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You didn't see the little names underneath each guy when they first started talking? Yeah, well it's one of those things where I was back and fourth between the TV and the computer while I was watching it, but I know for a fact Jim Brunzell was on there at least 6 times before they identified him.

I just finished watching the feature portion of the AWA DVD, and it's definitely one of the best ones they've put together yet. Plenty of insight from all the major players in the company, including the Gagne's, Baron Von Raschke, Nick Bockwinkel, Larry Hennig, and others. The Gagne's themselves come off as somewhat sympathetic characters who just wanted to continue to promote gold 'ol fashioned professional wrestling, but just couldn't compete with the circus that was the WWF. It's often debated whether it was Vince Mcmahon's aggressive promoting, or Verne Gagne's refusal to progress with the times that led to the downfall of the promotion. The feature itself seems to imply that it was a combination of both. It focuses on Vince taking his company national, and signing all of the best wrestlers, as well as Verne's boneheaded booking decisions and incessant nepotism. Vince Mcmahon himself comes off in this feature as somewhat mean spirited I think, but at the end of the day, Verne just couldn't compete, and it's his own fault that he let it all slip away. The Gagne's though are also as thick as they ever have been too. They refuse to admit that they ever made any mistakes, and that it was the evil tyrant Vince McMahon that just trampled them for no good reason. They stop short of being bitter, and in the end you kind of feel bad for them in a way. Despite this though, many others like Baron, Bischoff, and Hogan have no problem ripping into Verne and pointing out all of his flaws and some of his sleazier traits as promoter. If I had to say there were any problems with the feature, the only thing that sticks out to me is that there are times when other wrestlers or people involved in the business are speaking whom I don't recognize, and the editors don't do a very good job of pointing out exactly who's who. Definitely don't pass this up. It's very much accessible for all fans, and is nothing at all like those 10 page history lessons Meltzer does every so often in the Observer that bore a lot of fans to tears.

If you're seeing boom mics on the screen in a film, that means it was probably filmed in Flat (1.85:1 aspect ratio) and the moron projecting the film at the theater has the film out of frame.

I just made a cool 700 bucks selling my 20 gig system w/ 2 games and an extra controller on eBay, and I mean 700 dollars profit on top of the initial investment.

I fucked with a whole group in front of Best Buy this afternoon who told me they had been there since Tuesday. I walked up to them with an entire Mcdonalds Big Mac meal and proceeded to eat the entire thing while talking to them. Personally, I was shafted to the second shipment at Gamestop for the 60 gig system, but I have a 20 gig coming tomorrow for definite.

For the record, my comments are not totally unfounded. Both Joel Gertner, and the other fat guy who runs shows here, (Mealy something other I think his name is?) are both Jewish.

The fact of the matter is that not only does CT have strict fire codes, but it's also an extremely vicious independent territory run by jews who are bitter that they can barely draw 150 people to their show in a high school gym while TNA comes in here and does 800 to their show in an actual sports complex. So if anything, it's wasn't Vince who called the fire chief, it was any one of the dozen or so other stupid promoters in the area that wanted to kill their business that did it.

Connecticut has some extremely strong fire and safety codes that are strictly enforced ever since some circus fire in the 40's that killed a couple hundred people, mostly women and children, and injured almost everyone else involved. Plus, that nightclub fire at the Great White concert a few years back just down the way in Rhode Island didn't help much. and I was at that tent show ROH ran, and it was quite the experience to say the least. It was a complete fucking downpour for the whole show, and the tent was only about maybe 15 feet off the ground and there wasn't even enough room under the tent for everyone to fit. It was still a good show regardless, and it at least made for an interesting story.

What a fucking waste of time that was. 40 minutes to drive to Bloomfield, and a quarter of a tank of gas, only to find out the show was canceled. They told me they'd refund my money at least on Monday through Paypal, but I'll believe it when I see it. There may be something to the conspiracy theory though, because one of the members of WWE's Board of Executives is Lowell Weiker, a former Governor in this state, and I can guarantee you he still has connections.

Anyone know the capacity of the old facility? Wow, it's a good fucking thing I checked my computer tonight and saw this, as I would have pissed if I got to East Hartford and found out the show moved. Anyways, everything I heard from people that were familliar with the East Hartford Venue was that there was essentially no room for seating at all. There was maybe space for a ring, about 50 floor seats, and that's it, no bleachers, nothing, it was supposedly just a real tiny ass dive, and no one involved bother to look into that before they booked the show.

I'm running through some tapes I got from a dealer at an Indy show I was at last week. I just finished the first volume of a history of the WCW title match which goes from Luger to Hogan, and includes some rarities like both Vader vs Simmons matches, and fancams of the Sting vs Vader matches from Europe where they flip flop the belts back and fourth in less then a week. No's I'm watching Saturday Nights Main Event Volume #1 which has the first 3 shows on it. Not too thrilling wrestling wise, but entertaining nonetheless.

Does anyone off hand know where I can lyrics to Konnan's rap song that they played about 9 times on every Thunder and Nitro for about a year, and does anyone have a clear MP3 of it? I swear, that song is about up there with "Informer" by Snow on the intelligible lyrics scale.

This film has got to be a huge hit and make a killing at the Box Office, because I remember reading that they were just hemorrhaging money during production. Trailer doesn't look particularly promising.

I find it very amusing that Piper and Flair's combined age is almost as old as the combined age of ALL FIVE Spirt Squad guys.

Holy cow this one was awful. Normally we hit up Hooters and catch the show for free, but tonight they wouldn't even show it, and opted for the Patriots game instead. So we all had to chip in 5 bucks and pile into my friends house to watch this show, and man was it bad. This was easily one of the worst they've done since Great American Bash 2004. If Lita vs Mickey James tonight didn't single handed kill the entire womens division, then nothing will. and did anyone else notice that Big Show was out for about 95% of the match in the Main Event? Is he really hurting that bad? I know last weeks Observer said that he was in really rough shape was was strongly considering hanging up the tights next year, but at least he seemed to be somewhat active prior to tonight. Maybe I just having been paying attention.

Wow, this was far and beyond the funniest movie I've seen so far this year. There are just so many jokes that go over the top and well beyond good taste. Cohen himself doesn't compromise anything at all, he goes all out with racism, male chauvinism, and homophobia. There's really no target in this film that goes untouched. This film is definitely not for the easily offended, and the hotel room scene is just a bit too much, but overall this is without a doubt in my top 10 so far this year. Definitely go out of your way to see this over the weekend, and you may have to go out of your way, because it's only playing on about 800 screens.

Despite having been elected, Jimmy Carter in '76 and '80 was amongst our most incompetent politicians ever. Just a good 'ol Southern boy who had delusions of grandeur whose failed social and foreign policy turned us into the joke of the world. He had no backbone to stand up to anyone, especially the Soviets, and the Iranians, which just made him look weak. It was no surprise that he barely even got the Party Nomination in 1980, and got massacred by Reagan afterwards.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226520,00.html Despite the fact that the man is 83 years old, it still somewhat of a shock. Bob Barker and The Price is Right is always kind of one of those pieces of Americana that you thought was just always going to be there. The fact that the show has been on for 30 years now with relativity the same format is a testament to it's longevity. It had always been a goal of mine to one day get out to LA and try and get on the show, but I really think the show should probably be put to rest when Bob leaves. I just cringe at the thought of a Price is Right hosted by John O'Hurly or Louie Anderson.

Huh, Khali is back already, and in ECW none the less?

I read the book, and I thought it was ok, but that there was too much revisionist history going on, not even so much in WWE's favor, but just Eric Bischoff using selective memory to explain things the way he'd like to remember them as opposed to how they actually went. The biggest example of this that I remember is when he talks about Hogan not wanting to turn heel and how Hogan made the decision himself because he knew that Nash and Hall were the wave of the future. What he leaves out entirely was the fact that Hogan's heel turn was a necessity for his career, since any drawing value he had as a face was completely destroyed in 1995 and '96 by the never-ending Dungeon of Doom feud and the Doomsday Cage match., both of which caused the fans to completely turn on Hogan.

The Royal Rumble DVD will likely just be totally edited garbage like the Wrestlemania set. Hopefully they'll sell them individually, because my copy of the '88 show is like 100th generation and nearly unwatchable. My copy of all the others on VHS are fine. Interesting to see though if they are the original PPV versions, or just rehashes of the VHS sets. The VHS releases of 89, 90, and 91 are all missing matches, and have some edited.

"Natuaral Causes" almost always means that the guy died of some humiliating condition and the family just wants to save face.

Does anyone know or remember the exact details behind the story of him assaulting Vince and getting fired?

Heh, Kidman was the biggest name on a D-Level Indy Show I was at here in Connecticut about 2 months back, so that's where he's at now career wise these days.

I was just about to post this. Here is the entire post she wrote on the subject "Hey everybody! Well, I have decided to let you in on a secret that I have been holding in for much too long. I am very heartbroken to say that I am in the stages of a divorce. It makes me incredibly sad to say this and I hope that you will respect me and my privacy at this really difficult time. This is just something that has been eating at me for some time now, and I feel it's best to hear it straight from me rather than read it somewhere else. I think I have made things harder on myself by pretending that everything is fine and dandy to the outside world. I just pray that by opening up about this now, it might be easier to move forward in my life journey. I just want to tell all of you that you have helped me so much more than you will ever know with your kind words without even knowing it. When I am feeling really down, reading the nice things you have to say has brought a smile to my face. That truly means the world to me and I will never forget it. I really do love and appreciate all of you......sunny skies ahead!"