Strongbow. Young wins with a Sleeperhold and then starts breakdancing. Match 8: The Samoan Swat Team vs Dale Lapyrouse and Bob Emory. The SST delay a Sting interview by starting their match directly out of the break. All the heel managers are watching the SST. One fan is pumped up seeing the SST slam these job guys around. Paul E. Dangerously and Gary Hart talking to each other watching this match. Paul Jones is talking to Kevin Sullivan. Fatu gets the pin with the top rope splash that JR miscalls at first. Now, it's time to talk to Sting. Sting saying that face vs face matches just aren't as interest as face vs heel matches (without directly saying that). Sting says he gets excited every time he thinks about Butch Reed, which is a bold claim to make in 1989. Hiro Matsuda, Barry Windham and Kendall Windham join Jim Ross. Gotta love the World Championship Wrestling house style of heels getting multiple promos in a short period of time because sure. Kendall Windham stands in the background looking older than he is. Match 9: Lex Luger vs Keith Steinborn. Lex Luger unleashing some technical wrestling for this occasion. Lugar gets mad, unleashes some big moves, and wins with the Rack. Chi-Town Rumble, the ultimate wrestling event of the year. Also, this is the NWA. We wrestle. Paul E. Dangerously joins Jim Ross at the table. Match 10: Michael PS Hayes and Dick Murdoch and Mac Anderson and El Negro. Paul E. decides to stick around to add some commentary. Paul yells to insist he's not upset after Michael Hayes taunted him. Eventually Hayes hits a DDT and Murdoch hits an elbow drop and they get the win. Ricky Steamboat joins Jim Ross. Match 11: Abdullah the Butcher vs Ric Allen. Paul E. is still commentating. Someone celebrating their 18th birthday gets called out. Abdullah wins with an elbowdrop. Match 12: Rick Steiner and Eddie Gilbert vs Cruel Connection 1 and 2. Steiner and Eddie, it's like 2 years ago. Paul E adds "no wonder Sherman burned this town to the ground". Rick Steiner wins with a Belly to Belly. Rick Steiner and Eddie join Jim Ross as Eddie casually books an angle of putting the pieces back together that doesn't actually go anywhere. In the scheme of things, this was a little more star-studded than the Clash (no actual competitive matches) but a good lead-in for the Chi-Town Rumble. Which is February 20th.
  4. guess they didn't have a Dok Hendrix/Barry Horowitz interview where they go in-depth into the Torah
  5. Turkey was the Gates BBQ meal choice for one of my friends who happens to be Jewish, so I'm pretty confident in stating that at the very least, the turkey part of Thanksgiving is probably fine with Jewish people (although I guess you have to follow some rules for slaughtering a turkey) It's a little less complex than the time I had a roommate from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in college and I think his pizza order was putting in an effort to avoid pork for obvious reasons
  6. just heard a new-ish song that referenced Jeff Hardy indirectly and Kurt Angle directly in quick succession "Stand On Business" - Kadesh Flow & Mega Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVwPaNTicio
  7. I forget if the story about Michael Hayes asking Brian Gerwitz if Jews celebrate Thanksgiving was known before Brian's book.. but yeah, Michael appears to be one of the non-Jewish Seitz's out there
  8. depends on if "Jews" is more or less popular than "euphemisms for Jews" in the specific market
  9. "I wish to protect the Environment" (fans prematurely cheer) "From the international bankers seeking to destroy the Ozone" (cheering ends)
  10. yeah Dee Snider feels like a guy who has strongly held opinions about Captain Lou, Freddie Blassie, and the Wizard (Snider is a Long Island native)
  11. Between the Sheets February 1994 episode noting that Superbrawl brought in 1000 tickets as part of a "turn in a gun for 4 tickets" promotion These days, the more alluring promotion in some parts of the country would be "buy a ticket, get a gun"
  12. Mizzou’s AD is jumping to Arizona (which is her alma mater). This would be bad news for Dennis Gates, whose Mizzou team hasn’t won an SEC game. But Gates has a contract with a massive buyout so a new AD probably can’t fire him for awhile.
  13. The Dominator looks like a move that someone working in a backyard could pull off without killing too many of their classmates
  14. “You see, Snoop Doggy Dogg has a lot of family from Mississippi so the idea of billing this wrestler from the South as being from South Central works” ”well, true..” (Along with all the other famous people whose families went from the South to California)
  15. And two of those 3 teams were billed from Harlem (with the Gangstas from South Central) despite all 6 of the wrestlers being Southerners. But I guess Booker/Stevie didn't get enough mic time for their Houston-ness to become obvious quick.
  16. I’m unleashing this song on you because I heard it on two different listener-supported indy stations today https://youtu.be/4tk5dyg4YNc (Sierra Ferrell - Fox Hunt)
  17. oh yeah, just remembered that Luger lost a KOTR Qualifying match to Yokozuna in 95. The way Luger was booked really should have told them that it was no surprise that Luger was leaving the company
  18. so how much of the Bam Bam Bigelow/Kliq heat involves someone like Shawn thinking that the KOTR main event should have been Diesel/HBK as a team instead of Diesel/Bam Bam
  19. Curt Hennig/Steve Austin would have been an interesting tag team in 1993. Probably would have been good for Hennig’s body to work more tag matches. On the other hand, that pairing would have probably gotten themselves into all sorts of wild shit.
  20. Time for Cody to finish the story by winning the WXW title and unifying it with Seth’s title at Backlash
  21. then there was the time that the Cornette team took an intentional DQ so that Jim could have 5 minutes with an unconscious babyface which I think was with the heel Rock'n'Roll
  22. It's been a huge few days of me watching movies that I hadn't seen before. Heathers. Would it be in questionable taste to note that I watched Heathers to help avoid the breaking news cycle over the KC Parade shooting. Since, well, Heathers involves high school students being murdered and the such. In a way it was doing the sort of stuff that a Stranger Things would want to do, but it was made in the 80s instead of the 2010s/2020s. I can see why Winona's agent(s) did not want her to do this movie. Also take your pick on if Christian Slater doing a Jack Nicholson voice for an entire movie is annoying or worthwhile. I also saw Welcome To Marwen today, joined in progress. I can understand why they soft-pedalled some parts of the actual story since it's already a unique enough story. Some parts of it probably age better than you'd think. But there's also been more memorable movies with Nazis since Marwen (Jojo Rabbit, a recent movie that i've actually seen). I'm not sure, is Steve Carell's star back on the rise or what? because I think he sorta pivoted into utilizing his success to just do whatever. And now, I'm watching Barbie on HBO but it's too early to offer any real comments on that. Around the 20 minute mark, I can say that the aesthetic/color scheme is fun. I'll pretend to be surprised even if I've read about some of the plot a few months ago. edit: they accidentally created the best film adaptation of The Stepford Wives during the 2nd half of the Barbie Movie? Also, I guess I don't really wanna know about the Oscar standards that made Gosling eligible for Best Supporting Actor instead of Best Actor. No comment on Gosling getting a nomination but Robbie not getting one but he's real fun. Ferrell as the head of a group of clueless male Mattel execs was amusing. So at least I saw one movie with an Oscar nomination going into the Academy Awards
  23. the best known Nikolai Volkoff was still in Yugoslavia in 1962
  24. for the record, this would be the Nicoli Volkoff who stopped wrestling in 1973, not the more recent Nikolai Volkoff
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