Johnny Sorrow
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22 hours ago, Matt D said:
God no. It's Jericho.
Jericho's should shift into becoming Paul Jones up against Mark Briscoe. It's the only role for him.
That's actually perfect. Paul Jones was once a main event wrestler before he was a manager, so Jimmy's end goal was always to get Jones in the ring, beat him up, and someday shave his head.
Which I got to see live from the third row in Greensboro at Starrcade 86, when Boogie finally beat him and shaved him bald to end the nearly three year feud.
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4 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
We have to stop this "Ex-WWE wrestlers don't want to lose!" nonsense. Unless your name is Bryan Alvarez, there's no place for it here. First of all, almost all of the wrestlers have spent time in WWE at one point or another. Secondly, everyone out there is trying their hardest to put in the best possible work they can put in.
Nobody has "creative control". All of the booking goes through Tony Khan. He literally just said this the other day. The Hurt Syndicate will lose when it makes sense for them to lose. Shelton has already dropped falls in singles matches.
This is complete nonsense.
The booking of the HS has been one of things that makes the most sense in AEW. Look at them! Jesus Christ. They should be beating the shit out of everybody. They're like if the Road Warriors were also amateur champions. Who cares if they're "old" or are "WWE" guys?
I loved the tag match at the PPV purely because the HS were having no part of all the flippy shit and just wrecking house.
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Up until today, my favorite on screen Luthor was Jon Cryer on the DCW Shows. (Superman The Animated Series doesn't count, Natural.)
But Hoult just took over as number one.
If anyone hasn't seen Cryer's Lex, find a YouTube compilation. He was pretty fucking great. They also do a take on Tessmacher and Otis like this movie did. When they finally called that guy Otis, I popped .And Jimmy Olsen: Pussy Magnet is completely comic book accurate to anyone who collected old 60's Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen comics. I hope he becomes Elastic Lad or giant Turtle Olsen in the sequel.
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I just got out of the theater. That was wonderful. It was the Superman movie I've wanted since I was a kid, a COMIC BOOK Superman movie. I'll always love Christopher Reeve, but I was 8 in 1978, and I was already a prolific comic book nerd and collector. So there was so much of that movie I hated at the time.
I welled up with joy numerous times this afternoon. The mixture of 60's era wild and weird stuff with the post Crisis stuff was like pure nirvana.-
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If I was to guess, it's probably concussion related.
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Also, having Jim Ross on the call was elder abuse. Holy shit.
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22 minutes ago, Craig H said:
Such as? The match was only like a few minutes over 30 minutes to begin with.
Unnecessary shit like the Bucks and the bed of nails. And Ospreay looking like a dork getting Pillmanized as the manager of his partner from earlier was hiding under the time keepers table to eventually handcuff Shafir, because I guess Swerve had a master plan that involved Ospreay getting murdered ?
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That main event was awesome for the first half of it, and Page winning was great . There was about 15 minutes of overbooked bullshit in the middle that stunk and/ or didn't make sense.
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2 minutes ago, J.H. said:
So who is Teijo Khan in this new Solo "Paul Jones" SikoabArmy?
James
Talla Tonga
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See, I don't think Jey Uso is the new "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant.
You guys are close, but it's not Jey.
It's "Big Jim" Jimmy Uso. Apparently, Jimmy's nickname is "No Bumps" Jimmy Uso, and as the worlds Number One member of the Boogie Woogie Brigade, I think that's the clincher. And since he's been feuding with Solo "Paul Jones" Sikoa and his goons for a long time .-
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11 hours ago, Craig H said:
Ahem, that would be a mooseknuckle, not a cameltoe.
Ahem, you forgot the "Daddy!" at the end.
I've been pitching Goodhelmet Will my idea for a multi disc set of the entire Jimmy Valiant vs Paul Jones feud, including when Jimmy and the Street People started beefing with the Midnight Express and a rejuvenated Tye Dye Superstar Billy Graham took over fighting Jones and his Army, for like, 15 years.You'd think a pal would make something just for the Street People and The Boogie Woogie Brigade, but no dice.
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Goodhelmet is a close friend of mine. We just talked last month for two hours about what wrestlers he should adapt into super heroes for the new WWE video game.
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Just now, RazorbladeKiss87 said:
With the state of the world, I'm sure there's some goonettes who might be interested. My post was in jest but I bet those guys who frequent the jobber squash matches on YouTube might be interested
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To the older guys, would it be fair to say Mark Briscoe is a more workmate Boogie Woogie Man, at least at this point in his career?
Well, the Boogie Woogie Man actually won matches.
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Jimmy had three big eras. WWWF, early 80's Memphis, and mid 80's Crockett.
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It's the Manhatten Transfer, "Boy From New York City" that Jimmy Valiant came out to.
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4 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
Can someone explain to me why the Boogie Woogie Man was getting Austin pops in '86? This isn't a criticism I just haven't seen enough I guess to understand it
Because he was awesome. The crowds were super into the years long feud with Paul Jones. It's what grabbed me the day I discovered Worldwide on channel 17.
And it wasn't that family friendly. He hung out with street people.
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13 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
- Skipped Bass/Landell
- Slater/Dog vs. Andersons is a pretty good example of the opposite of WWF right now: A strong tag match with four guys who have realistic characters, working hard and snug. Nise Terry Funk and loopy Sawyer are a good foil for Arn and Ole, they keep up the battering (even as faces these are two tough guys -- and one of the teams you would least want to shoot on) with the Andersons feeding and bumping the whole time. It breaks down with both teams in the ring and Ole somehow gets a sneak pin though he's (I think) the wrong man, and they win on DQ? Doesn't make sense at all, but the Andersons bail without even taking their belts. Who knows. Someone explain it if you can. It's neat seeing Ole taking a big big throw off the top too, which was an enormous spot for '86. We've all seen it a thousand times by now but he sells it like he's gonna get pitched off a building and the reaction is such.
- Nobody in the six-man even gets an introduction, they just walk out. Between Abby, Bull and even Billy I was hoping for a bloodening but no dice. I mean, Sam Houston, who looks about 140 sopping wet, is there to get thrashed by the Barbarian, which he does. But he also sneaks in a small package that makes the crowd erupt when he gets the pin with it. In a super embarrassing moment poor Kung-Fu Graham tries to get in the ring and falls right on his face. How the mighty had fallen... literally.
- Oh wait -- the next match is Jones/Valiant in a dog collar, Jones is wearing all white, and Abby stuck around. Here's your blood. And Abby hits Jimmy from behind with the fork before they can get the collar on to this shrill scream from somebody that just raises in volume to the tip top of the controls. Jimmy is wearing the FM 100 MEANS MUSIC tagline on his trunks' ass that screams "Southern Pro RASSLIN". Plus we can hear commentary from the audience: "Cum awn Buuugy Wooogy Mayy-en!" That shrill sound happens again when Jimmy does his knee-knocker dance, like a hissing pipe. Abby tries to get in the ring, Jones bashes him inadvertently, Jimmy gets the elbow drop. However he also gets to TASTE the FORK afterwards. About as 'Raleigh Municipal Auditorium on a Saturday night' as you can get.
- Announcer screws up and says Nikita is in the ring when it's clearly Barry Darsow and has to correct himself. Come on dude. The Roadies sold and the Russians bled at some point but I couldn't watch this, it was like watching paint dry, one long test of strength with four muscle dudes pushing up against each other. Forget it.
- They have African drums and whistles over the speakers for Kamala! It sounds like someone's car trying to start! Amazing. Magnum bleeds for the African Chop or whatever (the Southern Chop, instead of Baba's Northern Chop?) and this is one long Kamala control segment; as soon as it turns around Skandor runs in for the interference and they call the match. Magnum slams and belly-to-slapped-belly's Kamala, counts his own pin, the ref raises his hand haha. Amazing that Magnum went from this to what he was next year. You could see it coming big-time from the crowd reaction to him, but this feels so small for his stature.
- Flair comes down in a helicopter while Nikita gets the Russian national anthem played for him. David Crockett is reffing this match in what appears to be his golf attire. I skipped through this, lot of bear hugs. Then I got the bright idea to put it in 2x speed! I love Youtube. The short fast punches and strut from Flair look really funny like this. Ivan jumps in the ring and bumps David so A FAN JUMPS IN THE RING AND ATTACKS IVAN! Holy shit. Cops truck him off to get the help he needs. After Flair gets the pin, Ivan and Nikita jump in and the announcer says "Fans, please stay clear of the ring"; we see cops holding people back and at least three people manage to get into the ring and attack the Russians who whoop them and throw them out. Man, the whole crowd is over the rail and after Flair gets Sickled over the rope they surround him and make sure he's okay. One guy's back is covered in grass from getting thrown from the ring. There's somebody's cowboy hat laying in the ring. They cut right as Ivan is going through the ropes and I hope the cops -- of which there were like, only four or five out there -- were of some help. For a crappy match this had nuclear heat for that ending. The Nikita parts even looked slow in 2x.
- It's funny that the cage match is lights out and not sanctioned by the NWA, yet the TV title is still on the line? Oh and if Dusty wins he gets Baby Doll for 30 days. Stay classy, 1980s. I might point out that Sam Muchnick, if he's already dead, is spinning in his grave over this going on last. Just for fun I decided to keep it in 2x; besides, we all know what's gonna happen anyway. The ring has dirt and shit all over it from the morons jumping the rail, or perhaps from putting up the cage. Baby Doll's voice is high-speed, high-pitch jabbering now. Nothing against Nickla, but just to be a pig I will say I'd prefer to spend 30 days with Sherri (we would do way more drugs) or Sunshine (total earth-mama that would be cool to just drive around listening to Skynyrd and drink Jack with. Plus she used to kick it with the Freebirds!) than Baby Doll. Dusty misses an elbow drop off the top which is pretty enormous of a spot. She gives Tully the loaded elbow pad that the ref checked for earlier (why?) but Dust hits a piledriver for the win. Both guys did world-class blade jobs, this had to be plenty of fun and a great main event for the show.
So that's my giant review of the show. Gives you a good grasp of what a JCP card was back then and it would have been a blast to go to.
Sunshine would have been your drug gal in this fantasy, chief. And skipping a Landell match is proof you've already met.
Shit, her trucker Aunt, Stella Mae French, was the speed connection for all the Texas territories.
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3 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
Maybe I shouldn't be trying to pick apart opinions from 40 years ago but I don't see how someone could be a "smart" fan and not recognize the talent of Ron Garvin. Those matches with Flair are brutal in a good way. They were wars. But it's not just that. Garvin had so many great matches around that time as noted with Tully and Bubba on down the line.
The deal was this. Garvin has been presented as a rival of Flair for years on TV while also turning tricks as Miss Atlanta Lively. So the idea that Garvin could beat Flair wasn't some out of nowhere ridiculous shit.
It was all how it was booked. No one else who believably could beat Flair didn't want to do the angle that was all about Fair winning the belt back at Starrcade. And then they did an angle where Ronnie didn't defend the belt until Starrcade. We saw that show on Closed Circuit at the Philly Civic Center and not only was Chicago cheering for Flair, but Philly was, as usual, Flair country.-
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2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Watching it again and I swear-to-GOD it's a teenage Dustin Rhodes who drives Wahoo and Ronnie down to ringside in the golf cart.
It is.
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Did anyone else notice Cena fumbling his opening line just as Drew possessed him? It was a real Deadman situation going on there, I tell ya what.
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14 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
So has Layfield started acting what the JBL character would refer to as "PC" now? That'll be interesting when the Rupert Murdoch conversation starts here in a little bit.
The real Layfield has grown up to be pretty much that. I remember some years back on the legends show he did on the network where he interviewed Micheal Hayes and told him that the confederate flag is a hate symbol. He also tweeted a Happy Juneteenth post yesterday.
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The Cena/ Punk stuff was fucking great. I loved it, including the hypocrisy shit. I love that Punk is gonna be a "hypocrite" because Harley Race would definitely have worked in Saudi Arabia. One of the best in ring promo segments in awhile, and it was halfway through a LONG show. SD can't get back to 2 hours fast enough.
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5 hours ago, Kevin Wilson said:
Mostly bad timing, I was curious and looked it up and she was with WWE and on SmackDown when WWE went to MSG in September 2021, but while she happened to wrestle on the week after she didn't on the MSG show. So that was her one shot.
Not her one shot if she owns this gimmick.
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SUPERMAN - 7/11/2025
in "COMIC BOOK" MOVIES & TV
Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow
Another thing I loved was the Daily Planet bullpen of Perry, Lois, Jimmy, Cat Grant, Steve Lombard, and Ron Troupe.
There were so many Easter Eggs I couldn't catch all of them.
Especially the ones that teased that the sequel will feature Bizzaro and the Bizzaro World. All the clues are there, and that'd be the most James Gunn New DC thing ever. Yellow Lantern is already being story boarded.