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I'm surprised Masters hasn't used it yet. I'm sure he will sooner or later, along with a running forearm of doom and a rude reverse neckbreaker.

Who in the Sam Hell is Kevin Green? Kevin Greene was a football player. I thought Slamboree 1997 was okay, and the main event was some goofy fun that wasn't HORRIBLE as I expected it to be. As for me, I have ALWAYS loved Wrestlemania 9 even though so many others hate it. You have the coolest atmosphere of any WM ever, two great matches to start off the show, Razor over goofy ass Backlund in a fun squash, DOUBLE DOINKS~!, the horrible Giant Gonzalez match that's worth it for comedy value, and Luger/Perfect and Bret/Yoko matches that really aren't that bad. The ending to the show sucks, but what can ya do. I also agree with Uncensored 1999, which was mentioned earlier. I picked this up for really cheap a few years later and was surprised that it was actually a very fun show. I always liked WWF Ground Zero, simply for a great HBK/Taker match, a good Bret/Patriot match, and some fun stuff with Steve Austin. WCW Souled Out 1998 is a great show that nobody has ever seen...it's really hard to get a hold of. I've always loved Summerslam 1995. Great stuff with the ladder match, 123 Kid/Hakushi, Skip/Horowitz, and Bret trying to carry Kane/Isaac Yankem. Summerslam 1999 is a great show you don't usually hear too much about. I'll stop now before I go on all night.

Remember when jobber matches used to always be over in a minute or two? It's weird they now give them 5-6 minutes.

Good idea with the muscle buster. Black Hole Slam is kind of like Bossman's old slam. They come off the ropes, and he grabs them into a swinging uranage type slam thing.

I love Chris Hero's Hangman's Clutch. Like an STF, but with more of a cravat hold on the neck. Cool stuff. Stretch plum is another good submission. Low Ki's dragon clutch looks great, though I don't know if a lot of guys would want to take it because it looks painful to be in. It would be cool to see someone start using a superplex for a finisher again. Cross armbreaker/jujigatame is another great submission. There are so many good submissions out there and they give Chris Masters the friggin' full nelson. Cobra clutch leg sweep is kinda cool, or just the cobra clutch is general. Have Slaughter pass the move on to somebody. Chandler McClure, a midwest indy guy does a move called the Touchdown which could work. It's sort of like Bubba Ray's Bubba Bomb except with the guy facing him and not away from him, and he hooks something other than a full nelson but I can't quite remember what. I was always surprised during the Russo days that a cruiserweight didn't use a small package as a finisher, and then they could make jokes about him having a "small package". Someone should bring back the Texas Cloverleaf. Also, what about Luger's Torture Rack? Indy guy Roderick Strong does some awesome backbreakers that could be used. Half nelson into a backbreaker, powerbomb into a backbreaker, over the shoulder (like A-Train used to do), etc. I'm surprised someone hasn't stolen Abyss' Black Hole Slam. Nobody is currently using an inverted DDT, or an Implant one like Goldust's Curtain Call. And finally, what about the HEART PUNCH???

The funny thing about Heenan's is that he apologized to Bischoff and Eric didn't even know that he had dropped the F-Bomb live on the air. The Bret Hart one doesn't really count since it was completely planned. But that's a great segment.

I really hope MNM gets on one of the main rosters. They're so damn good.

Apparently this is the guy: Dennis Rader, age 59.

Was Tatanka's winning streak a myth? Looking over Cawthon's site, it looks like he lost several house show matches to Rick Martel in the summer of 1992.

This isn't really an old school question, but is there any particular reason why Greg Valentine was so crazy over with the fans at Wrestlemania 20? Also, who are some guys who will NEVER make it to the WWE HOF because of personal issues with Vince or others? Savage, possibly?

Anyone know what MNM's entrance music is? EDIT: Nevermind, it's "Superstar" by Saliva.

Hello Dave, I have a question, you've probably heard it before but I hoped you could still answer: What is the truth behind Hogan winning the title at Wrestlemania 9? Was the original plan to have Bret beat Yoko then face Hogan at Summerslam, but Hogan said Bret was too small? Thanks, Ray Smith. DM: A funny story. I don't think anyone knew Hogan was winning the title ahead of time, and it may have been a last minute plan. I do know that as of the day before the show, Hart didn't even know he was losing to Yokozuna, and considered it kind of unprofessional, because he did assume he was, to not be at least told ahead of time. Hart and I were not friends by any means at the time, but I do know he contacted a mutual friend to find out if I knew what the finish was, and this was the day before the show. I assumed Yokozuna was winning, but also didn't know for sure. After Hogan won, the idea was for Hart to beat Hogan for the title, to firmly establish Hart as the new big star, at SummerSlam 1993. Hogan didn't want to lose to Hart, and quit the company, but agreed to drop it to big Yokozuna instead of small Hart at King of the Ring, and then after fulfilling house show commitments, quit. Hogan was already working for New Japan and WWF at the same time, which led to some issues when Hogan did an interview in Japan on the New Japan TV show, saying that the IWGP title was a much bigger deal than the WWF title, because anyone could win the WWF title, but you have to be a great wrestler to hold the IWGP belt. You can imagine Vince McMahon and all of the WWF's reaction to that. Hogan soothed their feelings by saying he never said it and was misquoted. Only problem was, it was not a print interview but an interview shown on the New Japan show, but I don't think anyone in WWF ever saw the tape so they believed Hogan.

People are more interested in storylines and such as opposed to wrestling, I guess! And it WAS the climax of all that build. You know WWE is gonna take notice of that rating.

CHICAGO TO HOST WRESTLEMANIA 22, ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE THIS FRIDAY by Mike Johnson @ 10:00:00 PM on 2/23/2005 Chicago, Illinois will host Wrestlemania 22 in April 2006, according to an article in Illinois newspaper The Des Plaines Journal. An official announcement will be made this Friday to the local media, according to the newspaper, which cites a press release from city officials. The show will be held at the Allstate Arena, which features a capacity of close to 20,000 fans. Two previous Wrestlemania events were held in the venue (back when it was known as the Rosemont Horizon prior to a 1999 renovation), a portion of Wrestlemania 2 highlighted by a WWF vs. NFL Battle Royal and Wrestlemania 13 which featured the historic Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin bout that ended up sparking Austin's career and being Hart's final Wrestlemania appearance. As noted earlier this week on PWInsider.com, both Montreal and Calgary, Alberta Canada had been considered as sites for the 22nd annual Wrestlemania event. --PWInsider.com

Very good interview, Meltz's always are.

That rant on Russo is fucking crazy.

For the first time, I got to watch Bret's comeback interview the night after Buried Alive. It's really interesting. Bret talks flat out about how WCW gave him a great offer for a ton of money to come to them and how he thought it over for a long time before deciding to stay in the WWF. The camera cuts to Vince a few times as Bret talks, looking nervous, and then when Bret announces he's staying Vince claps and says "All RIGHT!" Bret admits clean defeat at WM12 to Shawn, but says there's something about Shawn that bugs him and he'll beat him the next time around. He then says that at the Survivor Series he's accepted the challenge of the "best wrestler in the WWF today" Steve Austin. Up to this point, had Vince been acknowledged as the "boss" in the WWF or just an announcer? Was that stuff with him a play to smart fans? Was the stuff Bret said a shoot on Shawn, a start of a build towards WM13, or a little of both? And why did Bret call a heel like Austin the best wrestler in the WWF? Heart felt feelings, something he was supposed to say, or something else?

Apparently Orton vs. Taker has been announced on ads airing on FX.

I was just wondering if there was anything to spurn the sudden transformation from gladiator to cult leader, but I guess he just debuted it out of the blue, huh? Was the group a controversy at all at the time for any racial reasons or was it not really that big of a deal?

Well, all the HBK matches are good. Everything else not so much.

There's a really noticeable shift in creative around Survivor Series 1996, and I'm guessing Russo started to really get creative control around then.

Watching some old RAWs from 1996, the night after Survivor Series 1996 Sunny introduces the NOD. Farooq comes out with Clarence Mason and of course the two rappers (PG-13, right?) leading the way. Was there any setup to this, or did Farooq just all of a sudden go from helmet wearing weirdo do NOD leader? How long did Sunny have anything to do with the NOD? When did D'Lo, Crush, Savio, and all the other members join? Was the gimmick Vince Russo's idea? This was around the time he was getting a lot more creative power in the WWF, and the gimmick sort of seems Russo-esque.

London used a dragon suplex at No Way Out...maybe it was that? P.S - Reigns/Jindrak...the feud everyone was begging for!

Velocity: 1) Spike Dudley vs. Paul London 2) Rene Dupree vs. Scotty 2 Hotty 3) Holly/Haas vs. Mike Kruel and Fred Sampson 4) Booker T vs. Kenzo Suzuki Smackdown: 1) Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams 2) Kurt Angle vs. Matt Martel (Angle Invitational) 3) Chavo vs. Funaki 4) Undertaker vs. Jindrak/Reigns 5) JBL/Orlando vs. Cena/Big Show

More stuff edited in...a Heidenreich POEM~! JBL/Cena TOMFOOLERY~!