That's amazing lol

He was nice. Always kayfabed when wrestling came up. I ran into him a few other times at local Indy shows. He always made it seem like he and Yoko were a phone call away from returning to WWF. Once he told me that he and Yoko were going to come back and take the title from Austin. He was definitely a nice guy.

Fun random wrestling fact: as of today, Matt Cross' reign as Olde Wrestling World Champion is 11 days away from equaling Bruno Sammartino's first run as WWWF Champ (2803 days), and unless they book a last-minute show with a title change in the next few days, will have exceeded it by the time they run again. He won it on the company's first show in September 2013 and never lost it.

It's obviously not the same thing as Olde Wrestling is largely a comedy promotion that runs a couple of shows a year at most (with a grand total of none since before the pandemic), and not all of their shows have featured a title defense. But as Big Poppa Pump would say, the numbers don't lie.

https://filsingergames.com/wp-conten...matt-cross.jpg

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;It's really quite simple&quot; <a href="https://t.co/mEd0x8KMs0">pic.twitter.com/mEd0x8KMs0</a></p>&mdash; Joe Gagne (@joegagne) <a href="https://twitter.com/joegagne/status/1395109231091716105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Texas death match got nodded into Fire Pro and it's easily my favorite match type.

Maybe you can use it when you continue the TPWW Tournament, huh?

The nerve damage in my hands has actually gotten worse, so that's on the back burner for now. Only a couple people seemed to be following it anyway.

your firepro shit is top notch, no doubt.

Damn... that's rough @ your hands.... hope things improve...

It will. Just going to take time, and possibly a minor surgery. I'm starting occupational rehab where they use micro currents to stimulate the nerves. Some people respond really well to it, some not at all. Hopefully it works so I can avoid said surgery.

I'll definitely finish it up at a later time but right now it literally hurts to use a mouse and keyboard, and a lot of work goes into creating the edits and such. Time better spent doing rehab exercises.

Hope you get superpowers or something :y:

Jeff Jarrett's podcast is amazing. Don't know if I've mentioned that 2000 times.

I’ve never listened to it, but I think I’m going to have to.

I don't care if it's been posted a million times, it's still great.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shoutout to the dad that Torture Racked his son in the crowd during Nitro ������ <a href="https://t.co/yOm5HJ4u18">pic.twitter.com/yOm5HJ4u18</a></p>&mdash; 90s WWE (@90sWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/90sWWE/status/1387182164962422784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Road Dogg has a question for the first Black NWA World Champion. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tna03?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tna03</a> <a href="https://t.co/QJvUxIwaOH">pic.twitter.com/QJvUxIwaOH</a></p>&mdash; Jus��in (@Justin_SofOK) <a href="https://twitter.com/Justin_SofOK/status/1396268782029623299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes totally let’s an absolute whopper rip while never even putting it over! Why would they leave this in??? Turn up your audio for hall of fame level flatulence! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rhodes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rhodes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wwe</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aew</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericanDream?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmericanDream</a> <a href="https://t.co/PGu91UfrrR">pic.twitter.com/PGu91UfrrR</a></p>&mdash; Blind Tag Wrestling Podcast (@BTWrestlingPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/BTWrestlingPod/status/1395586431888855043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seems the Ultimate Warrior biography episode on A&E tonight suffered from the same problems the Macho Man and Booker T ones did in regards to how Warrior's controversial past was handled based on those who watched it like David Bixenspan.

With Macho Man, they didn't shy away from his controversies but it ended up coming across more as WWE being petty while with Booker T, they swept the racism stuff he encountered in WWE under the rug while not shying away from the racism stuff he encountered prior to his WWE career.

Some of it was to be expected since WWE had a hands on role with its involvement but according to David Bixenspan, the episode whitewashes and blames others for Warrior being a bigot and homophobic and not just him being an actual shithead back in the day.

Well Darkside will probably tell a different tale.

They also had the gall to say that Booker T in WWE was the first major black star that wasn't portrayed as a black stereotype. Which...holy shit I don't even know where to begin with that one.

yep cornett talked about that, he said after this week who are you going to bellive me or bruce.

Warrior Biography left me feeling sad. Poor guy.

I don't listen to Bruce's podcast, because I may as well be listening to a podcast on the flying gumdrop kingdom, for how reliable it is.

Was watching a 2002 All Japan ppv tonight. M2K were on it

How fucking popular would Magnum Tokyo be if he came around today with his M2K/Do Fixer entrance instead of 20 years ago. It's still the greatest entrance ever.

lol I don't know, it works so well in Japan because they have a much larger female fan base. Lots of middle aged spinsters sitting in the front row waiting to put yen down his pants.

I have been enjoying the Jarrett podcast episodes. Thanks for the recommendation Gert. Conrad's shows tend to over stay their welcome but they are great with new talent and perspectives. I really wish he could get one with Bill Watts of he's mentally capable. Hopefully he gets Heyman one day too. Dreamer would probably be a good one as well.

Sapp vs Muta is still my favorite entrances ever.

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Dreamer has a podcast but it's not very good

i want to know what happned to dutch mantells show, is he sick. his last show was in jan.

48 minute mark if anyone wants to see what we are talking about

I remember Do Fixer being one of the first wrestling youtube videos I ever saw

Probably better than the potential Lesnar podcast which would be a recording of him saying “I hate people” on a never ending loop.

Cena apologizes to China for saying Taiwan is a country.

$135 million of the $162 million Fast and Furious made in international markets over the weekend came from China.

It's spineless but Cena knows which side his bread is buttered.

wank. bet he loves the jews too

https://i.postimg.cc/PxHv6XTQ/cena.jpg

1000 hours in MS Paint

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️<a href="https://twitter.com/AustinCreedWins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AustinCreedWins</a> just went SUPER SAIYAN!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/OH7GlMZJea">pic.twitter.com/OH7GlMZJea</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1397011127997972481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol God I wish this stable actually became a thing

Every wrestling show has bombed in the last week in ratings....SD was lower than normal (1.9), AEW and NXT had a meh week and now RAW with this...possibly NBA, possibly people upset with programming, possibly both....



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> averaged 1.62 million viewers on Monday, which was the 4th lowest audience in the show's history, per <a href="https://twitter.com/thewadekeller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thewadekeller</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/PWTorch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PWTorch</a> VIP. It also scored the second lowest 18-49 demo rating ever. More details soon at Wrestling Inc. <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingInc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WrestlingINC</a></p>&mdash; Raj Giri (@RajGiri_303) <a href="https://twitter.com/RajGiri_303/status/1397553345229774853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I miss the ratings thread.

so go find and copy/paste them. :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This Raw had 4.43 million viewers.<a href="https://t.co/zX8ot6U73e">https://t.co/zX8ot6U73e</a></p>&mdash; SoDuTw (@SoDuTw) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/1397649412567019526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mood: <a href="https://t.co/30NeDMcapQ">https://t.co/30NeDMcapQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/4GgmlVPKZn">pic.twitter.com/4GgmlVPKZn</a></p>&mdash; David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1397605666395721731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh yeah this will be good!

What’s this!? The promise of a main event featuring Tamina, Natalya, Jax and Baysler not leading to people tuning in/sticking around. No way!

This is terribly sad about Mikey Whipwreck and it has a "we are going to find Mikey dead from a self inflected gun shot wound" feel to it.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">��</p>&mdash; Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyOrton/status/1397753583253217281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy shit Cody trying to claim that awful af promo he gave a couple weeks ago on dynamite was workshopped and focus group tested LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I respect Silver King just giving up on this Irish whip. <a href="https://t.co/aa09mFHEqd">pic.twitter.com/aa09mFHEqd</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1397943275135328256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

My current fav twitter feed

I'm halfway through watching a 434 match playlist of every WCW Saturday Night 1998

Buff Bagwell recently got arrested, and he sent out a message saying that if you want to know the story of what happened, to "Come see me at Big D Flea Market between 9am and 2pm."

What a fucking carny. So amazing.

Lol look at Lash LeRoux head just fucking bounce like a basketball off the mat

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There’s no way Lash LeRoux was able to remember this match. <a href="https://t.co/AIg3FggcSU">pic.twitter.com/AIg3FggcSU</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1397735181029621760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Same match lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m not a chiropractor or wrestler, but this looks painful. <a href="https://t.co/z1D1GIkOrV">pic.twitter.com/z1D1GIkOrV</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1394321738482298880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I would trade the entire future of AEW to get WCW back.

Was WCW Saturday Night a 1 hour or 2 hour show back then?

That would be a lot of matches per show if it was just an hour long.

i would trade wwe and aew for wcw but we are stuck with what we got.

2 hours. The playlist cuts out all the Nitro/Thunder recaps, so it's just the matches and quick backstage interviews with Mean Gene/ Lee Marshall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEMu...JyKAb9hznXlOMv

I usually throw it on when I'm hanging out on my back porch.

Gotta get my Disorderly Conduct vs High Voltage fixes somewhere lol

WCW lower-string programming in the late 90’s is like another world.

It literally was. There's wrestlers who only appeared on those shows and had storylines that only took place on Worldwide/Pro/Saturday Night.

Lol I LOVE watching this shit. I didn't have cable until 2001, so this was my only source for wrestling unless I could get someone to tape Raw/Nitro for me.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The greatest kick out in the history of professional wrestling<br><br>(h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/ColtCabana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ColtCabana</a>) <a href="https://t.co/HRyxZMFzBA">pic.twitter.com/HRyxZMFzBA</a></p>&mdash; Wrestling Travel (@WrestlingTravel) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingTravel/status/1398044278904049669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's amazing

But what if you add Kurt Angle to the mix?!?

https://bunnyears.com/wp-content/upl...5-1200x900.jpg

You the chances of balanced breakfast drastic go up

I laughed so hard at the last minute of this.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just went through MONTHS of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> looking at entrances from <a href="https://twitter.com/BookerT5x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BookerT5x</a> to see if I could find that BETS sign on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> Anthology cover.<br><br>This pose isn't seen on the footage, Booker T's attire is definitely edited and Goldust isn't seen, but this is the exact entrance. <a href="https://t.co/DJH7fknzlW">pic.twitter.com/DJH7fknzlW</a></p>&mdash; Markin' Out (@MarkinOut) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkinOut/status/1397321920962572291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If I remember correctly, the biggest mystery for years surrounding the cover for that album was which show the photo came from and what was the original photo used for the basis.

Is it even Booker on the album cover?

No.

Another tweet by the same person talks about the cover being heavily photoshopped but believes he managed to finally pinpoint when the original photo for its basis was taken.

Think Jericho's name gets mentioned the most over who the cover person might be.

Saw that Sean Ross Sapp reported WWE and NJPW have had negotiations about a partnership. Which is very interesting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There was no one anywhere near that part of the ring. Terrence Black just wanted to do this flip. <a href="https://t.co/xNeSswb4mk">pic.twitter.com/xNeSswb4mk</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1398451269237456898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nah. Jericho was never that cut even when he was in his best shape. Looks more like HHH to me.

It’s probably not even a wrestler, but I remember always thinking of Al Snow when I saw it.

The WWE is such a weird company

HOW DARE YOU!@!%#@3lkwng1k24

I had no recollection of them using the old WWF logo on Old School RAW

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everyone’s got a price for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MillionDollarMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MillionDollarMan</a>, even <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGiant46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheGiant46</a>. In 1988, Andre helped me win the championship from <a href="https://twitter.com/HulkHogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HulkHogan</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> doesn’t recognize this as an official title reign. With the help of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEUniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEUniverse</a> we can <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MakeItOfficial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MakeItOfficial</a>. <a href="https://t.co/cQyGENynHs">https://t.co/cQyGENynHs</a> <a href="https://t.co/mDSnbQRSh1">pic.twitter.com/mDSnbQRSh1</a></p>&mdash; Ted DiBiase (@MDMTedDiBiase) <a href="https://twitter.com/MDMTedDiBiase/status/1398713457025994759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He was very briefly announced as WWF Champion on House Shows.

Apparently he’s a regular character in NXT these days. Who knew? Guess he needs some money after being caught defrauding that church.

He's amazing in NXT with Cameron Grimes.

It’s a good fit. I was thinking they should do it the other day, then discovered that they actually are.

I always thought it was Jerry Lynn on the Anthology cover.

I wish they would put him in his old suit. Obvs would need to be tailored or make a new one.

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This is super interesting. It's a news report done by Connie Chung on her Saturday Night show she used to do in 1990. Lots of bullshit regarding money generated by wrestling, but it's really cool

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Yowza

Hopefully it encourages them to make RAW watchable again but not getting my hopes up

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RAW: 1.42 million<br>18-49: 0.44</p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1400214685555695618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The third hour of RAW did 1.168 million viewers.<br><br>Bro.</p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1400214950094598145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The funniest thing about that is WWE is making all these moves to become even more profitable, but they never even considered that if they made better TV they would make more money :rofl:

Would it really? At this point there’s no reason for them to believe that because they’re making money hand over fist anyways.

They can keep making money off their glory days forever. Not making interesting content and not making stars people will pay to see now or in the future definitely costs them money though.

The past 15 years of content is way more plentiful but not nearly as valuable as the previous 15 years of content. That’s a bad trend.

Making the kind content that fans will universally enjoy could likely clash with what their investors and sponsors want from them. And they're not going to risk that, especially when they're already doing great financially.

Going public was the death knell of WWE as a wrestling promotion.

I never understood the argument that making a product that will be universally enjoyed might piss off the investors.

Other than the potential that making the product more enjoyable might cost more money I can't really think of any reason why it would piss off investors. It literally doesn't make sense.

Because what the fans want may not line up with the image of what the investors want the company to be.

A record low rating probably means it's time for another Legends night, the return of Raw Supershow or the McMahons on tv as authority figures.

I’m pretty sure the investors want money. Which is made by producing a compelling product. Which is also what fans want.

Still not seeing the disconnect.

If WWE were to put more focus into making fan pleasing content, they might make more money. However, if they botch it, they could end up losing money. Because as cliche as it may be, the truth is what the fans want isn't always what's best for business. If you're an investor, and WWE is making increasing boatloads of money with their current product, why would you want them to change?

For the fans? Investors don't give a flying fuck about the fans.

For wrestling? Investors don't give a flying fuck about wrestling.

All Investors care about is the perception of the brand that they've attached their money to. And when I say perception, I don't mean the perception of WWE by a bunch of wrestling fans on the internet. I mean the perception of wall street.

What is the botch they risk by making the product better?

They’re making money on their library. How does improving the current product risk fucking that up? You’re talking as if “improving the current product” means a bunch of blood, shocking language and corpse-fucking that would please a niche audience but be a PR nightmare.

Investors want consistency and are afraid of change, unless it's necessary. WWE, bland as it may be to us, is nothing if not consistent. It's just a product to them. As long as it's making money they're not going to want them to change in any way.

It's the same reason why EA continues to release the same $60 sports games every year with little changes despite the cries from hard-core fans that "this is the worst version yet". Because it still makes ungodly amounts of money.

If it doesn't need to change, then there's no point in changing it. That's the mentality. Not saying for one minute that I'm happy about it, but that's what it is.

FEED ME MORE CONTENT

COME BACK, SMEAT. FUCK THE HATERS

Another issue is some investors may see a problem with the content where there was none. The result there is stuff like the post Nexus debut chaos firing* of Daniel Bryan after Justin Roberts sold being choked with his own necktie like a goddamn champ. It was upsetting to a boardroom, so they had to apologize for what they had obviously planned to do and fire* DB for what was (at the time) the most interesting angle formed in a good long while.

Fans thought it was great, but it was "too far" for some suit(s).


*I will always asterisk this, because I think it was done in paperwork form only. They had to make it look legit. He got fired with a wink and a nod and a handshake agreement that after the incident blew over, he was "rehired". I believe he was thanked for his discretion on the matter with that initial US title run on his "return".

what did they go against the nba, were they playing? i watched till nia and shana showed up dvr the rest.