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He didn't take much time off after Blackjack and Kendall were arrested. They were arrested in 1990 and out of jail in 1992 (they pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 2 years, per a plea agreement). Barry did leave the WWF suddenly in October or November of 1989, but he was back wrestling by spring of 1990. I've heard he left WWF due to the impending arrest, or was asked to leave to avoid the PR fallout, so maybe they had knowledge of the investigation before the arrest was actually made. My bad, you're exactly right. The arrest didn't lead to him taking time off, just leaving WWE. I wonder if they had any real plans for the Widowmaker character.

Nattie is the only person who would ever actually play as Jim Neidhart.

Didn't he also take time off due to Blackjack and Kendall's legal troubles and also kinda stop caring about wrestling and slack off after marrying a rich woman (not that I blame him)? You're right saying his career was bittersweet. He was amazing for a short time and it leaves you wondering what could have been. He was never really a top guy, so much so that when he was plugged into the main on that disastrous Bash show, the thought was, "how is Barry Windham the #1 contender???"

But, at the same time, somebody must have deemed Sara not photogenic enough for an on-camera working role. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's one part laughable and one part shitty that there's this supposed revolution in WWE female wrestling, led by a woman they didn't let on TV. "She's talented but not sexy enough, so let's make her a trainer." Don't kid yourselves, dudes. "Hot" is still the number one factor in WWE hiring women. We're removed from the days of Johnny Ace hiring models from bikini catalogs, but not that far removed.

Nope, Ayer and WB said nothing at all. It was fans and some websites that suggested the tattoos may just have been for the photoshoot. Cool, man. Thanks for clarifying for me.

It can't be stated enough how much of a natural Barry Windham was. I watched some of the Clash of the Champions 2 last night; Windham was a heel for the first time in his career and had only been so for about a month (he still had his babyface gear on) but he had the schtick down cold like he'd been a heel forever. Dude was amazing.

Holy Christ, that's not even a C show. They use shows like that as advanced interrogation techniques at gitmo

Euros can't get over. They have funny accents which preclude them from connecting with the WWE Universe

The last two posts make me happy

Right, that's what I meant. He has the tattoos, including the forehead wording, the too on-the-nose "HAHAHAHAHAHA" on his chest and the Juggalo skull, in the trailer.

Remember when the Leto Joker pic was tweeted out and everyone lost their shit? Do I remember correctly that the makers of the film walked it back and said it was just a Tweet to celebrate the Joker's anniversary and that the Joker would not look like that in the film? He looks exactly the same.

Actually, Wikipedia says Steinman was working on the Wrestling Album and the Tyler album at the same time. So I guess he just figured the Tyler track could do double duty, maybe thinking nobody would care about a wrestling album. To be fair, both the Tyler song and Hulk Hogan's Theme are pretty obscure. Mainstream wise, Tyler was done by the time the album came out (Holding Out for a Hero was on the album but it had already been out for two years by then) and Hogan only used that song briefly. I was a kid of the 80s and never heard "Ravishing" until recently when reading about its similarity to the Hogan song. Jim Steinman can write like a motherfucker, though.

It's the Wrestling Rule of Minorities. They must team or feud. So does that mean Alicia is too light skinned to team with the darker skin women so they shoved her with the two Hispanic women? I must consult the Vince McMahon Minority Power Rankings

It's the Wrestling Rule of Minorities. They must team or feud.

I still have some hope, since "Kevin Steen goes to Raw looking indy as ever and is booked pretty well" is something nobody in their right mind would have predicted.

I pray I never have to hear that freakin' "I bet my life on you" song again, and I've only heard it in commercials and promos for things. Another one that makes me want to jab a pen in my ear. Also, any song featured in commercials for The Biggest Loser can eat a preemptive dick.

Great first episode. Luchadores, Cousin Balki, Xanax-assisted drownings. "You are discreet and have no problem with violence."

Steph could just hate the Bellas. That's something heels and faces can do easily. And Becky Lynch was at Hogan levels of orange tonight. It was distracting. I was hoping someone would bring up Becky's spray tan because, holy shit, that was bad. Al Jolson saw it and said, "hey, that's a bit much." The conscious decision to slightly downplay the NXT women was weird. As mentioned, no belt on Sasha, which is really stupid. Also, Becky didn't get her entrance or gear. Is this a Kevin Dunn, "their guys shouldn't look like bigger stars than our guys" thing? Because it was really obvious they were being minimized.

A few cards after my first one (I was 11), we all went to a TV taping. Incidentally, it was the one where Piper comes back and destroys the Flower Shop. Which was funny, as they "broke his leg" early in the night, conducted one Flower Shop interview in the middle of the show, then he came back at the end to get his revenge. But anyway, yeah, TV tapings were fucking brutal. 1-2 minute jobber squash, 5-10 minutes of nothing, another squash, rinse repeat. It's the 9/16/86 show about halfway down the page here. I'll save your sanity, and your eyes, by not pasting it.

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I was a little over 11 years old and my sister bought tickets for me for Christmas. Shitty card -- 7 matches with 3 fuck finishes and a cavalcade of jobbers -- but it was still awesome. WWF was firmly entrenched in the strategy of "load the 'A city' shows with shit but put Hogan on them" and the tradition of "put the main on in the middle so you can announce next month's main and sell tickets at intermission" was alive and well. I am old. WWF @ Baltimore, MD - Civic Center - January 5, 1986 (13,000) Pedro Morales defeated Moondog Spot Jose Luis Rivera defeated Rene Goulet Hercules defeated Lanny Poffo Scott McGhee fought Tiger Chung Lee to a draw WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Brutus Beefcake The Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Valentine via count-out Cpl. Kirchner & King Tonga fought Nikolai Volkoff & the Iron Sheik to a no contest

Seeing the covers of those comics reminded me of a question that has always bugged me. I mean "always" as in, "this shit bugged me when I was a kid seeing it for the first time." Why did they swap the looks of Venkman (Murray) and Stantz (Akroyd) where cartoon version of Venkman looks more like Dan Akroyd and the cartoon version of Stantz looks more like Bill Murray? Was it some sort of image rights issue?

I just read about those card in the last issue of Horrorhound. Pretty cool.

Its just 26 pages of your username over and over And at the very end, just the word "bandanas." needs more "brother" in there

Any scenario that ends up with what is essentially Kevin Steen vs El Generico at Wrestlemania is amazing