<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today is an important day for me. X yrs ago I was on deaths door while drugs and alcohol consumed my everything. But, by the grace of God, I survived. Sobriety is the most important thing in my life, and I am proud of me. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CleanIsCool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CleanIsCool</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepSteppin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KeepSteppin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/10Years?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#10Years</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GodSobrietyFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GodSobrietyFamily</a> <a href="https://t.co/Lx7M7ZmiJE">pic.twitter.com/Lx7M7ZmiJE</a></p>&mdash; Dustin Rhodes (@Goldust) <a href="https://twitter.com/Goldust/status/997727490293592064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Haha Steven Richards actually won

Stevie Night Heat was amazing

Raven just paid some dude $500 to eat a sandwich that he stepped on. The guy did it and then Raven hit him in the head with a shoe and broke his finger. Tremendous.

Al Snow and Maven vs Chris Nowinski and D Lo Brown. Good God lol.

Fun fact: Al Snow trained all three wrestlers in this match.

Wow that was a mess lol. Brown and Nowinski win.

Somehow this is my most vivid memory of WWF Raven lol

Fuck, I gotta go to my gf's mothers house for fireworks tonight. Gonna severely cut into my Sunday Night Heat watching time. Worst day ever

Yeah. Shame it ended abruptly because Steph or someone else was furious at his GM angle that was going on. Instead of embracing it and adding their own twist to the storyline, WWE pretty much pulled the plug and put Stevie in the doghouse.

Only reason it lasted for a long time was due to management barely caring about Heat.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/tI1Iesa6ga">pic.twitter.com/tI1Iesa6ga</a></p>&mdash; . (@tsurutaoh) <a href="https://twitter.com/tsurutaoh/status/987196394711662593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/x4oFGEODXk">pic.twitter.com/x4oFGEODXk</a></p>&mdash; . (@tsurutaoh) <a href="https://twitter.com/tsurutaoh/status/987191948078231552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Didn't he fake his own attack or something? Weird.

Liking Jack Swagger was a mental exercise. You have to head canon a lot of personality.

lol yes. The GTV-like footage of him laying next to a few pipes was comical.

Watching some of the Heat re-runs on Network and they've completely dubbed over the lyrics of The Oddities theme, one way to shut ICP up.

Win win :lol:

Stacy is almost 40 now :eek:

Lol the Oddities were probably more over than any current wrestler in the WWE

Supposedly Facebook paid WWE around $100k for each episode of the Mixed Match Challenge series.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Report: Facebook Paid WWE $100,000 For Each Episode Of The Mixed Match Challenge <a href="https://t.co/kx0z848yAb">https://t.co/kx0z848yAb</a></p>&mdash; Fightful Wrestling (@FightfulWrestle) <a href="https://twitter.com/FightfulWrestle/status/998303347043065857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Kiss Goodnight

<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BFhlUU74PuY" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Still not nearly as shit as E. Li. Drake. though.

All the subsequent comments about his gear and his gut, but nothing about him coming out to the music of JAMIE KNOBLE, BOY!!!

Zelina Vega 0.0

I just saw a video about Rhodes v Aldis at ALL IN. What stuck out to me the most? Me questioning why Billy Corgan looks like Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Is the NWA title going to land in a fire and he tries to pick it up only to burn the image in his palm? Is he going to aid a bunch of Nazis to find The Ark of the Covenant and use it as a secondary title just so long as nobody opens it?

Eli Drake is way better than that Keanu Reeves knockoff. I do like how you spell his name as if he was speaking it though.

Just because his name is Reeves? Dummy? Yeah....

His first name is freaking Kona. How much more on the head does it get. They clearly gave him that name to playoff Keanu Reeves. They even have a similar look.

Matt Cappotelli has stopped treatment for his cancer and isn't speaking full sentences. I'm not sure how long he has to live but I'm assuming it's not very long. :(

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">18 years ago today, The Undertaker became Badass. <a href="https://t.co/4kAHThPJws">pic.twitter.com/4kAHThPJws</a></p>&mdash; PWStream (@PWStream) <a href="https://twitter.com/PWStream/status/998539499352346624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It was Steph

Why was she upset with it?

I'm guessing it's because Steph had just become head of creative and wasn't aware this was going on

Continuing my long weekend watching of WWF B Shows.

Watching some WWF 1997 Shotgun Saturday Night.

Ahmed Johnson is cutting a promo in the middle of the ring. All I understood was "I missed my Prozac". Murdering some jobber. Earlier in the show Bulldog and Owen beat the New Blackjacks by dq in a terrible match. Vader also squashed some jobber. I love 1997 WWF. It's tremendous.

Pillman on commentary is amazing with JR

Main Event is a Savio Vega and Crush squash match. Eh.

Lol Pillman just said " Faarooq set a trap for Ahmed Johnson. He used fried chicken and collard greens"

Oh my God.

What do we have on tap for RAW tonight? I didn't watch last week and would like a reason to this week.


The WWE posted about Lashley's sisters showing up, is that a rib? Wouldn't they book his cousins over the sistas?










You don't have to answer any of these, I support your right to skip over me.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/Q3V0McGBgf">pic.twitter.com/Q3V0McGBgf</a></p>&mdash; Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamoaJoe/status/998619690959335424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Pretty much. If I remember correctly, nobody in WWE's management really cared about the show nor had any real desire to add extra hours to their work week for a low tier show which allowed it to be more hands-off.

Stevie Richards got busted by pure chance since Steph or someone else randomly decided to check up on Heat one week and got pissed Richards was doing the GM stuff without their knowledge. Think the main reason was it messed up their canon for GMs and made them look like fools for forgetting about Heat.

Probably got even more pissed that Richards managed to create something successful without needing any of WWE's help.

Apparently Big Cass might have suffered a legit knee injury over the weekend after faking having one during the week.

Conflicting reports with the Observer stating Cass is only selling being injured while PWI is stating he actually hurt himself. Only thing confirmed is he got pulled from this week's Smackdown MitB Qualifier match and instead this week will be a pre-qualifier to find out who faces Samoa Joe in the actual qualifier next week.

According to Matt Cappotelli's wife, he is at the end of his life and currently expected to pass away any day now.

His health in general has been declining the past several months and his cancer has the stage where medical treatment can no longer help.

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/f...health-decline

I would.

Same here. Always have, always will.

KICKOUT AT TWOOOOOOO

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vNlLVEY8-P0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Fuck that shit toboggan. I hope the promoter threw his gear out in the street and told him to never come back.

Sadly, I can see that talentless fuck waffle becoming a viral sensation and getting booked all over the place, because there is no god and nothing in life matters anymore.

The only thing that will come of this that will be entertaining on any level is Corny's rant about it.

Did he miss everyone?

Looked like it. You know, as if that shit sandwich needed to be sloppy as well.

On my Google hompage, NJPW news pops up in sports while all WWE news falls into the entertainment section.

:lol: at the Cena-Nikki relationship drama led to the lowest ever viewed episode in Total Bellas history.

Both of them and E! struck out big time with this for the show. They really overestimated the amount of interest people actually have for the couple and for this breakup angle.

Yeah makes total sense I just thought it was funny google see's the difference.

Watching another episode. So apparently Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lawler teamed up against the Headbangers on Shotgun Saturday Night. I had no idea this happened.

Currently watching Jim the Anvil Neidhart vs Jesse Jammes lol

Those reality shows do really well within a certain timeframe, but they don't have the enduring ability to really hook people. The "Total" bandwagon is not going to stay steady forever.

jesus.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the best gif ever. <a href="https://t.co/MlEoEOQLjC">pic.twitter.com/MlEoEOQLjC</a></p>&mdash; Riz. (@johncenaAm) <a href="https://twitter.com/johncenaAm/status/998909585556692994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It was a good shot, I'm surprised WWE did show it from 3 different angles in that time period.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Miz's new shirt is so bland and unoriginal, it looks like it was made in MS Paint.<br><br>So I remade it in MS Paint <a href="https://t.co/iugNGsyRH9">pic.twitter.com/iugNGsyRH9</a></p>&mdash; Jack (-_•) (@ZayniacJack) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZayniacJack/status/999108123112636423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(<a href="https://twitter.com/mothfromdaflats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mothfromdaflats</a> may need just a *little* bit of help...) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StardomWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StardomWorld</a> �� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#スターダム</a><br> <br>➡️ <a href="https://t.co/jniqaHHrua">https://t.co/jniqaHHrua</a> <a href="https://t.co/2aq1tB3j9A">pic.twitter.com/2aq1tB3j9A</a></p>&mdash; TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) <a href="https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/999127354487296000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yes that was Jim Cornette answering my Ivan Putski question this week on the Drive Thru.

No autographs at this time please.

Thanks.

“Killing The Business”

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K3ABzMAToxw" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

You came to mind when I heard "Gertner" and funnily enough it was you.

Antidote =/= anecdote

pretty sure it's a running joke Droford, you big weeny

Lol what?

Lol damn it, I was hoping Corny had some stories on the legendary dickhead that was Ivan Putski.

Corny rarely answers the question. Usually segways into something that 10% has to do with the question.

I enjoy Cornette's segways. Brian does really well with this too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">��OH MY GOD! Bam Bam Bigelow launches Spike Dudley into the crowd! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ECW</a> As Good As It Gets '97 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pixelart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#pixelart</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/retrogaming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://t.co/We1eCor4C4">pic.twitter.com/We1eCor4C4</a></p>&mdash; Wrestling Arcade (@WrestlingArcade) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingArcade/status/974436105452912640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Why doesn't anyone use "The Torture Rack" as a finisher now?

Rack attack

I don't listen to his show so I wouldn't know. He was on Busted Open last week I enjoyed his segment.

Either its not as flashy as a big finisher now or usually looks terrible when its not Luger doing it. Guess its also possible to injure yourself doing it as in Nikki Bella's case.

Braun should use it instead of the running powerslam which has to be the weakest finisher currently

A little CWC - Buddy Rogers vs. Johnny Valentine

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6cq3DlkRO8" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Thinking about streaming a 100 man, Monday Night War Royal Rumble with Fire Pro.

Have never streamed before, and don't really know anything about it. Dunno how good the stream would be given my computer is pretty basic. Not even a gaming laptop, though it is good enough to play some relatively graphic intensive games like Street Fighter x Tekken and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Haven't tried newer games but they probably don't run well, if at all.

That was awesome, shitty commentary though. Funny how you think of old wrestling as slow and methodical but it seems like this match is based more off high spots and they move faster than guys in PWG. Those slams looked tough as hell too, strong hard ring obviously. Those pildedrivers looked so legit.

Some of the stuff from that era is actually pretty good. It holds up better than alot of 70's WWWF

I listened to this last night and didn't catch that. Thanks, Gerty. I've been meaning to submit a question for a while now, but I just don't know what I want to know about Doug Basham.

I disagree with this. He usually covers it and then segues into more, or at least comes back to it. And that's half the fun.

Actually, an amendment to that: there is one that I just remembered that did frustrate me, because I really wanted to know the answer, but Corny actually did kind of back away from this one.

It was about The Undertaker and why he is so respected. By the time you get to 1998, he's embedded in the company as this locker-room leader and presence that everybody already spoke about like he was a legend. But that's only 7 years with the company. Kofi Kingston is in year 11. Dolph Ziggler poked his head up there first in 2005 -- 13 years ago. The Miz in 2004 -- 14 years ago.

Anyway, Corny's answer was basically "Because he's the fucking Undertaker," which I found to be a really inspecific and weird deflection of the question. But actually, I suppose that does speak to the presence the guy probably carries himself with, which is why people probably treat him differently to, say, Erick Rowan, who is already over half-way to that tenure too.

lol

I'm not saying it's a bad thing that he does that. People usually ask him specific questions that few would have the answer for. It usually leads to a history lesson and even an understanding of how to market and run ANY business, not just the wrestling business.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m gonna be replaying this for years to come! <a href="https://twitter.com/NaomiWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NaomiWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SonyaDevilleWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SonyaDevilleWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MITB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MITB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/geu12WQyty">pic.twitter.com/geu12WQyty</a></p>&mdash; Joel Romero (@joel_romero01) <a href="https://twitter.com/joel_romero01/status/999500292705013760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah, I think that actually kinda answers the question. It has less to do with tenure and more to do with the fact that... he's the fucking Undertaker. He comes off like a guy who commands respect. Most of the guys today, including the ones you mentioned, come off like guys who command video game tournaments before the show.

When I heard Corny answer your question it was funny b/c I thought "I know of a guy on a forum named Gertner" and it turned out to be you. Maybe I should try my luck and send in a question.

Not surprising! '70S WWWF didn't seem to be heavy on classic matches.

None of those guys come close to being the attraction Taker is.

Yeah Mean Mark just be like "YOU WILL RESPECT ME" and comes down with the old school off the top rope if anyone questions otherwise.

Like try telling that guy he's not a draw. See how it goes.

He said his shoot name. Not Gertner.

Lol Headbutt" for a piledriver, the first one looked like it really connected. :eek:

Oh! Maybe I thought I heard Gertner b/c I have no idea what his shoot name is.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/11AmY1MxsVE" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

According to the Observer, WWE found a new target to go after and be the basis for another signing spree. This time its Major League Wrestling and all due to them getting a tv deal recently.

Fuck me, a talking hamster and a ginger with a hat that pensioners wear.