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My favorite Juvi moment is when he first saw Prince Iaukea in his "Artist" gimmick and he said something like, "wow, they finally found something for the worst wrestler in the company to do". I wish I could find that on youtube.

Why did Wendall Cooley never get a run in the NWA or WWF? He seemed to have a look Vince would've liked. I never actually saw him wrestle but I remember reading a lot about him in the Apter mags and thinking he'd show up in the big leagues at some point.

What proof do you have that La Parka isn't a ghost? I used to do this. I would bail after the baby got his shine, and then walk about halfway around the ring. When the ref started to count, I would make a "T" with my hands and call a time out. When the ref denied me the TO and the fans started to give me shit for asking, I would then look at the ref and tap my shoulders, and say "I only need a 20"... Which really seemed to piss folks off. Kudos. Also, please tell me that after pulling off a clever move on a face, that you used to tap your head to show how smart you were. I always got a kick out of that.

A couple more observations from the Mid-South dvd 1. Heels attempting to call timeout to stem the onslaught of the babyfaces needs to come back 2. We're way overdue for another tar and feathering or painting a yellow stripe down someone's back angle

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No, those matches did not have commentary in original form.Wow. I'd have been totally okay with that, as opposed to the alternative. 2013 Jim Ross admonishing 1980s Mr. Wrestling II for walking out on Magnum really fucks up the moment for me. That was a really well done angle. I wonder if something like that would fly today. A vet on the downside of his career takes a young up and comer under his wing and then turn on him.

Agreed. That was brutal. They should've just had him sit down with guys who were involved in the matches and just gone over stories behind the match, what each guy was thinking during their spots, etc. For instance like when Cole sat down with RVD/Eddie and they talked about their RAW ladder match or when Cole and Jericho did commentary over Jericho's match with HBK at Mania and a couple of other matches on Y2J's set. Also, what was the deal with them even needing to use updated commentary in the first place? Was the audio in those matches just not usable? Most of those JR in 2013 matches seemed like they were taped for tv so they wouldn't have been bereft of commentary in the first place.

Orlando Jordan has had some pretty hideous hairstyles

Good to see other Virginians here. I'm a 434'er in Charlottesville.

You have to throw in a pregnancy angle as well. Perhaps a DNA triple threat match with Cena, Dykstra and D-Bry. Nikki starts pushing a stroller around with everyone wondering if a baby is actually in there and the big reveal is that it's just a picture of Goldust or Yoshi Tatsu.

It looked like a white person's hand that was feeding the zombies.

Shane seemed to think she was good in bed (or in the dirt of a forest as it where).

A worst haircut in wrestling discussion is not complete without mentioning Rocky Maivia's poodle perm and Tyson Kidd's forelock or whatever the hell it was called.

Terra Ryzing has something to say about that

If they wanted to, they could play up that whole Sheamus/Orton/Show team that fought The Shield and mention how Orton kept questioning Show's loyalty. That would be too easy, though. That happened more than three weeks ago so no one remembers.

That was my thought as well. As he was setting up for it, I thought that would've been a great way to "make" him into a legit guy. Hits Cena with a death move and pins him. Oh well.

Is that Heenan he's throwing salt at? That's ... weird ... I thought Fuji had gone into managing by the time Heenan arrived ... and I don't remember Heenan doing commentary till sometime after he came in. Plus, they're both heels. Why would Fuji fuck with Heenan? Fuji stepped into the ring occasionally in his later years. WMV was the last time I actually saw him wrestle on tv but I'm sure there were others after that. As to why he would fuck with Heenan, Fuji was a notorious ribber. He was probably just having some fun.

That was exceptional; great job dude. Thanks. I've been wanting to write about it for a while, and I was randomly found myself watching that match and thought "that was kinda fun, but why?" and realized the answer was the commentary. Then I thought about how commentary makes meaningless matches feel worth your time and it's because of real world motivations. Characters today don't even have strong motivations other than "I wanna get you." If The Shield interfered in a match the Uso's were wrestling and the Usos lost, what does that mean? Yeah, the Usos lost, but what did they lose? They'll get a title shot next week. There's no concept of winner's purse, so they didn't lose money either. They just looked foolish for a moment, that wasn't even their fault. If they lose, their opportunity at becoming the faces of the company or having a Wrestlemania moment will be severely hindered. Think about all of the momentum that would be lost if they drop a match!

That was a good piece of work.

And the first ten thousand of those reasons are that glorious mullet. I think the Eaton/Lane/Cornette version of MX is my favorite. Their feud with The Fantastics ----> short feud with Arn and Tully ------> murder at the hands of the newly-turned Road Warriors is one of my favorite things that I have ever seen out of one team. They were just so awesome and this is my favorite Cornette work on the mic ever. The Shield has to swipe that finish to win the belts back from The Rhodes Boys. Could you imagine the sympathy heat if they beat the hell out of Goldust before the match and then left Cody to fend for himself for a while during the match? Goldust valiantly but foolishly tags in and gets speared by Reigns. I think that'd be a great way to kick-off a Cody main event push too. Let him hold his own for a while but they eventually get taken down by numbers. Cody looks strong and can go from there.

Beautiful Bobby is one of my favorite guys of all of the times. I was super excited as a kid when he won the tv title and bummed that he lost it so quickly.

I found my Best of Starrcade 83-87 double vhs that I bought back in the early 90's and was watching the Midnight's/Warriors scaffold match and Bobby is so awesome during it. My favorite part is when Bobby starts climbing and Cornette begs him "please Bobby, don't go...you'll get killed" and Bobby is like "Nope, I gotta do this". Beautiful Bobby is a man's man. Holy shit, I used to have that vhs as well. Lost it during a move.