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Similar to above, wrestlers must train really hard for elimination matches and wear themselves out as a result. They seem a lot more prone to 3 counts in those matches. However, to defend the above, the kayfabe idea is if you have 60 minutes or 2 more falls to beat your opponent, you're more willing to let yourself be counted to the mat instead of exerting the enormous amount of energy we're to believe it takes to raise a shoulder.

I'm starting my March to Mania countdown tomorrow (and now that it's up to 24 shows, I think I'll be cutting it really, really close if I even make it at all before Mania 25) and I have to say, there are a few blocks of shows that I usually FF my way through and don't look forward to - the 1-5 block (minus 3), the 11-13 block, and Mania 15-18 (minus 17, and I like parts of 18). 6-10 is one of my favourites though (my other being 19 and beyond - all of those shows are very good) so I'm looking forward to that roundtable. Mania 1: It does what it accomplishes, but that doesn't make it something I really want to watch in 2009. I think the show is up on WWE 24/7 now (edit: Nope! Not until next week, so time to break out the VCR) along with an episode of All-American Wrestling that hyped the show. I think deep down this might be why I delayed my countdown until now when I know I should have started in February, but I think I'm going to skip the 24/7 version of the show; yes, my VHS tape won't even play on my HDTV ("No Signal" message) because of terrible tracking errors all of my Mania 1-13 tapes have, but you know what it has that I (assume) the Mania Anthology DVD version 24/7 will use? PRODUCTION CREDITS WITH "AXEL F"! Plus "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and an instrumental version of "Easy Lover" to open the show. To be honest I think I'll watch the digitally cleaned up version on 24/7, then pop in my VHS for the "missing" stuff. On the plus side, while it may be a bit dull, it's the shortest Mania ever. And seriously, was Alfred Hayes "on the joy juice" during some of those segments? He seemed lost. Mania 2: WWE 24/7 has done wonders for my appreciation of this show. Watching all the TNT episodes that hyped this up, getting some background on everything, it made me actually want to watch the show (the video segment on Raw a few weeks ago had the same effect). It has some good and some bad, but again, not a favourite. Mania III: Quite the spectacle and a fun show to watch for all the reasons stated above. My favourite of the early editions. Mania IV: I always get a kick out of how this show is labelled "too long" because it originally came on two tapes - it's about as long as Mania III and shorter than Mania V! That said, yes, it is long and fairly dull. I always thought it was too bad that Steamboat was in the doghouse for taking time off because, though I enjoyed Savage vs. Valentine (probably my 2nd favourite match on the show behind Savage/DiBiase), a face vs. face Savage vs. Steamboat match playing up on history where Savage gets the win and the two shake hands would have been good booking there. V: A long show made passable with the powers of the fast-forward button, but I do enjoy Hogan/Savage. Edit 2: Watching Mania 1 right now, totally forgot I'd be missing out on "Eye of the Tiger" if I watched this on 24/7.

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I meant to DVR the Fey show but forgot. Oh well. Conan got very lucky in that he was bad for two years and had no ratings, but this was television landscape in 1993 and they had no one else to replace him anyway. I think it helped his opposition was Tom Snyder, man that show was boring. The only thing I remember really well was him asking John Lithgow if the "3rd Rock from the Sun" was the planet the alien he played came from, ha! Will 2009 allow Fallon to be terrible for 2 years and give him a chance to live and learn? Time will tell, but if ratings are bad due to the show not being funny enough to capture an audience, maybe NBC will decide they could just air "Classic Conan" and still sell ads for that.

You don't know Spaceman Ross.

Well, both titles belong to SmackDown right now and Vickie is the GM of both shows, so she can have things where she pleases. Just pretend this thought process all went down off camera.

Maybe the contract isn't signed yet? Kinda like when Austin and HHH agreed, and then HHH attacked Austin, THEN signed it. Pure awesome and a cruel sense of irony, if that's the case. Is HHH going to press charges against himself since Orton touched him? I think it was just a one way street.

It is in the US, as far as I'm aware. Was supposed to show a few weeks ago, but Obama's speech ran over and they never showed it. I think by that point the episode was already re-shuffled. The day of the speech (or perhaps even a bit before that), my guide removed the show from series record and said a rerun would be on (which aired in Canada on E! and on the west coast CBS stations).

This thread sounds like a result of my deteriorating mental sanity and unpredictable mood swings. There may be more big TSM announcements forthcoming. Promotions, future endeavours, retirements, etc. TSM will be the first to know.

I spent most of the HHH/Orton segment trying to figure out if the bald security officer was Konnan. I even thought I heard some people in the crowd yelling Konnan! It was good stuff though. I was disappointed the Jericho segment opened the show because I look forward to those the most, but it was good. I was amused that Lillian was in on the bit though. Speaking of Lillian, I noticed she stated the winner of the triple threat was guaranteed entry into the MITB match, so that sounds like good news for Rey and Morrison. I laughed at the Mania 12 recap using a "VINTAGE SHAWN MICHAELS!" soundbyte from Lawler. They had to have done that on purpose. I wish I could have these production people give me a video eulogy when I die as they've been doing a great job of making some very mundane things (WrestleMania 2) sound amazing. I'm glad I'm working days the next two Monday's - the fact I'm literally begging for a match to end by DQ (as soon as I saw Edge get the belt) so I can get the hell out of the house and on my way to work takes a bit away from the show.

I've determined that on top of being TSM's #1 racist, bob_barron is TSM's #1 misogynist. After conducting some interviews with various sources and examining some evidence posts, it's become quite clear Mr. Barron hates 30 Rock because it's Tina Fey's show and he went into an anti-Tina rage (after being in love with her not to far prior) that she "girl powered" up Weekend Update. Two female anchors sent him into a rage (and now he wants Brody and he wants him in a cage). Also Tina turned down an autograph request.

Just for the real record, I keep demanding Ross change his name because he's awful and want to openly mess with him until he goes away. Or changes his name so I don't think Spaceman Spiff is saying stupid things.

Followed what sounded like a Doogie music cue.

SummerSlam was good (and I need it to complete the SummerSlam collection). I thought I heard good things about the Bash but even when it was on 24/7 I missed it (messed up menu).

Ha, you guys are funny.

Yeah, I assume that's the idea. It will still end up HHH/Orton, but Orton will pick Edge first.

Money in the Bank Qualifier: Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Mike Knox. Apparently it's Santino vs. Mark Henry on ECW tomorrow. Also, Randy Orton makes his WrestleMania decision! Absolutely serious comment that isn't a bit: If Spaceman Ross is still "Spaceman Ross" when I read this thread later tonight and is making annoying comments, out the door for him. No one knows what secret hits I make in wrestling country and no one will miss him.

I wrote an exquisitely worded and fantastically exciting preview for SmackDown on Friday. The next few posts for the show took place in the spoiler thread. This was a sad day for SmackDown and my preview writing as I considered this wacky assortment of incredible words to be the 2nd best show preview I ever took the time to pontificate and type out. Since that effort was clearly time wasted (and not time well wasted like watching Winston Spear on "Comedy Network Presents") I do not have the vigour to embiggen the Raw preview with such a cromulent preview. Your loss, Total Scrap Management. I'm sure Twizted will say something negative in an attempt to fluster me as well. Announced: Shawn Michaels vs. Vladimir Kozlov (#1 Contendership bout for the Undertaker Streak Championship match at WrestleMania's 25th Anniversary). Probably Happening: Money in the Bank Contendership Bout.

"Jew dough" is a Jerry Lawler classic.

I didn't realize the SF movie had NO Ryu and Ken at all (I've never bothered looking at a cast list). I also read they have a movie in store for them if this "is a success" which sounds like a cheap ploy to me.

I think at this point you could make the statement "Has [speciality channel] abandoned [niche programming they were designed for]?" and the answer would be "yes" more often than not.

- Something my friends and I made fun of a lot in the early/mid-90s was the magic reviving powers of the ring apron. You could have your ass handed to you, DYING to make the hot tag... and as soon as you do, you're 100% healed and ready to jump in for some 2 on 2 chaos. In my memory, this seemed to happen with Virgil most frequently but I could be remembering completely wrong. - Steve Austin must really have wanted to give someone a piledriver on the floor or concrete based on the amount of times he tried it despite getting backdropped for his efforts. At least Flair hit his top rope moves from time to time. - The hoods of cars are much more devastating than the floor of the parking lot they're parked in. - People who aren't American are naturally evil. "I'm not from here! I have my own customs! Look at my crazy passport!"

I mentioned it in the WWE.com Legacy thread months ago, but speaking of bad venues, there is one that they taped some Raw's from in 1994 that looks like they booked an area warehouse to have it's stock removed and seats for fans put it. It's awful looking.

Did anyone watch the Fog City Wrestling streamed show Saturday evening? It was the pro debut of Todd Bridges but I forgot all about it by 5pm.