And they were doing matches like Fake Razor vs Rocky Maivia and Fake Diesel vs Savio Vega. And stupid Todd Pettengill. The shows get better in ring once they started taping before Raw.

You watch your Goddamn mouth when you’re talking about Todd Pettengill.

He was so out of place in 1997 WWF

Those Slammy songs were top notch.

Omg yes, the 97 Slammy song was epic

A million for doing the same moves 3-4 times and a jackhammer? :eek:

He draws. I don’t buy the Vince story, but Goldberg is right. Braun is the shits. But Goldberg would have just gone home if he didn’t want to do it.

noid hanging his hat on Goldberg lol

Bixenspan recently did some digging on how WWE's deals with cities for Mania work and managed to uncover a bunch of stuff previously not known.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Perhaps most illuminating? Note only does the host city pay for the venue rent if they don't have fully public venues to provide to WWE for free, but they also pay WWE a &quot;sanction fee&quot; and cover unnecessary, expensive decorations like the stadium's end zone wraps. <a href="https://t.co/HfJi2JxAPg">pic.twitter.com/HfJi2JxAPg</a></p>&mdash; David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1245796156095021056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Also managed to reveal that WWE manufactured the official statement by LA's mayor when it came to him praising Mania and LA getting to host it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Meanwhile, at <a href="https://twitter.com/BabyfacevHeel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BabyfacevHeel</a>, I posted something cut from the MEL story for flow that was too good to not share: The back &amp; forth btwn. WWE &amp; L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office Re: making up a quote from his honor about how great it is to have WrestleMania. <a href="https://t.co/Q6x0ZEmOEm">https://t.co/Q6x0ZEmOEm</a></p>&mdash; David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1245811415094636544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

When Bix sticks to stuff like this he's amazing.

Yeah, he shakes out some good shit. I remember him doing that during the Snuka trial stuff too, which I think you just brought up to me the other day.

Yeah he's arguably the best investigative journalist in wrestling out of the major ones. Sapp or Pollock are probably second out of the major ones but they don't dig as much into stuff Bix goes after.

Satin used to be good at it but ever since the Sasha tantrum report and him pushing to get a WWE job, he's mostly shied away from this type of stuff in recent times.

His piece on the Big Show's boxing career was awesome.

AJ Styles turns 43 this year. That's how old Roddy Piper was when he had the Cage Match with Hogan at Halloween Havoc '97.

Big Show had a boxing career?

Here you go and boy is it ever interesting

https://www.sbnation.com/longform/20...ght-wwe-boxing

Oh wow. I had no clue about any of that. Thought it was going to be like a pre-wrestling thing.

Shocker.

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Hard to believe he was in the shit financially, when they had that authority storyline they used elements of his money issues as well with triple h saying about having to bail him out etc. Never thought it was based on something that actually happened.


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I hated that storyline. "I have an Iron Clad contract"......."I can get fired for not knocking out Dusty Rhodes"

Lol as soon as people called out that plot hole their storyline justification was just “it should’ve been iron clad, but John Laurinaitis is an idiot who didn’t draft the contract properly”

It just dawned on me that's mocking him as Hollywood Cena

The best bit is when you see The Bisch pointing with both hands

Alvarez didn't get the references either so don't feel too bad. He literally acted as if they were trying to imply that Cena was in the nWo in the 90's lol.

Hollywood Cena vs Hollywood Hogan at Wrestlemania Hollywood 3

The Undertaker is an absolute master.

He has once again evolved his persona to stay relevant. It may not be the cool smark thing to admit to, but the Undertaker in his mid 50s is more compelling than about 90% of the roster.

We’re all going to see another layer peeled back and have a strong emotional attachment to see him admit that he’s old, broken, and depressed in this documentary. The payoff to this story should be a huge moment and draw some huge dollars. I don’t care what anyone says. Give me the Undertaker now over majority of the flippers and floppers working 100 MPH.

I’m excited for this “Last Ride” baby!

Since I'm disconnected with zero context to this, I initially thought this had something to do with Southpaw Regional Wrestling (like implying they were bought out by Turner or somesuch). Must remember to investigate further.

Considering WWE's upcoming taping issues, Vince probably taking down notes on what Dana White is currently doing since UFC is very close to signing a deal to hold events at a private island. If UFC's plans ends up being successful, they can continue holding regular events for at least the next 2 months without having to worry about any venue issues or government orders.

Out of everyone notable in sports and wrestling, Dana White has been even way more stubborn than Vince and other wrestling companies when it comes to trying to get around government recommendations and bans and also being more unwilling to even shut down things for a short time.

Is there not a travel ban in place?

Here - they accept no flights from Asia. And everyone that travels from anywhere else is immediately thrown into a 14-day long quarantine.

Said it before, worth repeating. Vince and Dana need to work together somehow.

Combat Sports Entertainment Island

Bear with me, but I am already looking forward to Mania 37. It’s always fun to speculate the big attractions for next year, and then be mightily disappointed. ANYWAY this is what I’ve got..

Main Event
Brock Lesnar (c) vs Undertaker

-This is the payoff to the Undertaker story. We watch the documentary, various vignettes about how much pain he’s in, and McCool comments about how broken he is.

Taker is built up for an appearance at Survivor Series to make an announcement. During his apparent retirement on his 30 year anniversary, he is interrupted by Bray Wyatt. Wyatt tells him to “hold his horses” and invites the Undertaker to the FireFly Funhouse. Taker is skeptical but accepts the invitation.

The FireFly Funhouse happens about a month later. It’s very similar to the wackiness of the Cena segment. Wyatt recaptures all of the Undertaker’s achievements, glory, and prestige. It’s all positive until the very end. Wyatt brings up the Undertaker’s biggest failure: The ending of the Streak.

The Funhouse ends with Wyatt screaming at the Undertaker to avenge his greatest failure before he ever retires and to wake up.

The Undertaker challenges Brock Lesnar. We’re given training videos of each wrestler, think Rock/Brock buildup from 2002.

At WrestleMania, the Undertaker defeats Lesnar for the Championship. Leaves the belt in the ring, and exits on his Last Ride.

Semi-Main Event
John Cena vs The Fiend

The script has been flipped, as Cena would play the heel and The Fiend would be the babyface.

After his realization in the Funhouse, Cena becomes his true self and tries to bury Wyatt again like he did in 2014.

Fiend goes over Cena, clean.


-Post Mania
Go all in on The Fiend. He just went over John Cena, and he had a strong association with the Undertaker.

The Fiend goes on to win a tournament for the vacated Championship. His opponent in the finals is Goldberg, as he conquers his biggest past failure.

You really want more Taker? And him beating Lesnar?

At this point, it’s the biggest possible attraction for your biggest, most successful character in your company’s history.

If anyone can recover, it’s Lesnar. So yeah, I definitely see how people wouldn’t want to see it happen, but I think it works.

Fair enough.

Probably the best explanation (opinion) on the Firefly Fun House.

7:52 to start.

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I see Sams doing the "i'm going bald so i now have to grow a beard for reasons" routine. :wtf: