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To be fair, I always heard Striker was acting like a bitch, which is why Benoit did what he did. I think someone asked him to go out to drink with them after the show, but he declined in a very snobby and elitist way. He didn't just politely say, "Hey, thanks, but I don't drink. Sorry." He was reportedly being an ass about it. By the way, I think the thread title should trade the term "punches" with "knocked out" to accerlate the awesome (and because Styles legitimately knocked JBL out).

It's already healed, so the chances may be slim. I want to see it too.

I wonder if the Blue Meanie has called Styles yet to thank him.

I find it funny that they state no one wanted to do anything because of JBL's leverage, but at the same time they say Styles may have gained favor from Vince for proving he was a tough guy.

You do realize there's been a thread about this for the last couple hours, right?

Holy SHIT. Who would have thought that the guy who would finally make Bradshaw pay for all his backstage shit would be fucking Joey Styles? That is pretty awesome.

My parents had no problem with it. My Dad casually followed Georgia wrestling in the late-70s/early-80s (something I didn't know until right before he died in '99). He took me to almost every show that came down to the Macon Coliseum from 1992 to about 1997. Before Hulk Hogan arrived, WCW used to come down here about 3 or 4 times a year. WWF rarely showed up since this was a WCW town, a lot less than they do now. They come to Macon about twice a year now. They only came to Macon three times from August 1992 to May 2002. But no, they never once chastised me or made fun of it. They bought every PPV for me from '91 to '98, but told me they had to cut down because there was just too many PPVs now and the prices were increasing. As an adult now, I can understand the burden from going to about 4 WWF and 4 WCW PPVs a year to every month for WWF and WCW and every 2 months for ECW. The only problem was that when I started really watching in '91, it was right when Jake Roberts fed Randy Savage's arm to a fucking cobra and was slapping Elizabeth around, so they were a little leary. Undertaker stuffing jobbers into body bags and carrying them off didn't help, but once they saw how normal it was beyond those characters, they didn't care. As an adult, now I know the reason they didn't care is because all they had to do is take me to Blockbuster Video on Friday after school, rent about two or three wrestling tapes, and they'd have a weekend of nothing from me. I remember my Dad actually laughing his ass off when they did that whole bit with Papa Shango making Ultimate Warrior puke and actually asked him why he thought that was funny. The only backlash came when in February 1996, I got in trouble at school. School had just let out and I was down on the ground getting my stuff. Everyone walked by me and were brushing my head, and I thought someone kept shoving me. So I came up flailing my arms around to keep people off me. Since it was clear to an outsider that no one was trying to do anything to me, my teacher flipped the fuck out and thought I was just randomly trying to punch someone. Despite explaining what happened, she actually called my Mom. It was clear who in our grade liked wrestling, so she called and said, "I think he's been watching too much wrestling. You might want to make him stop watching." My Mom actually believed this shit and while she didn't tell me to stop watching it, she told me I should "start thinking about easing off of it". My Dad said this was a load of bullshit though and told me to change nothing. When my teacher called Dad to explain the situation, my Dad said, "Good. He was defending himself. If he doesn't, people are just going to walk all over him. But if he starts doing more than defending himself, call me back." The only real time it was a problem was when the WWF sent out their little merchandise catalog. I bought something from them in 1994, so I was on their catalog mailing list for years. Of course, everything got much raunchier during the Attitude Era and Sable was a big draw. They sent me their spring 1998 catalog, but the mail went to the P.O. Box at my parent's business. The entire cover Sable on her knees at a beach wearing nothing but a pink thong and sand barely covering her nipples. My parents got so fucking pissed off, but not at me. I never knew they sent that until months later. My Mom said Dad immediately threw it in the trash and said, "Why the hell are they sending this crap to a 13-year-old?" Thank god they never actually watched the show to see what Sable usually ended up wearing every week. But yeah, that was about it. Even after Dad died, my Mom has still never once asked me why I still watch it. In fact, I've started doing a lot of indy work in Georgia as a referee, and she thinks it's the coolest thing in the world that I'm actually in the business now after watching it for so long. I can actually tell her stories about what goes on backstage and I can tell she's geniunely fascinated. She's actually come out to one of the shows before (but I didn't know she was there until it was over). It's pretty cool.

Anyone have the theme Cactus Jack used in 1995 IWA Japan? I used to have it back in 2002 but lost it.

It's a PPV, I'm pretty sure those ratings really don't apply when it comes to PPV. PPVs are subject to the same ratings that regular tv is. Correct. WWE originally wanted a TV-MA rating for the first One Night Stand show, but whoever was supposed to do it didn't. So they had to bleep "fuck" and "shit" to maintain their TV-14.

Or whenever a wrestler misses a move, "___ had it scouted!" EVERYTIME.

The main reason I hate Michael Cole is that nothing that comes out of his mouth feels geniune or natural. Everyone is given the same lines, but Jim Ross is miles ahead of selling the vision naturally than Cole is. I could never fully enjoy Edge's surprise title victory in May 2007 over Undertaker because Cole insisted on screaming about what a "piranha" Edge was and had to use the word "piranha" about 10 times. It was goofy as hell and really took away from the moment. He's done this all the time, such as screaming "WHAT A BULLY!" about 15 times during an A-Train match after they turned up his heel push in 2002. Just annoying shit that feels 100% forced.

Match Listing for WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event DVD has been released. The 3-disc set releases on February 10, 2009 with a SRP of $34.95: DISC 1 Gene Okerlund -- A Must-See Attraction WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton May 11, 1985 Uncle Elmer's Wedding October 5, 1985 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff October 5, 1985 A Trip to the Zoo October 5, 1985 Gene Okerlund -- Field Reporting Halloween Contest November 2, 1985 WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Funk January 4, 1986 Randy Orton Reflects on His Dad Boxing Match Mr. T vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton March 1, 1986 Gene Okerlund -- Settling the Score Snake Pit Match Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat October 4, 1986 Jake "The Snake" Reflects on Saturday Night's Main Event WWE Intercontinental Championship Match "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts November 29, 1986 Gene Okerlund -- The Steel Cage Match Steel Cage Match Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff January 3, 1987 Gene Okerlund -- The 8th Wonder of the World Battle Royal March 14, 1987 Natalya Neidhart Reflects on Her Dad Best 2 out of 3 Falls The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) vs. The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) May 2, 1987 Gene Okerlund -- Insurance Policy WWE Intercontinental Championship Match The Honky Tonk Man vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage October 3, 1987 The Formation of the Mega Powers October 3, 1987 The Union of the Mega Powers "Piledriver" Music Video October 3, 1987 "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart November 28, 1987 EXTRAS First Ever Match on Saturday Night's Main Event Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat & The U.S. Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda) vs. The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, & George "The Animal" Steele May 11, 1985 "Real American" Music Video March 1, 1986 DISC 2 Gene Okerlund -- Turning Back the Clock WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy January 2, 1988 Gene Okerlund -- The Rematch WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant February 5, 1988 Ted Dibiase Reflects on His Dad "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase March 12, 1988 Andre Passes Out March 12, 1988 Hulk Hogan vs. "King" Harley Race March 12, 1988 Gene Okerlund -- Macho Madness "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Andre the Giant November 26, 1988 "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Reflects on His Flag Match Flag Match "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. Boris Zukhov November 26, 1988 WWE Intercontinental Championship Match The Ultimate Warrior vs. The Honky Tonk Man January 7, 1989 Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake Shaves "Outlaw" Ron Bass' Head January 7, 1989 Gene Okerlund -- A Supreme Alliance The Twin Towers (The Big Bossman & Akeem) vs. The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage) February 3, 1989 Gene Okerlund -- A Grueling Encounter Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship Hulk Hogan vs. The Big Bossman May 27, 1989 Best 2 out of 3 Falls The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) vs. The Brainbusters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) November 25, 1989 EXTRAS Brother Love Interviews Hulk Hogan November 26, 1988 "Sweet" Sapphire's Debut "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. The Big Bossman November 25, 1989 DISC 3 Gene Okerlund -- Hulk Hogan vs. The Genius Mr. Perfect & The Genius Destroy the WWE Title November 25, 1989 Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect & The Genius January 27, 1990 Vince McMahon & Jesse "The Body" Ventura on Horseback April 28, 1990 Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Perfect April 28, 1990 Arrogance The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) vs. The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) April 28, 1990 Gene Okerlund -- Intercontinental Competition WWE Intercontinental Championship Mr. Perfect vs. Tito Santana July 28, 1990 Oktoberfest October 13, 1990 20-Man Battle Royal April 27, 1991 Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase April 27, 1991 Gene Okerlund -- FOX Takes Over The Undertaker & "Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan & Sid Justice February 8, 1992 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper Shocks The Mountie February 8, 1992 WWE Intercontinental Championship Match The British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels November 14, 1992 Gene Okerlund -- The Return to NBC Street Fight Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon March 18, 2006 RKO on Hulk Hogan July 15, 2006 5-on-2 Elimination Match D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H) vs. The Spirit Squad (Kenny, Mitch, Johnny, Nicky, & Mikey) July 15, 2006 Gene Okerlund -- One of the Greatest Rivalries in Sports Entertainment WWE Championship Match Edge vs. John Cena July 15, 2006 Gene Okerlund -- Television History EXTRAS Lord Alfred Hayes & Gene Okerlund Go on Safari July 28, 1990 Shawn Michaels Discusses Winning His First Intercontinental Title Matt Hardy Discusses Boxing Evander Holyfield

WWE commentator Michael Cole turns 40 today. Former WWE personality, "The Doctor of Style" Slick, turns 65 today.

Another thing that should have made it clear that it was bullshit is that trying to "cremate" someone alive probably wouldn't qualify for TV-PG.

Well, to be fair, they did have the Flair stuff mapped out all the way back to October '07.

Why are we blacking out things that haven't happened yet and probably won't happen? Stop being paranoid, people. And why is this story even in General Discussion? If there was a subject that needed its own thread, it's this.

What the hell does "spoiling for a fight" even mean?

I'm speaking solely as someone who would have attended those shows before. For the last 5 years, they've done a full-blown episode of Raw or Smackdown with at least 5 or 6 matches. And now they get only 2 matches? What a joke.

Yeah, he did. This was around the time I discovered pro wrestling insider news on the Internet, and that interview Hart did was all over the sites. It was definitely before the PPV.

Wow, what a shitty show. They hauled the TitanTron out there for 2 matches?

Michaels said it was him who sang the Vol. 2 remix.

That actually would have been fucking awesome. Mr. Perfect turning face on Flair and beating him for the WWF Title? That would have been awesome.

WWE Hall of Famer, Hulk Hogan, recently did a radio interview for Eagle 105.7 in Augusta, GA regarding his project, Celebrity Championship Wrestling. In it, he took shots at Vince McMahon. "All of a sudden, Vince McMahon raised his ugly head and thought we were threatening his company and he's been doing everything he can to shut us down. We're not a real wrestling promotion. We're just a reality show." He then explained that Vince had already exposed the business in 1989 when he admitted to the New Jersey State Senate that pro wrestling was pre-determined and that pro wrestlers do not actually attempt to hurt each other. He did this so he could avoid being taxed for his live events in the state. Hogan also mentions Vince exposed the business again when he created the Tough Enough show for MTV. He also took a shot at Triple H. "The biggest expose' is constantly putting the World Title on your son-in-law for the last five or six years. That's probably the biggest expose' I've ever seen, keeping Triple H as champion." It should be noted for irony purposes that Triple H was a big proponent in getting WWE Confidential and Tough Enough cancelled because he felt the shows exposed the business too much.

Just imagine the heat if Jake had actually DDT'd Elizabeth. I'm not sure how acceptable that would have been for 1991 though.

As a mark, the first DX confused me because they never explained why HBK was all of a sudden best friends with Triple H.