Gorman

Kids these days ... their attention spans are pretty short

I was myself (Jeff Gorman) while Gabe was Chris Lovey

Maybe they will put my play-by-play stuff (which starts with Glory By Honor) up in December as a birthday present.

I've got Cody winning the ROH and NWA titles and throwing them BOTH down like Shane Douglas and declaring himself the new super-everything World champion. It's even more dastardly because his dad held the NWA World title. You heard it here first.

(raises hand) Give me Joe Dombrowski and Kingdom James (my IWC Pittsburgh partners from the early 2000s) and we're good to go.

I guess Sags got an exemption to the Jackie Robinson rule that retired No. 42 across the board.

They actually flew him to the UK so he could wrestle Roman on the Raw tour opener.

This is great, so it kills me to be the Ohio native to point out that Youngstown is on the east side of the state.

The only way this makes sense if they want to sell the footage to WWE for use on their premium version of the Network. At any rate, I would love to see the matches I announced for ROH see the light of day somewhere. They were pretty good, you know?

The only time my kid was in the locker room was when she was on my back in a baby carrier.

The Empire Elbow and the East River Crossing (side slam)

He really is a one-man crew. He's the wrestler and the fan. He probably also manages himself.

CFO$ Tweeted about it, so I think it's them.

Jamie Frost was our backstage interviewer at the CKCW New World Rising iPPV, using the name Ellie Fredricks. She also managed Shane InYaFace on the pre-show. I think they also work for IWC, because IWC's Twitter congratulated her on appearing on Raw in her first professional match (!)

Speaking of predictions, I'm calling Big Show as Braun Strowman's mystery partner, and they're winning the Raw tag titles. I was right last year about the Hardys crashing the ladder match and winning the same belts, so let's see if I can make it 2 for 2.

Is this a hint that AJ Styles is moving to Raw in the Superstar Shakeup?

Props to my former colleagues at Bleacher Report for breaking news of the Hillbilly Jim induction.

I mean they weren't included in the Dusty Classic.

I guess the Forgotten Sons were ... forgotten.

Tonight is the "New World Rising" iPPV on Fite TV for Cleveland Knights Championship Wrestling. We will be having special appearances by Eric Bischoff (as GM for the evening), UFC fighter Jessica Eye and powerlifting champion Karam Izzat. Here's the lineup: CKCW title: J-Rocc vs. Kongo Kong Powers of Pain vs. State Line Tracey Smothers vs. Shawn Phoenix CWA (Puerto Rico) title: Star Roger vs. Mike Mendoza Hiram Tua & El Fenomeno BJ vs. Team Storm (Jaxon Argos & Jack Pollock) Ricky Reyes vs. "Tokyo Monster" Kahagas CKCW women's title: Vanilla Vargas vs. Solo Darling Race for the Case ladder match (Money in the Bank style): Sonny Vice vs. El Nazareno vs. JD Smooth vs. Seth Allen vs. Angel Fashion vs. dark match winner I'll be calling the play-by-play, and we start on Fite TV at 8 pm Eastern. Hope you can check it out.

Thoughts on Fully Loaded 99 Jeff Jarrett winning the IC title from Edge was immediately overshadowed by Austin coming out and giving him the Stunner. Austin then promised to bust open The Undertaker before their first blood match, and he did it. Darn it, I'm just going to give the MVP award to Austin right now. The first four matches saw titles change hands, which led to the law of diminishing returns. However, Bossman's win over Al Snow was another great, brutal Hardcore title match in the pre-24/7 era. Snow was begging Bossman to beat him up to silence the "screams" of Head, which had a spike through it. In the other title changes, D-Lo Brown won the European title from Mideon to restore a modicum of luster to that title, and the Acolytes regained the tag team belts. The Hardy Boyz didn't look bad at all because their manager (Michael Hayes) got pinned in the handicap match. The Iron Circle match was a goofy idea, but it turned out to be a really good fight. I liked the other wrestlers drumming on the cars, and the fact that they didn't interfere - they just stayed out of the way. This was the best of the pseudo-MMA bouts (Dungeon, Lion's Den) that the WWF foisted onto Shamrock. Billy Gunn's King of the Ring anti-push continued. Not only was he on the losing end of the "Battle for DX merch rights" match, but he got pinned! Later, he helped Triple H beat the Rock in the Fully Loaded strap match, which made him seem like a mere helper rather than a star in his own right. With Hunter getting the rocket push, there was no chance for Gunn to benefit from winning King of the Ring. They might as well have let X-Pac win it. The aftermatch of the "End of an Era" match between Austin and Taker was really goofy. Austin won the match, but then Taker won a brawl with him afterwards. Triple H came out to show that he was next in line for a title shot, but the Rock attacked Hunter, even though he was out of the title picture. At least the "end" of the Vince-Austin feud was done right. Handshake, boot, stunner.

When I announced there, someone in a scramble match (SATs?) did so many piledrivers in a row that I had to call for the Memphis Police Department.

When she does, will she be called DrChief?

Thoughts on King of the Ring 99 Terry Taylor asked Hardcore Holly the question that was on my mind: Why did you hit X-Pac with a chair in front of the ref to knock yourself out of the tournament? Answer: Because I'm the Big Shot, and I play by my own rules. Poor Road Dogg had to carry Chyna through a match that was longer than the other three quarterfinal bouts combined. The WWF was doing a great job at pushing her to be taken seriously against the guys, but her offense was just above jobber-level. Very clever finish with Chyna hurting her arm on the low blow, as Road Dogg used a steel cup. Ken Shamrock's "internal injuries" gimmick was on full display, as he bled from the mouth on Sunday Night Heat and against Billy Gunn, causing ref Teddy Long to stop the match. The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian showed the first glimpse of their chemistry together, and the Hardyz earned a title shot against the Acolytes, which they successfully cashed in two nights later. X-Pac was such a great underdog babyface at this time that it's amazing that WWF fans refused to cheer for him against WCW during the Invasion just two years later. Undertaker-Rock was an underrated great match, as Triple H continued to insert himself into the title picture. I loved Taker's attempt to win with the old "ether-soaked rag" gimmick. The main event featured two of wrestling's greatest unsolved mysteries: Who was behind GTV (which caught Shane McMahon trying to get out of the match) and who raised the briefcase when Austin tried to grab it? Although Austin lost his 50 percent control of the WWF, he was smart enough to pre-book a title shot, and he won the belt from Taker one night later. Billy Gunn is the MVP of the night, even though his King of Ring victory didn't help his career very much. It's not his fault that ... A. He was booked to get a cheap win in the semifinals when Big Show knocked out Kane with a chair; B. He was called "Mr. Ass" all night instead of "Billy Gunn"; C. He was carrying around one of the Acolytes' tag team title belts all night, which didn't help the fans think of him as a singles wrestler; and D. He didn't get a coronation or victory speech. So when the Rock absolutely smoked him on the microphone before their SummerSlam match, he wasn't exactly killing Gunn's promising push.

Thunder & Lightning just won our tag team title in Cleveland Knights, beating State Line in a steel cage.