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[MGFanJay]

Yeah, but at least he actually did it smoothly. I was watching some USWA stuff with Lawler and every time he did the "no weapon grab" spot it looked like he was just playing with himself.

[Windhamryche]

Is Comcast in NO. VA the only system not getting the shorties or Hall of Fame categories this month? Week 2 and still no sign of them.

[MGFanJay]

I thought the selection of new content was a bit lean this month - that explains why.

[sydneybrown]

MGFanJay, on Apr 10 2012, 06:56 PM, said:

I thought the selection of new content was a bit lean this month - that explains why.

You should have gotten about 21 entries last week (4 this week.)  I actually thought this was one of the stronger months, content-wise.

Starrcade 84 wasn't as bad as I remembered it, but it still wasn't a very good show.  Way too many botches from the booking to the ring announcer screwing up finishes to make it a great show.  It was a decent house show that was treated like a huge deal.  But that main event was terrible.  So bad that the fake Dusty Rhodes music was far and away the highlight.  And Gordon Solie was AWFUL here.  Bob Caudle just ran circles around him.

Steamboat-Tully was a classic.  Still one of my favorite 80s NWA matches.

[montecarl]

WWF Mania!!!

God Todd Pettingil was such a douche

[CanadianChris]

sydneybrown, on Apr 11 2012, 11:52 PM, said:

And Gordon Solie was AWFUL here.  Bob Caudle just ran circles around him.

All of the finishes that confused Solie and/or Caudle annoyed the hell out of me.

[MGFanJay]

montecarl, on Apr 18 2012, 08:49 PM, said:

WWF Mania!!!

God Todd Pettingil was such a douche

I loved his act when I was 9...man has it not aged well.

[MGFanJay]

Roddy and Ace come out to THE most '70s porno music ever on the new TNT.

And man is it ever weird to see Moolah and Mae in the Original Sheik section. Guess WWE didn't feel like licensing much footage for him.

[hammerva]

Watching Nitro now and did Jim Neidhart go into business for himself in that match against Jericho.  That was a confusing ending to say the very least

The Sheik Hall of Fame documentary was pretty good even though there wasn't much footage to work with.  There is an awesome Paul Ellering Georgia promo where the Sheik is just wandering around the camera chewing and eating a piece of wood like it is a candy bar.

[sydneybrown]

According to Jim Ross, two new Roundtables are being shot tonight:

History of RAW and Hardcore Wrestling.  Panelists are JR, Hayes, Patterson, and Road Dogg.

[Petey]

sydneybrown, on May 23 2012, 07:46 PM, said:

According to Jim Ross, two new Roundtables are being shot tonight:

History of RAW and Hardcore Wrestling.  Panelists are JR, Hayes, Patterson, and Road Dogg.

Interesting about Road Dogg. He was part of a hot act during a hot period and I think he has the potential to be an interesting listen (not kidding, am I nuts?).

But why more Michael Hayes? He's awful.

[The Victator]

Road Dogg did two great shoot interviews. So I'm sure he will be great.

[MoeCristyV.1.6]

hammerva, on May 13 2012, 04:20 PM, said:

Watching Nitro now and did Jim Neidhart go into business for himself in that match against Jericho.  That was a confusing ending to say the very least

"Niedhart" ;)

But really, what the hell was that?

[Phantom Lord]

I watched the Prime Time Wrestling last night with Monsoon and Piper as hosts that was a couple weeks before Summerslam 89. Some of the promos you could just see who was and wasn't on cocaine. Tully and Arn being all hyper on The Brother Love show was quite amusing.

Brutus Beefcake saying he would basically kill everyone in the Meadowlands Arena by cutting the supports just to save Miss Elizabeth from Savage/Zeus/and Sherri was quite WTF. I liked how Hogan was the subdue one in the promo while Beefcake was the crazy one.

Then there was The Bobby Heenan show. Aside from clips I honestly never watched one before and it was all improv, right? But I'm guessing this was the episode that got it canned because it was the one with the adult film star Heather Hunter. God bless Bobby for rolling with it though. Man what a train wreck though with that old lady who smoked. By the end Bobby wanted to crawl away into a hole. What was Jamison's deal again? For the comedic foil he wasn't too funny.

[sydneybrown]

Phantom Lord, on May 31 2012, 12:26 AM, said:

I watched the Prime Time Wrestling last night with Monsoon and Piper as hosts that was a couple weeks before Summerslam 89. Some of the promos you could just see who was and wasn't on cocaine. Tully and Arn being all hyper on The Brother Love show was quite amusing.

Brutus Beefcake saying he would basically kill everyone in the Meadowlands Arena by cutting the supports just to save Miss Elizabeth from Savage/Zeus/and Sherri was quite WTF. I liked how Hogan was the subdue one in the promo while Beefcake was the crazy one.

Then there was The Bobby Heenan show. Aside from clips I honestly never watched one before and it was all improv, right? But I'm guessing this was the episode that got it canned because it was the one with the adult film star Heather Hunter. God bless Bobby for rolling with it though. Man what a train wreck though with that old lady who smoked. By the end Bobby wanted to crawl away into a hole. What was Jamison's deal again? For the comedic foil he wasn't too funny.

The show edited out the finish where Hunter takes her top off in front of Bobby (with her back to the camera) and Heenan collapses.   I'm pretty sure the reason the Heenan show got canned was because the ratings dropped hard between Prime Time and Heenan, though I seem to recall reading that in a PWI article, so take that with a grain of salt.

Jameson was funny on the first episode when he wasn't overdoing the supernerd schtick and played it dry instead.  That first segment and the fact that they had the balls to put on a real porn actress in kiddie-friendly 1989 were the only highlights of The Bobby Heenan Show.

[montecarl]

I seem to remember reading or hearing somewhere that WWF was contracted for a 2 hour wrestling show on Mondays and USA did not consider The Bobby Heenan Show to be wrestling, so they canned it

[MGFanJay]

Wow, this is one of the best months of updates I've seen since getting the service a couple of years ago. It was worth the $7 a month just to hear Teddy say HOMIE DON'T PLAY DAT! The Royal Family vs. Young Pistols, with SHINY GOLD CHAPS and jackets was at least a hell of a sight for entrances. Kinda surprised Zenk's "I'M TIRED OF YOUR SHIT!" during the leghold before his enziguri didn't get bleeped. New dream match - modern Brock vs. Hansen or Vader.

[Irving]

To me it's all been worth it to hear Dusty call the JWP match..... "SOOKIE  YAMASAKI!" "MISS A JUST KICKED MIKI HANDA RIGHT IN HER HANDA"

[UncleCoaster]

To me, it has all been worth it to see King Curtis Iaukea playing the role of sweet grandpa.

[hammerva]

MGFanJay, on Jun 2 2012, 07:24 AM, said:

Wow, this is one of the best months of updates I've seen since getting the service a couple of years ago. It was worth the $7 a month just to hear Teddy say HOMIE DON'T PLAY DAT! The Royal Family vs. Young Pistols, with SHINY GOLD CHAPS and jackets was at least a hell of a sight for entrances. Kinda surprised Zenk's "I'M TIRED OF YOUR SHIT!" during the leghold before his enziguri didn't get bleeped. New dream match - modern Brock vs. Hansen or Vader.

Don't remember anything about the Royal Family before but how someone could think that Jack Victory is British is laughable at best.    Although since the other one is Rip Morgan I guess they were trying to do a rip off of the Sheepherders

Seeing a Joshi match on a WCW PPV is a bit suprising but not suprising that it is so far the best match on the show.   People in Arizona loved Bobby Eaton which is confusing.   I would think that a State Patrol gimmick would have over huge in Arizona.  I guess the anti-immigration feeling wasn't that strong in 1991