Been watching some of the old Saturday Night NWA shows from the mid 1980s. Really been enjoying some things from my childhood.

But something has confused me about this time period....

How do you have two blonde headed "Nature Boys" that both use the figure four leg lock as their finisher?

In one segment they interview the Nature Boy Ric Flair and he does his thing.

Then in the very next segment they have Nature Boy Buddy Landel wrestle a jobber and use the figure four leg lock and he had JJ Dillion with him as a manager.

makes no sense

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Have to say that poking AEW marks on social media has turned into an enjoyable endeavor. Really enjoyed the thoughts of a guy that said Omega was better than Harley Race.

You usually only find that type of be wrong but go strong type stuff here in the politics section.

HE GONE!


Retirement announcement just hours after Triple H was announced to return to an EVP position.

It has begun.

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Not a mult.

Was CM Punk right?

Tons of stuff out there about how Johnny Ace used to page through lingerie catalogs to find "divas", and it's obvious when you look at Vince that he's been taking stuff for decades to make him looked jacked up, his entire business is based on hiring the most physically attractive people he can find. Surprising that they were able to pull this type of behavior off for so long with all the social media we have today.

Triple H officially head of creative and talent relations.

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McMahon slush fund has now jumped tto $13.6 million. Rumors now looking that there are going to be all kinds of investigations into the company and Vince.
Plus, Tony Khan is talking openly about the company being open for a sale.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I never got the impression that the stuff Vince used to pull with his Divas was that much of a work to be honest. It always seemed to be just a little bit too authentic to me. The stuff here is hardly a shocker.

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Yup, it seems the very profession that required a young Clawmaster to suspend disbelief and actually consider that Greg Gagne, who looked very much like my Jr. High English teacher, actually had a sliver of a chance in a physical confrontation with Joe Laurinaitis or Mike Hegstrand (Hawks traps were bigger than Gagne's arms), would expect one to further suspend belief to the point that you actually believe that a creepy old, 'roided up dude like Vince created an entire genre of Women's pro wrestling he called "Divas" just to provide opportunities for attractive young women and not as a type of harem for Johnny Ace and himself is odd.

It does however make all the stories about Vince working 16 hour days and never taking a day off seem completely plausible, if work is talking to a bunch of goofs and then taking, "snack breaks" with handpicked young ladies, it would make it easy to love what you do.

Poor Chas

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Checking out SummerSlam tonight.

Curious to see how it goes off under HHH

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Becky Lynch is a little too white for that outfit.

Been a good show so far.

Bayley, Io, and Dakota Kai debuting/returning was ok.

Logan Paul looked great once again.

Theory/Lashley was short, but is leading to another storyline for Theory.

Edge returned to take out Judgment Day.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Logan Paul has looked really good. Just like he was made for this stuff.

it is pretty cool that 2 former roommates with the Colts can have a match together.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Enjoyed the show.

Brock and Roman was pretty entertaining. Love Cowboy Brock and the tractor at the ring.

The ladies matches were good. Liked how they screwed Rhonda.

Edge coming back.

Well done by HHH on his first show.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Not getting Tony Kahn booking wrestlers from promotions that nobody cares about with no build up?

It's almost as if he is happy staying where he is at and not growing the promotion. The gimmick guys he trots out there week after week would work for short stints in the territory days, but get stale quickly, he must not realize this or be afraid to bring in someone to help book. He basically wastes hours and hours of TV time with matches featuring people nobody cares about, or botch fests with green talent or goofs that want to just to the trampoline park stuff they do every week.

It's just Outlaw Mudshow Bullshit.

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for a company that is still touted as a threat to WWE, im really struggling to think of one thing they're currently doing "better". and it really comes down to one thing and thats the overall product, and AEW isnt even close to being a better product.

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

Honestly, the only people that think it's "better" are the fanboys that want it to be "better". I watch both...I wouldn't say it's better. It's just different. I generally find myself more entertained by WWE, though.

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i dont know if its because WWE is just more "established" or if its what ive followed. but i stopped watching for about a decade. never saw CM Punk wrestle in WWE to give you an idea of the era i missed, but watching again around 2015/2016, i was able to get right back into. none of the guys in AEW or storylines seem substantial to care about or follow. Id only tune in for Jericho or Brodie Lee and one of them is dead now.

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

Yeah, the AEW fanboys are militant, actually had one dude in a comment section say Moxley was better than Harley Race, but a glance at their FB stuff shows them to be tiny little fellas that are more Planet Fitness than free weight big boy gym types, so of course they identify with the little fellas pretending to be pro wrestlers on AEW, some of the dudes in AEW have potential, but Tony Khan's clumsy booking dooms most of them quickly.

If Khan would bring in a few guys that were at least competent enough to run the book in a way that builds young talent, he could maybe start gaining a bit of more of a following.

Khan needs to stop being the "spokesman" for everything AEW; he's turning off people with his approach. Let your wrestlers talk and be the focus, especially at these post-PPV media scrums.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

To channel my inner Jim Cornette, if Kenny Olivier and the Hardley Boys had any interest in building a brand instead of trampoline play fighting with a billionaire's money, they'd book it better, and start by not booking themselves. Instead, Khan is using daddy's money to channel his inner fanboy.

It's akin to when the WWE went to Saudi Arabia the first time a handful of years ago, and the prince that wanted to bring it in was trying to get guys who were either long retired/disabled or dead on the show.

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HBK is now VP of talent development.

The Kliq/DX is running the E now.

For fans of the attitude era that is pretty surreal.

oh and Fuck Chas

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Yeah,well everyone knew ole HHH and HBK would get a chance. Now the shine has come off real fast. seems everyone even Meltzer is turning on them. The whispers of a sale are now becoming open talk. When The A block of shareholders dumps their stock, how long till we see new management. Right now the only way VKM is gonna get off the hook is if DJT gets back in the White House as Linda is on the election committee,but then again will she help Vince out?

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I fell down a rabbit hole and now I'm watching Macho Man: The Randy Savage Story. It's on Peacock.

I love The Macho Man. He was great.

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You know me like that.

Yes he was! My all-time favorites:

Macho Man
Dusty Rhodes
Roddy Piper
Gino Hernandez
Terry Funk
Bockwinkel/Heenan
Flair (obviously)

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Gino! now that is a name I didnt expect to find on your list.

I completely get your love for Terry Funk considering his run as Chainsaw charlie!

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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