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  1. Not really sure if Vince Sr. firing Hogan is bs or not, but Hogan was winding down his run in the WWF when he went off to film Rocky III and would have been gone sometime in the summer of 1981. Hogan's feud with Andre had wrapped up and he was putting over Tony Atlas, back then once a heel was done with their run against Backlund or in Hogan's case Andre they'd put over a babyface the next level down on the way out. The take that Vern "refused" to put the AWA title on Hogan is a huge over simplification of what went down. Sure Verne was old school and initially did want the belt on a "non-wrestler" like Hogan, but the dude was mega over so Verne tried to milk the chase as long as possible. Next there was the issue with Hogan working New Japan and Verne being tied in with All-Japan, if Hogan was AWA Champ Verne would have wanted a cut of Hogan's Japan money which is why at times Hogan has claimed he didn't even want the AWA belt. There's also the whole Verne screwing over Hogan on t-shirt money. If Vince Jr. never came calling Hogan would have been a Japan first guy like Brody, the money over there was great and he would have gotten nice payday's in the US as a special attraction.
  2. The original Munsters only worked due to Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne, there’s no way to replicate what those two did as those characters. All of these remakes and reboots always miss what make the thing they’re trying to redo great.
  3. The Big 12 has less to offer than the PAC-12, it's more likely that the ACC or PAC-12 will poach the Island of Misfit Toys that is the Big 12 sans Texas and Oklahoma.
  4. This seemed more like a profile piece that they tried to make into a "quest for the championship" doc in the edit room. Suzy Hotrod was still one of the top skaters in the world when the doc was shot and even for Gotham was the exception to the rule when it comes to derby athletes, the other two they profiled is way more spot on. As someone who's been involved with Roller Derby for a long time, it's really disappointing that no one has done a doc on the quest for the WFTDA Championship, every year there's an amazing story to be told that would carry over to the next year and the next.
  5. The Netflix Three Mile Island doc series was like that.
  6. $24.4 million for 4 years.
  7. Paulie wouldn’t have been boss, first I don’t think he’d want the job and whatever was left of the other crews wouldn’t have wanted Paulie as boss. If it was a captain getting bumped up to boss then it would have most likely been Larry Boy Barese as boss in name only since he was in jail awaiting trial, Allie Boy Barese would have been acting boss. Patsy Parisi was still just a soldier when the show ended so the only way he ends up boss is if new Lupertazzi boss Butchie DeConcini gets the other New York families to back him. Eventually Benny Fazio would end up the boss of North Jersey. AJ wouldn’t have done anything, he would have been traumatized and gone in and out of mental health facilities for the rest of his life. I can seen Carm getting as far way from North Jersey as possible, she ends up in Arizona or New Mexico. Not sure about Meadow. They wouldn’t have murdered any of the family, if Tony was whacked that night it was done in front of the family as payback for Phil being whacked in front of his wife and grandkids.
  8. I kind of remember Piper blaming Jake, I’m sure he blamed others besides Andre and Jake.
  9. I can see the per-game price being $49.99, they'll make a mint of Steeler and Packer fans in places like Phoenix when a Cards-Lions game bumps the near national 4:25pm game featuring Pittsburgh or Green Bay.
  10. If you have Prime Video most of the add-on channels like Showtime, AMC+ and Starz, are 99 cents a month for 2 months.
  11. The Rax salad bar and the Wendy’s SuperBar were always a favorite for me! We moved from Pittsburgh to suburban Detroit in 1988 when Rax started to have their identity crisis, I’d go back down for most of the summer and any breaks from school, every time I’d go to Rax they’d have some weird new thing like those chicken sandwiches or a new “bar” like a pasta bar, or taco bar. Their roast beef was way better than Arby’s and there was no reason to over complicate a frozen hunk of chicken thrown into a deep fryer sandwich.
  12. The initial reaction/issue is that it's not a locally based company, had it be renamed Alcoa Stadium, UPMC Field, Dick's Sporting Goods Stadium, Turner Stadium or even Edgar Snyder & Associates Park, there wouldn't have been this much uproar and us Yinzers would be able to deal with it.
  13. Davis wrestled as Mr. X, normally he would work the first match as Mr. X then ref a few matches later in the card.
  14. Really disappointed that The Rooney's didn't go with a locally based corporation, sure money talks but an out of state insurance company no one has ever heard or can pronounce is a bad move, I'm really hoping they get a lot of blowback for this. The Heinz name going isn't a shocker since it's now just a brand under the Kraft umbrella and not really local anymore, plus Kraft know's everyone but announcers will still call it Heinz Field.
  15. Wasn’t that somewhat debunked due to Piper and Patterson not being in the same territory at the same time until the WWF in 1984?
  16. What value does the ACC's strongest brands(Clemson football, and Duke & UNC basketball) really add for the SEC? Sure Clemson is on a great run but how long will that last? A school with much deeper pockets will snatch up Dabo within the next 10 years, can Clemson keep things rolling with whoever replaces him? Plus the school is in South Carolina which isn't a needle mover when it comes to adding more tv viewers. Sure Duke and UNC would upgrade the basketball side of things but all of these moves are about football, the SEC would be adding another Vanderbilt and Kentucky on the football side. The biggest reason the SEC would add any ACC schools is to keep the B1G out of the south.
  17. Has a legit source confirmed this? Some dude with a swimming blog was the one who first tweeted this rumor. Also, wouldn’t the SEC be the ones reaching out to UNC & UVA? Purely to keep the B1G from taking them and getting a foothold in the south.
  18. The Mall is still open, they even have legit anchor stores! https://www.edenprairiecenter.com Going by the Mom & Pop Video stores near me, RST would go from video store, to 95% adult videos video store, to we'll sell your stuff on eBay store, to burner cell phone store, to vape shop, to dispensary. I can see Randall still working at whatever was in that spot.
  19. So is that Lit song going to be used to represent the 90's like "For What It's Worth" did/still does for the 60'? With Clerks II, I could never buy that Dante & Randall would work at a fast food restaurant, there's no way they'd go from Quick Stop and RST Video to something that involves that much actual work, off brand cellphone store or mall kiosk sure, but not fast food. That makes me wonder, if the same studio produced both Clerks and Mallrats would Smith have had Dante and Randall working somewhere in the Mallrats mall?
  20. Started watching The Old Man, sorry for the hot take but I don't get the love for it.
  21. As a fan of a school in the ACC I'm all for this! This would slot both conferences above what'll eventually be the Group of 6, even with the distance a Conference Championship Game in Las Vegas is a million times more appealing than one in Charlotte, this would be for football so the other sports wouldn't have to make trips like Miami to Pullman, and the biggie the Big 12 is pretty much the Mos Eisley of college sports and it would be gross to be affiliated with them.
  22. I can see Stanford if the B1G can land Notre Dame, it gives basketball and Olympics sports three games/events close together on West Coast trips, Notre Dame keeps a traditional rival on the schedule which leaves a non-conference game slot open, and the whole “we’re an academic conference” thing gets a boost. If the B1G does end up snagging ND would they stop at 18? The money is going to be huge, so why cut anyone else in.
  23. UVA and UNC will be the “southern” teams the B1G adds, with Washington, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Arizona and Colorado for the western expansion. This isn’t just about TV money, there’s a population and brain drain in most of the B1G states, adding schools in states where that population is moving to is a factor in all of this.
  24. I guess it’s safe to assume Phil Knight it on the phone telling the Big 10 President’s and AD’s all that Nike money is gone if the Ducks get left behind.
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