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Meltz:

I work for our city's minor-league hockey team and we had a post-game meet & greet at the casino last night since it was the last game of the season. After being there a little while, I look over at the Casino bar and see a guy sitting by himself having a Miller Lite. He looked familiar but I could only see him from the side. A short time later while the hockey M&G was still going on nearby, I see the guy fully turn around to check out the scene and holy shit it's RICKY STEAMBOAT. Turns out IWC out of Pittsburgh ran a show at the casino earlier in the evening and brought him in for the weekend. Needless to say, at that point, I completely abandoned all work duties and introduced myself to him. We literally spent the next hour bullshitting at the bar. Everything from Mid-Atlantic to Jay Youngblood to WM 3 and the buildup with Savage to the Flair Trilogy(his favorite was the Clash VI 2 out of 3) to working with Rude & Austin before he retired. Super, super nice guy. He actually asked me for a picture since I bought him a beer which was unexpected and cool. Definitely one of those moments I'll remember for a long time.

We've all been that guy though. lol

I think JR's contract was more for other projects besides Play-by-Play, but I could be wrong.

Perfect response coupled with your sig.

Good news for DJZ:

This is cool. Bayley has already promised him a hug.

What exactly happened? Do I even want to know? Briefly saw a video of him talking after the injury with an IV in his arm.

They put up a Steel Cage for a 3:54 match?? I'd be pissed if I was on that crew.

You know he wore the shades under that helmet.

Hey now, that could have been the money Flair contributed in to a Roth IRA.

Did they bring in some Full Sail interns to direct this special? I swear there were at least 10 missed highspots throughout the night. At least the wrestling itself was great enough to minimize most of this.

Speaking for the Pittsburgh taping a couple of weeks ago, not many left, but they did employ the seat fillers to bring people down and make it look fuller on TV.

Was it ever determined how all of these got released? Who specifically got "hacked"?

Favorite part of tonight was Owens throwing Sami in to the announce table and Michael Cole excitedly telling us the table moved several FEET when it obviously didn't move at all.

I asked Tony tonight if CNN ever did tours for that studio these days.

Apparently this is what the studio looks like today. No wonder Bobby Eaton nearly cracked his head on the ceiling.

Do they still use that studio for anything these days? Would be cool to visit if they did, although I'm sure it looks nothing like it would have back then.

Where's the abs?!?

Sad that I'm not sure who looks more ridiculous there, Pritchard or Cloudy.

What did Kevin say? Couldn't really make it out with the idiot fan squealing right as he was about to talk.

Only if Earl Hebner was around to hold the mic.

Can't wait for his opponent to run negative campaign ads featuring Katie Vick and electrocuting Shane McMahon's balls.