Pier Six Brawler

Is "Rome" going to be on this top 50? I assumed it would be, but it's looking like it's been left out now.

It would have been far more effective if Heenan had said "I never thought I'd say this, but thank God for Hulk Hogan" or something like that. Then the one time that he cheers Hogan, Hulk turns on him and all of WCW.

Just got Booker T's , Hardcore Holly's and Lex Luger's ready for my holidays.

 

They all seem very short and small compared to many other releases

Holly's is good, and not particularly short.

I just read Downtown Bruno's book, heard good things about it and was pleased to find it lived up to my expectations. For those only interested in WWE, that part of his career is kind of skimmed over, the vast majority of the book is about his pre-WWF career in the territories. One thing I did find weird is that he keeps going on about some WWE management type guy called Bob Clarke who he hates. I've never heard of him. Anyone know who he is?

I never liked Life on Mars, just seemed lazy and cliched. Can't believe it's so much higher on this list than a great show like Homeland.

Where are all the big guys nowadays? Today's Big Bossmans, One Man Gangs, Terry Gordys, Vaders, Stan Hansens etc? Aren't WWE looking into signing people cut from the NFL? That should produce some good things if it pans out.

That sig image made me thing, is Jeeves and Wooster considered a sit-com or a drama? What about Auf Wiedersehen Pet? Where exactly do you draw the line between comedy and drama? There's shows like the Wonder Years, Northern Exposure, and Moonlighting that really straddle the fence between the two genres.

How can they give him a new identity when he's got "AJ" tattooed in massive letters on his side? Unless they have him wrestle in a shirt or bodysuit or something. Or have him come in as an obsessed fan of AJ Lee.

I love posting this...

 

Did you contact PWI to give them your details? Or did Hammerlock send a bunch of guys details in themselves?

I remember seeing somewhere that the main way for low level indy guys to get in the lower reaches of the PWI 500 was simply for them to send the magazine a bio and some pictures. Nowadays it's even easier, and you can email them some links to Youtube matches as well. If British guys like Dar and others on his level aren't doing that, they really should be.

Is Noam Dar not on there? The top British guys really need to get over any snobbishness they have about PWI and send their details to them for consideration. Getting on the list might not get you bookings but not being on the list definitely doesn't get you bookings.

Top 30:

1. John Cena

2. CM Punk

3. Hiroshi Tanahashi

4. Bully Ray

5. Kazuchika Okada

6. Sheamus

7. Jeff Hardy

8. Alberto Del Rio

9. Dolph Ziggler

10. Kevin Steen

11. Daniel Bryan

12. Austin Aries

13. Ryback

14. Big Show

15. Randy Orton

16. Kane

17. Suwama

18. Antonio Cesaro

19. James Storm

20. Kofi Kingston

21. Wade Barrett

22. KENTA

23. Kurt Angle

24. Bobby Roode

25. Chris Jericho

26. Dean Ambrose

27. Jay Briscoe

28. AJ Styles

29. Jack Swagger

30. Takeshi Morishima

Is the full 500 posted anywhere? Or anything beyond the top 10?

Was PPV even possible in Britain in 1989? Some cable systems must have been quite advanced I guess. When did Sky first do PPV events? Lewis vs Bruno was it? Or Bruno vs Tyson II?

Elmore Leonard, the writer behind the books that Justified was based on, died today. RIP.

Think I've read more of his books than any other author. Just looking at my bookshelf behind me I own 18 of his, and have probably read 10-12 more.

Anyone got the Big Daddy book that just came out?

I haven't read the Luger book but apparently it is more about religion and his conversion than it is about wrestling.

I like the magazine but it does seem to have dipped in quality a bit from last year when you had the fantastic 6 page AJPW article among others.

I don't see the point in reviewing WWE and UFC PPV events on DVD when they have already been reviewed as live events only months earlier. I'd rather see more reviews of things like PWG and shoot interview releases, maybe the Kayfabe Commentaries ones.

I agree about the "university essay" style of some of the articles. Will Cooling seemed to go months writing articles with only a tangential connection to pro-wrestling or MMA, seemingly trying to build up a portfolio of "real sports" articles. Luke Dormehl's articles come across very dry, as does Michael Campbell. Alan Counihan's articles are usually very good, as are David Ditch's.

The magazine is still way, way better than Powerslam though.

I believe that pic is actually of Val's brother, Vic Venis.

EDIT: It is.

EDIT 2: Confirmed by Val himself on Facebook here.

You'd think they'll put out a Cena biog at some point. Randy Orton and CM Punk too.

What was the last WWE biography? Doesn't seem to have been one in ages.

I bought "The Wrestling" for

The famous Savage/Bret vs Flair/Michaels match has Jim Ross commentating, doubly strange because Savage is the world champ and Bret the IC champ in the match, but Ross talks about Bret as a former World champ on commentary.

I don't suppose footage of this ever leaked out, did it?

 

In 1993, WCW brought in manager Robert Fuller under the guise of the Col. Robert Parker

I think WCW Timeline 1989 with Cornette has already been filmed.

Where was Taz? Has he fucked off then? Borash was being cryptic about it and not in a storyline type way. I thought he re-signed, but the first tapings after Vegas and he wasn't there.

Taz always takes Destination X off for some reason.