Here is your Sunday discussion thread! We can talk the fallout from the NJPW G1 Special last night, tomorrow’s Raw, baseball, NBA Free Agency and whatever else is on your minds.
Be sure to check out Ioan’s recap of last night’s show!
Plus, on the PWO feed, the boys at Strong Style Story are killing it with live podblasts from from the G1 special and Tim & Pete are back with a new This Week in Wrestling!
Today’s Discussion Topic of the day… what are your favorite slices of Wrestling Americana?
Baseball ASG rosters announced today.
Who makes it for the Phillies?
John Kruk
Steve Jeltz
Ok I popped for the Jeltz callback
Seriously the phillies stink – what a step back. Building blocks are there though.
Neshek
I think you’re right there. Terrible.
Would the Lex Express be looked on more fondly if Luger had won at SS93 and had a solid title run? Or was it always destined to be goofy?
Nah, segments like that rarely age well. Though the USS Interpid body slam would be looked upon more fondly in terms of WWE official canon.
I think the title run would have been look on more fondly with solid feuds, like perhaps he faces Borga at the Rumble and somebody else between that and Bret at X. He still loses to Bret at X but perhaps the feel good moment at the end is even more nostalgic.
I wish Narcissist Lex Luger had won the title from Bret Hart at Summerslam 93.
Yeah I mean I get why they turned him but they kneecapped what could have been a strong heel run for sure. Bret as champ with Yoko and Lex chasing could have been fun.
In my ideal fantasy booming scenario:
Bret beats Yoko at mania.
Bret beats Savage at kotr
Luger wins kotr.
Luger Beats Hart at ss
Hart wins Rumble with someone else so we still get the Owen match.
Hart beats Luger at Mania.
It’s tough timing for Lex, but Yokozuna was huge (both literally and in storyline) and obv a go-to heel for Vince’s vision of wrestling.
“If life were fair….”
https://youtu.be/TM9jT8w3s9o
In terms of wrestling americana, I remember a few times 4th of July weekend one of the local car dealerships would bring WWF guys in and they would put a little ring (not a full size but close) and they would sign autographs and stuff like that. I remember Jim Duggan backdropping Rick Rude onto the back of a Ford truck. That was cool.
Speaking of Americana, on the recent Greetings from Allentown, Peter looks at that one Raw with Luger and the body slam coverage. Really good one-man pod. Will link later .
Speaking of Americana I spent Canada Day yesterday in Burlington, Vermont. Hoooooiooooo!
Sounds like treason tbh
TOUGH GUY!
TNA looks to have put together a rather good looking card for Slamniversary tonight.
It looks like a real show!
On paper, It looks like one of the best shows in a while.
Hard draw going up against G1 USA Night 2
Is that on AXS again? Or just NJPW World?
Tonight is NJPW World. AXS is showing it next Friday.
https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/greetings-from-allentown-20-wwf-wrestling-challenge-07-11-1993
Happy early 4th PTBN. Looking forward to seeing who makes the MLB All Star Teams today. I guess also tonight is the last official TNA PPV before they become GFW next week. Looking forward to Brock/Samoa Joe next Sunday headlining GBOF.
Jay I’m really looking forward to Brock/Joe also. Most i’ve looked forward to a WWE PPV main event in some time.
I reviewed the 10/28/82 Mid-South show, with the JYD & Mr. Olympia vs. DiBiase & Borne loser of the fall leaves for 90 days match. Its a tremendous show.
http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2017/07/02/mid-south-wrestling-october-28-1982/
That finish is so good
I loved it. It was so great and the promo with DiBiase, Borne, and Duggan still in the gorilla suit was awesome too. That crowd was pretty much shell shocked after that finish. They didnt make a peep the rest of the show.
I’m looking forward to getting there when I get there on my Mid-South watching
Watching 6/12/00 Raw. Scary moment in Dudley vs Vince/Shane match where Vince and Bubba take a bump from top rope to the floor. Jericho vs HHH is a really strong sprint style match going about 8 minutes.
Anyone watching slammiversary tonight?
Great American Bash 07 playing on the stream right now.
Lashley’s last big match. That’s one I haven’t rewatched in quite a while.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this show in full. Umaga/Hardy going on now.
That’s the night my buddy Lewis officially turned on Cena for good! Has always hated him since!
My boy Horny’s big night!
Great main event on that one!
Predictions for NJPW G1 USA tonight:
Omega over Lethal
Ishii over ZSJ
Omega over Ishii
Omega/ZSJ would be awesome but don’t see it.
Anybody know why Lashley left WWE in 07? Seemed like he was being primed for a huge push.
Ahhh if only the boys were pushing through the ’07 timeline you would have known by now 😉
Without looking, I’m guessing wellness policy washout.
May have been something with Krystal I think…
He had a falling out with management. Had something to do with Michael Hayes!
They did something to his then-fiancé Krystal, which was probably Hayes saying something racist.
RIP Smith Hart.
Kyle Lowry returning to the Raptors for 3 years/$100 million
Interesting tweet from Cuban, who used to own HDNet (now AXS). He’s clearly keeping tabs :
https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/881500439115685889
Celts waived Tyler Zeller. Interesting only because they had to free up cap space to offer Hayward a max deal and did this shortly before Hayward’s visit to Boston ended.
Any word on how Slammiversary is going?
Everyone I’ve asked has said they aren’t watching it.
Sounds like Deangelo Williams was really impressive
The card looked interesting, anyway. It’s more amazing this company has been around for 15 years, though.
There should be a pool on how low the buyrate for the TNA/GFW/Whatever PPV is, with night 2 for NJPW going right up against it.
NJPW and a decent amount of Independence Day cookouts
I imagine a lot of people have 4-day weekends through Tuesday. Not me, of course. People with normal jobs.
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The first half of the NJPW show tonight has been incredible. Two ****+ matches and Lethal vs OMega at ***3/4. Show of the year contender so far.
I’ve only caught the end of LIJ 10-man, what’s the other **** besides ZSJ/Ishii?
The LIJ 10 man
Mr. Tito spewing hot anti-NJPW takes on Twitter.
They are awful too. About as good as his political takes
Yeah I rarely find myself agreeing with him on anything.
During the G1 last year, he kept tweeting that you can not call yourself a real fan of NJPW if you were not watching the tournament live.
This week, more than ever, I learned that some people really hate that people like NJPW
Lot of complaining on twitter this weekend by people who don’t like their WWE attacked when there’s a better alternative..
Facebook too!
A review of the WWF 2/19/90 MSG house show. You’ll probably want to skip this when it makes it to the Network.
http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2017/07/02/wwf-madison-square-garden-february-19th-1990/
I was pissed when I saw this wasn’t on the network, but thanks to your review, seems like its a pass when it does get there.
The Bucks have added a lot more focus since they started working the sharpshooter into their matches. Almost feel like Trent takes too much damage to keep kicking out, but it made sense to me why Nick would after those piledrivers as RPG rarely gets sustained offense. The Bucks’ arsenal is maybe the best its ever been.
So after two very believable nearfalls, it gets crazier. This is a great follow-up to their Dominion match (which i had at ***3/4) – ****1/2
It was a good spotfest but a match that felt tone deaf for me given the way the card has flowed so far. We have seen some excellent work but also a great nod of psychology. This threw all psychology out the window to just be wild. I can appreciate the athleticism but it went on way too long and left me cold. ***
I was surprised how much time it got, but really felt like the exact same Dominion match (Bucks dominant, work over Trent’s back), only for him to not tap this time (rocky broke it up) and then to go into that wild extended addendum.
I also thought Trent sold better here than Dominion (where he practically shook the entire heat segment off)
No way did Trent sell better here. Ready for Pete to come in here and talk some sense into that bullshit.
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