Yo-Yo's Roomie

It was Bret who told the story.

Andre could imbibe the Freebirds' weight in liquor and still be stone cold sober.

Wrestling is best when people get emotionally involved and give a shit what is happening to the characters. People are pissed because they wanted their boy to get his revenge, and he didn't. That's a good thing. Fuck chilling out and watching wrestling. That isn't nearly as much fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We-wqWtJadw

I hated Jericho's heel persona in WCW. Found it totally obnoxious. So it worked. Funny how sometimes you'll get totally worked by a great heel, and other times you'll totally embrace them. Anyway, I never really liked Jericho again after that. Whoever said Rock is a terrible babyface is bang wrong. By 2000 he was a really good working babyface, super sympathetic seller and timed his comebacks really well. And charismatic of course. I always found his character annoying though, so my favourite version of the Rock is probably sporadic comeback Rock. I can just appreciate him more that way. Some others: 1997 Bret is my favourite character/run ever Mankind from his debut up to about mid-98 King Bookah Veteran superworker Goldust from (was it?) 2011 Power of the punch Regal/Ruthless Roundtable Regal ECW champ Christian (yeah, ECW was awesome) WCW heel Eddy Paranoid attention-starved Steve Austin Pillman was a much better babyface worker, but I always loved his heel characters. Hart Foundation era is probably the best version, but the beginnings of that character as the Loose Cannon Horseman was top notch too Horseman Windham

That's what she said?

Is mixed the right word? I really don't think we're supposed to be talking about this.

Didn't Ziggler's brother take to twitter to blast Bill DeMott and talk about the alleged environment of sexual harrassment/abuse in developmental? I would think that would be more damaging that saying the rookies can't work a crowd. Also, Ziggler could do a lot worse than being another Edge-type.

Let's hope he doesn't end up another Kanyon ( I don't mean killing himself - although obviously I don't want that either).

The company has a strange insistance on pushing relentlessly pushing AJ at the expense of anyone else she's connected to. Call it the Stacy Factor if you like. So, whatever they do, it ends with AJ, AJ and more AJ!

The thing is, instead of the split brand ppvs making the lower card guys seem important by putting them on ppv, it just made the ppvs look weak for having a bunch of jobbers on them.

1997 WWF is my favourite year for wrestling by a country mile. My favourite match (Canadian Stampede 10-man), favourite feud (Bret/Austin going into US/Canada), favourite faction (Hart Foundation), and the best work of my favourite wrestler (8-Ball).

Best match was probably Batista/'Taker from 'Mania 23. I saw a Vader/Cactus Jack match and a Sting and Dustin Rhodes Vs Orndorff and Windham bunkhouse match when I was younger, but I don't remember how good they were. Worst was probably a divas match, or that Chavo/Hornswoggle cow head match, but I just tune shit like that out. Harder to tune out something long and tedious like the Michaels/Cena match from Wrestlemania.

Jesus Christ, that poor jobber getting killed by the Beverlys.

Best book I ever read. Maybe the best book ever written. Love that line from Heller, when someone noted to him that he never wrote anything else as good as Catch-22, his reply was "well, who has?"

The former fans I know often say that they don't watch anymore because too many of the wrestlers are just like normal people. No gimmicks, it's just 'regular named guy' vs 'regular named guy'. They're bored when they watch because there's no-one to really catch and hold their attention.

That new show Stacy is hosting sounds like a terrible idea, and I can't see how it will possibly be good.

The problem (apart from not being in the ring ourselves to know exactly what is going on) is that there are a few different ways to define 'carry'. I imagine when someone talks about Kane carrying young talent, they mean that he is, in a sense, leading them through the match, thereby helping them to understand how to work the style asked of them. Generally, when I think of a wrestler carrying someone, I think of a guy being so good that he/she can take a wrestler lacking talent (or one whom, for some other reason, isn't capable of holding up his end in a match, a la Bulldog at Summerslam 92) and work a good/great match with them. Most carriable wrestler is probably someone who wasn't in a deal of great matches, because when someone is, you have to start to think that maybe, just maybe, they have something to do with it. Nash seems like he might be a good answer.

Who are the Wyatts programmed with again?

Just sent my ballot. Can you confirm you got it when you get a chance, Rippa? Also, might be worth pinning this topic for easy access.

More job evaluations and GM shuffling. Will WWE ever move on from this?

I think Kimmy Clijsters is cute. Kinda shocked that people would think she's ugly.

Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2v9gNFmIxc On the other hand, I've just watched Rock/Angle from the ppv before WM17, when Rock wins the belt back, and it's pretty obnoxious in that Kurt Angle way. Amongst other things, he was so business-exposingly shitty at timing his nearfall kick-outs. Just had to wait as long as possible to get the maximum pop.