Nick

I haven't been on this board in ages, and I'm honestly a little surprised I even remembered my login info, but I wanted to stop by and pay some respects. Such sad news. Found this board back when it was still green when I had just started college twenty years ago. It was an introduction to a whole other world of wrestling beyond what I could watch on TV, and DEAN was such a great influence and teacher for that. He had such a gift for writing and his obvious enthusiasm made you want to track down the matches and wrestlers he'd talk about. And outside of wrestling, I discovered all sorts of bands like The Gun Club and The Birthday Party because of DEAN. Also was a big fan of his old SOUTHERN ALCOHOL COMIX back in the day. Just such an all around cool guy. He had a real measurable impact on my life and I'm very grateful for that. Wish I had let him know it. Dusting off some old Schneider Comps tonight. RIP DEAN. My condolences to his family and his friends.

I haven't been around here in forever, but I thought I'd stop by today. Today is my 30th birthday (damn, I was in my teens when I joined here...*cue "Landslide"*) and when I heard about the news, I figured I'd leave work early, crack open a 12 pack of High Life, and watch some Dusty. It's what I've been doing for about four hours now, and I think I can say that while of course Dusty Rhodes was never the best wrestler in the vein of a Ric Flair or a Ricky Steamboat, he wasn't supposed to be. He was the most entertaining. He was the guy who sucked you in and made you a fan. He's one of the few that people who aren't fans, like my girlfriend, will stop by the TV for and check out. The man was a magnet for attention. I don't obsess over celebrities much, but I wish I could've met him.

I've noticed some very, very minor things on some of the PPVs I've seen a million times from my childhood. I know Wrestlemania IV like the back of my hand, so I thought I'd check it out to see if it was any different on the network, and sure enough, there are a few, mostly uninteresting things that aren't on the old Coliseum Video release. Crowd shots, different editing, things like that. I'd expect similar things for most old shows, but probably nothing notable. It's not like Mean Gene's "Fuck it!" from Summerslam '89 is on there...or is it?

Have you never been to a trailer park? EDIT: My own suggestions...Matchbox Twenty? Everclear? Smash Mouth?

A true dork would catalog all his stuff and be able to post a list online. Circa 2005, I did. http://drainingyouatw.blogspot.com/

In fairness, I don't comment much these days, but I watched every match in this thread. I did not open the Emma thread. Should I have?

I own every Billy Jack movie and I love them all, even Billy Jack goes to Washington (it's not without its merits). I was hoping he'd get to produce or at least be involved with a remake/sequel of some sort, as that was apparently in the works. And I will love this song forever:

BAHU? Huh?

Anybody know how Hayabusa's doing these days?

I just recently moved, and in doing so, you get a chance to really see just how much shit you really have, and it's usually a mix of emotions from perplexing to humor to sadness. I have somewhere over 200 wrestling DVD sets, and probably around 150 wrestling tapes, mostly bootlegs. I'm a dork so I count them about once a year and estimate just how much footage I have. I don't have the actual figure in front of me, but it was somewhere around 70 days. Of course, it will never be enough. I don't have a ton of other wrestling memorabilia; maybe somewhere around 30-40 magazines and about a dozen books. Some odds and ends too, but that's about it. I have a small vinyl collection, probably around 50-75 records that I pared down from around 100. Gotta work on that.

I'd be willing to bet money this pic was taken around the same time as this show: WWF @ Kullang, Singapore - Singapore Indoor Stadium - July 21, 1994 Kwang pinned the 1-2-3 Kid with a spin wheel kick Bushwhacker Luke & Koko B. Ware defeated Reno Riggins & Barry Horowitz when Koko scored the pin by reversing a small package Rick Martel pinned Jim Powers by blocking a sunset flip The Undertaker defeated Yokozuna via disqualification when Yoko used his salt bucket as a weapon Tatanka pinned the Barbarian with a roll up WWF Tag Team Champions the Headshrinkers defeated Well Dunn following Fatu's splash off the top WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart via submission with the Sharpshooter

Hmmm...

28, and I've been here for about 10 years, pre-sleaze anyway. I remember talking to Dean about how at the age of 20, I felt I was wasting my life and being lazy. He told me he remembered next to nothing about being 20, and here I am eight years later, and I can say the same. I still feel like I'm among the youngest people on this board, which is opposite of how I feel on pretty much every other website in the world. Life's funny and good like that.

Went through a folder on my computer full of wrestling photos. Found some good ones. Maybe I'll upload some more tomorrow. Sorry for the huge post, but whatever. That Horseman symbol makes me a little uneasy. Guess who?

YesDrew McIntyre got some shitty tats.