Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4373714)

Timeline: History of WCW 1993: Vader just got released today. Can't wait to see it. Watched the trailer and Vader comes off pretty well and not someone full of shit like Brustus Beefcake or Honkytonk Man

Originally Posted by MatthewAllenHanso (Post 4373751)

I saw gully win that championship with j Dillon in his corner over some fat guy in kick pads

Originally Posted by FacePalmMonkey (Post 4373883)

WWE.com has published an article on the influence of Ring of Honor on the current product.

Originally Posted by FacePalmMonkey (Post 4373902)

It would have been funnier if he would've carried Nikki away instead of Brie.

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4373950)

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Originally Posted by Savior (Post 4374031)

So emma is supposed to be awkward?

Originally Posted by VSG (Post 4374046)

What the heck is a "MR.F"? The guy from Arrested Development?

Originally Posted by CSL (Post 4370455)

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4374255)

Skinny guy looks like Bill Alfonso, who was the Giant Gonzalez's handler at the time of this pic, and I believe the guy to Fuji's left is Headshrinker Samu.

Originally Posted by Brigstocke (Post 4374244)

I've never gone back to watch older stuff (pre 92 or so)

Originally Posted by CSL (Post 4374259)

Originally Posted by Observer

The style being taught in developmental right now is for the babyfaces to get one comeback spot, build it around trademark spots and finishes should be a specific hold that they always use to win.

Originally Posted by Observer

The new season of Total Divas will debut on 3/16 at 9 p.m. Eastern. The season will feature ten episodes. As noted before, Summer Rae, using her stage name and not real name Danielle Moinet, (the former team captain of the Chicago Bliss in the Lingerie Football League), replaces Jo Jo Offerman in the cast. Offerman is still under contract in developmental but there are no plans to use her on the main shows any longer since she’s not on Total Divas. Among the highlights of this ten episode season will be two weddings, the Jonathan Fatu and Trinity McCray (Jimmy Uso and Naomi) and the Bryan Danielson and Brie Bella (they use his real name, not hers) which will be the final episode of the season in May. Other storylines include Eva Marie also getting married to her non-wrestler boyfriend and keeping it a secret from her family, Nikki Bella contemplating breaking up with John Cena (considering they are still together, I guess that didn’t happen) as well as the introduction of Jonathan Fatu’s father, the famed Rikishi, as the mad parent who is against the marriage wanting his son to marry someone of Samoan ancestry. Yes, folks, that is just a storyline they created. They will also tell stories of Eva Marie winning over the WWE fans and becoming a big favorite (I missed that), Brie Bella, Natalya and Trinity all chasing the Divas title, but Natalya ends up out of the title picture due to a contrived (though pushed on the show as real) personality clash with Summer Rae. Fandango also ends up with more TV time on the show. The plan is for the season to end with the climax of Brie getting married and one of the women capturing the Divas title at WrestleMania.

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4374552)

I don't mind Total Divas as a concept, but the fact that it's affecting storylines is fucking retarded. I know there was talk of Naomi and Cameron becoming heels, but they didn't because of the show.

On a side note, Cameron dancing gives me an erection. She might be the hottest diva in the WWE.

Originally Posted by Damian Rey (Post 4374545)

I don't think you "get to" walk out. Think it's something you just decide to do.

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4374551)

They keep giving him stupid shit. He's like Santino, although Eric can be so much more.

Originally Posted by Shadrick (Post 4374418)

I would mark out if Benoit returned at Mania.

Just THINK of the "holy Shit" chants.

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4374551)

They keep giving him stupid shit. He's like Santino, although Eric can be so much more.

Originally Posted by KaosDarksol (Post 4374638)

More like "What the fuck?" chants

Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 4374794)

Listening to part 2 of the Jericho podcast with Chavo. I feel horrible for Chavo having to go through Eddie and Benoit's deaths

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4374549)

Eric Young is awesome. Nobody ever talks about him, though.

Originally Posted by F4W

The Network launched for select WWE employees this week for testing purposes. One person who has access told us, "It's literally the best thing ever. It's totally like Netflix, very easy to use. If porn wasn't free on the 'Net this would be the greatest thing on the 'Net ever."

Originally Posted by F4W

They are reconsidering certain things on the Mania card, and we're told the company is going to gauge crowd reactions and business over the next few weeks before making any major final decisions.

There is talk of Shield doing a triple threat against each other at Mania, but that's only if they don't add Bryan to the main event. They don't want two triple threat matches on the same show. So realistically, whether or not Bryan gets put into that match could determine when and where Shield breaks up.

Originally Posted by Jura (Post 4375307)

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Originally Posted by Observer

The proposed Toby Keith-Jeff Jarrett promotion, which is a long way from happening, stemmed almost exactly as you’d think. TNA was for sale and Jarrett through his connections with the Nashville music industry and Keith in particular, tried to put together a bid to buy the company. The deal was very close at one point. Bob Carter came to Keith to finalize the deal and the two sides were close on a price, although they were not quite there. The belief is they were going to hash it out, but Carter only had one request in selling, which was that Dixie Carter would remain with her title, have some power in the company and remain a television character. Keith said he wasn’t going to buy the company with any creative limitations, so the deal actually fell apart because Bob Carter in the end was going to protect his daughter. Someone in TNA who was aware of how it went down noted to us that, “That’s why we all are still here,” noting if it was about business, TNA would have never survived after the last golden carrots (prime time TV and Hulk Hogan) failed to increase popularity or take the company from losing money. At that point, the feeling was from Keith and Jarrett that they didn’t need to buy the company, as they could start their own company from scratch. The deal falling through would have been shortly before Jarrett quit TNA in December. The other thing noted is when this story got out inside of TNA, those who had tried to believe the Janice Carter memo and thought the idea was that the Carters wouldn’t sell, and the talks were for just a minority investor, realized they’d been had.

Originally Posted by New York Post

This Valentine’s Day NBCUniversal will either be giving WWE a big kiss or they’ll be breaking up.

The two parties are grappling over continuation of the sport-meets-reality TV programming on NBCUniversal’s USA Network and SyFy Channel.

An exclusive negotiating period ended last week with no deal in sight. We hear the pressure is on for a deal to get done in the next few days.

An industry source told On the Money, “NBCU has until Friday, Feb. 14, to respond to WWE’s final offer.”

It’s not clear where the price tag stands, but reports have suggested the last deal was priced at $140 million, and the WWE had been looking for a leap up that gives it a similar premium accorded to sports rights.

WWE — which announced the launch of its own over-the-top network for wrestling fans at CES — is one of the few things on TV ( besides sports) that fans want to watch live.

The question is, how badly does NBCU want to keep it? And where will it land if the two parties split up?

Originally Posted by PWInsider

while the company appreciates its relationship with NBCU and does not want to move if it doesn't have to (as that creates confusion in the marketplace), they will if NBC doesn't make the offer that the company is looking for. With the ability to show Raw and Smackdown replays on the WWE Network, the feeling internally is that they will not have a problem with fans finding the product if they change networks. WWE has felt for years that their programming has been undervalued and Vince McMahon is determined to get what he feels is market value on this contract.

The company has done a fantastic job setting up this situation by making sure all of their TV deals expire at the same time so that they can sell them as a package.

The risk is that if they turn down NBCU's "best offer" and solicit elsewhere, if no one steps up, then NBCU will have all the power in negotiations going forward.

Originally Posted by ProWrestling.Net

The Post previously reported that NBCU was thinking about creating a physical Hall of Fame for WWE at Universal Studios to sweeten the deal. There's no word yet as to whether that's officially on the table. It also remains to be seen who the other network suitors for WWE programming will be if NBCU doesn't strike a new deal before Friday.