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Sadly, the remake of "Up in Smoke" starring Hansen & Hogan never got past the planning stage. The fact that Stan appears to be holding an ice cream cone always amused the hell out of me for some reason.

Here's one I've thought alot about. What if Vince Jr rebels against his father's wishes and becomes a pro wrestler, working anywhere he can?

Who the heck is the topmost guy?

To be fair, he was a handsome dude back then, before the barbed wire matches and the madness of the Sheepherders.

That Doink gif is gloriously creepy.

Norton still looks like a wrecking ball ... Hall definately looks way slim.

Is there any luchador past 50 that doesn't look like a bad motherfucker?

Looks like the top leg caught masked guy in the elbow. Ow.

Something that's been on my mind for awhile ... Everyone gives Paul Heyman shit for being a liar/conman/whatever. Why do guys like Lawler and Jerry Jarrett get a pass though? I've never seen any guy take either of them to task considering they robbed alot of guys blind, conned and lied to alot of guys just as badly, and probably over a longer period of time, as Heyman did.

So what was the story of the original Battlarts roster basically abandoning Fujiwara?

Somewhere in Japan, there are small children converting to Judaism after seeing Hama Claus. Lies! Hama Claus is awesome. Hama does seem like he'd be a cool guy to meet. He always seems cheerful and upbeat.

Huh ... thought Cass was taller than that. She is awesome though. Thanks to the segunda caida reviews for making me seek out her matches.

Since when is Hama doing Rikishi cosplay?

God Henry looks terrifying now, in a good way.

Neidhart looks so different sans beard. Goddamn he was a fucking tank though ...

Is that Heenan he's throwing salt at? That's ... weird ... I thought Fuji had gone into managing by the time Heenan arrived ... and I don't remember Heenan doing commentary till sometime after he came in. Plus, they're both heels. Why would Fuji fuck with Heenan?

That *is* Peter Maivia, yes?

How is it that a suit and mustache somehow make Bruno look younger?

As in, he's a grown up feral kid? I've always been fascinated with this topic too, and just have two visual tidbits to share: -Recently referenced on Konnan's podcast, Animal tried to really play up his Road Warrior roots during a 2006 run. I vaguely recall him wrestling in black leather with no paint, but never saw him sport this cosplay jacket. -You mentioned Demolition but it's worth noting they basically dressed exactly like Humongous from the neck down, even more apparent when they rocked their entrance mask, which was the coolest thing I had seen as a 7-year old. I always thought of Demolition as being more inspired by the rising tide of heavy metal (maybe even death metal) in the US at the time.

I must say this: I love the music that BJW plays over their versus screens. It fits the whole BJW style and gets you amped for a hard, mean match.

....... Yamakawa has been missing those front teeth *forever*. Got 'em knocked out by Matsunaga diving off a scaffold onto him.