I so beat you to the Newhart Finish, Hoff.
I'm still waiting for Steph and the creative staff to utilize the Newhart Finish as a way to end something like the Brand Extension, the championship nonsense, the World Wrestling Federation, something.
Sorry if I missed it. I haven't read most of this thread. And yeah, once Steph takes the reins, and if/when they bring in more sitcom writers, I could actually see them working such an angle into something. Sad but true.
S'ok, I admire your good judgment in bypassing the majority of this. I wish O culd say the same. If Raw hits Vermont after they hire the sitcom writers, we're sure to see the Newhart Finish. JR and King can be those two cranky old men that were always bugging Bob Newhart. HHH and Stephanie can be Michael and Stephanie. And instead of being hit with a golf ball, Vince McMahon can just fall into a convienently placed pile of clangy pipes. We may be copying 80s sitcoms, but we'll copy them using the WWE style. And then Vince wakes up on the set of Prime Time Wrestling in 1993, sitting at the roundtable with Bobby Heenan, Roddy Piper, and Hillbilly Jim. He had the craziest dream that they moved to that country-music station, ran WCW out of business, and there were these three strange brothers that were always smashing tables.
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