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I've been watching a bit of 88-89 WWF last few days. Strike Force was my favorite tag team as a kid - and Tito vs Martel was such a great simmering feud when they split. You just loved seeing Tito get his licks in against Rick whenever that scenario could happen... and damn was Rick Martel good. Demolition was a far better tag team than The Road Warriors. I never really understood the comparison other than they both had a Mad Max look... Demolition could actually work. Greg Valentine vs Ronnie Garvin. They pulled zero punches. It's pretty damn awesome watching those two go at it. Bobby Heenan working in the 89 Survivor Series in place of Tully... if it's been a few decades since you've seen that - the little bits that Bobby does as a ring worker is phenomenal considering he's a fulltime manager. Arn Anderson absolutely owned that match... and I'm thinking he was barely 30 at the time. -- there's also a moment where Bret and Savage square off in their Survivor Series match... and they totally made it up to be a big deal. I don't really recall Bret being a big deal at that time - but damn was that a fun interaction. Wrestling was so tight back then. A lot of people shit on the critics of today saying that it's an evolution of pro-wrestling and it's for the better... but when you actually go back and watch something from the late 80s damn near everything done had a purpose and it looked so much tighter and realistic.

Whatever year he says he did. I'm not gonna argue with him.

I would buy all the DEATH RHOMBUS merch there is, though..

He claims he was banned from the board for, and I quote: "Being too pro-Meltzer". I'm fairly sure he was actually banned for "Being too much of a twat".

Good to know rovert still lurks the board. He tweeted a screenshot of this post yesterday while crying over his lack of clout.

Not keen on the online debates over fatality spamming

Glacier was literally Sub-Zero. And that's why they don't do those angles. Because they fucking sucked. And people who pitch Mortal Kombat angles don't realize, they DID. And they failed miserably. The problem too is, Glacier beats Wrath and Mortiis...then what? Mortis feuds with Hacksaw Jim Duggan? The heels are done.

I want to see Bernie Brewer with a telescope stealing signs from his perch whenever games start back up for the Brewers. I don't care.

Im preserving this for posterity for 2 reasons. 1: the early reports is this was a reprimand for misusing the bullpen phone in order to try to get extra information on challenging a play. Not even close to the smoking gun Astros fans and players (!!!) tried to portray it as. Shout out to the POS Bregman for posting a reaction the deleting it btw. 2. Even if that report is false, and it turns out to be something much bigger: it’s not like it exonerates the Astros in any way. Your still fucking cheats from the top all the way down. Your justification attempts just make you look more pathetic. In conclusion, fans like you deserve Bill O’Brien.

I've been doing the same. No matter what I think of WWE now, I will always love 88-89. The Mega-Powers build up through their split is one of the most perfect angles WWE has done. All of the ppv's back then are breeze to get through and is a great way to kill time. Martel and Slick was a great pairing. I wish they weren't split so soon. Demolition has my undying loyalty over the Road Warriors. They were such better workers and always made their opponents look good. Looking back, I love the Garvin/Valentine feud. They didn't hold anything back against each other. I also love the Bret/Savage exchange. Even in defeat, Bret looked great. He made you believe he could beat Savage. Watching Arn and Haku in the '89 SS main event is such a joy. They were king sized. It's ashame Arn left right after. Imagine Arn and Haku working Demolition instead of Andre.

That's a weird brag. I'm the reason a bunch of dorks on the indies rock kickpads. I wouldn't want that to be my legacy.

Please keep Sabian and Havoc away from Death Triangle. Personally, I like them as a trio and I think they work well together because they carry the same intensity in their work. Adding anyone who doesn't look like they're trying to end someone's career in every match would dilute that. Archer would fit the bill and Jake managing someone like Pac would also be very interesting but it wouldn't be much of a triangle and I want my Death Triangle t-shirt to still be relevant in addition to being cool as all get out.

To each their own. I always thought his tip-in splash looked awkward.

You've forgotten the Blood Runs Cold angle in WCW with Mortis, Glacier, and Wrath.

This is long but a must read.

Who is this “you” you are talking about? If it’s Cubs fans, there has been no evidence we did anything as of now. If it’s the Cards because you mistakingly think I’m a Cardinals fan cause I live in St. Louis, if anything they look justified now in worrying that the Astros were stealing there info, which is the story they’ve always had, because your organization is clearly not above cheating to win.

Duke Droese should've pioneered this look.

Reading the name Superbad Death Squad makes me think of Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in Road Warrior attire. Ford could be McLovin.

The other two of you that care know who you are but apparently Quark is doing the voice of the villain in the new Ratchet & Clank.

Death Quadrangle is also a little wordy.

You might have a point. Could always update the shape to the number of people, but Death Square is a stupid kid's game and Death Pentagon would just be confusing.

I love all of the factions in NJPW. I wouldn't mind something similar in AEW.

I just 100%'d Life Is Strange, and I need more Max and Chloe. I have no desire to play the sequel knowing that it focuses on a new set of characters (although there are references to the original game in it, that I've already read on the LiS wiki). I'm aware that the developers consider the Arcadia Bay story "finished" but fuck that. I'm emotionally connected to these characters now and I want more of them. I saw the swerve coming a mile away, but I appreciate that they made it hard for you to pinpoint exactly who was doing stuff in the Dark Room. They gave you a plethora of people that could have theoretically did it, but ultimately, it's always going to be exactly who you think. But it didn't take away from the story. This entry into the series was way more on the nose with the Twin Peaks stuff, and the last episode especially was just a mindfuck at times. CHLOE & MAX 4EVER.

Now we're talkin'.

*rolls eyes* Sorry I wasn't feminine and petite enough for you. I'll make sure you never see my posts again.

Oh yeah - I meant to say that earlier Doing the Corrupted as the first Ordeal when everyone is still squishy is some bullshit The one good thing is I finally got the Nightfall emblem for that strike

Stan Hansen. In a bunkhouse match. In Memphis. Figure there might be some clubbering in this one.

Steamboat making his return to WCW in a Spencer's Gifts Halloween mask will always be hilarious to me.

In defense, though, that is a bigger problem than just "A Mortal Kombat angle would be terrible." Yes, Blood Runs Cold was terrible as a Mortal Kombat-inspired storyline in 1996-97 and had all those problems. What other time did we get a Mortal Kombat-inspired pro wrestling promotion? Lucha Underground. And Lucha Underground was one of the most acclaimed promotions of the last decade. The issue is more a "how do you make it work in the kayfabe of the promotion?", not just "A Mortal Kombat angle would suck". Lucha Underground made it work because the whole kayfabe of the promotion was built around "this is basically Mortal Kombat with wrestlers", and so it was the defining point of the story. WCW couldn't, because again- there's no way to bring the wrestlers out of this angle and merge them with a greater WCW storyline- and short of something like "The NWO are financing Wrath in his attempt to get the prize here", there really is no way to merge Blood Runs Cold into regular WCW programming.

I'm here for the WMAC Masters reboot!

Bobby waits until the red light turns off to say "Hey Gordon, come out back, I got some Johnnie Walker in the trunk. And I didn't tell his family he's for ransom!" Gordon laughs and says "Ah Bobby, you're a card." Bobby says "Cards? I got those too." Then they go and drink whiskey and play cribbage until they wander off back to their hotel rooms at 3 AM, to fight off the hangover and drive to another town on the circuit in the morrow. It's almost romantic.

I am kind of fucking around. But honestly if the only choice for say a company like IMPACT was to have Josh Matthews, or no commentary, I’d choose the later option in a heart beat.

Happy Pride Month Everyone! Pat Patterson Chris Kanyon

I am 100% positive if we'd had the internet in the late 70's and early 80's there'd be grumpy old timers from the 50's and 40's shitting on the Rock and Roll Express for using too many dropkicks.

The diving headbutt also gives us an anecdote demonstrating how far back "killing the business" critiques go. From a Karl Gotch 1990 interview in the WON: WON: One of the things Larry Malenko told me and I don't mean necessarily Billington or Satoru Sayama is that a lot of wrestlers nowadays look like a trampoline act. KG: That's it. Nowhere could you ever see a guy crawl up on the turnbuckles. It's just like the Empire State building. Just stand there and wait for someone to push you off. Where is it ever logical to put a guy on the turnbuckle while you stand on the second rope? WON: You mean for a suplex? KG: Right. Then there was this other idiot that they made World Champion. This clown who was like a kamikaze. WON: Harley Race? KG: Yeah, Harley Race. He'd dive with the head-butt and he looked like a kamikaze coming in. That's the trip of no return that all these guys travel on the yellow brick road. It's not believable. How do you want people to believe this?

Vince can leave WWE to start up VGF, Vince Genome Federation. Pure Vince-ism in the MSG arena every month.

“Didn’t anyone tell them we’ve got time to fill tonight?” ?

I want to say that Nobuhiko Takada rocked the kickpads before Yuji.

I hope this allows those poor owners to finally start making some money

I....don't know? I'm not one to follow a lot of what happens backstage or pre/post fight, but One has never been very transparent. Like I know people have failed the hydration tests so they must be regulating it somehow? That's all I got. FWIW, my understanding is that it's just a system to not allow fighters to cut massive amounts of water weight in a short time. Their weight is checked throughout the week(weeks?) leading into the fight and must produce urine samples, and they can only drop a certain percentage of weight over that final week. I haven't read any comprehensive info on how it works in practice though.

FTR/Butcher&Blade was good stuff, great showcase for FTR with all the double team moves. Loved Arn & Tully both happen to be scouting from the same general area. Matt Jackson's intense serious voice was amusing. Always enjoy these women's tags. Broken Matt will always be hilarious to me. "SAMUEL!" Solid main event and win for Cody.

I think it was more in those days there weren't really bonafide finishers, rather just trademark moves, even though we think of them in our time as finishers. I wish wrestling would get away from adherence to finishers and more towards that way in order to create craftier finishes and more original matches. EDIT: Haha! How about AEW books an Omega match where the heel challenges him to a "No Finishers" match.

This is maybe a bit pointless to go over, but there still isn't much current news to discuss. Of course, people are jumping on the fact that Dave's source here almost certainly is Omega. But I'm really less interested in that, if only because people fighting about Kenny and Dave on twitter is tiresome. I think the second post is interesting, if not unexpected. Maybe Gedo should say "25 minutes, rainmaker" a little more often, but I digress. Regarding the first post, I admit my first reaction was that that seems unlikely, if only because Okada's such a big deal. But we've discussed at length that Okada basically has his template, and lets the other guy work around it. He's the standard, the constant with which they must contest, however they can. That's the story in almost all of his matches, so perhaps it shouldn't be surprising if the process matches the presentation.

Don't quote me on this because I was in and out of Mid-Atlantic wrestling a little bit during the time frame, but I don't think he ever turned back face. And I wish to GOD that there was footage of Baron Von Raschke wearing the wig. PAUL JONES: The ladies are going CRAZY over the Baron's new hairstyle! Bob Caudle: Well, Paul, it's obviously a wig! BARON VON RASCHKE: It is not a vig.

That's giving the rich and powerful too much credit, they're just as stupid as the rest of us. We're a fallassbackwardintostuffocracy.