Cobra Commander

the JCP panel is pretty amazing on their own merits, as for people who were there before 1984 that are alive and could be on a panel... didn't Greg Valentine show up once on a Dark Side postgame show? like Brian Knobbs had a family tie to Greg Valentine and made it possible. Although I could understand how Greg might not be as good a panelist as others. So the story of Johnny Valentine and Wahoo beating the piss out of each other until JCP wasn't just a tag team territory is pretty stellar but there's limits on how many people could tell the story with people dying over the years and all

Stallone working with wrestlers and liking wrestling is amazing for the ability of wrestlers to talk about how they were gonna work with Stallone.. like you know someone saw how big Hogan got out of Rocky III and said "this can happen for me too!"

I was in the not secure version of the board for a few moments, and then when I tried to post here, it said "hey, you're not logged in", and then I went back and i'm in secure land again. edit: extra details.. the "you're not logged in" thing happened occasionally before today's update too, and I don't have to actually log back in to be logged in.. so idk, maybe http and https aren't on the same page for "are you logged in now"

out of a panel of Michael Hayes, Jake Roberts, and Ted Dibiase, who knew that Ted would have been in a deeper scandal than the other two. also, wonder if they had the footage of Jim and Nikita before or after they filmed the JCP panel, because they lean on the other guys for this episode

it's just one of those wrestler stories where there's enough reason to think could have happened, with the possibility that the guy who put "Lithuania" on his daughter's birth certificate might be adding a detail or two that isn't accurate

as far as wrestling stories go, 6'2" Nikita Koloff losing the Drago role for being too huge is something when you consider that Dolph Lundgren is 6'5"

I'll pop if this JCP episode ends with David Crockett alerting the panel that they're out of time There might be someone who really wanted some pre-Dusty JCP talk if the first few minutes of this episode and the panel is any indicator

Ratings from last Friday Rampage got 411k people and an 0.11, good for 43rd place. Baylor/Texas won the day on Cable (2.7m and 0.71). Qatar/Senegal got 1.14m and 0.42 for 2nd. The lead-in to Rampage was a 2-4pm airing of Elf, which had 652k viewers and a 0.19. A Noon-2pm airing of Christmas Vacation got a rating of 0.13 with 533k viewers.

assorted items: 1) Stephen F. Austin won't rename itself UT-Nacogdoches 2) Willie Fritz is staying at Tulane and not going to Georgia Tech

somehow Reyna won't start even with a bunch of injuries

9 minutes, didn't know this was such an eventful half

i'm gonna chose to imagine Tyrus meeting Lou Thesz in an airport, introducing himself as the NWA Champion, and Lou asking him if he knows how to shoot-wrestle.

Bold take impending: it would be good for the US to score another goal in this half. I'm *guessing* the honey shots of attractive Iranian women in this crowd are not being broadcast back to Tehran?

so far, the team that doesn't have to do anything except draw is doing better at accomplishing their goal than the team that has to win, also guessing that a La Liga ref means that you gotta die to get a penalty kick today

Watched the January 1984 MSG show on the Peacock last night. Obviously what they did with Slaughter in 1984 was really good but Hogan/heel Slaughter in 1984 would have ruled so hard. It’s a testament to something (pick something) that Slaughter pulled off a face turn so quickly and got years out of it (most of it outside the WWF). I guess calling a heel drill sergeant “Gomer” was about to run its course in the mid-80s.

well...

I'm watching the 1/23/84 MSG Show just in case the US can't defeat Iran on Tuesday Invader 1 is amazingly good at the "jump in the ring and then jump back out to distract the referee" spot. That's the sort of quick evasion one needs to successfully murder someone and then get acquitted because you're an Island Hero. Also long hair middle-aged Mr. Fuji is certainly a sight compared to his looks as a manager. There were more fun little spots than you'd really expect from a Fuji/Tiger Chung Lee vs Invaders 20 minute time limit draw. WWF Time Limit Draws are usually worse than that and the lack of time calls mean you lose track of time watching the Invaders do double team leg work for like 3 minutes in a row. Edit: Boy, do things change quickly for Sgt. Slaughter. He's still a heel that fans call "Gomer" at this time and he's about to become a hot babyface. The height difference between Slaughter and Putski is only slightly less than the height difference between Invader 2 and Tiger Chung Lee. Slaughter just bumps like a lunatic and blades and it's glorious. Putski is "5'7" and Slaughter is reacting as if Putski is shooting him with a shotgun when he touches Slaughter. edit2: Hulk Hogan’s dad is quite Italian looking and also looks a little bit like Hector Salamanca. Between the Hogan title win and the Piper/Orndorff debut, big things were about to happen

guess New Mexico State couldn't persuade Army to go to Las Cruces a week before Army/Navy to see if either of them could get bowl eligibility

New Mexico State is asking for a waiver to get into a bowl with 5 wins ahead of 5-7 teams due to the game cancellation due to a death on the SJSU team. Valparaiso is also trying to get a game with NMSU this weekend.

Mahomes has a case to be the Chiefs best running option but obviously the times that Mahomes runs are much more strategic/opportunistic than the regular RB plays. But Mahomes isn't gonna be known as a running QB because of how much he passes for. Nice to see that the Colts are wearing retro helmets with the double horse shoe design they used in 1956 when Matt Ryan was young.

The ratings were delayed due to the whole holiday and all Dynamite got 880k last Wednesday, 0.32 in the demo, 6th overall behind Germany/Japan (which got 1.61m and 0.57 on FS1 at 8 in the morning), two NBA games on ESPN, "College Bkbl Reg Ssn" on ESPN, and NBA Courtside also on ESPN. The top non-sports/wrestling show on Cable last Wednesday was The Challenge: Ride or Die (470k/0.22) on MTV which placed 13th. Friday ratings will be available tomorrow afternoon.

in before they hire Kendal Briles (who is currently the OC at Arkansas)

Wonder how much of the big money backlash is due to Freeze’s personal baggage and how much is because Liberty got waxed by New Mexico State to close their season

The American Athletic Conference annual matchups have been released: I believe that the North Texas/SMU game will be unofficially known as the Von Erich Bowl.

If the NFL doesn’t work out for this guy, there’s always room for people with no regard for their well-being in pro wrestling A 6’2/300lb guy who wouldn’t see the downside to using the diving headbutt as a finish.