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Maybe it's just me, but Poffo was also the first wrestler I saw do a huracanrana. They used to show the move -- think it was against Tiger Chung Lee -- on the first WWF Superstars of Wrestling opening back in 1986-87. He also had two great SNME moments -- the blade job after taking the Andre headbutt in the 87 battle royal, then beating Hogan by countout.

BIG GEORGE FOREMAN - Official Trailer - YouTube BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD In theaters April 28. The George Foreman biopic with a title destined to save the theater marquee lettering industry. I'll give this film a billion stars if anyone mentions Hulk Hogan rejecting the grill for the meatball maker (or he turned off his phone in the school carline -- depending on what the urban legend trend is).

Josh Johnson -- has been on the roster of 14 NFL teams, but one AAF, one XFL version 2.0 and one UFL squad. He's pro football's equivalent of ECW's Chilly Willy -- he's from everybody's hometown.

Foxy Fierce and Coach Campanelli will be on Let's Make a Deal tomorrow on CBS.

Speaking of Judd Hirsch, I didn't realize he was nominated in 1981 for Ordinary People. His 42 year span between nominations is the longest ever, surpassing Henry Fonda.

https://deadline.com/2023/01/reelz-official-home-major-league-wrestling-1235228530/ MLW to premiere on Reelz next month.

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It might help build to an Athena-Sakazaki match on Dark if Sakazaki's name is mentioned at least once during the broadcast. Wight and Menard sounded like they didn't know her name, and the dead air during some of the Athena-Sakazaki showdown was quite noticeable. Post-production can be your friend if you use it.

Mark and Jay working for TNA in 2002 -- they were 17 and 18 at the time and looked like mini-X Pacs.

Believe Betty is Amazing Maria, who's also Haley Js mom. Believe she trains the women wrestlers in OVW.

Enjoying breakfast in his hotel room, Max Caster takes pen to paper as he finds his lead subject for tonight's rap.

TBS has also pulled all references from Power Slap from its website. If you go to the website, you now get a "not authorized to access page" note.

A few years back, I happened to catch a Deodato film called The Concorde Affair on YouTube. Definitely not a Deodato film like the ones mentioned above -- this was an Italian take on 70s U.S. action/detective fare (essentially a "what if the Italians tackled Quinn Martin productions"). I thought it was decent by TV-movie standards, but there are a few hallmarks of Italian ripoffs to be found (obvious miniatures, American leads looking for a quick buck, etc.).

Only things I remember about "Make a Difference Fatu" was ... 1) him being watched by the Samoan Gangsta Party during 1-2 TV tapings 2) eliminating Austin at the 1996 Rumble 3) Having a dope jacket For the first part, I was under the presumption this was going to lead to some sort of "family fight" angle that never developed but, as already mentioned, the whole bit was dropped without explanation.

I always got a kick out of Adam Bomb in WWF -- his gimmick was incredibly goofy, but he had an above-average move set for a big man and, based on the one time I saw him live, was one of the few guys on the roster at the time to give it 110% on house shows. I liked Kronik as well -- a good big man team with decent double teams, but they had X-Pac heat with the crowd.

The match was taped a few weeks before the injury. Dark had some leftover matches from the Atlantic City tapings that had yet to air.

Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame 2023 Class (mlb.com) Congrats to the "Crime Dog" on going to Cooperstown. But will he ask Tom Emanski to introduce him at his induction?

Bob McGrath on To Tell the Truth in 1966, singing in Japanese. Nine minutes in.

Can a network not turn off the down lines during a live play? Doubt anyone was asking the specific yard marker where Josh Jacobs could casually try a dropkick. (And, to be honest, the FG marker line works a lot better in college than the NFL, where kickers are pretty much expected to reach 57-60 as their max kick). Watched the end of the game at a sports bar that was showing the feed from the Las Vegas CBS affiliate. On the bottom of the screen, there was a message that we could watch "Raiders legend Jay Schroeder" talk about what happened on a local post-game show. Half the bar started laughing, and the other half asked who Jay Schroeder was.

Star Trek meets The Hustle ... My daughter and her friends discovered this YouTube channel of symphonic covers of Eurodance tracks last weekend. It's different ...

Speaking of Abadon, Observer and PW Insider are reporting that they appeared to suffer a broken collarbone due to an in-ring injury this weekend. Awful to hear as they've been improving a great deal over the last year, both in ring and presentation. And I think AEW had booked a show in Colorado next month, likely meaning no "home field" match for them

John Aniston, father of Jennifer and a daytime TV icon in his own right, has died at 89. My wife watched Days religiously for 20+ years before her death, and I got roped into watching as well. Anything with John as Victor Kiriakis was gold --- he could have taught a few pro wrestlers the art of being a tweener.

It was mentioned a few years back that Backlund's 1994 push was inspired somewhat by George Foreman getting a heavyweight boxing title match in his mid-40s. Foreman won the title two weeks before Survivor Series, and Backlund got a quickie title run as a result of Big George's upset. If Foreman lost his fight to Moorer, I wonder if Bret would have gone over Backlund at Survivor Series, then move him to a heel Nash or Michaels for his next feud.

Watched the NWA PPV as well. Haven't followed the company in a few months, so some of the storylines didn't make sense to me at first. -- A "Hardcore Team War" that's essentially a cibernetico with only two wrestlers in the ring at a time didn't seem to make sense. Neither did two people in the ring and about 12 others out of it (including the "heel security" that did nothing after being introduced). I'm also guessing Christi Jaynes was brought in solely to have chats in Portuguese with May Valentine -- she seems decent in the ring but being absolutely wasted doing the magician's assistant schtick. -- Richards-Corino was good -- liked the end where Richards went immediately to different finishers after a two-count rather than giving a shock face. Would like to see Corino make the move up to Impact, NXT or ROH 2.0 (if it gets TV). Did get a laugh at Joe Galli talking about Corino's father being Stevie Richards (he clearly misspoke and was quickly corrected, but it got a big laugh from me). -- Velvet Sky's announcing reminded me of .... Susan St. James at WrestleMania 2. 3-4 hours of her in Mom mode expressing concern over what's happening around her was too much. -- Too many production bloopers to count -- from the free hour beginning in the middle of a match to entrance music and pre-taped interview segments starting at the wrong time. -- Odinson looks like a Viking and talks like an accountant. -- EC3 put me to sleep, as did his match. Cyon match was dull as watching grass grow. -- Kerry Morton has potential. He does face in peril as well as his dad. Like dad, he may be better as a tag worker. Like Corino, maybe a move to Impact or ROH 2.0 would be a better fit. -- So this Rolando Freeman guy is the love child of Spike Dudley and one of the Fabulous Ones? Announcers made a big deal about him pulling upsets on Cardona and company on TV, but all he did here was take bumps from The Fixers (who I enjoyed -- kind of a low-rent Bear Country). -- Tyrus may be a nice person outside the ring (I have no idea), but giving the belt to a morbidly-obese 49-year-old who gasses out after two minutes is mind-boggling.

Comedian Gallagher has died at 76 ... https://youtu.be/gasAFyonmmI