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There was also a lot of antisemitic things said in that one, here’s a transcript. https://www.latimes.com/la-gibson1aug01-transripit-story.html

This looks like the type of ridiculous I love!

They need to have a duck character who Rubble gives an envelope full of cash to every week, you know so everything on the job site works smoothly.

T-Mobile's free MLB.TV subscription is now redeemable from today until April 1, not sure what plans get it though.

Doc was way to broken down for any kind of long run, everyone seems to think 1998 Doc was 1988 Doc, he wasn't. Also, there was no real opening for Doc to feud with Austin in that 1998/1999 fall/winter/spring, the Stone Cold-Undertaker-Kane feud ran to the end of the year, then the build for Austin-Rock at Wrestlemania started, the Austin-Vince matches during that timeframe were part of the build to Mania, Doc has no place expect for a random match on Raw.

They didn't really steal fights from Las Vegas(AC didn't really become a player for big fights until later in the 80's) they had Coetzee fights since he was South African and non-marquee weight divisions like cruiserweight, those fights would be off strip at places like the Showboat or during the afternoon at some random arena so it could be on CBS or ABC. Hogan did work Sun City against Terry Funk in 1982, the poster is floating around the internet, it was playing off his Rocky III fame. I don't think the WWF was even on South African tv back then, remember they didn't get television until 1976 and what they did get was limited since the government controlled it. Vince most likely never had to deal with that dilemma since they didn't have tv there, even then I don't think he'd ship Hogan off for a random payday when he was drawing huge houses in North American arenas, he pulled Hogan from New Japan and never sent him overseas until business was down after the Gulf War angle.

What was going on with Sun City in the 80's was totally different than what Saudi Arabia is doing today. Remember Sun City was basically a casino/golf resort similar to what you'd see in Las Vegas at the time, that's why the majority of acts they were booking like Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli were also playing Vegas and Atlantic City, they had boxing for the same reason Las Vegas does, it brings in the high rollers. Yes the South African government was using what was going on in Sun City to improve their image, but they weren't throwing around the type of money Saudi Arabia is today, it was more "see Dolly Parton" is preforming at our version of the Desert Inn or there's a big fight at our version of Caesars Palace.

Larry Holmes refused to fight Coetzee in Sun City, when they decided to have the fight in Las Vegas the financial backing fell through. It would have taken a lot of money for Vince to let Hogan go over to South Africa, the WWF's house show business with Hogan on top was printing money, that's pretty much the reason Hogan stopped doing the New Japan tours. I could see Vince sending Andre, Studd and a mishmash of low carders over though.

Doc's jock sniffers in the company like JR, Pritchard and Corny are the only ones pushing the Doc was going to feud with Austin take, I'm sure they were constantly in Vince's ear about it but it was never going to happen. Austin was super selective on who he worked with during that time and vetoed Jarrett, Gunn, and maybe a few others, that's why he had so many ppv main events against Undertaker and Foley up to his time off for the neck surgery. Also, if Vince has final say and he totally would have gone with someone that was his "own" creation like Billy Gunn not big in Japan broken down Doc.

Yale! Had them winning this game in my bracket! Also great to see scumbags like Pearl and Calipari get bounced in the 1st round.

In his hometown too!

YouTube also punished me by feeding me a commercial from Ragu that I totally forgot about.

I don't think EON has ever really wanted to do any spin-offs, there was some talk of one with Halle Berry's character from Die Another Day, but I kind of remember that being more just to hype that flick than them actually going through with a spinoff.

How about replacing it with the Nestle Alpine White song.

The final song/dance/roller skating number is mind blowing! When I worked at Blockbuster we'd always respond with "Ahhh yes Xanadu, the movie that killed Gene Kelly" even though it have nothing to do with his death, when asked if we had it.

I enjoyed The Gentleman but felt like they could have ditched an episode or two, I'm assuming Netflix will give it another season but on the Cobra Kai/Stranger Things timetable.

A wrestling promotion needs a modern day Missy Hyatt who hits people with her Stanley Cup instead of a Gucci bag.

Has there been any explanation on why the NIT is still a thing? It seems like its expiration date hit maybe 45 years ago. I also didn't realize they no longer play the semis and finals at MSG, wasn't the whole point of the NIT an excuse for the announcers to talk about how CCNY was a national power when Harry Truman was President.

Pitt also declined the NIT.

As someone who moved to a suburb a lot like New Granada when they were in 8th grade, Over the Edge was spot on. Expect for the whole “A kid who tells on another kid, is a dead kid!” thing, that was comical.

Set your DVR’s Night Shift is on at 2AM.

Don't blame him, the Steelers mishandled him from the beginning.

To me GI Joe stood above the rest purely due to the two episodes where Shipwreck is basically living The Truman Show.

In the 80's and maybe into the early 90's the WWF cameramen wore blue jumpsuits.

I always love seeing the few Americans who went over and worked World of Sport.