The 8th Maxim Randy Mario Poffo Memorial Wrestling Thread

He did. But it was Bret’s idea and SCSA has said many times he trusted Bret explicitly to pull it off. Totally agree with you that without it, the match isn’t even close to what it turned out to be.

 

I also encourage anybody who hasn’t already, to check the Undertaker interviews he’s been doing around his Last Ride documentary.

He did a long one with Bill Simmons and one with Peter Rosenberg, as two that I can remember right now. There were a couple other I listened that I might have to find.

 

Jim Cornette said it best: "It was believable"

 

The NWO thing went on waaay too long and ran me out of watching it pretty much altogether. I've never gone back for more than an hour or two here and there. Nevertheless, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's simple arrival on set was a pretty big moment as well. I'll never forget the crowd screaming, "Diesel! Diesel!" and someone on the broadcast saying something like, "The crowd wants you to do something Bobby," to Bobby Heenan. The Hogan moment eclipsed it by a wide margin, but the early days of NWO was pretty good entertainment.

 

Been watching the A&E docs.


Mick Foley is such a good dude (love).

 

Mick Foley is one of the greatest humans alive.

He did some stuff for a friend of friend with ALS that was above and beyond what would have been above and beyond.

 

If the current rumors are any indication, AEW is about to be lit

 

Or they are about to have too many people with way too much creative control.

 

That would be the one problem I could see coming out of it

I’m going to be in Chicago for Rampage and All Out, so hopefully I’ll get the debut of a certain tattooed superstar. I want to see what that pop is like

 

I've tried, I can't like the young bucks.

 

Way better as heels because they are so douchey

Still, they are like the 8th and 9th best heels in the company. They lost a lot of my good will when they dragged the “will they or won’t they join Kenny and Don and Good Brothers” storyline for about 2 months longer than necessary.

 

Don Callis, on the other hand, is just a fantastic character

 

I like FTR a lot better, I just don't want to see the bucks in the ring

 

Great shithead

 

A true summer of Punk where he goes to Japan, TNA, ROH and AEW with whatever title he wins will be awesome

 

Jericho walking out to the Houston crowd singing Judas a cappella was a lot cooler than I imagined it would be

 

Welp, tonight we are either going to see the pop to end all pops, or the Bulls and Blackhawks are going to make temporary arrangements while repairs are made. Either way, it should be entertaining

 

AEW: We are going to be nothing like the WWE.

Also AEW: Please join us in welcoming…

Big Show
Jericho
Dean Ambrose
Big Show
Mark Henry
Christian
Matt Hardy
Rusev
Goldust
Neville
The Revival
Jack Swagger

Daniel Bryan (?)
CM Punk (?)

 

I mean, all of those guys are being used differently than they were in WWE, except maybe Jericho and Hardy, and outside of Jericho’s title run (which was necessary and very good) those two have mainly just helped elevate younger, homegrown types.

I guess you could argue Christian since he’s getting the title shot at All Out but I don’t think he’s in that spot if Hangman isn’t on paternal leave

Rusev, Ambrose, Neville and the Revival in particular are more interesting now than they ever were.

So I would argue that the way they utilize guys that were in WWE highlights the differences in the product far more than any similarities

And until Punk and Bryan actually walk out, the most over guy in the company (Hangman) has never stepped foot in WWE nor has the most over woman (either Thunder Rosa or Britt Baker)

 

God I love professional wrestling