sydneybrown

TNA needs to go out of business so Vince can buy it, take its library and release a "Rise and Fall of TNA" DVD. I can only imagine what/who Vince would include. Why would Vince release a DVD that 2,000 people would buy?

Technically speaking, you don't HAVE to listen to a Todd show ever. I certainly don't. According to today's update, WWE made a HELL of a deal with Mattel...

Warrior had at least four different belts that matched whatever face paint color scheme he was into for that night (which I think kind of cheapened it). So they had multiple belts as far back as 1990.

Put me in the category who at one time didn't know he was alive. There's an awesome WTF podcast with Monty Hall where Monty talks about how he has lunches with some of the early TV legends still with us, and they would all meet at Sid Caesar's house since he was unable to meet with them. And I couldn't help but think how incredibly cool it was to have a living legend so revered that other living legends would go out of their way just to visit with him. I was hoping it was on YouTube, but there's an SNL from the Eddie Murphy years where Sid Caesar hosts and the audience just goes ballistic. It was literally one of the greatest ovations I had ever seen.

I'm waiting for the day that guys just have a single letter or number be their name and we can get a WMLXII main event of J vs. 9. Maybe I'm weird, I like the names of HHH and Stephanie's kids. They're different without being too blatantly so.

I would guess it was either because the ratings were down (Prime Time never really had strong ratings) or the WWF phasing out its taping of house shows meant there were less matches they could show. I think by 1991, the only shows that were still taped were MSG and even it was at the end of its run. The skits and audience participation let them fill out two hours better.

I just take it as "We would rather see CM Punk than whatever it is you are showing us now." It's no different than them doing "Hogan," "Undertaker," or "Randy Savage" chants. You make it sound like they are doing "You screwed Bret" chants.

Because they don't want to further piss off someone they actually want to bring back? At least with Bret, there was zero chance he was returning. But I can easily see HHH cutting a promo in Chicago, the Punk music hits, the fans go apeshit, the music ends, and HHH just laughs and points at everybody for falling for it.

I wish they would just turn all three of them face. Let Reigns mow through the heels, and if/when he gets the belt, THAT'S when Ambrose turns on him. The Shield has been booked so incredibly well up to now. Making Reigns yet ANOTHER uber-face (already got Cena, Sheamus, Batista, and Bryan) risks getting him lost in the shuffle and further watering down an already weak main event heel roster (Orton, Lesnar.....uh.....Del Rio?)

Not to mention Hog Wild took place during the only time of the year that South Dakota had people in it.

I think it's been stated many times the wheel wasn't gimmicked -- which itself could be an argument for Watts' state of mind. An old Observer confirms the wheel was rigged. The reason the coal miner's match was picked was because A) WCW had never had one and it was a Watts favorite and B )WCW was moving away towards blood and most of the other options relied on blood to help make the match better, it was considered the most violent match they could have without blood (barbed wire, cage, first blood...none of those choices were happening.) A wheel that wasn't gimmicked would have meant dragging a cage, barbed wire, and other props to the arena "just in case." And Watts being someone who was told to cut costs would have never wasted money on that.

I loved how Ambrose went off on his "smart mark" tangent, then went on to brag about how he "conquered the indy scene" which is one of the markiest things I've heard someone say on the show. Next to Honky Tonk Man claiming he invented the shoot interview or even worse, Harvey Whippleman claiming he invented the CATCH-PHRASE.

The whole thing would have worked better if the title tournament had been a month long thing to build up its importance, and the final was held at SummerSlam. THEN when John Cena wins, you have Punk come out to set up the next show. The two have their rematch at the next PPV, Punk wins, you avoid HHH getting involved and you continue on from where it ended up going. WWE fucked it up by INSISTING that Del Rio HAD to be champion. That pretty much derailed any momentum, since no matter what happened, that had to be the endgame.

-He put Jericho over pretty big a few times, but all anyone remembers is the later burial at WM. The Dusty finish title match and subsequent rematch (That Trips had to cheat to win) made Jericho a star in WWE, rather than an IC title-level guy. One can argue Jericho never would have been at a WM title match level later on, if not for the pre-Invasion elevation of Jericho and Benoit during the 2-man power trip angle. I'm pretty sure Jericho has never cleanly pinned HHH. Not once. Even the "title win" was a fast ref count. He tapped out to Benoit several times. I would put him in that category.

I'd want to hear from Cliff Compton. He's awesome. I wish Colt had him on more than the 1-2 opening segments a year.

Kurt will probably be the Metta World Peace of the group: the nutjob who gets tossed immediately.

I think as long as Batista is around, you'll never see Mason Ryan again.

WrestleMania WAS on PPV but to a very limited market. Sports Illustrated's 1985 pro wrestling feature mentioned how fans could see the show live, closed circuit, or on PPV. The Wrestling Classic was the first WWF show pushed as a PPV show. Angle-wise, the entire Randy Savage vs. Jake Roberts segment (pre-match, match, post-match, and post-interviews) are among the best 20-25 minutes the WWF ever did.

No. Very pleased to see Starrcades 83-86 on there too since they weren't technically PPVs.

It was a great match, but it was meaningless since it wasn't a title match. I'm guessing the idea is that Orton loses to everybody he's facing in the Chamber so he can "defy the odds" and keep the title at the PPV. The only real positive is that maybe now Cesaro will cleanly beat Randy too. At least with Emma you've got the "She is perfect, everything she does is gold, fuck you" crowd vs the "Um, guys, that didn't go so well" crowd to argue back and forth.

So the blank looks in the crowd while she danced (there was literally one guy dancing along) and the dead silence after her dance was over was a sign of overwhelming acceptance? They cheered because Santino told them to cheer. And I'm not dumping on her. That was just the wrong way to introduce her.

Nobody hates Emma, the presentation was all wrong. You gotta be somewhat organic with it, not just throw her out there and have Santino basically say "Hey, watch this girl do a funny dance!" And Cole screwed it up by laughing before she even did anything.

Poochie died on the way to his home planet of Pitbull because he forgot to pay his air bill. Davey Richards and Zack Ryder are the worst people ever, Goldust and Mark Henry are awesome, random hatred for Kofi, Jimmy Valiant glass table.

I'm just going to throw this out there with no context because I have no idea what it means: I add a lot to the proceedings. I really do. Bryan Alvarez once went on a rant about how if wrestling would ever get their shit together (not just WWE, but TNA, ROH and others), they could make tons of money, and ergo his site would make tons of money from the new fans it would create. And in his little rant, he went off that he would have enough money to buy a gold boat. He didn't even want a gold boat, but he could have one, just because. So people started sending him gold boats. I think that's the gist of it.

That might be his best of his little-seen films, and I may even watch that tonight in tribute. The scene where he goes on the winning streak of his life and his shocking lack of reaction to it is haunting. And Jesus Christ, he was amazing in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead too. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to watch Synecdoche, NY again though. It's already one of the most depressing movie experiences I've ever had, now it's only moreso considering how the sadness in the movie must have carried over into real life too.