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Run Wild Fred is probably the most obvious horse of the day, but at 7/4 I'm not bothered at that price.

I've already got Dysart at 12s and 10s for the first race, so I'll let that run.

Adagio and Not So Sleepy each way against Honeysuckle - I think Appreciate It will bomb out, so the places are up for grabs.

Fantastikas and Tea Clipper are my idea of decent bets in the 2.40 - both are about 12s and fit the profile of the winner in this.

The 4.50 is a proper cavalry charge and the kind of race I love to get my teeth into. The favourite could win by 10 lengths but with 6 places to play for I like Prairie Dancer and Blitzka.

Good luck all!

My Mrs is going to see Russell Brand tonight.

"He's quite intelligent actually and some of the stuff he says makes you think".

Yes love, it does make me think. It makes me think that he's a complete wanker under the mask of his rambling multi-syllable worded sentences.

Although this is probably live commentary, a Barnsley fan sat near me has chanted "Tony Khan, you're a wanker you're a wanker" for the first 15 minutes of this game.

Amusing.

Just bumping this thread for next week- getting excited now.

Megathreads rule.

Hit me hard this one. Usually I can't bare all the R.I.P bollocks on social media, but I've succumbed to it today.

The reason I started bowling spin in 93. I'll miss him.

That was a glorious display from Kepa.

FFS.

Trump isn't 'runaway' favourite.

He's currently a best priced 7/2, with Biden at 9/2.

So as a percentage that means that Trump has a 28.5% chance of winning whereas Biden has a 22.5% chance (in the eyes of the bookies of course).

Trump is only 11/8 to be the next Republican Candidate - meaning he's around 60% to not even stand.

Have ye never had a cup o' beans man?

Voted for Lister, if I'm allowed to say that in public.

He suspended me because I got pissed the other Christmas and told someone to Fuck Off.

So he's probably not a bellend, that is me.

Tell you whats a Hidden Gem. Austin v Mankind on Raw the night after 'Its Time' in December 96. Vince bizarrely builds it as a 'Tough Man' contest for some reason, and to be fair he's probably correct. Anyway, these two beat the shit out of each other for a good 15 minutes, it's starts off a little low key, but by the halfway mark the crowd are into it and they know its something special.

These two men are out to prove a point. They both got the shaft from WCW in the past year or so and they want to put on a show for the few lads that are actually watching Raw in December 96.

It's a great match and is the blueprint for the Austin v Dude matches 18 months later.

It's always pleasing to see a thread such as this.

To be honest, and I hate to say this, but that was proper batting from Travis Head. Attacking weakness in the bloke who the opposition are banking on to bowl long, tight spells. It's basically fucked us for the whole series because when the sun comes out, we'll shit the bed and play extra seamers instead of a spin option and they'll get 560-3.

Well batted Head, you bastard.

Love them. My favourite band. I'm going to see Liam at The Etihad in and Noel at Cannock in June - although I wish Noel would put his keyboards down.

Be Here Now is probably my favourite album of all time. Lasts for three and a half hours and has literally 500 guitars overdubbed on each track. But that's why it's brilliant.

So basically I'm one of those wankers that you're on about. Whenever one of their songs comes on the radio is makes me smile, and reminds me of happier times in my younger days.

And you can all fuck off with the narrative that Wonderwall is wank. 

Anyway, see you in a fortnight when my suspension is lifted.

Yesterday was very, very uncomfortable viewing.

Hopefully Azeem has found a bit of peace now, it must have been a horrible number of years for him.

Oh, and Michael Vaughan is a cunt. Always has been.

DATE: April 4th 1993

CHAMPION: Yokozuna

CHALLENGER: Hulk Hogan

The Hulkster is out to check on Bret. Fuji grabs the mic. "My Yokozuna will issue challenge. Come on. My Yokozuna. Come on yer yellow belly".

Now I'm no expert, but Yokozuna is bollocksed. Under no circumstances should he be issuing a challenge to a fresh as a daisy Hulk Hogan. Poor management from Mr Fuji in my opinion - could have at least checked the terms of the conetract.

Fuji puts the title on the line, and Bret tells him to go. This is bollocks. Bret is still shielding his eyes. Hulk is looking to the crowd, and they're cheering like hell. Bret looks shit here.

Hulk slides into the ring and Yoko meets him with punches. Yoko grabs Hogan and holds him ready for the Deadly Salt - but Hulk ducks! Clothesline and leg drop and we've got a new champion! Bag of shit. 

RATING: Terrible. Makes Bret look horrible. Makes Fuji look like an idiot. Makes Yokozuna look shit after 6 months of solid build. Crowd loved it though.

RANK:

1. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage v Hulk Hogan

2. Royal Rumble 92

3. Ric Flair v Randy Savage

4. Hulk Hogan v The Ultimate Warrior

5. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage v 'The Million Dollar' Man Ted Dibiase

6. Sargent Slaughter v Hulk Hogan

7. Bret Hart v Yokozuna

8. The Undertaker v Hulk Hogan

9. The Ultimate Warrior v Sargent Slaughter

10. Hulk Hogan v The Undertaker

11. The Iron Sheik v Hulk Hogan

12. Hulk Hogan v Andre The Giant

13. Yokozuna v Hulk Hogan

N/A - Savage v Flair, Flair v Bret

Well I've managed to pick up Covid - symptoms are ok for the minute, so there's only one thing I can do. Watch old wrestling.
 

We left our great journey at Wrestlemania 8, with Savage bringing home the bacon against The Nature Boy. Now I can only find highlights of the return match with Flair getting his revenge, and I've a similar issue with Bret's win at whatever House Show it was. I've really not got the inclination to piss about to try to find anything further, so who cares. A link was posted earlier in this thread, but its not working for me - and I can't be arsed to investigate further.

DATE: April 4th 1993

CHAMPION: Bret Hart

CHALLENGER: Yokozuna

Oooh, its Jim Ross. He's got Macho and Heenan flanking him. Hulk Hogan has just challenged the winner of this bout to a match - I'd like to see that, it could be decent with the correct build.

Yokozuna is out first, with Mr Fuji. The Japanese Flag is extremely flacid. Heenan says "the clouds have come over Caesars" as Zuna makes his entrance. Savage reckons they're black clouds. Easy lads. Yoko looks immense. BUT HERE'S BRET. The first time I've heard his music in a while and its still a belter. Decent pop for Bret, the crowd are with him. Savage has R-S-P-C-E-T for The Champ, bless him. Bret looks like a wrestler, he kisses the belt and gives it to Hebner. Yoko disrobes, and we're on!

They talk about Bret's family, and the generations of wrestlers produced. "They had 11 in the first litter" quips Brain, and I genuinely laughed at that one. Bret starts at pace and drop kicks Yoko - 10 punches in the corner, but The Champ is shoved off. Bret wails away, but there's big slap from The Sumo Man. Waistlock is unsuccessful, as they really do a good job of showcasing Yoko's size. Bret charges again and gets absolutely mullered by The Challanger and is knocked outside the ring.

Boos for Yoko as Bret recovers, and The Hitman ties his opponent in the ropes who topples backwards semi comedically. Not as bad as SummerSlam 96, but not great. Bret uses the ropes to catapult onto Zuna and mounts him to smash his face in. Crowd go nuts. Bret goes up top and connects with the forearm. Clothesline. And again. Yoko is staggered. But Yoko hits a clothesline of his own as Bret is folded in half. "Take a look at Fuji, the infamous manager of Yokozuna" says Ross. He doesn't want to be infamous. He wants to be famous.

Yoko in control now. Elbow drop. Scoop Slam. Leg drop makes the crowd OOOOH. Great reaction. "USA USA USA" chant the crowd, to try to help the Candian against the American. Lots of weather based metaphors from The Brain. Bobby claims its Bret's own fault for accepting the challenge and he deserves the beating. There's a nerve hold going off by the way, so I'm not missing anything. Brain is off to Caesar's to put some money on Yoko.

Here's Bret off the top, jumping on his back and taking him down. Cover, and that's a 2 count. Strong kick out from Yoko. He gets up and BOOTS Bret in the face. He isn't wearing boots though, so I suppose he FOOTS him. Snap Mare from Yoko into an "Oriental Nerve Hold" according to Jim. More USA chants. Thickos. Yoko is sweating like he's had a vindaloo. It's a decent heat section though, so I'll let him off. Hart ducks a charge, goes up top and hits a Bulldog for a convincing near fall.

Bret goes up top again and rocks the Big Man - flying clotheline knocks him over. Bret goes for ten punches, but Yoko slams him. Bret tries to grab the turnbuckle though to hold on, and as he's overpowered he takes the padding with him. Well. that's one of the most organic ways I've seen that done. It beats taking twenty minutes to untie it. Yoko grabs Bret and goes to ram his face on the exposed buckle, but Bret reverses. Its Sharpshooter time, and Bret really sells the struggle of hooking the move on - great stuff from him, the crowd are almost pleading for him to synch it in. He's a bit close to the ropes for my liking though, hopefully that doesn't backfire.

He's got it!

But wait, what's Fuji doing. Salt in the eyes, the bastard. Hebner was looking the other way. Yoko hooks the leg and its over. Well that was wank, he could have at least sat on him and given Bret the old Banzai drop. The Japanese Lads celebrate, and The Brain is happy as a pig in shit for some reason.

Some bloke in Red and Yellow is on his way down though, but that's for another time....

RATING:

Not too bad. Yoko wasn't yet a waste of time, and Bret bumped round like hell to get sympathy from the crowd. I enjoyed Hart's frequent top rope dives to try and rock The Big Man. Decent, but the finish was wank.

RANK:

1. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage v Hulk Hogan

2. Royal Rumble 92

3. Ric Flair v Randy Savage

4. Hulk Hogan v The Ultimate Warrior

5. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage v 'The Million Dollar' Man Ted Dibiase

6. Sargent Slaughter v Hulk Hogan

7. Bret Hart v Yokozuna

8. The Undertaker v Hulk Hogan

9. The Ultimate Warrior v Sargent Slaughter

10. Hulk Hogan v The Undertaker

11. The Iron Sheik v Hulk Hogan

12. Hulk Hogan v Andre The Giant

N/A - Savage v Flair, Flair v Bret

Backlash 2000.

Rock was shafted at Wrestlemania, but now Austin was back to make sure that shit went down that night.

When Rock hits the spinebuster into the People's Elbow, I still love it to this day.

UT v Kane V Mankind in a triple threat match in the Summer of 98. Taker no shows, so Vince orders Kane to smash Mankind in. Mankind refuses to fight "his friend" Kane, so he gets his head caved in under the old red light that Kane used to have when he debuted.

Kane wins the match and therefore is the number one contender to Austin's belt and begins to celebrate in the ring. BUT WAIT, he's unmasking for some reason. Hang on, that's not Kane; it's The Undertaker in Kane's gear. Swerve Bro!

He belongs in the Second Tier I think - he's been at the top end of the card in whichever promotion he's worked in since the year 2000 - that's longer than Bret, Shaw, Eddie, Kurt and Voldemort (which were the names Frankie compared him to).

He seems to have reinvented himself time and time again, and somehow come up with new and entertaining shit year after year. His partnership with Kevin Owens and The List Of Jericho used to genuinely make me laugh (I'm a simple man).

He is a complete dickhead though. But then again, if I can watch a Benoit match and be entertained, then I'm happy to watch this weirdly titted man do his thing.

Cheers.

I'm sorry if this question has been asked, but I'm not trawling through pages of posters bickering like children, but where can I watch this in the U.K legally?

Cheers.

My sign up date says 2003 - but I'm pretty sure that's wrong as I posted about a Flair and Hogan Smackdown Main Event in 2002 - which is rather sad that I can remember that.

I'm 38 years old, so I've been on here half my life. Barely posted like, but stuff has been a good read.

I must have The Midas Touch.

10 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said:

Mine Cart Madness was still a massive pain in the arse, I'm here to report.

Stop Go Station was worse. Used to shit me up that as a lad.