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Norman Smiley's a guilty pleasure of mine. I really enjoyed his 'hardcore' run in WCW - the hardcore wiggle and all that. He certainly entertained me with all the riot gear on.

I'd like to reiterate the opinion from a fan's perspective that it is indeed very often people within the British wrestling industry that are killing it - not the smart fans.It's depressing that at times the industry resembles a load of piranhas fighting in a puddle of piss.I think everyone here knows full well that there is huge potential for successful wrestling in this country - it's up to people with suss to get on with promoting it.

This is sad news.Earthquake was another big man to be built up and fed to Hogan but something about him connected with the fans. He had the 'it' that makes people beleive, he had a presence that was believable. Maybe it's looking at things through an older eye but he seemed the real deal as a heel - a proper villain. Unlike heels today who want to be cool and secretly crave fans adulation Earthquake knew his role was to build heat for Hogan and he did it really well.His Hogan fued was a classic WWF fued of the time. I remember him putting Hogan on the shelf for months and WWF built it up really well with Tugboat weekly urging fans to send cards of good wishes to Hogan. I remember the whole 'Hogan will never wrestle again' eventually leadign to his comeback. Sure it was great booking and both were protected but you couldn't imagine someone like Dino Bravo putting Hogan out for months, Earthquake had that legitimacy.The Tugboat / Typhoon turn was THE turn for me in that period - I never saw it coming. Earthquake won't be remembered for his promos but his delivery was great - just bouncing up and down pointing and shouting, threatening to destroy Hogan, fucking hell it was just perfect for building the fued. Add Jimmy Hart - wow there are so many memories.He won't be remebered for being the best worker but I'm sure he'll be remembered far more than the better 'workers' in years to come. There was more to him than Hogan as his fued with Roberts points to. He was also booked in some awful gimmicks and angles like the Odddities and his WCW run. Unlike many he knew his role and accepted, even embraced Wrestlecrap and he wil lfondly be remembered for that also.The last match I saw him in was in All Japan a couple of years ago in a 6 man with Robbie Brookside of all people. He came out to his old rumbling music and with his blue singlet. That's how I will remember him.

Didn't he say ages ago though that 'suzy' would be posting MEW updates from now on. Yet another thing he didn't keep to.There's a Mr. Liar joke somewhere....

'Please Don't Go, Please Don't Go'

I think they are all great posted, but i am gonna say ELsupremo. He always makes good points, especially on WWE & TNA.

Shush dude, people might realise that's all I watch and consider me less cool for not caring about that Japanese or Mexican rubbish. Cheers to yourself, Mo and co. for voting me though. I'm quite chuffed.

Yup all good posters who know there shit, but i gave EL the vote too.

Did you mean 'their shit' or 'they're shit' because 'there shit' doesn't make much sense lol

Wow Dan has twice as many votes as the person in second place!

After Dan's behaviour this year he should fucking own this award.

That match is awesome. Lawler is awesome and Savage is an amazing heel in that one. The heat is through the roof - yeah, you have to own it!

Two things:Are there any sites where you can get classic wrestling VHS/DVD? I'm mainly looking for stuff with early Jerry Lawler.Also, I've heard good things about the 'Wrestling Gold' DVD box set (The one with dubbed comentary from Cornette and Meltzer) . They have it up on highspots for $29.99, is it worth buying?

Plenty of traders will have classic stuff - I'm not sure where or if you'd be able to get 'official' releases of Memphis stuff.The Wrestling Gold set is excellent and well worth paying for. If wrestling bears, pre-WWF Savage and Michaels in a very early match don't whet your appetite I'm not sure what would. And there's plenty of Memphis Lawler stuff on there.

Cage Tyler vs. Kriss Sprules (OPWO Scorn)

OPWO Scorn

WWEOPWO

NOAH DestinyPride Bushido 9

The Hassan terrorist angleDr. HineyThe disgusting exploitation of Eddie Guerrero's deathKurt Angle the rapistTim White suicide

Kenta KobashiSamoa Joe

MisticoAJ StylesKenta KobashiStephan Bonnar

Bobby Lashley

Aerial ExpressFlorida BrothersMNMHeartbreakers

Doug Williams

The 'debut' of Sherilious in IWA MSSamoa Joe vs. Delirious vs. Ebertaroh vs. Jack Evans (ROH Final Showdown)

TNANOAHUFCPRIDE FC

The death of Eddie Guerrero

The death of Chris Candido

The chop fest in Sasaki vs. Kobashi

The Sandman entrance at Universal Uproar and seeing Kobashi live

The whole of ECW One Night Stand and the rebirth of ECW as a brand

Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs Doug Williams & Scorpio (FWA NOAH Limits)Doug Williams, Scorpio & James Tighe vs. Tiger Emperor, Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (TWC International Showdown)Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs. Jun Akiyama & Doug Williams (Universal Uproar)

Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NOAH Destiny)Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs. Doug Williams & Jun Akiyama (Universal Uproar)Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs. Doug Williams & Scorpio (FWA NOAH Limits)Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles (TNA Unbreakable)Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima (All Japan 16/2/05)CM Punk vs. Delirious (IWA MS No Blood, No Guts, No Glory)Probably quite a few other worthy nominations in the huge unwatched pile.....

SUWATriple HSam Hoger