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Jesse Jane was the lead lass in Pirates who I thought looked a bit like Christy Hemme in that IIRC. I don't know her life beyond that at all but 43 is very young. Don't adult actors and 80's wrestlers kind of have those parallel ages where they go young? 

Burst out laughing at the end of that, completely unexpected. Brilliant weekly segments from these lot.

47 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said:

Hangman and Swerve might be the first time I’ve wanted “fight forever” to come true. These two should want to destroy each other for eternity. Their little backstage moment was just brimming with brilliant hatred for each other.

The backstage bit was the best bit on the show beyond the Toni Storm segment. I know Swerve is getting big pops but I love that Magnum Page still has the fans too, it'd be shit if they did some double turn, only way it'd work is if Hangman T.A. went all Bret '97 because after Swerve starting it, justification is difficult. Brilliant feud, I love how much they detest each other. Hangers best feud since Kenny and Swerve's best work in AEW.

"New year, new me, dumbass!"

That opening article was fucking disgusting and I never want to read it again. Vile ghouls.

8 minutes ago, air_raid said:

You say that, but everything from his return building to the eventual meeting with Rock at Mania XVII was absolute peak pro wrestling in highlight form, with Armageddon and the six-way Cell smack in the middle. The escalating entrances for that match (and the older I get the more I enjoy entrances compared to matches) still give me goosebumps today. Then you get to WrestleMania itself and the stars align - in the words of Stone Cold "take Debra out of the equation, she's a non-factor" and you're left with the two hottest babyfaces in forever finally meeting for the belt when each can argued to be at their peak, when the business is at a peak, at a Mania. End chapter. It's never been bigger, it never will be again. There was some collateral damage, maybe HHH or Angle might have had a case to be in the Mania main event after their 2000 (each would, obviously, still get their main events in subsequent years), but I don't think anyone that Austin trampled on during his rampage suffered any lasting damage.

Or that it was any worse than his first prime. He beat up Mick himself plenty over the "Pick Me Steve" weeks, Stunned our fave Ken Shamrock during the same time when most goodies were banding together against the Harts (made Kenny look silly there too) and dropped JR, King and virtually everyone else we loved. I think he looked a bigger twat then, when I think deeper about it. There's probably only Sable he could have attacked and not got cheered for at the time. Which I really didn't care for, as to me he was "Bret's enemy" all the way through to Montreal so I didn't think anyone should be cheering him regardless. Dirty stinking hyena.

Sorry I meant Austin from September 2000 - Oct/Nov 2000. Absolutely unbearable annoyance to the show looking back even if he's still white hot.

With a few minor snags WWF 2000 is pretty much the best year of the company until September when Steph takes over from Chris Kreski (Pritchard always denies he did shit, but it's bollocks innit) and Steve Austin had his absolute worst period of omnipresent stunnering. It would have been amazing if just a load of the faces and heels he beat up just mashed in the fucker one time. I know you got ran over, we're on it mate, but you're acting the cunt. Foley should have smacked him one.

If John Ritter pops into my head for whatever reason that extremely catchy but irritating Three's Company tune follows.

Maybe people haven't finished watching it yet or are busy with stuff.

It was a good episode, only Darby was represented by the wrong'uns this week so you can watch this week.

I can't hear Timotei without hearing Rik Mayall saying it at The Lamb & Flag.

I like both Cody and Punk as performers but my word, Punk/Cody is going to be the Wings to Punk/Kingston's Beatles, and yes I'm aware it's a shit analogy to crowbar a naff gag.

Actually, Crowbar! Chuck him in the Rumble whilst we're here.

With Earthquake I guess you could cover his sumo career which might have something there, the incident with Koji Kitao is absolutely going in there and maybe possibly his illness in later life. I agree it isn't DSOTR kinda stuff but also I fucking love Earthquake so him just getting a small doc treatment is alright by me.

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19 minutes ago, JLM said:

I would like to hear more from Retesh Jenkins. 

Full marks for the nod to Unsolved Mysteries. Bonus marks for being back generally. I've missed Danhausen.

1 hour ago, Onyx2 said:

Nick Khan on Wheel of Fortune in 2000. He took his winnings (spoiler) and spent it on passing the bar exam. Start of his career. 

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7v7af0

 

 

I see the Americans got their own theme tune as they couldn't get the rights to use that Dusty Rhodes theme the UK version borrowed.

Those awful t-shirts you get in Topman or Primark that say MIAMI or some place with some of the city in the background slightly faded. Might as well be plain beige it's so nondescript.

TIL on hearing 'Replica' by Blood Brothers that the tune ended up with the lyrics removed and used in WCW by murderer Chris Benoit. It's jarring.

Neil's death has really upset me. What fucking news to wake up to. He was extremely encouraging and great to me when I had a breakdown in 2021. Just really nice and helpful. This is just so shit, a tremendous writer.

I absolutely fucking adore the Professionals, and that theme tune is so perfect. A proper big kick in the balls of an tune, even makes Martin Shaw look dynamic.

It's also reminded me of a brilliant article about the show by Taylor Parkes (of music writing, WSC and ayyyyyup it's Chart Music podcast) for the Quietus.

https://thequietus.com/articles/14873-the-professionals

Sunday.

HEY-EW! is still doing great stuff. The latest one is Mariah May and she's proper fun. Getting read thirst tweets.

I don't watch ROH so what's Lexi doing in a lot of these. She's really interactive with the wrestlers more than even Renee, is she sort of like the host of the show who just throws herself into it a bit as our narrator, or am I totally overthinking it like it's a Red Dwarf plot hole?

Big love to Renee Paquette. She adds wonderful subtleties as an interviewer that makes her seem like a human being capable of thoughts. Loved her giving Saraya the evil eye when she clocked on that they're fucking about with Ruby Soho.

Call him just Okato again like in TNA then see how long he sticks around.

2 hours ago, Daaaaaad! said:

If Rollins’s injury is that bad, wouldn’t it make sense for Priest to cash in MITB on him? Like, you have an actual injured champion here. Start RAW with Seth giving it the big Batista surrender speech, then have Judgment Day get him on his back for the three. You could even segue into a Priest vs. R-Truth match at the Rumble somehow. Finally get the real big stars on top.

I don't even watch but I'd be happy if they did that purely because it's actually a novel turn on a tired stipulation. 

Toni Storm feeding Ian Riccaboni macaroons until he couldn't talk on the pretence she believed it was Tony Schiavone after shaping up was wonderful silly. I like wonderful silly.