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Zakk_Sabbath

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  1. I can't say enough about how much I've been enjoying these shows - I echo everything you guys have said and more. One thing I do want to touch on though is how much I absolutely love that cage design. They're going to sell a lot of toys on that thing. It's classic and over the top at the same time. Seems like a lot smoother of a process on the production side too with the cage/truss going all the way to the floor instead of the apron. Edit: I did think of a bit of a negative: I didnt love Nylas promo. She's good on the mic but I don't know if running down the crowd and that sort of thing really fits her character. The Native Beast should be more about fucking people up. Like I thought the "YOUR ASS IS MINE!" after she powerbombed Riho on the table a couple weeks ago was just killer. I'd like more of that with her.
  2. He was so great on commentary on those early Raws I would have loved to have seen him do commentary again post WCW buyout. That was literally my first exposure to pro wrestling so I'm biased.
  3. That whole week leading up to Souled Out was just absolutely wild. Bret and Jarrett as World and US champion both off the PPV, with Russo being fired because he wanted to put it on Tank Abbott man those were part of my formative IWC years
  4. It's been 1000 years since I've read his first book so I may be misremembering but I really could've sworn there was a whole passage about him being there for a time and staying at Ron Fuller's house
  5. That's a really good point I was thinking from a safety perspective but the reality is the danger and the damage really is a huge part of his presentation, even as far back as Continental when he refers to doing the Nestea plunge in the first book. With that, I change my answer firmly to Bret. Edit: I do want to make the point that Foley was pretty damn good even without all that bullshit though, so even though I concede my original point, it's not a knock on him as a straight up worker necessarily. All things considered, if The Fiend can work today, I think the original Mankind character probably could too
  6. Eh yea maybe, but if he were in today's WWE, there would be doctors at ringside, and crash pads under everything, plus concussion protocol. Back in the late '90s, they would just have that French dude crack his back, and send him back out there.
  7. I definitely want to make the argument for Bret, but I think Cactus Jack works in any era. People love a madman.
  8. Unless of course, there's an offer from another organization on the table. He might have a miraculous recovery like Edge.
  9. AJ is lighter than the last few guys I've seen Taker wrestle, so if this comes to fruition it might be a more decent affair than one would expect at this stage of Takers career. Though who knows what AJs injury will be looking like. Ive read they expect him back. Reading my post back actually kind of made me almost sad that Its gotten to the point where I just outright don't watch WWE. Or not sad but I guess maybe nostalfic. Even though I mostly preferred WCW, I live in the northeast so WWE is kind of our home team. This is what I imagine Giants fans have been going through. I'll probably watch Mania just because my girlfriend and I make a day out of it every year, but I missed my first Royal Rumble since 08-10 this year, and those were just because I had the post Benoit creeps for a while.
  10. I have some unexpected downtime at my job today so I've been watching some Jeff Cobb highlights to familiarize myself more and I'm real high on that dude. Once the Inner Circle runs its course, I hope he and Hager have a good fun clubberin match.
  11. That was a really great episode, maybe my favorite yet. Very prime Nitro. Kudos to the women as well, this was way better than their PPV outing.
  12. I didn't know Waltman was going in with the original three. You'd think they'd put DiBiase and Show in if you're going to put in Syxx, but I get the logic. You start going down that road and you've gotta induct a million guys. Though it would totally be worth it to see Chono at one of these things.
  13. That's a spot on comparison. I actually would be kinda into her using the rope-assisted backflip (moonsault?) from the apron
  14. Same, I have a real cheap Hulu subscription cause my girlfriend has Spotify but I never use it. But of course, if wishes were fishes then I'd say just bring the damn channel to YouTube TV
  15. It does make sense when you put it that way.. I lost the channel when I cut the cord, and never sought it out after Desus and Mero moved to Showtime so I'm not as up on their current programming. I thought that stuff was mainly contained to their online stuff and the news show on HBO. If there's more of that crossover nowadays I could see it
  16. You'd think Hoodslam would be a natural fit. I had a feeling they were going to get into wrestling after those documentaries were so well received, but I never would've guessed it could end up being NJPW.
  17. I don't follow MMA closely but isn't Bellator owned by Viacom? Maybe they themselves would make a play and put it on MTV or CBS or Paramount?
  18. Im picturing him yelling "YOUVE NEVER BEEN TO WAR!!" at these two regular ass corporate employees
  19. I accidentally cancelled mine because someone stole my identity (though I dunno who the hell would wanna be me) so I never updated my payment info. I haven't missed it really. NXT is on USA, I don't watch the main shows so PPVs no longer interest me, and if I wanna watch old WCW I just hit up YouTube or go over to @Hoarrs site and go down the rabbit hole of clips
  20. Yea I maybe didn't articulate myself well on that one, I'm gonna take the L. I just mean that I get the feeling that the literal letters W W E aren't as identifiable in the public consciousness as W W F.
  21. The brand "WWE" really doesn't have that much going for it. Maybe because I live in the northeast US, but if anyone ever makes a jokey reference or a "hey remember that guy" they almost always say WWF.
  22. The real value in WWE is the library/Network. Whoever buys them could probably turn a small profit without even running any shows. If the goal is to actually run a wrestling promotion, Its hard to think of a reason why a company would buy and gut WWE rather than go after an ROH, Impact, MLW, or NWA, or someone of that size. Or start from scratch, like a wrestling version of Bellator.
  23. They could go backyard style and just have the crowd be the rest of the locker room
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