Cobra Commander

JR and Jesse called Starrcade 92 which had Simmons vs Doc

I guess they could have had Steamboat working a bunch of lucha guys in WCW if they don't mind Steamboat being larger than his opponents. I don't think they would have asked Ricky to work in the Cruiserweight division even if it's possible that his legit weight was under 225 because it would have been a demotion and, once again, being the underdog while larger than his opponents might take some extra work think of it like Steamboat as being sort of the gatekeeper of WCW cruiserweights trying to get into the heavyweight ranks

It's probably hard to separate between Ricky and Bonnie in regard to Ricky's business but yeah I could see Ricky Steamboat having some good matchups in 96/97/98 ECW if he didn't mind the rest of the promotion and they could sorta work him in a bubble. Steamboat vs Bam Bam would be amazing. Steamboat may or may not jell great with Sabu. Steamboat vs Candido or Storm would have went over great at the time.

Ricky Steamboat slumming it a tad in 1990 in NAWA/SAPW makes me wonder what sort of random stuff he would have been doing in 1998 if he had stayed healthy and left WCW. I suspect he probably would have been working Carolinas nostalgia feds in 98 with Omega people wishing they could book him. Steamboat would have been the babyface Smoky never had if he was available to them. Although if he had stayed in WCW, there’s no shortage of awesome matches he could have had. Steamboat vs heel Eddie would have ruled so hard. Steamboat vs 1998 Jericho makes me think that, the Jericho/Malenko feud really had the temperament of a Ricky feud. The heel is gonna do some awful things to our hero and our hero is gonna get his revenge by wrestling him. They probably would have booked Steamboat/Savage in 1997 and had it be nowhere near as good as WM3. But Ricky could have been the dude hovering from being friendly with DDP, Sting, Flair, Piper depending on the week. insert obligatory “turn Ricky heel” idea that wouldn’t have worked

I think Pillman would have been considered a small linebacker by the standards in the 80s

Lots of Vault stuff today 14 minutes of hardcore title defenses Hardyz/Lita vs Test/Albert/Trish A March 1998 house show from Anaheim Vader vs Cactus from The Main Event in March 1993 The March 98 house show has this match list. Possible some of those matches are not in the upload

Miami-Ohio is 31-0 after beating Ohio 110-108 in OT

the CBB subreddit likes to go in hard on "smaller conferences shouldn't have tournaments" when their 1 seed loses. I suspect that sentiment isn't gonna be too prevalent after the 1 seed loses by 21

Elegante, the name for Jorge Gonzales "elegant" gimmick

"Let's put one of those beefy arms back on him for good measure"

Watching Vader/Shamrock in the NHB match. Some of the reviews I read mentioned how the WWF crowd didn't quite know what to do with the match. While a % of every WWF crowd only watched WWF, it's worth mentioning that this match was in Richmond, VA. The WWF did run a lot of TV in Richmond during the mid-90s but it's not the Northeast. So, there's more JCP/WCW style fans there than most 1997 WWF markets and the concept of Shamrock lifting Vader did get pops (imagine how dead a crowd would have to be for "this smaller guy just lifted up a 400 pounder" to not get a pop. It was a fun match even within the restraints of the time. I didn't realize that Shamrock getting fucking pasted by a strike happened directly before the finish of the match. Also, the Lion's Den Match from Summerslam 98 is still lots of fun.

random-ish thing I noticed a time or two on Wednesday: there were probably a few moments where AEW could have replayed something that just happened. One example being the Bailey kick on MJF postmatch. During matches, the style doesn't really lend itself to too many WWF Double Feature style replays, but they could probably sprinkle in the occasional replay even if some might think replaying something within a minute or it happening is unnecessary Then again I have a remote that can rewind what i'm watching, so I just did that.

The Great Mota, what Manny Mota did after baseball. and today on the Vault, 2 1/2 hours of Ken Shamrock

one of these Thursdays will see an hour long video from the WCW YouTube of dudes that showed up for a month in 1990 WCW

the Zoe Hines signing makes me think of a "too complex for Wrestling" storyline of a nepohire who actually wants to not be seen as a nepohire, but their relatives won't shut the fuck up about how they got him/her the job through connections then again, I liked the "David Flair is winning matches in 1999 through chicanery" WCW storyline that was unpopular since David Flair was a bad worker and internet people of 1999 wanted a Benoit title reign instead