Phantom Lord

I'm picturing Kurt exploding on Impact due to the fact his body was loosely held together that night (unlike now where it's just barely held together). Okay here's a new what if. What if in 2004 everything had gone perfectly and Randy Savage was in good health (ie he dropped all the muscle mass he bulked up) and actually had a good run in TNA. Savage and Jarrett feud over the NWA Title. The reports back then were that Savage wanted a quick run as NWA Champion before dropping the title back to Jarrett at the next PPV. In 2005 there was a report about Savage at a Harley Race show and he got a little too involved and blew out his back and that was the official end to his career. Would Savage in good shape had made a difference for TNA or would it have not mattered because of Planet Jarrett at the time.

Anyone can if they pay the $15 grand price tag to the people that run it. That Terry Gordy pic is so awesome. The belt buckle is the best part. It looks like one of those huge Rodeo championship buckles. Terry probably won it after punching a bull.

Tommy is one of my all time favorites. I'm glad that he can enjoy the golden years of his wrestling career with out having to kill himself on every two bit Indy show. As much as I love Ric Flair, it's sad to see what he became over the last ten years. From his body breaking down to all his financial woes. You are right though. It's not an excuse for being a jerk. I should have made a note of that. Just because he's a miserable old coot, it doesn't mean he should be a dick to everyone.

You'd be a bitter old drunk too if you spent $30 million even though you only made $20. Plus three divorces in a span of ten years will make anyone miserable.

The show was pretty good tonight. I concur with the notion that Shield matches that would have been MOTC last year are now just "ehh" today. I almost feel bad for Christian. You can see he's just running through the motions and praying Vince doesn't decide to have someone kill him at EC so they can have his spot in the chamber. It is telling though if Orton loses to everyone but him in the run up to the chamber. Ambrose is so good though. I loved how he dodged the kick and after Sheamus got speared he covers Christian like he just hit the move himself. If The Shield must break up, Ambrose is going to make a killing as this generations Roddy Piper. His victory salsa dance in the crowd was especially hilarious. Zeb was great when he was sucking up to Vickie (she was born here, so for Zeb he wasn't being hypocritical at all). I can almost see Swagger winning the IC Title. Big E as good as he might be, they haven't allowed him to really shine. The guy has an awesome personality as shown on his twitter and instagrams. But they refuse to let him show that on television. The WWE has this weird thing where even if someone can get over on just personality, they'd rather have them stay quiet and bland. Maybe its a creative thing. God forbid rasslers start doing things on their own. Cesaro vs. Orton was a damn good match. The end where he hit that roaring euro uppercut was so amazing. I had never seen him do that before (don't know if he did it alot in his Indy days), but it made me jump up. I mean that move could be his version of Daniel Bryan's running knee. If the Nuetralizer doesn't get them...the fighting spirit uppercut will. Why did they have to unify the damn titles. Antonio would be a lock to win the World Heavyweight Championship

He mentioned a couple other wrestlers who did the same (Michaels), but didn't mention Victoria/Tara. Didn't Stone Cold tell Victoria she could wrestle with just the knee brace so she wouldn't have to get the ACL surgery? It is so Kurt Angle to wrestle with no ACL. That "what, I tear my quad all the time...I did it yesterday" line is becoming painfully true.

I figured it was a title to be defended in west coast promotions. Why it was on mid atlantic I dont know. Its one of my top 5 favorite belts though.

Uncle Milty and the gang have a chair all warmed up for him. Can you imagine the Heaven roasts? I wonder if they are allowed to work blue material up there. It's really sad to see all these greats leaving this world now. I don't know if the world could take if if Mickey Rooney went next.

Get out of my dreams! There's a trailer...well a teaser. Either the film was made and they couldn't find distrubution or it never got beyond some pre-production. And Hogan was the killer...BROTHER. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/929167-tna-news-hulk-hogan-playing-serial-killer-in-new-movie

I would be all for Roman sitting in his study talking to 'Murica about everything that is wrong with them damn kids. I honestly skipped a lot of the show tonight when I realized the dog show was on CNBC. Sheamus/Antonio is a feud that needs to happen post Wrestlemania. Lita going into the HOF is nice. I guess we all can rest our fears of Stacey Kiebler getting a HOF spot. I have the last hour on DVR so I'll watch tomorrow. Judging by my Twitter timeline that women's match must have been fun.

I think it could have happened in TNA had Hogan originally signed with them back when Jarrett did the angle with him in Japan. Foley was *this* close to signing with TNA in 2005 before Vince convinced him to come back. Hogan and Foley would have had some bloody and absurd matches. I'm just picturing Hogan taking a thumbtack bump.

I always get the feeling that for the WWE at least, "stables" are too rasslin for a sports entertainment company like them. All of us who grew up in the 80's had The Four Horsemen, Paul Jones Army, The Russians, The Heenan Family, and so many others. Now when ever we get a stable they are pushed as unbeatable for a while and then made to look mortal. The Shield was something that I think they never really intended to get over like it did. They were just at first these hired goons. But it caught on and they regularly were blowing everyone out of the water. Now we're at a position where the WWE sees Roman Reigns as the next break out star. He's certainly got the look and a move that makes people go DAMN. I like the analogy of them being like The Freebirds. They can split up...but they'll always be there for each other. I don't like the idea of if they have Reigns go solo that someone else will take his spot. I can't imagine someone else stepping into the brawn role and it working like it has for the last year or so.

I'm assuming yes since I'm going to believe that the whole Rock N' Wrestling thing would have still happened based on Capt. Lou doing the video for Cyndi Lauper. We still get Piper interupting the gold record ceremony at MSG. Mr. T jumps the rail and he still gets in Piper's face. I just assumed the T connection was from working with Hogan in Rocky III. Wasn't sure if T would have been involved in the Rock and Wrestling Connection at all if not for Hogan. I figure if Vince still had the deal with Dick Ebersol and NBC, T would have still been there as some cross promotion with The A Team. Of course no episode with Hogan. Piper and Ace would have made great villians on an episode though.

I'm assuming yes since I'm going to believe that the whole Rock N' Wrestling thing would have still happened based on Capt. Lou doing the video for Cyndi Lauper. We still get Piper interupting the gold record ceremony at MSG. Mr. T jumps the rail and he still gets in Piper's face.

The team of Savage/Ventura was so insane that it was doomed to never last. But man just thinking about that. Put the tag titles on Savage/Ventura and they defend against Bruno/David. Bruno/David win by DQ or something. Piper/T as the headline match of Wrestlemania 1. While the heat in MSG would have been deafening, I'm not sure that would have helped carry the company. Who would be World Champion during this time? Piper? It would be interesting to think about Piper as World Champion and him holding and then defending the title till at least Wrestlemania 2. I'd imagine Wrestlemania 2 would not take place in three different venues. Maybe they hold it in Philadelphia or The Meadowlands. Piper vs. a face Orndorf for the title at WM2?

The last time Curry Man was around a couple months ago wasn't it TJ Perkins aka Manik doing it?

I'm really surprised no one had done that before. That was such an awesome move by DA BIG GUY. I was psyched for Bray vs. Goldust. Sad it was such a short match. It still boggles my mind that Goldust busts out such a swank leaping Frankensteiner. It's so crisp and smooth. It's something you expect in a lucha match and here's Goldust doing it.

Triple H convincing Vince that despite the mainstream attention got in 2011 (on ESPN and such), it was a flash in the pan and he needed a proven draw like himself coming out on top. Okay, it probably didn't happen like that. But I can't imagine the real line of reasoning wasn't too far off from that. I'm always gonna be a Kevin Nash fan. But for the life of me when he cost Punk the title it was probably one of the more stupid things the WWE has done. Not so much that it was Nash, but that it served no purpose what so ever. It probably was a case of someone else being pegged for the angle and then politics happened and they decided they needed a bigger name. Why that name was Kevin Nash in 2011...I don't know.

Well to be fair, they only saw him as like Cena because he was stupid enough to say "hey sure, I'll do all the interviews you want me to" to them. Ziggler and Miz as a couple of obnoxious assholes would be great. Have Flair come back and be like "it took you long enough".

Maybe they're going to do some topical jokes about Woody Allen towards Lawler. Vince is the type that would do that just for his own amusement.

I'm going to start off with the Superbrawl's. Will Superbrawl 3 be whole? I know the vhs version that was at my video store for years was edited and cut out the Rock N' Roll Express vs. Heavenly Bodies and I think another match or two. What I really hope for is they add all the Clash of the Champions.

I ended up watching the last hour of RAW earlier since I taped it on the DVR. I love Aksana, but she is going to kill somebody in the ring. Why does every diva have to wrestle? Lana (the chick with Rusev) has the gimmick that Aksana should have had from the start. Evil eastern European woman with her own brute squad. Brayn/Orton was a fantastic match. Probably one of the best one's they've had. I loved all the work Bryan did on Orton's leg. I wish he would have busted out a Indian Deathlock or maybe a spinning toe hold. Orton is in an odd spot. On the one hand in the ring he's been absolutely stellar. I can't really complain about his rasslin. But his personality and his bland promos are just killing him. It doesn't help that this whole Face of the WWE thing was stupid to begin with. As for the rest of the show, only part that I even remotely care about is The Wyatt's vs. The Shield. If this were mid 80's Florida, this would be a hell of a blood feud. The side story of Roman Reigns getting more and more pissed with Dean Ambrose is brilliant. Reigns is going to get the pop of the year when he spears Ambrose in half.

Is this a recent Tenryu pic? It's hard to tell because he's been a leathery old man for the last 25 years.

Vintage Orton/Christian match! I was wondering if they would run an angle where Orton loses to all of his elimination chamber opponents. But then I remember no way would they give Christian a glimmer of hope of possibly winning. Still should be a good match. Orton and Christian have always had good matches together.

If Stacy comes back, I hope they do get her onto Total Divas. Put her on and have AJ go completely insane about how someone like her is getting all the attention. I do hope that Stacy goes back to being a blonde though. In those commercials for the Super Bowl pre-concerts on VH1 she lost her lack of distinction somehow as a brunette.