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    Going through all of them the past couple weeks, Flair's podcast is absolute GOLD.  I think its the quintessential documentation of the 80's and early 90's scene in NWA/WCW.   As an added bonus, if I am ever in any former NWA cities, there seems like some great restaurant and bar recommendations where the wrestlers used to chow down and get drunk.  Sabatino's in Baltimore looks to still be in business.

    Jim Ross did a show in Baltimore and he talked in length about Sabatino's.  He went there while in town (along with Jimmy's Seafood, Chaps Pit Beef and Phillips.  Lucky bastard)  He was telling stories about him and Flair going to the second level in the 80s.  Flair would do the robe with nothing underneath trick.  Half the time it worked, other half ladies were repulsed.

     

    That place is right near me and I've been thinking to go.  Pretty sure it's damn expensive though, but worth a one time trip.

     

    If he ever takes calls on his show I'm going to be sure to ask him about that place.

     

     

    I went to Sabatino's before whichever KotR PPV was in Baltimore (94 or 95),  The food was decent from what I can remember.  The place felt  really old and dingy then, so I can't even imagine what it looks like now.  I had no idea they were still around but it makes sense, as Baltimore has always been stuck in the 80s.  Nick, put on some 98 Rock and drive down to lit'l It'ly, hon.

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    Everyone on the internets wans Aaron Paul to be Eddie.  I vote for Matthew McConaughey and Jamey Sheridan to share the role of Randall Flagg.

     

    Yeah I've heard this too. I just don't see him as Eddie though. He just seems too runty physically to play anything but junkie Eddie. I don't see him as Gunslinger Eddie.

     

     

    Christ I hate fan casting.  Yeah let's cast Aaron Paul to essentially play Jesse Pinkman again. 

     

    Let's hire a good writer to put together an ending better than King's and worry about who plays what character later.  They can't pause the film when Roland gets to the tower and say, "this ending is going to suck but if you're expecting a good ending you're shallow and just don't get it" won't fly in a film.

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  3. We are all old.  These lists are written by "millenials" who don't know shit about The Bulldogs,Tully & Arn or Demolition.  They look at these teams the same way we'd look at Frank & Emil Dusek.

     

    When I was young, I'd tout the WWF stars of the 80s and tell my elders that Sammartino wasn't shit.  Now we're the old guys and kids are telling us Dynamite Kid wasn't shit.  And so it goes.

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  4. That was my guess as well but there was some heavy interaction between Mr. Robot and another character a I think the episode before last, so who knows?  If it is some Fight Club/split personality shit, that's kinda lame.

     

    I just read next season of Banshee will be the last and that fucking sucks.

  5. Great thread, guys.  Even though I've been a fan since a little before the first Wrestlemania, I never paid much attention to match structure until fairly recently.  I normally just zone out and watch the match, but a few months ago I watched Luger vs Michael Hayes from maybe Chi Town Rumble or something, watching it critically, and it definitely followed the simple structure of shine, cutoff, heat, comeback, finish perfectly.  Now I see the formula whenever I watch any old wrestling. 

     

    As for "won't the fans catch on?"  The answer is definitely not, as the formula allows for a lot of variations.  Sometimes one segment is longer or almost non-existent.  Sometimes the face gets multiple hope spots and the heat isn't as strictly defined.  Sometimes the heel is going to go over so there's barely any heat.  Shit, I watched Barry Windham vs Brad Armstrong where the Armstrong took like 70% of the match, the short heat segment was just Windham slapping on the claw forever, then a quick comeback by Armstrong, and then Windham winning with......the claw.  There is so much room for improvisation in this formula.    

     

    But anyway, can someone elaborate on what exactly the current WWE style is?  It definitely doesn't follow this pattern, so exactly is it?  Oyogi explained it a little bit earlier but can someone please go more in depth?  Thanks in advance.

  6. I remember listening to that.  It was a rough one, with Steen discussing his son who is somewhere on the Autism spectrum and also talking about how he knew what he needed to do to get to WWE (get in better shape) but wasn't even sure if it was worth it.  As a huge fan of the guy, I'm really happy to see it working out for him.

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  7. Not a big fan of the tournament booking. Dragon had the chance to do something special, and instead he trotted out familiar match-ups from other promotions. Tournament will probably still be good, but the chances of it being great are lessened by how well worn the majority of the first round matches are.

     

    Which ones?  All I can think of are Drago vs. Pentagón Jr. which may have happened in LU but I can't remember, and Hero/Thatcher & Gulak/End which happened in Evolve over Mania weekend.  Besides, does it matter?  Hero vs Thatcher at PWG will be far different from their Evolve match, for example.

  8. Wrestling is, was, and always will be a niche product except for the one time every 15 years when it bubbles up to the mainstream.  Chasing people who don't like it and would only care about it if it looked like WWE's bright and shiny big top production is a losing proposition anyway.  WWE is chasing off its own fans in droves with its bland offering.

     

    And come on.  I've seen some bush league-looking venues.  My favorite company only runs shows in a Reseda American Legion post, with 80s stereo speakers on the wall and a disco ball on the ceiling.  ROH does not look bush league.

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  9. Moose is billed at 6'5" and 295, so he's probably legit 6'3 250 but still, there must be witchcraft at work as it's the only logical explanation for how someone that big can have a spear that shitty.

     

    I thought Terminal 5 looked very cool and "ROH's tapings look bush league" has gone from legit complaint to dumb talking point.  Their lighting has gotten worlds better and their HD looks pretty swell.  Meltzer saying no American fans will go for any wrestling that doesn't look like WWE is a pretty pointless argument, too, since only WWE can afford to look like WWE anyway.  Besides, the way WWE looks is pretty bland and played out.  I wish WWE would switch it up and shoot in different looking places, but that's KD for ya.

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  10. Skyline & Battle:Los Angeles were so similar they sued over it. 

     

    Sort of.  Also, Skyline was a pile of shit, while I enjoyed Battle: LA as "Black Hawk Down...with Aliens."  It also holds the distinction of being the only movie in history that Michelle Rodriguez lives through.

     

     

     

    Has anyone seen Southpaw?  Has anyone in the making of Southpaw seen a real life boxing match?  The movie isn't bad, but all of those fights would have been stopped in the first round.

     

    Yep, that's Movie Boxing for ya.  It's nothing new, as we've lived through watching Rocky take 15 unprotected haymakers in a row while the ref stands there with his thumb in his ass.

  11. It's Gregg's default strawman argument whenever someone doesn't gush over a worker like he does.  See earlier this year, when he claimed that no one would have a problem with the Roman Reigns push if he'd come from ROH or NJPW.

     

    Scrolling right past Gregggg's posts is one of life's little pleasures.

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