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I want to meet a Packer fan from since the '50s. That guy would have some serious fucking horror stories. Wasn't Nixon at the first game of Lambeau Field?

Bruno Sammartino headlined this day for 7 consecutive years.

Amazing.

2 1/2 weeks til preseason starts? Damn,

Along with the Pearl Jam show at the Gorge, I will also be checking out the Bumbershoot fest in Seattle the weekend after. Should be right swell. http://www.bumbershoot.org Any reccomendations? Other people goin?

I think my head would explode if Green Bay had a losing season. I dont know how folks handled the 50's and 80's.

It wasn't Slaughter that forced the smaller venue change; the company as a whole was in the crapper. They had been selling tickets for the Olympic Stadium almost from the moment WrestleMania 6 was over. Slaughter didn't come back until August and he wasn't in the title picture until January. As far as why it continued past WrestleMania ... WrestleMania was their first match. There was still money to be made from it. They had a several month run and had a series of Persian Gulf (No DQ) matches in the late summer. They usually involved Hogan shooting a fireball in Slaughter's face en route to winning. Another reason is that they just didn't have much top heel talent. Savage was "retired", Dibiase was working with Virgil and hadn't been in the title picture for quite a while ... that leaves us with Slaughter. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Its too bad Hennig was buried by Hogan in 1990 then hurt in '91.

Charlie Haas. Give Haas a nice push as a babyface for a few months. Turn Raven against him with the 'RH' wristbands or whatever down the line. That should make for a nice hot feud.

Milwaukee is looking really promising/dangerous right now with Overbay/Lee/Jenkins all hitting the ball well for the first time all year.

Pearl Jam - Leatherman

This is the most dissapointing rawmvp thread ever.

Im guessing that GAB will lead to Taker vs. Bradshaw vs. Batista at SummerSlam.

Miles Davis

My prediction from this week - Both Lamont Peterson and John Duddy will fight for world championships one day.

Vader tapped out to Owen's sharpshooter? Damn.

Didnt Pat retire on good terms with the company?

William Burroughs probably was the smartest writer ever. Somehow, despite his years as a narcotics afficianado, he still spoke with an inteligent eloquence into is 70s. He was like a smaked out Adlai Stevenson.

Big Show should be salvaged with real push as a monster. It should start with feud with Carlito...Carlito gets counted out to retain title, Show chokeslams him off stage, non title match squash for Show. Then he beats everybody til hes a believable main event monster again. Too bad theres not many jobbers left...

Im looking forward to the Duddy fight as well. Ive never seen him but hopefully we get another Ward/Hatton-esque guy on American tv.

But that wasnt Bockwinkle's fault. He was definitly one of the best heel champs ever, and the template that JBL and HHH have tried and failed to match the last couple of years.

If I recall correctly (considering I didn't see that game firsthand), the referee or something botched a call that pretty much spelled doom for the Giants. I think they get a pass here. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, the call at the end was bullshit...but theres still no excuse for NY even letting SF back into that game. Shit was pretty funny though.

Its now official for October 8. Sho.com lists two fights right now, and one TBA. Coralles-Castillo 2 and Arce-Hussein 2. Boxrec.com lists Carlos Hernanez' unconfirmed opponent as journeyman Bobby Pacquiao, who is coming off an upset ko over Carlos Navarro. That fight would be a wbc superfeatherweight eliminator. All 3 fights should be 12 rounds. This is great news for boxing fans and a definitly classic card.

Quick notes on tonights ESPN2 card... Art Simonyan (IBF #9) vs. Agapito Sanchez (IBF #10) is for the minor USBA title. The winner will likely fight IBF champ Israel Vasquez in their next fight or two. Vasquez is the only man to beat Simonyan so far. Clinton Boldridge (3-3) has replaced Giuseppe Kidd. If this fight does get shown, expect a quick ko for Malachy Farrell.

Yeah, after 1997/8 the Bills officially moved ahead of the Broncos for biggest AFC chokers. But no team is sadder than Minnesota...besides those hilarious '98 and '00 seasons they are also 0-4 in Super Bowls.

I didn't really mean the nu-metal remark... If new things from combinations dont count than rock 'n' roll is out as well. I think Moby was onto a major innovation with Play. Blending something so raw, organic, and ancient with the newest technology and styles is a powerful way expose listeners to something new and unique. The songs at that disc have a deep emotional quality that is pretty much its own. I think this record idea was something that should really be built further on.